Hi there Larkspur school fans! Welcome to my first blog post. My plan is to do a preview post and a summary post regarding each school board meeting. This is a preview post regarding the monthly meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 8/25, at 6:00 pm in the Hall school library. To inform the post, I reviewed the agenda and all the supporting "packet" materials that are posted on the school district's website.
If you see something among my highlights that particularly peaks your interest, please consider either a) attending the Board meeting to hear/participate in the discussion, b) send the Board an email sharing your thoughts to trustees@larkspurschools.org.
Every agenda and meeting of a public board such as ours contains a lot of routine (i.e. boring) items that aren't that interesting. On the flip side, some quite interesting, and potentially controversial items are often buried in the fine print. For my money, here are the most interesting things on the 8/25 agenda:
Item 5- Discussion of STAR/CST standardized test results for the 2009-2010 school year, with detailed breakdown of performance by subject matter and grade level.
Item 6- Discussion of facilities planning issues, with specific focus on the current school year.
Item 10- Discussion of proposed policy language from the Marin County Board of Education regarding drug and alcohol prevention at school and school-related activities.
Item 19- This little nugget was a surprise at the end of the agenda. It seems that our esteemed Superintendent, Valerie Pitts, will be spending up to one day per week over the coming school year serving as an advisor and mentor to the new Superintendent of the Ross School District. Ross will be paying the Larkspur School District up to $60,000 for these advisory services.
Thanks for making it through the whole of my first blog post. If you have thoughts or suggestions, please send me an email. Thanks.
-Rob
(If you'd like to view the full agenda and supporting info, click here.)
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