Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting No. 7 - February 9, 2005
MINUTES
| Trustees Present: | Jeffrey Freiberg, Monib Khademi, Laura Murphy, Paula Reynolds, Brian Swartz |
| Administrators Present: | Barbara B. Young,
Superintendent Laurie Harden, Assistant Superintendent/Business Services Kerri M. Mills, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent/Special Education Chris Lincoln, IT Manager Brian Moran, Director of Maintenance & Operations Whitney Hoyt, Middle School Principal Kathleen Huntington, Middle School Assistant Principal Stephany La Londe, Old Mill School Principal Peg Minicozzi, Park School Principal Leslie Thornton, Strawberry Point School Principal Carly Tolson, Edna Maguire Principal Gail van Adelsberg, Tamalpais Valley School Principal |
| CALL TO ORDER | The Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees, acting as the Governing Board of the Mill Valley School District, met in regular session at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at the District Administrative Office, 411 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA. President Reynolds called the meeting to order at 5:30 PM. |
| CLOSED SESSION | As there was no public comment, the meeting was recessed to Closed Session for the Board to consider certificated public employee evaluation and potential litigation. |
| RECONVENE & REPORT | Ms. Reynolds reconvened the meeting to Public Session at 7:00 PM and announced that no action was taken in Closed Session, and that the meeting would be adjourned in memory of Glen Robinson, long-time member of the Marin County Board of Education, who died recently. Mr. Freiberg spoke in Mr. Robinson's honor and announced that a memorial service will be held at the Mill Valley Community Center at 1:30 PM on February 27, 2005. |
| AGENDA | M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve the agenda, with the following changes to the Consent Agenda: delete #15, (Marin Horizon), as action taken previously, and act on Harden resignation from Personnel Action Form separately. |
| COMMUNICATIONS - Public Comment |
Advocates for children with special needs spoke to the Board regarding the Lozano Smith law firm. Teacher Kamara Juarez addressed the Board regarding her concerns about the changes in the District. |
| - Supt. Report | Superintendent Young reported that 132 students were registered on the first day of kindergarten enrollment, compared with 76 last year on the first day. There are three more days in the first enrollment period for registering students. |
| PERSONNEL - Supt Search |
Ms. Reynolds made an opening statement regarding the search for a new superintendent and thanked Ms. Young for her service to the District. Ms. Young made comments regarding her tenure in the District, with focus now on work to be done through June. Several parents and teachers spoke on Ms. Young's behalf, and expressed concerns about distrust of the Board in the community. The Board will meet with Leadership Associates on February 16th to continue the search process. |
| - Principal Search | Ms. Young reported on the process for the search for two principals. Recommendations will be made to the Board at its April 6 meeting. |
| STRATEGIC
PLAN Finance - AC 05/06 budget priorities; public input |
Ms. Young outlined the Administrative Council's recommendations for the 2005-06 budget priorities, saying that the Strategic Plan is the basis for building the budget. The major components: a Director of Curriculum & Instruction; continuation of the second elementary counselor and allocation of resources to a credentialed technology specialist; an after-school support program for identified academically at-risk students; and an alternative educational program at Middle School (opportunity class). Funding for these recommendations would be from the District and Kiddo. Kathie Fischer and Curt Southworth, Co-Presidents of the Mill Valley Teachers Association, presented some preliminary input from teachers regarding priorities. Board and audience comments and discussion followed. The Administrative Council will review the budget and its recommendations again before further discussion at the March 9 board meeting. |
