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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Minutes
February 6, 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 Tracie Miller.
Robin Busch, Vice Principal of Eagle Rock Junior High School introduced Leilani Bronson as the
Emissary of Excellence. David Lent presented Leilani with a certificate and congratulated her on
her many efforts to help the kids.
Shelly Smede, Curriculum Producer, presented Spencer Hay with a check for $100 for his cover
design. This year Shelly decided to give students a chance to design the cover of the registration
booklet. David Lent presented Spencer with a certificate and congratulated him on a job well
done.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Ernest Jensen moved to amend the agenda. Ernest suggested that we remove item (a) under
Section 5 (Action Items); then to change item (b) under section 5 to item (a). David Lent
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 Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
Board Meeting minutes: of January 9, 2007 and January 23, 2007.
Payment of Claims in the amount of $ 2,069,944.34.
Matching Funds of:
Skyline High School—Stadium Chair Caddy $ 225.00
Dora Erickson School—work area upgrades $ 5,346.88
Total amount of Matching Funds $ 5,571.88
Staff Actions—Teacher Resignation
Husband relocated out-of-state
Student Travel—Skyline Girl’s Softball Team to St. George Utah
March 8-10, 2007.
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REPORTS
Student Reports: Lauren Price, Student Representative for Skyline High School reported:
Valentines Day: all girls will receive roses. The school will be decorated and they
will have Karaoke and possibly a massage table in the hallway at lunchtime.
The Student Government is going to help raise funds for the library through “penny
wars”. They will also have a read-in and a Dr. Seuss night; Student Government is
also calling local colleges for donations towards their library.
The Dodge ball tournament was a success with 16 teams; they raised $742!
Sweetheart Dance: this Saturday, the theme is masquerade.
Community Leadership meeting in which Major Fuhrman of Idaho Falls came and
spoke to the students.
They have raised funds to purchase toiletry items for the Haven.
Talent Show is next week.
Josh Fuller, Student Representative for Idaho Falls High School reported:
IFHS is 1:1 with SHS for winter sports. Basketball hopes to make it to State
Competitions next week. IF boys are #1 in Wrestling.
This is Men’s Week—they have events such as military day, outdoors day, etc..
Valentines Day: The Choir is selling singing valentines. All girls at IF will receive
roses.
Senior Ball Dance: theme will be Espionage/spy night with a James Bond theme.
Patron Input: There was no patron input
IFEA Report: Jan Lang, IFEA President reported that the results are in from the Energy
Policy Survey that was run by the IFEA in regards to the Energy Management Plan that
the board adopted last year. They had 550 responses from all users. Jan referred to page
21 that has a graph of time spent per week implementing the energy saving plan through
turning off plug strips and heaters. Jan wants the board to read the survey results and
review comments made by employees of the district.
Education Foundation: Brian Arave, Director of the Education Foundation showed a
television commercial he has taped to promote the Mayor’s Scholarship. This
commercial is airing on local television stations with Mayor Fuhrman explaining what
the Mayor’s Scholarship is and how to donate to it. This year the event will happen at the
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Shilo Inn on April 5. As of today, the Education Foundation has raised $60,000 towards
this scholarship event.
Superintendent’s Report: George Boland, Superintendent of Idaho Falls School District
#91 handed out a brief report to the board of current cost avoidance that was recognized
because of the Energy Management Plan. Total Cost Savings from electricity and natural
gas use through December were $237,947.00. George commented that these figures are
more accurate than the ones reported in the Post Register because the Post Register used
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meter readings that they received from the City of Idaho Falls Power, and those figures
do not include readings from all meters. Not all meters are within the City of Idaho Falls
Power district.
Spotlight School: Wendy Cavan, Principal of Eagle Rock Junior High School wanted to
first commend the board of trustees on their decision to hire George Boland as
Superintendent. Wendy introduced Paula Ashby, a teacher at Eagle Rock who is
currently working on her Administrative Internship. Paula put together a brief i-movie to
showcase the ELL; IGNITE; and PLTW (Project Lead the Way) programs at Eagle Rock.
The movie clip showed the dedication and value of the ELL program to the kids who are
English Language Learners. The IGNITE program is a luncheon created for girls to meet
once a month and hear a speaker who has graduated college and is currently working in a
scientific career. These speakers encourage young women to seek careers in science and
engineering. Project Lead the Way, taught by Dave Heath, showed how kids are using
sophisticated software attached to lathes to engineer and create items such as desk
organizers, puzzles and games.
Jerry Wixom: Complemented Wendy Cavan as an excellent administrator running a great
school.
PROPOSALS
a. Skyline High School Athletic Field:
Kerry Martin, Softball coach at Skyline High School
presented the board with an Outdoor Athletic Complex upgrade. Many Stakeholders
consisting of coaches, parent volunteers and Terry Leland of BMC West were present to
explain and define their needs and roles in the project. The current field is in poor
condition; there are sink holes caused by leaks in the sprinkler lines, causing a safety
issue. It has already been established in the budget that the track will be upgraded.
There has been a $31K in-kind donation made by H&K Contractors, Campbell Siding,
Harrington & Co., and Willowcreek Fencing for this project and this group is hopeful to
receive the additional money through donations to complete this project. There were
questions raised about the equity of the proposed soccer practice area. Further questions
and comments have been directed to Kerry Martin at Skyline High School. The board
requested Kerry to work with local groups to resolve the issues which were raised and to
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establish their funding source and present to the board during the February 27 work
session.
b. Clair E. Gale Skate Park:
Dave Christiansen, Director of the City of Idaho Falls Parks &
Recreation proposed to the board to relocate the existing Tautphaus Park Skate Park to
the tennis courts at Clair E. Gale Junior High School. The Tennis courts are part of the
joint use agreement with the city. The school district budgeted a match with the city to
resurface those courts at $80,000. The tennis courts are not currently used by the public
and it is thought that this would provide a recreation area for the junior high kids at Clair
E Gale as well as the surrounding neighborhood. The city would relocate the equipment
currently at Tautphaus Park to the CE Gale site. The city is asking the School district to
resurface as planned, but they will install the skate equipment. The Board approved this
project with five yes votes.
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ACTION ITEMS
e. Set Supplemental Levy:
Tracie Miller moved and Ernest Jensen seconded the motion to
approve the resolution that a supplemental levy election be held in School District No. 91 on
March 1, 2007 in the amount of $6,800,000; that polls be open between the hours of 12:00 noon
and 8:00 P.M. and immediately following the close of the polls, the returns of election and ballots
shall be canvassed in the Board Room at the District Office. Motion passed.
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSON
David Lent moved to enter Executive Session; Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
Mary Ann Smith moved to exit executive session, Ernest Jenson seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
Ernest Jensen moved to adjourn and Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion passed.