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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-13-2021 Minutes Regular MeetingDr. Scott Woolstenhulme, Superintendent 3497 North Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401  (208) 525-4400  Fax (208) 557-6800  www.d93schools.org Board of Trustees  Chad Dance  Scott Lynch  Greg Calder  Paul Jenkins  Carissa Coats Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Regular Meeting October 13, 2021 7:00 PM Thunder Ridge High School 4941 E 1st Street Idaho Falls, ID 83401 I. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairman Chad Dance. II. Prayer was offered by Jason Lords. III. Call to Order Chairman Chad Dance called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. IV. Roll Call Greg Calder present Paul Jenkins present Scott Lynch present Carissa Coats present Chad Dance present V. Welcoming of Delegates and Visitors Others in attendance were Superintendent Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme, Executive Director of Planning & Personnel Heath Jackson, Executive Director of Instruction & Learning Jason Lords, Chief Financial/Operations Officer Guy Wangsgard, Director of Maintenance & Operations John Pymm, Director of Special Education Dr. Yvonne Thurber, Director of Social & Emotional Learning Ken Marlowe, Community Relations and Communications Phil Campbell, D93News Samantha Williams, Transportation Supervisor Pamela Cripps, District Counsel Abigail French, Theresa Flannery WIPFLI, Principals Doug McLaren TRHS, Levi Owen BHS, Scott Miller HHS, Tom Hunsaker, Melanie Lemon, Michael Lemon, Brittany Horrell, Hinckley Potter, Representative Christensen, Don Schanz, Randy Smith, Melinda Christensen, Stephanie Avery, Shawna Tarin, Danielle Thompson, Phil Harper, Amanda Harper, Becky Benson, Annie Benson, and Board Clerk Mary Hansen. Chairman Dance stated that due to their sensitive nature, complaints about personnel or an individual student must be submitt ed in accordance to Board Policy 4110 Public Complaints and Grievances. The complaint and grievance form (4110F1) is found on the District’s home webpage www.d93schools.org under School Board tab – Board Policies. VI. Action Items: A. Amend/Approve the Agenda MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the Agenda. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. B. Motions from Executive Session Employee K2022 Decision Employee L2022 Decision Employee M2022 Decision Employee N2022 Decision MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve Leave Without Pay for Employees K2022, L2022, M2022, and N2022. Carissa Coats seconded. Motion carried. C. Consent Calendar 2 Chairman Dance asked if any Board Member would like to remove any item from the Consent Calendar to the Regular Agenda. Hearing none, he asked if any Board Member had any questions with regard to the Consent Calendar and asked for a motion to approve the Consent Calendar. MOTION: Scott Lynch moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Carissa Coats seconded. Motion carried. 1. Minutes of Previous Meetings Executive Session 09-08-2021 Special Meeting/Work Session/Executive Session 09-22-2021 2. Financial a. Accounts Payable $16,213,295.71 b. Capital Construction Projects Report c. Contracts All Ways Caring Home Care Contractual Agreement Oct 2021 Balance Point, LLC Contract Oct 2021 Presence Learning Agreement October 2021 Iona City Rental Agreement 2021-2022 d. Surplus Items Tiebreaker Elementary Surplus Technology Surplus 3. Employees a. Conditional Employment b. Resignations and Terminations c. Retirements d. Stipends e. Transfers f. Alternative Authorizations 4. Students a. Early Graduation Requests b. Clubs BCMS - (New) Role Playing Game Club - October 2021 TRHS - (New) Bailemos - October 2021 RMMS Club List 2021-2022 SCMS Club List 2021-22 LHS Club List 2021-22 BOHS Clubs and Activities 2021-22 TCHS Club List 2021-22 BHS Club List 2021-22 HHS Club List 2021-22 TRHS Club List 2021-22 c. Trip Requests TRHS - Student Council - Boise, ID from 02-27-2022 to 03-01-2022 BHS - Honeybees - Salt Lake City, UT on 12-17-2021 VII. Community Donation Bonneville County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 Chairman Dance invited Chaplin Korey Payne of Bonneville County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 to make presentation. Chaplin Payne presented a check for $10,000 to Bonneville Joint School District 93. He stated a fundraiser was recently held amoung the community businesses and the money collected was donated back to the schools. Trustee Jenkins expressed gratitude to Lodge 8 in behalf of all the students this donation will help in our District. VIII. Staff Recognition Kjell Jenkins - Transportation - Bus 22: Pamala Cripps, Transportation Supervisor Ms. Cripps informed the Board Kjell was the bus driver of Bus #22 that was involved in the bus accident on September 13, 2021. She stated he had taught the students on his bus what they needed to know in an emergency situation. Kjell and students 3 worked together to provide help and service to all involved in the accident. Kjell stated it is an honor to work with supportive administrators, parents and families. He mentioned the importance of practice drills. Dr. Woolstenhulme noted that Kjell was calm and proactive in a very tough situation and exemplified the cornerstones of the district – Integrity, Teamwork, Positivity, and Literacy/Learning. Melinda Christensen, 2020 School Psychologist of the Year: Dr. Yvonne Thurber, Director Dr. Thurber stated the recipient of this prestigous state award, Melinda Christensen, was nominated by her colleagues and founded on her attributes of trust, kindness, service, knowledge, teamwork, patience, integrity, mentorship and conflict management. Melinda was honored to receive this award and to work in the district. Phil Campbell - Northwest Region VP of National