AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING - BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Monday, August 14, 2000 - 5:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue - Mill Valley

1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL - 5:00 PM.
   
2. PUBLIC COMMENT - Opportunity for the public to comment on Closed Session Items.
   
3. CLOSED SESSION
   1. Public Employment (GC 54957): Interim Assistant Superintendent; Director of Special Education
   2. Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release (GC 54957)
   3. Conference with labor negotiator Sandra Woliver (GC 54957.6)
      
4. RECONVENE & REPORT OUT - 7:00 PM.
   
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Action
   
6. COMMUNICATIONS TO GOVERNING BOARD
   1. Public comment on any item of interest to the public that is within the Board's jurisdiction will be heard.  The Board cannot take action on items presented during this time.  The Board requests that each speaker identify him/herself prior to addressing the Board.  Public comment will also be allowed on each specific item prior to Board action thereon.
      
   2. Superintendent's Report
   3. Staff Reports
   4. Board Reports
      
7. BUSINESS & FISCAL SERVICES
   1. Transportation update, including district services (Young/Gensburg) - Information
   2. 45 Revise Budget Update (Machi) - Information
   3. Presentation of Initial Proposal of the Mill Valley Teachers Association for 2000-2001 Negotiations. - Information/Discussion
   4. Adoption of Initial Proposal of the Mill Valley School District for 2000-2001 Negotiations.  Action
      
8. CURRICULUM
   1. PE Update (Young)
      
9. PERSONNEL -  (Young)     All items require Action
   1. Agreement with Dorothea M. Thompson, Ed. D., as Interim Assistant Superintendent from 08/01/00-06/30/01. (Young)
   2. Resignation of Victoria Hecht, effective 06/28/00, 11month (.6) executive assistant.
   3. Temporary employment of Kathleen Steinbaugh, 11 month (.6) executive assistant, effective 08/16/00.
   4. Approve .75 leave for Amy Tilley for 2000-2001.
   5. Temporary certificated employment for 2000-01, effective 08/23/00: Marla Buckingham (Speech); Michael Carroll (MS-math); Jackie LaLanne (elem. art); Ron Lemley (MS-Spanish); Melissa Palmer (MS-PE); Laura Smith (MS-6th core).
   6. Employment of Alessandra Cusick: permanent sub from 08/28/00-10/31/00, and temporary certificated from 11/01/00-06/15/01.
      
10. BUILDINGS, SITES & EQUIPMENT
    1. Strawberry Point School update. (Harding/Derich)  Information
    2. Agreements, Proposals, Change Orders, and Purchase Orders regarding renovation and modernization project. (Harding)  Discussion / Action
    3. Approval of skylight repair at Old Mill auditorium for $5,071.94. (Harding) Action
       
11. 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.
    
    1. Warrants -These are the methods by which the School District pays its bills.
    2. Payroll certifications: May 2000: Misc. Mid-month, dated 05/19/00, for $2467.50; June 2000: Regular End of Month, dated 06/21/00, for $1,031,932.11; Supplemental, dated 07/05/00, for $14,959.35; July 2000: Regular End of Month, dated 07/19/00, for $188,939.92; Supplemental, dated 08/02/00, for $65,805.14.
    3. Minutes of Regular Meeting #18 of June 19, 2000.
    4. Minutes of Special Meeting #23 of June 12, 2000.
    5. Administrative Salary Schedule for 2000-01.
    6. Terminate medical benefits agreement with Aetna.
    7. Agreements with Blue Shield, CPIC Life (vision) and Kaiser (plan modification) for employee benefits.
    8. Agreements with Miller Brown & Dannis and Lozano Smith for legal services for 2000-01.
    9. Indemnification agreement with Kiddo!
    10. Res. #1-00/01: Amendment #1 to Master Lease/Purchase Agreement with Transocean Funding, Inc.
    11. Res. #2-00/01: Authorization to sign on behalf of Board for Dorothea Thompson.
    12. Statement of Assurance for 1999-2000: State Instructional Materials Fund, Gr. K-8.
    13. Waiver of age requirement for kindergarten attendance for Jack Schultz.
    14. Employment-related interdistrict transfer requests to Mill Valley for 2000-01: Deny J. Walters (K) from Novato and C. Ayala (1st) from W. Contra Costa, due to lack of space at grade level; Approve L. Pera (7th) from San Rafael.
    15. Gift: $2,000 from EM PTA for beautification of EM School.
        
12. ADJOURNMENT

Barbara B. Young, Superintendent
Meeting Posted August 9, 2000

IMPORTANT DATES
First Day of School - Monday, August 28, 2000

Board Meetings
Monday, August 28, 2000 - 7 PM
Mill Valley Middle School