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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Closed Session Regular Session |
BOARD OF EDUCATION April P. Treece, President Richard W. Allen, Vice President Paul P. Strange Linda K. Mayo Gary L. Eberhart 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):
January 22, 2008 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
February 12, 2008 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
February 25, 2008 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)/Readmissions(1)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
expulsions and readmissions.
3. Existing
Litigation
Brandy
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
–
1. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
·Pledge of Allegiance
·Roll Call
2. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION
– January 8, 2008
Topics ·Negotiations
·Expulsions/Readmissions
·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 November 26, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.2.2 Internship
Contract Agreement with
The Internship Credential authorizes the same service at the
same level as the Preliminary Credential, except that it is valid in only one
school district/COE. For this reason,
interns must have a contract before a credential can be issued.
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.3.2 Increase in
Hours for a
3.3.3 Creation of Two (2) Part-Time School Family Resource
Worker Positions for
Mt. Diablo Adult Education requests the creation of two (2)
30 hour/week, 11 month (8/1-6/30) School Family Resource Worker positions. There is no impact to the General Fund. The annual cost for fiscal year 2007-08 will
be $30,351.80 and a full year at $67,942.73.
Funding Source: First Five Contra
Costa contract
3.3.4 Creation of a Part-Time Instructional
Assistant-Computer Position for
3.3.5 Eliminate a Vacant Part-Time Site Technology Support
Technician Position and Create a Part-Time Instructional Assistant – Computer
Position at
Strandwood Elementary School requests that a vacant
part-time 9.5 hour/week, 10 month, Site Technology Support Technician I
position be eliminated and a part-time 15.5 hour/week, school day only
Instructional Assistant – Computer position be created. There will be a savings to the School
Improvement Program funds for fiscal year 2007-08 of $122 and a savings for a
full year of $918.
3.3.6 Funding Change for Senior Secretary in Curriculum and
Instruction
Curriculum and Instruction is requesting the cost be
distributed accordingly:
50% School
Improvement Program
50% Title I
The funding transfer will result in a savings to the General
Fund in the amount of $37,279.53 for fiscal year 2007-08 and a full year
$68,543.66. Funding Source: School Improvement Program; Title I
3.3.7 Eliminate One
(1) Part-Time Student Store Assistant Position at
Loma Vista Adult Education requests the elimination of one
(1) 14 hour/week, adult education school year, Student Store Assistant
position. There will be an annual
savings of $9,998.25 to the Adult Education Student Store funding source.
3.4 Approve
the Contract between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and the Speech Pathology
Group for Speech Language Pathologist’s Services at Shadelands School for 2007-2008
School Year
This contract will cover the replacement of an existing
contract with Educational Based Services.
This is a replacement of a previously existing contract which is being
terminated effective December 31, 2007.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of the
contract is $60,000. The funds will be
taken from the previously Board approved contract of $128,484. $22,078 has already been paid and the remaining
funds will cover the Speech Pathology Group contract. The District is saving $46,406 by changing
the provider. Funding Source: Related Services Other Specialized –
Operating Budget (1219)
3.5 Consider
Approval of a Revised Agreement between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and
This change is being recommended to increase the overall
budget to reflect the increases in salary, benefits and mileage for the school
psychologists. Fiscal Impact: $100,000 (No General Fund impact). Funding Source: County Mental Health Medi-Cal Reimbursement
3.6 Contract
for Maintenance of the District’s Measure C Phone Systems and Voice Mail
Contract with Professional Convergence Solutions for NEC
phone systems maintenance support for the following sites: Shore Acres, Ayers,
Meadow Homes, Delta View, Bel Air, El Monte, Fair Oaks, Sun Terrace, and Wren
Avenue elementary schools, Oak Grove Middle School, Concord High School, Eagle
Peak Montessori; and Maintenance and Operations. Fiscal Impact: $52,050 per year as budgeted in the General
Fund.
3.7 CALNET
II State Contract to Succeed CALNET Contract
On June 30, 2008 the contract with CALNET expires and the
State has awarded its RFP for CALNET II for voice and data once again to
ATT. The original term of the contract
is five years, with an option of two additional one-year extensions and is
expected to provide an overall 7 percent cost savings over the current CALNET
contract pricing. Fiscal Impact: $29,000 per month already budgeted in General
Fund, Program 5275
3.8 Surveillance
System for
Due
to recent vandalism at the
3.9 Contract
for
Using
funding from the federal E-Rate program, the District would like to renew an
internet service provider contract with the Contra Costa County Office of Education. The cost of continuing the service the
District currently receives is $3,877.50 per year after applying the E-Rate
discount of fifty-three percent. The
federal government will pay the difference of the contract amount of $8,250 or
$4,372.50 per year. Fiscal Impact: $3,877.50 per year as budgeted in the General
Fund, program 5089. A three-year term is
recommended. Funding Source: General Fund
3.10 Contract
for Landscape Design and Engineering Services for the Renovation/Restoration of
Turf/Lawn Areas
Contract
in the amount of $132,800 to Verde Design for comprehensive engineering and
design services at
3.11 License
Agreement with Omnipoint Communications
Omnipoint
Communications, a subsidiary of T-Mobile USA, Inc. seeks a license to transmit
and receive communication signals and the installation, operation, and
maintenance of related equipment at the
3.12 Optiman
Service for Maintenance and Operations, and Loma
Optiman from ATT is now providing high speed
wide-area-network services at many of the district’s secondary schools. Recently, new rules for E-rate have enabled
the construction cost of trenching and converting copper to fiber optics can be
considered for the 53 percent E-rate discount.
