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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-10-2014 Minutes Regular MeetingDr. 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  Annette Winchester  Kip Nelson  Amy Landers  Brian McBride  Jeff Bird Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 is an Equal Opportunity Employer Marjean McConnell, Deputy Superintendent Regular Meeting December 10, 2014 7:00 PM I. Call to Order Chairperson Winchester called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Those Board members in attendance were Chairperson Annette Winchester, Vice-chairperson Kip Nelson, Treasurer Amy Landers, Trustee Jeff Bird, and Trustee Brian McBride via telephone during the committee recommendation. Others in attendance were Superintendent Chuck Shackett, Deputy Superintendent Marjean McConnell, Energy Education Specialist Don Trauntvein, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Michaelena Hix, Director of School Improvement and Technology Scott Woolstenhulme, Communications Liaison Phil Campbell, Principal Doug McLaren, Principal Jason Lords, Principal Craig Miller, Principal Heath Jackson, Director of Elementary Special Education and Federal Programs Rex Miller, Director of Human Resources Shalene French, Director of Food Services Heather Plain, Chief Financial/Operations Officer April Burton, Computer Tech Creighton Harris, Director of Secondary Special Education and Federal Programs Julian Duffey, Director of Plant Facility and Purchasing, and Board Clerk Valerie Messick III. Welcoming of Delegates and Visitors Chairperson Winchester reminded patrons to sign the Request to Appear before the Board Roster in the back of the room if they wish to speak to the Board during that portion of the meeting. She asked that if more than one person is planning on speaking to the same subject to choose one (1) spokesperson and if individuals have written materials for the Board, to submit them to the Board Clerk. She welcomed Bean Eddie and Scout Troop 417 working on Citizenship Badge and Eagle Scout candidate Jakob Hawkins. She then welcomed the following: Mike Jarvis, Robert Haller, Sara Hawkins, Mark Sorensen, Jaimee Sorensen, Mark Bird, Lary Larsen, Renee Cook, Galan Williams, Steven Murphy, Kurt Nelson, Scott Lynch, Cheryl Lynch, Roger Woods, Natalie Woods, Randy Woods, and Michael Cook. IV. Amend the Agenda Chairperson Winchester asked for a Motion to Amend the Agenda. .Kip Nelson read the Motion and Order to Amend document and made the motion. MOTION: Kip Nelson made the motion to amend the Agenda. Jeff Bird seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. V. Consent Calendar A. Minutes of Previous Meetings 1. Regular Meeting 11-5-2014 2. Work Session 11-19-2014 B. Financial 1. Accounts Payable $6,681,421.35 2. Capital Construction Projects Report 3. Proposed Contracts a. Gallatin Public Affairs b. DataSphere Technologies, Inc. Mobile Advertising Package c. Office of the State Board of Education Near Peer Mentor Program d. Foster Grandparents 4. December Surplus Items C. Employees 1. Conditional Employment Alonna Allred Telford Academy Classroom Aide 12/8/2014 Jeffrey Barnes Technology Department System Administrator 11/24/2014 Amber Blundell Bridgewater Elementary Title One Para 1/12/2015 Ashley Bowen Falls Valley Elementary Overflow Para 12/2/2014 Kelly Bradshaw Woodland Hills Elementary Overflow Para 12/1/2014 Trina Bristow Falls Valley Elementary Playground Assistant 11/11/2014 Kevin Davies Food Service Department Cook 11/13/2014 Silvia Fried Rimrock Elementary Playground Assistant 12/3/2014 Lorena Garcia Special Services BI/PCS Para 11/20/2014 Jayden Jamison Food Service Department Dishwasher 10/28/2014 Richard McIsaac Woodland Hills Elementary Overflow Para 11/11/2014 Connie McLellan Cloverdale Elementary Title One Para 12/1/2014 James Morris Transportation Bus Driver 11/4/2014 Naomi Ostergar Bonneville Online School Resource Room Teacher 12/8/2014 Diane Pingle Telford Academy Classroom Aide 12/1/2014 Rhea Taylor Cloverdale Elementary Special Ed Para 11/4/2014 Aimee Thompson Woodland Hills Elementary Playground Assistant 11/11/2014 Cecil Wixom Transportation Bus Driver 11/4/2014 2. Resignations and Terminations John Aebischer Telford Academy Classroom Aide 11/7/2014 Alonna Allred Bridgewater Elementary Playground Assistant 11/10/2014 Rhea Blakeman Cloverdale Elementary Special Ed Para 11/12/2014 Alta Brundy Rimrock Elementary Playground Assistant 10/31/2014 Kiley Christensen Special Services BI/PCS Para 11/7/2014 Darla Cox Food Service Department Cook 10/13/2014 Trent Dabell Hillcrest High School Baseball Coach 11/25/2014 Alan Dopp Hillcrest High School Assistant Track Coach 11/4/2014 Berniece Hansen Rocky Mountain Middle School Title One Para 6/6/2014 Cody Jackson Hillcrest High School Assistant Track Coach 11/4/2014 Mitzi Jacobs Bonneville Online School Teacher 11/21/2014 Aimee Johnson Ammon Elementary Playground Assistant 11/19/2014 Catherine Joyner Telford Academy