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Dr. Charles J. Shackett, Superintendent 3497 North Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401  (208) 525-4400  Fax (208) 529-0104  www.d93schools.org Board of Trustees  Craig Lords  Annette Winchester  Wendy Horman  Kip Nelson  DeVere Hunt Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Marjean McConnell, Deputy Superintendent Work Session of the Board of Trustees Hillview Elementary Library November 28, 2012 11:30 AM Mr. Miller welcomed the Board to Hillview. He offered to conduct a tour of the facility after the meeting if anyone is interested. Mr. Miller reported that since the remodel operations are so much better. It is nice to have a separate cafeteria from gym. Parents seem happy. We have had no issues with safety at this point. I. Call to Order Chairman Lords called the meeting to order at 11:45 a.m. He invited people to get lunch and then asked Mr. Hill to be ready to present. II. Roll Call Those Board members in attendance were Chairman Craig Lords, Vice-chairman Annette Winchester, Trustee DeVere Hunt, and Trustee Wendy Horman arrived at 12:40. Trustee Kip Nelson was excused. Others in attendance were Deputy Superintendent Marjean McConnell, Human Resources Director Shalene French, Director of Plant Facility/Purchasing Roger Hill, Director of Operations Todd Hicks, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Michaelena Hix, Director of School Improvement and Technology Scott Woolstenhulme, Health and Safety Coordinator Guy Bliesner, Chief Financial/Operations Officer April Burton, Federal Programs Director Susan Searle, Food Services Manager Heather Plain, Principal Rex Miller, and Board Clerk Valerie Messick. III. Welcome Delegates and Visitors Stephanie Hale-Lopez (Channels 8 and 3), Julie Ann Anderson, Lana Gonzales, Linsay Begley, Emilee Cornull, and Joyce Smith IV. Items for Discussion A. Construction Update – Roger Hill Mr. Hill reported that construction on the new elementary school is going well. HK construction should be finished with parking lot today. The final projected completion date is July 6, 2013. There have been a few small change orders. We are required to place a vault under the transformer to allow access to wiring. A few people have looked at the color charts for the inside of the school and there have been a few changes. The Cal Ranch warehouse is also progressing well. The framing, duct work, garage doors, and egress doors have been completed. Sheet rocking is in progress. The maintenance warehouse, and custodial should be able to move in by February. By May Maintenance will move. There will be a fenced area for equipment between food services and maintenance in lieu of a wall. This saves space. There are two loading docks per department. Mr. Hill then spoke of the donated steal building. R & M Steel Company plans has included plans for erection of the building. He has met with the architect and engineer, and civil engineer. They are working on the best placement for the building. Mr. Lords asked if we have a contract. Mr. Hill replied that he hasn’t seen anything yet. It was suggested that the donation may need to go through the foundation. The donation is just a portion of the project. There was some discussion regarding a plaque stating who donated the building. B. Softball and Baseball Complex at Bonneville High School - Roger Hill Mr. Hill reported that we only funds for power. When a score board is donated, we can work on hooking it up. The power and plumbing are out there but no lighting is available. There was discussion regarding the need to have equal equipment for softball. The source of funding is not the issue. There was some discussion regarding the Hillcrest soccer field. It gets a lot of use. About 20 holes have been patched and it should be ready for use again in the fall. The sprinkler heads are level and safe. The principal will be asked to defer the use of others to the area outside the field. C. Aides Work and Salary Schedules - April Burton Mrs. Burton provided a copy of salary schedule for paraprofessionals in the District to the Board. She reported that we requested an increase to classified staff and the Board allowed that. We have tried to standardize the steps in the salary schedules and balance it out so there was more equity throughout the District. We increased from 6 steps to 10 steps. The salaries on these schedules are not a lot and the current budget is based on these schedules. Until we know what the legislature will allocate for next year, we cannot entertain any changes. We offer about $2.00 less per hour than our competitor. Mrs. Burton just analyzed the aides salary schedules. We can’t offer work for 20 hours or more because we are then obligated to pay benefits. We are also required to pay into PERSI and if offer health benefit to certified staff, we must offer the same to classified. That amounts to $7,000 per employee. There is a committee to screen requests for additional aide time for students. Principals can request an exception. The decision is made based on student’s individual circumstances. There is no limit to the hours when substituting for a professional person. We saved by creating two part time positions when we were forced to do so because of cuts to funding. We also reduced aides from 7 to 6 hours. We are constantly looking at the needs of children and address them. The problem is created by the funding situation. Full time aides are more valuable to the kids. We don’t have a choice. If brought aides up it would cost the district $350,000. We simply don’t have the funds available. We talked about prorating benefits but that would probably mean that people would be working for benefits only. We are also concerned because we don’t know how health care will impact us in the future. It will be significant. It may be cheaper to pay the penalty than to pay the cost of compliance.