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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
Tuesday, September 7, 2004 (NOTE DAY CHANGE)
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.  

Information

Recess to Closed Session - Board to consider and/or take action upon any of the following.

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Gov. Code §54957.6)
Agency Negotiator: Barbara Young
Employee Organizations: Mill Valley Teachers Association; California School Employees Association - Ch. 360.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE (Gov. Code §54957).

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Gov. Code §54957).
Title: Certificated Management

Discussion/
Action
7:00 C. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION & REPORT OUT
D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Action
E. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD

Public Comment - 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.

Information

Staff Reports

Information
7:15 F. STRATEGIC PLAN
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.)

1.  Unaudited Actuals for 2003-04 Budget.  (Ms. Harden)

Action

2.  Disclosure of Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Mill Valley School District and the Mill Valley Teachers Association for 2004-05. (Ms. Young/Ms. Harden)

Information

3. Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Mill Valley School District and the Mill Valley Teachers Association for 2004-05.  (Ms. Reynolds)

Public
Hearing

4.  Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement with between the Mill Valley School District and the Mill Valley Teachers Association for 2004-05.

Action
7:45 Educational Program ( Sustain, enhance, and continuously assess our educational program: curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment.)

5. Enrollment update. (Ms. Young)

Information

6. Update on proposed changes to District Kindergarten program: Park School modular classroom.  (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action
8:15 G. CURRICULUM & POLICY

7.  Policy Revision: BP 6145 - Extracurricular & Cocurricular Activities for Students in Grades 6-8.  (MVMS Assistant Principal Kathleen Huntington)

Discussion/
Action

8.  2nd Reading & Adoption of Board Policy & Administrative Regulation BP 3550/AR 3550 - Food Service/Child Nutrition Program. (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action

9. 1st Reading of Board Policy BP 1325 - Advertising & Promotion.  (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action

10. 1st Reading of Administrative Regulation AR 3515.01/E 3515.01 - District Keys.  (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action
8:40 H. PERSONNEL

11.  Resolution #10-04/05 - Resolution for Final Classified Layoff.  (Ms. Young)

Roll Call
Vote
8:45 I. BOARD REPORTS
8:55

J. MINUTES

12. Minutes of Regular Meeting of August 25, 2004.

Action

K. CONSENT AGENDA - 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.

Action

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

Payroll Certifications - July 2004: Mid Miscellaneous, dated 08/19/04, for $1,478.60; August 2004: End of Month, dated 08/20/04, for $203,833.35.

14. Personnel: Personnel Action Form #0405-2.

Program: 2004-05 Consolidated Application for Funding Categorical Aid Programs- Part 1.
9:00 L. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted September 3, 2004
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

Important Dates
K-5 Back to School Night - Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Middle School Back to School Night - Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Board Meeting

Wednesday, October 13, 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