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Monrovia School Link ~ Number 110 ~ March 6, 2005

Here's bits and pieces from the agenda for the upcoming meeting this Wednesday.
~ brad@sacklunch.net


The board is having a two-parter meeting this Wednesday, March 9. At 6:30 p.m. it'll have a special closed session. Then at 7 p.m. it'll have a regular board meeting.

What's a bit strange is that (if I'm following this), there will be a "public hearing for items on the special board meeting agenda: closed session." What I don't get, here, is this: How is anybody supposed to comment on the item under discussion in the closed session if they don't know what it is about?

Well, actually, there is a hint. The closed session is about, "Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release (Government Code Section 54957)," and "Performance Evaluation Review Site Administrator (Government Code Section 54957)." I guess you can read into that whatever you like.

At the regular board meeting at 7 p.m., there will be a "Report on second Closed Session of February 23, 2005, and Closed Session of March 3, 2005," which I'm assuming were about Mayflower Principal Jill Selak.

Also interesting is that under the standard "Public Hearing for items not on the agenda," are some extra instructions (which I've never seen before) limiting initial public comment to 30 minutes, with extra time (if necessary) just before the board adjourns. Clearly the board expects some speakers.

Also on the agenda:

- A resolution to "reduce or discontinue particular kinds of service." Ya know, this is not exactly a model of clarity. If people are deciding whether to attend a board meeting, an agenda item about "particular kinds of service" does not exactly give them the information they need. WHAT kinds of service?

- The board will "receive a summary report of the Rand report findings." Again, what we're talking about here is not entirely clear. What did Rand study?

- Adopt a resolution urging that the state honor its committment to education funding provided by Proposition 98.

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