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... News & Star skip to: page content e SHOPPING Headteacher quits over rising stress Published on 27/03/2006 !

- Kath Halfpenny: Is quitting post in July By Fiona MacLeod Education reporter INCREASING pressure at work has forced a primary headteacher to quit her post.

Kath Halfpenny, who has been head at High Hesket primary school for nine years, blamed stress for her decision to leave.

Her husband Shaun, headteacher of Cummersdale primary school, blamed his heart attack last August on stress at work.

The 55-year-old underwent major heart surgery last month and is now recovering at home.

Mrs Halfpenny said: “The job is very difficult and very demanding.” Mrs Halfpenny was acting head at her previous school, Alston, and then deputy for eight years.

However, she may not be leaving teaching – her profession for 26 years – altogether.

She said: “There are certain parts of teaching I really enjoy like primary maths.” She is due to leave High Hesket in July but is looking out for other teaching jobs – but not as head.

A survey carried out last year by Cumbria Primary Heads Association (CPHA) revealed most of its members are experiencing stress.

Headteachers blamed workload, difficulty striking a work/life balance, staffing and workforce reforms as well as the pressure of new, self-evaluation inspections.

At particular risk are leaders of small, rural schools who hav...

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Red tape and long hours can grind down the best of employees, but it is colleagues who irritate workers the most, according to a new poll.The survey of more than 2,200 workers by recruitment firm Monster found that, in an age of open plan offices, big teams and high pressure environments, working closely and intensely with people inevitably put even the strongest relationships under strain.Nearly a third of workers � 30 per cent � said their colleagues were what irritated them most about work.A quarter were most riled by the long hours of the modern workplace, with a similar number seeing red over red tape.The physical environment at work was the next most annoying aspect of work for workers in the poll.But one in 10 somehow seemed to rise above it and glide serenely through corporate life, saying they were not irritated by anything at all."Feeling irritated or angry with colleagues is one of the most common symptoms of stress," said Alan To...

... Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com About Contact Help Advertise Door Store: $100 off any entry door Duke of Oil: Save $7 on oil change Public safety employee killed in crash BOONE TOWNSHIP: Witness says motorcycle rider lost control, hit tree This story ran on nwitimes.com on Monday, March 27, 2006 12:03 AM CST ADVERTISEMENT Times Staff ReportBOONE TOWNSHIP | A motorcycle crash Sunday killed a man who worked for Porter hospital Emergency Medical Services, and served as a reserve police officer and volunteer firefighter in Hebron.

Joshua Olenik, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in the 500 block of West Ind.

8, just east of Hebron, according to the Porter County Sheriff's Department.About 12:16 p.m., Olenik was riding his 2001 Suzuki motorcycle east on Ind.

8 when he lost control, a witness told police.

Olenik's motorcycle went off the road and struck a tree about 15 feet from the south edge of the road.

Police said he wasn't wearing a helmet.There was no indication that Olenik was driving under the influence, county police said.

However, toxicology testing is being conducted as a routine part of the investigation, police said.In addition to county police, the Hebron Police and Fire departments, and paramedics from the Porter hospital EMS responded to the accident scene.

Because so many people in the public safety sector knew Olenik, a counseling session was conducted Sunday by the Porter County Critical Incident ba href=/stress management/a/b team.A member...