Board of Trustees — Hare Krishna School

In order to achieve the school vision the Board of Trustees at the Hare Krishna School take a collaborative approach. We are committed to providing students with quality teaching in an innovative and in well resourced Krishna conscious learning environment.

We believe the school has an important role to play in the local community and the Board Members (who are all parents, community members or staff of the school) are continuously seeking ways of bringing the school and the temple community closer together. Linking and connecting in with the wider community is important to us. We welcome your ideas and suggestions and if you need to contact the Board you can do this through the Board Chairperson, Vikas Arya at bot.secretary@harekrishna.school.nz. The Board of Trustees is elected by the school community and focuses on enhancing student achievement. In partnership with the leadership team, the Board ensures that the values of the school community are reflected in the way our school operates. The Board has a governance role and regularly reviews policies to maintain compliance with legal and Ministry of Education requirements. It does not involve itself in the administrative details of the day-to-day running of the school. In addition to the Board of Trustee members governing the school they bring a diverse mix of technical skills and life experience to the governing table. The Board meets monthly and the focus is always on the current children and their learning as well as the strategic direction of the school. Board meetings are generally held at 6.00pm on Monday evenings at the school. Dates are advertised in the newsletter or can be found below. Parents and members of the community are welcome to attend.

Hare Krishna School Policies

To view the School Policies, please go to www.schooldocs.co.nz: 1. Click Search for your school – Hare Krishna School 2. Start typing the school’s name and then select it from the dropdown list. 3. Enter the community username (harekrishna) and password (prabhupada)

Sam Ho – Chairperson | Proprietors representative

Dharma Setu Dasa – Cheif Executive Officer | School Principal

Kalasamvara Dasa – Proprietors representative

Carl Becker – Proprietors representative

Nirav Patel – Parent representative

Anandita Pujara – Parent representative

Kranti Kumari – Parent representative

Shalini Choudhary – Parent representative

Sumaya Kowlaser – Staff representative

Board meetings are held every two months. During these meetings, issues relating to the school are discussed. Parents and members of the community are welcome to attend these meetings or give ideas/feedback/proposals. If you wish to attend a meeting, please advise the school office in advance. E-mail: bot.secretary@harekrishna.school.nz BOT meeting minutes are published here: 2025

2024

See BoT Secretary

2023

Click the links below to see the annual financial statements

School planning and reporting

Effective planning and reporting underpins all the other work that we do. The Education and Training Act 2020 and the Education (School Planning and Reporting) Regulations 2023 set out the planning requirements for kura | schools. We are required to have:

a 3-year strategic plan* developed in consultation with their school community, that sets strategic intents (goals), priorities and measures. The plan is a summary of how the board will meet their primary objectives (set out in the Education and Training Act 2020) – published by 1 March 2024
an annual implementation plan that sets annual targets and actions for working towards our strategic goals – published by 31 March, each year.
an annual report that reports on the school’s progress and finances – submitted to the Ministry of Education by 31 May, and published thereafter. * We have adopted this approach from 2023, so that from 2025, the strategic plan is aligned with the three-year board election cycle.

Our Strategic Plan sets the high level direction for the school, reflecting the goals and aspirations of our school community. Through consultation with our parent community, teachers, and board members, the board ratified the strategic plan below: Strategic Plan 2023-2025 / 2025 Annual Plan Strategic Plan 2023-2025 / 2024 Annual Plan Strategic Plan 2023-2025 / 2023 Annual Plan Charter 2022 Charter 2021 Charter 2020 Charter 2019