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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, June 8, 2005
CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 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
5:30 PM 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
1.  CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code §54957.6)
     Name of Agency Negotiators: Barbara Young; Janae Novotny
     Employee Organizations: CSEA - Chapter 360; MVTA.

2.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
     Significant exposure to litigation (Gov. Code §54956.9(b)): one case.
3.  PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Gov. Code §54957)
     Title: Certificated
7:00 C. RECONVENE & 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 Report Information
3. Staff Reports Information
4.  Williams Uniform Complaints: April 2005 & July 2005 Quarterly Reports (Ms. Young) Information
STRATEGIC PLAN
7:20 F. Faculty & Staff (Attract, appreciate, develop and retain excellent faculty, administrators and staff.)
1.  Superintendent Report on student/parent/teacher conferences. (Ms. Young) Information
2Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for 2005-06.  (Ms. Young) Information/
Action
7:40 G. 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.) 
1. Presentation of Preliminary Budget for 2005-06.  (Ms. Young/Michelle Rollins, Interim CBO) Information/
Discussion
2.  Mill Valley Teachers Association Initial Proposal for 2004-05 Negotiations with Mill Valley School District. (Kathie Fischer/Curt Southworth, MVTA Co-Presidents) Information
3.  Resolution #19-04/05: Support Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 8 (Simitian).  (Ms. Reynolds)
Action
4.  Proposal for enrollment study. (Ms. Reynolds) Action
9:00 H.  BUILDINGS & SITES
1.  Outdoor Improvement Plan for Strawberry Point School.  (Tammy Edmonson/Joe Sherer) Information/
Discussion
2.  Unauthorized bike activity at Alto site. (Mr. Freiberg/Mr. Moran) Discussion/
Action
9:30 I. BOARD REPORTS

J. MINUTES - Minutes of Regular Meeting of April 6, 2005; Special Meetings of April 20, 2005; May 4, 2005; May 12, 2205; May 13, 2005; May 24, 2005; May 31, 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

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

2. Payroll Certifications - April 2005: End of Month Misc., dated 5/4/05, for $785.22; Mid, dated 5/6/05, for $44,389.66; Mid Misc, dated 5/13/05, for $3,409.74; May 2005: End of Month, dated 5/24/05, for $1,163,801.52.

3. Personnel: Personnel Action Form #0405-11.

4. Personnel: 2004-05 Certificated Seniority List.
5. Resolution #20-04/05: Impose Parcel Tax for 2005-06.
6. GATE: Gifted & Talented Education application for next funding cycle.
7. Surplus: Declaration of surplus property: miscellaneous furniture; value insufficient to defray costs of arranging a sale; to be donated to a charitable organization or disposed of by dumping.  (Ed. Code §17546).
8. Interdistrict Transfers: Employment-related Interdistrict Transfers for 2005-06: from Kentfield: J. Nations (K); from Larkspur: A. Fielder (8th); from Novato: J. Drake (K); Sara Drake (3rd); Shea Drake (3rd); E. Behrs (8th);from San Rafael: R. Kauer (4th); E. Kauer (8th).
9. Acceptance of gifts: for benefit of Tam Valley School, $1238.86, for lunch tables, from TV PTA.
9:45 L. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted June 3, 2005
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

IMPORTANT DATES

Board Meeting

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 2005-06 Budget Adoption
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - Thursday, June 16, 2005