By Chris Bonnor, former President of the NSW Secondary Principals’ Council and Director of ASPA. He is co-author (with Tom Greenwell) of Lessons from Canada – an equal school system is possible. As a school principal, I spent a lot of time acting as a gatekeeper, filtering the endless demands on my school from those elected or appointed to govern it. It was probably easier back then – as every generation of retiring principals has forever claimed.