Committee on Trustees: Works with the Head of School to identify, recruit, and propose new trustees; conduct trustee professional development; and evaluate the Head of School and trustees. The committee on trustees will meet 4-5 times each year. TAP Committee: Works with the Head of School, Director of Admissions, High School Principal, and Accounts Payable Director to review applications for Tuition Assistance and make awards based upon information
provided as required. The TAP committee will meet 1-3 times as needed. 4. ORIENTATION AND ONGOING TRAINING/EVALUATION
New members of the Board of Trustees shall be given an orientation to their duties and to Board procedures by the Committee on Trustees. The Committee on Trustees is responsible for seeing that this orientation occurs in a timely manner at the beginning of a new board member's term of service. In addition, all board members will participate in annual board training and a process of self-evaluation to
improve the effectiveness of the board. 5. TRUSTEES AS POLICY MAKERS
In accordance with the bylaws and the Charter of Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MRA), continual oversight of the operation of all aspects of MRA, its programs, and its employees is vested in the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall have the responsibility and the obligation for the discussion and review of all ongoing issues of long-term importance to MRA. The Trustees shall have the responsibility for the establishment and adoption of policy in matters of continuing interest affecting MRA. Policy Making Process: Matters upon which Board Policy needs to be made may be initiated by the Head, a Board member, or a committee of the board. The Head of the School shall be considered a prime source to bring to the attention of the Board matters of ongoing importance affecting the school. The Board of Trustees of Madison-Ridgeland Academy shall receive, review, and discuss all appropriate policy matters. When, in the opinion of the Chairman, matters are of such importance that a policy position needs to be established, the Chairman shall refer the matter to a committee of the Board for discussion, decision, and recommendation for further action by the Board. Recommendations shall be in written draft and shall be presented by the committee chairman to the Board for appropriate action. Such statements approved by a majority of the members present shall be duly recorded in the minutes. These positions so adopted and recorded shall be regarded as official Board policy and shall be entered into the appropriate section of the Policy Manual. Policies may be subsequently amended through a similar procedure by a simple majority of the Board. 6. RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS Under the charter of the school, all governing authority is vested in the Board of Trustees. In keeping with this responsibility, the Board of Trustees authorizes the creation of organizations to serve as liaisons with wider publics and to serve in advisory capacities. These organizations include PATS, the Patriot Athletic Club (PAC), and Visual and Performing Arts Booster Club (The Creative Collective). These
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