Mill Valley School District
Board of Trustees 2008

Trustees:  (term expires)

John B. Duncan (2009)  contact information: e-mail John_B_Duncan@yahoo.com  / ph # 380-9456
Janet K. Miller (2011)  contact information:  e-mail dbarbee7@comcast.net / ph# 380-0631
Paula B. Reynolds (2009)  contact information:  e-mail preynolds88@gmail.com  / ph# 383-3311
Judy Sherman (2011)  contact information:  e-mail judysherman@gmail.com / ph# 388-7972
Steven J. Sell (2009)  contact information:  e-mail sjsell@yahoo.com / ph# 608-5078

Trustees for the Mill Valley School District are volunteers elected by the district voters for a term of four years.  Elections for this unpaid position are held every other year in November.  The next election of Trustees is November 2009.  

Board Members act as liaisons to our schools.  This system helps facilitate communication between the Board and each school.  The Board welcomes dialogue with the community.

The role of the Board covers four broad areas of responsibility:

• Establishing a vision for the District
• Establishing an effective and efficient organizational structure
• Ensuring accountability
• Advocating on behalf of children and public education

In order to fulfill these responsibilities, the Board

• selects and evaluates the superintendent
• sets policy for hiring of personnel
• adopts and evaluates policies
• adopts and monitors curriculum
• adopts budgets and monitors the District's fiscal accountability for the long term
• negotiates and adopts collective bargaining agreements
• creates an environment that promotes excellence and enhanced communication among our various constituencies.

2008 Board Officers

President:  Steven J. Sell
Vice-President/Clerk:  John B. Duncan

Representative Assignments/Liaisons

School Liaisons: interact regularly with site administrator & parent organizations
  - Edna Maguire:  Judy Sherman
  - MV Middle:  Janet Miller
  - Old Mill:  Paula Reynolds
  - Park: John Duncan
  - Strawberry Point: Janet Miller
  - Tamalpais Valley:  Paula Reynolds

City of Mill Valley: Paula Reynolds

Facilities Master Plan Committee: John Duncan/Steve Sell

Funding  Alliance: collaborative of representatives from Board, District & Kiddo
  - Judy Sherman

Kiddo! Board:  connection with schools foundation & community
  - Judy Sherman

Marin County Joint Legislative Advisory Committee (JLAC): group lobbies for key issues at state and federal levels
  - Janet Miller

Marin County School Boards Association: collaborative of all county school boards
  - Paula Reynolds

Marin County Shared Services: collaborative of other school districts & local government
  - Paula Reynolds

Marin Teaching Network (MTN): fosters regional collaboration on teaching & learning
  - Judy Sherman

Mill Valley Community Finance Advisory Commission
   - Steve Sell

Mill Valley Community Technology Advisory Commission
    - TBA

PTA Council: connection with all local PTA leadership
  - Paula Reynolds