RIGHTS OF THE BOARD A. The Board, on its own behalf and on behalf of the electors of the district, hereby retains and reserves unto itself all powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in it by the laws and the Constitutions of the State of Michigan, and of the United States, including, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right; (1) To the executive management and administrative control of the school system and its properties and facilities, and the activities of its employees; (2) To hire all employees and subject to the provisions of law, to determine their qualifications and the conditions for their continued employment, or their dismissal or demotion; and to promote, and transfer all such employees; (3) To establish grades and courses of instruction, including special programs, and to provide for athletic, recreational and social events for students, all as deemed necessary or advisable by the Board; (4) To decide upon the means and methods of instruction, the selection of textbooks and other teaching materials, and the use of teaching aides of every kind and nature; (5) To determine class schedules, the hours of instruction, and the duties, responsibilities, and assignments of teachers and other employees with respect to administrative and non-teaching activities, and the terms and conditions of employment; (6) To establish, modify, or change any work or business or school hours or days; (7) To determine the services, supplies, and equipment necessary to continue its operations and to determine all methods and means of distributing, disseminating, and/or selling its services, methods, schedules, and standards of operation, the means, methods, and processes of carrying on the work including automation or contracting thereof or changes therein; the institution of new and/or improved methods or changes therein; (8) To determine the number and location or relocation of its facilities, including the establishment or relocation of new schools, buildings, departments, divisions or subdivisions thereof and the relocation or closing of offices, departments, divisions or subdivisions, buildings or other facilities; (9) To adopt rules and regulations for the operation and management of the schools and the school district. B. The exercise of the foregoing powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities by the Board, the adoption of policies, rules and regulations and practices in furtherance thereof, and the use of judgment and discretion in connection therewith shall be limited only by the specific and express terms of this Agreement and then only to the extent such specific and express terms hereof are in conformance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Michigan and the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees will be comprised of 9 voting members that include 5 CUPE employee representatives and 4 employer representatives, including the Crown. The Board of Trustees will include among its members 2 independent experts, 1 appointed by the employer representatives and 1 appointed by the employee representatives. CUPE will be responsible for the appointment and termination of the employee Trustees, and the employer representatives will be responsible for the appointment and termination of the employer Trustees.
Committees of the Board The Board of Managers may from time to time appoint such standing or special committees as it may deem for the best interest of the Company, but no such committee shall have any powers, except such as are expressly conferred upon it by the Board of Managers.