Higher Ground Academy

“The members of the school are its staff, students and the families that they serve all members are able to participate in election of board members.”

“Staff members employed at the school, members of othe board of directors, and all parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in the school are the voters are eligible to elect the members of the school's board of directors.”

“Amendments to the by-laws can only be made by a majority vote of voting members at a membership meeting.”

“A draft of the form 990 will be reviewed by the executive director and controller. After reivisions, if any, a copy will be provided to each member of the board of directors for their review before the form is filed with the irs.”

“The board members annually complete a conflict of interest statement. Board members are reminded periodically of conflict of interest obligations, including the requirement to recuse from disussion and vote on any item that would fall into the conflict of interest category. If there would be board deliberations/decisions involving a person with a conflict of interest, the board would document the conflict and the affected board member(s) would excuse themselves from the discussion and voting on these matters. All proceedings related to conflicts of interest are documented in the meeting minutes.”

“An annual market analysis is used to determine the compensation of the executive director, other officers, and all employees as part of the annual budgeting process conducted by the board of directors. The last review compensation was done in 2014 for teachers and the executive director.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public on the organization's website and by request.”

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 1,713,434. Management and general expenses 1,126,478. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,839,912.”