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APFACTS: Who are we?

APFACTS represents the parents of 41% of school aged children in the ACT to:

  • Inform parents  
  • Lobby politicians and government officials on their behalf
  • Represent parents on education forums  

What is APFACTS about?
 
The Association of Parents and Friends of ACT Schools Inc (APFACTS) was established in Canberra in late 1982 to provide parents of students at non-government schools in the ACT with a collective voice in relation to ACT and national education issues.  

  • APFACTS is about fairness and equity for children attending non-government schools in the ACT

  • APFACTS provides parents of students at non-government schools in the ACT with a collective voice on ACT and national education issues

  • APFACTS is nondenominational and nonparty political 

APFACTS Executive

                     President:                             Tony Maple   

                    Vice President:                    Ross Norgate

                    Treasurer:                             Paul Sykes

                    Secretary:                             Kirsten Wilkinson

                    Executive Officer:               Kate Lyttle

Affiliated with The Australian Parents Council

 

 

 

Site last updated 29 January  2009  

 

 
  

 

  

URGENT SWINE FLU UPDATE

25 May 2009
 
 
NEWS
 Welcome to 2009!
 
2009 promises to be an exciting year for APFACTS.  We will soon be seeking your input into a proposed name change and to a possible membership restructure. 
 
There are some important educational developments on the horizon:  raising the compulsory age for school leavers; the national curriculum, to name a couple.  APFACTS will be working hard to ensure your voices are heard in these important debates.
 
The next APFACTS  meeting  is the on Thursday 28 May 2009  at the APFACTS Office in Weston. 
 For details, contact the Office.   
 
"Parents have the right to choose the kind of education that should be given to their children." UN Declaration of Human Rights (Article 26.3)"