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At Velvet Turtle Restaurant, 2020 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, on
Tuesday, February 11, 1986 at 6:30 PM.
Special Joint Meeting
San Rafael City Council
San Rafael Board of Education:
Present on behalf of
City Council:
Absent:
Present on behalf of
Board of Education:
Others Present: Pamela J. Nicolai,
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Lawrence E. Mulryan, Mayor
Dorothy L. Breiner, Councilmember
Richard Nave, Councilmember
Jerry Russom, Councilmember
Gary R. Frugoli, Councilmember
Janie Teitelbaum, President
Dave Capitolo, Trustee
Gladys Gilliland, Trustee
Bruce Scott, Trustee
Gary Pollack
City Manager/Deputy City Clerk and
Nancy Dalton, Scool Superintendent
The joint meeting with the San Rafael City Council and San Rafael Board of
Education was held to discuss the following issues:
1. Day Care Programs and Funding
2. Traffic in San Rafael
3. Marin County Athletic League
4. Demographic Projections
5. Recreation Programs
The meeting focused on the problem of immigrant children in the San Rafael
School District.
City agreed to look into getting state money for scholarships for day care
latchkey youngsters. Currently, only $30,000 is provided countywide.
Discussion was held concerning a bike path along Andersen Drive from the
Canal area to Davidson Middle School. City to research whether the
improvements along Bellam Boulevard will eliminate the bike path on Bellam.
The City Council was advised by the School District that there is an
increasing number of immigrants (mostly Hispanic and Southeast Asian
refugees) enrolling in the District's schools who do not speak English. It
was noted that many of these students do not have competency in their own
language and that special education is needed in Gallinas, Coleman and Bahia
Vista elementary schools. It was also pointed out that San Rafael High
School has 30 languages spoken by students in the home.
Trustee Bruce Scott stated that money used to educate these children comes
out of the general fund and Coleman School Principal Howlett added that
there are some children who have never been to school.
Mayor Mulryan and School Board President Teitelbaum agreed to sign a letter
addressing Representative Barbara Boxer on the fact that San Rafael is a
focal point of refugees and that federal programs should not be cut, such as
programs for non-English speaking students and school lunches for needy
pupils and indicating that the Gramm-Rudman bill should not apply to
education.
Pamela J. Nidolai, City Manager/
Deputy City Clerk
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