The Williston Northampton School

“Per the board of trustees rules and regulations, the executive committee shall consist of all officers of the board who are trustees, including the chair of the board, vice-chairs, secretary and treasurer, as well as the chair of the governance committee; the chair of the board may select and appoint up to four (4) other trustees. The executive committee shall have all of the powers of the trustees during intervals between meetings of the trustees, except for the powers specified in section 55 of chapter 156b of the general laws of massachusetts. Additional responsibilities of the executive committee shall include oversight, evaluation and support of the head of school, approval of the head of school's compensation, review and approval of compensation for other highly compensated employees (as defined by applicable law) as recommended by the head of school, and setting the direction and focus of board meetings.”

“Trustees clayton hardon, jr. And claire hardon have a family relationship. Trustees paula a. Monopoli and richard t. Monopoli have a family relationship.”

“The form 990, excluding schedule b - schedule of contributors, is e-mailed to the audit committee and there is a follow-up meeting via conference call. Schedule b is reviewed by the cfo and the chair of the audit committee. Once approved by the audit committee, the form 990, excluding schedule b, is then presented to the full board of trustees via email.”

“The organization's business office follows up by collecting annual acknowledgements by board members that they have received and understand the conflict of interest policy. The organization's conflict of interest policy is available to the public upon request. If a trustee is presented with a potential conflict of interest, the cfo would perform a review and discuss with the head of school and the current board chair. The board chair would handle the discussion with the particular trustee regarding the conflict of interest.”

“Comparison of compensation with data collected from 40 peer institutions is used. Reasonable and competitive compensation are determined based on the data collected. The executive committee serves as the compensation committee and is provided information regarding officer and top five compensation every january for discussion and review. They vote as a committee every may on compensation for these employees and the vote is documented in committee minutes. The process described here was last completed in 2025.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Change in value of split interest -85,008.”