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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-10-2022 Minutes Regular Meeting-Amended AgendaDr. 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  Paul Jenkins  Greg Calder  Carissa Coats  Randy Smith Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Regular Meeting/Amended Agenda August 10, 2022 7:00 PM District Office 3497 N Ammon Rd Idaho Falls, ID 83401 I. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairman Chad Dance II. The prayer was led by Vice Chair Paul Jenkins III. Chairman Dance called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. IV. Roll Call Paul Jenkins present Greg Calder present Carissa Coats present Randy Smith present Chad Dance present V. Opening Board Business A. Welcoming of Delegates and Visitors Chairman Dance welcomed any visitors and delegates to the meeting. Others in attendance were Superintendent Woolstenhulme, Jason Lords, Executive Director of Learning and Instruction, Heath Jackson, Executive Director of Planning and Personnel, Guy Wangsgard, Chief Financial Officer of Operations, Ty Salsbery, Principal at Hillcrest H.S., Jason Curtis, Principal at Iona Elementary, Kent Patterson, Principal at Sandcreek M.S., Craig Miller, Principal at Black Canyon M.S., Dr. Yvonne Thurber, Director of Special Education, Gordon Howard, Director of Technology and Safe Schools, Doug McLaren, Principal at Thunder Ridge H.S., Johh Pymm, Director of Maintenance and Facilities, Tom Hunsaker, Nate Egan, D93 News, Laura Wallis, Chelle Sorenson, James Williams, Board Clerk, Samantha Williams. B. Motion and Order to Amend the Agenda (Action Item) Chairman Dance stated that A BOARD MEMBER MOVES THAT THE BOARD PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE §74- 204(4)(a) AMEND THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING AS FOLLOWS: To add: bus bids to the consent agenda To add: Surplus Property Appraisals and Purchase Agreements as X.A. And move Sale of 97th N Property as X.A.1. To add: Hitt Rd Property Purchase Agreement under the title “Surplus Property Appraisals and Purchase Agreements” as X.A.2. These requests were received today and are time sensitive. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to amend the agenda as stated. Randy Smith seconded. Motion carried. Superintendent Woolstenhulme asked Chairman Dance to consider adding a discussion item to the agenda. The Board can’t take action because the meeting had already started. The item that was requested to be added was Employee A2023 Release of Contract as Item 10b. 2 MOTION: Greg Calder moved to add discussion item Employee A2023 to the agenda. Randy Smith seconded. Motion Carried. C. Amend/Approve the Amended Agenda (Action Item) Chairman Dance asked for a motion to approve the amended agenda. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the amended agenda. Carissa Coats seconded. Motion carried. D. Approve Consent Agenda (Action Item) Chairman Dance asked if any Board members would like to remove any item from the consent agenda to the regular agenda. Chairman Dance requested that the School Resource Officers Contract be removed from the consent agenda for further discussion. MOTION: Randy Smith moved to approve the consent agenda. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. 1. Minutes of Previous Meetings Board Retreat/Executive Session (Draft) - 07-03-2022 Regular Board Meeting (Draft) - 07-13-2022 2. Financial a. Accounts Payable July Board Report - $4,106168.24 b. Contracts Revised BHC Contract School Resource Officer Proposed Contract FY23 Contractual Agreement with Ione Stanger FY23 Contractual Agreement with Brian Olson, Peaks to Plains Therapy Services FY23 Children's Adventure Center Contract FY23 Contractual Agreement with Panorama Green FY23 Contractual Agreement with Angela, Andrus, AA Kinetic Physical Therapy FY23 Contractual Agreement with Jaeana Hansen FY23 Contractual Agreement with Celebrations Speech of Idaho, LLC FY23 Contractual Agreement with Riverside Service Group FY23 Contractual Agreement with Reena Chrysler FY23 Contractual Agreement with Gail A. Kisling FY23 c. Surplus Items Maintenance - Surplus Transportation - Surplus d. Transportation - Bus Bids 3. Employees a. Alternative Authorizations b. Conditional Employment c. Leave Requests d. Release of Contract e. Resignations and Terminations f. Retirements g. Stipends h. Summer Hires i. Transfers 4. Internships/Student Teachers VI. Public Input: Chairman Dance stated that pursuant to Board Policy #4105 Public 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, 3 student, or patron to raise issues of interest. The Board will receive such input without comment, except to ask ge rmane 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. There was no public input for this meeting VII. Finance and Operations A. Fee Hearing Spectator Athletic Season Pass Spectator Athletic Single Punch Pass Chairman Dance invited Guy Wangsgard, Chief Financial Officer of Operations to present to the Board the request for a fee increas on athletic passes. Mr. Wangsgard explained that the spectator athletic season pass would increase from $80.00 to $85.00. And the spectator athletic single punch pass from $4.00 to $5.00. As required by state statute the request for these increases were posted in the newspaper. Mr. Wangsgard asked for pupblic input on these fee increases. 1. Fee Hearing Public Input – there was no public input. 2. Proposed Fee Increase (Action Item) Chairman Dance asked for a motion MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to approve the proposed fee increases as presented. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. B. FY 23 Bus Routes (Action Item) Chairman Dance invited Mr. Wangsgard to continue with presenting the FY23 Bus Routes to the Board for approval as is required by state law. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the FY23 Bus Routes. Carissa Coats Seconded. Motion carried. C. Proposed Bond Discussion Chairman Dance invited Superintendent Woolstenhulme to begin a discussion on a proposed bond. Dr. Woolstenhulme presented different options for a bond. The following slide is what was discussed. After the different options were discussed, Dr. Woolstenhulme asked the Board how they would like to move forward. The ballot verbiage for a bond would need to be turned into Bonneville County Elections by September 9, 2022. The concerns of running a bond in November were trying to run it at the same time as Distr ict 91. Idaho Falls District 91’s bond would be significantly higher than what our district would propose and the fear of confusing patrons was evident in the Board and the Executive Team. After discussing the pros and cons, it was decided to wait until Ma rch to run a bond. The Board will continue to have discussions on what is needed for the future. 