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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: ___________________