And we thought the Catholic Church was meant to be Christian

[Complainer]

Thanks for the update, Paddy.

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[*] No point having an ethos if those within start tearing down what they are supposed to be preserving/promoting.
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No point in having a Board of Management responsible for leading a school if all they can do is the same oul thing again and again. There has to be some change.

In relation to the specifics of our response, is this the BOM manual that you refer to?

http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/padmin_bom_info_manual.pdf?language=EN

I can't find your specific points in that manual, so I'm wondering if I'm missing something. I did find some interesting stuff in the manual about Section 16 of the 1998 Education Act requiring Minster's approval to remove a BoM member.

 

[PaddyBloggit]

No ... I'm referring to the CPSMA one provided to RC schools:

You can get it here:

[broken link removed]

Re. change ... has to come from the top .... BOM members can only work within the rules/their remit.