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

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 189883

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:

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.

Geoff:
I haven't come across that situation in any English schools in my experience.
I find it difficult to believe that there would be a Sixth Former called Head 
of School. It would be usurping the title of the Headmaster.

Can you cite an instance of an English school where this occurred to your 
knowledge?