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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-11-2015 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 February 11, 2015 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. Others in attendance were Superintendent Chuck Shackett, Energy Education Specialist Don Trauntvein, Director of School Improvement and Technology Scott Woolstenhulme, Communications Liaison Phil Campbell, Principal Jason Lords, Principal Heath Jackson, Director of Human Resources Shalene French, Director of Safe Schools John Pymm, Director of Plant Facility/Purchasing Roger Hill, Chief Financial/Operations Officer April Burton, 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 Mike Herrick, Drew Smith, Tom Hunsaker, Annette Morrell, Darla Hill, Kathy Plowman, Heidi Southwick, Boyd Southwick, and Sheila Rusch. IV. Amend the Agenda Chairperson Winchester read the Motion and Order to Amend and then asked for a Motion to Amend the Agenda for the reasons stated. MOTION: Kip Nelson made the motion to amend the Agenda Brian McBride seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. Chairperson Winchester then asked for a motion to approve the agenda as amended MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to approve the Agenda as amended. Jeff Bird seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to pull policy #5200 from final adoption list and leave it in 30-day review. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. V. Consent Calendar A. Minutes of Previous Meetings 1. Work Session 01-07-2015 2. Regular Meeting 01-14-2015 3. Work Session 01-28-2015 4. Executive Session 01-28-2015 B. Financial 1. Accounts Payable $6,324,354.68 2. Capital Construction Projects Report 3. Proposed Contracts a. Victor Four Labor Relations b. SchoolPoint Website Contract c. 2015 Review 360 License and Services Agreement d. IEN Letter of Authorization 4. Surplus Items C. Employees 1. Conditional Employment Casie Adams Discovery Elementary Title One Para 2/2/2015 Suzette Adams Hillcrest High School Cook 2/2/2015 Haylie Berggren Food Service Department Cook 1/5/2015 Michelle Biorn Food Service Department Cook 1/15/2015 Breha Blanchard Food Service Department Cook 1/5/2015 Paula Chadek District Office Human Resource Records Clerk 1/19/2015 Kevin Davies Food Service Department Food Service Delivery 12/17/2014 Lorene Davies Food Service Department Cook 1/5/2015 Raegan Elmer Discovery Elementary After School Reading Teacher 11/10/2014 Laura Hepworth Discovery Elementary After School Reading Teacher 11/10/2014 Gary Kelechenyi Food Service Department Cook 1/5/2015 Tiffany Keller Falls Valley Elementary Playground Assistant 1/12/2015 Michele Long Special Services Department PSR/ BI Professional 1/8/2015 Aimee Rhoads Hillview Elementary Playground Assistant 1/19/2015 Randi Shirley Discovery Elementary Computer Lab Para 2/2/2015 Carly Thueson Mountain Valley Elementary Playground Assistant 2/4/2015 Kimberly Weller Special Services Department Medicaid Data Entry Clerk 1/14/2015 2. Resignations and Terminations Breha Blanchard Food Service Department Cook 2/2/2015 David Brown Transportation Department Driver Trainer 1/23/2015 Katie Bugbee Special Services Department PSR 1/14/2015 Wendy Davis Transportation Department Bus Aide 2/2/2015 Anna-Liisa Duncan Summit Hills Elementary Playground Assistant 12/19/2015 Marianne Hardy Discovery Elementary Title One Para 1/14/2015 Nancy Kunerth Sandcreek Middle School School Companion 1/5/2015 Kaitlin Lewis Food Service Department Cook 12/19/2015 Isaac Magana Special Services Department DRR Para 1/27/2015 Biorn Michelle Food Service Department Cook 1/28/2015 Jayson Peterson Special Services Department BI Professional 1/14/2015 Cindye Schenk Food Service Department Cook 2/12/2015 Diantha Walling Iona Elementary Special Ed Para 1/30/2015 Bryce Wardle Maintenance Department Maintenance Personnel 1/30/2015 Natosha Wilson Discovery Elementary Computer Lab Para 1/23/2015 3. Retirements Richard Shutes Lincoln High School Teacher 6/5/2015 4. Transfers From: To: Micheal Graham Bus Driver at Transportation Department Driver Trainer at Transportation Department Jennifer Moore Cook at Discovery Elementary Assistant Kitchen Manager at Hillcrest High School Kim Nakisa Cook at Hillcrest High School Cook at Mountain Valley Elementary 5. Proposed Stipend Assignments Jared Grimmer Bonneville High School Assistant Softball Coach (Varsity) Curtis Vickery Bonneville High School Assistant Softball Coach (JV Head) D. Students 1. Alternate Graduation Requests Lincoln High School Students 2. Club Requests a. BHS - The Art of Sign Language b. BHS - Art Society 3. Trip Requests a. BHS Music Department to travel to Los Angeles, California to