St Luke'S School

“A draft form 990 was reviewed by the director of finance and the finance committee prior to filing with the irs. It was also made available to the full board of trustees.”

“Disclosures: whenever any trustee, officer, committee member, or employee of the school becomes aware that the school is considering a transaction that potentially creates a conflict of interest, he or she is obligated to notify the board and to disclose all material facts relating to his or her interest in the transaction. The board will determine whether an actual conflict of interest exists and take action that the board deems appropriate. The interested person may not be present when the board makes its determination other than to answer questions. If no conflict of interest is found to exist, the minutes of the meeting must record the basis of the board's determination. Withdrawal and abstention: if the board determines that a transaction would create a conflict of interest, the transaction must be approved in advance by only those board members who do not have a conflict with respect to the transaction. Any interested person therefore must recuse him - or herself from consideration of the transaction. He or she may not vote on the transaction or be present when the vote is taken. He or she furthermore may not be present during any discussion of the transaction other than to answer questions. Interested persons, however, may be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum exists at the meeting even though they are temporarily absent while the transaction is considered. Acknowledgment and annual statements: each trustee, officer, member of a committee of the board, and key employee must sign annually a statement affirming that such person: (a) has received a copy of this conflict of interest and disclosure policy, (b) has read and understands this policy, and (c) has agreed to comply with this policy. Each trustee, officer, member of a committee of the board, and key employee additionally must complete and submit to the secretary a disclosure statement naming the entities conducting business with the school in which he, she, or a family member is a director, trustee, officer, committee member, or employee or has a material financial interest. The secretary will review the information and periodically distribute reports to all trustees.”

“Annually, at the may executive committee and the may board meeting, the board chair, in consultation with the executive committee and board of trustees, review and evaluate the head of school's performance against a series of goals and objectives that were set for the year. In establishing compensation levels for the head of school, the board chair, executive committee and board of trustees use performance and annual compensation surveys of similar type organizations, compiled by an external membership organization, to inform their decisions. Minutes of the meeting(s) are maintained in a confidential file. Officers' performance is evaluated by the head of school. Salaries are established by the head of school with the consent and oversight of the executive committee. This process was last performed in 2014.”

“St. Luke's does not make it's governing documents, conflict of interest and financial statements available to the public.”

“At st. Luke's, we seek to give our students a sound cognitive foundation for their lives and prepare them for admission to and continuing success in future schools. As an episcopal church school, and through our affiliation with the church of st. Luke in the fields, we also seek to do something more. St. Luke's is a small school, deliberately. Its size enables us to focus on each child as an individual. Its size also allows everyone to know everyone else. It fosters a feeling of family - a supportive climate of trust and understanding, communicating values and building community. In this environment, children form positive relationships with classmates and teachers, with older children and with younger ones. St. Luke's is coeducational and heterogeneous. Its students and faculty come from a variety of backgrounds - racial, ethnic, economic, and religious. We value and actively encourage this mutually enriching diversity. It is part of the process of helping each child discover his or her own uniqueness and infinite worth as a human being and at the same time, that of others. St. Luke's is a traditional school, in that it has a strong academic curriculum, high standards, clear and consistent boundaries and expectations. Within that structure, we emphasize freedom. We use varied educational approaches and techniques to help stimulate independent thinking - to free the children to question, challenge, explore, pursue truth wherever it leads. We encourage them to express their imagination and creative powers, in science and mathematics as well as in words, music, and art. Interdisciplinary teaching allows content from one subject area to reinforce another and open up fresh insights. Above all, st. Luke's seeks to awaken in children a lifelong love of learning, a sense of joy and wonder at god's universe, and a deep feeling of connection to the natural world. We hope that whatever they go on to do and be, we will have prepared them to be good stewards of the world's resources -responsible, caring members of one global human community.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”