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MT. DIABLO UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA Tuesday, December 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):
January 8, 2008 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
January 22, 2008 7:30
p.m. Regular
Board Meeting
February 12, 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(6)
- Review Administrative Hearing Panel recommendations regarding student
expulsions.
3. Existing
Litigation
Spieler
v. Mt. Diablo Unified
4. Anticipated
Litigation
5. Conference
with Real Property Negotiator
Property: District Fee Interest in 2.0 Acres at the
former Oak Park Elementary School Site
Agency Negotiator: Richard Nicoll
Negotiating Parties: Mt. Diablo Unified School District and
Under Negotiations: Price and terms of payment
6. Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
One
classified employee
7. Superintendent’s
Evaluation
RECONVENE OPEN SESSION
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1. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
·Pledge of Allegiance
·Roll Call
1.1. REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION – December 11, 2007
Topics ·Negotiations
·Expulsions
·Existing
Litigation
·Anticipated
Litigation
·Real
Estate
·Public
Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Complaint
·Superintendent’s
Evaluation
2. ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING
2.1.1 Election of President December 2007 – December 2008
2.1.2 Election of Vice President December 2007 – December 2008
2.1.3 Appointment of Secretary/Clerk to the Governing Board of
Trustees
2.1.4 Establishment of Day, Time, Place of Regular Board Meetings
2.1.5 Adoption of Certification of Signatures
2.1.5 Board Committee Assignments
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 13, 2007.
3.2 Certificated
Personnel
3.2.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.2.2 Resolution
07/08-47 Education Code 44258.2 – Board Authorization
Under Ed. Code 44258.2, holders of Single Subject or
Secondary credentials who have 12 lower division units or 6 upper division
units in a subject can be authorized, by Board authorization, to teach that
subject(s) in a middle school for the current school year.
3.2.3 Increase in
Full-Time Equivalent Position (FTE) for the 2007-2008 School Year
Request .60 FTE be added to Categorical funds. This action will result in an increase in the
expenditure budget of Categorical Funds in the amount of $37,672.
3.2.4 Assembly Bill 948 – STRS Post-Retirement Earnings
Limitation
Legislation was enacted which authorizes STRS to grant an
exemption from the post-retirement earnings limitation of up to two years for
members retired from service who are appointed as a trustee, administrator or
fiscal advisor.
3.3 Classified
Personnel
3.3.1 Leaves of
Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Employment
3.4 Fiscal
Transactions for November 2007
3.5 Contract
Amendment #8 – Corlett Skaer and DeVoto Architects, Inc.
Contract amendment in the amount of $5,880 to Corlett, Skaer
and DeVoto Architects, Inc. for architectural/engineering services for work
identified in the Measure C Facility
Improvement Program.
Funding Source: Measure C
3.6 Final
Deductive Change Order to Bid 1399, Sausal Corporation
Final
deductive change order in the amount of $123,111.71, to bid 1399, Sausal
Corporation for new classrooms and facility renovations at Ayers,
3.7 Notice
of Completion to Contract C-827, Bid 1399
Notice
of completion to contract C-827, bid 1399 to Sausal Corporation in the amount
of $12,068,818.62, who provided the modernization and new classrooms at Ayers,
3.8 Purchase
of Two Passenger Vans
Staff requests the purchase of two (2), twenty (20)
passenger vans to support two (2) new proposed routes. The District may “piggyback” on current
contract per Public Contract Code 20118.
Therefore, staff recommends award of a purchase order to A-Z Bus Sales,
Inc. and piggyback on bid for
3.9 Grant
Application Requests
3.9.1 After School
Demonstration Site Grant
Request permission to submit a grant application to the
California Department of Education for funding to serve as one of ten After
School Demonstration Sites in the state.
Holbrook Elementary and Riverview Middle would serve as the two sites
for the District. Fiscal Impact: The grant would generate up to $225,000 over
three years. There is no cost to the
General Fund.
3.9.2 Specialized Secondary Program (SSP) Grant Application
for Mt. Diablo High School
Request permission to submit a grant application to the
California Department of Education to establish the Humanities and Fine Art
Academy (HAFA) Specialized Secondary Program (SSP) at
3.9.3 City of
Request permission to submit a grant application to the City
of
3.10 Resolution
07/08-46 Approving a Contract Agreement with School Project for Utility Rate Reduction
(SPURR)
Adopt a resolution approving a contract agreement with SPURR
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6500 (Joint Powers Agreement) of the
California Government Code, for the purpose of operating an aggregated natural
gas acquisition program. There is no
impact to the General Fund.
4. RECOGNITIONS
4.1 Recognition
of Outgoing President – Gary Eberhart
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 Student
Representatives
7.2 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.
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 2007-2008
First Interim Report
Education Code 42130 requires each school district to
prepare two interim report for its Governing Board during the fiscal year,
October 31 and January 31.
Recommendation
Approve the 2007-2008
First Interim Report as presented.
Action 10.3 Appointment
of High School Vice Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a candidate been selected
to fill the position of High School Vice Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as
recommended.
Action 10.4 Appointment of Middle School Vice
Principal
Interviews have been conducted and a candidate selected to
fill the position of Middle School Vice Principal.
Recommendation
Approve appointment as
recommended.
Action 10.5 Mt. Diablo Unified
Recommendation
Approve
placements as presented.
Action 10.6 2007-2008 Master Contract and
Individual Services Agreement (ISA) for Non Public Schools
and Agencies
The Bay Area Special Education Local
Planning Area Collaborative is a group of fourteen districts and Special
Education Local Plan Areas (SELPA’s) who meet on an annual basis to enhance and
maintain a consistent fiscal relationship with Non Public Schools (NPS) and Non
Public Agencies (NPA) which serve children with special needs.
Recommendation
Approve
2007-2008 Master Contract and ISA as presented.
Action 10.7 2007-08 Single Plan for Student
Achievement
Senate Bill 374 requires that as a
condition of receiving funding for specified categorical programs, the District
will ensure that each school in the District operating those categorical
programs consolidates any plans that are required by those programs into a
single plan to be known as the Single Plan for Student Achievement.
Recommendation
Approve
plans as presented.
Action 10.8 Call
for Nominations for
Nominations for CSBA's Delegate Assembly will be accepted
until January 7, 2008. Any CSBA member
K-12 school district is eligible to nominate Board members within their
geographic region or subregion. Each
Board may nominate as many individuals as it chooses. All nominees must serve on a CSBA member
board.
Recommendation
Reply to request for nominations for CSBA delegate assembly.
Action 10.9 Appointment
to
Based on the Average Daily Attendance (ADA) of the
Recommendation
Appoint
Board member or reappoint Gary Eberhart for the two year term which expires
March 31, 2010.
Information 10.10 Consider
Approval of Board Policy for the Use of Cellular Phones
In order to satisfy IRS
documentation and substantiation requirements regarding taxable income, the district
must establish a system which requires the employee to maintain documentation
distinguishing personal and business charges as well as a system for the
district to audit the employee’s bills to confirm proper business usage.
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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