HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WRAP-UP

Andrew Wainer

ISSUE: INDEPENDENT CONTRACT AGREEMENTS

Vote: 5-0

Summary: The board approved two new independent contracts Tuesday

-- one for psychologist Peter Ruthernbeck, the other for speech

pathologist Nine Welch.

Ruthernbeck bills the district $125 per hour for his services. The

district will limit his expenditures to $4,000.

Welch is licensed by the state in speech pathology and has obtained her

certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech/Language and

Hearing Assn. She will develop and monitor programs for moderately to

severely disabled students with language difficulties. She bills the

district $85 per hour for her services. The district will also limit

expenditures for her services to $4,000.

ISSUE: MARIAN BERGESON AWARD

Vote: 5-0

Summary: The board voted to consider nominations for the Marian Bergeson

Award to recognize trustees.

The award was created by the Orange County School Boards Assn. in 1974

and is awarded every year to a trustee who provided outstanding governing

board service. The deadline for submissions is March 3, and the winner

will be honored at an awards ceremony May 3. No Huntington Beach trustee

has ever won.