Ocean View School District

Board of Trustees

In 2007-2008, Ocean View will continue the theme: Charting the Course - Success for All. As in the past, we are concentrating on the processes that promote academic growth and have established two primary goals:

To increase student achievement through an assessment-driven, standards-based instructional program.
To effectively utilize the instructional day and year to increase student success.

We are pleased to invite you to attend meetings of the Ocean View School District Board of Trustees. Your attendance shows you care about education and take an interest in your local schools.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Ocean View School District is to provide all our students with a high-quality educational program which:

Meets their individual intellectual, social, emotional, and physical health needs;
Creates a school environment that will best promote learning necessary for each student to acquire maximum knowledge and experience; and
Fosters in each student a feeling of personal worth and a philosophy that encompasses worthy moral and ethical values, and sustains a growing awareness of our interdependence with society and the environment.

We Listen To Your Concerns

All regular meetings of the Board of Trustees include "public comments." The Board values this opportunity to listen to the concerns of parents, students and other community members.

If you wish to speak at a Board meeting, please fill out the "Ocean View School District Oral Communications to the Board" form and submit it to the Superintendent’s Secretary prior to the start of open session. Due to time constraints, speakers must limit the total of their remarks to three (3) minutes.

If a speaker turns in a request to address the Board after the start of open session, the speaker will have an opportunity to speak during "Requests from the Audience to Speak" at the close of the meeting.

Legally, the Board may discuss, but not take action on, topics brought up under this section of the agenda. The Board may refer items to the administration for follow-up or place topics on a future Board agenda.

Our Agenda

Agendas are provided at the Board meeting. A copy of the Board meeting agenda is posted on the District’s web site (www.ovsd.org) prior to the close of business on the Friday preceding the meeting. A copy of the agenda and support materials are available for review at the District office.

Our Meetings

Regular Board Meetings: All meetings are normally held at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room (Building A). A schedule of our meetings is posted on the District’s web site (www.ovsd.org).

Special Meetings: When a special meeting is necessary, public notice is given at least eighteen hours prior to the meeting.
Study Session: In these sessions, certain reports and topics are considered by the Board in greater detail than is possible at regular meetings. No official action is taken at study sessions.
Closed Session: By law, in accordance with Government Code Section 54957, closed sessions may be called to discuss certain personnel actions, student discipline cases, contract negotiations, some property transactions, and for consultation with attorneys on pending litigation.

All meetings of the Board are open to the public except those specifically exempted by law.

How We Are Elected

The Board consists of five school district residents who serve overlapping terms of four years each. The Board is elected during local elections held every two years on the first Tuesday in November. Any registered voter who lives in the Ocean View School District may vote in school election.

What We Do

As Trustees of the Ocean View School District, we are responsible for setting educational policies consistent with state and federal laws governing public education.

As representatives of the electorate, we are committed to adopting programs which meet the educational objectives of the community. In addition, we are responsible for the District’s resources. As the Board of Trustees, we work as concerned citizens for the improvement of our public schools.

A quorum of three Board members is needed to conduct official school district business. The Superintendent and Administrative staff are present at Board meetings to provide reports and background information.

Minutes are recorded at every meeting. Proposed minutes are available for public perusal within ten days after the meeting. Approved minutes are available following the meeting in which the Board approves them.

Administration of the District is delegated to a professional administrative staff headed by the Superintendent.