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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, April 24, 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 recorded electronically. 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):
May 8, 2007 7:30 p.m. Regular Board
Meeting
May 22, 2007 7:30 p.m. Regular Board
Meeting
June 5, 2005 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
**Note: Calendar of Future Board and Committee
Meetings Attached**
CALL TO ORDER –
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(4)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
expulsions.
3. Existing
Litigation
Gonzales
v. Mt. Diablo Unified
4. Anticipated
Litigation
5. Conference
with Real Property Negotiator
6. Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
7. Superintendent’s
Evaluation
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
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1. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
·Pledge of Allegiance
·Roll Call
2. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION – April 24, 2007
Topics ·Negotiations
·Expulsions
·Existing
Litigation
·Anticipated
Litigation
·Real
Estate
·Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
·Superintendent’s
Evaluation
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 meeting of March 27, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.4 Monthly
Budget Transfers and/or Budget Increases/Decreases for the Month of March 2007
3.5 Fiscal
Transactions for March 2007
3.6 Independent
Audit Contract
The District awarded the 2004 Audit Services Request for
Proposal to Perry Smith LLP. The
contract from July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 is the third year of the four year
agreement awarded in 2004. The contract
fee remains the same during the contract period of July1 2005 to June 30,
2009. Fiscal Impact: $60,000 each year. Funding Source: General Fund
3.7 Organic
Garden Grant – Mt. Diablo High
3.8 Change
Order Request for Bid 1413
Change
order in the amount of $12,191.11 to Folger Graphics, who is providing the
mailing and printing of the 2006-2007 Adult Education class schedules for
3.9 Intermediate
Change Order #1, Bid No. 1450, Contract C-847 – Renovation to
Intermediate
change order in the amount of $668,465 to Kel-Tech Builders, Inc. for all work
associated with the remodel of a section of the
4. RECOGNITIONS
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 Student
Representatives
6.2 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 – None
8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
9. BUSINESS
Action 9.1 Resolution
06/07-98 – Day of the Teacher, May 9, 2007
Wednesday, May 9 is National Teacher Day. The
Recommendation
Adopt resolution as
presented.
Action 9.2 Resolution
06/07-97 Asian Pacific Heritage Month – May 2007
The California Department of Education has designated May as
Asian Pacific Heritage Month. The
resolution recognizes the many contributions made by the people from the Asian
Pacific lands to the growth and development of
Recommendation
Adopt
resolution as presented.
Action 9.3 Request to Revise the Job Title, Job
Description, and
The District would like to change
the job title of Grant Writer to Director of Development and place this
classification at Range 29 of the management salary schedule.
Recommendation
This
was presented as information at the April 17 meeting. It is now being returned
for action.
Action 9.4 Request to Revise Job Description for
Chief Accountant
This job description is being
updated to better describe the current duties and responsibilities of the
position
Recommendation
This was presented as information at the April 17
meeting. It is now being returned for
action.
Action 9.5 Resolution
06/07-99 Urgency Resolution Imposing Level I School Facilities Fees
In order to meet critical facility needs, on March 13, 2007,
the Board approved both the Non-Urgency Resolution which would take effect in
60 days, as well as the Urgency Resolution so that the current fee established
by the State Allocation Board of $2.63 per square foot for residential
development and $0.42 per square foot for commercial/industrial development
could take effect immediately.
Recommendation
Adopt resolution as
presented.
Action 9.6 Resolution
06/07-100 IRS 457 Plan
Education Code Section 24975 allows the Board of Education
to establish one or more deferred compensation plans under Section 457 of the
Internal Revenue Code. The employer
shall enter into a written contractual arrangement with a third-party as administrator
acting on behalf of the District, who will provide investment, recordkeeping,
and administrative services for the deferred compensation plan. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Recommendation
Adopt
resolution as presented.
Action 9.7 Resolution
06/07-101 Relative to Elimination and Reduction of Classified Position
Program modifications and budgetary limitations make it
necessary to eliminate and reduce classified positions. Fiscal Impact: This reduction will result in a savings to
School Improvement Program of $10,426.
Recommendation
Adopt
resolution as presented.
