Board Powers and Duties

All Board members are unpaid volunteers who give generously of their time and resources in support of the school. Pursuant to the Societies Act the Governors must manage, or supervise the management of, the affairs of the Society. The Collingwood Society Board embraces the CAIS National Standards of Governance and holds eight meetings annually.

The Society’s Bylaws stipulate that Governors must govern the Society and provide the Board with the following specific powers:

• hire and terminate the employment of the Head of the School as the Board may deem necessary or desirable from time to time;
• oversee and approve the level of fees to be charged for tuition; and
• review and approve the annual budget for the School, as well as any proposed material changes to an approved budget; and
• delegate to a senior manager of the Society or a committee of the Board such of the powers exercisable by the Board for such time and for such objects and purposes and upon such terms and conditions as they think fit and may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary any or all of such delegated powers.

In keeping with the membership requirements of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), the Board oversees the school but remains removed from day to day operations.