ROSS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WEEKLY UPDATE
Week Ending Friday, September 18, 2015
2015-16 Important Dates / Mark Your Calendars
Holiday / No School (All District Sites Closed)
 Veteran’s Day: Wednesday, November 11
Board Meetings - General Information
Meeting Location: All meetings are held at the District Office, Conference Room, 110 Shaw Drive, San Anselmo, CA 94960 unless otherwise noticed.
Please check the District Agenda Online website (see link below) for the start time and agenda topics.
Posting Agendas & Board Packet Information:
Regular Meeting Agendas: Posted 72 hours prior to the meeting date/time.
Special Meeting Agendas: Posted 24 hours prior to the meeting date/time.
Date/Start Time/Location: All meetings are held on Tuesday events starting at 7pm unless otherwise notice. Meeting dates, times & locations are
subject to change up to 72 hours prior to each regular meeting.
Agenda & Supporting Documents: Click on the link: http://tinyurl.com/rvsdboard
Information Available at Meetings: Only copies of the board meeting agenda will be provided at meetings. If you want a copy of a specific item or
back-up documents, please send an email to the District Office by Monday, 2:00pm, the day before the meeting.
Questions / Who to Contact: Cynthia Stoeckley, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent (Tel.415. 454.2162 ext 103 or email at
cstoeckley@rossvalleyschools.org.
2015-16 Regular Board Meetings
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October – December 2015
October 6 & 20
November 10
December 1 & 15
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
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Attached are the approved minutes for the RVSD Board of Trustee meeting held on September 1, 2015
Minutes for the September 15 board meeting will be reviewed on October 6, 2015.
You can also access minutes by logging on to Agenda Online using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/rvsdboard
Site Specific Events / Happenings (Check with sites for specifics)
For a complete listing of all site activities, please refer to individual site websites (links below):
- Brookside: http://rossvalleyschools.org/index.php/brookside/brooksidecalendar
- Hidden Valley: http://rossvalleyshcools.org/index/php/hiddenvalleycalendar
- Manor: http://rossvalleyschools.org/index/pjp/manorcalendar
- Wade Thomas: http://rossvalleyschools.org/index/pjp/wadethomascalendar
- White Hill: http://rossvalleyschools.org/index/pjp/whitehillcalendar
YES Foundation Board Meetings (Held at the District Office, 110 Shaw Drive, SA)
October 14 / November 18 / January 20 / February 10 / March 9 / April 20 / May 11 / June 8
DISCLAIMER: The Ross Valley School District neither endorses nor sponsors any of the following notices, organizations,
camps, groups, and/or activities listed below.
National Preparedness Month Has Begun!
Consider a visit to http://readymarin.org/ & http://ready.gov/ for updated content. #NatlPrep. This year’s theme is “Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make
Your Emergency Plan Today.” Each week will focus on a different type of emergency and how you and your family can prepare. Don’t forget to be
counted by adding your preparedness activity to the America’s PrepareAthon! Website www.ready.gov/prepare.
• Week 4: September 14-26 Power Outage
• Week 5: September 27-30 Lead up to National PrepareAthon! Day (September 30)
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For more details about National Preparedness Month, visit: www.ready.gov/september. #NatlPrep / Marin County Sheriff Office of Emergency
Services: http://marinsheriff.org/about.aspx?gi_id=46
Learn How to Prepare for Emergencies at Free Library Program
Are you prepared to survive in your house for 5-7 days after an emergency? The Fairfax Library is offering "Get Ready: Emergency Preparedness"
on Thursday, September 17 from 7:00-8:30pm. Attendees will learn how to create a family plan, an evacuation checklist, and strategies to keep
families safe before, during and after a disaster. Maggie Lang of ReadyMarin will present this free program. Space is limited; please call 415-4538151 to register. For more information contact Margaret Miles, Fairfax Branch Manager.
Community Links
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San Anselmo Recreation Department Afterschool Enrichment Classes at Ross Valley Schools: www.sananselmorecreation.org
Town of San Anselmo News: www.townofsananselmo.org.
PATCH: - http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com
Safe Routes to School: http://www.saferoutestoschools.org/
School/Pool/Marin: www.School/Pool/Marin.org!
San Anselmo After School: www.sananselmopreschool.org
Shots for School Website: www.shotsforschool.org
Friends of the Town Books – San Anselmo Library Used Book Store: All proceeds benefit the San Anselmo Library. Hours: Tues, Thurs., & Sat.,
from 10am to 4pm. Location: 411 San Anselmo Ave., Ste. 105, San Anselmo, CA
Programs/Camps/Sports/Theatre/Before & After School Programs
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San Anselmo Recreation Department Afterschool Enrichment Classes at Ross Valley Schools: For more information or to sign-up on
line, visit the website at www.sananselmorecreation.org. Questions: Contact the San Anselmo Recreation Department Telephone:
415.258.4640 / Fax: 415.455.8229.
