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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009_08_11 Board Minutes IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 91 BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD MEETING DISTRICT OFFICE BOARD ROOM August 11, 2009 7:00 PM Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration: Dave Lent, Chairman George Boland, Superintendent Jerry Wixom, Vice Chair Guy Wangsgard, Director of Business Ernest Jensen, Treasurer Gail Rochelle, Director of Secondary Deidre Warden Karla, LaOrange, Director of Elementary Lisa Burtenshaw Debbie Wilkie, Recording Clerk Board Chair, Dave Lent called the meeting to order. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ernest Jensen. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: Ernest Jensen moved to adopt the agenda as written. Deidre Warden seconded the motion. Motion passed. REPORTS/INPUT/INFORMATION: a.Student Report  Ethan Hansen, Student Rep. Skyline High School reported that their Student th Government participated in the July 4 parade with a float and things went well. They are currently working on Homecoming activities which will take place right after school begins this year. Football and Cross Country are getting ready for their seasons and registration starts next week.  Wade Lenon, Student Rep. Idaho Falls High School reported that school starts on August stth 31 with registration for seniors on August 17. Tonight is the Student Government Retreat at Idaho Falls High School, they are staying overnight at the school, will be eating lots of food, playing games and having a talent show. Cross Country starts Friday, first day of practice. The football team has started practicing. The Student Government th float won first place in their division at the 4 of July Parade over the summer. Page 1 b.Patron Input - there was no patron input. c.IFEA Report – Michelle Sakota reported:  Michelle shared with the board she had recently visited a place called The Red Barn Lavender while on vacation. A special education teacher after he retired started this lavender farm and is still teaching with classes he offers to visitors. Michelle was amazed that even after he was finished in education he just could not stop educating.  th, New teacher breakfast will be held on Tuesday, August 25 7:30 a.m. at the Shilo. Michelle extended a special invitation to all of the Board Members.  th IFEA Board has been put together and will be meeting on the afternoon of August 25 to make plans for the upcoming year. Michelle Sakota –President Emily McCoy Leffel -High School Rep Nancy Caldwell- Past President Angela Gillman - K-3 Rep Mitzi Ellingson -President-Elect Lisa Scott - 4-6 Rep John Conquergood –Treasure Mary Robinson- Special Ed Rep Chris Van Dam- Secretary Rob McClearnon - ESP Rep  th The Board has also been invited to the luncheon on August 18 for the New Teacher Induction. d.Education Foundation – Daryl Snyder reported :  Cami Smith has been in and out of the Science Conference hosted by the INL held August 3-6 promoting sponsorships for the District 91 programs.  th Tomorrow evening, August 12 the Education Foundation will hold a Board Meeting where the Nominating Committee will be presenting nominations for directors, with the Annual Meeting being held in September.  th, The Foundation Board has been invited to the New Teacher Induction on August 18 it will help to create a partnership from the beginning.  Cami Smith with the support of Karla LaOrange, Crystal Nieslanik, and Todd Brown wrote and submitted a grant to the CHC Foundation for the new online Accelerated Reader start-up fees, grant request was for $19,455.00.  Daryl informed the Board this would probably be her last board presentation for the Ed Foundation, she started when her daughter was in the third grade and she is now a senior. Daryl has seen the foundation grow in lots of areas, the vision was to be a part of the district team and she feels they are there. Daryl thanked all parties for their help in making that happen. David Lent, Board Chair thanked Daryl for her countless hours of service and commended her for being such a valuable part of the community. Page 2 e.Superintendent’s Report  Staffing Issues Secondary should be staffed by the end of the week with only one PE position  to fill, interviews are scheduled One Special Ed position to fill at Elementary and currently trying to fill one full-  time and two part-time Kindergarten positions  th Monday, August 10 we held the Opening Principal’s and Secretary’s meetings. thth Registration begins on August 12 for Elementary and August 17 for Secondary Schools  Mr. Boland will be attending the State Superintendent Meeting on Thursday, August th 13 in Boise. He stated he is anxious to hear the rational of the changes made to ISAT thth testing, after this year we will have to test in 9 grade instead of 10 grade in the fall.  New Teacher Induction - Aug 17-19, Board Members have been invited for lunch on the th 18 to meet with new teachers.  We are in the process of making sure all of the buildings are ready to go for the first day of school. Summer crews have done an outstanding job. We’ll be ready to go with the exception of a few construction issues that are lingering but they should be resolved. Bush should be done by the first day of school. The fire chief did a walk through along with some of our operations staff and contractors. There are a few things that he would like to have changed prior to the opening of school in order to eliminate the fire watch. Staff will be allowed in the building to get their rooms ready, unless work is occuring in their particular classroom. The roofing project at Taylorview will continue through September. CONSENT AGENDA: Deidre Warden moved to adopt the consent agenda as written. Lisa Burtenshaw seconded the motion. Motion Passed. Items approved include: Meeting Minutes July 7, 10 & 