attend a music festival April 15, 2015 to April 19, 2015 b. BHS State Tournament Travel Requests c. BHS Baseball to travel to Phoenix Arizona - March 25, 2015 to March 29, 2015 d. HHS HOSA to travel to Boise to attend the State Leadership Conference April 8, 2015 to April 10, 2015 e. TCHS FIRST Robotics to travel to West Valley City, Utah to attend a Robotics Competition March 11, 2015 to March 14, 2015 f. BHS Ballroom Team to travel to Brigham City, Utah to attend a Ballroom Competition February 28, 2015 to February 28, 2015 g. HHS Ballroom Team to travel to Brigham City, Utah to attend a Ballroom Competition February 28, 2015 to February 28, 2015 4. Spring Sports Schedules E. Call for Trustee Elections in Zones 1 and 4 - May 19, 2015 F. Adopt the 2015 Special Education Manual 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. Chairperson Winchester then asked for a motion with regard to the Consent Calendar as amended. MOTION: Brian McBride made the motion to approve the Consent Calendar as amended. Amy Landers seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. VI. 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 went over the following rules and protocol for public input. 1. State your name and address for the record 2. Each person will have the floor for a maximum of 3 minutes 3. Written comments must include your name, address, and telephone number Chairperson Winchester asked those who wish to participate to sign the list in the back and then asked for that list to be brought forward. Tom Hunsaker 2925 Carolyn Ln. Mr. Hunsaker talked about what it is like to live near the school. He has loved living by the schools and it is great. Chairperson Winchester asked if there were any comments or concerns from the Board. Hearing none, she thanked Mr. Hunsaker for his input and moved on to New Business. VII. New Business A. High School Site Plan Recommendation – Drew Smith Chairperson Winchester asked Mr. Smith to present the Site Committee’s recommendation to the Board. .Mr. Smith representing the site committee thanked the District for the efforts to hold meetings and commended them for the good job they did. The meetings were well attended and many opinions and concerns were voiced. The District has heard the concerns He showed where he and Craig Simpson, co-chair of the committee, live in the map. He asked the District to respect the concerns. The committee wanted to minimize the impact of the school on the neighborhoods. The way the committee agreed to lay the land out should not be a problem. Mr. Smith recommended the site committee’s plan to the Board. Mr. McBride wanted to know how many patrons wanted to be there and were not able to attend. There was one person who didn’t get a flyer and was very concerned. Mr. Smith stated that the concern about Ladino has been addressed with this plan. The committee did as much as they could to advertise and the meetings were very productive. The county is concerned for safety. They said that they couldn’t guarantee anything. Three is a concern regarding whether two access points are sufficient. Mr. Smith asked the District to protect the patrons in that area as much as possible when talking to the county. He was assured that the District is looking out for them. The Board hopes the community will have confidence that they will look out for them. Chairperson Winchester asked if there were any more questions for Mr. Smith from the Board. Hearing none, she thanked Mr. Smith and Mr. Simpson for all the efforts. Chairperson Winchester then asked if there would be a motion with regard to the Site Committee’s Recommendation. MOTION: Kip Nelson made the motion to accept the Site Committee’s recommendation as presented. Jeff Bird seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. B. Sandcreek Grid Kid Program - Beverly Beck Chairperson Winchester asked Ms. Beck to discuss information regarding the Sandcreek Grid Kid Program with the Board. These are 4th through 8th grade kids. They used house all the equipment at Tautphas Park until the program grew. She and her husband have housed the equipment for the past six years. It has come to the point where they need a place to house the equipment. There are plenty of community members that could build a shed. The suggested location would be at Woodland Hills Elementary. She asked the Board to provide a place to erect a shed for the grid kid program equipment. She showed pictures of equipment. She then asked for room for 17 teams to play. This is the largest group they have had and there is very little place to practice. As participation in soccer has grown, they can only practice two teams. The fall is the problem. They have been improving the land at Woodland Hills but they were told