Our school is very small. Less than 30 students.
Our school is privately held. There are 2 owners.
The 2 owners are also the Directors/Principals of the school.
We just formed our PTO in April and are working on creating Bylaws. We want the director's involvement (and have a very good relationship with them) - but I am confused as to whether or not they should:
- Sit on the Board
- Have voting rights
Our directors (principals) have a financial conflict of interest with the PTO. As they are the owners and operations of the school, should they be allowed to sit on our board or have any voting rights?
It should also be noted that the directors of our school do not ever plan to convert the school to a non-profit. They want total control over how they run the school and do not want to risk "outsiders" telling them how to run their business.
So, the parents have created a non-profit PTO to support the school. (as typical with PTOs) We can't tell the school how to operate, so should the school have any say in how the PTO operates (outside of getting their support to do anything)
When looking at sample bylaws...most are for public schools. I haven't seen or can tell how a PTO that is associated with a private school handles these types of issues.
Please help!