A tale of one family and one school

WHEN cousins Cruz and Porsha Nelson and Ivy Meek (at front) began their school life as Preps at Portland North Primary School on Wednesday, the five-year-olds were following in a long family tradition. And it is long. They’re among the fifth generation of their family to go to the school, with four generations pictured here – Coral Dart (left), her daughter Judy Nelson (right), Judy’s children Ben and Liam Nelson and Meagan Meek (back row) and Porsha’s sister Ella, 7 (in front of her dad Liam). Picture: KAREN HODGE 220202kh03

By Chalpat Sonti

February 04, 2022 | 6:30 PM

WHEN cousins Cruz and Porsha Nelson and Ivy Meek started school for the first time on Wednesday, the five-year-olds should have felt a little more at home than most Preps.

The trio are after all among the fifth generation of their family to attend Portland North Primary School, a tradition that began in the late 1890s.