All About Parent Volunteers (PV)

[jujuboys]

I have some questions which I hope to get some replies from here:


1. If I were to do PV, and at the same time, I make a statutory declaration for grandparent address (within 2km), will I be granted phase 2B (within 2km) for this school?

2. Since Chief said that for 2010 intake, you need to register for PV in 2008. Is this rule mandatory? I would like to know, can I do PV in 2009 if my child P1 intake is in 2012, 2013,....?

3. Is it possible for a mum to do PV in one school, then the dad to do PV in another school? assuming both of us are free to do so.

Sorry, all 3 questions sounds very kiasu.
But hey, this is kaisu forum right?

[titank]

Hi Jujuboys,


(i) Yes you should be granted Phase 2B (2Km or more) from your school of choice.

(ii) Normally the school don't let you do so early in the PV.For 2010 intake, registration must reach the school by May or June 08. The school may decide let the parent do PV in 2008 (Jul 08 to Dec 08) or 2009 (Jan 09 to Jun 09)

(iii) Yes it should be possible for dad & mum to do PV at separate schools.

[jujuboys]

Hi titank,


Thanks for your quick reply. I’m absolutely clear of (2) and (3).

However, for (1), MOE policy says that:
Children who are registered using a foster parent’s address and residing within 1 km of the school of choice will not be balloted together with other children residing within 1 km of their school of choice. Instead they will be balloted together with children residing between1-2 km of the school of choice.

So those grandparents staying within 1km will be downgraded to the "within 2km" category. But it did not mention that those in the "within 2km" category will be downgraded to the "more then 2km" category.

Or is this a standard practice that the distance policy will always be downgraded by 1 level when it comes to grandparent address declaration?

[ChiefKiasu]

jujuboys:

...So those grandparents staying within 1km will be downgraded to the \"within 2km\" category. But it did not mention that those in the \"within 2km\" category will be downgraded to the \"more then 2km\" category.


Or is this a standard practice that the distance policy will always be downgraded by 1 level when it comes to grandparent address declaration?

Don't worry, what it is saying that as long as the foster parent is within 2km of the school, it will be treated as within 2km, regardless of whether it is less than 1 or between 1-2km.

[KaySmom]

Chanced upon this thread.


PV for Nanyang Primary is 80 hours and not the usual 40 hours.

Some schools are very stringent with the selection of PVs and try to control the no of PVs selected so that a large % of PVs can successfully get a place without balloting. On the other hand I have heard of schools who do not control the no of PVs that they have - even though they still do the interview screening. In such schools, it is very common to see oversubscribed Phase 2B - meaning PVs dun get a chance to even ballot or even if they have a chance to ballot it is usually like 1:3 or 1:4 chance to get the place.

[blownup]

KaySmom:

Chanced upon this thread.


PV for Nanyang Primary is 80 hours and not the usual 40 hours.

My friend's sister doing PV at Canberra Primary School, one of the \"future school\" that requires parents not only the 40 hours before P1 registration, but another post 40 hours once their child is successully enrol.

But I was wondering, if cannot finish the post 40 hours, how? remove the kid from school :roll:

[luvmum]

KS mummies,


If you stay within 1-2km from the school and there is no balloting for the past few yrs, do you think the chances for my child to be in is high enough not to do PV for the school.

Thanks!

[Luanee]

luvmum:

KS mummies, If you stay within 1-2km from the school and there is no balloting for the past few yrs, do you think the chances for my child to be in is high enough not to do PV for the school. Thanks!

That depends on which year u are registering and which school u are looking at. For eg. Greenwood Primary did not conduct balloting in years 2006 and 2007 under phase 2C, yet balloting was conducting for < 1km in year 2008.

[titank]

KaySmom:

Chanced upon this thread.


PV for Nanyang Primary is 80 hours and not the usual 40 hours.

Some schools are very stringent with the selection of PVs and try to control the no of PVs selected so that a large % of PVs can successfully get a place without balloting. On the other hand I have heard of schools who do not control the no of PVs that they have - even though they still do the interview screening. In such schools, it is very common to see oversubscribed Phase 2B - meaning PVs dun get a chance to even ballot or even if they have a chance to ballot it is usually like 1:3 or 1:4 chance to get the place.

Wow without any control of PV's? That means the school may take in 100 PV's then ask the Parents perform cheap labour.Then when comes to balloting would be like 25% chance. Any idea what schools is practising this way?

[KaySmom]

I heard 1 popular boys school near bishan area, 1 popular chinese co-ed school in the central west area.