THE BALLAKERMEEN SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION
CONSTITUTION[ Title | The Objects | Membership | Representation | Management | Meetings | Funds | Rules ]
The name of the
association shall be "The
BALLAKERMERN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION" hereinafter referred to as the Association.
(a) The OBJECTS of the Association are to
advance the education of the
pupils of the School by providing and assisting in the
provision of facilities for education at the School (not
normally provided by the I.O.M. Board of Education)
and as an ancillary thereto and infurtherance of this object the
Association may: (i) foster more extended relationships
between the staff, parents and others
associated with the school, and (ii) engage in activities which support the
School and advance the
education of the pupils attending it. (b) It shall NOT be a function of the
Association to advise the Headmaster or
Staff on the policy and organisation of the School. (c) The Head Teacher shall have the ultimate
decision on all educational or
other matters which may affect the school. (d) The Association shall be non political.
Shall be free with
these conditions: (a) to a parent, guardian or foster-parent
of a pupil, past or present, of the School. (b) to a member of staff, past or present of
the school, teaching and non-teaching. (c) to a person who has expressed a wish to
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(a)
The Chairman of the Association shall be the Head Teacher, or
his appointed deputy. (b)
The Management and control of the Association shall be vested
in a Committee which shall consist of the following:- (i)
Chairman (Parent) (ii)
Vice-Chairman (Parent) (iii)
Treasurer (Parent) (iv)
The Secretary' (Parent) (v)
Press Secretary (Parent) (vi)
Organising Secretary (Parent) (vii)
Nine other members from the following sources:- Not
more than two parents representing each year (viii)
Four staff representatives (ix)
Other parents as nominated at the Annual General Meeting
and subsequently co-opted and
referred to hereinafter as the Committee.
(a)
Seven
members of the executive committee shall constitute a
quorum (b)
The
executive committee shall be empowered to co-opt and appoint
standing and ad-hoc sub-committees to carry out such functions
as the executive committee may decide. (c)
The
parent officials and members of the committee shall be elected
for one year by a simple majority vote of the annual general
meeting of all members. (d)
The Staff officers and representatives
shall be appointed by the
Headmaster. (e)
Casual
vacancies on the Committee may be filled by the Committee
by co-option. Any person so co-opted shall serve
only while the person in whose place he/she is co-opted would
have served. (f)
The
Committee shall have the power to co-opt members, and to
appoint any sub-committee, and shall prescribe the function of any
such sub-committee.
(a)
The
Annual General Meeting The
Annual General Meeting shall be held in September of each year
and shall: - (i)
Elect parent officials and committee members (ii)
Receive the Secretary's annual report (iii) Receive the Treasurer's report. |
(b)
Extraordinary General Meeting An
extraordinary general meeting shall be held upon the receipt
of the secretary of notice of motion signed by Twenty
members or at the discretion of the executive committee. (c)
Committee Meetings Committee
meetings shall be held at least once each term at
such times and places as the Committee shall direct
(a)
The Honorary Treasurer shall keep an account of all income and
expenditure and shall submit accounts, duly audited, at the
A.G.M. (b)
The Banking Account shall be in the name
of the Association
and withdrawals shall be made in the name of the
Association on the signature of any two of the following:- a)
Chairman b)
Treasurer c)
The Secretary (c)
The auditor (being an elected accountant - not a
member of
the Committee) shall be appointed annually at the Annual
General Meeting to Audit the accounts and books
of the Association. (d)
Any
assets remaining on dissolution of the Association after
satisfying any outstanding debts and liabilities shall not
be distributed amongst the members of the Association but
will be given to the School for the benefit of the children
of the school in any manner which is exclusively charitable
at law.
(a)
No alteration of the rules may be made
except at the Annual
General Meeting or at a Special Meeting called for this
purpose. No alteration or
amendment shall be made to the
objects clause or dissolution clause which would cause the
Association to cease to be a charity at law. (b)
Amendments to the constitution shall require
two-thirds majority
of members present at the Annual General Meeting. (c)
The
Association shall take out Pubhc Liability Insurance to cover
all its meetings and activities. (d)
That
any matter not provided for in the Constitution shall be dealt
with by the Committee, whose decision shall be deemed final. |