All About Active Community Leaders

[timtim]

greenbean2011:

my cousin also said ... in principle, rc minimum 3 yrs.


but some parents \"cao kuan\", do < 3 yrs, ... dun know how they more or less gurantee a place for kid via rc, then stopped rc work.

Min 3 yrs is totally not true. People join as Observers for a period of time before they are confirmed as EM, subject to satisfactory contribution and commitment. How long they take to become EM depends solely on them. Some can remain as Observers for many months until we decide to remove them. Why? Because they simply no show, no commitment, etc. Simple wasting all our time. In our RC, the list of observers (more than 20) is longer than EM, but during monthly meeting, I see only a handful. This is ridiculous and I will tell PA to remove those names, with letters sent to inform them.

You only need to be EM for 12 months to qualify for the P2B privilege. If you ask me the min. period then, I can tell you it's only 15 months or 1 yr 3 months. I get confirmed as EM in less than 3 months in 2005. I can tell if a member is committed in just 2 meetings and maybe 1 event. As I said, it all depends on you. But I don't join for that purpose and until now, I am still serving.

[timtim]

dorisp:

A parent may be grassroots serving in \"A\" constitution GRC but because if they live in \"B\" GRC, they are eligible to choose schools within the \"B\" GRC...............


Is that true? :?

Hi dorisp, it's not true. Not sure where you heard it from. He/she can only serve in the GRC which he/she reside, and choose schools that fall within that GRC. Cheers!

[THC]

timtim:

dorisp:

A parent may be grassroots serving in \"A\" constitution GRC but because if they live in \"B\" GRC, they are eligible to choose schools within the \"B\" GRC...............


Is that true? :?

Hi dorisp, it's not true. Not sure where you heard it from. He/she can only serve in the GRC which he/she reside, and choose schools that fall within that GRC. Cheers!

Hi Timtim, but CCC and CCMC is exception. Right ?

[daddy2007]

greenbean2011:

maybe you are right.


because her girl big already Sec 2 now, and boy Pri 5.
Things could have changed, very different now.

Many years back when the PV or RC route is not so commonly known, it is easier for the kid to get in without balloting

I observed that for the past 2 years (and possible for the next many years), balloting is getting common for P2B for popular schools. Why? Because the parents are smarter/resourceful and the generous information sharing via the various forums and words of mouth, parents start to exploit this \"little secret\" of getting into P2B and this commoditised the P2B path resulting in demand exceed supply

Maybe in the past, be a PV or GRL and live outside 2km still stand a good chance to register the child under P2B without balloting

Alot of parents that I known already know this PV or GRL path. I suspect likely the bar (of successful registration under P2B) will be raised soon by serving as PV or GRL and must live 1km. So future PV or GRL do make a calculated & information decision when placing your \"bet\"

[daddy2007]

tankee:

perhaps it is because SCGS did not offer any PV and all vacancies in Phase 2B naturally went to community leaders, thus the misunderstanding.

Not really true. My sister-in-law being offered as PV. Likewise for one of my colleague

[dorisp]

timtim:

dorisp:

A parent may be grassroots serving in \"A\" constitution GRC but because if they live in \"B\" GRC, they are eligible to choose schools within the \"B\" GRC...............


Is that true? :?

Hi dorisp, it's not true. Not sure where you heard it from. He/she can only serve in the GRC which he/she reside, and choose schools that fall within that GRC. Cheers!

Hi timtim

Thanks for always being there to advice.

[BigDevil]

timtim:

Citygirl is right. I am the Vice-Chairman of a RC, I can say there's no such allocation of places specifically to RC members and all those other things mentioned. Once in P2B, all are equal and subject to MOE criteria. Pls do not circulate such unsubstantiated claims in this forum while we have tried our best to educate all concerned parents. Else our efforts will be wasted. Parents are advise to go through what we have discussed before. Tks.

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[timtim]

THC:

timtim:

[quote=\"dorisp\"]A parent may be grassroots serving in \"A\" constitution GRC but because if they live in \"B\" GRC, they are eligible to choose schools within the \"B\" GRC...............


Is that true? :?

Hi dorisp, it's not true. Not sure where you heard it from. He/she can only serve in the GRC which he/she reside, and choose schools that fall within that GRC. Cheers!

Hi Timtim, but CCC and CCMC is exception. Right ?[/quote]Yes, you're right. Members of CCC and CCMC need not reside in the GRC that they serve but they can only apply for schools within the GRC which they serve. I didn't mentioned here to keep the issue simpler if we're only talking about RC/NC. Hope this clarifies. Tks!

[Busymom]

timtim:

Yes, you're right. Members of CCC and CCMC need not reside in the GRC that they serve but they can only apply for schools within the GRC which they serve. I didn't mentioned here to keep the issue simpler if we're only talking about RC/NC. Hope this clarifies. Tks!

I think dorisp heard from me.

We too thought that if you serve in Constituency A, you only have schools in Constituency A to choose from. However, the letter that we received last year clearly stated that we could also choose schools from Constituency B where we reside, much to our surprise. So suddenly, we found ourselves having a few other choices as well...

[dada]

timtim:

dada:

thanks timtim ! do you know what is the difference between a CCC member and a RC member. Is there any priority in term of the P1 registeration.

Hi dada, there is no difference in priority between CCC and RC members in P2B. They are all considered community leaders or GRL and qualify for the P2B privilege for P1 registration, once in P2B, it has nothing to do with their GRL status, but subject to MOE's criteria which apply for all who qualify for P2B (GRL, PV, affiliation etc).

I heard that CCC member is allowed for any school regardless of GRC, whereas RC member is allowed to apply for school that falls under the same GRC.