The Prefect Question (was Head Boy)

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No: HPFGUIDX 70193

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
> 
>  People keep on (on every mailing list I'm on) asking about this. 
They say
> that because Remus was a prefect in the fifth year that James 
wasn't a
> prefect *ever*. Do we know that the school doesn't appoint *more* 
prefects
> in the sixth and/or seventh year? If we stick to just two per house 
per year
> that's a total of 24 plus Head boy and Head girl, which seems 
rather low to
> me for the size that JKR says Hogwarts is. 

Ffi
I'm sorry if someone's already said this - but I'm a bit confused.  
In PS, when Hagrid first met Harry he told him his parents had 
beenhead boy and girl of Hogwarts in their time - so obviously, James 
must either have become a prefect later, or gone directly to be head 
boy.  Has JKR forgotten she worte this?  I doubt it - everything 
means something...