Starting Monday, April 8, 2024, Harrison County High School will accept nominations for Site Based Decision Making Council Parent Members for the 2024 — 2025 school year. Please complete and return the nomination form no later than 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19, 2024.
To be eligible to serve as a SBDMC Parent Member, you must be a parent of a student at HCHS for the school year 2024 — 2025.
The legal definition of parent (KRS 160.345.1.c) allows biological parents, stepparents, foster parents or persons who have court ordered legal custody to be nominated or to vote. According to the law, parents who are nominated or who wish to vote must have a child “pre-registered to attend” the school for next year.
If a child is in Grade 8 this year and will attend our school next year the parents of that child would be eligible to be nominated, or vote in the election for the next year’s school SBDM council. Parents of 12th graders who are exiting our school may nominate, but cannot vote for candidates.
Parent SBDM council members cannot be employed in or be related to someone who is employed in the school or in the district administrative offices.
An Attorney General’s Opinion (OAG 90-102) says that “relative” as used in this section should have the same definition found in KRS 160.180 and KRS160.380 that applies to school boards.
This means that a parent who is a “father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law or daughter-in-law” of someone who works at the school or in the district administrative offices could not be a parent SBDM council member. Parent members cannot be a board member or a board member’s spouse, nor can they have a business interest in the school.
The SBDM Parent Election will take place Monday, April 22, 2024 — Friday, April 26, 2024. Parents may cast their vote in the Harrison County High School front office from 8 a.m. — 4 p.m during the voting period. Eligible parents may also schedule a time to vote in the evenings or online by contacting Susan Yearsley.
Voting will end Friday, April 29, 2022 at 4 p.m. Results will be posted in The Cynthiana Democrat, Harrison County High School website, and Harrison County PTO Facebook page.
Any other questions regarding SBDMC Elections, please contact Susan Yearsley at susan.yearsley@harrison.kyschools.us or call 859-234-7117 ext. 2101.
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