School Public Relations Association: Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme Dr. Woolstenhulme noted that this position is for the entire Northwast Region; Phil’s community work in public relations and communication networking is appreciated in the district and throughout our community. Student Recognition Superintendent Ybarra's Student Advisory Council: Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme Audrey Harmon, 9th Grade BHS Caleb Pebley, 11th grade HHS Dr. Woolstenhulme noted Superintendent Ybarra's Student Advisory Council involves 13 students grades 4 thourgh 12, two of which are from Bonneville Joint School District 93. The State Department of Education has opened its doors for students to be involved in their education – a chance to see education from a student’s view and provide an opportunity to collaborate together. IX. Public Input: Pursuant to Board Policy #4105 Pubic Participation in Board Meetings, Public Input shall be held to a maximum of one (1) hour and will provide an opportunity for any Board Member, administrator, staff member, student, or patron to raise issues of interest. The Board will receive such input without comment, except to ask germane questions of those speaking. Comments should be limited to three (3) minutes. The Board will take no action relative to any items during the meeting unless on the agenda, but may direct the Superintendent to consider such items at a subsequent meeting. Chairman Dance reviewed the process of adopting the current COVID Reopeing plan. It was approved by the Board of Trustees with a 4-1 vote in August 2021. He noted that there will not be any action taken tonight in regards to the Plan. All comments will be considered and are valued. Dr. Michael Lemon, Idaho Falls: Dr. Lemon expressed his support of the District plan for the welfare of students. He stated he has five children in the District and he works at East Idaho Regional Medical Center. He explained COVID is worsening and is currently affecting all ages and medical status. He stated caring for the safety of children should be a priority. Brittany Horrell, Idaho Falls: Ms. Horrell is a current teacher in the District. She stated teachers in our District are in support of the administration and their efforts to keep schools open. She read a letter from a co-worker and expressed her support of masks to keep everyone safe and in school. Hinckley Potter, Idaho Falls: Hinckley is a student at Thunder Ridge HS and a member of an e-Sports Gaming Club. He stated scholarships opportunities are unavailable because Board policy does not allow gaming sites on the district computers. Dr. Woolstenhulme stated federal law requires filters to be in place on computers used in the District. He will follow up on Hinckley’s request. Respresentative Chad Christensen, Ammon: Representative Christensen noted that a low percentage of children have passed due to COVID and the district should revise its mask mandate. Schools should not decide medical terms for students; parents should make the decision on masks and the Board should not be proactive in the cause. Scott Miller, Idaho Falls: Principal Miller stated finding qualified school counselors creates hard-to-fill positions in the schools. He expressed his gratiutde to the District administration and Board of Trustees for taking a resolution to ISBA and to the legislature. Don Schanz, Idaho Falls: Mr. Schanz expressed his appreciation for the work of the Board. He stated policies are important; however, they should not take precedence over families and individual’s responsibilities. Mandates take away freedoms and is unconstitutional and detrimental to children. Randy Smith, Idaho Falls: Mr. Smith reviewed COVID numbers and policy strategies. He suggested masks for students 10 years and older. 4 X. Administrative Reports/Information Items A. COVID Reopening Plan and Survey Results Chairman Dance invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present COVID Report and survey results. Dr. Woolstenhulme reviewed the stages of the COVID plan and how they determine the need for masks. He compared of cases from last year to this year showing an increase. He stated the challenge is keeping schools open and providing the instructional needs of all students. With the shortage of substitute teachers, many certified employees are covering multiple classrooms. Masks are important to keep from spreading the disease and protects our older employees that work in transportation, food service and custodial positions. Our schools could not stay open without these vital employees. He reviewed the COVID response plan timeline and the statistics of the parent and employee survey about face covereings, radom screening and vaccinations. Dr. Woolstenhulme reviewed Idaho Code 33-512.4 that states the Boards responsibility and authroity is “to protect the morals and health of pupils” and authority to require in schools measures intended to prevent the spread of contagious or infection desease (Idaho Code 33- 212) It is the District’s responsibility to care for its citizens. Trustee Lynch stated that the survey did not go out to everyone and was hard to understand. He stated the Board is to educate students and not be a medical board. The choice needs to be made by parents, not the school board. Trustee Coats reminded us that after the spring of 2020, we were thrilled to have our students back in school and educating our students should be t op priority. B. Report on the State of the District Routine Maintenance of Buildings & Grounds - John Pymm, Director Construction/Renovation Projects - John Pymm, Director Chairman Dance invited John Pymm to present reports on maintenance of District buildings, grounds, and construction and renovation projects. Mr. Pymm first acknowleged the hardworking custodial employees that strive daily to keep our schools open