The purpose of School Boards is to establish much closer links between schools and parents and to give parents a greater say in how schools are run.

The Board's basic duties and functions include:

• Keeping in touch with parents' views and reporting to parent
• encouraging links between the school and parents
• receiving and responding to reports from the Headteacher and the education authority
• taking part in the appointment of senior school staff
• approving the Headteacher's plans for buying books and materials
• helping to set dates for occasional holidays and arranging the use of the school outwith normal hours

Who serves on the School Board?
Parents (elected by parents), staff members (teachers elected by their colleagues) and co-opted members (chosen by the other Board members to represent the community). Parent members will have a majority.

To ensure variety of membership, people who qualify as staff members cannot be parent members and people who qualify as staff or parents may not be co-opted.

Members as at January 2006

Parents:
Mrs F Nicolson
Mrs E Barrow
Mr J Metcalf
Mr W Reid
Mr A Bond
Ms G Leonard
Mr P Barron (Chair)
Mrs R Stannet

Rector:
Mr Douglas Milne

Pupil:
Vacancy

Staff:
Mrs E Bonner
Mrs M Addison

Councillors:
Cllr M Raeburn
Cllrs R & H Bisset
Cllr M C Kitts-Hayes

Clerk:
Mrs H Anderson (co-opted member of the Board)