Standing Committees

Development

• Keeps the community focused on fundraising
• Motivates community to maintain personal responsibilities of giving to the          school
• Takes the lead in cultivating relationships with supporters of the school
• Prepares the annual school development calendar and coordinates the relationship between  all fundraising activities related to the school
• Reviews procedures and purposes of fundraising events
• Develops policies for receiving and naming gifts.

Head Support/Evaluation

• Helps the head of school think through the best means of implementing major    operations-level objectives and serving as a confidential sounding board for the  head of school
• Review the performance of the head of school at least once per year and shall      report directly to the MJGDS ED Community

Marketing/Admissions

• Reviews admissions policies and standards, marketing literature, the master        calendar for school promotion, and strategies for recruiting students and      cultivation of their families.  The sub-committee does not play a role                      in admitting students.

Finance/Budget

• Should have some background and knowledge of accounting and budgeting.
• Review and propose budget
• Monitor budget
• Review cost projections in light of expanding/changing programs and facilities
• Project strategic scenarios

Committee on Trustees

• Assesses the performance of the Education Community as a whole and of its indiviual members and of the environment.
• Conducts exit interviews with departing Education Community members.
• Reviews the school’s strategic goals and major strategies to discover what skills, experiences, and relationships the Education Community needs to possess today and in the future.
• Reviews the demographics of the current Education Community.
• Develop a list of essential criteria for new Education Community members based on a thorough assessment of the Education Community’s and school’s needs.
• Continuously add to the candidate pool and encourage education community members, individuals outside the immediate school community, parents, grandparents, and alumni  to identify potential new education community members.
• Encourage Education Community development, training , and knowledge.