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The Board
of Trustees is made up of Parent Representatives, Proprietor
Representatives, a staff representative and the Principal.
PARENT
REPRESENTATIVES:
There are 5
Parent Representatives who are elected through a vote from
parents of the children at the school. Currently our
Parents Representatives are as follows:
JAMIE
RUFFELL (Chairman)
Jamie
is a self employed motor mechanic and has two children at
Richmond View School. He is married to Tracey and was
elected to the Board in 2007. Jamie, Tracey and their
children are part of the Elim Church in Blenheim.
GRANT
STUBBS
Grant is a local businessman involved in the
automotive trade. He has two children at the school, and
one who is now at college but having done all her primary
education at Richmond View. Grant is married to Jenni who
is our school secretary.
The
Stubbs family have had a long association with both the school
and church life in Blenheim.
SONJA
BUCKLEY
Sonja
has been appointed to the board as secretary. She is
employed at the school as a part time Teacher Aide. Sonja and
her husband Dean have two children, one still attending
Richmond View. After starting their children's education at a
secular school, both Sonja and Dean have found the Christian
education and environment to be a huge blessing to the life of
their family
MARIAN
MILLER
Marian
is an ex teacher from Richmond View School, being one of the
original teachers when the school opened in 1983. She is
married to Alfred and they have one child at this school.
Marian has had a great deal of input into the school, both
professionally and as a volunteer helper. Marian
occasionally provides teacher relief for us when called upon,
and can always be relied on to help when we get into a jam.
Marian and Alfred both attend the Blenheim Elim Church, and
Alfred runs a mid week programme for teenagers there.
Marian
is currently involved in doing additional study and training as
she plans to enter the pre-school educational arena.
Marian
is currently involved with the Policy portfolio on the Board.
PROPRIETOR
REPRESENTATIVES
The
proprietor can have up to four representatives on the Board.
They are appointed by the governing body of the Blenheim Elim
Church. The responsibilities of the Proprietor are to provide
the land and buildings for the school, as well as to ensure
that the special Christian character of the school is
maintained. At present there are only two Proprietor
Representatives on the Board. They are:
TOM
HATCH
Tom
is the Senior Pastor of the Blenheim Elim Church. Tom is
married to Suz, and both of their two children came to this
school before they moved on to college. Tom sees the
school as a mission to the local Christian community, giving
Christians from all the denominations in our town access to
Biblically based Christian education for their children.
NICOLA
REEVES
Nicola
is married to Dallas, they have two children who
presently go to Richmond View School. Nicola is on
the Board of Trustees as a proprietor representative for
the Blenheim Elim Church. Nicola is employed at the school as a
monitor who is very passionate about a Biblically based
Christian education for the children.
STAFF
REPRESENTATIVE
JANE
FRANSEN
Jane
is a fully registered teacher and currently teaches year 7 and
8 students in Room 2. Jane is on the "Amenities
Committee" of the Board, which has the role of keeping all
the various bits and pieces around the place in order, as well
as extending our student facilities in the playground.
Jane
and her husband attend the Blenheim Elim Church.
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