MILL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

We heard from our families that it can be challenging to attend board meetings to address the board. We greatly value your input and want to create a way to ensure your messages are seen and read by all trustees. In an effort to streamline the process of communication to our board members, we have created an email address that shares your comments to the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent. Please send your message to: LetterstotheBoardofTrustees@mvschools.org.

Trustees for the Mill Valley School District are volunteers elected by the district voters for a term of four years.  Elections for this unpaid position are held every other year in November.  The next election of Trustees is November 2022. 

	Name	Term		Contact Information
	Emily Uhlhorn	2018-2022		euhlhorn@mvschools.org
	Todd May	2018-2022		tmay@mvschools.org
	Elli Abdoli	2020-2024		eabdoli@mvschools.org
	Michele Crncich Hodge	2020-2024		mchmvsbtrustee@gmail.com
	Marco Pardi	2018-2022		marcopardimvsb@gmail.com

Communication with the Board 

When contacting Mill Valley School District Trustees, please email all board members (not just one) and Dr. Kimberly Berman, Superintendent. As part of the Brown Act, individual board members are unable to engage in discussion outside an agendized meeting. However, Dr. Berman will direct concerns to the appropriate staff member.

Board Members act as liaisons to our schools.  This system helps facilitate communication between the Board and each school.  The Board welcomes dialogue with the community.

The role of the Board covers four broad areas of responsibility:

• Establishing a vision for the District
• Establishing an effective and efficient organizational structure
• Ensuring accountability
• Advocating on behalf of children and public education

In order to fulfill these responsibilities, the Board:

• selects and evaluates the superintendent
• sets policy for hiring of personnel
• adopts and evaluates policies
• adopts and monitors curriculum
• adopts budgets and monitors the District's fiscal accountability for the long term
• negotiates and adopts collective bargaining agreements
• creates an environment that promotes excellence and enhanced communication among our various constituencies

2021 Board Officers

President:  Emily Uhlhorn
Vice-President/Clerk:  Todd May

Representative Assignments/Liaisons  

School Liaisons: interact regularly with site administrator & parent organizations
  Edna Maguire:           Emily Uhlhorn

  MV Middle:                 Todd May
  Old Mill:                       Michele Crncich Hodge
  Park:                             Marco Pardi

  Strawberry Point:     Elli Abdoli

  Tamalpais Valley:      Michele Crncich Hodge/Marco Pardi

City of Mill Valley: Todd May/Michele Crncich Hodge

MVSD Together: collaborative of representatives from Board, District, PTA Council & Kiddo! -  Emily Uhlhorn/Marco Pardi

It Takes a Village (ITAV): support group for parents of MVSD students who learn differently - Emily Uhlhorn/Michele Crncich Hodge

Kiddo! Board:  connection with schools foundation & community -  Todd May/Michele Crncich Hodge

Marin County Joint Legislative Advisory Committee (JLAC): group lobbies for key issues at state and federal levels -  Elli Abdoli/Emily Uhlhorn
 
Marin County School Boards Association: collaborative of all county school boards -  Michele Crncich Hodge

Mill Valley Community Finance Advisory Committee (CFAC):  Emily Uhlhorn/Elli Abdoli

PTA Council: connection with all local PTA leadership -  Emily Uhlhorn/Elli Abdoli