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Board Meeting Minutes—April 10, 2007
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Minutes
April 10, 2007
Administration Building
Idaho Falls, ID
7:00 P.M.
Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration:
Jerry Wixom, Chairman George Boland, Superintendent
Ernest Jensen Craig Ashton, Director of Curriculum
Tracie Miller Karla LaOrange, Director of Personnel
Mary Ann Smith Caroline Meagher, Recording Secretary
David Lent
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mary Ann Smith.
George Boland, Superintendent introduced Ralph Frost as the Emissary of Excellence. Ralph
Frost is the Supervisor of Transportation for all of our Elementary schools, Junior High schools
and High Schools in the district. He schedules the transportation for all these kids with their
staggered start times and field trips. Ralph always finds a way to accomplish what needs to be
done. He incorporates creative solutions that benefit the students as well as the district.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Ernest Jensen motioned to accept the agenda as written Tracie Miller seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
CONSENT AGENDA
Jerry Wixom asked if there were any changes to the consent agenda as written. Tracie Miller
moved to accept the consent agenda as written and David Lent seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
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a. Board Meeting minutes: March 13 and March 20th.
b. Payment of Claims in the amount of $ 2,028,506.78.
c. Matching Funds of:
Hawthorne School—upgrade teacher work stations $ 10,050.00
Total amount of Matching Funds $ 10,050.00
Staff Actions—
d.
Resignations
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Jamie Anderson Linden Park 1 Grade
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Tami Parry Linden Park 3 Grade
Dana Gallant Elementary Music
Jill Harris A. H. Bush Resign from leave of absence
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Cari Hernandez Ethel Boyes 4 Grade
Candie Madsen Ethel Boyes Resign from leave of absence
LeAnn McMahan Sunnyside Kindergarten
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Kristine Parker Temple View 5 Grade
Kimberly Asbell Dora Erickson Special Ed
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Candice Thompson Temple View 5 Grade
Nancy Vollmer SLP
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Linda Hodgen Taylorview JH Family/Consumer Science
Megan Mayfield Taylorview JH Resign from leave of absence
Julie Nawrocki IFHS Math
Rebecca Nickel ERJH History
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Susan Schultz Taylorview JH 8 Grade
Margaret Meacham Bunker Preschool
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Krystal Robertson Temple View 5 Grade
Retirements:
Stephen Bernotski Jr. Linden Park Counselor
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DeeAnn Dustin Sunnyside 1 Grade
Marjorie Foster Professional Technical Director
Marcia Lofholm Hawthorne Special Education
Karen Ruggiero IFHS Special Education
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Doris O’Brien Temple View 3 Grade
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Mary Kay Savage Fox Hollow 3 Grade
Margene Aiman C. E. Gale English
Paul Brizzee ERJH English
Terry Felts C. E. Gale Reading
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Jacalyn Wackerli Temple View 1 Grade
Sue Fox Skyline English
Dorothy Gamble Taylorview JH Math
Pamela McCue IFHS Speech
Request for Leave of absence
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Amy Barnwell Taylorview JH Math
Alana Wells Taylorview JH Science
New Hire List
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Laurie Kiester IFHS Girls Basketball
English
e. Student Travel—no student travel
f. Alternative ISAT Graduation
REPORTS
a. Student Reports:
Lauren Price from Skyline High School reported that skyline recently held a garage sale
and a dance to raise funds for the Skyline Legacy Fund. The Legacy Fund is funding the
upgrades to the athletic complex and new books for the library. They exceeded their goal
for the fundraiser and donated the remaining funds to IFHS. Andy Johnson was elected
Student Body President for next year; elections for other officers will be held next week.
The first week of May is Multicultural Week. There is a guest speaker and many
activities arranged throughout the week.
Josh Fullmer from IFHS introduced his predecessor for next year, Nick Mason. Josh
reported that their current big fundraising project is the Annual Rummage Sale and Romp
Dance to be held this weekend. The Student Council will be in session on Monday, 4/16.
The President’s Club Banquet will be held 4/26. They are arranging a Teacher
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Appreciation Banquet to be held May 2. The Mr. IFHS pageant will be in late May. The
Student Body is working on arranging a “school clean up.”
b. Patron Input: Todd Jacobs currently lives outside of District 91 boundaries. His
children attend westside schools on open enrollment waivers. Todd asked the board to
consider his circumstance and to grant his son athletic eligibility at the junior high level.
