MILL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Regular Meeting No. 10 - Monday, January 24, 2000

MINUTES

Members Present:	Jeffrey Freiberg, Len Gensburg, Julie Kennedy, Monib Khademi, Elizabeth Spencer
Administrative Staff:ÝÝÝ	John R. Harter, Ed.D., Superintendent
	Barbara Young, Assistant Superintendent
CALL TO ORDER	The Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees, acting as the Governing BoardÝ ofÝ the Mill Valley School District, met in regular session at 7:00 PM on Monday, January 24, 2000 at Mill Valley Middle School, 425 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, California.Ý President Spencer called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
AGENDA APPROVALÝÝ	M/S/C Freiberg/Gensburg (5-0) to approve agenda, with the deletion of Kathlynn Capdeville leave under Item 6.3.ÝÝ
COMMUNICATIONS Staff Reports	Dr. Harter announced that the Academic Performance Index (API) information for all school districts will be released to the press tomorrow, and that it will be discussed at the February Board meeting.
MINUTES ADOPTION 10/January/00 ñ regular	M/S/C Kennedy/Khademi (5-0) to approve the minutes of regular meeting of January 10, 2000.
CURRICULUM/POLICY Study Session Ý- Promotion/Acceleration/ Retention Policy	Ms. Young reviewed the process for adopting revised board policy and regulations for Promotion / Acceleration / Retention.Ý A committee of parents, teachers and administrators will be addressing district implementation. Our district historically has very few retentions; the focus will be on intervention with ìat riskî students.Ý Comments from the discussion will be forwarded to the committee, with this topic on an agenda of a future meeting.
Strawberry Point update & discussion	Strawberry Point School Principal Jim Derich reported on current enrollment for the school, with most students coming from Edna Maguire School and students new to the district.Ý He stated that the population is growing in the Strawberry community, with much new housing; that the reopening of the school is right on track; and that the school will probably open with about 150 students and a staff of 6-9.Ý Other items discussed included future enrollment, fixed costs, interdistrict transfer policy, possible transfer by district of current students, staffing, program, and safety and traffic issues.
PERSONNEL Resignations: Cline, Coblentz, Elias, Linden, Salomon, Schaal	M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to accept, with regret and best wishes, the resignations, effective June 16, 2000,Ý of certificated employees Sarah Cline, Janis Coblentz, Diana Elias, Windy Linden, Deborah Salomon and Carrie Schaal.
Retirement: H. Morris	M/S/C Freiberg/Kennedy (5-0) to approve certificated retirement of Helen Morris, effective June 16, 2000, under Early Retirement provisions, medical.
1^st year or continued leaves: Beltis/Drake/Faulkner/ Kane/ Ferguson/Kauer/Nidorf/ Pompanin/Prigian/Suppes	M/S/C Freiberg/Gensburg (4-1; Freiberg nay due to opposition to Prigian leave) to approve 1^st year or continued part-time certificated leave requests for 2000-2001: T. Beltis, K. Drake (.5), A. Faulkner (.5), J. Ferguson (.5), T. Kane, D. Kauer (.5), D. Nidorf, C. Pompanin (.5), J. Prigian, K. Suppes (continuing leave -Ý reading program).
PERSONNEL (cont.) 2^nd year leaves: Baldwin/ Campbell/ Mohan	M/S/C Gensburg/Khademi (5-0) to approve second year certificated leave requests for 2000-2001: L. Baldwin, K. Campbell and C. Mohan.
3^rd year leave request: Giblas - Deny	M/S/C Khademi/Kennedy (5-0) to deny a third year certificated leave request for 2000-2001 for M. Bellamy-Giblas, per Board policy.
Shared assignmíts 2000/01: Drake/P. Swanson; Faulkner/Kauer	M/S/C Freiberg/Khademi (5-0) to approve shared assignment requests for 2000-2001: K. Drake & P. Swanson (2^nd-TV) and A. Faulkner & D. Kauer (3^rd-OM).
Temp. cert. Hire 99/00: Balkowski / TarÌgo	M/S/C Khademi/Freiberg (5-0) to approve temporary certificated employment for 1999/2000: K. Balkowski (MS-math, effective 01/24/00); P. TarÌgo (.5 MS-art), effective 02/14/00.
CONSENT AGENDA	M/S/C Freiberg/Gensburg (5-0) to approve the Consent Agenda as follows:
Warrants	- Warrants #0246ó3325/3426, dated 01/07/2000, for $161,469.22; ñ3730/3760, dated 01/12/2000, for $103,327.67; -4279/4288, dated 01/14/2000, for $6,859.88; -4573/4643, dated 01/19/2000, for $140,624.61.
Payroll certification	- Payroll certification for December 1999: Supplemental, dated 01/05/00, for $34,700.82.
Bd. Meeting location change: 02/14/00	- Change location of February 14, 2000 Board meeting from Old Mill School to Middle School, with May 8, 2000 meeting at OM instead of MS.
Contractor pre-qualification	- Contractor prequalification for Strawberry Point School project.
Piggyback agrmt-modulars	- Piggyback agreement for modulars at Strawberry Point School.
Rate increase home instructors	- Increase hourly rate for home instructors from $20 to $25, effective 01/05/2000.
Gift: Park PTA	- Acceptance, with gratitude, gift to MVSD: $4,666.00 from Park PTA, for various programs to benefit Park School.
ADJOURNMENT	Ms. Spencer announced that the next regularly scheduled Board meeting will be at Middle School at 7:00 PMÝ on Monday, February, 2000, and adjourned the meeting at 8:42 PM.

Respectfully submitted, ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

John R. Harter, Ed.D. ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

Superintendent and Secretary to the Board of TrusteesÝÝÝÝ

DATE OF APPROVAL ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

These are unofficial minutes subject to approval of Board of Trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting.