Primary school advice (kindergarten and elementary)

Verified 09 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your child is in kindergarten or elementary school and you want to be informed about the role of the school board in its establishment? The school board is the assembly that makes the important decisions about the organization of the school. Composition, operation, decisions: here is the information to know about the school board.

Rules and regulations The school board shall establish and vote on the school's curriculum.

It shall participate in the preparation and adopt the school project.

He gives his opinion on issues concerning the life of the school, including:

  • Educational and pedagogical actions
  • Use of resources allocated to schools
  • Conditions for the integration of children with disabilities
  • Activities extracurricular
  • School catering
  • School hygiene
  • Protection and safety of children at school and after-school
  • Respect and application of the values and principles of the Republic.

It agrees to the organization of complementary educational, sporting or cultural activities.

It defines the schedule of meetings between teachers and parents of pupils.

At the end of the school year, the school principal sends the members of the school board a report. This assessment concerns in particular the implementation of the school project and the follow-up given to the opinions expressed by the school board.

The school board may forward a draft organization of the school week to the DasenDasen : Academic Director of National Education Services, after obtaining the opinion of the inspector of national education.

If the school board's plan for organizing school time is different from that of the mayor, the national education inspector sets up a consultation process to bring the two projects closer together.

In the end, it is the Dasen who chooses the organization of the school time of the schools concerned.

Voting Members

The school board is composed of the following members:

  • Director of the school, who chairs the board
  • All the teachers assigned to the school
  • Mayor
  • Municipal councilor or president of the intercommunality
  • Elected representatives of parents of pupils (as many representatives as the school has classes)
  • Departmental delegate for education responsible for visiting schools.

All of these members have the right to vote.

FYI  

the school board may take place even if no representative of the parents of pupils could be elected or appointed (for example if there were no candidates).

Additional Members

The National Education Inspector of the district and alternates for representatives of the parents of pupils may attend the school board.

Some people may also attend the council if they have issues on the agenda.

These include:

  • Persons responsible for sports and cultural activities
  • Persons participating in preventive and psychological assistance actions
  • School medical team
  • Social workers
  • ATSEMATSEM : Specialized territorial nursery school officer.

These additional members shall not have the right to vote.

The members of the school board shall be elected or appointed to a school year.

The Board shall meet at least 1 time per trimestere, and obligatorily within one month of the election of the representatives of the parents of pupils.

The agenda shall be sent to the members of the Board at least 8 days before the Board meetings.

After counseling, the school principal prepares a report that is posted in a place accessible to parents of students.

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