Katalin Lathrop
Faculty chair
Teaches grades 7 and 8 and chairs the faculty this year. She keeps the agenda for the weekly meeting and speaks for the school with families. Next year another teacher takes the chair.
The faculty
Teachers who run the school together
Benedict Elkins
Class teacher, grades 5 and 6
Leads the class of grades 5 and 6 and teaches the botany and geometry blocks. He looks after the garden beds on Wednesdays.
Lourdez Colindres
Class teacher, grades 1 and 2
Leads the class of grades 1 and 2. She tells the stories, teaches the first letters and walks the class to the creek on Thursday mornings.
How decisions get made
One table, and a chair who changes
The weekly meeting
The faculty meets once a week after school. Everything from the calendar to tuition to a class's year is decided there.
The chair
One teacher keeps the agenda, runs the meeting and answers the phone for the school. The chair's year ends in June, and the faculty chooses who takes it next.
Families
Parents meet with the faculty each term. Questions from that meeting go on the agenda for the next weekly one.
Hiring
When a teacher is needed, the faculty reads the applications, visits with each candidate and asks the class to meet them.
Meet the faculty in person
Visit days include a talk with the chair and a class teacher.