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District Office Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
Ken Benny, 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
Michele Rollins, Ed. D., Chief Business Official   Jeffrey L. Freiberg, MCSBA Representative
Chris Lincoln, Director of Technology   Monib Khademi
Brian Moran, Director of Maint/Operations   Laura Murphy

REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA

CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 PM
PUBLIC SESSION - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

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

 ^Indicates standing items and will be addressed as necessary.
6:00 PM A. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL (Ms. Reynolds)
B. CLOSED SESSION AGENDA - All meetings of the District must be open to the public, with exceptions as provided by Gov. Code 54950-54963 and Ed. Code 35140-35149. Information
1.  CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR (Gov. Code §54957.6)
     Agency Negotiator: Ken Benny; Employee Organizations: Mill Valley Teachers Association & California School Employees Association - Ch. 360.
Discussion/ Action
2.  CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT MATTER - Confidential Information Involved.
Public Comment - Opportunity for public to comment on Closed Session items.
Recess to Closed Session - Board to consider and/or take action on any item on the Closed Session Agenda.
7:00 C. RECONVENE & REPORT OUT (Ms. Reynolds)
D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Action
E. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD Information
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.
2. Superintendent Report, including Opening of School and Enrollment update.  Information

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3. Presentations & Staff Reports
7:15 F. BOARD OPERATIONS
1. Review annual Board calendar of meeting topics. (Mr. Benny) Discussion
2. 2005-06 Study Session topics. (Mr. Benny) Discussion
3. Review board meeting schedule for 2005-06 and review Wednesday meeting dates. (Mr. Benny) Discussion
4. Board Policy: BP 1312 - Complaint Policy; 1st reading.  (Mr. Benny) Information/
Discussion
8:00 G. BUSINESS & FINANCIAL MATTERS
1. Developer Fee Justification Study Report presented by Art Thayer of School Facilities Planning & Management. (Dr. Rollins) Information
2. Public Hearing - Developer Fee Increase; opportunity for public to comment. (Ms. Reynolds) Information
3. Resolution #3-05/06: Adoption of School Facilities Fees. (Dr. Rollins) Action
4. Resolution #4-05/06: Notice of Exemption from CEQA Regarding Adoption of School Facilities Fees. (Dr. Rollins) Action
5. 2005-06 Budget Changes.  (Dr. Rollins) Information
8:45 H. PERSONNEL
1.  Retirement of Dee Uyeda, certificated employee, effective June 18, 2005, after 37 years of service.  (Mr. Freiberg) Action
2.  Resolution #5-05/06: Final Resolution for Classified Layoff.  (Dr. Mills) Action

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I. BUILDINGS & GROUNDS

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J. BOARD REPORTS
K. MINUTES Regular Meeting of July 21, 2005. Action
L. 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 - June 2005: Mid Misc, dated 7/13/05, for $1,512.22; July 2005: End of Month, dated 7/21/05, for $173,097.70; Mid Misc, dated 8/18/05, for $1,327.95.
3. Personnel Action Form #0506-3.
4. Agreement for Sharing of Developer and Parcel Fees on Specified Parcels with Larkspur SD.
5. Legal services agreements for 2005-06: Kay & Stevens; School & College Legal Services of California.
6. Food services agreement with Tamalpais UHSD for 2005-06 lunch program.
7. Student teacher agreements for 2005-06: San Francisco St. U; Sonoma St. U.
8. Change Order #1: MVMS parking lot: additional paving and electrical (Maggiora & Ghilotti).
9. Surplus: Declaration of Surplus Property: 1980 Toyota pickup truck and damaged and/or outdated library and textbooks.
10. IDT: Employment-related transfer into MVSD from SFUSD for J. Eliot (8th) for 2005-06 (MVSD employee: L. Zimmer).
9:00 M. ADJOURNMENT

Ken Benny, Superintendent
Meeting posted August 26, 2005

For further information regarding agenda items, please contact Katherine Hattner 
at the District Administrative Office, 389-7700 or e-mail at khattner@marin.k12.ca.us .

IMPORTANT DATES
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
K-5 Back to School Night

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Mill Valley Middle School Back to School Night

Board Meetings

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 6:00 PM
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley