All About Active Community Leaders

[momoshop]

learningtobekiasu:

titank:

So is it confirm join RC member in the GRC then can apply the schools in that GRC? When coming to Phase 2B we can get how many letters from the MP during the P1 registration?

if you are elligble you will be given a website address to log in and apply.

HI

I am new here and looking at this route.
In our case, my hubbby will be serving in the RC as part of his job requirements. So I have a few questions on this, if fellow experienced mummies/ dads can enlighten me.

1. Do anyone know if he will still need to register with PA, since he gets a letter from his HR that he will serve with a particular GRC?

2. Hubby is old boy of another school already and in the Alumni. But we have a preferred school in mind cuz of the different nature of our 3 kids and tot School B may be more suitable even though School A is highly sought after already. In this case, if hubby completes his RC duties in the district we stay in (and where the school is) and assuming he gets a letter, how does it work?

Can we do the following? Register as old boy for the first school (School A), then when Phase 2 registration opens, he can approach our preferred school (School B) with the letter and be considered for Phase 2 (is that the case?)
Or do we already have to indicate our interests in school B from the start?
Cuz i thought we will be able to know if there are vacancies for school B in Phase 2B and stand a firm chance before we withdraw from School A and get accepted by School B in Phase 2?

thanks much in advance

[qms]

momoshop:

Can we do the following? Register as old boy for the first school (School A), then when Phase 2 registration opens, he can approach our preferred school (School B) with the letter and be considered for Phase 2 (is that the case?)

Or do we already have to indicate our interests in school B from the start?
Cuz i thought we will be able to know if there are vacancies for school B in Phase 2B and stand a firm chance before we withdraw from School A and get accepted by School B in Phase 2?

thanks much in advance

Hi momoshop!

You can register for School A in Phase 2A, and School B in Phase 2B. However, if you do decide to register in School B, you must first withdraw from School A (if you had applied during Phase 2A) before you are allowed to register in School B during Phase 2B.

Not sure whether you need to indicate your interest in Phase 2B right rom the start, because if I remember correctly, someone ever mentioned that the qualified community leader would be given a username and password to log on to a website and apply for a place in the school online.

Can someone please advise?

[momoshop]

qms:

You can register for School A in Phase 2A, and School B in Phase 2B. However, if you do decide to register in School B, you must first withdraw from School A (if you had applied during Phase 2A) before you are allowed to register in School B during Phase 2B.

Thanks QMS. In ref to the above, will be able to know the number already taken up in 2B when the 2B phase starts so as the assess whether there is a chance that 2 needs to be balloted before we withdraw from the other school?

I also wonder if 2B needs to be indicated from the start?

thanks if others have any experience with the above!

[qms]

momoshop:

Thanks QMS. In ref to the above, will be able to know the number already taken up in 2B when the 2B phase starts so as the assess whether there is a chance that 2 needs to be balloted before we withdraw from the other school?

Hi momoshop!

Take this year's registration, for instance. Registration for Phase 2B lasted 2 days. Hence, you could gauge, on the second day, whether balloting would be required or not. If you think you do not need to go through balloting in School B on the second day, you will have to quickly withdraw from School A before you are allowed to register in School B.

The advice given by fellow forummers here is to station one parent at each school. Hence, if you decide to try School B, the parent at School A will proceed to the withdrawing. Once the application is removed from MOE's system, the other parent stationed in School B can then proceed with the registration.

[copsland007]

All parents....who are GRL....please advise as I am actively involved in RC for the past 2 years and in the position of Secretary right now. However the GRC that I am serving does not have the school that I want to put my daughter in and I have got feedback that it does not matter as long as I have the advisor's endorsement I will be qualified in phase 2B of any schools.


Has anyone out there has successfully gone thru phase 2B which this kind of situation.

