After a couple years of thinking about it, I have finally become a school governer at my DD's junior school :). I now feel a tremendous responsibility to the parents and school, and am keen to do a good job. I can see from the various threads on the subject that this role can be extremely valuable and rewarding but is not without its challenges!! Any tips from other parent governers on how to create a good impression with the parents and school? What kinds of things are worth doing in the first few months, and which ones are less so - eg I can see it could be possible to agree to take on too much? Many thanks!