Hogwarts ongoing staffing problems

[profuloth]

No: HPFGUIDX 138410

ebeth0000000000 wrote:
> I have been wondering about next year's staffing at Hogwarts.
> <snip> So who will be next year's DAD teacher?  

HBP was the first book where we got a DADA professor that we knew 
before we opened the book. I don't see us knowing the next DADA 
professor...unless of course it is a member of the Order of the 
Phoenix.... maybe Dung will sober up enough to teach them a thing or 
two ;)
 
> 2. Will Slughorn stay on as Potions master next year? <snip>

I believe Sluggy will stick around if the school stays open. 
Otherwise we need three new teachers (see below).

> 3.  With McGonagall as headmaster, will she continue to serve as 
> Gryffindor's head of house?

Hagrid will be the new Gryffindor head of house. Headmistress will be 
more than enough work for Minerva...which means we will need a new 
transfiguration teacher too...remember that Dumbledore was the 
Transfiguration teacher back in Tom Riddle's days in  school (CoS).
 
> 4.  After Trelawney's repeated threats to leave Hogwarts, will she 
> make good on her threats and become vulnerable to Death Eater/LV 
> attacks, capture, and memory charms?  Will the discovery of the
> "true" 
> prophecy actually mean anything for LV?  Will Firenze continue 
> teaching?

Reading my tea leaves and noting the position of Mars with respect to 
Uranus...I would say both will stay as it is unsafe for either to 
return to the world at large.

> 5.  Will we ever learn anything about Professor Sinistra?  

I doubt it...so far I think we've seen her sitted at the staff table 
and dancing with Moody(?)...but I doubt we'll see her in action. She 
has a name that sounds sinister enough to pull her in to the 
storyline...but let's face it Hooch and Pince have had more character 
development than Sinistra.
 
> Assuming (without much canon in support of it) that Harry goes back
> to Hogwarts <snip>

Maybe Harry will use Hogwarts as his base of operation and skive off 
classes to find the remaining horcruxes. I can see the remaining DA 
members being used to help him reseach (about one-third to half of 
the DA have left Hogwarts). Harry will likely pick up the HBP's book 
for potions help, but will stay away from the jinks and hexes written 
in the margins.

Jason