Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
Special Meeting No. 7 - November 17, 2003
MINUTES
| Trustees Present: | Len Gensburg, Monib Khademi, Paula Reynolds |
| Trustees Absent: | Jeffrey Freiberg, Brian Swartz |
| Administrative Staff Present: | Barbara B. Young, Superintendent Laurie Harden, Assistant Superintendent - Business Services Kerri M. Mills, Ed. D., Assistant Superintendent - Special Education |
| CALL TO ORDER |
The Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees, acting as the Governing Board of the Mill Valley School District, met in special session at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 17, 2003 at the Mill Valley Middle School Library, 425 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA. President Khademi called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and announced that Mr. Freiberg was out of town and that Mr. Swartz and Trustee-elect Laura Murphy had previous commitments. |
| AGENDA | M/S/C Gensburg/Reynolds (3-0) to approve the agenda. |
| STUDY SESSION - Charter Schools | Mr. Khademi said that this special study
session was called in order for the Board and community to hear a
presentation about charter schools by Robert J. Henry, General Counsel
for of School & College Legal Services of California. Mr.
Khademi said that this would be an opportunity for the Board to hear and
discuss its various responsibilities regarding a charter school in the
District. As Mr. Gensburg needed to leave the meeting at 7:40
PM, he commented on his charter school concerns prior to Mr.
Henry's presentation.
Mr. Henry's presentation included a general overview of charter schools in the U.S. and in California, saying there are over 400 charter schools in the State with about 100,000 students. He reported on new legislation effective January 1, 2004 (AB 1137), discussed the development of a charter school matrix for use with charter school applications, and the impact of new Title 1 requirements on charter schools (No Child Left Behind). Mr. Khademi reviewed the process to date regarding the charter school petition before the Board, saying that a public hearing was held last spring, questions were presented to the petitioners and that the Board and the petitioners mutually agreed to suspend the prescribed timeline. The timeline can be "restarted" at the request of either party. Following Mr. Henry's presentation, Board and audience questions and concerns in several areas were expressed and discussed. |
| ADJOURNMENT | Mr. Khademi adjourned the meeting at 7:40 PM upon Mr. Gensburg's departure, after which the informal portion of the meeting continued until 8:40 PM. Mr. Khademi announced that the next regular meeting will be December 10, 2003 beginning at 6:30 PM with a reception for outgoing Trustee Gensburg, and the meeting beginning at 7:00 PM. |
Respectfully submitted, |