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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-25-12_Special_Session 3497 North Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401  (208) 525-4400  Fax (208) 529-0104  www.d93.k12.id.us Board of Trustees  Craig Lords  Annette Winchester  Wendy Horman  Kip Nelson  DeVere Hunt Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Dr. Charles J. Shackett, Superintendent Dr. Bruce Roberts, Deputy Superintendent Marjean McConnell, Assistant Superintendent Special Meeting Sandcreek Middle School January 25, 2012 11:30 a.m. I. Call to Order Chairman Lords called the meeting to order at 11:42 a.m. II. Roll Call Board Members present: Chairman Craig Lords, Vice Chairman Annette Winchester, Treasurer Wendy Horman, Trustee DeVere Hunt, and Trustee Kip Nelson. Others in attendance were Superintendent Chuck Shackett, Deputy Superintendent Bruce Roberts, Assistant Superintendent Marjea n McConnell, Chief Financial/Operations Officer April Burton, Curriculum Director Michaelena Hix, Director of Plant Facility/Purchasing Roger Hill, Health and Safety Coordinator Guy Bliesner, Energy Education Specialist Don Trauntvein, School Improvement and Technology Coordinator Scott Woo lstenhulme, Administrative Assistant Jodi Barnes, Principal Lyndon Oswald, Assistant Principal Kent Sawyer, Principal Shalene French, and Board Clerk Valerie Messick. Mr. Oswald spoke to the Board about some of the great things happening at Sandcreek Middle School. They have a grant called Dragon Energ y Alternatives. They have a greenhouse and a weather station where the students are growing chrysanthemums, tomatoes, and fruit trees. They use solar panels and wind turbines. Students are participating in Dragon Fitness and have committed to walking around the world. Mr. Oswald asked Board members to pledge miles to students who can’t walk. III. Consent Calendar A. Student Club Requests 1. Circle of Friends – Bonneville High School 2. Bonneville Weightlifting Club (BWC) – Bonneville High School B. Trip Requests 1. Bonneville High School Bel Cantos – to travel to Orange County to attend Heritage Festival of Gold (invitational festival) workshops and rehearsals with top professionals from around the country – Friday, March 30, 2012 through Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2. Bonneville High School Bonnevaires – to travel to San Francisco to attend the Choirs of America Festival (one school per state invited to represent their state) to work with top choral professionals in combined rehearsals and individual workshops – Wednesday, March 21, 2012 through Sunday, March 25, 2012. 3. District 93 High School Music Students (students selected by audition) to travel to Coeur d’Alene to participate in the state Music Education Conference and Honor Groups – Wednesday, April 18, 2012 through Saturday, April 21, 2012. Chairman Lords asked if there would be a motion to accept the consent calendar. MOTION: Annette Winchester made the motion to approve the consent calendar. Wendy Horman seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion passed. IV. Items for Discussion A. Audit Management Report Update – April Burton Mrs. Burton addressed items from the Audit management report. Uncashed checks will be considered as abandoned property and wi ll be submitted to the state to hold. They will be requesting funds on a quarterly basis. Federal programs and the business office will be keeping copies of timecards for time and effort reports. Mrs. Burton has hired a part-time employee to help with payroll procedures as required. Changes in Medicaid bi lling have been mad to appropriately allocate funds for salaries. Idaho State billing provides the District with reports from a third pa rty source. Non-district sanctioned trips will not any longer run money through the schools. She has changed the processes for gift cards. B. Report on patron autism concerns – Chuck Shackett Dr. Shackett reported on a meeting that was held with the parents, principals, Mrs. McConnell, and Mrs. Searle. They discussed what could be done with in the budget and the law. They will continue to meet. The District wants to do what we can. Mrs. Searle met with special education at the secondary schools then met with the parents. She listened to their needs and expectations. Four students will be moving to th e middle school from Discovery next year. There is a broad spectrum of needs. Some of the students will remain at Discovery. We will look at each case individually. We are taking the parents’ concerns very seriously. Parents are concerned with the size of the classroom at the middle school and want one teacher plus two aides for six students. Mrs. Horman asked if there were national standards or recommendations available. The parents want a program like they have at Discovery and they are concerned their children won’t get the education they had at Discovery. Peers are important to these children. Mr. Nelson talked to one of the parents who want the same program that is offered in the Jordan School District in Utah. That is one school where the students advance through all the years they attend school. Our numbers are increasing. Students can remain at middle school level until they turn 16 years of age and at high school until they turn 21. We need to determine the least restrictive environment for these students. We met with the parents, listened to their concerns and we are trying to meet the students’ needs. Mr. Nelson wondered if we have a bigger program if it would attract more students. C. Administrative