August 13, 2016
Tingoora State School admin officer and teacher aide Robyn Broomhall has been dubbed “Mrs Tingoora” by her colleagues … but now she has an official trophy to go alongside her honorary title.
Robyn was presented with the Significant Achievement Award at the recent School Business Managers Association annual conference for her work at Tingoora State School.
This is the first time that administration officers in small schools have been eligible for the award, but ironically it will also be the last as Education Minister Kate Jones announced at the conference that the job classification level for admin officers in small schools would soon be increased to the same level as their colleagues in bigger schools.
Robyn was nominated for her award by Lori Hayden, the admin officer at Wooroolin State School, and by Tingoora principal Julie Matherson.
She has been employed at Tingoora school since 1995, but her connections go back much further.
She went to school there, as did her father, Bob Freegard, and her three sisters. Her two sons were also students.
Her nomination described Robyn as “loyal, hardworking, reliable, warm and self-sacrificing”.
“Robyn is what you might imagine a traditional country woman might encapsulate,” Ms Matherson said.
For many years, Robyn was also the owner / operator of the school bus run, and has been a driving force on the P&C committee.
She was also instrumental in the relocation of the former Tingoora Uniting Church building from the town into the school grounds in the early 2000s.
Robyn is also a familiar face at the Relay For Life ‘Captains Dinners’. She is a member of the organising committee and is one of the “Purple Pirates” on the night.