Action 9.8 Adoption of the Elementary Science
Materials and Textbooks
A curriculum specialist working with
an elementary school science committee, that represented all the elementary
schools in the district, went through a seven month process to recommend for
adoption the: Kindergarten through grade
5 – Macmillan/McGraw-Hill science program: California Science
Recommendation
This was presented as information at the April 17 meeting. It is now being presented for action.
Action 9.9 Adoption of the Middle School Science
Materials and Textbooks
A curriculum specialist working with
a middle school science committee, representing all of the middle schools in
the district, went through a seven month process to recommend for adoption the
science text and materials from Prentice Hall.
6th
grade – California Focus on Earth Science
7th
grade – California Focus on Life Science
8th
grade – California Focus on Physical Science
Recommendation
This was presented as information at the April 17 meeting. It is now being returned for action.
Action 9.10 Adoption of High School Science
Materials and Textbooks
A curriculum specialist working with
a high school science committee, that represented all the high schools in the
district, went through a seven month process to recommend for adoption of the
following science texts and their publishers.
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Course |
Text |
Publisher |
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Biology I |
Biology
(Miller-Levine) |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Biology AP |
Advanced
Placement Biology |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Chemistry
I |
Chemistry: Matter and Change |
Glencoe
Publishing Co. |
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Chemistry
I Honors |
Chemistry
(7th ed.) |
Houghton
Mifflin |
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Earth
Science I |
Earth
Science |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Earth
Science II |
Earth
Science |
McDougal
Littell |
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Environmental
Science |
Environmental
Science |
Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston |
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Environmental
Science AP |
Living in
the Environment |
Thomson
Learning |
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General Physical
Science |
Physical
Science with Earth and Space Science |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Healthy
Living |
Health |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Healthy
Living |
Reducing
the Risk (supplement) |
E.T.R. Associates |
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Introduction
to Biology |
Biology: Cycles of Life |
AGS Publishing |
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Marine
Biology |
Marine
Biology |
Thomson
Learning |
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Physics |
Conceptual
Physics |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Physics
Honors |
College
Physics |
Thomson
Learning |
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Physiology |
Essentials
of Human Anatomy and Physiology |
Pearson/Prentice
Hall |
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Zoology |
Zoology |
McGraw-Hill/Glencoe |
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Foods |
Guide to
Good Food |
Goodheart/Wilcox
Publishing |
Recommendation
This was presented as information at the April 17 meeting. It is now being returned for action.
Action 9.11 Course Title Change – Biology Honors
(AP) to Biology Advanced Placement (AP)
The title of the course for Biology
Honors (AP) is recommended to be changed to Biology Advanced Placement
(AP). This decision is a result of work
done recently with the AP audit.
Recommendation
This was presented as information at
the April 17 meeting. It is now being
returned for action.
Action 9.12 Course Title Change – General Life
Science to Introduction to Biology
The title of the course called
General Life Science is recommended to be changed to Introduction to Biology,
since the new title reflects the intent of the course and might encourage more
students to continue their studies in the sciences.
Recommendation
This was presented as information at
the April 17 meeting. It is now being
returned for action.
Information 9.13 Revision
to Administrative Rule 4313.3 Personnel Work Year and Vacation Accrual
The 2005-06 Audit of the
Recommendation
This
is being presented as information only and will be returned for action.
Information 9.14 Revision
to Board Policy 2310 and Board Bylaw 9270 – Conflict of Interest
Recommendation
This is being presented as information and
will be returned for action.
Action 9.15 Approval
of the School Sites and District Discretionary Block Grants Budget Plans for
2006-2007
The majority of the Discretionary
Block Grant Site Plans were approved at the March 27, 2007 Board meeting. Plans for Northgate High and Loma Vista Adult
have been added. Fiscal Impact: $2,664,228
Funding Source: Site and District
Discretionary Block Grants
Recommendation
Approve
as presented.
Action 9.16 Naming of Park Next to Delta View
Elementary –
The City of
Recommendation
Support the naming of the park
adjacent to Delta View Elementary –
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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APRIL 2007 |
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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 Schools 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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JUNE 2007 |
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Regular Board Meeting June 5
7:30 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Committee June 6
7:00 p.m. |
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Measure C Advisory Committee June 7
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting June 19
7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force June 21
7:00 p.m. |
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Note: This is being provided for information only.
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