Evaluation Timelines – Marjean McConnell Mrs. McConnell asked Ms. French who serves on the state committee to address the Board. There isa research-based template available for local boards to consider. D. Idaho Leads Project – Chuck Shackett Albertson’s has donated $3 million to Boise State to network district teams. We have been accepted and a ten person team will beet four times. The meetings are scheduled for February 16, May 17, Sept 19, and November 15. Wendy and Annette will serve on the team from the Board. There will be a student, principal, district leadership, and teacher involved. The goal is to get groups to start talking about a distributive leadership model. E. Bond Election – Chuck Shackett Mr. Bliesner the public relations campaign. Dr. Shackett will be on radio shows on March 12th. We have the opportunity to write a guest editorial on Sunday March 11th, Tuesday , Wednesday, and Thursday, March 6-8 public information meetings will be held. Monday February 27th the PTO folks will be ready to write letters to the editor. We will have 45 second video answers to frequently asked questions on the website and utube. The trifold will be sent out February 13th and again closer to the election. Dr. Shackett and Chairman Lords will schedule visits to faculty meetings in the next few weeks. The Board discussed the possibility of making the Professional Technical High School a charter school with at least two of the current board members on its governing board. Funding is much better for a charter high school (12-1 staffing). Mr. Bliesner stated that the District needs to get into the press more and he is looking at a weekly press release. We need to show that we are doing everything we can to save dollars. F. New Elementary School Site – Roger Hill Mr. Hill spoke of the need to move forward with picking a site for the new elementary and preliminary work before the election so we can be on track to open the new school in August of 2013. We are looking at potential boundary changes and will ask Mrs. Judy to look at the available sites and then tell the Board of the implications for each. Hopefully these can be shared in a work session. Mr. Hunt asked if we were concerned with the impact of moves to students. How many times have they been moved to other schools? We need to look at how we can change boundaries without moving a lot of kids multiple times. Mrs. Horman stated that the schools are full before we begin building and asked which schools are the largest in the District. Mr. Hill stated that Falls Valley, Discovery, Iona and Hillview have the most students. What will happen if the bond does not pass? We will have to move modulars in. We also need to move modulars to the middle schools and high schools to help with projected overcrowding there. The question was asked, how long before we decide Ammon is no longer viable? The community needs to be consulted before that happens. G. Architect/Engineer and Construction Manager Fees – Roger Hill We need to move quickly to decide on a site so the civil engineers can do their work. The cost will be around $10,000. If the bond does not pass then we will take those costs out of plant facilities. Chairman Lords was excused at 1:00 p.m. H. Graduation Requirements – Michaelena Hix Mrs. Hix stated that we need to make accommodations and give students more flexibility. Dual credit will give more opportunities for students. Mrs. Horman asked if we have enough teachers with Masters degrees to teach concurrent classes. We have more at Hillcrest but we can offer online classes to students at the other schools. Mr. Woolstenhulme stated that we could consider reducing the number of credits we require for graduation. We should probably look at our social studies and P.E. requirements. We should require a 1 credit digital citizenship class. Mr. Hunt suggested offering ½ credit for extracurricular activities. Mr. Pymm and Mr. McLaren will make recommendations on social studies and P.E. requirements. If we eliminate the P.E. requirement, kids will still take it as an elective. The discussion centered on different possibilities for offering online courses. Students at either high school should be able to take courses. We are anticipating asking parents to participate in digital citizenship courses. V. MOU for Interconnectivity - Scott Woolstenhulme Mr. Woolstenhulme wanted the Board to be aware of the Memorandum of Understanding between District 91, EITEC and our District to share networking and infrastructure resources to benefit furthering the education of the students from all entities. The next step will be to build our own network. MOTION: Wendy Horman made the motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding. DeVere Hunt seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion passed. VI. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings 1. Expulsion Hearing – February 7, 2012 – 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Horman will not be available for this meeting. Mr. Lords may not be available. 2. Regular Meeting – February 8, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Mr. Nelson will not be available for this meeting 3. Day on the Hill – February 14 – 15, 2012 – Boise Mr. Lords will attend 4. Work Session – February 22, 2012 – Rocky Mountain Middle School - 11:30 a.m. VII. Adjournment MOTION: DeVere Hunt made the motion to adjourn at 1:50 p.m. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion passed. APPROVED: _____________________ Chairperson ATTESTED: __________________________ Clerk Date: ___________________