Education Council

4 March 2013 at 08:15

in Krosseyri, 3 Linnetsstíg

Meeting 276

Present at the meeting

  • Helena Mjöll Jóhannsdóttir main person
  • Gestur Svavarsson main person
  • Sigurlaug Anna Jóhannsdóttir main person
  • Helga Ingólfsdóttir main person
  • Friðþjófur Helgi Karlsson substitute

In addition to the above-mentioned signatories, the following attended the meeting:
Magnús Baldursson, Director of Education, Vigfús Hallgrímsson, Development Officer for Primary Schools, Haraldur Haraldsson, observer representative for primary school headteachers, Eyrún Baldvinsdóttir, observer representative for primary school teachers, Jóhanna Sveinbjörg Traustadóttir, observer representative

Secretary

  • Vigfús Hallgrímsson Primary School Development Representative

In addition to the above-mentioned signatories, the following attended the meeting:
Magnús Baldursson, Director of Education, Vigfús Hallgrímsson, Development Officer for Primary Schools, Haraldur Haraldsson, observer representative for primary school headteachers, Eyrún Baldvinsdóttir, observer representative for primary school teachers, Jóhanna Sveinbjörg Traustadóttir, observer representative

  1. General presentations

    • 1001193 – Procurement rules, review

      A letter has been sent from the town council requesting a report from the education committee on the draft revised procurement regulations.

      The Education Council has no comments on the draft.

    • 1205312 – Birch Fields, Forest Division

      Resumed from the previous council meeting. An email from the Finance Director of the YMCA and YWCA in Iceland was presented.

      The matter is awaiting resolution, and an interim report is requested for the next council meeting, outlining an assessment of the operation and performance of the activity this winter, along with a comparison to the running of the town's nursery school with a comparable number of children.

    • 1201362 – Standardised assessment tests in Year 4, Year 7 and Year 10, 2012

      A summary of the results of the 2012 standardised tests was presented, a continuation from the autumn.

      Further discussion of the findings will take place at a forthcoming seminar on 19 April.

    • 1003251 – Events, Education Department

      The final of the Great Reading Competition in Hafnarfjörður will be on Tuesday, 19th March at Hafnarborg.

      The final festival of the Grand Reading Competition was presented at Hafnarborg on Tuesday, 19th March, and invitation cards for the event were presented to the Education Council.

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