Board of Directors

The Board is the main policy-setting body of JPPS-Bialik. It meets eight times a year. It consists of the 9 officers, 14 chairs of committees and 9 Campus reps, 6 from the elementary school, 3 from Bialik. Teachers, Home and School, Concert and Bialik students also send representatives (a total of 44 Directors from the parent body). Most senior administration attend, as do ex-officio trustees.

The primary goal of Board is the long term viability of this system. Other responsibilities include setting policies and budget, fund-raising, ambassadorship and senior personnel decisions. The Board is guided by the Mission of the school.

The Board, in partnership with the administration, sets the objectives; staff implements them. To serve on the Board, you must have served at least two years on a committee or constituency group and be a member in good standing. Board members are listed in the Annual Report.

If you would like to be involved or have a question, please call a Board member. The By-Laws are available on request from the business office.

Full Board membership is listed in the Annual Report.

The Executive

The Executive meets at least twice as often as the Board and plays a co-ordinating and recommending role. The nine officers are listed below. Also on the Executive are two chairs of Education Committee, the president of Bialik High school, two members at large and the Directorate (Principals, Executive Director, Government Liaison).

Officers

President: Arnold Cohen
Chairman Executive: Amy Katz
Vice Presidents: Liz Brinberg
  Joanna Yufe Naimer
  Michael Savelson
  Daniel Turner
Treasurer: Neil Creme
Secretary: Jamie Malus
President, Bialik: Michael Eliesen
Past President: Gail Campbell
Chair, Education: Selina Itzkowitz
Co-chair of Fundraising:  Liz Brinberg
Principal, VH: Adina Matas
Principal, Bialik: Andrew Trager

Bialik Board of Directors

Bialik High School is governed by a high school governing board, which reports to the Board of Directors of JPPS-Bialik, i.e., the legal corporate entity that owns the building and the MELS permits.

The Executive Committee of JPPS-Bialik presents all requests from the Bialik Governing Board to the JPPS-Bialik Board of Directors.

Bialik Executive Committee

President Michael Eliesen
Vice President Lisa Blatt Alexander
Vice President; Chair, Safety & Security Richard Rubin
Vice President at Large Cheryl Monk
Immediate Past President Naomi Blumer
Past President, Vice President at Large Shelley Cohen
Treasurer, Chair Finance Fred Fuchs
Co-chair, Education Karen Byer
Co-chair, Education Dorothy Howard
President, Home & School Maura Hoppenheim Wajcman
Principal Andrew Trager
Secretary Larry Zoltak

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