According to the Babcock Neighborhood Schools website (see link) BNS are governed by a board that “have been recruited from a pool of local educational, business and community leaders”.
According to the BNS Bylaws the Board appointments and decisions are controlled by the Babcock Ranch Foundation:
ARTICLE II. Sole Member
Section 1- Sole Member:The sole member of the Corporation shall be Babcock Ranch Foundation, Inc., a Florida non-profit corporation (the “Member”), which will provide fundraising and other support to the Corporation for operation of one or more charter schools.
Section 2- Rights of Sole Member:
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Member shall have the right to approve any amendments to these Bylaws that are proposed by the Board, which
approval right shall not be unreasonably withheld, and such other rights as are
specifically set forth herein and in the Articles of Incorporation.(B) The Member shall have the authority to approve the board members as set forth in Articles III and IV, below.
(C) The Member shall have the right to remove any member of the Corporation’s
Board of Directors, upon a majority vote of the Board of the Member, in the event that
prior written notice is provided to the Corporation by the Member that such member of the Board of Directors has acted inconsistently with the mission and vision of the Corporation set forth in these Bylaws, and after such member of the Board of Directors has been given a prior opportunity to refute the claim at a meeting of the Board of the Member. Disagreement over binding agreements involving Corporation and the Member, shall not in and of itself, be grounds for removal.(D) The Member shall have the right to approve any decision by the Board of
Directors regarding the disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets or of one or more charter schools operated by the Corporation, any merger and its principal terms and any amendment of those terms, and any election to dissolve the Corporation.(E) The Member will not have any additional rights pursuant to Chapter 617, Florida Statutes, except for those set forth in either these Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation.