The Clearwater School

“The Clearwater School is democratically run with each member having an equal vote. The school is governed by a school meeting which elects officers, committees, and delegates authority. All persons with authority are accountable to the School Meeting. The Clearwater School also has an Assembly which elects our board of trustees and Assembly officers. Each student, staff, trustee, and guardians/parents have an equal vote in these decisions.”

“The Finaicial Committee is authorized to review Form 990 prior to filing and are distributed the draft form through email. The School Meeting and Assembly, and Assembly Trustees are provided a copy of the form 990 for review through email or paper communication as needed.”

“Members of the Trustees are asked to review the conflict of interest policy annually and report any conflict of interest. Most of the members of our organization are parents of students currently enrolled and are asked to recuse themselves if issues or decisions involve their family members in a direct disporportional benefit. Conflict of interest is reported to the School Meeting and the Assembly officers. School Meeting members are expected to recuse themselves from votes that would incur inequitable personal gain to individuals or groups.”

“Staff compensation is proposed by our School Meeting and approved annually by our Assembly. We do not compensate board members. We do not have key employees as our budget is very modest. All staff are paid the same amount for wages as part of our philosophy on compensation and maintaining an equal and livable wage for employees.”

“Our financial documents are made available to the general public on request and now that we are filing electronically they should be avaialble on a website such as guidestar. We post our governing documents on our website including school rules, bylaws, meeting minutes, and policies. We also respond to request for these documents and will distribute electronically or with paper copies as requested.”

“The Clearwater School participated in COVID-19 prevention and support through testing and education programs with our students, families, and families in the greater community. We have continued offering support for COVID education, care, and prevention, and anti-oppression education, support, and mutual aid to our greater community.”

“Fees paid to independent contractors for intern and COVID response team”

“Adjustment to account for mutual aid funds used this year which are restricted funds used only for Mutual Aid. These funds are entered each year as a current liability so that we can keep the funds separated as a restricted fund. We received donations in fy 2020-21 that were spent this fiscal year 2021-22--showing an equal liability to the asset of mutual aid checking at year end, but expending $9,713--showing a decrease from the end of last fiscal year.”