Pacific Grove Unified School District
Note: This web page is a copy of the officially released Board of Education Agenda.
Updates are made here as soon as possible. Address any questions to the Superintendent, Dr. Ralph Porras,
or call the District Office at 831-646-6510.
Any writings or documents that are public records and are provided to a majority of the Governing Board regarding an open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the District Office located at 435 Hillcrest Avenue, Pacific Grove during normal business hours.

PACIFIC GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING

Trustees
Beth Shammas, President
Mike Niccum, Clerk
Jessie Bray
Bill Phillips
Tony Sollecito
Julia Sweigert, Student Rep

DATE: Thursday, November 12, 2009

TIME: 6:30 p.m. Closed Session
7:00 p.m. Open Session

LOCATION: Pacific Grove High School Library
615 Sunset Drive
Pacific Grove CA 93950

The Board of Education welcomes you to its meetings, which are regularly scheduled for the first and third Thursdays of the month. Regular Board Meetings shall be adjourned by 10:00 pm, unless extended to a specific time determined by a majority of the Board. This meeting may be extended no more than once and may be adjourned to a later date. Individuals who require special accommodation, including but not limited to an American Sign Language interpreter, accessible seating or documentation in accessible formats, should contact the Superintendent at least two days before the meeting date.

Any writings or documents that are public records and are provided to a majority of the Governing Board regarding an open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the District Office located at 435 Hillcrest Avenue, Pacific Grove during normal business hours.

AGENDA AND ORDER OF BUSINESS

I. OPENING BUSINESS

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

C. Adoption of Agenda

D. Identify Closed Session Topics
The Board of Education will meet in Closed Session to consider matters appropriate for Closed Session in accordance with Education and Government Code.

1. PGTA negotiations
2. CSEA negotiations

E. Public comment on Closed Session items

F. Adjourn to Closed Session

II. CLOSED SESSION

III. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION

A. Report action taken in Closed Session

1. PGTA negotiations
2. CSEA negotiations

B. Pledge of Allegiance

IV. COMMUNICATIONS

A. Written Communication

B. Board Member Comments

C. Superintendent Report

V. INDIVIDUALS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD

Public comment on any item of interest to the public that is within the Board’s jurisdiction will be heard. The Board may limit comments to no more than three (3) minutes for each agenda or non-agenda item; a total time for public input on each item is 20 minutes, pursuant to Board Policy 9323. Public comment will also be allowed on each specific action item prior to Board action thereon. This meeting of the Board of Education is a business meeting of the Board, conducted in public. Please note that the Brown Act limits the Board’s ability to respond to public comment. The Board may choose to direct items to the Administration for action or place an item on a future agenda.

VI. PRESENTATION

Girls Health Initiative
Findings of a research project of the Women’s Fund of Monterey County (a special interest fund of the Community Foundation) that used the Health Prevention Model as a framework for structuring recommendations for changes to policy and legislation, education of service providers and teachers, community and parent education. (Presenters are former and current PGHS students.)

VII. CONSENT AGENDA

Items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and/or may have been discussed at a previous Board meeting. There is no discussion of these items prior to the Board vote unless a member of the Board, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Each item on the Consent Agenda approved by the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended.

A. Certificated Assignment Order #7
Recommendation: (Billie Mankey)

B. Approval of Board Bylaws, 9300, 9310, 9311, 9314, 9320, 9321, 9321.1, 9322, 9323, 9323.1,
9323.2, 9323.2E, 9324, 9400
Recommendation: (Ralph Gómez Porras)

C. Update on Plan for Use of ARRA Funds for Special Education Activities
Recommendation: (Cynthia Gallo)

VIII. ACTION/DISCUSSION

A. Approval of Budget Revision – Fund 40
Recommendation: (Robin Blakley)

B. Declaration of Need
Recommendation: (Billie Mankey)

IX. INFORMATION/DISCUSSION

A. Subcommittee Reports

City/District (Phillips/Sollecito)
Community Human Services (vacant)
MCSBEC (Niccum/Shammas)
ROP (Sollecito/Niccum)
B. High School Program Update
Recommendation: (Matt Bell)

C. Measure D Project Status
Recommendation: (Robin Blakley)

X. ACTION/DISCUSSION – BOARD CALENDAR/FUTURE MEETINGS

Board Calendar/Future Meetings
Recommendation: (Ralph Gómez Porras)

XI. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

A. Discussion of Future Agenda Items
Recommendation: (Ralph Gómez Porras)

B. Future Agenda Items

December
Class Size Guidelines
Curriculum update
High School Instructional Program

January
Special meeting with Staff and Students

(unassigned)
Declining Enrollment Committee
Healthy Kids Survey Results
Traffic Safety

XII. ADJOURNMENT

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