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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015_03_11 Board Minutes� DA 0III L LS S C 0 0 L D � S IIU.... III � C IIU.... III BOARD OF TRUSTEES -- BUSINESS MEETING DISTRICT OFFICE BOARD ROOM -- 7:00 P.M. 690 JOHN ADAMS PARKWAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 Present from the Board of Trustees: Lisa Burtenshaw, Chair Dave Lent, Vice Chair Larry Haws, Clerk Excused: Trustee Deidre Warden Trustee Bryan Zollinger (arrived later) Present from the Administration: George Boland, Superintendent Carrie Smith, Director of HR & Finance Dan Keck, Director of Student Services Margaret Wimborne, Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator Debbie Wilkie, Recording Clerk Board Chair Lisa Burtenshaw called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by IFEA President Angela Gillman. ADOPT AGENDA Trustee Lent made a motion to amend the agenda to include item VI. Executive Session per Idaho Code 67-2345 (1) (b) personnel, (c) negotiations, and to remove item ii. Representative Organization President's Leave Invoice under section III. Consent Agenda. Trustee Haws provided the second. Motion carried 3 ayes, 0 nays. Trustee Haws made a motion to adopt the agenda as amended. Trustee Lent provided the second. Motion carried 3 ayes, 0 nays. REPORTS/INPUT/INFORMATION a. Student Reports -Student Representatives provided information about activities and events taking place at their respective schools. Written reports, if provided, are attached. L IFHS — Shaelyn Stohl ii. Emerson — No report. iii. SHS — No report. iv. Compass Academy — No report. b. Superintendent's Report - a written copy is attached. c. Patron Input — Mr. Suketu Gandhi provided input regarding public confidence in the school system and secondary math curriculum. Written comments are attached. d. IFEA Report— President Angela Gillman reported • 16 representatives are planning to attend the Delegate Assembly meeting in Boise on April 10- 11,2015 03/11/2015 D91 Board Minutes Page 1 of 3 • Angela stated she and Supt. Boland had a conversation about starting negotiations, for non - monetary items, prior to the completion of this legislative session since there is talk of a late finish this year. e. Education Foundation Report — Program Director Marilou Hart provided a written report to share with the Board tonight, she was ill and not able to attend tonight. A copy is attached. f. Other Items i. Budget Status Report — a printout of the monthly budget -to -actual report was provided in the board packet for review. ii. District Musical — The district musical, The Pirates of Penzance, opens this Friday, March 13th with additional performances on Saturday, March 14th, Monday, March 16th and Tuesday, March 17th. All performances start at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Compass Academy. Trustee Lent shared information regarding a recent visit he had with a patron a few days ago while waiting in the Salt Lake Airport. Trustee Lent stated this patron seemed very interested in ways to help education and was excited to attend the first Compass Academy graduation ceremony in June. Chairman Burtenshaw stated she would like to add a discussion at the next work session regarding public confidence in the school system. CONSENT AGENDA Trustee Lent made a motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. Trustee Haws provided the second. A discussion was held about having principals note the additional funding sources on their matching fund requests. Going forward Chairman Burtenshaw stated it would be helpful to have the second funding source, such as the PTO, Grants or Ed. Foundation, listed on the request forms. Motion carried 3 ayes, 0 nays. Items approved included: Approval of Minutes: February 11, 2015 Business Meeting February 20, 2015 Special Board Meeting February 25, 2015 Work Session Payment of Claims: February 2015 Bill List - $2,897,354.58 Matching Funds: Dora Erickson Elementary Library Books $15,379.81 Linden Park Elementary Classroom Audio Systems $13,130.56 Total Matching Funds requested $28,510.37 Other Items: Discarded Equipment District Office — Broken PylePro Megaphone 03/11/2015 D91 Board Minutes Page 2 of 3 PROPOSALS a. Skyline Annex (Child Care Center) Lease Superintendent Boland reviewed that the proposed lease agreement with Eastern Idaho Community Partnership, more directly the Head Start Program, has been reviewed by both parties and legal counsel. The superintendent stated the only questions that remain are regarding the lease amount and whether or not there should be a security deposit. Initially, the discussion was not to charge a monthly fee because our students would be able to participate in the program. A deposit is recommended as a back-up for utilities and maintenance expenses that might be incurred. A discussion was held. This item will be added to the March 18" agenda as an Action Item. ACTION ITEMS a. Special Education Manual Update Dan Keck, Director of Student Services, shared that the Special Education Manual provided by the State Department of Education was recently updated. In order for the district to apply for special education funding the newly updated manual needs to be formally adopted by the Board of Trustees. Dan stated that everything they deal with in special education is included in the manual, it is very detailed and guides the daily work of the Special Education Department. Trustee Haws made a motion to adopt the 2015 Special Education Manual update as presented. Trustee Lent provided the second. Motion carried 3 ayes, 0 nays. Chairman Burtenshaw called for a motion to move into Executive Session. Trustee Haws made a motion to go into Executive Session as per Idaho Code, Section 67-2345 (1) (b) personnel and (c) negotiations. Trustee Lent provided the second. A roll call vote was taken: Lisa Burtenshaw —yes Dave Lent —yes Larry Haws - yes EXECUTIVE SESSION Superintendent Boland, Carrie Smith and the Board of Trustees met in Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code, §67- 2345 (1) (c) regarding negotiations. At approximately 8:00 p.m. Trustee Bryan Zollinger joined Superintendent Boland and the Board of Trustees in Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code, §67-2345 (1) (b) regarding a personnel matter. Trustee Zollinger made a motion to return to Open Session at 8:28 PM. Trustee Haws provided the second. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays. Trustee Haws made a motion to adjourn. Trustee Zollinger provided the second. