School Committee
School Committee
Friends School of Minnesota is a nonprofit corporation. The 21-member board of directors of Friends School is called the School Committee. The School Committee adopts school policies and is the legal body ultimately responsible for the financial health and operation of the school. Complete School Committee job description (pdf 69.08 KB)
Friends Council on Education, the national organization of Quaker schools, requires that a Quaker school either be “under the care of” a Quaker Meeting or that the School Committee contain a majority of Quakers. Since FSM is not formally affiliated with a Meeting it adheres to the Quaker majority requirement. Members of Twin Cities Friends Meeting, Minneapolis Friends Meeting, Prospect Hill Friends Meeting, and Cannon Valley Friends Meeting have served on the School Committee.
In addition, the school seeks to have at least 6 of the 21 members be parents of children enrolled in the school.
2012-13 School Committee Members
- Whitney Clark, Clerk
- Bird Anderson, Assistant Clerk
- Terry Kayser , Member at Large
- Bob Striker, Treasurer
- Jen Cornell
- Sharon Elmore
- Lael Gatewood
- Cynthia Hoffman
- Kathy Holmes
- Kak Jarvis
- Marybeth Neal
- Lori Ricke
- Eric Salverda
- Paulette Zoe
- John Kraft
- Doug Herron
- Cathy Jordan
Standing Committees
Much behind-the-scenes work at FSM is done by standing committees of the School Committee. Membership on these committees includes School Committee members, parents, staff, other Quakers and other interested individuals.
Current Standing Committees
Ad-Hoc Committees
Ad hoc committees are formed for a specific task or objective, and dissolved after the completion of the task or achievement of the objective.
Current Ad Hoc Committees