Computer Lab Para 12/5/2014 Olivia Landon Special Services DRR Para 11/14/2014 Joyce Miles Iona Elementary Title One Para 6/6/2014 Jamie Miller Hillview Elementary Assistant Secretary 6/6/2014 Crystal Shelton Special Services BI/PCS Para 6/5/2014 David Southwick Food Service Department Food Service Delivery 11/21/2014 Megan Wilmot Special Services BI/PCS Para 10/20/2014 3. Retirements Christina Knudson Hillcrest High School School Secretary 12/31/2014 Roxie Landon Food Service Department Manager 12/31/2014 James Noonan Transportation Department Bus Driver 12/31/2014 4. Transfers From: To: Kimberly Banks Cook at Fairview Elementary Cook at Iona Elementary Monica Bingham Playground Assistant at Falls Valley Title One Para at Falls Valley Cindy Bliesner Teacher at Telford Academy Teacher at BOHS/BHC McKenzie Gauchay BI/PCS Para at Special Services DRR Para at Special Services Barbara Phillips Cook at Ucon Elementary Cook at Fairview Elementary Sonya Walker Park Cook at Tiebreaker Elementary Cook at Ucon Elementary 5. Proposed Stipend Assignments Brian Bingham Sandcreek Middle School Assistant Boys Track Coach Cassidy Bronson Hillcrest High School Assistant Debate Coach Natalie Coulston Rocky Mountain Middle School Assistant Girls Basketball Coach Laython Hall Sandcreek Middle School Assistant Wrestling Coach Michael Jorgenson Hillcrest High School Assistant Track Coach Steven Pippen Hillcrest High School Assistant Wrestling Coach 6. Provisional Authorization Susan Wheeler Sandcreek Middle School Teacher D. Students 1. Early Graduation Requests Hillcrest High School Student 2. Trip Requests Ratify Bonneville High School Drama trip to Mountain View High School, Meridian December 4, 2014 to December 7, 2014 E. Canvas of Election Results regarding the Supplemental Levy F. Idaho State University Student Teacher Interns Chairperson Winchester asked if any Board Member would like to remove any item from the Consent Calendar to the Regular Agenda. Hearing none, she asked if any Board Member had any questions with regard to the Consent Calendar and then asked for a motion with regard to the Consent Calendar as amended. MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to approve the Consent Calendar as amended. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. VI. New Business A. Honor Roger Woods - Swimming State Champion in the 100 Free and Idaho State Record Holder - Doug McLaren Chairperson Winchester asked Principal Doug. McLaren to present Roger Woods to the Board. Mr. McLaren thanked the Board for the opportunity to introduce one of their great students. It is rare to have a state champ in swimming from Eastern Idaho. Roger swam on the relay team as well and holds three records. Hopefully he will be a two time state champion next year. Mr. McLaren stated that it was with pleasure that he introduce Roger Woods as the 100 Meter State Champion and State record holder in that event. Roger introduced his parents Natalie and Randy Woods. Natalie is a teacher at Hillcrest. Roger stated that he has noticed that people are friendlier here. The swimming program is a good program. He has one more year at Hillcrest and hopes for a swimming scholarship at BYU when he gets back from his mission. The Board congratulated Roger and presented him with a certificate. B. Honor Rick Krupa – Idaho State Swimming Coach of the Year – Doug McLaren C. Honor Heath Hartman - 5A Tennis Coach of the Year - Doug McLaren Chairperson Winchester stated that Coach Rick Krupa and Coach Heath Hartman were unable to attend the meeting to night. The Board will move this to new business next month. D. Eagle Scout Project Proposal - Jakob Hawkins Chairperson Winchester asked Jakob Hawkins to present his proposed Eagle Scout Project to the Board. Jakob stated he is a life scout and has been working on the project for about five to seven months. He is a freshman at Bonneville High School and is a member of Iona Troop 124. He thanked the Board for letting him preset. He is concerned about distracted driving. Bonneville County is ranked 7th as the top counties involving fatal crashes involving distracted drivers. He wants to encourage people to put phones down when driving. He believes the project will benefit youth and the Trauma Center at EIRMC. Reggie Shaw has agreed to share his experience on January 8, 2015 at the Civic Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. He was involved with an accident at the age of 17 that resulted in the death of two men because of texting. Our trauma center has treated over 427 people who were involved in automobile crashes. He hopes this project to result in less trauma with people. He then turned sometime over to a representative from Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center-Trauma Services Jacob approached them about making this a project to educate youth. He wants to reach as many kids as possible through the school system. This is one thing that would help the most in educating teen drivers about the risks of