Introducing the Board of Trustees
The current Board took office in May 2010 for a 3 year term. The Board members are David O'Brien, Graeme Free, Chris Green, Rochelle Cooper, Rebecca Macmillan, Moira Clews and Bruce Cunningham.
General Information
The role of the Board is in the governance of the school, ensuring that our students have an environment and a management framework in place that will enable quality delivery of education. We are not directly involved with the day to day running of the school.
The Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Meetings are held in the boardroom adjoining the Principal's office and are open to the public. We also welcome communication from the school community by phone, mail or email. Please direct your correspondence through Bruce Cunningham or Julie in the school office.
A common question that is asked is "Can the public speak?" The short answer is no. Although held in a public place they are not public meetings. They are Board meetings which can be observed by the public. The Board Chair can grant speaking rights to an observer if the chair decides, but would inform the speaker they have 5 minutes and the Board will listen and not reply at this point.
Moira Clews – Teacher Representative. Moira is AP, Senior Syndicate Leader and a member of the school Senior Management team. She has taught at Belmont Primary for 13 years, has been on the Board for 13 years and currently has a Year 6 class.
Rebecca Macmillan-Rebecca has two children at school, was a past staff member, was past treasurer of PTA and is a qualified auditor.
Rochelle Cooper-Rochelle has two children at school, was ex secretary of the PTA and works in human resources for TVNZ and has had over 10 years experience in this field.
Dave O'Brien-Dave has two children at Belmont Primary, and is CEO for Diners Club NZ.
Graeme Free-Graeme has two children at school, and works for BNZ in a senior management role.
Chris Green-Chris has one child at school and is a consultant for large companies in the field of growth and managing their businesses more effectively.
Bruce Cunningham-Bruce is starting his sixth year as Principal of Belmont Primary School and has had various roles in the education over 30 years.
The BOT is ably supported by Julie Milham, our secretary.