Principals are worried there will be fewer people willing to be on school boards of trustees, after a board was charged with the death of a student who drowned during a school trip.
Yesterday, the Melville High School board of trustees pleaded not guilty to charges relating to the death of a student at Waihi Beach early last year.
The Hamilton school is charged with exposing an individual to risk of harm, under Health and Safety at Work legislation.
John Paul College principal Patrick Walsh spoke to Susie Ferguson.
