Trustees

The Board of Trustees, whose membership includes the Head of School, provides governance for The Barnesville School. The Board carries the overall and ultimate responsibility of the School’s management, policies, and perpetuation. It hires and evaluates the Head of School, who is responsible for the oversight of the daily operations and for the implementation of Board policies. The Board of Trustees serves as a major resource for the support and growth of the School.

The Board’s responsibilities include:

• Providing competent management of the School’s financial, physical, and human resources;
• Insuring the School’s long-term financial health;
• Establishing policy;
• Perpetuating the School’s mission, keeping in mind its unique history and tradition.

Together as a team, the Board of Trustees and the Head of School work to maintain the vision for the School, consistent with its mission, and to approve, develop and implement strategic plans.

• The Board consists of not less than 15 and not more than 24 elected members.
• There is an Executive Committee of the Board that consists of the Board Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and the Head of School.
• All trustees and elected officers have full voting rights except the Head of School.
• New trustees are nominated by the Governance Committee and elected by the Board of Trustees.

The names of the trustees and officers of the Board are published in the Barnesville Handbook every year. The 2009-2010 Board consists of the Head of School and 19 elected Trustees:

Chair: Christopher Marett
Vice-Chair: James Wilbur
Secretary: Gay Butz
Treasurer: Joe Slattery
At Large Vice-Chair: Julie Klingenstein

Cheryl Amick
Jenny Chiang
Brett Don
Deena Edwards
Doug Fiedler
Jan Hyland
Mac Jacoby
Robert Kosasky
Lee Langstaff
Hal Magruder
Kathy Noble
Stephen Pappas
Lynne Rasmussen
Sean Sullivan
Deborah Weiss-Collins

Committees accomplish much of the Board’s work. The Board Chair determines committee membership and leadership. The 2009-2010 committees and task forces of the Board are:

• Advancement
• Audit
• Barnesville Parent Connection
• Finance
• Governance
• Land Use

For questions pertaining to the Board of Trustees, please contact Board Chair, Chris Marett.