AHSS - School Advisory Council 2.11

The major purposes of School Councils are to:

• increase parental involvement in their children's education, both at home and in school, enhance student learning, improve pupil achievement, and promote the accountability of the education system to parents,

• enhance communication between school and home,

• enhance communication between school and the broader community,

• provide a meaningful advisory role for parents and the community in the education of children,

• provide parents, staff, students and community members with a forum to learn about and discuss educational issues and programs and community needs,

• strengthen publicly funded education and advance its cause,

• provide informed advice and recommendations on any matter to the school principal or to the Board within legislated guidelines (such as the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation and the Education Act), and

• provide a meaningful forum for parents and members of the broader community to have input into the policies, procedures and practices proposed by the Ministry of Education.