ORGANIZATIONAL GUIDELINES

To involve parents and other community members to facilitate a public understanding of the District’s comprehensive plan known as Vision 129 and all components associated with that plan.

COUNCIL COMPOSITION:

Each District School shall be represented by one parent.
Each school Representative must have a student in the school that he/she represents.

REPRESENTATIVE REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a spirit of cooperation with school Principal.
• Must communicate frequently with school Principal and school parent organization and, therefore, school community.
• Must be visible at school he/she is representing.
• Must be involved in the school so that parents feel comfortable approaching him/her.
• Must be willing to handle all situations and/or issues that may be brought to his/her attention.

APPOINTMENT:

Each Representative shall be appointed by the school’s Principal, after receiving feedback from the school's parent representatives.  The Principal will ask for a slate of two to three potential candidates from the current SCAC Representative and the parent group President.

GOALS:

• Allow public participation in the West Aurora school system.
• Provide forum for discussion and decision-making between public and District staff.
• Establish effective two-way communication between District office and school system.
• Establish effective two-way communication between District office and school system.
• Create positive human relations contacts among community, students and parents.
• Establish and maintain a District image that reflects the West Aurora “Tradition of Excellence”.