Regular Meeting No. 7 - Monday, November 22, 1999
MINUTES
| Members Present: | Jeffrey Freiberg, Len Gensburg, Julie Kennedy, Monib Khademi, Elizabeth Spencer |
| Administrative Staff: | John R. Harter, Ed.D., Superintendent |
| Administrator Absent: | Barbara Young, Assistant Superintendent |
| 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 7:00 PM on Monday, November 22, 1999 at Mill Valley Middle School, 425 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, California. President Khademi called the meeting to order at 7:07 PM . |
| APPROVAL OF AGENDA | M/S/C Freiberg/Spencer (5-0) to approve agenda, with Item 6.4, vacation buyout, and Middle School Site Plan under Item 5.1, postponed to later meeting. |
| COMMUNICATIONS
Public Comment |
In response to a question about the possibility of Strawberry Point School being a K-8 school, Dr. Harter said that any reconfiguration of schools is a complex issue. Strawberry Point is reopening as a K-5 school in order to accommodate anticipated enrollment growth. Any other options would take time to explore, once the school is established and enrollment patterns reviewed. |
| MINUTES ADOPTION
8/November/99 - regular |
M/S/C Freiberg/Gensburg (5-0) to approve the minutes of regular meeting of November 8, 1999, with following addition: under Waiver of BP1330 ó add to end of motion: "with waiver to be reviewed annually". |
| CURRICULUM AND POLICY | Each K-5 school principal reviewed site goals for last year, and presented a brief report on site plan for 1999/2000. The plans are available at each school. |
| K-5 Site Plans | |
| EM Site Plan approval | M/S/C Freiberg/Gensburg (5-0) to accept Edna Maguire School Site Plan for 1999-2000. |
| OM Site Plan approval | M/S/C Spencer/Freiberg (5-0) to accept Old Mill School Site Plan for 1999-2000. |
| PK Site Plan approval | M/S/C Gensburg/Freiberg (5-0) to accept Park School Site Plan for1999-2000. |
| TV Site Plan approval | M/S/C Kennedy/Spencer (5-0) to accept Tamalpais Valley School Site Plan for 1999-2000. |
| AR 3516.3: Bomb Threats | M/S/C Freiberg/Kennedy (5-0) to approve Administrative Regulation 3516.3: Bomb Threats. |
| BP 4119.21 ó Non-routine written communications to parents/guardians | M/S/C Kennedy/Gensburg to adopt Board Policy 4119.21 ó Non-Routine Written Communications to Parents/Guardian. |
| CONSENT AGENDA | M/S/C Gensburg/Freiberg (5-0) to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: |
| Warrants | - Warrants #02457037/7044, dated 11/05/99, for $156,272.22; ó7223/7285, dated 11/10/99, for $81,365.30; -7746/7793, dated 11/12/99, for $29,354.57; - 8073/8082, dated 11/17/99, for $983.19. |
| Payroll certification | - Payroll certification for October 1999 - Supplemental, date 11/04/99, for $38,512.36. |
| Mileage rate increase | - IRS Standard Mileage Rate for 2000 for transportation expenses: effective 01/01/2000, increase to 32.5 cents per mile, up from 31 cents per mile since 04/01/99. |
| Gifts: MS PTSA / Bryant & Co. | - Acceptance, with gratitude, gifts to MVSD: $16,221 from MS PTSA for benefit of MS; two PC computer monitors, valued at $800, from D. R. Bryant & Co. |
| CDE Ed Tech Staff Dev 99/00 application | California Department of Education Technology Staff Development Program, Gr. 4-8, 1999/2000 application. |
| ADJOURNMENT | Mr. Khademi announced that the next regularly scheduled Board meeting, the annual Board organizational meeting, will be at Mill Valley Middle School at 7:00 PM on Monday, December 13, 1999, and adjourned the meeting at 8:16 PM. |
Respectfully submitted,
John R. Harter, Ed.D.
Superintendent and Secretary to the Board of Trustees
DATE OF APPROVAL
These are unofficial minutes subject to the approval
of the Board of Trustees at
its next regularly scheduled meeting.