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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007_04_10 Board Minutes Board Meeting Minutes—April 10, 2007 Page 1 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. th 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 : st Jamie Anderson Linden Park 1 Grade rd Tami Parry Linden Park 3 Grade Dana Gallant Elementary Music Jill Harris A. H. Bush Resign from leave of absence th Cari Hernandez Ethel Boyes 4 Grade Candie Madsen Ethel Boyes Resign from leave of absence LeAnn McMahan Sunnyside Kindergarten th Kristine Parker Temple View 5 Grade Kimberly Asbell Dora Erickson Special Ed th Candice Thompson Temple View 5 Grade Nancy Vollmer SLP Board Meeting Minutes—April 10, 2007 Page 2 Linda Hodgen Taylorview JH Family/Consumer Science Megan Mayfield Taylorview JH Resign from leave of absence Julie Nawrocki IFHS Math Rebecca Nickel ERJH History th Susan Schultz Taylorview JH 8 Grade Margaret Meacham Bunker Preschool th Krystal Robertson Temple View 5 Grade Retirements: Stephen Bernotski Jr. Linden Park Counselor st DeeAnn Dustin Sunnyside 1 Grade Marjorie Foster Professional Technical Director Marcia Lofholm Hawthorne Special Education Karen Ruggiero IFHS Special Education rd Doris O’Brien Temple View 3 Grade rd Mary Kay Savage Fox Hollow 3 Grade Margene Aiman C. E. Gale English Paul Brizzee ERJH English Terry Felts C. E. Gale Reading st Jacalyn Wackerli Temple View 1 Grade Sue Fox Skyline English Dorothy Gamble Taylorview JH Math Pamela McCue IFHS Speech Request for Leave of absence : Amy Barnwell Taylorview JH Math Alana Wells Taylorview JH Science New Hire List : 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 Board Meeting Minutes—April 10, 2007 Page 3 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 th 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 th 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 th 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 th 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. Board Meeting Minutes—April 10, 2007 Page 4 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.