4 VIII. Learning and Instruction A. Student Code of Conduct for final adoption (Action Item) Chairman Dance Invited Jason Lords, Executive Director of Learning and Instruction to present the Student Code of Conduct for final adoption. Mr. Lords thanked his committee and the individuals who helped make the necessary updates to the Code of Conduct. It was a great collaboration of principals, teachers and outside sources. Mr. Lords asked the Board to approve the revised Student Code of Conduct for final adoption. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to approve the Student Code of Conduct as presented for final adoption. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. B. Students' Rights and Responsibilities for final adoption (Action Item) Mr. Lords continued with asking the Board to approve the Student’s Rights and Responsibilities for final adoption. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Paul Jenkins moved to approve the Student’s Rights and Responsibilities for final adoption. Greg Calder seconded. Motion carried. C. Proposed Policy 8415 Child Nutrition for final adoption (Action Item) Guy Wangsgard, Chief Financial Officer of Operations asked the Board to approve Policy 8415 Child Nutrition for final adoption. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve Policy 8415 Child Nutrition for final adoption. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. D. Proposed Policy 3510 Student Medication for final adoption (Action Item) Mr. Lords concluded by asking the Board to approve Policy 3510 Student Medication for final adoption. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve Policy 3510 Student Medication for final adoption. Paul Jenkins secon ded. Motion carried. IX. Superintendent Reports and Recommendations A. COVID Plan for Final Adoption (Action Item) Chairman Dance invited Superintendent Woolstenhulme to present the COVID Plan information. Dr. Woolstenhulme stated that the major changes to the plan was removing mask and vaccine mandates. The district did conduct a Thought Exchange survey to patrons and parents. Overall the people who responded were happy with the changes to the plan. Dr. Woolstenhulme asked the Board to approve the COVID Plan for final adoption. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the COVID Plan for final adoption as presented. Randy Smith seconded. Motion carried. X. Planning and Personnel A. Surplus Property Appraisals and Purchase Agreements 1. Sale of 97th N Property (Action Item) Chairman Dance invited John Pymm, Director of Maintenance and Facilities to present the updated appraisal of 97th N. The second appraisal was $800,000. The highest bid was $628,000. John Pymm recommended that Board accept the offer and move forward with the sale. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to accept the highest bid of $628,000 on the 97th N property. Randy Smith seconded. Motion carried. 2. Hitt Rd Property Purchase Agreement (Action Item) Mr.Pymm continued with the presentation on the Hitt Road property purchase agreement. The highest bid was $1.5 million. The agreement states that the closing cost be split between the buyer and the district. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. 5 MOTION: Greg Calder moved to accept and finalize the Hitt Road Property sale to the highest bidder of $1.5 million. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. B. Woodland Hills Principal Recommendation (Action Item) Chairman Dance asked Mr. Jackson to present the recommendation for the new Woodland Hills Principal to the Board. Mr. Jackson started by saying that there were 8 candidates to interview. The committee c onsisted of teachers and staff from Woodland Hills. The committee narrowed the candidates down to two. After the Executive Team interviews, the candidate that has been recommeded for the position is Karri Peterson. Karrie comes with a lot of experience and the district is excited to have her as the principal of Woodland Hills. Mr. Jackson asked the Board to approve the recommendation. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve Karrie Peterson as the new Woodland Hills Principal. Paul Jenkins seconded. Motion carried. Ms. Peterson expressed her gratitude and is excited to get to know the Woodland Hills community. C. Exception to Policy 5825 Nepotism (Action Item) Chairman Dance invited Kent Patterson, Principal at Sandcreek M.S. to present his request to the Board. Mr. Patterson asked the Board to consider making an exception to Policy 5825 Nepotism so Sandcreek M.S. could hire an extremely qualified and Physical Education and Health teacher. Ms. Patterson interview and found the best candidate for the position. Due to Ms. Patterson being his wife, Mr. Patterson’s purpose was asking the Board to make an exception to the Nepotism Policy. The Board was split with concerns. After a lengthy discussion, Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve making an exception to Policy 5825 Nepotism so Sandcreek M.S. can hire the spouse of the principal. Carissa Coats seconded. Motion failed with a 3-2 vote. D. Policy 5404 Personal Leave Revision for final adoption (Action Item) Chairman Dance asked Mr. Jackson to present revised Policy 5404 Personal Leave for final adoption. Mr. Jackson stated that the changes to the policy were needed to align with the Master Agreement. Chairman Dance asked for a motion. MOTION: Greg Calder moved to approve the revised Policy 5404 Personal Leave for final adoption. Randy Smith seconded. Motion carried. E. Employee A2023 – Release of Contract discussion This item was added at the beginning of the meeting for discussion only. No action took place as it was added after the meeting started. This was discussed in Executive Session and the Board gave the Executive Team to move forward with the recommendation and this item will be on the next meeting agenda as an action item. XI. Board Closing Business A. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings Mr. Smith asked that family sports passes, report on financial control, and the approval process for software be added to the Special Board Meeting on August 31,2022 agenda. Chairman Dance thanked everyone, and asked for a motion to adjourn. B. Adjournment (Action Item) MOTION: Greg Calder moved to adjourn the meeting. Randy Smith seconded. Motion carried. Chairman Dance adjourned the meeting at 10:04 p.m. APPROVED: __________________________ ATTESTED: ___________________________ Date: _________________ Chairman Clerk