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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007_01_09 Board Minutes Sunnyside Elementary $ 7,000.00 computers— 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. th 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.