distracted driving. He asked the Board to allow him to use the District Name and Logo to advertise and use District’s mass media and texting. Reggie Shaw is a family friend and when Jakob heard what happened he wanted to promote the information through mass texting and mass media and through an Eagle Scout Project. Chairperson Winchester then asked if any Board Member had any questions with regard to the Eagle Scout Project Proposal. She also asked Superintendent Shackett if he had any concerns. Hearing none, she then asked for a motion with regard to the proposal. MOTION: Jeff Bird made the motion to approve the Eagle Scout Project Proposal and to work with him. Amy Landers seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. VII. Secondary Facilities Committee Recommendation and Minority Report – Lary Larsen Trustee McBride joined the meeting via telephone. Chairperson Winchester asked Lary Larsen to present the Secondary Facilities Committee Recommendation and Minority Report to the Board. Thanked Mr. Larsen and all those that sat on the committee that so willingly gave four nights to serve. Mr. Larsen stated that it was a privilege and pleasure for all to have served. He will try to represent sentiment of the committee. The committee was formed in August 2014 because of overcrowding the high schools and 57% of voters voted against the March 2014 $92 million bond proposal that was to build a high school, middle school and various other projections. The committee was formed in order to provide a community voice and develop the best way to solve the problem. He likes to think of it as a reality check and an opportunity to talk to a representative group of voters and understand why there is such a disparity of opinions in the District about that proposal When the committee first met, there were a significant portion of those members had opposed the 2014 Bond proposal. As the committee continued to meet, it was obvious that all viewpoints were represented. The committee was not an exact cross section of voters nor was it intended to be. But it was a close enough cross section to provide a community voice. This committee’s recommendation is to proceed with bonding to build one new high school. Our recommendation represents a well-researched, well informed, thoroughly debated, and fairly decided recommendation by a group of reasonable citizens. The committee had excellent support throughout the process. He thanked Dr. Shackett and the rest of the District staff that made the process possible. They provided invaluable information and service. The staff answered every question with expert knowledge, professionalism, and what appeared to be total honesty. A number of outside experts were also engaged to provide additional relevant information in specialized areas. The information to the committee far exceeded that that is available to the average voter without assistance from the District He also thanked P2Sollutions and Wendy Green Lowe for facilitating the meetings. The committee took 60 voters and asked them to forget how they personally voted in last election and come together with open minds and review all relevant information, speak their opinions, listen to each other, and find the best solution to the problem without a fist fight. That is what was accomplished. The process was not perfect. The committee process was a real sausage grinder in his opinion. There is only one way to make sausage and only one way for the committee to come to a decision given the restraints including: limited time, limited attention spans, limited patience for each other, and the process itself. There was honest disagreement and plain old fashioned information fatigue. One thing in unlimited supply was a sincere desire on the part of all the committee members to do what is best for people they represent: the children, school board, administration, the tax payers, and the teachers. Those interests don’t necessarily coincide on this issue. It was however a well-researched, well informed, thoroughly debated, and fairly decided recommendation. The work of the committee could be viewed as a test run for bond election itself. It demonstrated a learning and reasoning process that the voters will have to go through when they are asked to consider these same issues. They will face the same limitations. The success of committee through Wendy’s leadership demonstrates what the Board can and must do to overcome those same challenges and limitations with the voters. We stated with a rough cross section of registered voters with polar opposite opinions on how to solve the issue. We had broad disagreement. But, after four meetings and a great deal of outside work, we were able to arrive at a destination where about 80% of the committee not only approved but recommended a single course of action: to build a new high school. We were not unanimous but we spoke with sufficient opinion to justify that recommendation. That is what the District needs to do when the question is submitted to the voters to arrive at a destination where 67% of voters not only approve but recommend a single course of action to build a new high school. It will be possible if the keys to the committee’s success are employed. There needs to be (1) open mindedness and respect for opinions of others; (2) adequate, accurate, and relevant information; (3) fair and honest advocacy for the solution proposed; and (4) time for an understanding of this mater to mature. If we can do the same four things during the election process it will succeed. Voters if educated as well as the committee members were they will come to the same conclusion as the committee did by a sufficient majority. The success of this election will depend on the District using the same range of its tremendous talents and skills to educate the voters as it does our children and as it did our committee. He included the minority report and suggestion regarding how the District should utilize it. A voter with the viewpoint that there are other better solutions to the problem simply does not trust the School Board and is likely to vote no. The committee considered 18 ideas as options to solve the problem. Not all involved new construction. A few were almost as well supported as building a new high school. All of the other 17 were consciously passed over when the committee came to understand through lengthy education and debate. Without such education and debate among the voters, how easy will it be for voters who don’t trust the Board and believe there are other viable options that have not been adequately explored to vote no. The minority report touches on this problem and they believe there are other options that have not been adequately explored. That doesn’t mean that any of the options were unfairly ignored or unfairly understood by the rest of the committee. We were all able to ask all the questions and get the information to our satisfaction. There was no option that came before the committee that was not given the same opportunity to be discussed as an option. There is no reason to believe that any other option would be highlighted if there was additional information or debate presented. The majority of the committee felt the same way. All options were given the same consideration as any other idea. For himself, he understood enough about all the options to exercise his opinion and vote. He believes the majority of the committee felt the same way. He urged the Board not to let the existence or substance of the minority report to undermine the committee’s recommendation. Rather the minority report should caution us. In the information to be provided to the public, the Board should explain the path used to come to the recommendation and the reasons for rejection of the other options considered by the committee. Unless the voters are convinced that there were practical, legal, and economical reasons for rejecting each and every other option considered, they will doubt the Board has made the right decision and that mistrust may give them a reason not to vote in favor of raising the taxes for this project. Those on the committee were appointed to be a voice of the community on this issue. He believes that the 80% who voted for the recommendation believe it will pass when the voters are able to understand the same things that the committee understood. The recommendation represents the will of the voters. The Board will need to build their trust. The voters will rely on the administration and the Board for leadership on this issue. WE need to honestly communicate the need and propose a bond and thoroughly educate the voters on that issue. If the Board chooses not to make that proposal, that signals to the community that no overcrowding problem exists. If we choose to go forward, failure is not an option. Success depends on educating the voter, not hoping that they educate themselves. Chairperson Winchester then asked if any Board Member had any questions with regard to the Secondary Facilities Committee Recommendation. Mrs. Landers thanked Mr. Larsen for taking the time to present the committee’s recommendation. Chairperson Winchester then asked for a motion with regard to the committee’s recommendation as presented MOTION: Kip Nelson made the motion to accept the Secondary Facilities Committee Recommendation and Minority Report as presented. Amy Landers seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. Mr. McBride then left the meeting. What will happen next is that the Board must decide, prior to January 14th, what will be included in the high school, the price of the high school, and the term of the bond. Dr. Shackett stated that we need to continue to involve the community. We will do another Survey with Patron Insights and ask questions on what the community believes should be included with the high school. That will determine the cost. The survey will be 95% valid and reliable. It will be a stratified random sampling of the community. That will be 400 – 