Education Council

General presentations

• 1103214 – Collaboration between the Hafnarfjörður Music School (TH) and primary schools

  A question was raised by the Parents' Council of Hafnarfjörður regarding what had been decided to be done to enhance the collaboration between the Hafnarfjörður Music School and the primary schools. The managers of the Hafnarfjörður Music School attended the meeting.

  Gunnar Gunnarsson and Helgi Bragason, managers of TH, reviewed the situation regarding the collaboration between the Hafnarfjörður Music School and the town's primary schools.The Education Council instructs the Education Service to convene a meeting of stakeholders to review these matters with a view to enhancing the collaboration between TH and the primary schools.

• 1111153 – Crafts and applied arts

  The primary school development officer went over the feedback received from art and design teachers.

  Comments from art and craft teachers in Hafnarfjörður's primary schools were presented.$line$$line$Representatives of the Independence Party wish to record:$line$$line$Statement of the development representative on artand the report of the development representative on art and vocational education, together with the comments of art and vocational subject teachers, confirm that the number of hours in the subjects in question is not sufficient in Hafnarfjörður under the current national curriculum. When periods for art and craft subjects were cut, it no longer enabled schools to comply with the law on the number of teaching hours. It is imperative that this situation is addressed as soon as possible. Helga Ingólfsdóttir (sign)$line$Sigurlaug Anna Jóhannsdóttir (sign)$line$$line$$line$Representatives of the Left-Green and Social Democratic Alliance wish to record:$line$Work and art subjects are an extremely important part of school life.$line$Primary schools in Hafnarfjörður have, with great resourcefulness, met the demands of streamlining and cost-saving, not least by integrating various subjects. We do not believe that the law has been broken in this implementation.$line$Eyjólfur Sæmundsson (sign)$line$Helena Mjöll Jóhannsdóttir (sign)$line$Gestur Svavarsson (sign)

• 1105363 – Main curriculum for primary and nursery schools

  The Primary School Development Officer presented the action plan for the implementation of the 2012-2014 Hafnarfjörður Primary School Core Curriculum.

  The Education Committee approves the work plan that was presented and laid before the meeting, and instructs the Education Service to implement it with the primary schools.

• 1201082 – School organisation in Hafnarfjörður

  The stage manager went over the situation.

  The Director of Education reported on the situation regarding the school system in Hafnarfjörður, following a report by its working group.

• Tuition fees

  Resumed from the previous meeting: a submission from the Association of Icelandic Municipalities presenting a new fee schedule for students studying outside their home municipality. The cost implications for Hafnarfjörður were presented.

  The Operations Manager for Educational Services reviewed the cost implications for the City of Hafnarfjörður of these fee changes. If the proposed increase is approved, the City's cost share per child will increase by 50%.

• 0907038 – Fee schedules in the education sector

  The Operations Manager for Educational Services went over the nursery fee schedule and additional discounts.

  For information.$line$$line$ Representatives of the Independence Party wish to record: $line$$line$ Representatives of the Independence Party abstained from the initial decision-making when the current rules and income thresholds were introduced. It is clear that the income thresholds, especially for single parents, are very low. There is cause for concern about discrepancies in the fee structure for nursery school charges for priority groups between municipalities. It is important to review the fee schedule in light of the information provided. $line$$line$ Helga Ingólfsdóttir (sign)$line$ Sigurlaug Anna Jóhannsdóttir (sign)$line$$line$Representatives of the Social Democratic Party and the Left-Green Party wish to record:$line$$line$With the current arrangement, the objective of supporting lower-income groups is achieved, thereby promoting greater equality.$line$$line$ Eyjólfur Sæmundsson (sign)$line$ Helena Mjöll Jóhannsdóttir (sign)$line$ Gestur Svavarsson (sign)$line$$line$

• 1208508 – Smáralundur, name change

  Proposals that have been received for the new name of the merged Smáralund and Kató nursery schools were presented.

  Presented for information. These ideas came up for a new name for Smáralundur: 1. Mýri 2. Laut 3. Melur Rock$line$5. Smear Cottage$line$6. Smearalund$line$7. Katólundur$line$8. The Smile$line$9. Hæðarendi$line$10. Lundaklettur$line$11. Þróttheimar$line$12. Brekka$line$13. Brekkuhlíð$line$14. Youth$line$15. Cato$line$16. The Hammer$line$17. Crows' Cottage$line$18. Brekkuhvammur