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

REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
CLOSED SESSION -  5:00 PM
PUBLIC 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."

Estimated
Time
5:00 A. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
B. CLOSED SESSION
 Public Comment
- Opportunity for public to comment on Closed Session items.
 Recess to Closed Session - Board to consider and/or take action on any of the following.
Information
- CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT MATTERS - CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INVOLVED.  (Ed. Code §35146)
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (Gov. Code §54957)
Title: Superintendent; Administrators; Certificated; Classified
C. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION & REPORT OUT
D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Action
E. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD
- At this time, members of the audience may address the Board on any school-related matter not on this agenda.  No action can be taken by the Governing Board at this time.  Each speaker is requested to identify him/herself prior to addressing the Board and to limit comments to three minutes. Information
7:10 - Superintendent / Staff Reports Information
F. STRATEGIC PLAN
7:20 Educational Program (Sustain, enhance, and continuously assess our educational program: curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment.)
 1. Appeal of Education Code §48000(b) by J. Rossi regarding Kindergarten entry.  (Ms. Young) Action
 2. Report on elementary foreign language.  (Susan Hill) Information
 3. Report on Middle School foreign language program.  (Suzanne Chase, MS teacher) Information
 4. 2005-06 School Calendar.  (Ms. Young) Action
 5. Report on use of 2003-04 assessment data.  (Ms. Young) Information

 6. Review and approval of school site plans.  (Principal Stephany La Londe))

Action
8:45 Finance (Create long-term funding sources and ensure the continuation of fiscally prudent spending practices to enable the District to establish and maintain stability, security and the highest quality of education for the children.) 
 7. 2003-04 Audit report Stephen Roatch Accountancy Corporation. (Stephen Roatch) Action
 8. Adopt budget calendar.  (Ms. Harden) Action
9:15 G. BUILDINGS & SITES
 9. Approval of mosaic project at Strawberry Point School.  (Principal Leslie Thornton) Action
9:25 H. POLICY MATTERS - Board Policies (BP); Administrative Regulations (AR); Exhibits (E) Ms. Young to address all policy matters.
 10.  AR 1270 - Protocol for Parent Interaction with School Personnel; 2nd reading. Action
 11. AR 1312.4/E 1312.4 - Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures; approval to comply with new law. Action
 12. AR 4128/E 4128 - Shared Teaching Assignments - revision; 1st reading. Action
 13. AR 5111.12 - Residency Based on Parent/Guardian Employment; revision. Action
 14. BP/AR 5113 - Absences and Excuses; revision - 1st reading. Action
 15. BP 3112 - Special Reserve Fund; 1st reading. Action
  AR 3515.1 - Crime Data Reporting; Delete, as no longer applicable.  Action
9:40 I. BOARD REPORTS Information

J. MINUTES

 16. Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 8, 2004; Special Meetings of December 6, 2004; December 17, 2004.

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

 17. Warrants - These are the methods by which the District pays its bills.

   - Payroll Certifications - November 2004: End of Month, dated 11/1/2004, for $1,153,598.26; Mid Month, dated 12/6/04, for $54,396.03; 

 18. Personnel: Personnel Action Form #0405-6.

   - Acceptance of gifts: for benefit of Park: $4500 for Library Fund; $1200 for book fair authors, from PK PTA; for Tam Valley: $4496.18 for Library, from TV PTA.
9:45 L. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted January 14, 2005
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley

Important Dates
February 21-25, 2005
Mid-Winter Break - NO SCHOOL