I always thought there was some sort of short-list for each role, and Nicola was probably on the short list? Given that she was of sufficient good character to be appointed Form Captain by Miss Cromwell, perhaps she had sufficiently redeemed herself between Autumn Term and the start of End of term to be considered for the short-list.
Lawrie however, probably tooled around in third remove for too long, got up to all sorts of hi-jinks under Tim's bad influence, and was considered too much of a liability for a big production (even though talented) because she was always bursting into tears. Also, netball's already taking up her time.
Also Lois's 'blackening' may not have been taken seriously by Miss Keith (it always struck me that Miss Redmond may have been a bit on the outer with the rest of the staff). In Attic Term when Nicola is getting her conduct mark, it says next to her name that she was left off the team for being overdonfident, but someone else has written 'query' next to this.
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Lawrie however, probably tooled around in third remove for too long, got up to all sorts of hi-jinks under Tim's bad influence, and was considered too much of a liability for a big production (even though talented) because she was always bursting into tears. Also, netball's already taking up her time.
Also Lois's 'blackening' may not have been taken seriously by Miss Keith (it always struck me that Miss Redmond may have been a bit on the outer with the rest of the staff). In Attic Term when Nicola is getting her conduct mark, it says next to her name that she was left off the team for being overdonfident, but someone else has written 'query' next to this.