Principals seek review of working conditions

The joys of a deputy principal in a small primary school range from chasing mice to unblocking toilets to “cleaning up after lost heifers”, the INTO annual congress has heard.

Daithi Ryder, deputy principal of a two-teacher school, said the workload included checking roll books, dealing with a “rainforest” of mail, organising sacraments, annual Mass, and raffles.