Westray
Parent Council has four vacancies and seeks to nominate and elect four Parent Representatives.
The
following are extracts from the Constitution relating to the nomination and
election process.
- Parent members will be chosen to serve for a period of four years. The Parent Council shall ensure that parents are elected on a rolling programme so that all parents cannot stand down at the same time. Parent representatives who have served their term may be nominated for immediate re-election.
- All the parents of children at the school can take part in the selection process. However, teaching staff cannot be selected as a parent member if they are employed as a teacher of the Westray Junior High School for more than 0.2 FTE (1 day per week).
- Parents have to be nominated by one other parent for election to the Parent Council (but not their partner).
- Following nomination there will be an election providing there are a greater number of nominees than parent member places.
- Election will be by ballot papers circulated to all parents of the school from Nursery to Secondary 4 age. Election will be by simple majority. In the event of an equal number of votes for the final place a draw will be undertaken.
Please complete and return the nomination form which has been mailed to all parents/guardians in a sealed envelope to the
following address:
“Nomination
for Westray Parent Council” c/o Jo MacDonald, Parent Council Clerk, Westray Junior High School, Pierowall,
Westray. KW17 2DH
Nominations
will close at 3pm on Friday 30 March 2018.
The
current parent representatives are: Helen Bain, Kenneth Harcus, Clare Lucas &
May Paterson. The School Staff Representative is Graham Garson and Jennifer
Foley is a Co-opted Member.
Parents
are reminded that representatives can be a link between you and the school if
you have anything that you wish to raise through the Parent Council.
