An article on 17 May 2016, "Private students poached : union", p7 in The West Australian newspaper cites the State School Teachers Union and the WA Primary Principals Association indicating that the Independent Public Schools (IPS) scheme "...had led to a big increase in principals' workloads, with less support". As at 2016, 445 government schools have taken on the independent status with another 50 to be added in 2017. The article was focused on a claim that independent government schools are poaching students from independent non-government schools.
While the poaching claim is of interest my concern is the claim about the increased workloads for IPS principals.
I would be keen to read comments indicating the nature of the load increases in order to foster a discussion on this blog about the pressures and how they might be dealt with.
GD
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