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Idaho Falls School District No. 91
Board Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2005
Administration Building
Idaho Falls, ID
7:00 p.m.
Present from the Board of Trustees:
Jared Fuhriman, Vice Chairman
Sharon Parry
Jerry Shively
Jerry Wixom
Excused: Ernest Jensen
OPENING CEREMONIES
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Sharon Parry.
Present from the Administration:
John Murdoch, Superintendent
George Boland, Supervisor of Instruction
Craig Ashton, Supervisor of Instruction
Guy Wangsgard, Business
Lanae Jensen, Secretary
EMMISARY OF EXCELLENCE
Camille Wood, Supervisor of Technology Services, introduced Eric Bodily, district network
administrator. Mrs. Wood described Eric's many responsibilities, including keeping our network,
e-mail system, voicemail system and phone system functioning properly. She expressed appreciation
for his hard work. Jared Fuhriman commended Eric, and awarded him the Emissary of Excellence
Award.
Wendy Cavan, Principal of Eagle Rock Jr. High, introduced Sherree Schell, volunteer at Eagle Rock.
Mrs. Schell has volunteered at Eagle Rock for several years, and is a great asset to their teachers, staff,
and administration. Jared Fuhriman commended Mrs. Schell, and awarded her the Volunteer of the
Month award.
David Burger presented Trustee Jerry Shively with the Idaho Music Educator Hall of Fame Award, for
his many years of experience as an Idaho music educator.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Jerry Wixom moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to adopt the agenda as written. Motion
passed.
STUDENT TRAVEL
Jerry Shively moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to approve the following student travel:
Skyline DECA to Anaheim, CA, April 26 — May 1
Gale Freshman to Layton, Utah, June 3
IFHS Scholastic Team to Washington, D.C., April 28 — May 2
IFHS Economics Team to San Francisco, CA, April 21 — 23rd
Ratify telephone poll — IFHS Journalism to Seattle, WA, April 6-10
Motion passed.
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CONSENT AGENDA
Jerry Shively moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to approve the consent agenda consisting
of:
a. Board Meeting Minutes of March 8, 10, 15 and April 5, 2005
b. Payment of Claims
c. Matching Funds:
Eagle Rock Jr. High Media Center Book $400.00
IFHS Classroom Performance System 3,000.00
d. Personnel:
Retirements
Richard Wagner
Linda Moore
JoAnn Densley
Marlen Georgia
Nancy Potter
Elizabeth Krsul
Dean Arnoldson
Sandra Price
Duke Klein
Steven Kakacek
Motion passed.
Resignations
Marti Romans
Kathryn Jenkins
Merilee Johnson
Dorothy Hunt
Cynthia Larson
Natalie Gladwin
Jewell Jones
REPORTS
STUDENT REPORTS
Melanie Falls, student representative from Skyline reported that Sadie Vandersloot will be the new
representative, student body officers have just attended a student government conference and student
government will have a work night. Spirit week will promote caring and reaching out to students.
Andy Benson, student representative from Idaho Falls High School, introduced Mason West, the new
student representative for next year. Andy thanked for the board for the opportunity to report student
activities and reported on the school rummage sale and dance, class elections and spring sports.
PATRON INPUT
Paul Merrill, volunteer at Sunnyside Elementary School discussed the possibility of the 6th grade
students taking a field trip to the Riot Zone, north of Rigby. This item will be placed on the May 10
agenda as an action item.
Reme Clements, district elementary music specialist, discussed the elementary music program.
Leo Eaton, district elementary music specialist, discussed the elementary music program.
P.J. Piper, classroom teacher at Boyes Elementary, discussed the elementary music program.
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IFEA REPORT
Gene Lund, IFEA President, reported that the retirement banquet will be held May 12 at the Shilo Inn
with a social hour at 6:00 and dinner at 7:00 p.m. The Delegate Assembly will be held Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, April 28, 29 and 30.
EDUCATION FOUNATION REPORT
Rebecca Casper reported that the Education Foundation leadership has completed meeting with
the faculties in school meetings and are seeing a rise in payroll deductions. They have attended
the 6th grade orientations. Strategic Planning will be Thurs., April 14th from 5:15 to 9:15. Mrs.
Casper expressed their deep appreciation for the volunteers assisting in their work.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Shelly Smede discussed Lexile Framework for Reading, a new diagnostic and prescriptive tool.
This tool provides a common scale for matching reader ability and text difficulty, allowing
easy monitoring of progress. Tens of thousands of books and articles have Lexile measures
and all major standardized tests can report student reading scores in Lexiles. The teacher can
understand with pinpoint accuracy where the student can best learn.
Dr. Murdoch reported that the National School Board Convention convenes Friday, April 15,
in San Diego and several of our board members will be attending.
He also reported that the K-12 physical education curriculum guides are available for public
review.
ACTION ITEMS
Jerry Shively moved and Jerry Wixom seconded the motion to approve the materials that have
been recommended by the curriculum committee as follows:
French: Holt Publishing (French 1, 2, and 3)
German: EMC Publishing with Holt supplemental readers (German 1, 2, and 3)
Houghton Mifflin Kaledioscop (German 4)
Spanish: Prentice Hall Publishers (Spanish 1, 2, 3, and 4)
Motion Passed.
Jerry Shively moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to adopt the following materials as
recommended by the curriculum adoption committee and authorize the administration to file a
waiver to the State Department of Education for the final endorsement of
Elementary Health: United Streaming customized to Idaho Standards
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
Motion passed.
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(ACTION ITEMS Continued)
Sharon Parry moved and Jerry Shively seconded the motion to approve the alternative
graduation mechanism. Motion passed.
Jerry Wixom moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to award the physical education
equipment bid to Champion Fitness in the amount of $37,884.00. Motion passed.
Jerry Shively moved to ratify the phone poll of March 30, 2005, to purchase band uniforms
awarding the bid to DeMoulin Brothers as the only responsive bidder. Motion passed.
Jerry Wixom moved and Sharon Parry seconded the motion to move to accept the official results
of the Supplemental Levy election as publicly read, and as certified to, by the boards of election;
with the votes approving the measure 1918 with votes against the measure 459 and with 1 voided
ballot cast; yielding 80.7% rate of approval. Motion passed: Ayes: 4 Nayes: 0
Sharon Parry moved and Jerry Wixom seconded the motion to adjourn. Motion passed.