500 patrons that will be asked the questions regarding what the community believes should be in this high school. . He introduced Mark Bird as the committee chairperson on finances. He will put together a team of people who understand financing and will give a recommendation to the School Board regarding how long the bond should be. Dr. Shackett asked Mr. Bird to involve Eric Herringer and April Burton on the committee. Drew Smith and Craig Simpson will be part of determining how the high school will lay out. We own 130 acres on the corner of Crowley and First Street. The high school will take up only about 40 or 50 archers. This committee will hopefully include all the neighbors that live in that area and it will make a recommendation of placement to the Board. Road and Bridge, Superintended Shackett, one or two Board Members, and Roger Hill will be included. We can’t control the traffic patterns and what Road and Bridge will impose upon us. The architects will also be available. Hopefully we will hold meetings at Cloverdale Elementary because it is the closest. The architects will draw something up so we can see it. We need a new building. So we need to know how it will be laid out, what the traffic patterns will be, what will be included and how the financing will be. We will leave it up to community to help determine what we need. Hopefully by doing all these things, we can ask for something that will pass. We heard the patrons and committee members and we want to move ahead in the right way. We will make sure to educate people.,We will have many small meetings in different schools and different homes. We have appreciated the efforts of the committee members.. VIII. Public Input Pursuant to Board Policy #1550 Public Participation in Board Meetings Public Input shall be held to a maximum of 1 hour and will provide an opportunity for any Board Member, administrator, staff member, student, or patron to raise issues of interest. The Board will receive such input without comment, except to ask germane questions of those speaking. Comments should be limited to three (3) minutes. The Board will take no action relative to any items during the meeting, but may direct the Superintendent to consider such an item at a subsequent meeting. Chairperson Winchester reminded those who wished to participate that, pursuant to Board Policy this portion will be held to a maximum of 1 hour. She also went over the following rules and protocol for public input. Rules and Protocol for Public Input 1. Names will be called in order appearing on the Request to Participate Form 2. Choose 1 spokesperson if more than 1 person is planning on speaking to the same subject. Others can submit written testimony 3. Come forward to the microphone to present 4. State your name and address for the record 5. Each person will have the floor for a maximum of 3 minutes The vice-chairman will give a 2 minute warning, a 1 minute warning, and Time is up by showing cards 6. Do not exceed your time limit 7. No Applause or Cat Calling during or after a presentation 8. Face and address the Board, not the audience 9. Be respectful 10. Do not personally attack or address Board Members, District Administrators, of District Staff 11. If you would like to give the Board more information than time permits, please reduce your concerns to written form and send them to the Board Clerk. 12. Written comments must include your name, address, and telephone number Jennifer Lucas and Mark Howell 9038 E. Ririie Highway. Ms. Lucas thanked the Board for the time to address them. She reported that it was nice to hear about the community input being welcomed and education being proposed with regard to the bond issue. She asked if any progress has been made with regard to the football program. The District is working on it but it will not be finalized until after the first of the year. Mr. Howell wants a new high school and wants everything to work right. Galen Williams 3754 E 97 N. Mr. Williams wants to give input on the new high school and represents the agriculture industry. Last time, the bond was just too high. The rain in August devastated the alpha and grain crops. That has caused that industry a devastating blow and has had a ripple effect in our community that will take a couple of years to dig out from under. It is nice to see the fuel prices going down. He believes that on the last go around the District decided that we want all of our wants instead of our needs. He asked that the Board not bond for the maximum amount. He hopes that as the Board moves forward they will take a conservative look and hold the conservative base as you have done in the past. None of us know what will happen. The community will support you. The ag world has been given a big blow and he hopes the Board will consider that. Steven Murphy 5344 Eastlander Lane. We have overcrowding in whole District if we take care of high school now, we still need a middle school. The least expensive plan was a 1000 student middle school