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays. Meeting adjourned at 8:28 PM. 03/11/2015 D91 Board Minutes Page 3 of 3 Ama ..'k- , 4j tk- ku Superintendent's Report —March 11, 2015 • Supplemental Levy Results: 0 1839 yes 0 406 no 0 81.92% • Career Ladder Update: House Education Committee held HB 222 in committee. Chairman DeMordant quoted in IEN article a new bill would be forthcoming with "some minor changes" by the end of the week or early next week. As a result JFAC has postponed setting the K-12 FY16 budget. Anticipate changes may include independent review of evaluations and perhaps Master teacher designation. May also bring pupil services personnel onto the ladder with language regarding performance criteria to be developed for FY 17. Those three areas received the most attention during testimony. • As indicated in my last Friday letter staffing for 2015-16 is underway, o Resignations: 3 elementary 3 secondary o Retirements: 4 elementary 1 secondary o Transfer Requests: 22 elementary — 3 Literacy Coach / 5 Title 1 Instructional Coach 6 secondary o Leave Request: 1 elementary • Upcoming Job Fairs: o March 12-13 — University of Wyoming o March 18-19 - USU/BYU Provo (will see a large number of BYUI grads) o April 3 — ISU/BYUI (tentative) o April 7-8 — Oregon Educator Fair, Portland o April 20 — University of Montana o April TBD — SD 91 o Have offered 4 Letters of Intent for elementary positions Lampshade art raising money far community literacy efforts Local artists have taken 19 lampshades and turned them into works of art. You have the chance to own one of these unique pieces now on display in the Hall Community Gallery at the Willard Arts Center. Mark your calendar for the lampshade auction on Thursday, March 12th. All proceeds from the lampshade sale will go to support literacy programs like Idaho Falls School District 91's One District, One Book program. Sponsors: Idaho Falls Rotary Club, Idaho Falls School District 91, Idaho Falls Arts Council & Riverbend Communications. Hall Community Gallery, Willard Arts Center, 450 A Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 aq NA\ oRotaryo CY Non-profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID IDAHO FALLS, ID Permit NO. 17 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: ulk6 . ��nG�l�1 Date: �J1�rLfvi� '� IZD fs Address: Q \1 - iDc, r'- 4 • Phone: E -Mail Address: G?circ', � i ') C1 - (D i" Do you have children attending School District #91 schools? Ye S if so, which schools do your students attend: `,'V Topic: ��� I IC Co'1 -�J`kvlce 1 I tte 511612008 Suketu Gandhi 's Comments on Public Confidence in the School System March 11, 2014 There is a state-wide discussion on linking teachers compensation with their student's performance. The missing element in these discussions is the public confidence in the school system. When the confidence in the school system increases, then the teacher's compensation will certainly increase. The issue that needs to be sorted out is what comes first? The public's confidence, or the teacher's compensation. Public's confidence in the school system has eroded for a number of reasons. The schools certainly respond to its legal requirements. When it comes to the students' need, not every needed element are in place. For a long time, the school failed to properly teach mathematics. In the elementary grades, this has been addressed through right instructional materials. As a result, students learn at a higher level that the Common Core Mathematics standards. However, this has not been the case in secondary grades. To illustrate this, consider learning of Pythagoras theorem, which is easily derived based on areas of squares and triangles. The curriculum available from the internet show that students know how to square a number. The neglected topic is math tricks for certain class of numbers, which enables students to square a number based on inspection of digits. Another topic neglected is how to find a square root of an arbitrary number. The books teach student how to find square root of a number of perfect squares. It is possible to teach students how to find a square root of an arbitrary number in the middle school mathematics. However, the curricular materials neglects to teach this. When students learn about Pythagoras theorem, they should know all the relevant topics in depth, instead of scratching the surface. Pythagoras theorem is one of many examples. In textbooks, there are examples of incorrect derivation of a number of mathematical relationships, poor exposition of select lessons, or exercises that fails to integrate a number of topics_ These undesirable elements of mathematics curriculum will continue to enter classroom unless entire content is given a thorough evaluation from the position of knowledge. When this occurs, the parents will know that their children are taught rigorously. As a result, the students of mathematics would have the requisite mathematical maturity by end of the course. Instruction materials are one of several elements. Other elements are the having supplementary math books, the ways to engage students. The supplementary math books are full of excellent math problems. The engagement of students mean asking questions that provokes thinking, students presenting their approach in solving reasonably complex problems and ensuring that right types of problems are given for homework. When students gain the proper mathematical maturity, they will excel in standardized test, and will grasp various math topics quickly. When this happens, the confidence in the school system increases, and teachers' compensation will certainly increase. [)ist. 91 Education Foundation Mal c: h 11, 20 15 Presented by: Maritou Hart, Directory District 91 Education Foundation. Marketing Logo has been approved waiting for final copy. I recently took a day and went to every school in District 91 and introduced myself to the office staff and administration (when available) let them know we are here to support them. The feedback from this visit has been very positive Networking Continuing to attend Chamber events Will be attending Mayors Business day April 215t Fundraisers Registered and currently beginning to market the Idaho Gives Campaign, preparing materials for funding requests with new logo and branding. Researching new and innovative fundraising opportunities. Scholarships Mini teacher grants and Oddfellows scholarship committees are being formed. Maeck Scholarships will be available March 15th, will be distributed to schools and in the media. Toyota Raffle Raffle ticket sales are ongoing. COMPA1\1Y \1AM1 I