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District Office Administrators Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
  411 Sycamore Ave. Mill Valley, CA 94941 Monib Khademi, President
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent http://www.mvschools.org Paula Reynolds, Vice-President/Clerk
Laurie Harden, Asst. Supt./Business Services   Jeffrey L. Freiberg
Kerri M. Mills, Ed. D., Asst. Supt./Spec. Ed.   Laura Murphy
Brian Moran, Director of Maint/Operations   Brian Swartz

REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
RECEPTION - 6:30 PM
OPEN SESSION - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley, CA

"Our mission is to provide an excellent education that enables all students to achieve academic success and reach their full potential.
We prepare our students to be responsible, contributing members of our community and wise stewards of our natural environment."

RECEPTION to honor retiring Trustee Len Gensburg in recognition of his six years of service
to the Mill Valley School District. - 6:30 PM

Estimated
Time
Packet 
Item #
7:00 PM A.  CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL (Mr. Khademi)
B.  OATH OF OFFICE - Oath of Office for Incumbent Trustee Monib Khademi and New Trustee Laura Murphy by Marin County Superintendent of Schools Mary Jane Burke.  Action
7:10 PM

C.  AGENDA - Approval & Adoption of Agenda. (Mr. Khademi)  Action

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D.  ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

D.1.  Election of President by Board of Trustees.  (Ms. Young)  Action

D.2.  Election of Vice-President/Clerk.  (Board President)  Action

D.3.  Affirmation of 2003-2004 Meeting Schedule.  (Board President) Action

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D.4.  Appointment of School Liaisons and Committee Members for 2004. (Board President) Action

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E.  COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD - This is an opportunity for the public to direct questions or comments related to school business to the Superintendent/Governing Board concerning matters not on the agenda.  No action can be taken by the Superintendent/Governing Board at this time.  Each speaker is requested to identify him/herself prior to addressing the Board and limit comments to three minutes.

E.1  Superintendent & Staff Reports  Information

7:30 PM

F.  BUSINESS & FISCAL

F.1. 2003-2004 1st Interim Budget Report & Revisions.  (Ms. Harden)  Information/Action

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F.2. Facilities Funds Status Report. (Ms. Harden)  Information 

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F.3. 2004-05 Budget Development Calendar.  (Ms. Harden)  Information

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F.4. Parcel Tax Advisory Committee Report.  (Ms. Young)  Information/Discussion

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F.5. Selection of Stephen Roatch Accountancy Corporation, through a shared services model, as the District audit firm for a three-year term beginning 2004-2005. (Ms. Harden)  Information/Action

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F.6. Initial review of draft 2004-2005 school calendarDiscussion

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8:30 G.  PERSONNEL

G.1  Retirement of classified employee Helen Horch, after 20 years of service, under Two Years of Additional Service Credit program, effective December 31, 2003.  (Ms. Young) Action

G.2  Resolution #7-03/04: Classified Layoff.  (Ms. Young) Action

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8:40 H.  CURRICULUM & POLICY

H.1.  Site Plans for 2003-04 for Edna Maguire, Middle, Old Mill, Park, Strawberry Point and Tamalpais Valley Schools.  (Ms. Young)  Action

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H.2. Board Policy for Expenditure of Donated Funds.  (Ms. Young)  Action

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H.3.  2nd Reading/Adoption of Board Policies and Administrative Regulations.  (Ms. Young)  Action

A.  BP 3290 - Gifts, Grants & Bequests
B.  BP 5131 - Conduct
C.  BP 5141.33 - Head Lice
D.  AR 5142 - Safety
E.  AR 5144 - Discipline
F.  BP 5144.1 / AR 5144.1 - Suspension & Expulsion/Due Process
G.  AR 5144.2 - Suspension & Expulsion/Due Process (students with  disabilities)
H.  BP 5148 - Child Care
I.   AR 6153 - School-Sponsored Trips
J.  BP 6164.6/AR 6164.6 -Identification & Education Under Section 504
K.  BP 6174 / AR 6174 - Education for English Language Learners

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9:15 I.  BOARD REPORTS
9:30

J.  MINUTES - Regular Meeting of November 12, 2003; Special Meetings of November 17, 2003 and November 24, 2003Action

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9:40

K.   CONSENT AGENDA 

K.1.  Warrants - Items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and are acted upon by the Board of Trustees in one motion. There is no discussion of these items prior to the Board vote unless a member of the Board, staff or public request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. It is understood that the Administration recommends approval on all Consent Agenda items. Each item on the Consent Agenda  approved by the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended.

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K.2.  Payroll Certifications - October 2003: Mid-Month, dated 11/06/03, for $43,029.47; End of Month Misc., dated 11/16/03, for $889.17; November 2003: End of Month, dated 11/18/03, for $1,080,975.29.

K.3.  Personnel Action Form #0304-6.

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K.4.  Resolution # Authorization to Sign on Behalf of Board.

K.5.  Gifts: for benefit of Park Poets in the Classroom, $1950.00, from PK PTA; for Tam Valley Library, gifts totaling $5964.18, TV PTA; for MVMS, microwave oven, from J. Pigeon.

9:45 ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted December 5, 2003
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

Important Dates

Winter Break - Monday, December 22, 2003 - Friday, January 2, 2004
School Resumes Monday, January 5, 2004

Board Meetings

Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley

Visit our District website for all Agendas and Minutes:  www.mvschools.org