The Orchard Grove Primary School play an important role in the governance of our school. They develop a range of policies, guidelines and resources to support the existing and prospective school councillors to understand the roles, responsibilities and school council processes.

The objectives of a school council are set out in the school council’s constituting Order and section 2.3.4 of the Education and Training Reform Act and are to:

• assist in the efficient governance of the school
• ensure that its decisions affecting students of the school are made having regard, as a primary consideration, to the best interest of the students
• enhance the educational opportunities of students at the school
• ensure the school and the council complies with any requirements of the Education and Training Reform Act, the Education and Training Reform Regulations, a Ministerial Order or a direction, guideline or policy issued under the Education and Training Reform Act

Council membership consists of:

• the principal, who is the executive officer
• parents who are chosen through an election
• at least one school or Department of Education & Training (DET) staff member

The school council consists of twelve members and meet on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month. Nominations are sent out in Term 1 and if the number of nominations exceed the number of vacancies, we hold an election.

The current School Council includes the following members:

School Councillors

President: Trevor Hookey

Vice President: Kate Halford

Council Members:

Michelle Ogilvie (Acting Principal)

Charlee McElligott (Acting Assistant Principal)

Andrew Moore (Acting Assistant Principal)

Toby Keen

Caroline Marcus

Rodney Mudford

Cherise Asirvadem

Ryan Wallis

Allan Zhang

Deidree Cooper