Kia Ora Hi to all DTS's

Hope and pray a miracle takes place before the third term

We are Moa & Bessie Brady. I Moa have run Eastern Bay District Truancy Service from the start for 18 years. Have operated from home for 13 years. Bessie has come on board for the last 12 years. Our DTS programme which differs from most has gone out to five different DTS's. The Eastern Bay DTS and our School and Police forum way back put together a programme (now called rock on) which was introduced at a MOE conference in Wellington and there put on hold for 5 years and then turned up altered a bit and called "rock on"
In February MOE will be going throughout NZ with what they are calling the "road show"
MOE's intention with the road show is to inform Agencies, Iwi's and others who want to tender for regions to tender.
My issue is any Agencies or Iwi's who may win the tenders, most will want to use there own workers who will have absolutely no knowlege or expereience with chronic or even just truant kids and their Families.
MOE is so behind the eight ball, they are trying to fix something that isn't broke".
For all of this time all they had to do was bring together all the DTS's and gain from them all of the knowledge and expertise to make the best decision to improve any or all the help required for our dysfuntional and Families at risk in our regions.
DTS's are still the first through the doors of these Families. therefore know exactly what interventions need to be put in place
Most nights we are still working at 9.30pm and most weekends finding the right people with the right skills and expertise, but all of these skills and know ledge DTS's have means absolutely nothing to MOE.
I have come to the conclusion based on four regional meetings with our DTS's and contacting MOE Wellington for information, and them continually stating there is a confidentuality clause, they haven't got any idea on what to put in place and how it can be put in place.
We as the DTS's do need to come together maybe in Taupo (the most central place for us all) toward the begining (if not earlier) and discuss our options. I am sure NETs would like to attend as well.

Contact me if you want at
thebradys@maxnet.co.nz