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TEACHER'S PET:Six years have passed since this newspaper first published its annual feeder school list or school league tables. At the time the publication of the list unleashed a wave of protest from the usual suspects in the teacher unions. These days, the annual feeder school list has become an integral part of the education calendar. Parents look forward to them, principals want to check on them, teachers want to peruse them.

Indeed, it was the huge popularity of the feeder schools list which prompted Mary Hanafin's decision to publish Department of Education inspection reports.