Community Corner

SVUSD Raising Mileage Reimbursement, Setting Travel Budget

The school board convenes Tuesday for its last meeting until September.

Only consent items—topics typically approved in one fell swoop without discussion—are on the agenda for the Saddleback Valley Unified School District's meeting Tuesday.

The board will convene at 6:15 p.m. in the board room at the district office, 25631 Peter A. Hartman Way in Mission Viejo. Although the public session officially begins at 5:15 p.m., the board will immediately go into closed session until 6:15 p.m.

Among the items on Tuesday's agenda:

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  • $15,000 annual travel and conference budget for the SVUSD board
  • Receiving a Community Block Development Grant from the city of Lake Forest for $7,781 for the district's Child Care Department
  • Four extended field trips for SVUSD high schools, including a cross country running team trip to Fresno for El Toro High, two Model United Nation trips for Laguna Hills High and a cross country trip to Stanford for Trabuco Hills High
  • Upping the district's mileage reimbursement from 51 cents to 55.5 cents per mile, bringing it in line with the Internal Revenue Service's standard business rate for July 1 through Dec. 31

Unless a time-sensitive issue arises later, this will be the board's last meeting of the summer. The next scheduled meeting is Sept. 13, also at 6:15 p.m., same location.


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