04-24-2013_Work_Session-Special_Meeting

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students. fie further stated that lie appreciated the way they had involved other Students and helped them feel comfortable, Chairman Lords enCOUraged the students who are 18 to get involved and vote in the School Board election this coming May 21-,,. He encouraged them to get to know who their School Board members, Chairman Lords asked U the students had any questions for the Board. Fie talked about the possible names for the new elementary school and informed the students that the Board will be voting on the name for the school at the regular Board Meeting scheduled for May 8, 2013 at 7:00 in the District Office Board Room, Chairman Lords stated that Abby Taylor did a nice job of writing the letter to the editor. He thanked Cody Crowfoot for running for a state position. He thanked the students again for taking care of other students. Some kids live a lonely life and don't have friends. Chairman Lords reported that he is not running for the Board this time, He will miss meeting with the Students, He stated that he has a list of things he has learned, it is called Craig's list. Some of the things on the list include 1) You need to be kind to everyone You rneet because You don't know what burden they are bearing. 2) You can make a difference and it doesn't take a lot to do that. He thanked the Students for what they have done for their fellow students. Britiney Hannan served on the Idaho Leads Team with the Administration and Board Members. Mrs. Horman will not run for the Board again butwill serve in the Legislature in Boise. She will speak at Bonneville High School's graduation this year. Chairman Lords stated that Mr. Hunt has been a tremendous school board memberand Mrs, Winchester is the heart and soul of the Board. The students were asked what they would like to see happen with the mh schools i the future. Some suggested building third high school hecm class sizes are too big and the school is so large they don't know about activities, etc. Others suggested keeping two schools and expanding thern so there is enough room. Dr. Shackett explained that it is easier to expand Bonneville but not so Much at Hillcrest. A third high school will be very expensive and only one third of the high school students Would be able to attend it. If we keep two high schools, we would need to expand both schools. We are hoping the Technical Careers High School will take some pressure off fora while. We would like to offer more choices for students. Chairman Lords encouraged the students to go online and send the Board their ideas. Mr. Pymrn then excused tire Students to return to class. K New Prinuiva|at FallsVallo Chuck 8haokeK Dr. Shackeu stated that there were 37 applicants for the position. They were screened down to six, Then n teacher from Falls Valley, the PTO president, Chelsea Chase, along with District administrators interviewed the six finalists. Mr. Steven Cziem was number one on everyone's Ua|kx. Chairman Lords asked i| there were any questions from the Board. Mm, Winchester asked Mr. Cziep if fie lives in our district. He does, She stated that Pocatello will not be happy that we stole another one o/ their administrators. Chairman Lords stated that he would entertain a motion regarding the recommendation for the new principal at Falls Valley Elementary, MOTION: Wendy Horman made the motion to hire Mr, Steve Cziep as principal at Falls Valley Elementary, Annette Winchester seconded, The Vote was 4 in favorwith 0 opposed and Vabstentions. Motion passed, V. Items for Discussion A, S*wndarvouiNinnOotions Roger Hill, April Burton Mr. Hill and Mrs. Burton were asked to put together options that would increase the capacity at the secondary schools in the District. They reported the following: A 2200 student high school with 135-150 square feet per student would cost around $60.7 million. Rigby High school was built with about 137 square feet per Student A 1500 student high school Would be approximately $413 million. A 1200 Student middle school with 125square feet per student would cost about $26.5 million and a900 Student middle school would be around $20.7 million. Uwe choose mbuild a third high school it Would we built mhouse between 1200 and 1500 students. Three high schools give Students more opportunities, But, larger high schools give the possibility for more offerings. Turning Sandcreek into a Hillcrest annex and building e1200 student middle school in the south end would total about $28.5 million. x1200 student addition to Bonneville would total around uu1u million and amm student addition would total approximately $24.3 million. Building o0) student capacity 8° grade centers would total around $24.3m and uO0 student capacity 9m grade centers would ho about $13.9million. Building 12O0 student 6m and rw grade centers one io the north and one io the south Would cost around $53million. The cost of Modulate is $150, 000 for new and $130 for used. The cost of doing noting is split sessions. There was a question regarding what it would cost to upgrade the high schools ifnv add the middle schools m the campuses. Mr. Hill will research that scenario. We could choose a mixture of anything we Would like to see. You can vary the amount o( square footage, There was o question regarding the limit un bonds for the District. Mrs, Burton responded that it was about $92 million. Seattle Northwest gave us an analysis based on the plant facility and supplemental levies remaining the same and no market growth, The structure of the debt payment would be as follows: anticipating 11%bond equalization from the state and 3O years repayment, the levy rate would raise to .005448 and equate to a $60 increase per $100,000 home per year. Every million dollar increase Would equate to an additional increase in taxes of about $44 annually for $100,000 taxable market value home. There was discussion regarding the middle schools. They are full and are dealing with the bubble now. It is just starting to hit the high schools. Wn are ot900+omdenm at kindergarten as well as 1 ^ grade. The current freshman class is 100 students larger than the graduating class. Both high schools are about the same size. We need to put the information on website and give people the opportunity to voice their opinion regarding the options and the costs, Wo will talk about these options in the May um regular meeting. Kwo are going m have 30 year bond ne need tochange the structure of our bonds and move the short term assets off the bond question and then offset those costs in supplemental levy or plant facilities levy, The Board asked Mrs. Burton to check he costs of 20, 25, and 30 year bonds. There was also discussion regarding how many more o|emontahenwo might need in the future. B� moReauests for State Tournament Participation - April Burton Mrs, Burton asked n the high schools could provide the Board with information ot the beginning m the school year regarding ammmumonmnmanu'omasts, Many times they don't know who is going until the week before. The Board will leave it up to the administration when they submit requests, rhaBomrdm||approvmmmdont participation m all state tournaments tied to IHSAA at the beginning of the school year if requested. A form will be developed to assist in these requests, C Names for the New School ' Tom Gmuchay