[HPforGrownups] Lucius Malfoy

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 24517

Alfredo Ramírez said:

> All right, I¹m American and have frankly no idea how British Boarding
> schools work. In CoS, we learnt that Lucius was one of the twelve school
> governors. What are school governors? Is this a paying position or like
> being part of the PTA? At the end of the book, he was Œsacked¹ from his
> position as Governor, which I figured meant it was a job. If someone would
> be so kind as to clear that up for me, I¹d appreciate it.

The Governors of my boarding school were something of a mixed bunch. There
were retired senior staff members (former Headmaster and Deputy Head), a
mother of several old boys of the school, former Headmasters of other
schools, and that ilk. Rita had their job descriptions absolutely right --
they make the BIG decisions, and are supremely irritating to those people
who are on the ground trying to implement them.

--John

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