Mission: Governance
Boston Arts Academy Governing Board 2005-2006
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 Headmaster, Assistant Headmaster serve in an ex-officio capacity.
2005-06 Meeting Schedule
Richard Grubman,
Board Chair,
Managing Director, Highfields Capital Management
Marvin Balan
Student Council Representative
Valerie Batts
CEO, Visions Inc.
Joy Bautista
Science Teacher, BAA Faculty
Ann Brooke
Community Member, Philanthropist
Ann Carter
COO and Executive Vice President, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
Ronald Casty
CEO, Chelsea Industries, Inc.
Michele Courton Brown
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Katherine DeMarco
Community Member, Philanthropist
Michael Douvadjian
Senior Vice President, UBS Financial Services
David Eppstein
Vice President for Operations, MASCO
Manuel Fernandez
Assistant Principal, Tobin School BAA Parent Representative
Sara Gomez
BAA Alumni Representative
Sandra Gordon
President, Boston Arts Academy Foundation
Tony James
Independent Consultant
Theodore Landsmark
President, Boston Architectural Center
Costa Littas
Managing Director, Windjammer Capital
Jose Masso
Regional Director, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
Jo Frances Meyer
Director of Institutional Giving, Boston Symphony Orchestra
George Neale
Senior Vice President, Liberty Mutual
Richard Ortner
President, The Boston Conservatory
Marcos Palacios
BAA Alumni Representative
Sheryl Pollard-Thomas
BAA Dance Faculty Boston Teacher's Union Faculty Representative
Jonathan Poorvu
Real Estate Developer
Sue Pucker
Owner/Director, Pucker Gallery
Mary Regan
Manager, Office of City Councilor Maura Hennigan
Richard Rudman
Senior Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Neil Ryan
BAA Parent Representative
Kay Sloan
President, Massachusetts College of Art
J Curtis Warner
Vice President for Community and Governmental Affairs, Berklee College of Music
Barry Weisman
Partner, Duane Morris LLP
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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