GOVERNANCE

As a Charter School, Kenter Canyon is in the forefront of innovative public school governance.

Charter status gives us the freedom to set our own objectives as a school community, independent of many of the restrictions of other District schools.  The Kenter Governing Board is responsible for making operational, curriculum related, budgetary and other policy decisions for our school.  The Governing Board consists of the Principal, seven teachers, one non-teaching employee, seven parents of students attending Kenter and one community member. 

The Governing Board makes all decisions regarding curriculum, selection of staff, budget, enrollment and the day-to-day concerns of school operations.  This means that Kenter’s programs answer directly to the needs of the student body, the parents, and the community it serves.

Representatives have overlapping, two-year terms and are elected by their peers.  Elections for Governing Board positions are held in June.  The Governing Board and their sub-committees set and oversee school policy with the help of the Palisades Charter School Complex, which unites Canyon, Palisades Elementary, Marquez, Kenter Canyon and Topanga Elementary Schools, Paul Revere Middle School, and Palisades High School.