14, 2009 Payment of July 14, 2009 Claims $ 6,199,311.64 Matching Funds Fox Hollow Elementary $ 1,949.98 Total Matching Funds $ 1,949.98 Page 3 Staff Actions: RESIGNATIONS: st Chad Cronin, 1 Grade – Westside Elementary Natalie Gress, Kindergarten – Temple View Elementary Sharon Hicken, Science – Eagle Rock Jr High John B Murdoch Sr., Transition Classroom, 3B Detention Center NEW HIRES nd Laycie R Bushey, 2 Grade - Theresa Bunker Elementary th Kathryn Amy Cox, 6 Grade - Longfellow Elementary Marissa L Davis, Math - Taylorview Junior High Whitney Deist, Physical Education - Taylorview/Elementary Split LaRae Hanson, Counselor - Taylorview Junior High Christine L Harty, Science - Clair E Gale Junior High th Carolyn L Howard, 4 Grade (Leave Replacement) - Fox Hollow Jonathan M Huster, Science - Eagle Rock Junior High Annette A Morrell, Family & Consumer Science .33 FTE - Clair E Gale Junior High Luke A Oines, English - Clair E Gale Junior High Robin M Papaioannou, Kindergarten - Hawthorne Elementary st Debora W Peterson, 1 Grade - A H Bush Elementary th Judy A Schmidt, 5 Grade - Temple View Elementary Daniel Van Washenova, Math/Science - Taylorview Junor High ACTION ITEMS a.Ratify telephone poll regarding IHSAA Rule 17-2-6, Protective Equipment George Boland, Superintendent explained we had a request from Idaho Falls High School to utilize their protective equipment. IHSAA Rule 17-2-6 states, in order to utilize that equipment they have to have the expressed consent of the Board of Trustees. The request came in after the last meeting therefore a telephone poll was conducted in order to get that approval. Ernest Jensen moved to ratify that telephone poll, Jerry Wixom seconded the motion. Five aye votes, motion carried. b.Contract with the Idaho Falls Police Department to provide School Resource Officers for the 2009-2010 school year. Currently we have a contract with the City of Idaho Falls Police Department which will expire at the end of August, this is a continuation of that contract. One of the changes that will occur, not in the contract language but in terms of SRO coverage due to reduction in the operating budget, will be reduction from four officers to three. We have eliminated the retired officers and reserve officers that have served as SRO’s, this is in part due to the budget reduction and to the fact that the Police Post will no longer certify those individuals. The specifics of the contract have not changed just the dates, the principal’s will get together Page 4 to set up schedules. For the 2009-10 school year the three SRO’s will provide coverage as follows: Taylorview Jr High and Idaho Falls High School Eagle Rock Jr High and Skyline High School Clair E Gale Jr High and Emerson High School Discussion – Deidre Warden questioned if we find out that this is not working could we change it. Mr. Boland stated there are two constraints that would have to be addressed if we find out that having three SRO’s cover six different schools is not working, one is the funding for additional officers and the second one being if the City of Idaho Falls Police Department could provide additional officers. The SRO’s will be dealing with illegal infractions and being a presence, whereas before they had more time to develop relationships, going to classes and talking with students. The high schools may look at employing people on a part-time basis as parking lot attendants and then utilize the income that is generated from the parking tickets to pay for that. Jerry Wixom asked if the Reserve Officers will be used anywhere in the City or has it been cut. Mr. Boland stated that according to Lieutenant Ken Brown the City will no longer be certifying those officers. Dave Lent asked about the other option that was explored. D91 looked at the model that is being used at the hospital, where off duty officers work on an hourly rate and then one officer serves as the coordinator of that program. After visiting with Chief Roos he indicated he didn’t believe that there was the manpower to cover both EIRMC and our schools. We looked at additional resources but the Bonneville County Sherriff is not in favor of his deputies participating in the program. He is concerned about conflicts of interest with regards to where they put in their time and how they show up for their shift. It didn’t appear that there will be the manpower within that model to meet our needs. It appeared we would have more consistency using the three officers rather than going with a number of off- duty officers trying to cover the needs of all six schools. Dave Lent asked if we see later on that this is not working that the superintendent let the board know for further discussion. Dave Lent moved to accept the contract with the City of Idaho Falls for SRO support. Five aye votes. Motion passed. Jerry Wixom moved to go into Executive Session. Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. A roll-call vote was taken: Motion passed. David Lent – aye Ernest Jensen - aye Jerry Wixom – aye Deidre Warden – aye Lisa Burtenshaw – aye . Page 5 EXECTUTIVE SESSION Personnel, Section S67-2345 (B)(F), IDAHO CODE Jerry Wixom moved to enter Open Session. Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Motion passed. Ernest Jensen moved to place Teacher 2009-10A on probation. Jerry Wixom seconded the motion. Motion Passed. Ernest Jensen moved to request a waiver of the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Requirement for Teacher 2009-10B. Deidre Warden seconded the motion. Motion passed. Ernest Jensen moved to request a waiver of the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Requirement for Teacher 2009-10C. Lisa Burtenshaw seconded the motion. Motion passed Jerry Wixom moved to adjourn. Deidre Warden seconded the motion. A roll-call vote was taken: Motion passed. David Lent – aye Ernest Jensen – aye Jerry Wixom – aye Deidre Warden – aye Lisa Burtenshaw - aye Meeting Adjourned. Page 6