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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014_03_11 Board Minutes IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 BOARD OF TRUSTEES -- BUSINESS MEETING DISTRICT OFFICE BOARD ROOM -- 7:00 P.M. 690 JOHN ADAMS PARKWAY MARCH 11, 2014 Chairman Lisa Burtenshaw called the meeting to order and asked for a motion to go into Executive Session. Trustee Warden made a motion to go into Executive Session at 6:32 PM. Trustee Haws provided the second. A roll call vote was taken: Lisa Burtenshaw - yes Dave Lent – n/a (arrived later) Deidre Warden - yes Larry Haws - yes Bryan Zollinger – n/a (arrived later) EXECUTIVE SESSION Superintendent Boland, Carrie Smith and the Board of Trustees met in Executive Session pursuant to IDAHO CODE §67-2345 (1) b Personnel, (c) Negotiations and Property issues. Trustee Warden made a motion to return to Open Session. Trustee Haws provided the second. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration: Lisa Burtenshaw, Chair George Boland, Superintendent Dave Lent, Vice Chair Lisa Sherick, Assistant Superintendent Deidre Warden, Treasurer Trina Caudle, Assistant Superintendent Larry Haws, Clerk Gail Rochelle, Director of Student Achievement Bryan Zollinger, Trustee & School Improvement Camille Wood, Director of Technology Services Margaret Wimborne, Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator Debbie Wilkie, Recording Clerk Chairman Burtenshaw called the meeting to order at 7:25 PM. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Kyle Hinkson of Scout Troop 711. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY a.Volunteer of the Month Assistant Superintendent Lisa Sherick, on behalf of Principal Diana Molino, introduced Ethel Boyes PTO President Heidi Murray as the Volunteer of the Month. Mrs. Sherick shared that Heidi, and her husband Paul, have spent numerous hours volunteering at the school over the years, especially this year during the 3/11/2014 D91 Board Minutes Page 1 of 5 move into the new building. Heidi organized a garage sale after moving into the new building and the PTO was able to raise $5,500.00. Trustee Lent thanked Heidi and Paul for their support and presented Heidi with a certificate and a token of appreciation. b.Sunnyside Data Presentation, Principal Lance Lindley Superintendent Boland reviewed that building principals were asked to share with their colleagues a data presentation with regards to the current reality of their school. After seeing all of the presentations last month, it was apparent that we have some interesting situations across the district which he wanted to share with the Board. Principal Lindley showed a PowerPoint reviewing Sunnyside Elementary student demographics and some math and reading assessment data. The new data reports help teachers find out where each student is performing allowing teachers to provide more individualized instruction. The challenge at Sunnyside is meeting the needs of students who are achieving above their current grade level and having access to the higher level resources to meet those needs. Mr. Lindley stated the collaboration time has been very helpful in doing this but it will take time to make it happen. A discussion was held. Superintendent Boland added the most important thing is that we now have data we have not had previously to help indicate specifically where each individual student is performing. ADOPT AGENDA Trustee Warden made a motion to amend the agenda to add under the Consent Agenda item g. Staff Actions and under Action Items, remove item c. Employee 2013-2014D, correct item d. to read Employee 2013-2014 I and to add item e. Approve/Reject Sale of Erickson Modular Classroom. Trustee Haws provided the second. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Trustee Haws made a motion to adopt the agenda as amended. Trustee Lent provided the second. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. REPORTS/INPUT/INFORMATION a.Student Reports - Student Representatives shared information regarding activities and events taking place at their respective schools. Written reports, if provided, are attached. i.Compass Academy – Andrew Johnson ii.Idaho Falls High School – Aubrey Holt iii.Skyline High School – Rose Rammell iv.Emerson High School – No report b.Superintendent’s Report Superintendent Boland shared a copy of the letter received from Randle Fife, City Attorney, requested by the board at a previous meeting. The letter is an explanation of the legal basis upon which the City makes a determination of whether to install a full signal light at the intersection of Pancheri Drive and Grizzly Avenue as part of the City’s project to expand and improve Pancheri Drive. Superintendent Boland also reviewed a Special Programs and Elementary Staffing Plan for the 2014-2015 school year that the administration reconfigured to accommodate adequate classroom space in elementary schools throughout the district. The superintendent also reviewed district go-on rates as reported by the Idaho Education News, sponsored by the Albertson’s Foundation. Superintendent Boland stated he 3/11/2014 D91 Board Minutes Page 2 of 5 was bothered by the numbers reported for District 