Regular Board Meeting Agenda - February 9, 2005

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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, February 9, 2005
CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 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
6:00	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
	PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Gov. Code §54957) Title: Certificated CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation (Gov. Code §54956.9(b)): one potential case.
7:00	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
7:20	- Superintendent / Staff Reports	Information
7:30	F. PERSONNEL
	1. Superintendent search update. (Ms. Reynolds)	Information
	2. Principal search update. (Ms. Young)	Information
7:45	G. STRATEGIC PLAN
	Finance (Create long-term funding sources & ensure the continuation of fiscally prudent spending practices to enable the District to establish and maintain stability, security & the highest quality of education for children.)
	3. AC Recommendations for 2005-06 budget funding priorities. (Ms. Young)	Information
	4. Public input on 2005-06 budget funding priorities. (Ms. Reynolds)	Information
	5. Community Financial Advisory Commission - appointments for March 2005-07 2-year terms. (Mr. Swartz)	Action
8:45	Educational Program (Sustain, enhance, and continuously assess our educational program: curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment.)
	6. Report from the Community Technology Advisory Committee: Committee Technology Plan. (Mr. Lincoln/CTAC members)	Information

	7. BP 1220.2 - Community Technology Advisory Commission; revision. (Mr. Khademi)	Discussion/ Action
	8. Appointment of members to Community Technology Advisory Commission under revised policy. (Mr. Khademi)	Discussion/ Action
9:15	H. POLICY MATTERS - Board Policies (BP); Administrative Regulations (AR); Exhibits (E) Ms. Young to address all policy matters.
	9. 2nd readings: BP 3112 - Special Reserve Fund; new. AR 4128/E 4128 - Shared Teaching Assignments; revision. AR 5111.12 - Residency Based on Parent/Guardian Employment; revision. BP/AR 5113 - Absences and Excuses; revision.	Action
	10. Revisions: BP 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures; updated to reflect new law regarding No Child Left Behind Act; and distinguish from new Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures. AR 6183 - Home & Hospital Instruction E 9320 - Meetings & Notices; exhibit updated to reflect new law.	Action
9:30	I. BOARD REPORTS	Information
	J. MINUTES
	11. Minutes of Regular Meeting of January 19, 2005; Special Meeting of January 25, 2005.	Action
	K. CONSENT AGENDA - Items listed are considered routine and acted upon in one motion. There is no discussion of items 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 item approved by the Board shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended.	Action
	12. Warrants - These are the methods by which the District pays its bills.
	- Payroll Certifications - January 2005: End of Month, dated 1/25/2005, for $1,174,742.10.
	13. Personnel: Personnel Action Form #0506-7.
	14. Surplus: Declaration of surplus property: 35 outdoor lunch tables; value insufficient to defray costs of arranging a sale; to be donated to charitable organization or disposed of by dumping (Ed. Code 17546).
	15. 1st Amendment to Lease with Marin Horizon School.
	16. 2004-05 Consolidated Application - Part 2.
	- Acceptance of gifts: for benefit of Tam Valley, $28,031.63 for lunch tables and computers; and $400 for classroom accounts, from TV PTA; for Middle School, $3791.00 for biked cage, from MVMS PTSA; for Strawberry Pt., $100, from Levi Strauss Foundation (J. Dentko-Hearn).
9:45	L. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted February 4, 2005
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

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

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