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Dr. Charles J. Shackett, Superintendent <br /> <br /> <br />3497 North Ammon Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401  (208) 525-4400  Fax (208) 529-0104  www.d93schools.org <br /> <br /> <br />Board of Trustees  Annette Winchester  Kip Nelson  Amy Landers  Brian McBride  Jeff Bird <br /> <br />Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Marjean McConnell, Deputy Superintendent <br />Work Session of the Board of Trustees <br />Woodland Hills Elementary School <br />January 7, 2015 <br />11:30 AM <br /> <br />I. Call to Order <br />Chairperson Winchester called the meeting to order at 11:39 a.m. <br /> <br />II. Roll Call <br />Those Board members in attendance were Chairperson Annette Winchester, Vice-chairperson Kip Nelson, Treasurer Amy Landers, Trustee Brian McBride., and <br />Trustee Jeff Bird. Others in attendance were, Superintendent Chuck Shackett, Deputy Superintendent Marjean McConnell, Director of School Improvement and <br />Technology Scott Woolstenhulme, Chief Financial/Operations Officer April Burton, Director of Human Resources Shalene French, Community Relations and <br />Communications Liaison Phillip Campbell, Plant Facility and Purchasing Director Roger Hill, Director of Safe Schools John Pymm, Principal Oliver Roberts, and Board <br />Clerk Valerie Messick. <br /> <br />III. Welcome Visitors and Delegations <br />Chairperson Winchester welcomed the following: Eric Heringer, (Piper Jaffray) and Nick Miller, bond attorney via telephone, Mark Bird, Stephanie Gifford, Karla Harris, <br />JoAnn Nef, Renee cook, Troy Clayton, and Chad Dance. <br /> <br />IV. Items for Discussion <br /> <br />A. Second Survey Results - Scott Woolstenhulme <br />Chairperson Winchester asked Mr. Woolstenhulme to talk to the Board about the second survey results. The administration felt that it was important to reach out to <br />community again as they discussed what to include in the high school and get their support. Patron Insights did another multipart survey. There was very little variation <br />between the online survey results and telephone survey. We look at the phone survey as the one that is most reliable and accurate because it is a random sampling of <br />our registered voters. There were 400 people divided into to three geographic zones in the District to get good representation between the south, north and middle. The <br />following choices were given: Favor, strongly favor, oppose, strongly oppose, or don’t know. The questions or options were presented to the respondents in a random <br />order so there wasn’t an order bias. <br /> <br />The three options to include with the high school were (1) a 900-seat auditorium, similar to the Performing Arts Center at Hillcrest that would add $6,700,000 to the cost <br />of the high school. This one had 58% in favor or strongly in favor. (2) a complete athletic complex that would include tennis courts, and finished softball, baseball, and <br />soccer fields at the cost of approximately $1,700,000. This had the most support with 67% favoring or strongly favoring. (3) Build a track and football stadium for <br />approximately $3,000,000 additional cost. This had the least amount of support with only 53% either favoring or strongly favoring. <br /> <br />The next questions had to do with financing the project. They decided to talk about the increase to the tax levy rate instead of the overall cost. They also talked about <br />the monthly increase per $100,000 of taxable value. They presented a 20 year option and a 15 year option. For the 20 year option, 45% supported and 43% opposed it. <br />The 15 year bond had the most support with 55% supporting it with 30% opposed. There were questions about the online survey regarding numbers that didn’t add up. <br />That is because of the bonds and levies that will drop off over time. We need to talk about the increase as well as the total overall cost as we go forward. The average <br />costs are all based on assumptions based on market values. There was a difference in response to time of funding in this survey and the last one. The difference is <br />probably due to the fact that hard numbers were presented rather than using higher or lower for the two options. The actual difference is $5 per month. People had <br />more specific information on which to base their responses. Part of the difference might be that when you hear 15 years, people might think that it will be paid off <br />shortly after their kids have graduated. <br /> <br />There was a weighted ranking of the options by asking people to name their first, second and third choices. They gave three (3) points to the first choice, two (2) to the <br />second choice and one (1) to the third choice. The choice that got the highest was building a high school that has my preferred options. (61% had track and football <br />field, 74% had the athletic complex, and 67% had the performing arts center as their preferred options). In second place was the basic high school with an athletic <br />complex available. Then a comprehensive high school with everything added came in last. It appears that most people are in support of a basic high school with the <br />athletic complex for practice fields. <br /> <br />There are 15% to 20% of the people that are just opposed. We need to be careful with the need for the elementary school additions. We have a need at the elementary <br />schools as well but maybe people are just not aware because we have been talking about the high school for a long time. However, we can’t go out again for <br />elementary additions without raising the levy rate. The levy rate is based on our certified market value. <br /> <br />Patrons are not voting on the levy rate. They are voting on the amount of the bond and authorizing the debt. We were considering additions to three elementary <br />schools. The raise in payment is only based on the high school. The Board can raise the certified levy rate based on the needs. Voters approve that the District can go <br />out and get a general obligation bond. If the Board needs to increase the levy rate because the market value didn’t support the levy payments the Board could raise the <br />levy rate or manage our other levies such that the full amount of those levies would not be levied in order to keep the rate constant. The monthly payments quoted in <br />the survey were based on $62.5 million for a comprehensive high school. Ken from Patron Insights joined on speaker phone at 1:09 p.m. <br /> <br />The community was a high school that demonstrates fairness that is as inexpensive as possible without frills. The previous survey was more hypothetical and the <br />current survey narrowed their focus by speaking specifically regarding what the increased costs will be. They said they wanted to save five years in interest. The