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Boston Arts Academy Governing Board 2009-2010
By virtue of the Boston Arts Academy’s pilot school status, the school assembles its own governing board to act as the School Site Council. The Board sets the overall mission, philosophy, and policies of the school to ensure the best possible education for Arts Academy students. In addition the Board provides fiduciary oversight and supports the school’s fundraising activities.
Boston Arts Academy's Board of Trustees reflects the diversity of the school’s constituencies. Representation includes two college presidents from the Pro Arts Consortium institutions, two BAA Foundation members, two faculty members, two parent representatives, and one BAA student. The two remaining members of the Board are drawn from the wider community. In addition, the Co-Headmasters serve in an ex-officio capacity.
Katherine Sloan, Chair President Massachusetts College of Art |
Jennifer Mann Parent/Caregiver Representative |
Tony James, Vice-Chair Director, Network Development, Partners HealthCare |
Leica Lucien Student Representative Boston Arts Academy |
Corey Evans, Clerk Boston Arts Academy Board of Trustees |
José Massó Director of Communications Nellie Mae Education Foundation |
Ann Carter Boston Arts Academy Foundation Trustee COO & Executive Vice President Rasky/Baerlein Group |
Richard Ortner President The Boston Conservatory |
Katherine DeMarco Community Member Philanthropist |
Sheryl Pollard-Thomas Faculty Representative Boston Arts Academy |
David Eppstein Vice President for Operations MASCO |
Mary Regan Director/Producer Curtain Up! Productions Theatre Company |
Raúl Garcia II Humanities Faculty Boston Arts Academy |
Richard Rudman Boston Arts Academy Foundation Vice-President Partner, DLA Piper |
Christina Gomes Boston Arts Academy Parent Caregiver Council Representative |
Carla Rushin Parent/Caregiver Representative |
Sandra Gordon Chair, Boston Arts Academy Council of Advocates |
Dania Vazquez (ex-officio) Center for Collaborative Education |
Richard Grubman Boston Arts Academy Foundation President Managing Director Highfields Capital Management |
J. Curtis Warner, Jr. Vice President Community and Governmental Affairs Berklee College of Music |
Greg Holt BTU/Faculty Representative Boston Arts Academy |
Christopher Whitlock Boston Arts Academy Parent Caregiver Council Representative |
Theodore Landsmark President Boston Architectural College |
Edmund Wu Project Specialist eCommerce & Financial Applications Partners Healthcare Information System |
Mark Lonergan Faculty Representative Boston Arts Academy |
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Leadership Team
The school’s Leadership Team is comprised of the Headmaster, the Assistant Headmaster, Artistic Dean, Curriculum Coordinator, Family Coordinator, Head of Student Support, the Executive Director of the Boston Arts Academy Foundation, and two faculty members. The Leadership Team meets weekly to plan faculty meetings and discuss issues that are more efficiently addressed by a group smaller than the faculty and staff as a whole.
Faculty
Two members of the faculty are elected by their peers to serve a two-year term on the BAA Board of Trustees. In addition, two members of the faculty sit on the Leadership Team. The faculty also designs the curricula in both the arts and academics in concert with the Headmaster, Artistic Dean, and Curriculum Coordinator. The curricula are reflections of the educational philosophy that the faculty as a whole has developed during intensive workshops, retreats, faculty meetings, arts team and academic team meetings during the school’s first three years.
Student Government
Student Government representatives are elected at the end of each year, to serve a term the following year. Ninth grade representatives are elected in the fall. Each grade selects four or five students for representation. Student Government is advised by faculty members and meets weekly. Student Government works closely with Leadership Team to determine student activities, including student fund-raising.
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