Trevord Day School

“The form 990 is distributed to the full board with the exception of schedule b, in conformity with the board's desire to maintain the confidentiality of the information contained therein. The full board is given the option of receiving this information, upon their request. Each trustee reviews a draft of the 990. If a trustee has any comments, they are reviewed and acted on prior to final submission to the irs.”

“Review of potential or actual conflict: the committee of trustees shall review initially and annually all transactions that may arise or do exist between the school and individuals with actual or potential conflicts of interest. No officer of the school or member of the board of trustees who has such an actual or potential conflict of interest shall participate in the committee's review of any such transaction. The committee on trustees shall transmit its recommendations concerning the appropriateness of any such transactions to the full board of trustees, which shall determine whether or not to proceed with such transactions. Disclosure upon adoption of this conflict of interest policy, all officers and trustees shall complete a conflict of interest disclosure form prior to their further participation in the affairs of the school. Subsequently elected trustees and officers subsequently appointed shall complete a conflict of interest disclosure form prior to their first participation in the affairs of the school. Disclosure forms shall be updated annually, or sooner, if changed circumstances require disclosure. In addition, persons subject to this policy are expected to update the disclosure form at any time during the year that the information requested on the form changes. Disclosures should be submitted to the chair, committee of trustees, who will be the conflict of interest officer, and will administer this policy. Actual or potential conflicts of a material nature shall be reported to the business 0ffice of the school. The chair of the committee of trustees is charged with administering any conflicts of interest which arise from the board filling out the disclosure form.”

“The compensation of the head of school is based on a four year employment contract, effective july 2020, and running through june 30, 2024. The salary is determined by the compensation committee of the board, subject to full board approval, after researching comparative data of heads of schools. Compensation is prepared by industry associations such as the national association of independent schools (nais). The salary of the head is further reviewed formally, on a year to year basis, on the basis of the board's expectations and overall performance of the head.”

“The head of school, chair of the board, and cfo review and approve the compensation of the key employees in a case by case fashion. Compensation of all other officers is determined by the board based on comparative data for the same position within similar organizations. Data from the new york state association of independent schools (nysais) and the services of executive compensation concepts ltd are used. The fiscal year 2021 salary was approved at the beginning of the year.”

“Trevor day school does not make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy or financial statements available to the public.”

“Due to the covid19 pandemic the school offered online classes, and a hybrid learning platform combining online and in person attendance”

“Due to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak, in march 2020 the school introduced and implemented a hybrid method of teaching. The students were offered a combination of online and in-person classes from march to june 2020. This practice continued and is still in place for academic year 2020-2021.”