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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Minutes
July 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
Tracie Miller Karla LaOrange, Director of Personnel
Ernest Jensen Guy Wangsgard, Director of Business
Mary Ann Smith Caroline Meagher, Recording Secretary
David Lent
Chairman Jerry Wixom called the board meeting to order.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tracie Miller.
I. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Ernest Jensen moved to adopt the agenda with the addition of item (f) under item 4. Mary Ann
Smith seconded the motion. Motion passed.
II. CONSENT AGENDA
Tracie Miller moved to adopt the consent agenda as written; Mary Ann Smith seconded the
motion. Motion passed. Items approved include:
Board Meeting Minutes
: June 12 and June 22, 2007
Payment of June 2007 Claims: $ 1,475,852.19
Matching Funds
: Sunnyside Elementary School
Total Matching Funds requested: $ 7,500.00
Staff Actions:
New Hires:
Linda Crumley Gail Rochelle Terry Miller
Eagle Rock Jr High Administration Office Westside Elementary
English Teacher Director of Secondary Education Principal
Resignations:
Ruth Byron Nick Pettinger Casey Parry
Longfellow Elementary Ethel Boyes Elementary Idaho Falls High School
.5 FTE Kindergarten Counselor/Psychologist Spanish Teacher
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III. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Jerry Wixom expressed appreciation to Trustee Tracie Miller for her years of dedicated work on the
Board. Each of the board members expressed thanks and appreciation and wished Tracie well. Jerry
Wixom presented Tracie with her picture and name plate.
Mary Ann Smith administered the trustee oath of office to Ernest Jensen and Cindy Ozaki.
Chairman Jerry Wixom declared the Idaho Falls School District #91 Board of Trustees dissolved.
Superintendent George Boland declared the office of chair person open and asked for nominations.
Ernest Jensen nominated the following:
Jerry Wixom – Chair
Mary Ann Smith – Vice Chair
David Lent - Clerk
Ernest Jensen - Treasurer
Guy Wangsgard – Deputy Clerk
Voting was unanimous.
Board meetings were set:
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2 Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. – Business Meeting
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4 Tuesday at 12:00 noon – Work Meeting
David Lent asked if there will be time in this meeting structure to address items that were identified in
the board retreat. It was decided that the work sessions in September, January, March and June will
be goal review sessions.
IV. REPORTS:
No Patron Input
IFEA Report
: Nancy Caldwell, President of the IFEA wanted the thank Tracie Miller for her
service and all the time she dedicated to help our district. Nancy welcomes Cindy Ozaki to the
board and is looking forward to working with her. Nancy also invited the Board of Trustees to
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the New Teacher Breakfast which will be held at the Shilo Inn on August 14 at 7:30 a.m.
Education Foundation:
No Report.
Superintendent’s Report:
1) Superintendent George Boland wanted to update the board on summer projects. The
major work at Hawthorne is done and the minor jobs will be completed by the first day of
school.
2) Skyline Sprinkler System: Employees from our Maintenance Department are working on
utilizing what they can from the existing system. The sprinkler systems in the track and
softball fields are almost done. Operations will put out a Request for Proposal for the
remainder of the system.
3) Linden Park: The roof top units have been installed.
4) Edgemont: The old electrical has been removed and the new wiring is about 70%
complete.
5) The modular units will all be done within the next couple of weeks.
6) District wide carpet installation should all be done by August 1.
7) The Sunnyside modular unit Conditional Use Permit has been approved and the modular
was placed as requested by the two patrons who addressed the board in the June Board
meeting.
8) ISAT results: This springs’ ISAT was a new test through a new vendor. District 91 did
not score well in language usage. There is a statewide trend that shows a drop in the
scores for language usage. We did perform at or above the state average in reading, math
and language usage. Preliminary AYP results indicated three schools who meet AYP:
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Sunnyside, Hawthorne and Edgemont. We may file some appeals for some of the other
schools who did not make AYP.
9) Powerschool: everything is progressing on schedule. It appears that the conversion is
going as scheduled. It is our goal to have it available to parents by Thanksgiving or
Christmas.
First Reading: Board Policy
408.1—Financial Management. There is a minor change in the
language in the policy as required to comply with change in state statute.
Discussion of Resolution HR648—
The NSBA is drafting a bill that will make the No Child
Left Behind legislation more favorable to our district. The change that they are proposing
will give districts the ability to use the growth element. Ernest Jensen proposed that we adopt
this resolution and make it an action item for the August meeting.
V. PROPOSALS:
Second Reading Board Policy 1003.4—Conditions for Attendance.
This is the second of change to Board Policy 1003.4. T his policy change is available at the
district office for public review.
VI. ACTION ITEMS:
Accept or Reject school bus bids:
The bids came in higher than budgeted for. We do have the
funds in the account to cover the costs. Western Mountain Bus Sales was the recommended bid
from administration. Cindy Ozaki Motioned that we accept the school bus bid from Western
Mountain Bus Sales, Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Fiber Backbone Bid:
Our contract with Cable One for our high speed internet connection for all
schools expires this year. Cable One anticipates a large increase in our rates and they also plan
on charging us per user. The City of Idaho Falls is in the process of installing a new fiber
backbone for internet connections and has offered us the option to buy into this line. Since the
City of IF is a non-profit utility company, they only hope to recover their costs. The cost to the
district will be approximately $203,000. We anticipate it will take 3.5 years to receive the
payback for the initial outlay. David Lent motioned that we accept this proposal to change
internet provider and proceed with construction costs. Ernest Jensen seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
VII. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Ernest Jensen motioned to move into Open Session. Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
Ernest Jensen motioned to adjourn. Mary Ann Smith seconded the motion. Motion passed.