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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Minutes
January 9, 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
Chairman Jerry Wixom called the public hearing for the proposed fee increase to order.
George Boland discussed the notice of proposed fees and explained that because a new fee is
proposed a hearing is necessary. The school district is proposing a new fee for Project Lead The
Way engineering classes which are newly offered courses at Eagle Rock and Skyline. We are
also proposing to increase the fees for the Lifetime Sports Course offered at IFHS. There was no
public input regarding these fees.
Tracie Miller motioned to adjourn from public hearing and Ernest Jensen seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jerry Wixom.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Ernest Jensen moved to adopt the agenda as written and 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
Motioned to accept the consent agenda as written and Ernest Jensen seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
Board Meeting minutes: of December 12, 2006.
Payment of Claims in the amount of $ 2,035,394.71.
Matching Funds of:
Taylorview Junior High—books and resource material $ 1,064.00
Total amount of Matching Funds $ 1,064.00
Staff Actions—None
Student Travel—None
Board Meeting Minutes—January 9, 2007
Page Two
REPORTS
Student Reports: Josh Fullmer, Student Representative for Idaho Falls High School
reported to the board that Christmas week activities went very well. Next week is
Multicultural Week at IFHS. Every day of the week they will have different restaurants
bring in culturally diverse foods for students to purchase and sample. There will be an
assembly with a speaker and many other activities to encourage multicultural coherence.
Men’s Week at IFHS will be the week of 2/5-2/9. There will be a selection of athletic
and other activities at lunchtime for the male population at IFHS to participate in. Josh
reported that the sport teams are not doing very well.
Jocelyn Barker reported for Lauren Price, student Representative for Skyline High
School. Jocelyn reported to the board that Christmas week activities went well. The
canned food drive brought in 13,000 cans of food for the food bank. Skyline is
coordinating an All Area Dodge Ball Tournament for January 27. Over 20 different
schools are invited. The cost is $35 per team. Skyline is also hosting a 3-on-3 basketball
tournament to be held 1/16; they hope to encourage the student body to participate. Girls
Basketball is 8 and 7 and boys are 3 and 8.
Patron Input: There was no patron input
IFEA Report: Jan Lang, IFEA President reported that the 2007 Idaho Legislature has
released their Annual Budget Address. The IFEA is still reading this budget and trying to
decipher the impact it will have on our schools. Jan is hopeful that Governor Otter’s
claim to create a political climate that enables people to succeed will translate to a budget
increase to our schools. Tom Luna will present his proposed budget on January 25.
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Jan wanted to inform the board that February 15 is Kids Education Day.
Education Foundation: Brian Arave, Director of the Education Foundation reported that
the December donations have increased from the prior year. In December of 2005 the
Foundation received $15,339 in donations; in December of 2006 the Foundation brought
in $19,580. Much of this is due to the Utility Mailers that went out this fall. The Utility
Mailers brought in $8,275 from 59 donors. Brian commented that we have many new
donors to the foundation and these new donors are supporting scholarships.
Spotlight School: Dr. Bob Tolman, Principal of Westview Alternative High School
distributed a handout that described how Westview operates. He discussed the essential
components which include the same goals as the other high schools in District 91, with a
smaller school size altogether and 7 less electives. The students have the same testing
and graduating requirements. Most of these students do much better in this setting and
the number of ‘behavior referrals’ are down. Graduation rates are up for Westview.
There is a waiting list to enter Westview Alternative school of 30-40 students. Dr.
Tolman said that they could easily populate one more classroom.
PROPOSALS:
There are no proposals.
Board Meeting Minutes—January 9, 2007
Page Three
ACTION ITEMS:
a. Board Policy 408.3 Child Nutrition and Wellness.
Tonight was the third reading of the
reviewed and modified board policy. The board asked if there have been any questions or
comments in regards to the new policy. There have been no comments. Tracie Miller moved to
adopt the reviewed and modified Wellness Policy 408.3. Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
b. Secondary Advanced Mathematics Adoption
Craig Ashton addressed the board that Elisa
Saffle, Head of the Math Curriculum Department has selected three new text books that she has
selected for Advanced Mathematics being offered throughout the district high schools. All three
of these books have been reviewed by the Math Teachers and they are all highly recommended.
They include: The Practice of Statistics—second edition; by Daniel Yates, David Moore and
Daren Starnes. PreCalculus—Sixth Edition; by Larson and Hostetler, and Calculus of a Single
Variable—Eighth Edition; by Larson, Hostetler and Edwards. The books have been available for
review from the public for 1 month. There have been no comments or concerns, so Craig Ashton
recommended that the board adopt the textbooks with the graphing calculators. Mary Ann Smith
moved to adopt the textbooks and David Lent seconded the motion. Motion Passed.
c. Calendar approval
This is the third reading of the proposed school calendar for the school
year 2008-2009. There are four calendars options that were available for review. All of the
calendars have the start date of August 18. Jerry Wixom asked if there have been any calls or
concerns regarding this calendar. Mary Ann Smith said that she has received comments that
parents wish for less days off of school. We have not received any calls about any of the
proposed calendars for school year 2008-2009. Ernest Jensen moved to adopt calendar B2 for 08-
09 for School District 91, Tracie Miller seconded the motion. Motion Passed.
d. Proposed fee Increase.
The Hearing at 6:30 was instituted for public input since there are
two items requiring either a first time fee or a fee increase. There was no input. David Lent
moved to adopt the fee increase as stated, Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Motion Passed.
e. Hawthorne Phase II Architect approval.
Attorney Scott Marotz and Architect Brent
McFarland were both present. George Boland presented the new contract with a new addendum
with the word “to” changed to “through” in the contract in Section 3, paragraph 3.1.5 and Section
4, paragraph 4.5. Architect Brent McFarland was present and he addressed the board regarding a
few issues. He is concerned with the short time line and completion date of August 1. He feels
that there are items that are subject to manufacturer delay that should be ordered before a
contractor is retained. Such items include mechanical units. He also addressed the fee issue. He
feels justified in requesting the 7.75% fee due to the time restrictions of the job. Mary Ann Smith
questioned Scott Marotz to address the issue of Statute of Limitations. Scott spoke of the
difference between patent and latent claims. A patent claim would be claim for an item, or job
that is immediately recognizable as inadequate or broken. A latent claim is a claim that is made
after a much later date that is due to lack of integrity of materials or some form of degradation in
the materials to the point that the item becomes broken or non-functioning. Ernest Jensen
motioned to award approval of the contract to Architect Brent McFarland, David Lent seconded
the motion. Motion passed.
Board Meeting Minutes—January 9, 2007
Page Four
VI. EXECUTIVE SESSON:
Tracie Miller moved enter executive session, Ernest Jenson seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Mary Ann Smith moved to exit executive session, Ernest Jenson seconded the motion. Motion
passed.
David Lent motioned to adjourn and Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion passed.