they couldn’t put poles in. Grid Kid fertilizes, they put the scoreboard and lights in at Sandcreek years ago. Grid Kid developed field that soccer has taken over. There is a concern with the baseball field if goal posts are installed. They could use poles that are removable. There some available areas around Sandcreek and Hillcrest. Chairperson Winchester asked if there are any questions for Mrs. Beck from the Board. She then asked Mr. Trauntvein and Mr. Hill to look at the situation and see what they can come up with to help. She let Ms. Beck know that they would get back to her. Mr. Hill and Mr. Trauntvein will probably talk to the Board at a work session regarding the options. Our Technical Careers students will begin building buildings and that could be used for the equipment. Chairperson Winchester thanked Ms. Beck for her efforts. C. Proposed Policy for 30-day Review (first reading) – Scott Woolstenhulme Chairperson Winchester asked Mr. Woolstenhulme to present the proposed policies for 30-day Review. He asked that the Board place the updated policies and procedures on the District Website for 30-day review. These policies are driven by the 6 in 8 Program. We need to know when kids change grade levels. We have been developing policies and procedures to implement the legislation. The State Board has made a change regarding testing. Mr. Woolstenhulme asked to leave policy #2700 in initial 1. 2230 Grade Organization 2230 Grade Organization Procedures 2. 2367 Advanced Opportunities Advanced Opportunities Procedures 3. 2710 and 3710 Alternate Route to Graduation 2710P and 3710P Alternate Route to Graduation Procedures There was a motion made and seconded earlier in the meeting to leave policy 5200 in 30-day review until clarification from the Professional Standards Commission can be received. 4. 5200 Code of Ethics for Professional Educators a. 5200E1 Professional Standards Commission Code of Ethics b. 5200E2 Code of Ethics for Idaho Professional Educators Chairperson Winchester then asked if the Board had any questions for Mr. Woolstenhulme. Hearing none, she then asked for a motion with regard to the proposed policy for 30-day Review. MOTION: Jeff Bird made the motion to leave policy #2700 in initial and to post the remaining three proposed policies and procedures for 30-day review along with policy #5200 that was requested to be left in 30-day review. Kip Nelson seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. VIII. Old Business Proposed Policy for Final Adoption (second reading) – Scott Woolstenhulme Chairperson Winchester asked Mr. Woolstenhulme to present the proposed policies for final adoption. Mr. Woolstenhulme. Policies 1610, 8300, and 8310 are existing policies that have been updated pursuant to the ISBA policy updated service and to reflect current practice. Policies 8410 and 8415 are new policies suggested by the ISBA Policy Update Service. The District’s Child Nutrition Department has reviewed the 8000 series policies. 1. 1610 Conflict of Interest 2. 8300 Wellness and Healthy Lifestyles 3. 8310 District School Healthy Advisory Committee 8310P District-School Compliance with Wellness Policy Procedures 4. 8410 Child Nutrition Services 5. 8415 Child Nutrition Charges 8415P Child Nutrition Charges Procedures Chairperson Winchester asked if there were any questions from the Board for Mr. Woolstenhulme regarding the policies and procedures presented for final adoption. Hearing none, she then asked for a motion regarding the policies and procedures presented for final adoption. MOTION: Brian McBride made the motion to accept the proposed policies, and procedures for final adoption. Amy Landers seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. IX. Committee, Curriculum, and Administrative Reports A. Report on the State of the District - Benchmark Data - Scott Woolstenhulme Chairperson Winchester asked Mr. Woolstenhulme to present information regarding District Benchmark Data to the Board. Mr. Woolstenhulme talked about data regarding how kids are performing and assessment results. The best data is from the STAR assessments. He showed how the District asks teachers to use the data. They look at achievement and growth. Lincoln and Telford are the lowest achievement. However, Lincoln has typical growth. Most of the schools fall in the middle. We have high achievement in math. The median student is scoring above the 60th percentile. Those students’ whose scores that fall in the bottom left corner are the individuals who receive the most interventions. Those students who fall in the high achieving and low growth won’t stay at high achieving. At Woodland Hills, the typical student is above the 65 percentile. That says a lot about student engagement. We ask teachers