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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
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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
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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
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float won first place in their division at the 4 of July Parade over the summer.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Monday, August 10 we held the Opening Principal’s and Secretary’s meetings.
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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
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13 in Boise. He stated he is anxious to hear the rational of the changes made to ISAT
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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
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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
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Staff Actions:
RESIGNATIONS:
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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
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Laycie R Bushey, 2 Grade - Theresa Bunker Elementary
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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
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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
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Debora W Peterson, 1 Grade - A H Bush Elementary
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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
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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
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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.
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