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Three Year 11 Students Reprimanded After 'Avenue Trading' Incident

Term 3, Week 6 · The Bulletin Desk

Three Year 11 students were spoken to on Wednesday afternoon following an informal market on the Avenue in which canteen pre-orders were being bought, sold, and — in two reported cases — short-sold ahead of expected lunch demand.

The market is understood to have operated for approximately twenty minutes between the end of period 4 and the lunch bell. Goods traded included two (2) sushi rolls, one (1) bowl of pasta, and what one observer described as "a contract for a possible chicken schnitzel".

The school's position is that the Avenue is for pedestrian use only and is not, has not been, and will not be, a trading floor. A reminder has been issued to all senior year groups. The students involved have been spoken to. No formal sanction has been imposed.

iCentral, asked for comment, said only that the school's official prediction-market initiative remains in development and that students wishing to trade should wait for the formal launch of market.barkercollege.org. Until then, the Avenue is to be walked along, and not in.

The First XV coach, asked separately, said he found the incident "frankly impressive".

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