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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, September 11, 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):
September 25, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
October 9, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
October 23, 2007 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. Readmissions(1)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
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
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
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1. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
·Pledge of Allegiance
·Roll Call
2. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION – September 11, 2007
Topics ·Negotiations
·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 meeting of August 14, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.2.2 Resolution
07/08-22 Approval of Provisional Internship Permit (PIP) Requests
All requests for a PIP must be presented to the Governing
Board of a public school district for approval.
Every PIP request that is submitted to the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing must also include verification that a notice of intent to employ
the named applicant in the identified position has been made public.
3.2.3 Memorandum of Understanding with the
This agreement would allow an intern from the University’s
approved Clinical/Psychology Program to supplement her learning experience by
working with district staff. District
staff to participate on an advisory and consulting basis.
3.2.4 Resolution 07/08-23 Education Code 44263 – Board
Authorization
Under Ed. Code 44263, holders of any
3.2.5 Recommendation for Extension of District Intern Single
Subject: Math (Exam) with English Learner Authorization
The Governing Board of the school district must recommend
applicants for extensions of district internship credentials.
3.2.6 Certification to Evaluate Teachers
Board Policy 4215.1 requires that certificated management
personnel who evaluate teaching personnel be certified by the Board of
Education.
3.2.7 Additional Full-Time Equivalent Position (FTE) for the
2007-2008 School Year
Request 4.30 be added to Categorical Funds for the 2007-2008
school year. This action will result in
an increase in the expenditure budget of the High Priority Schools Grant in the
amount of $311,790 (restricted funding) and an increase in the expenditure
budget of Family and Children’s Trust (FACT) Grant in the amount of $24,086
(restricted funding).
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.3.2 Increase in
Hours for a Senior Secretary in Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum and Instruction requests an increase in hours for
an existing 25 hour/week, 10.5 month Senior Secretary position to 40 hour/week,
10.5 month. There is no impact to the
General Fund. The additional cost will
be $13,907.34 for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and charged to Gifted and Talented
Education fund.
3.4 Agreement
between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and Independent Contractor (UC
Berkeley History-Social Science Project) for the Mt. Diablo Unified
Increase student understanding of and appreciation for
American History, improve students content literacy, and encourage active
involvement in the American democratic process. Fiscal Impact: $681,718
Funding Source: Teaching American
History Grant
3.5 Resolution
07/08-20 Authorizing Issuance of
Proceeds (not to exceed $40,000,000) from the issuance of
TRANs will be used to meet fiscal year 2007-2008 cash requirements until
property tax revenues are received. The
fiscal impact is the difference between interest earnings and interest expense. AT this time, it is projected that the
district will earn interest of approximately $200,000.00. Funding Source: General Fund
4. RECOGNITIONS
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
8.1 Report
on Planning for Parcel Tax
9. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
10. BUSINESS
Action 10.1 Appointment of High School Vice
Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of High School Vice Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as recommended.
Action 10.2 Appointment of Behaviorist Program
Manager
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Behaviorist Program Manager.
Recommendation
Approve
appointment as recommended.
Action 10.3 Independent
Service Contract for a Speech-Language Pathologist at Valle Verde Elementary School and
Due
to the inability to hire qualified speech-language pathologists to fill all
vacancies, the District has had to use staff contracted through an agency in
order to fill open positions and meet student Individualized Education Program
(IEP) requirements. The cost of the
contract is $107,000. The expense will
be partially offset by a projected vacancy savings in the Related Services
Staffing Budget (1819) of $62,220. The
impact to the General Fund will be $44,780.
Funding Source: Related Services
Other Specialized – Operating Budget (1219)
Recommendation
Approve contract as recommended.
Action 10.4 Independent
Service Contract for a Speech-Language Pathologist at
Due to the inability to hire qualified speech-language
pathologists to fill all vacancies, the District has had to use staff contracted
through an agency in order to fill open positions and meet student
Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirements. Fiscal Impact: The cost of the contract is $128,484. The expense will be offset by a projected
vacancy savings in the Related Services Other Specialized – Staffing Budget
(1819). Funding Source: Related Services Other Specialized –
Operating Budget (1219).
Recommendation
Approve contract as recommended.
Action 10.5 Independent
Service Contracts for Speech-Language Pathologists through Independent Speech Pathology Network
Due
to the inability to hire qualified speech-language pathologists to fill all
vacancies, the District has had to use staff contracted through an agency in
order to fill open positions and meet student Individualized Education Program
(IEP) requirements at the following schools:
Recommendation
Approve contract as recommended.
Action 10.6 Board Committee Assignments
The Board President will
assign a Board members to work with the committee for the Parcel Tax.
Recommendation
Approve committee
assignment.
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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SEPTEMBER 2007 |
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Parent
Advisory Committee September 5 7:00 p.m. |
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Measure C
Task Force Meeting September 9 7:00 p.m. |
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Community
Advisory Committee September 10 7:00 p.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting September 11 7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and
Drug Free Schools Task Force September 20 3:30 p.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting September 25 7:30 p.m. |
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OCTOBER 2007 |
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Community
Advisory Committee October 1 7:00 p.m. |
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Parent
Advisory Committee October 3 7:00 p.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting October 9 7:30 p.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting October 23 7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and
Drug Free Schools Task Force October 25 3:30 p.m. |
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NOVEMBER 2007 |
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Community
Advisory Committee November 5 7:00 p.m. |
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Parent
Advisory Committee November 7 7:00 p.m. |
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Safe and
Drug Free Schools Task Force November 15 9:30 a.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting November 15 7:30 a.m. |
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Regular
Board Meeting November 27
7:30 p.m. |
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