HEAD PARENT'S OF PRE-PRIMARY SECTION

LAWS OF THE
ST. DOMINIC SAVIO HIGH SCHOOL

1. Name: The Association shall be called the St. Dominic Savio High School Parent's and Teacher's Association hereinafter called "The Association". The Office will be in the school premises.

2. Recongnition: As long as the Association is granted recognition by the School Management the Association is permitted to use the name of the school, and every parent will therefore be encouraged to become its members and support its activities all of which are to be service-oriented.

Recognition will ordinarily be continued unless there is reason for the School Management to be concerned that the activities of the Association are objectionable or contrary to the interests of the School, despite being informed of the same.

In such an extreme case of de-recognition, all parents will be informed of this decision and an option given to them to resign from the de-recognised Association.

The word "Parents" includes "Guardians".

3. The Rational & Objects: The Parents at home and teachers at School look after the development of the child in different though somewhat overlapping fields. It is in the interests of the child's personality that this development should be harmonious. Mutual understanding between parents and teachers is plainly imperative. Besides, parents often have the feeling that Schools function in a manner oblivious of the parents view-point. This at times may give rise to some misunderstading.On the other hand teachers often have a feeling that parents should be more co-operative and if the suggestions of the teachers as to the way the child should be considerably facilitated. An Association which provides contacts between parents and teachers is thus a self-evident necessity. The Association will therefore endeavour

a) To promote, maintain and develop opportunities for meetings and contacts between parents and teachers, and among parents themselves:

b) To establish means of communication and exchange of the view-points of both, on matters of general importance to the education and development of the children.

c) To organize debates, seminars and group discussion on all topics connected with the education and development of the children.

d) To assist parents in solving the collective problem of the School and to assist the School and its staff in solving the general and individual problems of the children at home.

e) To find scholarship and prizes for each class.

f) To assist the School Management in raising funds for the School's needs.

g) To co-operate with organisation having similar objectives.

h) To take, in general, such step as may be incidental to the conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.

N.B. In working towards the above objectives, the Association will be guided by the Management of the School and with the underlying principal of ensuring that all actions are in the best interest of the students without compromising the long tern interest of the School. To facilitate a collaborated efforts, the School Management shall have the right to attend any meeting of the PTA or its committees and to take part in discussion and to recommend. or if necessary, direct anything to be done or not to be done. To enable them to do so, they will be sent notices and minutes of all meetings in advance along with notices to other members.

4. Reservations: The Association will only confine itself to such activities as permissible under the objects of the Association. All action to be taken in pursuance there of shall be on a voluntary basis. No decision of the Association shall be biding on the School Management. No resolution passed in the absence of the Chairman will be binding on the Association. It would be distinctly understood that the Association as well as it s individual members shall scrupulously refrain from interfering with the day-to-day administration of the school.

5. Membership: While membership is entirely voluntary, every parent is encouraged to become a member of the Association recognised by the School Management.

a) The Association will consist of the following Members: Ordinary, Comprehensive and Honorary.

b) The Principal and Staff will be ex-officio Ordinary Members.

c) Every parent is entitled to become an Ordinary/ Comprehensive Member of the Association.

d) Ordinary members are members having paid a lump sum fee for the duration of their children are in the school.

e) Comprehensive Members are members having paid an annual membership fee for the year their child's schooling.

f) Honorary Members not exceeding 5, may be appointed in consultation with the School Managements on an annual basis by the Principal who in his opinion would be of great help to the Association or the Institution. They have no voting rights but are entitled to attend any Meeting.

g) Membership of the Association ceases when students leave the School.

h) Each Parent shall have one vote.

6. Fees: (To be prescribed as deemed fit by the School Management). The Principal of the School and Staff will be, however, exempt from payment of any fees.

7. Resignation:

a) Any member wishing to resign from the Association will do so by giving notice in writing to the Secretary.

b) Any member acting in a manner objectionable or contrary to the interest of the Association shall be called upon to resign his membership by the Executive Committee, failing which his name will be struck off the membership list, provided however, that where such member is an Ordinary Member or Comprehensive Member whose child is in the School, the Executive Committee shall be entitled to give notice to the member concerned, calling upon him to refrain from acting in any such manner objectionable or contrary to the interests of the Association and such member shall be bound to comply with such notice.

c) On the termination of membership no portion of any payment previously made will be refunded.

8. Management of the Association:

a) The affairs of the Association shall be managed by an Executive Committee.

b) The accounts of the Association will be audited at the end of every financial year by an auditor to be appointed at the Annual General Body Meeting.

9. The Executive Committee:

The Executive Committee shall consist of the following members:

P.T.A. PRESIDENTS