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IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91
BOARD OF TRUSTEES -- BOARD BUSINESS MEETING
DISTRICT 91 ADMINISTRATION OFFICE -- 7:00 P.M.
690 JOHN ADAMS PARKWAY, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Chairman Hill called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Trustee Radcliffe made a motion to go into Executive Session
pursuant to Idaho Code §74-206 (1) (b) Student, Personnel, (c) Property. Trustee Wilson provided the second. A roll
call vote was taken:
Lara Hill – yes
Hillary Radcliffe – yes
Larry Wilson – yes
Paul Haacke – excused
Elizabeth Cogliati – yes
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Superintendent Boland, Board of Trustees, district directors, school principals, 2019-2020 C, and student’s parent all
met in Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code, §67-2345 (1) (b) regarding a student matter. At 6:32 pm
Superintendent Boland, and the Board of Trustees excused the student and parent and continued in Executive Session
regarding a student matter. Superintendent Boland and the Board of Trustees then excused district directors and
school principals and continued in Executive Session regarding a student matter.
At 6:48pm Superintendent Boland and the Board of Trustees met in Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code, §67-
2345 (1) (b) regarding personnel matters.
At 6:54pm Superintendent Boland and the Board of Trustees met in Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code, §67-
2345 (1) (c) regarding property discussion.
BUSINESS MEETING
Present from the Board of Trustees: Present from the Administration:
Lara Hill, Chair George Boland, Superintendent
Hillary Radcliffe, Vice Chair Dan Keck, Asst. Supt. of Secondary Education
Larry S. Wilson, Treasurer Kelly Coughenour, Asst. Supt. of Elementary Education
Elizabeth Cogliati, Member Carrie Smith, Director of HR & Finance
Shannon Taylor, Director of Student Services
Excused: Margaret Wimborne, Director of Communications and
Paul Haacke, Clerk Community Engagement
Brandi Moreno, Board Secretary, Recording
Chairman Hill called the business meeting to order at 7:05 PM. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Laura Milton, IFEA
President.
ADOPT AMENDED AGENDA
Trustee Wilson made a motion to adopt the amended agenda as presented. Trustee Radcliffe provided the second.
Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
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REPORTS/INPUT/INFORMATION
a. Student Reports – written comments, if provided are attached.
Compass Academy – Representatives Maria Aquino and Brennady Jensen reported next Thursday
they will hold the Mr. Compass assembly which is a time when students can show off their talents.
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This week Compass held 8 grade tours where the 8 graders from the middle schools toured
Compass by visiting different stations and touring the school.
Emerson High School – Representatives Jada Clay and Trista Picket reported they have 165 new
students and 8 students recently graduated last block. They are participating in the Souper-bowl
food drive. Upcoming events include a field trip for the entire school to Craters of the Moon,
activities for Cinco de Mayo and a Trade Fair.
Skyline High School – Representative Camille Murdoch reported they have been busy with the
Super-Bowl. Their goal this year was 70,000 cans and as of Monday, they have collected 81,000
cans. Next week the boys basketball team will compete in state in Boise and tonight boys basketball
has a game against Idaho Falls High School.
b. Superintendent’s Report
Superintendent Boland reported invitations went out for the premier of a virtual field trip to “Navigating
Nuclear” sponsored by the INL and various partners and put together by Discovery Education which will be
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held at Compass Academy on February 18 at 10:30 am with students from all of our high schools attending.
Superintendent Boland stated, we’ve had questions about snow days and loss of instructional time. At the
secondary level, seniors have exceeded their limit and will need to re-calendar one day and can probably do
that during a testing day where previously seniors did not have to attend. At the elementary level, we are ok
with Kindergarten hours. Grades 1-6 will need to make up 1 hour and we will identify that make up time later
this spring. Erickson Elementary is still in a bit of a bind because of the 4 days they were out earlier this year
due to the HVAC problem. They are currently 6.2 hours short so we’ll probably have to make some
adjustments in addition to what we are currently doing in terms of their late start Mondays. We will have to
resubmit our calendars to the state to show how we are meeting the minimal instructional hours. Trustee
Cogliati asked how grades 7-11 are doing, Superintendent Boland stated they are fine at this point with their
hours but if we have more closure days, we’ll have to revisit all of the hours again.
