lbenjamin
February 7th, 2022
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2.7.22 Community Connections
Dear NUSD Community,
BIG CONGRATULATIONS NHS WRESTLING TEAM-MCAL CHAMPS! WAY TO GO!
Our students continue to shine! Congrats to the Coaching Staff, Rafael Ayala, Robert Barkus, and Jon Anger too!
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Board Workshop
Saturday, February 5, 2022, was a most productive day of reflection, refinement, and planning for the remainder of the year. Trustees had a board workshop which started with the mid-year Superintendent evaluation regarding progress toward intended achievement of district goals. That portion of the meeting was followed by the most critical reflection, AB 1200 Fiscal Oversight by Marin County Office of Education. Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools, reviewed with the Trustees the established agreements between MCOE and NUSD to receive positive budget rating for 2022-23, which were set last spring and early fall 2021.
Mary Jane and her team began working with NUSD in May 2021 when budget concerns surfaced due to a structural budget deficit which included declining enrollment, increases in pension costs the state no longer covered, and overall deficit spending. MCOE oversees all districts’ budgets in Marin County based on legislation known as AB 1200 in order to secure fiscal responsibility in districts countywide.
Trustees reviewed the agreements with Mary Jane to determine our compliance in order to receive a positive budget rating from MCOE.
The good news is that we are tracking on our AB 1200 MCOE Fiscal Oversight Agreements established with MCOE. We are hoping the state will grant “hold harmless” for Average Daily Attendance (ADA) for this school year, that would help tremendously with moving toward a 97% attendance rate.
It was a positive Board of Trustees Workshop on February 5, 2022 to track our compliance and accomplishments. I hope this helps with understanding the AB 1200 Fiscal Oversight for NUSD by MCOE and the conditions NUSD needs to meet in order to get an approved, positive certification for our upcoming budget cycle for 2022-23.
We appreciate MCOE Oversight and support for a positive budget certification.
Respectfully,
Jan La Torre-Derby, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Novato Unified School District
1015 7th Street
Novato, CA 94945
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This press release was produced by the Novato Unified School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
