SGB Information and Feedback

The School Governing Body (SGB) is the body elected by the school community to ensure sound governance at the school. Parents elect parents to represent their interests, the staff elect their representatives and the learners also elect learners to represent them.

To learn more about the role of an SGB in a school, please see this WCED webpage, for more about the structure of the RGHS SGB and its subcommittees, please see this page

SGB Members 2013:

Parent members:
Brian Abdoll – Elected Parent; SGB Chairperson
Lesley Shaw – Elected Parent; SGB Treasurer; Chair of Finance Subcommittee
John Muir – Elected Parent; SGB Vice-Chair; Chair of Human Resources Subcommittee
Natalie Lawrenson - Elected Parent; Member of Human Resources Subcommittee
Dawn Gottgens - Elected Parent; Chair of Marketing & Fundraising Subcommittee
Julie Womack - Elected Parent; Chair of Erinville Subcommittee
Jeromé O’Ryan - Elected Parent; Chair of Campus Management Subcommittee
Simion George - Elected Parent; Chair of Legal, Discipline and Governance Subcommittee
Peter Llewellyn - Co-opted Parent; Chair of Sport & Extra Curricular Subcommittee

Educator members:
Laura Bekker – Principal; Ex Officio member of SGB
Susan Schnetler – Elected Educator Representative; Member of Finance Subcommittee
Anita Pretorius – Elected Educator Representative; Member of Human Resources Subcommittee

Non-educator members:
Myles Siebrits – Elected non-Educator Representative; Member of Campus Development Subcommittee

Learner representatives:
Amy Hand – Learner Representative
Jocelyn Foster – Learner Representative

Co-opted Staff:
Graeme Broster (SGB Secretary)
Gill Blackshaw

SGB Feedback

2012
Welcome letter from the new SGB Chairman (May 2012)
Welcome to 2012 - letter from the outgoing SGB Chairman (February 2012)

2011
RGHS SGB by-election results (11 October 2011)
End of Term letter from SGB Chairperson, Treasurer and Principal (PDF file 1.4Mb, 29 September 2011)
"Positioning RGHS for the future" - Presenting the RGHS Integrated Development Plan (29 September 2011)
September 2011 Letter from the SGB Chairperson (28 September 2011)
Notice of SGB Buget Meeting and By-election (9 September 2011)
March 2011 Letter from the SGB Chairperson (1 April 2011)
Parent Questionnaire (1 February 2011)

2010
School Governing Body Elections (November 2010)
New Chairperson's Letter (22nd October 2010)
Welcome to 2010 (8th March 2010)

2009
Post 2010 Budget Meeting (4th November 2009)
September 2009 Letter from the SGB Chairperson (September 2009)
Thanks to Outgoing SGB Members (6th August 2009)
SGB Election results (24th June 2009)
"Vision 2010 and beyond" (12 February 2009)

For more about the structure and membership of the SGB, please download the PDF file below: