Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting No. 3 - September 14, 2005
MINUTES
| Trustees Present: | Jeffrey Freiberg, Monib Khademi, Laura Murphy, Paula Reynolds, Brian Swartz |
| Administrators Present: | Ken
Benny, Superintendent Kerri Mills, Ed.D, Assistant Superintendent/Special Ed. Michele Rollins, Ed.D., Chief Business Official |
| 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 6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, at the Mill Valley School District Administrative Office, 411 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA. President Reynolds called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. |
| AGENDA | M/S/C Khademi/Swartz (5-0) to approve agenda, with the following change: remove J. Flores action from Personnel Action Form in Consent Agenda. |
| COMMUNICATIONS | Mr. Freiberg reminded all to support the Kiddo and Tam High food booths at Fall Arts Festival. |
| BOARD
OPERATIONS - IDT Appeal |
Superintendent Benny reviewed the Interdistrict Transfer (IDT) request for B. Torrez (6th grade) to attend school in Mill Valley School District for 2005-06. As the request was denied, based on policy and space constraints, the family appealed to Board for reconsideration. After Board discussion, the following action was taken. |
| - Motion; IDT appeal denied | M/S/C Freiberg/Murphy (5-0) to uphold the Superintendent's denial for an Interdistrict Transfer for B. Torrez into the Mill Valley School District for 2005-06. |
| BP 1312 - Complaint Policy | Mr. Benny presented Board Policy BP 1312 - Complaint Policy for 1st reading approval. This general policy, with accompanying regulation and exhibit, was reviewed at August 31st meeting. The policy will be for areas not specifically covered under other policies. |
| - BP 1312; 1st rdg | M/S/C Khademi/Swartz (5-0) to approve BP 1312 - Complaint Policy for 1st reading. |
| BUSINESS/FINANCE 04-05 Unaudited Actuals |
Dr. Rollins presented summary for the 2004-05 Unaudited Actuals, saying that the reserve was up from 6.4% to 8.7%, and highlighted other changes in the budget. |
| - Motion: 04-05 Unaudited Actuals | M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve 2004-05 Unaudited Actuals. |
| -Res.6-05/06 - Gann Limit | M/S/C Khademi/Freiberg (5-0) and by roll call vote (5-0) to adopt Resolution #6-05/06 - Adoption of "Gann" Limit. |
| BOARD REPORTS | Mr. Freiberg reported that Tamalpais UHSD approved, in concept, the demolition of Keyser Hall at Tam High. Ms. Murphy attended Masters in Governance training: Student Learning & Achievement. Steve Sell, trustee-elect, attended an inservice for board candidates at Marin County Office of Education. |
| CONSENT AGENDA | M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve the Consent Agenda, as follows: |
| - Warrants | - Warrants #0269-9488/9515, dated 08/26/05, for $55,415.94; - 9951/9969, dated 08/31/05, for $179,660.07; #0270-0270/0291, dated 09/02/05, for $163,919.70; -0724/0781, dated 09/07/05, for $265,321.13. |
| - PAF #0506-04 | - Personnel Action Form #0506-4. |
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ADJOURNMENT |
Ms. Reynolds announced that the next regular meeting of the Board will be on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 7:00 PM at the Mill Valley School District Administrative Office and adjourned the meeting at 6:50 PM . |
Respectfully submitted, |