SMAC Council Delegates

SMAC Council Delegate Responsibilities

A council delegate acts as a liaison between Shawnee Mission Area Council PTA and your local unit. Serving as a council delegate from your school gives you the opportunity to attend Area Council meetings in which you can listen to Dr. Kaplan, a representative of the Board of Education, and three principals representing the elementary, middle, and high schools. They discuss district activities, events, legislative issues, and many other areas pertaining to the happenings in the Shawnee Mission School District. Council delegates participate by addressing questions directly to these administrators and to the officers of Shawnee Mission Area Council PTA. The council delegate then takes this information back to the local PTA unit.

The partnership between Area Council and the local units is vital. The importance of communicating new ideas about programs, projects, upcoming events, and legislative updates cannot be overstated. The PTA President sometimes serves as the council delegate, but SMAC encourages every school to select at least one delegate to attend the meetings and report back to your PTA. Knowledge is power and the more that we can work together, the more we can do to benefit all children.