"Since boards of management were introduced in our primary schools in 1975, we have the ludicrous arrangement where the Department of Education pays a teacher’s salary, and as if by magic is not the employer" - interesting questions on the way the Department becomes invisible when there's trouble https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/01/21/department-has-placed-school-boards-in-an-impossible-position/ #Schools #ManagementBoards #DepartmentOfEducation