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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Closed Session Regular Session |
BOARD OF EDUCATION Gary L. Eberhart, President April P. Treece, Vice President Richard W. Allen Paul P. Strange Linda K. Mayo SUPERINTENDENT Gary McHenry ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT Alan Young, Ed.D., Educational Services ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS Mildred Browne, Ed.D., Special Education Roger Bylund, Elementary Education Gloria Gamblin, Chief Financial Officer Richard C. Nicoll, Ph.D., Administrative Services Gail Isserman, Personnel Services Gregory J. Rolen, Esq., General Counsel |
WELCOME
* Addressing the Board -- To assure an orderly meeting and an
equal opportunity for each speaker, persons wishing to address the Board must
fill out a speaker card. Cards are
available at the meeting and must be turned in to the president of the Board
prior to the beginning of the meeting.
In the interest of time, speakers are limited to three minutes each, or
a total of thirty minutes for all speakers.
If there are multiple speakers on any one subject, the public comment
period may be moved to the end of the meeting.
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Meeting Ending Time -- Adjournment time will be no later
than
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Record Keeping -- For accuracy, all regular meetings
of the Board of Education are tape recorded.
Tape recordings are kept on file for a period of no less than thirty
days.
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Closed Session -- The Board of Education may meet in
closed session for discussion of labor negotiations, student discipline,
personnel matters, litigation, and other matters as provided for under
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Radio -- For the convenience of the public,
Board meetings are broadcast during the school year over the Clayton Valley
High School radio station KVHS (90.5 FM) starting at 7:30 p.m.
FUTURE MEETING DATE(S):
March 27, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
April 17, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
April 24, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
**Note: Calendar of Future Board and Committee
Meetings Attached**
CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m.
1. ANNOUNCEMENT:
In closed session, the Board will consider the items listed on the
closed session agenda that follows.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT – The public may address the Board
concerning items that are scheduled for discussion during closed session
only. These presentations are limited to
three minutes each, or a total of thirty minutes for all speakers.
3. ADJOURN
TO CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION
1. Negotiations
- The Board may discuss negotiations or provide direction to its
representatives regarding represented employees, pursuant to the EERA (Govt.
Code Section 3549.1)
Agency negotiators:
Gail Isserman, Julie Braun-Martin and Dorothy Epps.
Agencies: MDEA, CSEA,
Local One M & O, Local One CST, MDSPA, and Supervisory.
2. Expulsions(3)/Readmissions(2)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
expulsions and readmissions.
3. Existing
Litigation
Spieler
v. Mt. Diablo Unified
4. Anticipated
Litigation
5. Conference
with Real Property Negotiator
6. Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
Three
certificated employees.
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
–
1. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
·Pledge of Allegiance
·Roll Call
2. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION – March 13, 2007
Topics ·Negotiations
·Expulsions/Readmissions
·Existing
Litigation
·Anticipated
Litigation
·Real
Estate
·Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
3. CONSENT AGENDA
Items
listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine and will be approved/adopted
by a single motion. There will be no
separate discussion of these items; however, any item may be removed from the
consent agenda upon the request of any member of the Board and acted upon
separately.
3.1 Minutes
of the meetings of February 13, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.2.2 Addition of 9.0
Full-Time Equivalent Position (FTE) for the 2006-2007 School Year
Request 9.0 FTE be added to Categorical Fund
expenditures. This action will result in
an increase in the expenditure budget of categorical funds in the amount of
$541,085 Funding Source: SAIT Corrective Action Plan (Program 3778) at
Mt. Diablo High School - $522,431; Reimbursement from Outside Agency (Program
3970) at Northgate High School - $187,654
3.2.3 Addition of 1.4
Full-Time Equivalent Position (FTE) for the 2006-2007 School Year
Request 1.4 FTE be added to General Fund expenditures. These expenditures have already been budgeted
within the General Fund in the amount of $118,429. Funding Source: Underperforming Schools General Purpose
Intervention Fund – Glenbrook Middle - $8,132 (Program 0047); Mt. Diablo High -
$94,120 (Program 0047); and Instrumental Music-Mt. Diablo High - $16,177
(Program 0713)
3.2.4 Teacher Education Fieldwork and Student Teaching
Agreement with
Cooperating teachers who have a student teacher receive a
stipend for their services. In order for
colleges or universities to pay this stipend, there must be a signed contract
on file with each institution.
This agreement is to provide supervised field experience for
graduate students in the School Counseling Program in the
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.4 Award
of Bids
3.4.1 Award of Bid 1457 to Robert A. Bothman, Inc. in the amount of $480,319
to provide the quad renovations at
3.4.2 Award of Bid 1458 to Biland Construction Company in the amount of
$95,940 to provide the bus washout pad at the Maintenance and Operations
Department. Funding Source: Redevelopment Fees
3.4.3
Award of Bid 1459 to Meehleis Modular Buildings, Inc. in the amount of
$1,689,211 to provide the prefabricated modular building at
3.5 Contract
Amendment to Capital Engineering Consultants
Contract amendment in the amount of $737,709 to Capital
Engineering Consultants to provide comprehensive design and engineering
services necessary for the possible installation of new heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning systems at Fair Oaks and Shore Acres elementary schools;
3.6 Memorandum
of Understanding between
Under the provisions of AB 961, Alameda County Office of
Education will provide technical assistance and support services to Meadow
Homes,
3.7 2006-2007
Career Technical Education Equipment and Supplies Funds Expenditure Plans
The California Department of Education has allocated
$149,149 to
4. RECOGNITIONS
4.1
The Board will recognize the College Park High School
Wrestling Team - North Coast Section 3A Dual Champions and North Coast Section overall
champions 2006.
