Chairing the meeting is a difficult task. Although nobody is exactly unruly it is demanding to keep up to 70 people of different ages sitting quietly for about an hour at a time. Sometimes teachers bring up children for being unruly in class. Naturally the staff can be brought up too. It is a very levelling experience to be brought up before the whole community - specially if you have been teaching in the conventional system.
Some new staff find it a bit too much and are very embarassed about it.
But I am sure it is a valuable experience for grown-ups to be put in a position where they can be brought up by children and fined accordingly. All teachers should have the experience of teaching in a school like Summerhill where the children do not have to attend classes. Most teachers spend their entire working career teaching to a captive audience. It is a very sobering experience to teach children who can get up and walk out if they want to. I would like to finish with a brief word about kids living at the school.