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Public Documents relating to Open Session Agenda Items are available for review by the public at the Hesperia Administration & Educational Support Center, Receptionist Desk, 15576 Main Street, Hesperia, California.
9:00 A.M. — CALL TO ORDER
1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA — The Board is asked to approve the Agenda as submitted or amended.
4. Hearing from the Audience
This is the time and place for the general public to address the School Board on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Board. State law prohibits the School Board from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The School Board may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Please limit comments to five minutes per individual.
The Board respects the right of members of the public to speak to the Board regarding matters on the agenda and other matters within the jurisdiction of the Board. Derogatory comments made at a Board meeting, which are repeated outside the context of a Board meeting, may be actionable as defamation.
In addition, the Board wishes to make clear that it is bound by the limitations set forth in Government Code Section 54957, which states that when specific complaints or charges are to be made against a District employee, such employee has the right to have such complaints heard in closed session and to be given prior notice that such complaints will be heard by the Board. Therefore, members of the public who wish to lodge complaints against District employees are reminded that the Board cannot properly consider such complaints without giving prior notice to the named employee.
The Board also would like to remind anyone who wishes to lodge a complaint against a District employee that there is an existing Board adopted Policy in effect specifically for this purpose. This policy contains a comprehensive procedure for reviewing and investigating public complaints, which includes a right of appeal to the Board.
This process provides a much more thorough opportunity for the complainant and the employee to be heard and the merits of the complaint to be properly investigated.
Anyone who wishes to receive a copy of this Policy may contact the Superintendent’s office.
Bylaw 9323(c) states that a person wishing to be heard by the Board shall first be recognized by the President and shall then proceed to comment as briefly as the subject permits. Individual speakers shall be allowed five minutes to address the Board on each agenda or nonagenda item. The Board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. With Board consent, the President may increase or decrease the time allowed for public presentation, depending on the topic and the number of persons wishing to be heard. The President may take a poll of speakers for or against a particular issue and may ask that additional persons speak only if they have something new to add. We have now incorporated the use of Speaker’s Cards into our procedures for addressing the Board. If you wish to address the Board and have not completed a Speaker’s Card, please obtain one from Mrs. Gomez, Recording Secretary.
5. ACTION
5.1 DISCUSSION/ACTION – APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION #2009/10-34 - RESOLUTION TERMINATING SERVICES OF CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF REDUCTIONS OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF SERVICES (LAYOFF OF CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, ACTING UPON PROPOSED DECISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE); DIRECTION TO ISSUE NOTIFICATIONS TO EMPLOYEES WHOSE SERVICES ARE TERMINATED_— The Board is being asked to approve Resolution #2009/10-34 accepting the proposed decision of the Administrative Law Judge and adopts as its own that proposed decision. PAGE 1
5.2 DISCUSSION/ACTION – TO RESCIND THE FEBRUARY 9, 2010 BOARD ACTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2009/10-23 AUTHORIZING THE REDUCTION AND/OR DISCONTINUANCE OF PARTICULAR KINDS OF SERVICE AND A REDUCTION OF CERTIFICATED STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH E.C. SECTIONS 44949 AND 44955 — The Board will discuss and may take action to rescind its February 9, 2010 action of Resolution No. 2009/10-23 by rescinding RIF notices for all teachers that have been scheduled for the final RIF notice on or before May 15, 2010 for the 2010-11 school year with the exception of 14 short term intervention teachers (funded through American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (Title 1 Stimulus money)), 2 ROTC teachers and 1 Cal SAFE teacher. PAGE 24
6. NEXT MEETING DATE — June 7, 2010 (Regular Meeting) @ Hesperia Administration & Educational Support Center (AESC Annex), 15576 Main Street, Hesperia.
7. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
8. REPORTING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTION
9. ADJOURNMENT
DATE POSTED: MAY 6, 2010, 8:45 A.M.