[HPforGrownups] James as head boy (Re: Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations (Hagrid))

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 189880

Geoff:
> Yes, but we're not considering other countries, we're looking at a British
> situation and June is correct in that the Head Boy is one of the prefects.
>
> I was a prefect in an English grammar school and that was the norm for
> other schools. We were usually chosen in the Lower Sixth and, in the
> Upper Sixth, an experienced prefect would be chosen to be the Head Boy
> (or School Captain in our case).

Bart:
     The norm, but not universal. Even in your school, the position was 
called "School Captain"; in some schools, there is a Head of School AND 
a School Captain. The Head Boy is the head of the prefects, but also 
serves if a prefect goes out of control; their responsibility is to 
represent the student body as a whole, as opposed to being unpaid staff 
for disciplinary reasons.

     Bart