The AGM of the Parents Council will take place next Monday 23rd September at 7.30 pm. We are inviting as many of you as can make the meeting to come along on the night.
Role of the Parents Council
Provision is made in the Education Act 1998 to allow parents of students of a school to set up a Parents Council. The Act states that:
The parents of students of a recognised school may establish and maintain from among their number, a parents’ association for the school and membership of that association shall be open to all parents of students of that school.
The parents council in a school works with the principal, staff and board of management to build effective co-operation and partnership between home and school.
The role of the parent’s council is set down in the Education Act 1998 as follows:
A parents association shall promote the interests of the students in a school in co-operation with the board, principal, teachers and students.
The Education Act also sets out two broad tasks for a parents council which are:
· To advise the Principal or the Board on matters relating to the school
· To adopt a programme of activities which will promote the involvement of parents in the operation of the school, in consultation with the principal.
