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IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 91
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD MEETING
DISTRICT OFFICE BOARD ROOM
June 23, 2009
Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration:
Mary Ann Smith, Board Chair George Boland, Superintendent
David Lent, Vice Chair Guy Wangsgard, Director of Business
Ernest Jensen, Treasurer Gail Rochelle, Director of Secondary
Jerry Wixom Caroline Meagher, Recording Clerk
Deidre Warden
Board Chair Mary Ann Smith called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mary Ann Smith.
WORK SESSION
1.Open Meeting Law changes: Superintendent George Boland reviewed the changes to “Open Meeting Law”
per Idaho Code 67-2343. District 91 is in compliance with the changes to Open Meeting law and the
superintendent took this opportunity to review the law with the board of trustees.
2.Continuous Improvement Plan dashboard review: Superintendent George Boland reviewed the current
changes to the Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP.) The administration would like to streamline this
document in the August Board of Trustees retreat. This document has become cluttered with many actions –
the superintendent would like to minimize many of the actions to just show the general scope of projects for
each department.
3.Bush and Stadium updates: Dana Wood, Director of Operations reported:
1)A tentative agreement has been met with the contractor of the Bush project. Scott Marotz, Attorney for
the district will draft an agreement that contractors will rework code violations. This work will begin
when the City of Idaho Falls gives permission to contractor.
2)The stadium work is progressing nicely, the rain has slowed progress, but the contractor has brought on
more workers during sunny days to complete the project on schedule. The final walk through is
scheduled for August 21. The inspection by the City has been requested.
3)Colors have been selected to repaint the stadium. The colors are neutral that will match the brick and
not represent high school colors.
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4. Facility Upgrades: Dana Wood, Director of Operations reviewed the current status of the Facility Upgrade
project. The facilities committee met a few weeks ago and has been reviewing plans for Elementary school
designs. Dana introduced Kent Cravens to review the designs with the Board of Trustees. Kent reviewed
designs of one and two story elementary schools with the board of trustees. With five schools requiring
major upgrades, the administration is exploring the options of building new schools for those five schools.
The cost increase is not significant, and would increase the lifecycle of these buildings by a great deal.
The administration would like to do a demographics study to determine estimated growth of Idaho Falls. The
current capacity of school buildings will be compared to anticipated growth throughout Idaho Falls.
A new census is coming up soon, which may require a shift of school boundaries. It is the intent of the
superintendent to align elementary boundaries with middle and high school boundaries.
The administration would like to pursue a bond in the fall.
ACTION ITEMS
a.Ratification of telephone poll roof bid award for CE Gale:
Jerry Wixom motioned to ratify the telephone poll roof bid award for CE Gale. David Lent seconded the
motion. Five Aye votes – motion carried.
b.Secondary Science Curriculum Review
Ernest Jensen motioned to adopt the Secondary Science Curriculum as recommended by the administration.
Jerry Wixom seconded the motion. Five aye votes – motion carried.
Discussion was held about the impact of this new curriculum adoption. This is “inquiry based” curriculum
and will require more training and effort from the teachers.
ZONE 3 – TRUSTEE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
The Administration and the Board of Trustees interviewed three candidates for the Zone 3 vacancy.
1.Lisa Burtenshaw
2.Dr. Debu Majumdar
3.Steve Cannon
Jerry Wixom motioned to adjourn. Ernest Jensen seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.
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