The Kinabalu International School (KIS) is owned and operated by the KIS Association of Parents. When a family enrolls their child in the school, both parents automatically gain membership to this Association. Each year an Annual General Meeting is held to elect eight representatives from within the Association of Parents to act as the school’s Board of Management. In doing so, the Association attempts to elect Board Members from a wide cross section of the school’s international community so that everyone’s interests are being represented.  

The school Principal and teaching staff are employed by the Board of Management and manage the day-to-day operation of the school. In turn, the Board of Management, act on behalf of the Association and oversee the overall operation of the school.  The Board of Management meets on a monthly basis (more often when required) with the school’s Principal to manage the overall aims of the school, it’s development planning, and school finances. 

Unlike some schools, which are profit oriented, all school fees are put back into KIS to the total benefit of the pupils. Similarly, through this form of ownership and management by the Association of Parents, the interests of the whole school community at any one time are the primary concern of the Board of Management; thus the pupils’ interests are always at the forefront of any action that is taken by the school.

The new Board of Management for the year 2004-2005 comprises

	Chairman  ..............    Datuk Raymond Tan
	Vice Chairman ........    Mr Andrew Walker
	Secretary ...............    Mrs Francesca Bremer
	Treasurer  ..............    Ms Shirley K L Wong
	Member ................    Mr David Doi
	Member ................    Mrs Ana Kollert
	Member ................    Mr Lawrence Sinsua
	Member ................    Mrs Loris Wong