91 compared to the information he receives directly from the National Clearinghouse, the same source they reportedly used. Superintendent Boland stated he had contacted the editor about the discrepancies and was told they are in the process of getting new data from the office of the State Board and would be updating the information. The superintendent reviewed that whenever the public is looking at data it is important to understand the source of the data and ask how the data has been verified. He also stressed the importance of understanding the story behind the data and what it means. After receiving data for the past five years from the National Clearinghouse the go-on rate for both Idaho Falls and Skyline High School has never been below fifty percent but that is not what is being reported. A discussion was held. Chairman Burtenshaw asked that the Clearinghouse reports Superintendent Boland shared tonight be emailed to board members. c.Patron Input – written comments, if provided, are attached. Lynn MacAusland, concerned teacher, provided comments regarding the deadline for the senior portfolios and asked about the possibility of changing it in the future. That deadline is currently the last week of the second trimester along with finals and before a three-day weekend. Ms. MacAusland expressed that it would be helpful to move the deadline to the first week of the third trimester and after the three-day weekend. Mr. Suketu Gandhi, parent, provided comments regarding internal professional development for math. A written report is attached. d.IFEA Report – Lynn MacAusland reported. A written report is attached. e.Education Foundation Report – no report. f.Other Items – Board members reviewed calendar dates for the Mayor’s Scholarship Awards Dinner on thth March 18 and the Fifth Grade Patriotic Program on March 19 CONSENT AGENDA Trustee Zollinger made a motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. Trustee Haws provided the second. No discussion. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Items approved included: Approval of Minutes: February 11, 2014 Business Meeting February 18, 2014 Work Session Payment of Claims: i.February 2014 Bill List - $4,414,208.96 ii.January 2014 Representative Organization President Leave Invoice Staff Actions: Special Leave Request: Kimberly Allemeier nd 2 Grade 3/11/2014 D91 Board Minutes Page 3 of 5 Edgemont Gardens Elementary Student Travel: Skyline high School Journalism JEA and NSPA San Diego, California April 9-13, 2014 Idaho Falls High School Journalism JEA National High School Journalism Convention San Diego, California April 6-13, 2014 Early Graduation: Student 2013-2014D Sale of Surplus Items: Eagle Rock Surplus Items – 1 Wood Lathe, 1 Delta drill press, 1 AMP drill Press, 1 Jet drill press, Clamps, Welding helmets, DeWalt scroll saw, Smelter – to be discarded PROPOSALS a.Discontinue District 91 Driver’s Education Program Superintendent Boland reviewed the district has experienced difficulty in attracting and retaining driver education teachers. The district currently has no instructors and has had to cancel the spring session. It is the recommendation of the administration that with problems of finding instructors, management of the program and the number of private providers available the Driver’s Education Program be discontinued. A discussion was held. ACTION ITEMS a.Approve/Reject Modular Classroom Appraisals Superintendent Boland reviewed that a list of appraisals for the district-owned modular classrooms was provided in the board packet for review. This information needs to be entered into the minutes and is also helpful as others look at purchasing them. Trustee Lent made a motion approve the modular classroom appraisals as presented. Trustee Warden provided the second. No further discussion. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. b.Approve/Reject Appraisal for Property Located at 940 Garfield Superintendent Boland stated the property is the parking lot for the old Erickson building. A discussion was held regarding the address of the property as it faces Cleveland Street. A legal description for the portion of the property in question is noted in the appraisal. A discussion was held. Trustee Warden made a motion to approve the appraisal for the portion of the property located at 940 Garfield that has been appraised. Trustee Lent provided the second. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. 3/11/2014 D91 Board Minutes Page 4 of 5 c.Employee 2013-2014 I Trustee Haws made a motion to place Employee 2013-2014 I on probation as recommended by the administration. Trustee Lent provided the second. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays. Trustee Zollinger abstained since he was not present for the entire discussion during executive session. d.Approve/Reject Sale of Erickson Modular Classroom Superintendent Boland reviewed this is the modular unit located on the Erickson property that needs to be moved as soon as possible to complete demolition. The appraised value is $40,300.00. Bonneville School District 93 offered $10,000.00 and we countered back with $30,000.00 and the stipulation that it be moved off the property by April 1, 2014 which they accepted. Trustee Zollinger made a motion to approve the sale of the Erickson modular classroom as presented. Trustee Haws provided the second. No further discussion. Motion carried 5 ayes, 0 nays. Chairman Burtenshaw stated that the next regular meeting is on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at noon and with no further business called for a motion to adjourn. Trustee Warden made a motion to adjourn. Trustee Haws provided the second. