Hmm, I really like the mum who is our new parent governor but

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she has taken her oldest child out to send to private school (at 9)

and this is the second year that they have taken the last two weeks of term off to go to Australia

can't help feelign she may not be that committed

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no don't be sorry

I didn't remember the word

I had one child at private school and was parent gov.

when second child went I thought it was time to stnd down though.

Theywere very nice about it

My husband is still a school governor, despite removing our son at the end of Y5 to send him to a private prep school in preparation for his private secondary education. Our daughter, in year 4, is still at the same school and I hope she'll stay until year 6.

It was a little awkward for the first few weeks after we made our decision but now,it seems fine. If anyone was uncomfortable with us being there we'd go! We've always made it clear our decision was made with future educational needs in mind. I didn't want my son to sit an 11-plus-type exam if he was going to be the only child from his glass doing it. It's better for all of us if he's in a prep school class, all of whom will take an exam at 13.

Class, not glass. Though I could do with one.

They aren't paid and each time there's an afternoon or morning meeting my husband has to travel 80 miles from work to attend. Sometimes his boss will give him time off, usually it's too awkward to ask for it (though I think it's supposed to be legally provided) so sometimes he takes holiday to do it.

Meetings often go on for two hours or more--after work. Often there's just time to grab a sandwich before he goes. If they're ploughing through reams of OFSTED paperwork or other government-required admin. it's not necessarily thrilling work, though very rewarding.

My husband does it because he admires the head and thinks he has a responsibility to his community to get involved in the local school, which is for most people here the ONLY school they could attend. Our school takes a lot of the children nobody else wants. There are a lot of social problems and we both feel our son benefited from being with these children for the first six years of his education.