[momoshop]

HI QMs


Yah, that is what we plan to do. But I wonder if we will now the number left in 2B more assuredly, so dun get into the situation of… well, withdraw from the other school then register at Phase 2 B and then told we ve go into Ballot cuz more PV register last day, or active community leaders register last minute.

I wonder if PA issues the number for the letter of endorsement givenfor the various constituency, so that will help to narrow down the numbers left, though logically, if my hubby serve in the RC, he should know right (but in the case of GRC there may bemany RCs, so… not too sure abt that)
Does anyone know if we can call PA to find out the number for each area?

copsland007, from earlier posting i saw here, it seems that the letter is valid for the schools within the GRC. There is anexample for St Hilda, in the early pages of this thread, where the election changes the boundaries or the mum found out that she serve on a different area, and not eligible for the school. Rest of the more experienced mums may want to correct me

thanks

[qms]

momoshop:

Yah, that is what we plan to do. But I wonder if we will now the number left in 2B more assuredly, so dun get into the situation of.. well, withdraw from the other school then register at Phase 2 B and then told we ve go into Ballot cuz more PV register last day, or active community leaders register last minute.

Hi momoshop!

Well, if you are able to withstand the pressure of withdrawing and applying at the eleventh hour, you can actually monitor the situation at 4 pm (registration usually ends at 4.30 pm), or even 4.15 pm! I don't think there will be many parents doing so, right?

You are lucky that both Schools A and B are sort after schools. Not many parents are so privileged to have more than one privileged schools to choose from. Hence, you MAY not see a sudden influx of application between 4 and 4.30 pm. It is likely this scenario happens in Phase 2C, but for Phase 2B, not very likely.

[titank]

copsland007:

All parents....who are GRL....please advise as I am actively involved in RC for the past 2 years and in the position of Secretary right now. However the GRC that I am serving does not have the school that I want to put my daughter in and I have got feedback that it does not matter as long as I have the advisor's endorsement I will be qualified in phase 2B of any schools.


Has anyone out there has successfully gone thru phase 2B which this kind of situation.

Mostly the schools is allow in the GRC, you may want to check with your Chairman. I had a freind that did RC in 2000, nobody inform him any info on Phase 2B registration. In the end he didn't make use of the benefits.

Ask Chairman everything say don't know, not sure etc. :!:

[momoshop]

qms:

[You are lucky that both Schools A and B are sort after schools. Not many parents are so privileged to have more than one privileged schools to choose from. Hence, you MAY not see a sudden influx of application between 4 and 4.30 pm. It is likely this scenario happens in Phase 2C, but for Phase 2B, not very likely.

hi QMS, well depending on how you look at it, some may not think it is a \"lucky\" situation since a wrong move could jeopardise mean ending up with neither Other may think, fwah, so greedy ah!

We are still considering la, whether it is worth the effort.. I read various threads and some parents feel that we ought to do the best we can (hence, the PV etc etc).. my own mum Q up overnight to put me in the schoolnear my place, it is what she had done for me.

Feel that ought to try for my boys ba, if have then good, dunve then its in fate's hands liao, sigh..

[jenybc]

copsland007:

All parents....who are GRL....please advise as I am actively involved in RC for the past 2 years and in the position of Secretary right now. However the GRC that I am serving does not have the school that I want to put my daughter in and I have got feedback that it does not matter as long as I have the advisor's endorsement I will be qualified in phase 2B of any schools.


Has anyone out there has successfully gone thru phase 2B which this kind of situation.

Hi copsland007

Based on my understanding, the letter will have to be issue by PA and not via CCC (example drafted by SCM and sign by advisor), you need to obtain it via PA website and this benefit will be given to GRL who had served more than 1 year and submitted your request via that link.

In this letter (what I saw from a friend's PA letter), it did indicate the zone (GRC) that you could apply using 2B benefit.

Example: you are able to apply within xxx GRC, so the school you intend to send yr kid must be within that GRC for this benefit

You might want to double check with yr SCM.