Lydd school head Andrea Charman resigns following lamb slaughter row resigns
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The head teacher of a Kent school at the centre of a row
over a slaughtered lamb has resigned.
Lydd primary school’s Andrea Charman is stepping down at the end
of this week for “personal reasons”.
It is believed she succumbed to pressure after online
campaigns attacked her for pursuing the slaughter of Marcus the
sheep back in September.
The anger over the decision to slaughter Marcus, who lived on
the school farm, came from animal supporters around the world who
logged onto Facebook and other websites to register their
upset.
One website features almost 2,500 names.
Mrs Charman insisted that Marcus’ fate was supported by the
school council and that it had always been the intention to cull
the lamb as part of the children’s education over farming
methods.
The above online petition features comments from across the UK
and the US, as well as Denmark, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and
France.
Its originator wrote: “We are not just protesting the mindless
slaughter of Marcus.
“We are protesting the conduct and governance of Andrea Charman,
the headmistress, who wishes to run her school like a farm and
business. A school is a place of education, not a place of
slaughter.”
One Facebook campaign, Save Marcus the Sheep, had 567
members.
The school will be led by an advisory head teacher, Penny Haynes,
from February 22.
Wednesday, February 10 2010
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