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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-14-2021 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  Amy Landers  Chad Dance  Greg Calder  Paul Jenkins  Scott Lynch Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Regular Meeting April 14, 2021 7:00 PM District Office 3497 N Ammon Rd Idaho Falls, ID 83401 I. Reconvened from Executive Session II. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Amy Landers. III. Prayer was offered by Levi Owen. IV. Call to Order Chairman Amy Landers called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. V. Roll Call Chad Dance present Greg Calder present Paul Jenkins present Scott Lynch excused Amy Landers present VI. 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 Social & Emotional Learning Ken Marlowe, Community Relations and Communications Phil Campbell, D93News Samantha Williams, Bonneville Hs Principal Levi Owen, Thunder Ridge HS Principal Doug McLaren, Hillview Principal Elisa Saffle, Hillcrest HS Principal Scott Miller, Hillcrest Athletic Director Wendy Johnson, Hillcrest Wrestling Coaches Corey Tolliver and Matt Vandermeer, Tom Hunsaker, and Board Clerk Mary Hansen. Chairman Landers stated that due to their sensitive nature, complaints about personnel or an individual student must be submitted 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. VII. Action Items: A. Amend/Approve the Agenda MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the Agenda. Chad Dance seconded. Motion carried. B. Motions from Executive Session 1. Employee N2021 Decision 2. Employee O2021 Decision 3. Employee P2021 Decision MOTION: Greg Calder moved to accept recommendation to approve conditional leave without pay for Employees N2021, O2021 and P2021. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. 4. Employee Q2021 Decision Placed on consent Calendar 5. Tiebreaker Principal Recommendation 2 Heath Jackson recommended Brianna Tuckett as the new Principal at Tiebreaker Elemenetary to start FY22. MOTION: Chad Dance moved to accept recommendation for Brianna Tuckett as the new Principal at Tiebreaker Elementary. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. Ms.Tuckett is honored to be selected as principal and looking forward to getting to know the Tiebreaker community and staff. C. Consent Calendar Chairman Landers asked if any Board Member would like to remove any item from the Consent Calendar to the Regular Agenda. Hearing none, she 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: Paul Jenkins moved to approve the Consent Calendar. Chad Dance seconded. Motion carried. Approved on the Consent Calendar were two new assistant principals. Superintendent Woolstenhulme invited Bonneville HS Principal Levi Owen to introduce David England as the new assistant principal at Bonneville High School. Mr. England is excited to be part of District 93. Bonneville Online HS Principal Corey Telford introduced Nancy Jackson as a new assistant principal at Bonneville Online High School. Mrs. Jackson is excited to serve the online community in District 93. 1. Minutes of Previous Meetings Exeuctive Session 03-10-2021 Regular Meeting 03-10-2021 Motion and Order to Amend Agenda 03-10-2021 Work Session/Special Meeting 03-17-2021 2. Financial a. Accounts Payable $10,505,984.88 b. Capital Construction Projects Report c. Surplus Items Cloverdale Surplus April 2021 HHS Media Center Surplus April 2021 Tiebreaker Surplus April 2021 Techonolgy Surplus April 2021 3. Employees a. Conditional Employment b. Category 1 Rehires c. Resignations and Terminations d. Retirements e. Transfers f. Stipends g. Alternative Authorizations 4. Students a. Early Graduation Requests b. Club Requests TRHS - Chess Club c. Trip Requests BHS - HoneyBees - Murray, UT from 06-22-2021 to 06-24-2021 TRHS - Senior Class - Farmington, UT on 05-25-2021 TRHS - Orchestra Club - Salt Lake City, UT on 05-24-2021 VIII. Student Recognition Hillcrest HS State Wrestling Champion Lorenzo Luis Chairman Landers invited Athletic Director Wendy Johnson and Coaches Corey Tolliver and Matt Vandermeer to introduce Hillcrest HS Wrestler Lorenzo Luis. Ms. Johnson is grateful for great coaches! Coach Tolliver stated that Lorenzo is a class-act athlete. Lorenzo was a four-time State qualifer in past years and has also been recognized as All Area Wrestler and High Country Wrestler this year. Mr. Luis stated it was a dream come true to be a State Champion in his senior year. IX. Public Input: Pursuant to Board Policy #4105 Public Participation in Board Meetings Public Input shall be held to a maximum of 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, but may direct the Superintendent to consider such an item at a subsequent meeting. There were no public comments at this meeting. X. Administrative Reports/Information Items 3 A. Construction Report Chairman Landers invited John Pymm to present construction report. Mr. Pymm stated that the Black Canyon MS has received a temporary certificate of occupancy. The final checklists are being reviewed and completed with the move-in date set for May 1, 2021. Furnishings are set to arrive May 31, 2021. Mr. Pymm stated the project has been built under budget and investments from the bond money has earned up to $2M. Discussion on the use of this increase will be discussed in an upcoming work session. Ribbon cutting ceremony was briefly discussed. B. Report on the State of the District Populations Trends – Heath Jackson, Executive Director Chairman Landers invited Heath Jackson to report on population trends. Mr. Jackson stated that construction is still booming in both the north and south parts of the district. He informed the Board of the upcoming subdivisions that will impact district schools in the next 12 months. He reviewed the new construction in the high school zones and identified seven elementary schools that will be most impacted by the growth. Many of the largest elementaries will continue to grow as construction sites are completed. There are many town homes and multiple housing units under construction along with many single family homes throughout the district. FY22 Budget Prospects Report – Superintendent Woolstenhulme and Guy Wangsgard Chairman Landers invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme and Guy Wangsgard to present on FY22 budget. Dr. Woolstenhulme empasized that 88% of the monies from the Supplemental Levy are used for district employee salaries and benefits. He outlined how the budget could look if the levy failed at the polls on May 18, 2021: • Staff Reduction, either reducing the number of staff or reduction in pay/salaries: Idaho Code 33-1004 defines State instructional staff allowance for the district; if the ditrict does not employ the number of instructional staff allowed, the staff allowance will be