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Revised
Agenda
Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Staff Room – Main Building
6:00 p.m.
Note:
· Individuals who require special accommodation should contact the Superintendent or designee at least three days before the meeting date.
· Visitors are encouraged to review the Board Meeting Guide brochure available at the door to become familiar with the meeting process and the procedures followed by the Board.
Our Vision: We, the Forestville School Community, are committed to providing our Kindergarten through eighth grade students with a safe, supportive, and challenging educational environment, respectful of all individuals, in accordance with state and local guidelines.
Our Mission: Our purpose is to enable students to become life-long learners—knowing how to learn, how to make decisions, and how to relate positively as productive, responsible, and ethical citizens.
Our Motto: Scholarship, Leadership, Friendship
Opening
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Reading of the Mission Statement
Roll Call and Introduction of Guests
Adjustments to the Agenda/Approval of the Agenda
Approval of Consent Agenda
a. Minutes of the Special Meetings of May 8, 2008 and May 29, 2008 and the Regular Meeting of May 15, 2008
b. Warrants
c. Acceptance of Donations and/or Gifts:
• $300 >From St. Sebastian’s
d. Ratification or Acceptance of Resignation of Certificated and/or Classified
Employees:
• Don Hack, District Superintendent: .50 FTE, Effective June 30, 2008
e. Consolidated Application for Categorical Funding
f. Leave of Absence, Job Sharing, or Reduced Workload Assignments for 2007/2008: Bob Borbe
• Certificated Staff
None
• Classified Staff
• Alisa Alberigi-Speicher: Leave of Absence for School Year 2008/2009
• Sarah Montgomery: Temporary Leave of Absence; Reduction of 17 Hours Per Week for School Year 2008/2009
• Tracy Nelson: Resignation of Schoolhouse Daycare Morning Position for School Year 2008/2009
g. Services Contracts with Sonoma County Office of Education
Superintendent’s Report – Bob Borbe for Don Hack
a. Pupil Count Update
b. Report on May 22nd Parent Forum (Guy Eck)
c. West County Special Education Consortium Minutes
d. West County Transportation JPA Minutes
e. Charter School Matrix
School Program Reports
a. Principal’s Report: Talin Tamzarian
b. Student Programs and Services Report: Kathy Olmsted
• 2008 Graduation Ceremony
c. Update on Emergency Operations Planning Training
d. Report on Community Day School Task Force Meeting
Staff Reports/Information Items
a. Maintenance and Operations: Bob Borbe
• Review of Summer Maintenance Plan
b. Budget Update: Bob Borbe
c. District Advisory Committee and Forestville Academy Advisory Committee: Talin Tamzarian
d. Forestville Teachers’ Association
e. California School Employees Association, Chapter 201
f. Friends of Forestville School Education Foundation
Correspondence
a. Mike Rae: West County Transportation JPA
Action Items
a. Budget Transfers: Bob Borbe
b. Preliminary Budget Proposal for the 2008/2009 School Year: Bob Borbe
c. Bid for Library Roof Project: Bob Borbe
d. School Lunch Program for 2008/2009 School Year: Bob Borbe
e. Waiver of Age Requirement for Kindergarten Enrollment: Talin Tamzarian
f. Ratification of Newly Hired, Reinstated and/or Reassigned Employees: Bob Borbe
• Certificated Employees:
> Alena Cook: Grades 4 through 6 Physical Education: 1.0 FTE Probationary Status
> Kathleen Aldridge: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Mathematics: 1.00 FTE Probationary Status
> Simon Terrell: 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Mathematics: 1.00 FTE Probationary Status
> Joanie Blechel: Classroom: 1.0 FTE Reinstatement, Assignment to Be Determined
> Peggy Porter: 1st Grade Classroom: 1.0 FTE Reinstatement
> Jay Anderson: 7th and 8th Grade Physical Education: .20 FTE Reinstatement
> M.J. Nelson: 6th Grade Science: 0.4 FTE Reinstatement
> Ramona Robertson: Kindergarten, 2nd Grade and Resource Specialist Program: 1.0 FTE Transfer
> Paula Umino: 2nd Grade Classroom: 1.0 FTE Transfer
> Paul Huberty: 6th Grade “Core” Classroom: 1.0 FTE Reassignment
• Classified Employees:
> None
g. Renewal of Charter School Application: Bob Borbe
• Amending Application to Include Grades Three (3) Through Eight (8)
h. Parcel Tax: Bob Borbe
i. Board Policy on Sufficiency of Minutes of Meetings: Bob Borbe
j. Contract for Services: School and College Legal Services of California for the 2008/2009 School Year: Bob Borbe
10. Comments and Messages from the Floor on Non-Agenda Items
This time is reserved for any person to address the Board on any item(s) of interest, provided the subject relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Forestville Union School Board. The Board may not take action or discuss any subject that is not on the agenda, but wishes to provide time for public participation in its meeting. Should comments from the public pertain to a charge or complaint against an employee of the District, the Board advises that the matter should be pursued following established complaint procedures. Individuals are requested to state their name and address.
11. Board Requests/Information/Discussion Items
12. Comments from the Public on Closed Session Agenda Items and Recess to Closed Session to Consider or Take Action on the items listed below:
At this time the Board will move to Closed Session:
Closed Session:
Comments from the Public on Closed Session Agenda Items and Recess to Closed Session to Consider or Take Action on the Following Items:
With respect to every item of business to be discussed in Closed Session pursuant to Education Code Sections 54954.5, 54956.6, 54957, and 54957.6:
a. Certificated Employee Negotiations—Conference with District Negotiators:
Names of Agency Negotiators:
Ralph Stern—Chief Negotiator, School and College Legal Services
Cathy Mabry—Board Member
Don Hack—District Superintendent
Bob Borbe—Chief Business Officer
Name of Organization: Forestville Teachers’ Association
• Article 18, Tentative Agreement
b. Classified Employee Negotiations – Conference with District Negotiators:
Names of Agency Negotiators:
Ralph Stern—Chief Negotiator, School and College Legal Services
Cathy Mabry—Board Member
Don Hack—District Superintendent
Bob Borbe—Chief Business Officer
Name of Organization: California School Employees Assoc.—Forestville Chapter #201
c. Performance Evaluation of One or More of the Following Positions:
• District Superintendent, Chief Business Officer, Principal, Other Certificated Personnel, and Classified Personnel
• Evaluation of the Superintendent
• Notice of Administrative Assignments for the Subsequent Year
d. Conference Regarding Anticipated or Existing Litigation
e. Personnel – Public Employee: Discipline/Dismissal/Release
• Update on Staff Layoffs
13. Adjournment
Posted June 12, 2008 at 5:15 p.m.
Revised and Posted June 16, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.
