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The public portion of the meeting will begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Carol McClung Conference Center, 9430 B Lake St. in Lower Lake.
Agenda items include approval of the contract submitted by Brelje & Race for boundary recovery lines at Konocti Education Center and approval of the contract submitted by NSP3 for the playground replacement at Lower Lake Elementary School TK Center.
The board also will consider approval of the proposal submitted by Terraphase Engineering of Oakland required for the property located at 9775 Third St and a proposal submitted by Allied Universal for District Security.
In other business, the board will consider approval of the 2018 Developer Fee Justification Study as prepared by Jack Schreder & Associates and look at several change orders for projects including portable classrooms at Lower Lake Elementary.
Chief Operations Officer Michael McCarthy will give the board an update on the governor's 2018-19 budget proposal.
The board’s membership includes President Bill Diener, Clerk Herb Gura, and members Sue Burton, Mary Silva and Mitch Markowitz.
The full agenda can be found at http://konocti.agendaonline.net/public/.
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According to Kimberly Barden, manager of MCOE Educational Services and Student Events, “Schools that have sponsored Young Authors’ Fairs tell us this project enhances children's writing abilities and their appreciation of literature.”
This year’s grant recipients include: Arena Elementary, Brookside Elementary, Calpella Elementary, Dana Gray Elementary, Eel River Charter School, Frank Zeek Elementary, Laytonville Elementary and Middle School, Manchester Union Elementary, Potter Valley Elementary, Round Valley Elementary and Middle School, Willits Charter School, and Willits Elementary Charter School. Funding for each school is based on school size and the size and impact of the Youth Authors’ Fair event.
“We congratulate all the participating schools and can’t wait to read the students’ work,” Barden said.
For more information about the Youth Authors’ Fair program, contact Barden at 707-467-5100 or via email at
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This luncheon meeting will be at the Riviera Hills Restaurant, 10200 Fairway Drive, Kelseyville.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. A business meeting will be called to order at 10 a.m. to be followed by an informative program.
Lakeport attorney William “Bill” Kranz will address the group with a presentation titled, “Why Does a Trust Avoid Probate and Why is that a Good Thing?”
Kranz served four years in the Army in the Judge Advocate General Corps. He moved to Lake County in 1974 where he opened his law practice. He began specializing in estate planning in 1989.
Kranz’s presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.
All CalRTA members are invited to attend as well as recently retired teachers, family members or other interested individuals.
This is an opportunity to learn how the California Retired Teachers Association is working to protect the retirement and pensions of California teachers.
In addition the Lake County Chapter provides scholarships to students, grants to local teachers and supports education in Lake County in numerous other ways.
At the conclusion of the program, lunch will be served. The menu consists of roast pork loin, roasted potatoes, vegetables and dessert. Beverages are included. The cost of lunch is $15 per person, including tax.
Reservations and arrangements for transportation may be made by calling Gail at 707-278-0233.
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The Poetry Out Loud Final and Coastal Slam will be held Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in the Arena Theater.
The Pacific Coast Charter High School Tourmaline Reading will be held May 20 at 2 p.m. at the Coast Community Library.
The Countywide Slam will be held May 22 at 4 p.m. at the Mendocino High School Matheson Theater.
MCOE provides financial support that enables local students to benefit from the Poets in the Schools program, a program that has served California students since 1964.
The Poets in the Schools curriculum is offered to all Mendocino County high schools, and the program provides opportunities for youth to perform their work publicly as well as to see their poems published and broadcast over the airwaves. Some elementary and middle schools also use the poetry curriculum.
Kimberly Barden, manager of MCOE Educational Services and Student Events said, “Last year, we published the Mendocino County Youth Poetry Anthology: Heart of Bone. It was the culmination of hard work, explored emotions and thoughts, and courage to put what needed to be said on paper. All students and schools who participated received an anthology.”
Copies are available to view at county libraries and for purchase at https://goo.gl/Aozwf1 .
Local poets speak eloquently about the impact of this type of self-expression. Poet Karen Lewis said, “When a classroom falls into a silence and the only thing heard is the tap of pencils on paper, an amazing energy vibrates through the space. Young minds at work. Young hearts sorting out languages they need to create a path forward, to express dreams and possibilities. New images born. A deep sharing of selves. Excitement of ‘Ah-ha, I’ve found it.’”
Another poet, Dan Levinson, recalled an exercise in which students chose a favorite or worst moment to write about. One student wrote about a particularly fun night with friends, then being awakened by a text message. The line in the poem reads, “I see the text, there's been an accident, and he's gone.”
“This line is the only one in the poem that breaks the rhyme scheme, and what follows is an ending rhyming couplet,” Levinson said. “We might surmise that this is the first time that this student ever wrote about the loss. I would imagine it's the first poem [they] ever wrote about it anyway. It had only been three months since the loss, which shows great courage in confronting it, and shows how poetry can be cathartic in moving past – or through – a tragedy.”
“In all, Mendocino County Poetry in the Schools contributes immeasurably to the cultural life of everyone who calls Mendocino home,” said Poetry Out Loud Coordinator Blake More.
More thanked sponsors, which include the Mendocino County Office of Education, California Poets in the Schools, Arts Council of Mendocino/GASP Program, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Good Buy Clothes Point Arena, California Arts Council, Mendocino County Reading Council – Young Author’s Fair, Dana Gray Elementary School Parent Group, Hudson Family Trust, participating school site funds and individual donors.
For more information regarding local poetry slams, contact Blake More at 707-884-9189 or