and clean. He highlighted the opening the doors of Black Canyon MS to over 900 students this fall. He stated budgets are tig ht due to fixed funding and increase in building costs and technology needs. Deferred maintenance allows district to postpone maintenance projects in order to save costs. However, this practice could lead to higher costs and deterioration of assets. Mr. Pymm reviewed the recent projects: foundation of Pine Basin building, updating Rocky Mountain MS with new colors and mascot, removing carpet at Sandcreek MS and finishing concrete floors and repairng lighting damaged by wind storm, replacing gymnasium lighting with LED lights, building a weight room and a larger ceramics classroom at Bonneville HS, new vinyl flooring and carpet at Bridgewater Elementary, fire renovation in gymnasium at Lincoln HS, extended parking lot for Technical Careers HS, updated doors, polished concrete floors and LED lighting at Hillcrest HS, and consession stand and restroom building at Thunder Ridge HS. Projects in progress include Annex remodel, Rocky Mountain auditorium. Irrigation improvements, continuing work on Hillcrest floors, and a shed at Black Canyon MS. Costs to continue renovation Pine Basin will come from rental fees charged when the facility is rented to interested parties. Facility committee will plan on reporting to the Board in the January 2022 meeting. C. Bonneville Education Foundation Director Deana Graham Deana Graham was not in attendance. She will be introduced in the November 2021 meeting. D. Woodland Hills Elementary Principal Scott Thunstrom Chairman Dance invited Heath Jackson to introduce Principal Scott Thunstrom. Current Principal John Murdock will be deployed this fall. Mr. Jackson stated an interview process took place and the committee chose to transfer Scott Thunstrom from Rocky Mountain MS to Woodland Hills Elementary as the new principal stating in November. Principal Thunstrom displays good communication skills, is up on technology and looking forward to this new experience. He is grateful for a supportive district administration and School Board. XI. Action Items A. Rocky Mountain MS Assistant Principal Recommendation No action at this time. B. Annual Audit Report Chairman Dance invited Guy Wangsgard to present FY2021 Annual Audit Report. Mr. Wangsgard stated that each year school districts are required to submit an annual audit report to the State Department of Education. Our audit was prepared by WIPFLI. Theresa Flannery reviewed the audit report with the board and reported numbers were good and there are not any concerns relating to the findings. Refinancing bonds and lowering the levy rate help balace the market growth in our district. 5 MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved approve FY2021 Annual Audit Report as presented. Scott Lynch seconded. Motion carried. C. Rimrock Elementary Boundary Change Chairman Dance invited Heath Jackson to present on Rimrock Elementary boundary change. A lone familiy, who open enrolls their children in Rimrock Elementary, has requested to move Rimrock attendance boundary to include their home and make the bus route easier for both the family and the district. MOTION: Scott Lynch moved to approve Rimrock Elementary boundary change as presented. Carissa Coats seconded. Motion carried. D. Proposed Policy for 30-Day Review (first reading) 3006 Proof of Residency Chairman Dance invited Jason Lords to present policy for 30-day reivew. Mr. Lords explained the addition to the policy relating to false or misleading information provided on the 3006F Addidavit of Residency form will affect acceptance for proof of residency. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve policy 3006 to be posted for 30 Day Review. Scott Lynch seconded. Motion carried. E. District Calendar 2022-23 Chairman Dance invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present options for the 2022-23 District Calendar. Dr. Woolstenhulme explained with Christmas Day falling on a Sunday, three drafts were proposed for the 22-23 school calendar. A parent and staff survey resulted in Draft 1 being most desired, with Christmas Break starting Monday, December 19, 2022 through Monday, January 2, 2023. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve Draft 1 for the 2022-23 District Calendar. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. F. JUUL Lawsuit Resolution Chairman Dance invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present information on JUUL Resolution. Marketing companies are producing vaping products that appeal to school aged students and has become a disciplinary concern in our schools. This lawsuit will help provide knowledge to district and to the public on the negative health effects of vaping. The district will be represented by the Anderson, Julian & Hull, LLP, Frantz Law Group, APLC, and Kirton McConkie PC law firms. MOTION: Carissa Coats moved to approve JUUL Lawsuit Resolution as presented. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. XII. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings Rezoning maps Work Session - Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - Black Canyon MS - 11:30 a.m. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - District Board Room - 7:00 p.m. ISBA Annual Convention - November 17-19, 2021 - Boise, ID Regular Meeting - Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - District Board Room - 7:00 p.m. Work Session - Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Rocky Mountain MS - 11:30 a.m. XIII. Action Item: Adjournment Chairman Dance adjourned the meeting at 9:53 p.m. MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to adjourn. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. APPROVED: ______________________________________ Chairman ATTESTED: _______________________________________ Clerk DATE: ___________________________________