Educate Together
24th March 2010
Ennis ETNS Board of Management
Dear Parent(s),
At the school community meeting held on the 2nd March, Educate Together undertook to find a chairperson for a new Board of Management for Ennis Educate Together N.S. We are delighted to let the school community know that Ashley Birdthistle has agreed to take up the position of Chairperson of the Board of Management when it is formed.
A Board of Management is made up of the Principal, an elected Teacher Representative, two Patron Nominees, two Parent Representatives (one male, one female) and two Community Representatives.
The elections for the two Parent Representatives will be held on Monday, 12th April, at 7.30pm, in Cois na hAbhna. At this meeting, it will be open for any parent or guardian of a child currently attending the school to put themselves forward for election. Each candidate will be asked to say a bit about themselves (their name, the class their child is in, why they want to be the Parent Representative on the Board), after which all parents present on the night will vote, in two elections (one for the male Representative, one for the female Representative).
Once the Parent Representatives and the Teacher Representatives have been elected, these three, together with the two Patron Nominees and the Principal, will get together to agree two Wider Community Representatives to be proposed to the Patron. Following this meeting, the entire eight person Board will be formally appointed by Educate Together.
This is a great opportunity for two parents to become involved in a new Board of Management, to carry out the tasks that were set out at the general school meeting on the 2nd March. There are many challenges facing the school, and this is an opportunity to ensure its success into the future. Come and be part of meeting those challenges, and achieving the goals the school has set for itself.
This meeting will also give parents an opportunity to meet Ashley, who will be attending, as he will be taking up the position of Chairperson on the 16th April.
Please come to the meeting, and make your voice heard as part of the democratic process in your school.
Yours sincerely
Deirdre O’Donoghue
Head of Primary Education,
Educate Together
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