Fiscal Impact: $617.58 per month
already budgeted in the General Fund – program 5089.
3.13 Agreement
between Mt. Diablo Unified
In order to prepare accurate State Teacher Retirement System
(STRS) reports, as required by FCMAT, additional help is needed. Fiscal Impact: Not to exceed $48,000 Funding Source: General Fund – already budgeted.
3.14 School
Breakfast Program Grant Application
Food and Nutrition Services request permission to submit a
grant application, in the amount of $60,000, to the California Department of
Education to expand the School Breakfast Program to Ayers, Silverwood,
Westwood, and Woodside elementary schools.
There is no cost to the General Fund.
3.15 Contract
between Mt. Diablo Unified
Non Public Agencies (NPA) provide services to Section 504
students when
4. RECOGNITIONSB
- none
5. BOARD FORUM
This item is here for the Board of
Education to discuss any issues of concern.
5.1 Committee
Minutes
5.2 Board
Reports (time limit – 3 minutes)
5.3 Issues
of Concern
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
The
public may address the Board regarding any item within the jurisdiction of the
Board of Education of the
7. COMMUNICATIONS
7.1 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.
8. REPORTS/INFORMATION – None
9. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
10. BUSINESS
Public Hearing 10.1 Public
Hearing and Recommendation on Possible Budget Reductions
& Action The Board of Education has to consider budget
reductions to pay for unanticipated expenses and to meet compensation demands
by employee groups.
Recommendation
Hold public hearing and
approve budget reductions.
Action 10.2 Consider
Approval of Petition by “Northgate Parents for Transfer,” a Group of Walnut Creek
Parents, to Transfer Schools and Property from the Mt. Diablo Unified School District
to Other School Districts that Serve the City of Walnut Creek
Ruth
Carver, a parent who lives in
That K-8 schools located in the City
of Walnut Creek (Foothill Middle, Bancroft Elementary, Eagle Peak Montessori,
Valle Verde Elementary, Walnut Acres Elementary) should be transferred from Mt.
Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) to Walnut Creek School District (WCSD);
and that Northgate High School located in City of Walnut Creek should be
transferred from Mt. Diablo Unified School District to Acalanes Union High
School District (AUHSD).
Recommendation
Deny petition of
transfer of
Action 10.3 Appointment of Summer School
Administrators
Interviews have been conducted and
candidates selected to fill the administrative positions for Summer Session
2008.
Recommendation
Approve
candidates as presented.
Action 10.4 Resolution 07/08-48 Relative to
Elimination and Reduction of Classified Positions
Program modifications and budgetary
limitations make it necessary to eliminate and reduce classified positions.
Recommendation
Adopt
resolution as presented.
Action 10.5 Award of Bid 1491
Award of bid 1491 to Valair-Carrier
Corporation for the total amount of $1,847,212 to provide
manufacturing/assembling and delivery of heating, ventilating and air
conditioning equipment at Bel Air and Rio Vista elementary schools;
Recommendation
Approve
award of bid as presented.
Action 10.6 Board Committee Assignments
The Board President will make Board committee assignments
for the period of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Recommendation
Make committee
assignments
Public Hearing 10.7 Public
Hearing on
A petition to form the
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing on charter petition
pursuant to Education Code §47605(b).
Information 10.8 Job
Description for Fire Systems Technician
This job description has been
developed to provide regularly available in-house programming on fire alarm
panels.
Recommendation
This
is being presented as information only and will be returned for action.
Information 10.9 Board
Policy 5030 Student Wellness
The federal Child Nutrition and
Women, Infants, and Children Reauthorization Act of 2004 mandates that each
district participating in the National School Lunch Program or any program in
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 including the School Breakfast Program, adopt a
district wide school wellness policy with specified components.
Recommendation
This
is being presented as information only and will be returned for action.
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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JANUARY 2008 |
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Community Advisory Committee January 7
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting January 8
7:30 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Committee January 9
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting January 22
7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force January 24
3:30 p.m. |
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FEBRUARY 2008 |
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Community Advisory Committee February
4
7:00 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Committee February 6 7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting February
12 7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force February 21
3:30 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting February 25
7:30 p.m. |
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MARCH 2008 |
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Community Advisory Committee March 3
7:00 p.m. |
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Parent Advisory Committee
March 5
7:00 p.m. |
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Measure C Oversight Committee March 6
7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting March 11
7:30 p.m. |
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Regular Board Meeting March 18
7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and Drug Free Schools Task Force March 19
3:30 p.m. |
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Note: This is being provided for information only.
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