Roles & Responsibilities of the School Councils
School councils are advisory bodies. A school council will provide advice to the school principal and where appropriate to the school board on any of the matters listed below that the council had identified as priorities.
- local school-year council
- school code of student behaviour
- curriculum and program goals and priorities
- the responses of the school or school board to achievement in provincial and board assessment programs
- preparation of the school profile
- selection of principals
- school budget priorities, including the local capital-improvement plans
- school-community communications strategies
- methods of reporting to parents and community
- extracurricular activities in the school
- school-based services and community partnerships related to social, health, recreational, and nutrition programs
- community use of school facilities
- local co-ordination of services for children and youth
- development, implementation, and review of board policies at the local level
The provincial policy will require that a school board's policy direct the school principal and, where relevant, senior staff and trustees of the board to seek advice from the school council as part of the process of making decisions and regard to the matters listed above.
(the above is from the Policy/Program Memorandum No. 122 of the Minstry of Education & Training - pg.3)