Monrovia School Link Preview ~ Number 141 ~ September 24, 2005
Not entirely unexpected, but the board has selected Ed Gililland to fill the spot of Betty Sandford, who quit the board. He'll be given the oath of office at this Wednesday's meeting. Congratulations Ed! I think you'll do just fine. This, by the way, narrows to four the number of candidates running for the two soon-to-be open spots on the board. I wonder if Ed will still appear on the ballot. That'd be confusing. Also, the board will introduce the new Mayflower principal.
~ brad@sacklunch.net
At 5 p.m. there will be a study session to discuss the MUSD and Monrovia High School Facilities Master Plan.
At the regular session at 7 p.m., Ed will take the oath of office, and the board will introduce the new Mayflower Elementary School Principal, Kirk McGinnis, and Canyon Oaks/Mountain Park Principal Mark Travis.
The board and the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce will honor three employees for their outstanding service: Michele Auon, Teacher, Mayflower Elementary School; Dennis Sanchez, Library Media Specialist, Mayflower; Philip Gaul, Groundskeeper, Maintenance Operations and Transportation Department.
Also, the board will hear a a report on attendance patterns for certificated personnel during the 2004-2005 school year and will get an initial proposal for changes to the contracts of various employee groups, and will discuss how to celebrate the 800+ API achievement of Mayflower and Plymouth Elementary Schools. Congrats to Plymouth, especially, the new 800+ achiever. I might add that Plymouth is in the south (poorer) end of town, and an excuse I've often heard is that the poorer the parents, the less well their children do on tests. Well, a second big congratulations to Plymouth for proving that isn't necessarily the case!
The board will also proclaim National School Lunch Week, Red Ribbon Week, America's Safe Schools Week, and Fire Prevention Week. Could we also get a Hurricane Prevention Week?
Finally, the board will meet in closed session to talk to Superintendent Louise Taylor and Associate Superintendent of Human Resources Debby Collins about negotiating with the employees' unions. Also, the board will do a performance evaluation review for Taylor and other district administrators, and "negotiation of Compensation of Superintendent with designated representative Board Member Bruce Carter." This last item isn't entirely clear. Presumably they're not going to negotiate with Carter. I think what it means is they'll talk about compensation and then Carter will negotiate with the administrators or whomever is representing them. Whatever.
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