Education Council

General presentations

• 1008212 – Prevention in the field of education

  Regarding this item, a prevention officer attended and presented the results of a study on the behaviour and well-being of pupils in years 5 to 7 in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður.

  Thanks to Geir Bjarnason for the presentation.

• 11023155 – The School Bus

  An email from the Association of Icelandic Municipalities was presented, outlining a change in the situation regarding the school bus.

• 1111152 – Education Committee, Terms of Reference

  Continued from the last meeting

  The Education Committee welcomes the letter of instruction and refers it to the Town Council for action.

• 1111164 – Öldutúnsskóli, school grounds

  A letter from the Öldutúnsskóli school council regarding the condition of the school grounds was presented.

  The Education Committee endorses the importance of ensuring safety on the grounds of Öldutúnsskóli and instructs the department head to contact the letter writer to resolve the matter. The Education Committee also refers the request to the Environment and Operations Committee.

• 1111272 – Áslandsskóli, premises and site matters

  A letter from the head teacher and the chair of the Ásland School Parent-Teacher Association regarding the school's premises and grounds was presented.

  The Education Committee instructs the Director of Services to request the requested cost analysis and also concurs with the letter writer regarding the football pitch at the school, and instructs the Director of Services to pursue the matter.$line$$line$The observer representative for primary school teachers left the meeting at 9:30.

• 0811240 – Education Council, grant awards

  A grant application was submitted by the National Association of Fire and Paramedic Services for the 2011 fire prevention campaign. A grant application was submitted by Sjávarbörnin to produce television programmes about school canteens.

  Deferred to the next meeting.

• Budget for Educational Services 2012

  Draft financial plan for educational services for 2012 presented.

  The Education Committee refers the draft budget for education services for 2012, together with proposals for fees, to the Town Council.The Education Committee instructs the Director of the Department to explore the possibility of increasing the number of children per class in nurseries where this is feasible.$line$$line$The representatives of the Independence Party on the Education Committee will, when the budget for Hafnarfjörður is presented to the Municipal Council, discuss the budget of the municipality as a whole.$line$$line$The observer representative of the primary school headteachers left the meeting at 10:30.