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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
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
CLOSED SESSION - 6:15 PM - CANCELED 10/12/04
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
6:15 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 LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation (Gov. Code §54956.9(b)): one potential case.

Discussion/
Action
7:00 C. RECONVENE TO PUBLIC SESSION & REPORT OUT (Mr. Khademi)
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 to limit comments to three minutes. Information
Staff Reports
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.  Report from Community Financial Advisory Commission.  (Dick Swanson, Commission Chair)

Information

2.  Disclosure of Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Mill Valley School District and California School Employees Association (CSEA) - Chapter 360 for 2004-05; and agreements with unrepresented site administrators and confidential employees for 2004-05. (Ms. Young/Ms. Harden)

Information

3. Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Mill Valley School District and CSEA - Chapter 360 for 2004-05; and agreements with unrepresented site administrators and confidential employees for 2004-05.  (Mr. Khademi)

Public
Hearing

4.  Ratification of Collective Bargaining Agreement with between the Mill Valley School District and California School Employees Association (CSEA) - Chapter 360 for 2004-05; and approval of agreements with unrepresented site administrators and confidential employees for 2004-05.

Action
  
8:00 Educational Program (Sustain, enhance, and continuously assess our educational program: curriculum, instruction, and the learning environment.)

5. Report on transition to extended day for Kindergarten program. (Ms. Young)

Information

6. Report on shared assignments for 2003-04 and 2004-05 and recommendations for revisions to BP/AR/E 4128: Shared Teaching Assignments.  (Ms. Young)

Information/
Action

7. Report on Spring 2004 Parent program survey.  (Ms. Young)

Information
8:45 G. CURRICULUM & POLICY

8. 2nd Reading of Board Policy BP 1325- Advertising & Promotion.  (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action

9. 2nd Reading of Administrative Regulation/Exhibit AR 3515.01/E 3515.01 - District Keys.  (Ms. Young)

Discussion/
Action
H. BOARD REPORTS
8:55

I. MINUTES

10. Minutes of Regular Meeting of September 7, 2004; Special Meeting of September 28, 2004.

Action
J. CONSENT AGENDA - Items listed are considered to be routine and are acted upon by the Governing 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 the Administration recommends approval on all Consent Agenda items.  Each item on the Consent Agenda approved by the Board  shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended. Action

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

Payroll Certifications - August 2004: End of Month Misc., dated 9/2/04, for $1529.20; Mid, dated 9/7/04, for $42,545.04; Retro, dated 9/17/04, for $16,358.26; September 2004: End of Month, dated 9/23/04, for $1,137,401.65.

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

13. Business: Resolution #11-04/05: Adoption of "Gann" Limit.
Gifts: for benefit of EM: $23,000 for various classroom and staff funds, from EM PTA; for TV: $21,481.89, for various supplies & funds; $5,000 for library aide; additional $4164 for science instructor, from TV PTA; for benefit of MS: big screen TV, from G. McKay; PC from Shannahan & Co.; for benefit of PK, grant of $6400 for eMacs, from S. Corvin Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation; for benefit of OM, gift in amended amount of $19,090.55, from S. & K. Hagar.
9:00 K. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted October 8, 2004
Barbara B. Young, Superintendent

Important Dates
Board Meeting
- Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley

K-5 Parent Conferences - November 8-19
1:45 PM Dismissal (2:00 PM Dismissal - Strawberry Point)

Visit our District website for all Agendas and Minutes:  www.mvschools.org