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El (��/NNEVILLE <br />JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 93 <br />'Stu dent vsaccess by Design " <br />3497 North Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401 ' (208) 525-4400 ! Fax (208) 529-0104 0 www.d93schools.org <br />Dr. Charles J. Shackett, Superintendent Marjedn McCwit.ell, Deputy Superintendent Scott Woolstenhuhm, Assistant Superintendent <br />Community Meeting <br />March 7, 2017 <br />7:30 PM <br />Sandcreek Middle School Cafeteria <br />2955 E Owen Street, Ammon, ID 83406 <br />I. Call to Order <br />Chairman Jeff Bird called the meeting to order at 7:30 p,m. <br />ll, Roll Call <br />Jeff Bird <br />present <br />Paul Jenkins <br />present <br />Amy Landers <br />present <br />Greg Calder <br />present <br />Chad Dance <br />present <br />III. Welcome Visitors and Delegations <br />Those in attendance were Superintendent Dr. Charles Shackett, Chief Financial/Operations Officer Guy <br />Wangsgard, Director of Maintenance & Operations John Pymm, Energy Education Specialist Don Trauntvein, <br />Director of Safe Schools & Technology Gordon Howard, Community Relations and Communications Phil <br />Campbell, Director of Elementary Special Education and Federal Programs Rex Miller, Sandcreek Middle School <br />Principal Yvonne Thurber, Sandcreek Middle School Assistant Principal Kent Sawyer, Rocky Mountain Middle <br />School Principal Jason Lords, Hillcrest Assistant Principal Craig Miller, Bonneville Assistant Principal Trent <br />Dabell, and Board Clerk Mary Hansen. <br />IV. Presentation by District Facilities Committee - John Pymm, Director of Maintenance & Operations <br />Chairman Bird invited John Pymm to present findings from the District Facilities Committee relating to the <br />elementary schools discussion and the increased student growth in the District. Mr. Pymm stated a Facilities <br />Committee was formed to examine the needs in our district as it relates to growth and building of future schools. <br />The current options are: <br />• First, to move the current 6u" graders from the elementary schools to the middle school level and build a <br />third middle school <br />• Second, to build one or more new elementary schools <br />• Third, build additions to four existing elementary schools: Iona, Discovery, Summit Hills, Woodland Hills <br />Mr. Pymm stated that the architect and CM/GC have already been selected for this project who will advise the <br />district and provide ideas. He handed out a Projected Project Cost sheet for both elementary and middle school <br />options. Projected costs do not increase the tax rate and also includes inflation. The middle school principals, <br />Yvonne Thurber, Sandcreek MS and Jason Lords, Rocky Mountain MS, shared their views of the 6th graders <br />moving up to the middle school level. It was mentioned that 14 years ago 6th graders were in the middle schools <br />in this district, They spoke to the Middle school philosophy and other patron concerns: <br />• Segregation - Groups of 150 students are taught with a four teacher team and will not interact with 7th <br />and 8th graders for core subjects; <br />• Elective classes will be mixed grade students; <br />• Can provide upper level classes for advanced students; <br />• More extracurricular opportunities; <br />• Transitioning from one school to another is always challenging. It can lower academic results and <br />effect test scores; <br />• Transitioning can be harder for boys than for girls; <br />Board of Trustees 0 Jeff Bird 0 Paul Jenkins 0 Amy Landers 0 Greg Calder- Chad Dance <br />Bonneville Join* School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer <br />