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Adult Education

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Community Education

A regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Tamalpais Union High School District was called to order by Bob Walter, President, on August 23, 2005 at 7:00pm in the Kreps Conference Center in the District Office Building at Redwood High School in Larkspur.

Members Present:	Bob Walter, Jill Sampson, Susan Schmidt, John Wright, Ruth Dell
Student Trustees Present:	Nora Barr, Alex Silver, Nicole White, Kate Aurell, Heidi Nelson
Administrators Present:	Bob Ferguson, Superintendent Arvo Toukonen, Assistant Superintendent, Adm. Services Steve Butler, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

Report from Closed Session in Superintendent’s Office
Mr. Walter reported that Trustees voted unanimously to approve the personnel items listed on the Agenda Analysis, copies of which were available in the back of the room.

Trustees met with Labor Negotiator, Superintendent Bob Ferguson, regarding certificated and classified negotiations.

Trustees discussed Public Employee Evaluation: Superintendent

Trustees discussed Potential Litigation (1 case).

Approval of Agenda
M/S/C (Sampson/Wright) unanimously, with Student Trustees concurring, to approve the agenda as presented

Approval of Consent Agenda
M/S/C (Schmidt/Dell), by a roll call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, with Student Trustees concurring, to approve the Consent Agenda and Facilities Modernization Consent Agenda, as presented.

• Gifts — to accept, with thanks to the donors, gifts of:
  • New binders to Tamalpais High School, by Design Center Solutions.
• Minutes — to approve minutes for Board meeting of August 9, 2005.
• Budget — to approve purchase orders over $7,500 on List #4 - Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
• Teacher Evaluators — to certify list of administrators as qualified evaluators of teachers for the 2005-2006 school year.
• Agreement — to approve Agreement between District and Bay Area Community Resources for additional counseling services; approve MOU between Drake and BACR for additional counseling
• Agreement — to approve Memorandum of Understanding with Full Circle Programs, Inc. for counseling services during Summer School 2005-2006 (June 15-July 15, 2005)
• Student Teachers — to approve Student Teaching Agreement: San Francisco State University
• Waiver — to approve Request for Allowance of Attendance Because of Emergency Conditions – Form J-13A (closure of Redwood, San Andreas, and Tamiscal on January 11, 2005)
• Surplus — to declare as surplus obsolete computer equipment from Community Education and authorize disposal of property
• CSEA — to ratify Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding between District and CSEA; to approve salary compensation for 2004-2005 school year.

Consent Agenda – Facilities Modernization

• Budget — to approve purchase orders over $15,000 on List #1 – Fiscal Year 2005-2006
• Change Order — to approve Change Order #8 to Vila Construction Company for Drake Increment 4
• Change Order — to approve Resolution #7 and Change Order #17 to Vila Construction Company for Drake Increment 3
• Contract — to approve contract with MacTec E&C for Gus Gym floor replacement project.

Information Items

• Budget — monthly Financial Status Reports for the General Fund as of July 31, 2005.
• Open Enrollment — Status report: Open Enrollment Transfers 2005-2006.

CSEA

1. Presentation to CSEA of District’s initial proposal for 2005-2006 Contract negotiations.
2. Announce to public that District’s initial proposal is available in Assistant Superintendent’s Office until September 13, 2005.

Opening of Schools
Trustees heard oral report on opening of school and initial enrollment, as presented by Steve Butler.

Facilities
Trustees reviewed conceptual Landscape Master Plan for modernization and post-modernization, as presented by Arvo Toukonen and Carducci & Associates, Inc. No action taken.

Budget
M/S/C (Schmidt/Sampson) unanimously, with Student Trustees concurring, to approve revisions to the 2005-2006 General Fund Budgets at August 23, 2005, as presented by Lori Parrish.

Legislator of the Year
M/S/C (Wright/Sampson), by a roll call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, with Student Trustees concurring, to adopt Resolution #8 in support of nominating Assembly member Joe Nation 2005 Outstanding Legislator of the Year, as presented by Trustee Dell.

Board Meeting
M/S/C (Sampson/Dell) to call a special closed session Board meeting on Monday, August 29, 2005, at 6:00pm.

Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Dell, Clerk