Family Involvement
Our families help run our school. Each family is involved by participating on the Board of Directors or through a variety of committee positions. Many of our families also participate in “duty days” whereby they have the opportunity to support the students and staff in the day-to-day operations of the school. Family involvement not only creates a unique community atmosphere, it enables us to offer reduced tuition fees and lower teacher/student ratios.
What is a participating family?
A representative of the family (mother, father, grandparent, or other caregiver), is given up to 4 duty days a month at the school supporting the teachers. The frequency depends on our level of enrolment.
Some of the responsibilities of this duty person can include:
- preparing the snack
- taking children to the washroom
- helping children get dressed for outside play
- monitoring an activity
See tuition pricing for participating families.
What is a non-participating family?
Families choose not to participate and therefore do not have duty days. All families take on a board or committee position and are also encouraged to take part in classroom activities.
See tuition pricing for non-participating families.
Board of Directors
Manor Road Co-op is run by a parent volunteer Board. Every June, a new Board is elected for the following school year. There are seven Board positions: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Registrar, Secretary, Publicity, and Fundraising.
Board positions require more of your time and commitment than committee positions. The Board holds monthly meetings (usually in the evenings for approximately two hours). The only position that requires any experience is Treasurer. All the other positions can easily be done by anyone who has some time and interest.
Committees
Families who are not on the board are on a committee. We have many committees including Maintenance, Telephone/Email, Fundraising, Newsletter, Housekeeping, Trips and Books, Social, Purchasing, Publicity, Registrar and Duty Roster. Each committee liaises with a Board member to ensure that everyone understands their responsibilities and jobs.
Our hope is that each family volunteers as much time as they are comfortable with, so that all our families are happy with what they are contributing and the school runs efficiently and effectively.