The Good Shepherd Sisters archive should have records about this school. You have the right to know why, if they do not.
Gender: girls only at first, then mixed.
Controlling organisation: Private, State licencing and/or monitoring, faith-based.
Good Shepherd Sisters were the responsible entity. Staffed and owned by Sisters. CSS tookover management of Marycrest as a 'special' school for at-risk young girls (initially) and then boys as well. Good Shepherd Trust Board still owned the property. Lay staff only, apart from visiting religious staff.
From Whanaketia Part 3 Chapter 3: 'Children and young people were placed in this type of faith-based setting following conflict with family, by the Department of Social Welfare as an alternative to being placed into State-run social welfare residences, or by the courts as punishment for minor offending. However, some children and young people never knew why they were placed there.'
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