| - 2005-07 CFAC app't; Cross | Mr. Swartz reviewed the formation of the Community Financial Advisory Commission (CFAC) last year. Of the original membership, three were appointed to one-year terms, which are now expiring. Two of those members, Mike Graziano and Andy Shapiro, will not continue on the Commission. They were acknowledged for their service on the Commission this past year. The following action was taken. |
| - Motion | M/S/C Khademi/Murphy (5-0) to appoint Evan Cross to the Community Financial Advisory Commission for a two-year term, March 2005-2007. |
| Education - CTAC report |
Members of the Community Technology Advisory Commission were in attendance as the group presented its Technology Plan: vision, goals, preliminary cost estimates for goals, estimated costs for program growth, and first steps to be taken. Discussion followed, including the need to take the plan into consideration when building the budget, and how to include Kiddo in the funding plan. The plan will be discussed further at the March 9 meeting. |
| POLICY MATTERS | |
| BP
1220.2: CTAC - revise policy |
Mr. Khademi presented his recommendation that the Community Technology Advisory Commission (CTAC) be a board advisory, rather than a superintendent advisory. The current members of the CTAC would be appointed and the commission would need to follow laws pertaining to its operation. Mr. Freiberg prefers the current policy, wanting to keep policy and management separate. The following actions were taken. |
| - Motion; BP 1220.2 | M/S/C Khademi/Swartz (3-2 Freiberg & Murphy nay) to approve revision to Board Policy 1220.2: Community Technology Advisory Commission. |
| - CTAC app'ts; 3/05-2/06; 3/05-2/07 | M/S/C Khademi/Swartz (5-0) to appoint current CTAC members to the newly formed CTAC, as follows: 1-year terms: David Gruver, Daniel Guggenheim, Michael Litchfield; 2-year terms: Jerry Labay, Page Murray, Betsey Nelson, Christopher Newell, effective March 2005. |
| - BP 3112; AR/E 4128; AR 5111.12; BP/AR 5113; BP 1312.3; AR 6183; E 9320 | M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve the following policy actions: 2nd readings and approval of BP 3112 - Special Reserve Fund (new); AR/E 4128 - Shared Teaching Assignments (revision); AR 5111.12 - Residency Based on Parent/Guardian Employment - revision; approval of revisions: BP 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures; AR 6183 - Home & Hospital Instruction; E 9320 - Meetings & Notices. |
| MINUTES; Reg. 1/19/05; Spec. 1/25/05 | M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve minutes of Regular meeting of January 19, 2005 and Special Meeting of January 25, 2005. |
| Harden resign | Acceptance of resignation of Laurie Harden, Assistant Superintendent/Business Services, was acted upon separately from the Consent Agenda Personnel Action Form. The Board acknowledged Ms. Harden for her service to the District and wished her well in her new position in Novato. |
| - Motion: Harden | M/S/C Murphy/Freiberg (5-0) to accept resignation of Laurie Harden, Assistant Superintendent/Business Services, effective February 28, 2005. |
| CONSENT AGENDA - Warrants |
M/S/C
Murphy/Freiberg (5-0) to
approve Consent Agenda: - Warrants #0267-3383/3414, dated 1/14/05, for $34,291.70; -3857/3900, dated 1/19/05, for $44,388.15; - 4383/4409, dated 1/21/05, for $40,559.82; -4793/4833, dated 01/26/05, for $28,449.98; -5106/5139, dated 1/28/05, for $148,962.29; - 5667/5691, dated 2/02/05, for $20,010.53. |
| - Payroll | - Payroll certifications: January 2005: End of Month, dated 1/25/05, for $1,174,742.10. |
| - PAF #0405-7 | - Personnel Action Form #0405-7. |
| - Surplus | - Declaration of surplus property: 35 outdoor lunch tables; value insufficient to defray costs of arranging a sale; to be donated to charitable organization or disposed of by dumping (Ed. Code 17546). |
| - Con. App. -pt.2 | - 2004-05 Consolidated Application - Part 2. |
| - Gifts: | - Gifts: for benefit of Tam Valley, $28,031.63 for lunch tables and computers; and $400 for classroom accounts, from TV PTA; for Middle School, $3791.00 for biked cage, from MVMS PTSA; for Strawberry Pt., $100, from Levi Strauss Foundation (J. Dentko-Hearn). |
|
ADJOURNMENT |
Ms. Reynolds announced that the next regular meeting of the Board will be on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at 7:00 PM at the Mill Valley School District Administrative Office and adjourned the meeting at 10:17 PM in memory of Glen Robinson |
Respectfully submitted, |