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

REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA

Wednesday, April 6, 2005
CLOSED SESSION -  5:45 PM
PUBLIC SESSION - 7:00 PM

Mill Valley Middle School Library (Note location change)
425 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
5:45 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
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR regarding terms and conditions of Superintendent's contract. (Gov. Code §54957.6)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Gov. Code §54957)
Title: Certificated
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT (Gov. Code §54957)
Title: Principal
7:00 C. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION & REPORT OUT
D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Action
E. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD
   1. 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
   2. Superintendent / Staff Reports Information
F. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS
   1. School Board Election - Resolution #18-04/05: Proposing an Election and Requesting the Board of Supervisors to Consolidate with other Elections and Requesting Election Services by the Registrar of Voters (November 8, 2005 school board election). Action
   2. Board meeting schedule for 2005-06.  (Ms. Reynolds) Information/
Action
G. STRATEGIC PLAN
7:20    Faculty & Staff (Attract, appreciate, develop and retain excellent faculty, administrators and staff.)
   1.  Administrator appointments for 2005-06 (Ms. Young):
     - Edna Maguire Principal
     - Old Mill Principal
     - Middle School Assistant Principal
Discussion/
Action
   2.  Other Principal appointments: (Ms. Young)
     - Edna Maguire Interim, through June 2005: Jill Rosenquist
     - 2005 Summer School: Jennifer Johnston, General Ed.; Erin Conklin, Special Ed. 
Action
7:35    3.  Review and discuss use of consultant for new Chief Business Official search.  (Ms. Reynolds) Information/ Action
7:40 Educational Program (Sustain, enhance, and continuously assess our educational program: curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment.)
   4.  Enrollment & staffing for 2005-06.  (Ms. Young)
               (enrollment projections)
Information/
Action
8:00 H. STUDY SESSION
   1. Measuring student learning and success.  (Ms. Young; Principal Peg Minicozzi; Certificated staff: Anna Lazzarini; Danielle Ross & Rod Septka) Information/
Discussion
9:15 I. BOARD REPORTS

J. MINUTES - Minutes of Regular Meeting of March 9, 2005; Special Meeting of March 17, 2005.

Action
9:30 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

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

  2. Payroll Certifications - February 2005: Mid Month, dated 03/04/05, for $33,420.26; March 2005: End of Month, dated 03/24/05, for $1,152,433.04.

  3. Agreements: Extension, through June 2010, of Attendance Agreements with Sausalito/Marin City SD: Tennessee Glen Addendum #5; Tennessee Woods Addendum #4.
  4. Agreement: Extension, through June 2010, of Attendance Agreement with Reed USD: Cypress Hollow Addendum #2.
  5. Agreement: Agreement with Marin County Office of Education for Business Services support from April 1-Ocotber 31, 2005.

  6. Personnel: Personnel Action Form #0405-9.

  7. Field Trip: Approval for 7th/8th grade chorus to attend Music in the Parks Festival in Santa Clara, April 22-23, 2005.
  8. Acceptance of gifts: for benefit of Edna Maguire School, $4660.00 Innovative Teaching & art show consultants, from EM PTA; Epson Stylus Color 600 Printer from K. Hattner.
9:30 L. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted April 1, 2005
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

IMPORTANT DATES

 SPRING RECESS - NO SCHOOL
April 11-15, 2005

Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley