Belleville Mennonite School

“The students parents are regarded as patrons of the school. These patrons elect a person or persons to the position on the board of directors. Thus the parents as a whole and not just the directors determine who is to be on the board and thus who is involved in the schools governance. Members of the governing board are elected by the parents/guardians of the students.”

“Form 990 is given to the business manager prior to filing. The board treasurer, head of finance committee and the business manager collectively review the form 990 prior to filing. All board members are advised in writing that form 990 is available for their review. They have the option of going to the school office to review it or having the form 990 emailed to them for their review. A copy of form 990 is available in the school office for those persons that wish to see it. Also, it has been observed that the form 990 is available on the internet at guidestar after the form has been filed.”

“Board members and key employees annually respond to the policys definitions of conflict of interest and disclose such to the rest of the board and to the administration.”

“Compensation for the superintendent( the top executive of the school) is approved by the board of directors. This approval is based upon an evaluation of the superintendents performance that is completed by the personnel committee of the board. The committee then presents the results of that evaluation and makes a recommendation to the board for the salary amount. The board then may amend the recommendation. A motion is made and either accepted or rejected. The superintendent is then given a contract based upon this decision.”

“School employees other than the superintendent are formally evaulated by the superintendent. The superintendent then meets with the personnel committee of the board and recommendations are made to the board for compensation adjustments.”

“The schools form 990 is available on anothers website and is available at the schools administrative office for viewing upon request. The conflict of interest policy is also available at that same office. The school has been a nonprofit organization since 1945. Thus form 1023 is not available as the school did not have a copy as of july 15, 1987. Other compiled financial statements are also available upon request. Additionally by-laws are available. The schools nondiscrimination polciy is advertised and is presented on the web-site.”

“Unrealized capital losses (market losses) for the year were $5,550. A transposition error of $45 occurred from the prior fiscal year end closing”

“09. E 3 - governmental agency financial aid (questions 6a)the school receives financial aid from the government through its participation in the national school lunch program. This consists of donated commodities and cash support for the number of paid, free, and reduced fee lunches served to the students.”