The SMHS School Council meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

2011-2012 SMHS School Council Membership

Mark Gray (Chair), Business

Terri Clark, Parent

Mark Oldenburg, Parent

Donna Noble, Parent

Rick Lindsey, Parent

Barbara Phillips, Teacher

Audrey Toney, Principal

Sean Hickey, Teacher

Cassidy Sparkman, Student

Meghan Wilson, Student

Patti Kadkhodaian, Business

The A+ Education Reform Act of 2000 established school councils in Georgia to "bring communities and schools closer together in a spirit of cooperation to: solve difficult education problems, improve academic achievement, provide support for teachers and administrators, and bring parents into the school-based decision-making process." School councils provide advice, recommendations, and assistance to principals and local boards of education. The law details the composition of the council, its responsibilities, and procedures for conducting business. The 2004 General Assembly in HB 1190 provided flexibility in membership, chairmanship, meetings, elections and trainings for school councils. The changes also provided clarity that school councils are to focus on student achievement and school improvement. The 2007 General Assembly changed the composition of school councils, requiring that a majority of members be parents (or guardians) and that at least 2 parents be businesspersons. (from the Georgia School Council Institute)