Plans (1)

Dinner that night was more crowded than the night before, as most students had at least one parent or other adult in attendance. The House Elves had sent out the invitations with the school owls the day before, informing the families of the Heirs, the proposed meeting, and the chance to have dinner at Hogwarts beforehand. Temporary portkeys had been included for the Muggle-born parents, though the heirs intended to do something more permanent for them in the future.

The heirs did not make any announcements at dinner this time, as they were focused on both the trial that had just finished and the meeting to come.

Word had come from St. Mungo's that it would take several days for the Healers to undo the damage to the Longbottoms, and in the meantime they were not allowed visitors. Sirius was also restricted, as they had found some worrying things in his mental scans. Neville and Harry would both have to wait. However, Mcgonagall, Pomfrey, and Augusta Longbottom had been healed and released, and all were at dinner that night.

Before the meal was done, Harry quietly arranged for one of the House Elves to bring them headache and pepper-up potions, sure that all three would need both before the night was out. They knew that many parents would object to the heir's changes, and many would feel that, as children, the heirs had no right to make those changes in the first place.

With the trials done, the temporary wizengamot chamber was no longer needed, so during the meal Hogwarts had converted it into a lecture hall, with plenty of seating for the students and their families. Once the meal was done, everyone was invited to the other room, including those families who had foregone dinner and just arrived for the meeting.

First, Neville quickly brought the parents up to speed on the way the heirs had been presented by the Sorting Hat. The trio had agreed that, as a Pureblood, Neville was the best to explain that to the families. Then Shacklebolt, the Interim Head of the DMLE as Madam Bones was now the Interim Minister, stepped forth and gave a quick summary of the trials that had occurred the day before.

He repeated the relevant bits of Dumbledore's testimony, including the Philosopher's Stone fiasco, the hiring of Voldemort as Quirrell, and the criminal ignorance displayed towards Snape and the crimes that students were committing. The details that pertained to Harry were not covered that night, though he knew they would be in the Daily Prophet soon enough.

Once the parents were convinced that Dumbledore had indeed not had their children's' best interests at heart, and once the Goblin delegation had confirmed that the trio were indeed heirs and that they did indeed own the land that Hogwarts and Hogsmeade were on, the trio was able to get down to business.

A wave of Harry's hand had a thick packet appearing in the hands of each adult in the hall. They were encouraged to read along as the Heirs explained the contents. The first few pages were the various class schedules that the students had received the night before. Following that were the new allotment of core and elective classes, as well as the OWL and NEWT tests that students were eligible for. Several parents appeared impressed at that, but as the House Elves had put silencing spells on every bench, the trio had to judge only by their expressions. Of course, given the way that some parents seemed upset, and especially seeing the angry red hue of Mrs. Weasley's face, they knew that the silencing spells had been a good idea.

The next pages in the packet detailed the new rules of Hogwarts, including the restrictions of the new wards, the removal of the anti-electronics ward, the broadening of Hogsmeade visits, the curfews, and the implementation of parents' weekends once a month. A clear, concise list of actions that would warrant suspension or expulsion was listed, as well as several standard point deductions for things such as not completing homework or being late to class.

After that was an explanation of the new advisory system. The older three years would remain in their House dorms, but the younger four would be divided up into 'advisories,' composed of one teacher and a dozen students. The third and fourth years would be divided roughly within their current Houses, while the first and second years would have mixed advisories. Advisors would rotate every year, to give the students experience with a broad array of mentoring styles and to hopefully minimize favoritism.

Each advisor would be responsible for teaching their advisees good study habits, showing them handy charms for the dorms, making sure they were up in time for breakfast, doing nightly bed checks, and, for the first years, helping them find everything. They would also chaperone trips to Hogsmeade and assist with field trips as needed. Each advisor would be responsible for keeping track of the grades of their advisees, and meeting with the parents at least every other month to keep them updated. Advisors would be advocates for their advisees, acting in loco parentis, attending any meetings that the student had with the Headmaster, and working as the go-between for the student's teachers and guardians. Due to the slow phase out of the House System, the current Heads of House would serve this role for their upper years; the heirs hoped that by having them preside over a much smaller group, the Professors would actually have time for their advising duties.

Next were the listing of clubs the heirs hoped to found, as well as sport teams, such as football, rugby, and cricket. The final section was the IWC's report on the top twenty European schools over the last five years. For number of OWLs taken, Hogwarts was ranked seventh, but for percentage of passes, they were eleventh. NEWTS were slightly better, with number taken still ranked seventh and pass percentage up to tenth.

However, the exams were also broken down by classes. Hogwarts didn't even appear in several of the rankings, offering no language courses and no Muggle subjects, unlike many of the other schools. For those they did offer, Charms and Transfiguration ranks were high, but Hogwarts was dead last in Potions and History, and only seventeenth in Defense.