NEWPORT-MESA SCHOOL BOARD WRAP-UP

-- Danette Goulet

* ISSUE: Facilities Master Plan Update and decision to have an updated

appraisal of Banning and Balearic sites conducted.

* ACTION: Approved, 7-0

* SUMMARY: Facilities committee chair Mark Schultheis updated board

members on the committee’s progress, informing them of the group’s final

meeting on Thursday. The board followed staff recommendations to hire

real estate appraiser Stephen White to appraise both properties for the

sum of $7,500.

* ISSUE: The Orange County Water District is considering the installation

of a well on the Mesa Verde site.

* ACTION: Approved, 7-0

* SUMMARY: The water district expressed a desire to put a well on the

Mesa Verde site, which would be used to measure chlorine content and

monitor the sea levels. There will be a public hearing Jan. 11 to allow

the public an opportunity to comment.

* ISSUE: Guidelines and standards for the high school graduation

requirements.

* ACTION: No action

* SUMMARY: Jamie Castellanos, assistant superintendent of secondary

education, presented information to the board on the three graduation

standards that become effective with the class of 2003. Each new area --

community service, technology proficiency and senior presentation -- had

its own committee made up of teachers, parents, students and

administrators. Those committees developed the guidelines. The board

asked that many areas be better defined, especially in the area of

community service.

* ISSUE: Nominations for the California School Boards Association

delegate assembly for 2000.

* ACTION: No action

* SUMMARY: The delegate assembly is the primary policymaking body of the

association. There are seven upcoming vacancies in Orange County Region

15. Board members Judy Franco, Martha Fluor, Wendy Leece and Serene

Stokes all expressed interest in serving on the assembly in the upcoming

year. Fluor and Franco currently serve on the assembly.