that cost $34.5 million. If we take the $62.5 and 34.5, we will be at 100% capacity and the elementaries will also be at capacity in 2016 before the high school is built. So if the bond is passed, we will need to build a middle school and an elementary before the high school is even finished. We need to look at a long term perspective. We need to look to see if we will have enough money in 20 years to house the projected growth. He has a concern that we will run out of money. Why not look at all of those options and take each one to twenty years out to see which options will be the most economical. We need a new school. We just need to decide which would be the easiest for the tax payers to pay and still allow the children to have the education they need. Jason Butikofer 537 Ruth. He is a counselor at Woodland Hills. They have add 75 kids to their school this year. He was wondering if the report makes a recommendation to address overcrowding else ware. What is the time line for addressing this issue? Dr. Shackett stated that the last bond was $92 million to build a middle school, a high school and additions to the elementary schools. Our dilemma is that $62 it will cost $62.5 million for the high school and $92 million failed, and things are now tough for the agriculture industry. We do know that for $1.5 million we can add eight classrooms to an elementary school. To build an elementary school now is about $12 million so we can add three additions to elementary which will cost less than a new school. The question is still how much can the community bear. We don’t know that yet. This committee was asked to give a recommendation on the secondary overcrowding. It is still to be determined IX. Old Business A. 2015 -2016 Calendar - Marjean McConnell Chairperson Winchester asked Mrs. McConnell to present the proposed 2015-2016 Calendar to the Board. In September we presented a calendar to the Board following rules of the past with the start time being September 8th after Labor Day. Based on input from community members, we then looked at two additional calendars. One started on August 24th and one started on August 31st. We put all three calendars out to the community and the staff in a survey. We had 686 parents respond, 16 students and 300 staff members responded. This survey showed that 94% chose the August 31st start date as their 1st or 2nd choice. Based on that survey and the fact that so many of our teachers have children attending District 91 or vice versa, and District 91 adopted a similar calendar which will mirror our calendar break wise and start date. She recommended that the Board adopt the August 31st start date calendar for the 2015 -20116 School year. Chairperson Winchester asked if the Board had any questions for Mrs. McConnell. She then asked for a motion with regard to the proposed 2015-2016 Calendar. MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to adopt the proposed 2015-2016 calendar as presented. Jeff Bird seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. B. Leadership Premiums – Marjean McConnell Chairperson Winchester asked Mrs. McConnell to present the proposed Leadership Premiums to the Board. The State appropriated leadership premiums in the last legislative session to be distributed to our teachers this year. We worked hard in the spring to get the premiums divided out. November 7 was last day to turn in leadership premiums. We had about $50,000 that we still did not fund. So we put a committee together as per policy consisting of an elementary teacher, a middle school teacher, and a high school teacher on the committee. There was an elementary, middle school and high school principal. Those six people made a recommendation on how to use the money. The money allocated at a certain level stayed at that level. Technical Careers. Lincoln and Bonneville on Line are smaller so they didn’t fill all the positions. Those positions will be moved up into the comprehensive high school. This recommendation shows $400 left and that will go into benefits because we are not allowed to pay a premium of less than $850. Chairperson Winchester asked if the Board had any questions for Mrs. McConnell. She then asked for a motion with regard to the proposed Leadership Premiums. MOTION: Jeff Bird made the motion to accept the proposed Leadership Premiums as presented. