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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005_04_12Board of Trustees 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. Board Meeting Minutes — April 12, 2005 Page Two 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. Board Meeting Minutes — April 12, 2005 Page Three 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. School Board Minutes — April 12, 2005 Page Four (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.