We've been a site-based managed school for seven years. The governing body of the school is our Steering Committee made up of faculty, support staff, parents, and administrators. Actually theSteering Committee doesn't make many decisions on its own. With a faculty of 45, we have found it easier to work through decisions via consensus in our constituent groups. These groups consist of about ten people.
Classified personnel have their own constituent group.
Big issues are dealt with at the constituent level. These people discuss and come to consensus. Then it comes into the Steering Committee, and we keep moving back and forth until we've gotten to a place where all people can live with the decision. Deciding who makes what decision has to evolved over the years. Ken McCoy, one of our teachers, has served as the Steering Committee facilitator the past two years.