A deputy principal and a student got into a 'play fight' while stacking silage to raise money for the college. Photo: NZ Herald (file)The deputy principal of a rural college has been censured after he punched a student on the chin in a "play fight". The deputy principal told the college later that other students were play-fighting too, but the fight between the deputy principal and the Year 12 student "started to get really rough". That night, the deputy principal apologised to the student and informed the chairs of two organisations connected with the school whose names have been deleted. The tribunal censured the deputy principal for "serious misconduct", finding that his actions adversely affected the student's welfare, reflected adversely on his fitness to be a teacher and brought the teaching profession into disrepute.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 28, 2020 22:52 UTC