The Arbor School

“Nathan stedham kristen stedham board chair board member family relationship”

“The draft 990 is reviewed by the board and executive director. Once all questions have been addressed, the 990 is e-filed. The final copy of the 990 is distributed to the board after filing and acceptance.”

“If the board has reasonable cause to believe that an insider of the arbor school has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, including those arising from a transaction with a related interested person, it shall inform such insider of the basis of this belief and afford the insider an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the insider's response and making further investigation as was warranted by the circumstances, the board determines that the insider has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, the board shall take the appropriate disciplinary and corrective action. For this policy, an "insider" is a member of the board, the school director, chief financial officer, executive director, or any person with the responsibilities of these positions, or a key employee.”

“The arbor school regularly reviews salaries for its main employees against national and local averages. Merit increases are also given, these take into consideration both performance and accountability measures.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Form 990, part iii, page 2 the arbor works to assist these students in developing their motor, social, communication and problem-solving skills. We aim to enable each child to reach their highest level of personal success. The arbor uses carolina and ablls curriculum to assess and set goals for each of our students, tailoring them specifically to each student's abilities. These goals are very detailed and concrete so that progress can be measured on a daily basis, providing teachers and parents with a clear understanding of the child's progress. Parents are provided with copies of these goals on a regular basis; as quickly as a new goal is mastered, another is added. Each student's definition of success will look drastically different from that of his or her peers. For one student it may be crawling, where another will be self-feeding so successfully that they no longer remain dependent on a feeding tube. No matter the milestone achieved, each mastered goal is worthy of celebration and creates a huge difference in the lives of the student and their family. Change in accounting principle per generally accepted accounting standards, fixed assets that are purchased with funds from donations with donor restrictions cannot be released from that restriction until the asset is placed in service. On the 2018 990, the assets were released from restriction even though generally accepted accounting standards requires that the funds be retained in net assets. In fye july 31, 2020 the organization changed their accounting to comply with the new rule. The net assets with donor restrictions were adjusted to reflect the cumulative funds used to purchases fixed assets that have not been placed into service as of july 31, 2020.”

“Volunteers assist the school in the classrooms with our students, assisting with making campus improvements to the facility, helping with special projects that the school does, and assisting at our events. The members of our board are all volunteers.”