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. C. Proposed Policy for Final Adoption (second reading) - Marjean McConnell 5700 Substitute Teachers 5700P1 Substitute Teachers Procedures Chairperson Winchester asked Mrs. McConnell to present the policy for final adoption to the Board. Mrs. McConnell asked that the Board make a final adoption of the Substitute Teacher policies that have been updated and been out on 30-day review. Chairperson Winchester asked if the Board had any questions for Mrs. McConnell. She then asked for a motion with regard to the proposed policy for final adoption. MOTION: Kip Nelson made the motion to accept the proposed policy and procedure for final adoption. Amy Landers seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. X. Committee, Curriculum, and Administrative Reports A. Report on the State of the District - Superintendent Shackett Chairperson Winchester asked Superintendent Shackett to present the monthly report on the State of the District to the Board. He stated once a month the administration will give a report on what is going on in the District. The District recently held the second of three professional development meetings scheduled for the year. There were over 100 key implementers that participated. The first meeting was in September and was on our Professional Learning Communities. We are a continuous improvement District through our PLCs. They went over key indicators for PLCs. We have had tremendous increases in student achievement and that is due to our professional learning communities and professional development. Every year we have had 600 -700 college credits earned so our teachers can become better professionals. Yesterday, we talked about curriculum and instruction and how to focus on implementation of common core. We talked about what we would highlight to our students to make sure we have a guaranteed and viable curriculum. Secondary and elementary teachers went to work to decide what is viable for our children. Mrs. Hix reported on what was accomplished yesterday. We needed to create a guaranteed and viable curriculum. One of the factors to increase student achievement is that the District creates a guaranteed and viable curriculum. That means that we identify essential learnings in our four areas and then we develop formative assessments that take place in the classroom by the teacher that helps them change instruction. They looked at strategies to develop and deliver that curriculum. In the morning, Dr. Shackett reinforced how powerful PLCS are. We need to be working on the work during PLC time. We practiced how we would determine what is essential. In the afternoon, they broke up into secondary and elementary sections. Secondary worked in departments and started to talk about what needed to happen to develop essential learning standards or indicators. Elementary broke into groups and started to work on drafts. They will then do a vertical alignment and work on assessments. With this work, we are actually developing our own District standards based on national standards. Chairperson Winchester thanked Mrs. Hix for her work. Our final in-service meeting will be on February 10th and will be on interventions. That is what we will do for students who struggle and don’t get it. Mrs. Landers is excited and appreciates the work and sees a difference in the District B. Proposed Policy for Initial Consideration - Marjean McConnell Chairperson Winchester asked Mrs. McConnell to present the policies for initial consideration to the Board. Mrs. McConnell stated that these are existing that have been updated to reflect current practice and statutory changes. She will ask next month to put these out for 30-day review. 1. 1610 Conflict of Interest 2. 5200 Code of Ethics for Idaho Professional Educators 5200E1 Professional Standards Commission Code of Ethics 5200E2 Code of Ethics for Idaho Professional Educators 3. 8300 Wellness and Healthy Lifestyles 4. 8310 District-School Health Advisory Committee 8310P District-School Compliance and Wellness Policies Procedures 5. 8410 Child Nutrition Services 6. 8415 Child Nutrition Charges 8415P Child Nutrition Charges Procedures Chairperson Winchester thanked Mrs. McConnell and asked if any Board Member would like to add any agenda item to an upcoming meeting. Hearing none, she stated that she hoped everyone would have a good Christmas vacation and enjoy the Holidays. She hoped the survey would be completed and the committees would have had a chance to meet so the Board can start working on a resolution. XI. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings A. Work Session - Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - Woodland Hills Elementary - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. B. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 7:00 p.m. C. Work Session - Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - Iona Elementary - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. D. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 7:00 p.m. E. ISBA Day on the Hill - Monday February 16 - Tuesday February 17, 2015 - Boise, Idaho F. Work Session - Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - Mountain Valley Elementary - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. XII. Adjournment Chairperson Winchester asked for a motion to Adjourn at 8:04 p.m. MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to adjourn. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 4 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. APPROVED: _____________________ Chairperson ATTESTED: _______________________ Clerk Date: _______________________