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Board of Trustees
Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Work Session Meeting
February 28, 2006
Administration Building
Idaho Falls, ID
Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration:
Jerry Wixom. Chairman John Murdoch, Superintendent
Ernest Jensen George Boland, Supervisor of Instruction
Jerry Shively Craig Ashton, Supervisor of Instruction
Tracie Miller Guy Wangsgard, Business Office
Mary Ann Smith Susan Hulse, PIO and Recording Secretary
Chairman Jerry Wixom called the board meeting to order. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by
Trustee Mary Ann Smith.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Chairman Jerry Wixom moved and Tracie Miller seconded the motion to adopt the agenda;
amending the agenda to add Brian Arave from the Education Foundation between item a. and
item b. Motion passed.
ACTION ITEMS:
John Watson from JRW & Associates presented the bids and Dr. John Murdoch discussed the
detailed budget attachment and cash flow summary for the trustees.
Jerry Wixom moved and Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion to accept both the base bid and
Alternate 1, 2, 4 & 5 to remodel Hawthorne Elementary. Motion passed.
Introduce Central Office Administrators to Trustees
Administrative Cabinet Members: Dick Clute, Loa Clute, Shelly Smede, Camille Wood, Craig
Ashton, Guy Wangsgard and George Boland oriented the Board of their job duties and areas of
responsibilities and history with the District.
Education Foundation
Brian Arave, Development Director for Education Foundation shared with the Board of Trustees
the Education Foundation’s desire to know about big projects on the district budget that could
possibly be funded by donors. The Education Foundation would need to be notified what
projects, how much and by when to handle this funding.
Planning Update
Craig Ashton shared that the District Strategic Planning Council will meet April 12, 2006 at the
Shilo and distributed the list of attendees (principals, teachers and parent teams) from all schools.
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February 15 Financial Update (Tab 2)
Dr. John Murdoch reported on student attendance and staffing levels for the trustees.
Board Meeting Work Session Minutes-Feb. 28, 2006
Page Two
Policy reviews (Tab 3)
605-2 – Programs for Gifted Students
807.0 - Salary Placement Schedule
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809.1 3 Paragraph – Sick Leave
809.5 - Military Leave
809.1.2 – Transfer and Acceptance of Sick Leave
1007.5 – Health Consultative services
1005.3.13 Gangs/Gang Activity
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All policies in Tab (3) were reviewed and will be placed on the March 14, 2006 Agenda for 1
reading.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Ernest Jensen moved that the board go into Executive session and Jerry Shively seconded.
Motion passed.
Ernest Jensen moved and Tracie Miller seconded the motion to move to open session. Motion
passed.
Jerry Shively moved and Ernest Jensen seconded the motion to adjourn. Motion passed.
Please note:
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 7 P.M. in the
District Office Board Room.
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The March 28 Work Meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 21 at noon.
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The 5 Grade Musical is scheduled for Wednesday, March 22nd at Skyline High School at 7
P.M.