to plot their students on this type of chart. We can take the information down to individual students at the school level. The focus is on students who are growing and who are achieving. The ISAT this year will have higher standards and will be more difficult. We should expect the kids to be at the 50th percentile. The math scores throughout the District show that we didn’t dip with the new math adoption. We need to keep the STAR assessments so we can get the reports from the students. We can see all teachers and all students on the charts. Teachers have access to the data for their students. Chairperson Winchester then asked if there were any questions from the Board for Mr. Woolstenhulme regarding Benchmark Data that was presented. Hearing none she thanked Mr. Woolstenhulme for all he does for the District. B. Proposed Policy for Initial Consideration – Shalene French Chairperson Winchester asked Dr. French to present the proposed policies for initial consideration to the Board. Dr. French stated that there are seven policies presented for initial review. Five of these deal with Human Resources. Policy #2700 will remain in initial consideration so we can clarify the state department rule regarding graduation requirements. With policy 7640, we need to show the time spent in federal programs for the audit. But, we did not need to change the process to meet the statutory requirement. We did a crosswalk with regard to the evaluation policy #5140 and met with the State Department of Education. They were impressed with what we are doing with evaluation. We will need to process how we monitor principals with the State as well. They should approve us because they understand what we are doing with our teachers. We have great research that shows that JPAS is effective. Districts have sought out Jordan School District to obtain JPAS. The last two domains for JPAS are more rigorous than that required by the state. Our teachers feel they are good teachers because the evaluation process is a difficult thing to go through. We do a review of the principals to make sure they are evaluating correctly. Mr. Nelson complemented Dr. French and thanked her for all her efforts in behalf of the District. 1. 5010 Hiring Process and Criteria 5010P Hiring Process and Criteria Procedures 2. 5017 Certified Personnel Reemployment-Non-Reemployment 3. 5018 Informal Review 5018 Informal Review Procedures 4. 5060 Employment Contracts 5. 5140 Evaluation of Certified Personnel 5140P Evaluation of Certifies Personnel Procedures 6. 5429 Classified Sick Leave Bank 5429P Classified Sick Leave Bank Procedures 7. 7640 and 5495 Positive Time Reporting X. Call for Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings A. ISBA Day on the Hill - Monday February 16 - Tuesday February 17, 2015 - Boise, Idaho B. Work Session - Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - Mountain Valley Elementary - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. C. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 7:00 p.m. D. Work Session - Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - Ucon Elementary - 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. E. Regular Meeting - Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 7:00 p.m. Chairperson Winchester asked if there were any questions from the Board for Dr. French with regard to the policies presented for initial consideration. Hearing none, she then asked if any Board Member would like to add any item to an upcoming Board Meeting. She also asked for volunteers to attend the scheduled cottage meetings: XI. Executive Session Chairperson Winchester then stated that the Board would enter executive session pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2345 (1)(b) To consider the evaluation, dismissal or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent, or public school student. The Executive Session will be closed to the public as permitted by law. Chairperson Winchester then asked for a motion to enter into executive session for the reason stated. MOTION: Jeff Bird made a motion to move into executive session for the reason stated. Kip Nelson seconded the roll call vote was: Jeff Bird yes Kip Nelson yes Brian McBride yes Annette Winchester yes Amy Landers yes XII. Motions from Executive Session Chairperson Winchester asked if there would be any motions from Executive Session. Hearing none, she then asked for a motion to adjourn at 9:22 p.m. XIII. Adjournment MOTION: Amy Landers made the motion to adjourn. Jeff Bird seconded. The vote was 5 in favor with 0 opposed and 0 abstentions. Motion was carried. APPROVED: ______________________________________ Chairperson ATTESTED: ______________________________________ Clerk Date: _______________________