So you want to become a school council member School councils play an important role in ensuring the success of all students and communicating student success to parents and community members. Serving on your school council can give you the opportunity to provide meaningful input on school decisions and become a voice for parents and community members in your school community. School councils will try to make decisions by consensus. Consensus is reached when all or most members support and accept an idea or concept as the best choice. However, sometimes this isn't possible, and a vote is necessary.
All council members can vote, and a majority vote of members present at the meeting is required.
A tie vote is a loss. Any member of the council can make a motion at any meeting. Each member of the council has one vote on each motion and members are free to abstain from voting. A motion is approved if a majority of the members vote in favour of it. The term of office for elected and appointed positions on the council is normally two years.