Board Policy 1003.4.3 C defines him as a transfer student who is not eligible to
participate in school sports for one year.
c. IFEA Report: Jan Lang, president of the IFEA reported that negotiations are just
starting. The IFEA has a new team of negotiators this year. They are hopeful for an
early settlement, preferably before the end of the school year. The negotiation team is
limited to five negotiation items in addition to salary.
Jan distributed a handout to the board inviting them to attend the annual retirement
banquet. The banquet will be held Thursday, May 10 at the Shilo Convention Center. It
begins at 6:00 PM for a no-host social and dinner at 7:00PM
d. Brian Arave, Director of the Education Foundation was not present.
e. Superintendent’s Report: George Boland, Superintendent of Idaho Falls School
District #91 had Karla LaOrange respond to some questions that the board had asked in
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the March 20 work session regarding substitute teachers. Karla distributed a handout to
address those questions. Karla compiled a spreadsheet to compare the substitute teacher
pay schedule for local schools as well as districts out of state. Though our rates are not
the lowest—it is recommended that we increase our substitute teacher pay rate to attract
more substitute teachers. Karla also recommended an automated substitute dispatch
program that will cost the district less then the current answering service yearly contract
and provides many other automated reporting features as well as online access.
Loa Clute, Director of Student Services presented the board of trustees with the first
reading of Board Policy 510.0. Loa completely rewrote the language to be in compliance
with changes in the statute from the Department of Health and Welfare. This policy will
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be reviewed and will be presented as a proposal on the May 8 agenda. This policy is
available in the district office for public review.
PROPOSALS
a. Board Policy 306.6: The board had the second reading of board policy 306.6
Purchase Orders and Contracts. No comments have been received about the added
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language to this policy. This policy will be an action item on the May 8 agenda. This
policy is available in the district office for public review.
b. Elementary K-6 Technology Curriculum: Craig Ashton, Director of Curriculum
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introduced Todd Brown, Technology Curriculum Committee and 5 Grade teacher at
Theresa Bunker Elementary school, who presented the new technology curriculum
strategy to the board of trustees. The State Board of Education adopted technology
standards that are challenging to the district. Todd Brown and Gail Lindquist formed a
committee to create a scope and sequence formula for teachers to follow. This tool must
be efficient and it must be easy to use by teachers. It is anticipated that this tool will be
used and integrated into the classroom lesson plans.
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ACTION ITEMS
a. Linden Park HVAC upgrade resolution-Superintendent George Boland explained that
the Linden Park HVAC project received only one bid during the open bid process.
The contractor who submitted the bid stated that the bid was overpriced. Many
contractors did not bid on the project because they had reached their public work
dollar limit, the job is too small or the time frame conflicts with other jobs. We could
either 1) Put the job out for open bid process again; or 2) we can pass a resolution to
perform the same work on a quote basis in which the school district will act as the
project manager for the job. This is the recommended option because it is believed
that we can complete the job much more economically.
Tracie Miller motioned that whereas, in accordance with Section 67-2805, Idaho
Code, the Board of Trustees of Idaho Falls School District #91 has found that the
competitive bid process for the public works project at Linden Park Elementary for
the Heating and Ventilation System Upgrade only produced one bid response, and
that subsequent research revealed that bid price to be significantly higher than quotes
received,
BE IT RESOLVED and therefore declared by the Board of Trustees of Idaho Falls
School District #91, Bonneville Bounty that the public works projects at Linden Park
Elementary Heating and Ventilation System Upgrade can be performed more
economically by purchasing the services necessary for the project in the open market
than in a competitive bid process. Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Motion passed
b. Youth Risk Assessment Survey-Superintendent George Boland wanted approval
from the board of trustees to participate in the Youth Risk Assessment Survey
received from the State Department of Education. This survey is anonymous and
optional. Random classes will be chosen from random schools in April. The data is
combined with other statewide results and published in a report.
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSON:
Tracie Miller motioned to enter Executive Session; Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
Ernest Jensen motioned to enter open session; Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
Ernest Jensen motioned to adjourn and Tracie Miller seconded the motion. Motion passed.