Letter to the Community: January 9, 2020

• The School Board provides an update on January-February Finance Committee Meetings, Superintendent Search, Strategic Plan, College of Marin (COM) litigation, and the Bacich Construction Project (Spanish Version)

School Board Information

Board Meeting Highlights - January 14, 2020

Next Regular Board Meeting:

• Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 5-9 p.m., District Office, all are welcome to attend
• The agenda will be posted by 5 p.m. the Friday before the meeting
• 2019-2020 School Board meeting dates

District English Learners Advisory Committee Meeting

• Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 5:45-7 p.m., Bacich Library.
• School-age child care available.

Superintendent Search Information

Community Input Meeting: January 21, 2020, 5:30 p.m., Kent Library

The Kentfield School District wants to hear from you! Please join our to a District Community Meeting on January 21, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. in the Kent Library where you can provide feedback live in person with our search firm. We warmly welcome your participation and feedback in this important process.

Community Survey - available through January 23, 2020

We want to hear from you! Please fill out this online survey (available here in English and in Spanish) before January 23 and tell us what qualities you want to see in our future Superintendent. We also invite you to come to our Community Meeting on January 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Kent Library where you can provide feedback live in person with our search firm. We warmly welcome your participation and feedback in this important process.

Weekly meetings are underway to assist the board with its daunting task of balancing next year’s budget. All are welcome to attend, but if that is not an option, here is the annotated agenda with links to resources that provide relevant information. Feel free to add your questions or ideas to the linked google doc.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Liz Schott
Superintendent

The first interim budget report was presented by District Business Official Kirsten Starsiak at the December 12, 2019 School Board meeting. The district was able to certify to the county that we can meet our financial obligations for the next three years only after reducing $1 million in expenditures in next year’s projected budget.

The board has requested that an ad hoc Finance Committee meet through the month of January to produce a menu of possible expenditure reductions in time to produce a balanced 2020-21 budget.

• All meetings are from 4-5:30 p.m. in the District Office

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Monday, February 3, 2020

Monday, February 10, 2020

English Language Learner Resources and English Learners Website

Bacich ELAC Meeting: Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 8:30-9:30am, Bacich Room 12

• Free internet and computers
• Summer Camp Information
• Registration for Middle School
• Marin Enrichment