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Tamara Scott Sparhawk, Katie Falls Valley 1/9/12-5/4/12 5 Mary Shinkle Cassidy, Frank BHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Social Studies Brittany Shurtliff O'rullian, Janet Discovery 1/9/12-5/4/12 2 Lindsay Simmons Andrus, Jennifer Discovery 1/9/12-5/4/12 4 Timothy Slack Watson, Lynn HHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 History 9 - 12 Camille Smith Mitchell, Leeann Discovery 1/9/12-5/4/12 English 9 - 12 Tiffany Sorensen Willis, Chardawn Fairview 1/9/12-5/4/12 3 Briana Titus Dall, Becky Ammon 1/9/12-5/4/12 5 Chad Walker Neal, Robert HHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Health 9 - 12 Teresa Walker Hagert, Robert HHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 History 9 - 12 Shay Wallace Anderson, Julie BHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Math 9 - 12 BYU-I Student Cooperating Teacher Location Dates Subject/Grade Elizabeth Weller Jolley, Lisa RMMS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Health / PE 7 - 8 Marilee Wigginton Belnap, Larry HHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Biology 9 - 12 Keri Santos Cardon,Ruland / Johnson, Tyler BHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Spanish 9 - 12 ISU Student Cooperating Teacher Location Dates Subject/Grade Danielle Adams Jasper Kathy West Mountain Valley 1/9/12-5/4/12 3 KaDee Greer Jana Wixom SMS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Science Brandon Jackson Scott Barr HHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 PE Kalene Lusk Pat Zaranek Mountain Valley 1/9/12-5/4/12 1 Shalene Summers Vickie Bailey SMS 1/9/12-5/4/12 History Brittany Thomas Jennifer Kidd Hillview 1/9/12-5/4/12 5 Hondo Hudman Dale Walker BHS 1/9/12-5/4/12 Biology Chairman Lords asked if there would be a motion to accept the consent calendar. Wendy Horman asked how student teachers are assigned. The principal assigns. They interview the prospective BYU-I students who are in the cooperative program. They then choose the student teachers that will best fit in their school. Sometimes it is who will take a student teacher. We are continually refining the programs and pairing the student teacher with a quality teacher in the school. We get feedback from BYU-I students and cooperating teachers and principals. MOTION: Annette Winchester made the motion to accept the consent calendar. Wendy Horman seconded. The vote was 3 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion passed. V. Discussion Items A. Bonding Issues – April Burton The Bond Election Resolution was discussed. Chairman Lords stated that the question needs to be reworded so it is not so confusing. We need to explain that the refinance will save the District about 2% in interest and make positive changes in cash flow by eliminating spike years. Mrs.. Burton explained that we need to disclose the expected interest rate in the question. The discussion then turned to why the $15 million refinance needs to be in the question. It needs to be there because the length of the term is being extended to 20 years. The voters need to approve the extension as well as the $14 million in new debt. We want to leave the Plant Facility Levy alone. So, we can only bond for $14 million without raising the tax levy rate. We can sell the authorized bonds in the future; we don’t need to do it all at once. The discussion turned to Bond elections in the state last year. 2010 had the lowest number of elections ever. Those that failed involved a tax increase. There is no track record on refinancing and extending the debt term. Mrs. Horman was concerned that the refinance question could kill the bond election. She stated that the question needs to be the same as the list in the resolution. Mrs. Burton will contact Eric and Nick and ask them to reword the question. It is a balancing act to write the question with enough flexibility so the District can most effectively use the bond money. Mr. Hill spoke about the new elementary and the Professional Technical High School. The PTE High school will be housed on the existing campus and we will put storage off campus. Headwaters Inc. has indicated that they can build the elementary at the same price as construction at Mountain Valley plus fees and furnishings. That would come out to around $9.6 million. B. 2012 – 2013 Calendar – Bruce Roberts Doctor Roberts recommended the calendar with early release every Monday starting the second Monday in October. There would be no early release on short weeks. This would be a 90 minute early release so teachers have time to look at data and plan. There are two work days and two school days added to the calendar. The calendar does not include 26 instructional hours over the state requirements. A late start on Monday instead of early release was discussed. Friday afternoon is the least productive time for teachers. Monday is better than Wednesday or Friday because there are no extracurricular activities scheduled on Mondays so all teachers could be available for collaboration. Charter schools use Fridays for professional development so Friday does work for them. It is just a matter of how you look at it. Chairman Lords stated that there is no push back from the Board on early release. Dr. Roberts indicated that the time would be directed by professional learning communities at the schools. There will be some direction from the District level. There will be accountability for the time. Mrs. McConnell pointed out that there is a different climate from when we had early release in the past because of pay-for- performance, the data that is available, and evaluations that are tied to the data. The stakes are higher to use the time effectively. It is our responsibility to provide the teachers with the time. The principals will be trained to help teachers at the building level. There is a strong contingent that likes the concept of early release time. There is a greater willingness to work together and collaborate. Dr. Roberts stated that the Board can either put the calendar in 30-day review or approve it. The consensus was that it be put in 30day review. C. Teacher Evaluation: Parent Input and Student Achievement – Marjean McConnell Mrs. McConnell told the Board that the same committee that worked on pay-for-performance was working on the parent input piece of the evaluation requirement. There are also parents and Mrs. Winchester from the Board on the committee. The plan is to have evaluation cards available at parent teacher conferences. Parents will be asked to fill them out, sign them, and return them to the office. The cards will then be sorted and returned to the teachers. The teachers will evaluate the feedback and fill out a Reflection Form. This form will be taken back to the principal for discussion and goal setting purposes. The Reflection form will then be placed in the teacher’s personnel file as part of the evaluation.