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REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Closed Session - 6:30 PM 
Public Session - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office
411 Sycamore Avenue- Mill Valley, CA

Estimated

Time
6:30
  1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL - (Board President)
  1. CLOSED SESSION
    1. Public Comment - Opportunity for public to comment on Closed Session item. Information
    2. Recess to Closed Session -Board to consider and/or take action upon any of the following.
      1. Conference with real property negotiator, Jeffrey Freiberg, regarding lease agreement with Marin Horizon School for property at 305 Montford Avenue, Mill Valley, pursuant to Gov. Code §54956.8.   Under negotiation: price and terms of payment.
7:00
  1. RECONVENE & REPORT OUT
  1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Action
  1. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD
    1. Opportunity for 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 and limit comments to three minutes.  Public comment will also be allowed on each specific item prior to Board action.
    2. Appeals of denials for Interdistrict Transfers into Mill Valley School District. Young) Information/Action
      1. New requests: M. Fields (7th); R. Pashmi (7th); A. Harris (4th)
      2. Renewal: T. Collins (5th); N. Wesley (2nd)
    3. Staff and Board Reports. Information
    4. Review Board Meeting Calendar for 2002-03. (Freiberg)  Discussion/Action
    5. September 11th Observance.  (Freiberg)  Discussion and/or Action
7:30
  1. BUILDINGS & SITES
    1. Skateboard Park Update.  (Christine Sansom - MV Parks & Recreation Director) Information
    2. Middle School Site Improvement-Phase 1 
      1. Update. (Young) Information
      2. Change Orders - Bauman Landscape, Inc., #1: $187,181.50 for 2 previously approved project changes (asphalt; stairwells/courtyard); #2: replace seeding with sod & replace one walkway tanbark to sod, for $6750.00 (Young)  Action
8:00
  1. CURRICULUM & POLICY
    1. Middle School WEB (Welcome EveryBody) Report.  (Whitney Hoyt/Anna Lazzarini/Cindy Sparks)  Information
    2. Approval of District Response to Marin County Grand Jury Report on Emergency Preparedness.  (Young) Action
    3. Strategic Plan Task Force Report. (Reynolds)  Information
    4. 2001-02 Assessment Report.  (Thornton)  Information
    5. Textbooks & Instructional Materials for 2002-03. (Thornton) 
      1. Public Hearing (Freiberg)  Information
      2. Resolution #1-02/03: Procedures to Ensure the Availability of Textbooks & Instructional Materials. Action
    6. Policies & Regulations. (Young/Mills)
      1. Universal Precautions: BP/AR 4119.43; 2nd reading; new policy.  Action
      2. Behavioral Interventions for Special Education Students: AR 6159.4; 2nd reading; new policy. Action
      3. Home & Hospital Instruction: AR 6183; 2nd reading; new policy.  Action
8:30
  1. BUSINESS & FISCAL MATTERS
    1. 2002-03 State Budget Update.  (Harden)  Information
    2. Joint Powers Agreement Health Insurance Proposal.  (Harden)  Information
    3. 2002-03 Enrollment. (Young) Information
    4. Challenge Campaign Update.  (Trish Garlock - Kiddo Executive Director)  Information
    5. Partnership Project Update. (Swartz)  Information
9:00
  1. PERSONNEL
    1. Report on Teacher Credentialing.  (Young)  Information
    2. 2002-03 Staffing Report. (Young) Information
    3. Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators. (Young)  Action
9:15
  1. MINUTES - Special Meetings of June 17, 2002 & July 17, 2002; Regular Meeting of June 19, 2002.  Action
  1. 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: July 2002: End of Month, dated 07/24/02, for $194,697.40; Mid-Month, dated 08/14/02, for $7,757.95.
    3. Resolutions: #2-02/03 - Revision of Holiday Dates of Observance for 2002-03; 3-#02/03 & Addendum - Authorizing Investment of Monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund;  #4-02/03 - Yes on Prop. 47 (Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002).
    4. Personnel: Agreements with Barbara B. Young, Superintendent; Laurie Harden, CBO; Kerri M. Mills, Ed.D., Associate Superintendent; Leslie Thornton, Director of Curriculum & Instruction/SP Principal, through 6/30/05; Action Form #1-0203.
    5. Agreements: 3rd Amendment to Marin Pupil Transportation Agency Joint Powers Agreement, dated July 1, 1992; August 2002 Amendment to Tennessee Glen Agreement with Tennessee Glen; Tennessee Glen Addendum #2, to extend Attendance Agreement between MVSD and Sausalito/Marin City SD; Student Teaching - Sonoma State University for 2002-03; Yearly Landscape Maintenance - Rocky Soil for $3353.23/month from 7/1/02-9/30/02; $3853.23/month from 10/1/02-6/30/03.
    6. Gifts to MVSD: 4 Dell computers w/monitors, valued at $1500, from A. & D. Friedman; for benefit of MVMS - $44,578.97 for various programs/projects, from MVMS PTSA; for benefit of TV - $6,735.00 for various programs/projects, from TV PTA.
    7. Interdistrict Transfers: Employment-Related Transfers into MVSD for 2002-03, DENY, due to lack of space at grade level: from Sausalito Marin City SD: S. Modan (2nd); K. Thompson (7th); from Larkspur SD: B. Busink (2nd); from San Rafael SD: M. McCann (1st); from W. Contra Costa SD: J. Serpa (7th); DENY, due to lack of proof of employment in MVSD: E. Cohen-Reuben (3rd); APPROVE, due to space available at grade level: from Novato USD: C. Caballero (K); E. Behrs (5th); from San Rafael SD: J. Renazco (6th); from Sausalito Marin City SD: P. Cortéz (4th-current student); T. LaPlant (5th); C. Ramirez (6th); N. LaPlant (8th); B. Cortéz (8th.)
9:15
  1. ADJOURNMENT

Meeting posted August 23, 2002

Board Meetings
Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley School District Administrative Office - 411 Sycamore Avenue

Important Dates
Monday, September 2, 1002 -
Labor Day Holiday - NO SCHOOL


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