Hogsmeade: Sixth Year?

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 105098

Pandrea wrote:
> Now that Sirius is dead, will the permission slip he signed for
Harry 
> to go to Hogsmeade still stand?  I can't really see the teachers 
> being mean enough to take permission away from Harry, it would be 
> crushingly tactless, but technically it should no longer apply.  
> Usually for these things parents have to give renewed permission 
> every school year.  Well, I don't suppose the issue will even
arise, 
> but I think this might bug me a little if we see him going off to 
> Hogsmeade as usual. 

Eustace_Scrubb:
As far as we know, Harry only got the one permission slip from Sirius,
didn't he?  So it seems that the permission need not be renewed year
to year.  It was kind of dodgy in the first place, being that Sirius
was Harry's godfather but never his guardian.  So if it was good
enough for the Hogwarts faculty originally, I doubt they'll require
him to get the Dursley's permission in writing.

However, I continue to wonder whether the beginning of more open war
between the Death Eaters and the Order (probably allied with the
Ministry under Fudge's successor)might lead to suspension of Hogsmeade
visits for everyone, for the duration.  Not that someone might not end
up going to Hogsmeade anyway, using the passage to Honeydukes.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb