Parent Councils came into force on 1st August 2007. The members of the Parent Council are as follows:
Vacancy – Chairperson
Vacancy – Vice Chairperson
Mrs K. Welsh – Treasurer
Mrs S. Henderson– Secretary
Mrs D. Kerr – Parent Member
Ms L. Higgins – Parent Member
Mrs C. Carson – Parent Member
Mrs T. Aitken – Co-opted Member
Mr J. Gaffney – Church Representative
Mrs H. Hamilton – Staff Representative
Mrs M. Kelly – Clerk to the Parent Council
The Parent Council’s rights and duties include:
- supporting the work of the school
- representing the views of parents
- consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest
- prompting contact between the school, parents, pupils, providers of nursery education and the wider community
- fundraising
- taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff
- receiving reports from the head teacher and education authority
- receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses
- improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement
Members of Parent Council’s, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in decisions on placing requests by parents in respect of those in situations where the number of placing requests for a particular school or for a particular stage in a particular school exceeds the number of places available.
Parent Council elections: All parents will be duly notified when the Parent Council election is due. Details of how many parent representatives needed will be included. Any parent who would be interested in becoming a Parent Council Member is encouraged to make his/her interest known to the Head Teacher. If there are more parents interested than places available, balloting of parents will follow. Elections are usually held every 2 years in September. The head teacher has a right and duty to attend all meetings of the Parent Council. Meetings of the Parent Council are open to members of the public.
These are usually held in the staffroom of Our Lady & St. Joseph’s on the first Tuesday evening of each month, at 6pm.
