A New Year: Prepare Your Board for Success

A New Year: Prepare Your Board for Success
A New Year: Prepare Your Board for Success

Volume 50

No. 6//

June 1, 2025

As private-independent schools prepare for the start of a new academic year, it is both timely and prudent for boards to reflect on the effectiveness of their current governance structures, policies, and practices. Strong boards — like strong institutions — learn continuously. They often get things right; occasionally they do not. But even more often, schools move forward without the board taking time to pause, reflect, and adapt.

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