This primer details the legal parameters of those responsibilities. The legal responsibilities and duties of trustees outlined in this primer should be treated almost as a bare-bones code of conduct for trustees. Governance decisions in any given school must be based on a broad understanding of independent schools and the context in which they operate. This publication is designed specifically to assist trustees in the learning process as they develop such an understanding. Teachers need to keep abreast of everything .
Credibility evaporates rapidly among the young.
This need is the responsibility of a school's trustees. It touches at the heart of each institution, every bit as much as do the fiscal and philosophical issues that dominate most board agendae. Schools are people-intensive. A school becomes richer educationally insofar as it attracts and retains good teachers who continue to grow into great teachers. Consider the alternative.