4.2 Delta
Discovery Voyage
The Board will recognize
the following sponsors that support the Delta Discovery Voyage.
·
Contra
Costa Water District
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Central
Contra Costa Sanitary District
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Delta
Diablo Sanitation District
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The
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
The
public may address the Board regarding any item within the jurisdiction of the
Board of Education of the
6. COMMUNICATIONS
6.1 Organizations
At
regular board meetings, a single spokesperson of each recognized organization
may make a brief presentation following the Consent Agenda. Items are limited to those which are
informational.
7. REPORTS/INFORMATION
7.1 Measure
C Oversight Committee
8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
9. BUSINESS
Public Hearing 9.1 Public
Hearing on Facility and Program Needs
The school district has to determine how to address over
$600 million worth of facility and program needs. This includes how to provide competitive
salaries for all employees.
Recommendation
Hold
public hearing.
Action 9.2 Appointment of Director of Student
Services
With the retirement of the present
Director of Student Services, the Superintendent is recommending the
appointment of an in–district manager.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as
recommended.
Action 9.3 Appointment
of Coordinator, Student/Community Services 9-12
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the Coordinator, Student/Community Services 9-12
position.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as
recommended.
Public Hearing 9.4 Public
Hearing and Resolution 06/07-89 and 06/07-90 Imposing Level I School Facilities
& Action Fees
In order to meet critical facility
needs, the Board needs to consider both the non-urgency resolution which will
take effect in 60 days, as well as the urgency resolution so that the new fee
of $2.63 per square foot can take effect immediately.
Recommendation
Hold public hearing and adopt
resolutions as presented.
Public Hearing 9.5 Public
Hearing – Deferred Maintenance Plan
AB 939 Education Code 17584.1
requires that “the governing board of a school district shall discuss proposals
and plans for expenditures of funds for the deferred maintenance of school
district facilities of a regularly scheduled public hearing.”
Recommendation
Hold public hearing.
Action 9.6 2006-2007
Second Interim Report
The purpose of an interim report is to make revenue and
expenditure projections to the end of the fiscal year and to compare these
projections to the budget.
Recommendation
Approve
the 2006-2007 Second Interim Report as presented.
Action 9.7 Request Approval of (1) Memorandum of
Understanding Regarding Summer School Rates for 2007 and (2) Tentative Agreement Regarding
Stipends for Speech and Language Pathologists
and School Nurses Effective 2007-2008
In an effort to ensure that the
District is able to attract teacher for the 2007 summer program and remain
competitive with surrounding districts, the District and the
Fiscal Impact: Summer School Rate Increase - $213,796 -
$470,368; Speech and Language Pathologist Stipend - $67,441.20; School Nurse
Stipend - $13,850.20 Funding Source: Summer School Budget and General
Fund/Reduction in Contracted Services
Recommendation
Approve Memorandum of Understanding and
Tentative Agreement.
Action 9.8 2007-2008 School Calendar
The draft of the 2007-2008 school
calendar has been approved by the
Recommendation
Approve as presented.
Action 9.9 Request
Approval to Eliminate a Full-Time Management Information Systems Technician Position and Creation of a Technology
Customer Help Desk Technician/Special Education Position
Special Education is requesting the
elimination of a 40 hour/week, 11/month Management Information Systems
Technician position and the creation of a full-time, 40 hour/week, 12/month
Technology Customer Help Desk Technician/Special Education position. Fiscal Impact: The total impact to the General Fund for
fiscal year 2007-2008 is $10,709.
Recommendation
(1) Approve elimination of Management Information Systems
Technician position as presented; (2) Approve job description for Technology
Customer Help Desk Technician/Special Education; (3) Approve creation of
Technology Customer Help Desk Technician/Special Education position as
presented; (4) Transfer incumbent #15076 from CST to M & O unit.
Action 9.10 Award of Bid 1446
Award of bid 1446 to Bell Products,
Inc., in the amount of $7,737,060 to remove existing mechanical systems and
provide heating, ventilating and air conditioning at Ygnacio Valley Elementary;
and
Recommendation
Approve as presented.
Action 9.11 Bel Air Elementary
Recommendation
Approve as presented.
Action 9.12 Consider Approval of the Budget
Advisory Committee Members
On November 27 the Board of Education of the
·
understand
the budget development process
·
discover
how the budget is the reflection of the district’s educational programs
·
articulate
the components of the district’s budget to constituents
·
provide
input on budget enhancements and reductions
On December 12 the Superintendent presented a plan to the
Board of Education for membership, purpose and timeline.
For the last month and a half we
have been soliciting representatives to serve on the Budget Advisory Committee.
Recommendation
Approve
as presented.
10. BOARD FORUM
This item is here for the Board of
Education to discuss any issues of concern.
10.1 Committee
Minutes
10.2 Board
Reports
10.3 Issues
of Concern
11. ADJOURNMENT
12. CLOSED
SESSION - Items not
completed during the first closed session will be carried over to this closed
session.
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MARCH 2007 |
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Measure C Oversight Committee March 1
7:00 p.m. |
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Community Advisory Committee March 5
7:00 p.m. |
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Public Hearing March 6
7:00 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Committee March 7
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting March 13
7:30 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting March 27
7:30 p.m. |
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APRIL 2007 |
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Community Advisory Committee April 2
7:00 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Council April 4
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting April 17
7:30 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting April 24
7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Fee Schools Task Force April 26
3:30 p.m. |
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MAY 2007 |
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Parent Advisory Council May 2
7:00 p.m. |
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Community Advisory Committee May 7
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting May 8
7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Free Task Force May 22
3:30 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting May 22
7:30 p.m. |
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