Superintendent Boland stated, we received a letter from a patron concerning our district attendance policy
and excused medical absences. Superintendent Boland briefly touched on board policy 1002 and
administrative procedure 1002 with respect to the letter. Board policy does identify a number of parameters
around student attendance with respect to medical absences. In order for an absence to be designated as
medical, it does require a medical professional note. Students can have excused absences that don’t require
a note from a medical professional and can be identified as an excused absence due to illness and can be
coded that way. This absence is still included in the 5 allowable excused absences per trimester. A discussion
was held. Superintendent Boland stated they will review the policy and procedure and will bring forward any
needed updates.
Superintendent Boland stated there were questions in the last work session and shared a packet of
information from the previous 2016 pre-bond planning work so the board has some familiarity to discuss
scopes of work in future work sessions. The packets included previous diagrams, scopes of work and cost
estimates from 2016 of the two High School designs and program spaces at the two Middle Schools. The
packet also included very rough order of magnitude cost estimates for 2020 to perform the same scope of
work from 2016. Superintendent Boland reviewed the several different diagrams and scopes of work.
Discussions were held.
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c. Hawley Troxell Attorneys
Superintendent Boland stated to date, we’ve heard from Cooperative Strategies with respect to a ten-year
facility plan, Eric Heringer of Piper Sandler who presented district bond and levy financing, and Wayne
Hammon with AGC, who presented on different construction methodologies. Superintendent Boland
introduced Nick Miller, Attorney with Hawley Troxell to present on what is a bonding attorney and how a
bond ballot is structured. Nick Miller provided a presentation including the roles and services of bond
counseling, election dates, ballot submission deadlines, current pending legislation, bond election ballot
questions, multiple ballot questions, bond ballot disclosures, Idaho Code, the previous 2018 election ballot
language, bond resolutions, and post issuance compliance. Discussions were held including bond levy rates
and deadlines for the ballot submission.
d. Patron Input (Sign-in required) – no input.
e. IFEA Report – written comments are attached.
Lara Milton, IFEA President reported on the IFEA’s different roles, engaging members around the state, IFEA’s
interview concerning #RedForEd on Local News 8, the IFEA Facebook page featuring educators around the
district supporting public education and the fight to win the schools our students deserve, and invited board
members to be featured on the Facebook page with a picture and quote why they support public education.
Lara thanked the board and district for signing the joint letter with IFEA concerning the governor’s taskforce
recommendations and stated she will be hand delivering the letter to our state representatives in Boise on
Monday.
f. Other Items
i. Corporate Sponsorship Report – Superintendent Boland reported there were no new Corporate
Sponsorships to report.
ii. Board Updates –
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a. February 26 Work Session Date – It was decided this meeting be moved to Tuesday,
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February 25 due to the Teacher Appreciation Celebration on February 26. A time will be
determined based on when Trustee Haacke can call into the meeting from overseas.
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b. March 18 Work Session Location – This meeting is the same evening as the 5 Grade
Patriotic Program at Skyline High School, it was decided this meeting be relocated to Skyline
High School Media Center with the time to be decided at the March 11, 2020 Business
Meeting based upon how much work or discussion will need to be done prior to a potential
bond resolution. A discussion was held.
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c. April 22 Work Session Location – The district administration office board room is
unavailable on this date and a new location will need to be determined and posted for this
meeting.
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d. May 27 Work Session Date – High School graduations are this week, it was decided to
cancel this work session.
