GENERAL
The Board of Management is a body corporate and is composed of
persons appointed by the Patron* and recognised by the Minister in
accordance with the Education Act, 1998.
The Board of Management manages the school on behalf of the Patron*
and is required to discharge the respective functions of the Board
and of the school as these are set out in the Education Act, 1998.
The Board of Management is the employer of all staff at the school,
teaching and non-teaching.
The Board of Management operates under the Education Act, 1998, and
other relevant legislation, the Rules for National Schools, the
Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedure of Boards of
Management of National Schools and regulations, directives and/or
guidelines issued from time to time by the Minister and/or the
Department of Education and Science.
MEMBERS
Dr. F. J. Steele (Chair – Nominated by the
Trustees)
Mr. Damien Keane (Principal/Secretary – ex
officio)
Ms. Liz Donnelly (Treasurer – Selected from the
community)
Mr. Frank Buttimer (Elected by the parents)
Mr. Tom Clarke (Elected by the teachers)
Mr. Donagh Corcoran (Nominated by the Trustees)
Ms. Mary Lyons (Selected from the community)
Ms. Gillian O’Connor (Elected by the parents)
The term of service of the present members of the Board of
Management commenced on 1st December, 2007, and is
scheduled to end on 30th November, 2011.
The Board may be contacted either through the Principal/Secretary or
by writing to The Board of Management, St. Joseph’s Boys’ National
School, The Mardyke, Cork.
NOTE
*The Patron of St. Joseph’s is the Bishop of Cork and Ross, Most
Rev. John Buckley.
The Trustees of St. Joseph’s are those persons named as such by the
Presentation Brothers, the religious congregation which owns the
school.
“The role of trustee does not encroach on the rights and duties of a
school’s patron”.
