Board of Directors

This year’s election commences Monday August 27,2007. All ballots must be submitted by Friday September 14, 2007. Eligible voters include the current school faculty, staff, and families of the students. 

Ballots may be submitted as paper copy or on-line. They are available at the school front desk or online at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gUYYOMwx_2fQ6FhDYNKvEbwQ_3d_3d

Watershed, as a charter school, is governed by a Board of Directors, and functions much like a free standing School District.   The Board is made up of faculty and non faculty, and operates in accord with its Bylaws, which provide that directors will be elected for two year terms, by the community of the school - the faculty, staff, and families of the students.  The Director terms are staggered, which means that about half of them expire each year.  The open seats then must be filled by a yearly election, either by incumbents who wish to continue to serve, or by new Directors.  In accord with the Bylaws, and state law, more than half the seats must be filled by faculty, so each election will involve both faculty and non faculty positions.
 
In addition, the Board has a number of Committees, for Finance, Long Range Planning, Development, and the like.  Committee members need not be Board members.
 
This year’s election runs from  Monday August 27,2007 to Friday September 14, 2007.  There are a number of open positions, and there is great need for interested members of the school community to be involved, and to bring their interest, expertise, and energy to the Board and the Committees of the Board.  No outside resource performs any of this important work for Watershed; not the State, not the Minneapolis School District, or anyone else.   We are on our own, and our success and our direction depend on the efforts of the school community.
 
We urge you to please consider participating in the Board or its Committees.  The time commitment is not unreasonable, the close involvement with the school and its faculty is extremely rewarding, and the future of Watershed is very dependent on the talent and efforts of those interested in enjoying this sort of contribution to their children’s education.
 
If you would like to learn more, or have an active interest in being involved, please call  Keith Dunder at 763-797-0019 or dunde001@umn.edu.

Some time soon, minutes of board meetings will be posted here.