School Council

School Council

In 1997, amendments to the Education Act allowed for the development of school councils in State School. Kedron High School Council held its first meeting on 4th June 1998 and has continued to hold two meetings per term since that time.

Present Members
Chairperson: Neil Crisp
Parent Representative: Mr Neil Crisp (Chair), Mr Dale Collins
Staff Representative: Ben Aspinall, Mrs Carmel Cause
Student Representative: Nathan Jorgensen
P&C Representative: Adrian Quinn
Principal: Myron McCormick

Functions of School Council
The school council has the following functions-

(a) approving plans and policies of a strategic nature and other documents affecting strategic matters, including the annual estimate of revenue and expenditure for the school
(b) monitoring the school's strategic direction, including selecting a person to participate as a full member on the selection panel appointed to select a principal for the school whenever a vacancy in that office occurs and where the chief executive has determined that a merit selection process is required to fill the vacancy
(c) (c) monitoring the implementation of the plans, school policies and other documents, mentioned in (a)
(d) advising the principal about strategic matters