Alan Cox Hands In His TCG Badge

The bould Mr Cox

letter sent out to the pupils of Temple Carrig Greystones by Principal Alan Cox on Thursday, March 21st 2024…

The next few months are going to be very exciting for the school.

Schools should never be stagnant places and it’s extremely important
for schools to keep progressing and keep changing. And this applies to their management as much as anything else.

When I was appointed, I felt that the first Principal of our new school should serve for about seven years and then make way for someone else. The problem was that I loved working in TCG so much that the years drifted by very happily and very quickly and, just shy of eleven years later, it really is a healthy time for a change!

From my own point of view, I’m fifty-five this summer and at an age where I want to carry on for another ten years (and whatever about doing eleven years here, twenty-one would be excessive), but if I don’t move quickly, I’ll soon be too old to be attractive to potential employers.

Therefore, I’m writing to let you that I will be leaving the school at the end of this year and that I have accepted the position of Principal of Rathdown School.

While words cannot adequately express how sad I am to be leaving TCG, I do think that this is going to be an exciting and positive time for you all.

Young Alan…

The Board of Management will shortly begin the process of recruiting my successor and this has the potential to lead to wonderful new improvements and further development of everything TCG.

It’s also important to emphasise that there will be another time for thanks and goodbyes. My new position in Rathdown doesn’t start until next September and we’re not going to waste time on some sort of maudlin long goodbye. There is much to be done in TCG over the coming months and it’s very much business as usual for now. I just wanted to let you all know as soon as possible because the I am so very grateful to the students of TCG for all that they have done to make this school such a brilliant place and I didn’t want you hearing from anyone else.

With hearty thanks and best wishes,

Alan Cox