Totally Super Awesome Really Really Fun Run – Sunday, September 30, 2015, Start Time 9am at Memorial Park: Join us for a family
friendly super hero themed 5K or 1mile (mostly flat road course) Run/Walk Event to encourage friends, neighbors and community to get out and
be healthy and active together. All ages/All abilities welcomed. White Hill students run for free with a paid adult – Use Code “Wildcats”. For
more information please visit the website at www.SuperAwesomeFunRun.com or visit the Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/SuperAwesomeFunRun.com.
Marin Theatre Company Fall Classes: MTC’s Drama Conservatory is an experiential program for students entering grades 4-9. Students are
immersed in acting, movement, vocal techniques and scene study; the program culminates in end-of-term showcase recitals in the Lieberman
Theater at Marin Theatre Company. For more information on courses offered please contact Ashleigh Worley, Education Program Manager, at
415.322.6026 or email ashleighw@marintheatre.org or visit the website at www.marintheatre.org.
Trackers Earth is expanding in Marin! Trackers Earth exists to re-create a village of people connected through community and the land. Join us for primitive
outdoors skills, wildlife experiences and homesteading crafts. Visit our website at www.trackersbay.com to find out about our new after-school, Rangers
Apprenticeship, and Mariners Apprenticeship offerings.
Marin Girls Chorus! In our 28th season of bring music education to K-12 girls in Marin County: Deadline for fall semester is September 30th. Grades K-3
Classes begin week of September14th (Mondays in Larkspur, Tuesdays in San Anselmo, Wednesdays in San Rafael, and Thursdays in Novato) and Grades 413 classes began on September 3 (Thursdays in San Rafael). For enrollment information: Website: www.marinchorus.org / Email: info@marinchorus.org /
Phone: (415) 827.7335.
After School Tennis Programs at Canyon Swim & Tennis Club: Group classes Tuesday through Thursday / Junior League Team Monday
and Friday, and Red Ball Team Thursday and Saturday. For registration information: Call Erik Johansson at (415) 456.9217.
North Bay Science Discovery Day, Saturday, October 24 from 10:30am to 4:00pm: The North Bay Science Discovery Day is a free annual
event designed to inspire children to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers. Last year, over 10,000 people
attended Discovery Day at Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. The event has free admission, free parking and an incredible array
of fun, interactive exhibits with hands-on games and experiments including robotics, animals, microbes, DNA and much more. Our
exhibitors are not allowed to sell any items as we want this to be an event that ALL children can enjoy equally. For more information:
http://bayareascience.org.
Public Announcements / Workshops / Etc.
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Water Conservation Workshop for Ross Valley Community: Rainwater Gardens and Catchment Systems! – Saturday Oct. 24, 10am-1pm at the San
Domenico Garden (Western end of campus): Brought to you by the County of Marin, Marin Resource Conservation District, MMWD, San Domenico School,
and the Sleepy Hollow Creek Committee: During times of severe drought, we should all be considering affordable and innovative ways to conserve water by
adhering to the motto, “Slow it, Spread it, Sink it”! Come join Sarah Phillips, the Urban Streams Coordinator for Marin Resource Conservation District (RCD),
Dan Carney, the Water Conservation Manager with Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) and Shelley Flint, Director of Sustainability at San Domenico
School to learn about rainwater harvesting and MMWD’s water conservation rebate program for its residential customers. We will be demonstrating basic
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rainwater harvesting installation with a 50 gallon rain barrel and the installation of a rain garden that allows rainfall to slowly percolate into the ground,
recharging the water table. Rain gardens are areas of landscaping that collect runoff from rain that in turn filter it and release it into the ground. These garden
areas can absorb significant amounts of water greater than a lawn of equivalent size! Please come join us! Limited space is available. Sign up online for this
FREE class today at www.SanDomenico.org/gardenseries. Children welcome! Complimentary supervised garden activities will be available. Questions:
Contact Sarah at 415.663.1171 x302 or sarah@marinrcd.org.
A message from ROSS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Dear RVSD Community,
As we now have a number of yellow school busses traveling daily through Ross Valley, the Central Marin Police Authority wants to remind everyone
of the specific laws related to school busses and in particular, how drivers must react to them when busses are stopped at the side of the road.
Please take just a moment to read the attached message from the Central Marin Police Authority, so you are updated and familiar with these rules.
Feel free to share this information with your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers.
Thank you, Ross Valley School District
Central Marin Police Authority: School Bus Laws: With the school year now in session, the Central Marin Police want to remind all drivers that they are
required to stop for the stop sign on a school bus. The fine for violation of California vehicle code section 22454 (a) CVC is $680 for failure to
stop for a school bus with flashing signals. The DMV point for violation of section 22454 (a) CVC is 1 point. 22454. (a) The driver of any vehicle,
upon meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus equipped with signs as required in this code, that is stopped for the purpose of
loading or unloading any schoolchildren and displays a flashing red light signal and stop signal arm, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of
Section 25257, if equipped with a stop signal arm, visible from front or rear, shall bring the vehicle to a stop immediately before passing the school
bus and shall not proceed past the school bus until the flashing red light signal and stop signal arm, if equipped with a stop signal arm, cease
operation.
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