Notice of Election and Call for School Council Nominations
SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2023 - 2025
Each year school council elections take place in Term 1 and the process must be completed by 31 March 2023. To find out more, scroll down and click on READ MORE for more information....
NOTICE OF SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Box Hill High School.
If you decide to stand for election, you can arrange for someone to nominate you as a candidate or you can nominate yourself. Nomination forms are attached and must be lodged by 3:00pm on Friday 3rd March 2023.
Please attach to your nomination form a separate statement (250 words) which outlines the experience, skills, and attributes you have which make you a suitable candidate. These will be published to the school community in the event of a ballot.
Once the nomination form is completed, return it to the General Office, and you will receive a Nomination Form Receipt following the receipt of your completed nomination.
Following the closing of nominations, a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school on Tuesday 7th March 2023. If there are more nominations received than there are vacancies on council, a ballot will be conducted. The ballot will close at 3.00pm on 14th March 2023.
The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows:
Membership Category | Number of positions | Term of Office |
Parent member | 2 | From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll (16 March 2023) to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2025 |
DET employee | 2 | From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll (16 March 2023) to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2025 |
If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the school.
TIMELINE FOR ELECTION PROCESS
Notice of election and call for nominations | Wednesday 22 February 2023 |
Closing date for nominations | Friday 3 March 2023 |
The date by which the list of candidates and nominators will be displayed | Tuesday 7 March 2023 |
The date by which ballot papers will be prepared and distributed | On or before 8 March 2023 |
Close of ballot | Tuesday 14 March 2023 |
Vote count *(if required) | Wednesday 15 March 2023 |
Declaration of ballot | Wednesday 15 March 2023 |
First council meeting to co-opt Community Members & elect Office Bearers (Principal will preside) | Wednesday 22 March 2023 |
For Principal and election process, please click on the link below.
Principal message - Notice of Election School Council Nominations
To read Form 2 Notice for College Council elections for 2023, click on the PDF attached.
FORM 2: Notice of Election and call for Nominations