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SCHOOL NEWS
Budget Crisis Information at the next PTA Board Meeting
Be Informed! Come to the next PTA Executive Board meeting on April 2nd at 8:40 a.m. in the Edna Maguire teachers' lounge. You'll hear representatives from the MVSD Community Financial Advisory Commission (CFAC) discuss the District's financial health. Topics will include:
- The state budget crisis
- Recent polling in our community about the school district
- Budget planning for 2008-09
- Possible parcel tax for November 2008.
Lunch Program Refunds for May 23rd
Friday, May 23rd is a no school day (part of a four-day Memorial Day weekend). If you ordered lunch for this date and would like a refund, please contact Lisa Church at churchlady@pacbell.net by Friday, April 4th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Announcing New SchoolPool Program For Mill Valley
Looking for ways to find other families to walk, bike, and carpool to school? Do your kids want to participate in the Golden Sneaker and the upcoming Frequent Rider contests, but you find it difficult for your family? SchoolPool is the answer.
SchoolPool is a Safe Routes to Schools program that connects families who wish to share in walking, biking, or carpooling their kids together to school. This year, MVSD has a new District-wide SchoolPool Program in your District Directory. To use the Program, check your Directory on page 13 or view the SchoolPool webpage.
There is also a large SchoolPool map in the office. Find your neighborhood code, then look up others listed in the directory after student and alphabetical listings. For questions or support starting new carpool groups, contact: Deborah Cole at dcole3@sbcglobal.net.
Mosaic Table Complete
Thank you to Linda Berlinger for the beautiful and colorful mosaic table and bench she has created and painstakingly assembled. Many thanks to the children of Edna who helped Linda install some of the tiles that lend this special seating area such sparkle and shine. Also, thanks to the brawny folks of Shell Road, including Bruce Berlinger and Ed Faubel, for moving this hefty piece of art to a sunny, grassy area where it can be enjoyed and appreciated by everyone.
MVSD Special Study Session
Come to the Special Study Session on the District Budget at 6:30 p.m. on March 25th at Strawberry Point School.
Each year, the MVSD Board uses this session to discuss and study the District's finances as one component of the District budget development process. This is a regular board meeting on a single topic and there is no board action taken on the agenda topic. Also, public comment is limited to the single agenda topic. The District CFAC will review its financial forecasting model as part of the session. Staff and commission members will also discuss the District's immediate and long-term financial health in light of the District's three-year strategic action plan, the Governor's proposed budget, and general economic indicators that impact the District budget.
Letter from Board Liaison Judy Sherman
Thank you for so graciously welcoming me into the Edna Maguire community as your School Board liaison. In the past few months I have had the pleasure of meeting so many of you and seeing firsthand that Edna's wonderful reputation in the district is well-earned through your traditions, culture, and focus on family.
Having raised four children in Mill Valley, I appreciate the collaboration, communication, and enthusiastic involvement demonstrated here at Edna. I look forward to working with your outstanding PTA and know that with Liza Zimmer's incomparable passion for excellence in education, we will be able to do great things together.
If you see me at school, please say hello and don't hesitate to be in touch with me: judysherman@gmail.com.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE SPECIAL EDUCATION PTA
Speaker Event: Diane Provo, “Kids are Great…When You Know How They Work”
Thursday, May 1st • 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Mill Valley Middle School Library
Diane Provo, one of the Bay Area's most popular speakers on parenting issues, is back! On a topic of interest to parents of all of the District's students, Diane will discuss how your child's temperament affects learning and self worth, as well as the impact of your own temperament. Diane is an educational consultant who maintains an active consulting practice in the Bay Area and travels nationally to speak to a wide variety of audiences. She appears regularly on KRON TV's Weekend News show where she has a live parenting segment. Diane has taught special education classes in public and private schools and has coordinated special education programs. She also co-authored the books “Starting Blocks” and “Kids are Great… When You Know How They Work.” More details to come.
Parent Coffee
Wednesday, May 14th • 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
405 Wendy Way
Parents of children with learning differences face many challenges. Our coffees provide a chance for parents to share information and support each other. Please join us. If you have questions, please contact Caron Stapleton (caronstapleton@comcast.net, 383-1192).
Great News! Our Website is Up!
Thanks to the dedication of our board, It Takes a Village has launched its website, www.itavmv.org. Please check it out to learn how we can help you and your child. Information about our speaker events (including speaker notes and handouts), parent coffees, and playgroups is posted.
COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Mill Valley Library presents Author Ellen Klages
San Francisco author Ellen Klages, whose first novel, The Green Glass Sea (grades 5 through 8), won the prestigious Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 2007, will be speaking at the library on Friday, March 28 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity for kids to hear a funny and irreverent speaker talk about historical research, character development, novel writing, and maybe even the atom bomb. This book has been popular with students in fifth through eighth grade, and we recommend it highly to all kids looking for great historical fiction.
For more information, please call 415-389-4292 x106 or visit http://millvalleylibrary.org . To find out more about Ellen Klages and The Green Glass Sea, visit http://www.ellenklages.com/greenglasssea.html. |
