Clearwater School

“All members of the School Meeting are voting members on decisions and constitute the governing body. The officers and clerks of the School Meeting are elected by all of the members of the School Meeting at annual elections. The School Meeting is the governing body of the school. The officers and trustees of the Assembly are elected by the Assembly members at our annual meeting. The Assembly is the advisory body of the organization.”

“Copies of the Form 990 is sent for review to the Trustees, the school financial committee, members of school meeting. Communincation is through email and meeting announcements and the form is sent electronically and availabe on request as a printed document.”

“The members of the Assembly Trustees are sent a copy of the conflict of interest policy annually and asked to review and report any conflict of interest. Members of School Meeting are asked to report and recuse from any votes in which they may have an apparent or actual conflict of interest. Members of the Assembly are parents of school students and hold an inherent potential conflict of interest, however their interest is in support of the sustainability and integrity of the organization.”

“We do not pay officers and do not employ key employees. Our salary levels are reviewed annually by our School Meeting and Assembly. We review salary of simular positions in our geographically area and review cost of living indicators each year. All of our staff performing the same position and resonsiblities are paid the same wages in our philosophy of non-heirarchical governance. Our goal is to annually increase our staff salaries to ensure that our staff are at or approaching livable wages in an expensive part of the country.”

“Our financial documents are made available to the general public on request and as an electronic filer it is available on non-profit informational websites (easy to google). We post our governing documents on our website including our rulebook, bylaws, meeting minutes, and policies. We send electronic or written copies of documents on request. Our posted governing documents are read mostly by prospecive parents and other interested parties.”

“This increase in $2999 of funds is because of making adjustments to uncleared transactions that were previously categorized as expenditures and are now funds available. Clearing journal entries were made to correct for past duplicate uncleared transactions.”