The School Board is a Standing Committee of the Beth David Congregation Board of Directors.   In the Congregation’s By-Laws, the School Board is charged with the responsibility to supervise the ECC, Day School, and Tikvah Center.  The School Board is also charged to determine policy and formulate rules and regulations for the administration of the Schools. Without limiting the foregoing, the School Board shall: 

    A.  Establish goals and policies consistent with the mission of the Schools and the Synagogue;
    B.  Create and approve strategic plans 
    C. Provide management oversight of general operation of the Schools, assuring that the established policies are 
    effectively interpreted and appropriately implemented
    D.  Analyze the leadership needs of the Schools and recommend to the Synagogue Board a Director of the ECC, 
    a Director of the Day School, and a Director of the Tikvah Center who can best meet the needs of the each 
    respective school, delegating to each Director, upon approval from the Synagogue Board, the full range of 
    appropriate responsibilities and powers;
    E.  Formally review and evaluate the performances of each Director annually;
    F.  Establish a budget to be submitted for approval to the Finance and Budget Committee of the Congregation’s 
    Board of Directors;
    G. Develop and support the fundraising objectives and policies of the Schools through the Parents’ Association;
    H. Approve capital expenditures relating to funds collected by the Parents’ Association, and actively support the 
    fiscal integrity of the Schools
    I.  Monitor the condition of the physical plant;
    J. Establish and amend these Committee Rules;
    K. Nominate, appoint and orient new School Board members; 
    L. Subject to the approval of the Synagogue Board, establish the policies, programs and a budget for the Summer 
    Camp program, approve capital expenditures and loans, and assure the fiscal integrity of the Summer Camp 
    program. 
    M. Report to the Congregation’s Board of Directors on the Committee’s activities, income, disbursements and 
    financial status.

2011-2012 SCHOOL BOARD