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM. 3/11/2014 D91 Board Minutes Page 5 of 5 ,,..� - 1yC�ru '►5 o Mikayla Parsons o Possibly More • Cancer Fair made over$1,000 in donations from various activities. Accauhhiititi • Children's Books in Science,Fact, and Fiction • Are donating boot.. . i IF • BPA(Business Professionals of America) • 13A(Technology Student Association) o Took State for the+3rd year in a row. = . • Veteran's Voice 1 , • Library ofCcrlreSs ivte .rlti�uh. • Kiss Me Kate? • 1-losoitai PaintinE o Gavin Flowers o Kira Jenkins o Victoria Grant o Painted Winnie the Pooh carC S ATpra,c-Lice- ACT Imo- yr06\ g ss Skyline High School School Board Report 3/11/14 Canned food drive wrap up • We were able to collect 55,963 cans • Final shipment of cans came in last week and was delivered to the foodbank Drama Club's Presentation of the Crucible ran from 2/24-3/1 • All Junior English classes attended Bank of Idaho Art Contest • 11 students received recognition on their art pieces • mixed media, oil, acrylic Boys Basketball • "6th Man" created school unity • more consistent attendance at basketball games • continued through State Tournament, streaming the games between finals on THursday and Friday and on the hallway TV's • Positive Impact on our school as a whole r•-•%, eL3 PA- sit/be- (V 1►,npst�� k) 1 \L\ (\viiiiyiti ; \I , i 9 , , f„ ti. ,,,,...,.,2,„t,,,,,,,,,,.: T------------,---------,--- . .. . 1-------- - -- - '',. :It:•,-;-,I.410. - or\A if - WI'LI cJicx s ,. -.fur C,(0 cc A- ca11.644(._). 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II Practice/Graduation June 3rd and 4th. ■ Senior Ball (Sweethearts Dance) (2/15) ■ Memorial Day no school (5/26) I I I AP Testing (5/5-16) ■ Baccalaureate 7 pm at the Civic (6/1) Commencement Dance (5/10) n ACT Test 2/8, 4/12, & 6/14 Lagoon (5/23) • Spring Break (5/24-28) Graduate Project Presentations (4/22-24) Herff Jones presentation (1/30), Ordering Fest (2/4-5) Jazz Band (19), Orchestra(22), Choir(28) Band (29) OState: Track, Baseball (15,16,17), Tennis, Softball Awards Ceremony (5/21) State Golf Last day for seniors! (5/30) All night graduation party. Commencement 7:30 pm Civic Please see other side for detailed information. April: Complete Senior survey-This includes requests for final transcripts to be sent to the College Or institution of your choice April-May: Notify Colleges of your acceptance or rejection of their offer of admission and financial aid by May 1St May: Fill out and return Final Transcript Request to Counseling Center if you didn't indicate college of choi senior survey. You will not be allowed to register for Second Semester classes at college if they don't have a Final Transcript(one that shows all grades and graduation date). May: All grades from correspondence, dual enrollment, or any other outside source must be submitted (Publication of program and grad list) May: Deadline for Correspondence Exams. All Independent Study courses for BYU and other correspondence classes must be completed May 30: Seniors attend ALL classes and complete check-out procedures. June 1st: Baccalaureate in the Civic Auditorium 7pm Sunday attire/NO caps& gowns. There is no reserved seating and families are invited. No tickets are necessary June 3: Graduation Practice (cap only)in the Civic Auditorium 1:00-3:00 Tickets Distributed at practice. Panoramic Picture in the gym at 3:00 p.m. June 4: Graduation practice (cap &gown) in the Civic Auditorium 9:00-11:00 IF Photo after practice (cap &gown) in Gym 11:00 Senior Sob assembly in Gym 1 from 11:15-1:00 p.m. Commencement Ceremony in the Civic Auditorium 7:30 p.m. (ARRIVE 15-30 MINUTES EARLY) June 4 &5: Graduation Party /-**• SPECIAL NOTES OF INTEREST: Each senior will receive four tickets for Commencement at practice. All seating will be reserved seating. Requests for extra tickets may be submitted,in writing by a parent to the secretary in the main office beginning April 1st. Extra seating in the auditorium is NOT GUARANTEED. Overflow seating will be available in the Little Theater for closed-circuit viewing. Graduation gowns are rental gowns again this year. Return your gown to the designated room after Commencement in exchange for your diploma. Caps may be recycled if you want to do so. If you haven't ordered your cap& gown, please contact Herff-Jones at 552-9881. Feb 4-5: Herff Jones Order Fest at IFHS Feb. 4th,4pm-7pm in the library&Feb. 5th, during lunch in the library The Graduation party is sponsored by the parents and the community. Everyone is invited-there will be great prizes,food and activities. More information to follow LAGOON TRIP: The trip will be on May 23rd . The cost will be DETERMINED IN APRIL which includes the bus and Lagoon ticket. The money and the permission slip (which will available in May),signed by a parent,must be turned into the office no later than 3:30 p.m. on May 16th . Students must ride the bus...no private vehicles will be allowed at Lagoon. Lagoon A Beach will NOT be open on our Lagoon Day. Est. Cost$50 plus food &passport. Senior Sneak Day? There is no such thing. Seniors have no school on June 2nd and the Senior Trip on May 2, Senior Sob Assembly(slide show): Please email your photos to the following address: 2014seniorsob@gmail.com IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT#91 PUBLIC INPUT SHEET Guidelines for Patron Involvement in School Board Meetings School Board meetings are meetings of the elected Board of Trustees held in public for the purpose of conducting the business of the Board. Patron input is invited during board meetings on the following basis: To request to speak to the Board of Trustees: In order to be recognized, the patron must sign and complete the Public Input portion below prior to the beginning of the meeting. The Public Input Sheet should be located on a table at the back of the boardroom. Patrons will be recognized by the Chairman of the Board. Public input should not exceed three minutes. The Board will listen to public input without comment except to ask germane questions. Expressions must be appropriate to the public setting. Discussion of personnel matters or personal attacks are not appropriate. Board Policy 506.0 item 5 states that complaints against a particular teacher or District employee shall be in writing. The contract between District 91 and the teacher's association, as well as traditional concepts of the due process of law, require that the affected employee be notified of a written complaint. The Chair has the authority to control the meeting whenever necessary. PUBLIC INPUT SHEET Name: Ln itac/6 (Art. Date: 3 I I Address: ��u, hi, L) �(� Phone: "'/ 4/'�, fiZ � E-Mail Address: 1 n �, l� lvvN (/�/� V1/1-0,. 1 1 ' C V 1v l Do you have children attending School District #9i-se Dols? I\ 0 If so, which schools do your students attend: ``RR ( 41-1) CSCTopic: Y r".7)---1) I t/ s—.. 5/16/2008 IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT#91 PUBLIC INPUT SHEET IV Guidelines for Patron Involvement in School Board Meetings School Board meetings are meetings of the elected Board of Trustees held in public for the purpose of conducting the business of the Board. Patron input is invited during board meetings on the following basis: To request to speak to the Board of Trustees: • In order to be recognized, the patron must sign and complete the Public Input portion below prior to the beginning of the meeting. The Public Input Sheet should be locoted on a table at the back of the boardroom. Patrons will be recognized by the Chairman of the Board. Public input should not exceed three minutes. The Board will listen to public input without comment except to ask germane questions. Expressions must be appropriate to the public setting. Discussion of personnel matters or personal attacks are not appropriate. Board Policy 506.0 item 5 states that complaints against a particular teacher or District employee shall be in writing. The contract between District 91 and the teacher's association, as well as traditional concepts of the due process of law, require that the affected employee be notified of a written complaint. ik The Chair has the authority to control the meeting whenever necessary. PUBLIC INPUT SHEET Name: kL 64 4L I Date: 3 i(1 Jziq Address: ��( 7 it S� Phone: E-Mail Address: &.„.46,i 0 tga co h.. Do you have children attending School District #91 schools? YD'S If so, which schools do your students attend: kl e4 5(-)t Topic: ‘_ ek., -g/ 4,2A e DT t"--e ` `Ci fl-t- iI 5/16/2008 Suketu Gandhi's Comment on the Need for Internal Professional Development March 11, 2014 The Board has frequently heard about the credible ways to improve quality of mathematics education. In this regards, the textbooks, workbooks and supplementary books play a significant role. At the moment, they are working through the evaluation process. Equally important is the equal access to the quality mathematics education. To do this, the professional development of teachers plays a significant role to ensure in the delivery of quality education. Professional development that we have in mind goes beyond the textbooks. Many, but not all, textbook publishers provide professional development, but it is limited to the content of their textbooks. However, additional professional development is needed to change the prevailing teaching culture. In the new culture, students would be asked questions that provoke thinking, and students would give presentation on how to solve complex problems, or identify the stumbling block. This way, every student gets insights into the specific strategies to solve the problems or learn additional math tricks that they may not have realized. The answers to complex problems do not result from randomly guessing numbers. In normal cases, students would give up solving problems as they are either too tedious, or difficult to obtain solutions with ease. To solve these types of problems, students have to ask the right questions, extract maximum information