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On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 21:44 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote: > There's a governors position open in a nearby school and I've made initial > enquiries into it... But I'm just wondering if anyone here is/has been a > governor of their local school? This is a primary school FWIW... > > Any pointers - or run away, screaming... !!! I was a Governor at Helston School and Wendron School. I am happy to discuss experiences - basically you can be as active or inactive as you want. Once you get on to a committee, there's more work, though again you can leave it to others to do the donkey work and just turn up to committee meetings. Once you get elected as a committee chair the work leaps up, especially on the financial or worse the staffing commmittee (as I was). There are also other jobs which you can be press-ganged into depending on the school, though a primary school is MUCH less work than a secondary. I just turned up for a once per term meeting and had no other jobs. It was a large comprehensive that demands time and effort. Of course you can volunteer to do things you like to do. Phone me any time if this would help. I did particularly enjoy my time with the primary school. James -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html