This board of 11 elected members and four ex-officio members is made up of parents in the school. Members serve for a three-year term. Generally, three members rotate off the board each year. Ex-officio members are the pastor, principal, vice-principal, and immediate past president of the board. The past president also serves as parliamentarian.

 

This board makes an effort to find members with particular expertise such as financial, marketing, or facilities, thus making the board committees more effective. At present, all board members serve on at least two committees. The committees also include non-school-board members who are part of the church and school community.

 

The board achieved a major feat this year when it established a vision statement for use on all marketing materials. This statement, or slogan, is: Educating the Total Child in the Catholic Tradition. To date, it has proven highly effective.

 

Through strongly functioning committees, the board also created a facilities manual and revised its bylaws to bring them up to date. All this has been accomplished by the board’s thoughtful move away from marathon board meetings with much discussion but very little action to having the bulk of the work take place in committees. This has allowed for an effort toward increased enrollment and financial stability, to be facilitated by completion of a strategic plan.