In the organization of our cooperative nursery school, basic power resides in the Membership, which delegates administrative duties and responsibilities, as specified in the By-Laws, to a Board of Trustees and a professional Director. The Director is accountable to the Board; the Board is responsible for the Director; the Board and Director are responsible to the Membership.

The Board of trustees, some seventeen to twenty-three members, consists of the nine elected officers of the school, chairpersons of certain standing committees appointed by the President, the immediate past President, alumni members, and one A.A.U.W. representative. The President of the school is the chairperson of the Board of Trustees.

Recommendations of the Board concerning finances or policies must be referred to the Membership for decision. All minutes and financial records are open to the Membership. Meetings of the Board of Trustees are open to any member who wishes to attend.

The nine officers of the school comprise the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. This committee may take independent action only in emergencies or, when so instructed by the Board or the Membership. The officers, as individuals or as a committee, are responsible to the Board and to the Membership.

The educational program for the children is entrusted to a professional staff under the supervision of the Director, whose Director and staff are responsible to the Board and the Membership.

In order that our school may function effectively as a parent-cooperative, it is incumbent upon the individual member to bring to the Board of Trustees, the chairperson of which is the President of the school, any and all suggestions for improvement in the administration of and operation of the school.