Governing Council

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Dear members of ISL community – parents, students, teachers!

Thank you to everybody who participated to AGM or voted online. We were pleased to meet and answer your questions. For those of you who could not make it, the full video of the meeting is available here.

Due to lack of quorum of 93 participants (as required by the Articles of Association) we announce the Repeat Annual General Meeting with the same agenda and it will take place on March, 29 from 8:30 – 10:00 on Zoom.

The Agenda for the AGM

Director & Council Report
Approval of ISL Annual Report 2022
Council Candidate Elections

More information about the Repeat AGM and the materials can be found on the Website (link) and Managebac (link).

If you feel like you are ready to make your decision, feel free to VOTE IN ADVANCE by 08:30 on March, 28.

Thank you for your engagement!

The supervisory institution of the Association is the Council, which is composed of 7 voting members elected from among the members of the Association and one honorary member who is an employee of the Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia and is appointed by the Ambassador. This honorary member has all the rights and obligations of a Council member except voting rights.

The Council safeguards the vision and mission of the school, takes strategic decisions, approves school policies, provides fiduciary oversight and hires, supervises and collaborates with the Director.

The affairs of the Association are regulated by the ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LATVIA

1. Council Meeting dates during 2022/2023 school year:

August 25 @ 15:00
September 27 @ 15:00
November 1 @ 15:00
November 29 @ 15:00
December 13 @ 15:00
January 31 @ 15:00
February 28 @ 15:00
March 14 @ 15:00
March 28 @15:00
April 25 @ 15:00
May 30 @15:00
June 13 @ 15:00

2. Committee Meeting dates during 2022/2023 school year:

August 19-20 – Governance Workshop
September 6 @ 15:00 – Infrastructure Committee Meeting
September 13 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
September 20 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
October 11 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
October 18 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
November 8 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
November 15 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
November 22 @ 15:00 – Strategic Oversight Committee Meeting
December 7 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
January 10 @ 15:00 – Infrastructure Committee Meeting
January 17 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
January 24 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
February 7 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
February 14 @ 15:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
March 7 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
March 13 @ 11:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
April 18 @ 15:00 – Strategic Oversight Committee Meeting
May 9 @ 15:00 – Infrastructure Committee Meeting
May 16 @ 15:00 – Governance Committee Meeting
May 23 @ 11:00 – Finance & Business Committee Meeting
June 6 @ 15:00 – Strategic Oversight Committee Meeting

Governance Commitee

Role: Secures best practices in school governance , develops ISL policies and Articles, sees over Council elections, onboards new members, prepares Council professional development and continuous improvement, supports preparation of MGMs (AGMs, EGMs), plans and reviews Director and self annual evaluation.

See members

Finance & Business Committee

Role: Develops long term finance strategy and fiscal plans, validates yearly budget for Council approval, overviews and deploy financial instruments (i.e. loan agreements), oversees audit reports, develops tuition fees for Council approval, develops investments projects, overviews marketing plans, admissions, business development initiatives, initiates partnerships and alliances, develops crisis scenarios and mitigation plans, reviews data analysis.

See members

Infrastructure Committee

Role: Develops and oversees the plan for the school’s infrastructure ( inc facilities, technology, inventory, land, utilities, security), reports to the Council on major campus issues, provides oversight over campus improvements.

See members