reduced; thus funding is lost by the district. The District has only used 85% of the Administration position funding from the state in the last two years which has increased funding for other district needs; however, the work and responsibility of the administration have not changed. Federal Special Education laws prevent the district from reducing classified Title One paraprofessional positions in the classroom. When voters approved the supplemental levy in 2019, the increase funding allowed Physical Education and Music paraprofessionals to be staffed in the elementary schools and increased ground maintenance staff; if this funding is not approved, these programs will be discontinued and staff reduced. Other areas that could see major changes would be school extra-curricular programs, or all athletic and performing arts programs in the middle and high schools. • Budget Reductions: Pay reductions for Classified and Administrative staff, implimenting staff furlough days, freezing staff salaries, eliminating software programs, loss of new textbooks and curriculum resources, cancelling activity transportation, deferring maintenance on buildings, eliminating Microsoft Office for all students and staff, and even the Board declaring a financial emergency to override negotiated teacher salaries. • ESSER Funds: Spending rules and regulations of Federal ESSER funds can have an impact on future years’ budgets. ESSER funds are earmarked for specific time periods and are tagged with specific uses. ESSER III funds could be allocated over three years; it is difficult to depend on funds that are not yet avaialbe. They provide an easy fix for the present, but do not guarentee future stability. • Other factors to consider: Levy rates will continue to fall if growth continues to rise. Increased commerical growth will ease burden on homeowners. It is difficult to set the budget and lower the fund balance just to maintain basic operations. District budget is fundmentally controlled by the state. C. Proposed Policy for Initial Consideration 3085 Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation 3085P Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure Chairman Landers invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present policy 3085 for Initial Consideration. Dr. Woolstenhulme stated the District is working with attorneys in the revision of the policy which has required more work/time to complete the revision. XI. Action Items A. Proposed Policy for 30-Day Review (first reading) 3600 Student Records 3600F Student Directory Information Opt Out Form 3600E Student Records-Notification of Parents and Students Rights Chairman Landers invited Jason Lords to present policy 3600 for 30-day review. Mr. Lords stated there are few small changes to policy per federal updates. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to post policy 3600 as presented for 30-day review. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. B. Proposed Policy for Final Adoption (second reading) 3523 Bed Bugs 3523E Bed Bug Guidance for School Teachers Exhibit 3523F Bed Bug Informational Letter for Parents Chairman Landers invited Jason Lords to present policy 3523 for final adoption. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the policy 3523 as presented for final adoption. Chad Dance seconded. Motion carried. 4 C. 2021-2022 District 93 Trimester Calendar Chairman Landers invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present FY22 District Calendar. Dr. Woolstenhulme stated finalizing the 2021- 2022 calendar now would be best and making revisions later, if needed. Teachers like the Monday collaboration days and and students like time to meet with teachers for extra help. Math teachers are the most popular. Students in the FLITTE program have increased their learning outcomes and are more engaged during the four days in the classroom. The structure for Monday schedule will continue to evolve to be most beneficial for teachers, students and families. MOTION: Greg Calder moved approve the proposed FY22 District Calendar as presented. Chad Dance seconded. Motion carried. D. Bonneville Education Association Negotiaions Chairman Landers invited Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme to present information on BEA Negotiations. 1. Revised Teacher Salary Schedule FY21 Dr. Woolstenhulme explained the legislature has created a new rung on the career ladder, Advanced Professional 1 (AP1), and placing teachers on this level has required increased state funding for this schedule change. The district budget is not affected by increase in career ladder placement. Classified pay and administrative pay freezes are still in affect and are not part of this amendment. MOTION: Chad Dance moved approve the revised teacher salary schedule FY21 to master agreement as presented. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. 2. Designation of BEA Negotiaiton Representatives FY22 MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to delegate responsibility to Superintendent and Executive Administrative team as BEA Negotiation representatives for the Board. Chad Dance seconded. Motion carried. E. Reschedule Budget & Fee Hearing Chairman Landers invited Guy Wangsgard to present a new date for Budget & Fee Hearing. Mr. Wangsgard stated more time was needed to prepare the FY22 Budget and asked to move the Budget/Fee Hearing/Regular Meeting from June 9, 2021 to June 16, 2021 and cancel the Work Session on June 16, 2021. MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to change the date of the Budget and Fee Hearing from June 9, 2021 to June 16, 2021 and cancel the Work Session on June 16, 2021. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. XII. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings • Black Canyon interest funds and bond refinacing for May 19, 2021 Work Session with Nick Miller and Eric Heringer • Board tour of Black Canyon MS in late June • Tentitive Board Retreat dates July 15 & 16, 2021; Move Regular Meeting move 14th to 15th Work Session - Bonneville HS Student Council - Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - Bonneville HS - 11:30 a.m. Work Session - Thunder Ridge HS Student Council - Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - Thunder Ridge HS - 11:30 a.m. Retirement Open House - Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - Bonneville HS Little Theater - 3:30 p.m. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - District Board Room - 7:00 p.m. Work Session - Lincoln HS Student Council - Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - PLC Building - 11:30 a.m. XIII. Adjournment Chairman Landers adjourned the meeting at 9:12 p.m. MOTION: Chad Dance moved to adjourn. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. 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