Board of Education

R1

This recommendation will not be implemented because it is neither warranted nor reasonable: • MUSD trustees are eligible to receive the same health benefits as MUSD employees. Trustees also receive a stipend of $250 per month for the duties they perform for the citizens in MUSD. It is very hard to retain veteran trustees and also hard to attract community members to run for positions on the MUSD Board of Education. Publicly elected trustees can volunteer over 20 hours a week on MUSD business, in addition to the two mandatory School Board meetings that trustees must attend and prepare for. • The budget for MUSD trustee travel and conference expenses was cut from the budget two years ago. At this time there are minimal monies available on a case-by-case basis for local training of trustees. With the complex compliance issues facing education and trustees, what is being recommended is a short-sighted solution to meet the cuts facing education. Trustees who are unable to personally afford to attend state and local conferences /trainings can unintentionally cost their districts many times the amount needed for trainings and travel with one bad decision. • MUSD trustees do not receive pension contributions

R3

This recommendation will not be implemented because it is neither warranted nor reasonable: • As stated above the MUSD Superintendent's salary is already below average for SCC. • Boards of Education are elected by their communities to oversee the education of their children. If a community feels that a Board or certain members of that Board are not doing their best, then the community has the right to contact the Board with their concerns and if needed be, to not re-elect members to the Board of Education. Ithas been the practice of the local newspaper to publish all the wages of MUSD employees, including the Superintendent's.

R4

This recommendation will not be implemented because it is neither warranted nor reasonable: • If the occasion occurs and there is aneed to find a Superintendent for MUSD, the past practice has been to not limit the Boards choices to in-house candidates or to personally recruit staff from neighboring districts. While in the past, the Board has chosen inside candidates to fill the Superintendents position (those choices have performed admirably), it would be presumptuous to conclude that there is no one outside the district who might do a better job. • For trustees to conduct a preliminary search with in a local area and to go through all the community process needed to hire such a valuable community leader, it would be a waste of time and money to not include all viable candidates for thejob.

R5

This recommendation will not be implemented because it is not warranted or is not responsible: • If all the districts in SCC used County Counsel then County Counsel would be overwhelmed and forced to contract out with private firms. • There are many different reasons that school districts hire law ftrms and the ability to choose ftrms based on their area of expertise, instead of relying on County Counsel on a subject they may not have much experience in does not seem advisable. There are many issues which districts face each year, such as personnel issues, Workers Comp, special education, etc. Itwould be advisable to ftnd attorneys that have more expertise in one area or another.