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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Closed Session 4:00 p.m. 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):
October 9, 2007 7:30 p.m. Regular Board
Meeting
October 23, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
November 13, 2007 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
**Note: Calendar of Future Board and Committee
Meetings Attached**
CALL TO ORDER – 4:00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE
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(0)/Readmissions(0)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
expulsions and readmissions.
3. Existing
Litigation
4. Anticipated
Litigation
Two potential cases.
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 – September 25, 2007
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 August 28, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.2.2 Resolution
07/08-25 Variable Term Waiver Requests
Variable term waivers provide applicants with additional
time to complete certain requirements for the credential that authorizes the
service. The waiver request is made when
there is not a properly credentialed person available for the position.
3.2.3 Resolution 07/08-26 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.
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.3.2 Modification or
Elimination in Hours for Part-Time Instructional Assistant Position at
Walnut Acres requests
the following changes for part-time Instructional Assistant positions:
- One 16 hour/week, school day
only, Instructional Assistant position be increased to 19 hour/week,
school day only
- One vacant 10 hour/week,
school day only, Instructional Assistant position be decreased to 8
hour/week, school day only.
- One vacant 10 hour/week,
school day only, Instructional Assistant position be eliminated.
There is no impact to the General Fund. There will be a savings of $5,140 to Walnut
Acres Parent Faculty Club.
3.3.3 Request
Approval to Eliminate a Part-Time Senior Instructional Assistant Position and
Create an Instructional Assistant – Computer Position at
Pleasant Hill Elementary School requests a part-time 15
hour/week, school day only Senior Instructional Assistant – Computer position
be eliminated and a part-time 19.5 hour/week, school day only Instructional
Assistant – Computer position be created.
The additional cost to the Pleasant Hill Elementary Education Foundation
for fiscal year 2007-2008 will be $3,329 and a full year $3,689. Funding Source: Pleasant Hill Elementary Education Foundation
3.4 Fiscal
Transactions for the Month of August 2007
3.5 Resolution
07/08-21 Adopting the 2007 Appropriation Limit Calculation (GANN Limit)
The Gann Limit calculation is designed to limit the growth
in government spending. A school
agency’s Gann Limit is increased for both inflation and population. Inflation for these purposes is currently the
annual percentage change in
3.6 Final
Change Orders
3.6.1 Final Change Order to Bid 1429, Contract C-842, to Taber Construction in the amount
of $135,862.46 for site utilities for new classrooms and softball field at
Olympic High School. Funding
Source: Proposition 55 and Measure A
3.6.2 Final Change Order to Bid 1473, Contract C-861, to Biland Construction Company in
the amount of $52,150 for concrete flatwork repair at Fair Oaks,
3.7 Notices
of Completion
3.7.1 Notice of Completion to Bid 1429, Contract C-842, to Taber Construction who provided
the site utilities at Olympic High School, for a total expenditure of
$3,371,816.22. Funding Source: Measure A and Proposition 55
3.7.2 Notice of Completion to Bid 1473, Contract C-861, to Biland Construction Company who
provided the concrete flatwork repair at Fair Oaks,
3.8 Disposal
of District Surplus
Certain
items in the Transportation Department are inoperable and/or obsolete
vehicles. These items need to be
disposed of and removed from inventory. Fiscal
Impact: Auction Proceeds
3.9 Agreement
with Northgate Community Pride Foundation for Improvement of the Football Field
and Track
The
Foundation requests to complete design services for a synthetic field and all
weather track. There is no impact to the
General Fund. The Foundation would cover
all project costs.
3.10 Independent
Contract for a Speech-Language Pathologist 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 the positions and meet student
Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirements. The cost of the contract is $178,020. 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 $115,800. Funding Source: General Fund
3.11 Approval
of Contract between Mt. Diablo Unified
Contract to provide 1.0 full time equivalent Registered Physical
Therapist position for the 2007-2008 school year. The contract amount for the 2007-2008 school
year is $93,000. This represents a
decrease of $135,00 over the 2006-2007 contract. Funding Source: General Fund
3.12 Approval
of Contract between Mt. Diablo Unified
Approval of contract between
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 – None
9. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
10. BUSINESS
Action 10.1 Disability Awareness Month – October
2007
October has been designated as
Disability Awareness Month. The
Recommendation
Adopt resolution as presented.
Action 10.2 Appointment of Middle School Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Middle School Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as recommended.
Action 10.3 Appointment of Elementary School
Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Elementary School Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as recommended.
Action 10.4 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 10.5 Appointment of Elementary School Vice
Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Elementary School Vice Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as recommended.
Action 10.6 Appointment of Director of Technology
Applications
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Director of Technology Applications.
Recommendations
Approve
appointment as recommended.
Action 10.7 Appointment of Curriculum Specialist
Interviews have been conducted and a
candidate selected to fill the position of Curriculum Specialist.
Recommendation
Approve
appointment as recommended.
Action 10.8 Certification and Approval of the
2006-2007 Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, the Annual Closing of the
Books (SACS Unaudited Actuals)
The District is required buy
Education Code section 42100 to prepare an annual financial statement for Board
approval and filing with the
Recommendation
Approve as presented.
Action 10.9 Resolution 07/08-27, 28, and 29 Intent
to Dedicate Easements at
Section 17556 of the Education Code
authorizes the Mt. Diablo Unified School District to dedicate or convey an
easement to any public entity through a process that involves: 1) a resolution
of intent to dedicate an easement adopted in a regular open meeting by a
two-thirds vote of the Board; 2) a notice of adoption of the resolution and the
time and place of a scheduled public meeting/hearing regarding the resolution;
and 3) a public hearing on the adopted resolution and final action on the
resolution dedicating the easement by a two-thirds vote of the Board.
The public hearing and request for
Board action on this resolution will be scheduled and brought to the Board at
the October 9, 2007 meeting, pursuant to the provisions of Education Code
Section 17556.
Recommendation
Adopt
resolution as presented.
Action 10.10 Increase in Full-Time Equivalent
Positions (FTE) for the 2007-2008
Request 9.36 FTE to be added to the
General Fund for program need and enrollment. Request 13.0725 be added to
Categorical Funds for program need and enrollment. This action will result in an increase in the
expenditure budget of the General Fund in the amount of $643,612 and an
increaser in the expenditure budget of Categorical Funds in the amount of
$817,093. Funding Source: General Fund and Categorical Funds ( High Priority
Schools Grant - $369,088; School Improvement Block Grant - $69,494; Title I -
$34,267; Reading First Sub Grant - $17,546; Funds from Outside Sources -
$73,593; Economic Impact Aid (EIP) - $58,029; International Hospitality Academy
- $14,417; California High School Exit Exam - $180,659.)
Recommendation
Approve
increase in FTE as presented.
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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Regular
Board Meeting September 25 7:30 p.m. |
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Safe and
Drug Free Schools Task Force September 27 3:30 p.m. t |
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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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