Superintendent Boland reminded the board of attendance at the High Reliability School
Training at CEI on February 21, 2020.
e. School Tours – Chairman Hill stated as we are going into a process it is important trustees
spend time in the schools when students are walking in the halls and schools are in session
so trustees can have the same perspective as the teachers, students, and administrators
while those schools are inhabited. She requested each trustee schedule a time with the
superintendents to take tours of all the schools. Chairman Hill stated when we are going to
taxpayers and asking to renovate, remodel, and support the board, we need to be able to
stand behind our words.
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iii. Monthly Budget Report – included in board packet
CONSENT AGENDA
Trustee Radcliffe made a motion to accept the Consent Agenda as presented. Trustee Wilson provided the second. No
further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
Items approved included:
a. Approval of Minutes
i. January 22, 2020 Business Meeting
ii. January 29, 2020 Board Work Session
b. Review of Payment of Claims
i. January 2020 Bill List $3,018,539.25
ii. IFEA Leave Invoice $ 208.99
c. Staff Actions
New Hires:
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Jessica Watrous 6 Grade Linden Park Elementary
d. Matching Funds
i. Sunnyside Elementary
Chromebooks and cart $6,835.50
Total Matching Funds requested $6,835.50
e. Student Travel
i. Skyline High School – Business Professionals of America
Boise, ID
March 12 – 14, 2020
f. Other Items
i. Surplus/Discarded Equipment
IT Department – discard technology items listed
Bunker Elementary – donate 5 unused old teacher desks
Bunker Elementary – donate 6 filing cabinets
ACTION ITEMS
a. Student 2019-2020 C – Hearing
Trustee Wilson made a motion to reinstate Student 2019-2020 C. Trustee Radcliffe provided the second. No
further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
b. Employee 2019-2020 G – Release from Contract Request
Trustee Radcliffe made a motion to release Employee 2019-2020 G from their contract. Trustee Cogliati
provided the second. No further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
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c. Joint Letter with Idaho Falls Education Association
Superintendent Boland stated it is the recommendation of the administration for the board chairman to sign
on the behalf of the Board of Trustees in the Joint Letter with Idaho Falls Education Association.
Trustee Cogliati made a motion to approve Chairman Hill sign on behalf of the Board of Trustees in the Joint
Letter with the Idaho Falls Education Association as presented. Trustee Wilson provided the second. No
further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
d. Award Bus Bids
Superintendent Boland stated we put out requests for bids on school busses with the bid opening this past
Monday. The board was given a copy of the bids, it is the recommendation of the administration that the
board approve the purchase of two 77-78 passenger busses from Western Mountain Bus Sales in the amount
of $95,764.00 each, and to purchase one special needs bus also from Wester Mountain Bus Sales in the
amount of $94,998.00 for a total of three busses at $286,526.00.
Trustee Radcliffe made a motion to approve the purchase of three school busses as recommended. Trustee
Wilson provided the second. No further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
e. Emergency School Closure Districtwide February 3, 2020
Superintendent Boland stated we had another school closure district wide on February 3, 2020 due to
blowing and drifting snow. The board has to authorize the closure and the district submits a report to the
state. It is the recommendation of the administration that the board approve the school closure on February
3, 2020.
Trustee Wilson made a motion to approve the Emergency School Closure for February 3, 2020. Trustee
Radcliffe provided the second. No further discussion. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
f. Final Reading – Board Policy Revisions and New
i. Section 306 – Purchasing (Revisions and New)
Superintendent Boland stated this is the final reading relative to board policy Section 306 - Purchasing
revisions and new policy. No input has been received to date. It is the recommendation of the
administration that the board adopt the board policy revisions and new policy as presented. No further
discussion.
Trustee Wilson made a motion to adopt the board policy Section 306 - Purchasing revisions and new as
presented. Trustee Radcliffe provided the second. A discussion was held. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays.
Chairman Hill called for a motion to adjourn. Trustee Wilson made a motion to adjourn. Trustee Cogliati provided the
second. Motion carried 4 ayes, 0 nays, the meeting adjourned at 8:25 PM.
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