from the given statement. Through this process, they learn how to crack a problem and derive the solution through reasoning. It is about correctly deriving computational procedures, like division, or showing relationships between different topics, like using fractions to aid in quick computations. At the moment, the formidable problems, and additional topics not covered in textbooks are limited to the teachers who understand the mathematical concepts behind them. When the teachers' professional development is ongoing during the academic year, it means that every teacher would know about them, and would be in a position to deliver formidable problems to their students. When students are engaged with formidable problems, they are on the trajectory to gain the needed mathematical maturity. When students have the needed mathematical maturity, they will know the materials, and not need to prepare for the standardized test. This way, valuable time is spent on learning and solving complex problems, instead of learning how to win the test game. When they take standardized test to assess their mathematical level, they will do well. This is the goal that we all want to realize. In Singapore, it is a reality. Now the time has come to for this to become a reality in the School District 91. Impact of the professional development will be realized when non-standard complex problems become available to the students on routine basis. The teachers will be in position to offer challenging problems when they develop a capability to handle them. Among the problems that students need to experience in the elementary grades include the magic triangle, the magic squares, sum of the angles in certain shapes and derivations of simple concept of adding sequences of numbers, like the young Carl Friedrich Gauss, or mental computations such as squaring of a number, or finding a square root of a number without using a calculator. When these types of problems are solved in front of the students on routine basis, they gain learning experiences that go beyond the Mathematics Common Core. This sets them on a trajectory to be prepared for AP Calculus BC as early as grade 11. Both college and non-college bound professions, such as STEM curriculum, and machine shop work would need calculus. 1 ri Potential topics that teachers would gain through „ iv ,,, right han internal professional development on mathematics. 1) Counting. Using marks (or boxes) on the fingers aids • 1 in counting. This way students learn addition & 6 j subtractions is through counting, and complete exercises with in a reasonable time. If students rely 3 • on fingers or other objects for counting, it takes them VI 0 a longer time to solve addition and subtraction problems. (At the present, students use only fingers , e-. - .,-- for counting in grade l.) - ,' When students count this way, it is faster. When they do addition through counting frequently, they learn ,-,-,\( addition and subtraction facts. 2) The so-called magic triangle. Place a number 1-6 only once so that the ^ sumof thethree numbers on each side of the triangle is e ual. (The o q problem is cracked by identifying implicit information provided.) o 0 Through this, students learn about a number of possible answers. The computation is not difficult. ED (II) CIII) 40. S i \ Scale A Scale B Scale C Draw the correct number of (Don the right side of Scale C so that it is balanced. 1 4) Complete the number sentence using numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 only once: n + + _ + + = + + (Note that there are multiple solution.) 5) Complete the number sentence using numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 only once: + — _ + — _ + — (Note that there are multiple solution.) 6) The so-called magic square problem. Use 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 only once in each of the square at the right. The numbers should be placed in such a way so that the sum of three numbers is the same in each of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal directions. (This is appropriate for 4-6th grade. The solution to this problem is easily determined through reasoning and extraction of implicit information.) 7) Given the triangle of odd numbers, and assume that this pattern 1 3 5 continues, which row would contain 361? (There are multiple 7 9 11 ways to find the answers.) 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 • • . . • • . • . 8) What is the sum of the vertex angles (marked black) in the triangle .4. adjoining the pentagon (on the left). Does the sum of the angles depends on whether the pentagon is regular? (This problem is suitable for the frA students 5a`amd 6t'grade.) 9)What is the sum of the following sequence of numbers: 1 +2+3 +4+ ... + 96 +97 +98 +99+ 100 = ? 10)Showing the connection between equal grouping and efficient division procedure. When this is taught, students realize it how to use it, and when how to use partial sum method to do mental division calculations. 11) Showing the connection between multiplication of whole number and fraction and decimals. For example, 25x35 =4 x100 = 8 3/4 x100 = 875. This topic is neglected in many books. 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