Ban on filling crucial posts was 'last straw' [Independent.ie]
- Published: 14 May 2010
THE Government's ban on filling middle-management posts in schools introduced last year was the "last straw" for Margaret Cooney.
For 13 years she relished her job as principal of the Holy Family senior school in Ennis, Co Clare. "I really loved my job but the demands became insatiable," Ms Cooney, who decided to quit last year at 57, told the Irish Independent.
She oversaw major changes in the school with a much more diverse intake including children with special needs, children from overseas and more Traveller children.
She could proudly claim "there was never a day I did not love being in school". But the administrative and paper workload piled up with a raft of new policies and procedures. She was assisted by a middle-management structure, which she regards as crucial to the success of a school.
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