Local School Council
School Council Meeting Dates
School Councils provide advice, recommendations, and assistance to principals and local boards of education. The law details the composition of the council, its responsibilities, and procedures for conducting business. The A+ Education Reform Act of 2000 established School Councils in Georgia to “bring communities and schools closer together in a spirit of cooperation.
2025 Meeting Dates
September 26, 2024 9:00 am SES Community Room
October 24, 2024 9:00 am NGMS Conference Rm
January 30, 2025 9:00 am SES Community Room
March 27, 2025 9:00 am SES Community Room
The 2004 General Assembly in HB 1190 provided flexibility in membership, chairmanship, meetings, elections and trainings for School Councils. The changes also provided clarity that School Councils are to focus on student achievement and school improvement.
The 2007 General Assembly changed the composition of School Councils, requiring that a majority of members be parents (or guardians) and that at least two parents be businesspersons. At a minimum, a School Council is composed of seven members, including the following:
- The Principal;
- Two certificated teachers elected by the teachers;
- Four parents (or guardians) elected by the parents (please list as “Parent”); two of the parents must be businesspersons; and
- The School Council may, within its bylaws, increase the number of members, as long as the parents remain the majority.
Suwanee Elementary Local School Council Members
Representatives serving in this capacity for the school year are:
- Mary B. Taylor, Principal
- Leanne Scoggins, Teacher
- Judge Shawn Bratton, Parent Representative
- Jimmy Dillon, Parent Representative
- Desarae Moore, Business Person/Parent
- Missy Weeks, Parent Representative
- Holly Sharp Fong, Business Person/Parent
- Lisa Taylor, PTA President
- JoAn Phillips, Teacher