RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 365
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
I. WELCOME AND CALL TO ORDER
A. The Board of Trustees, Joint School District No. 365, met for the regular meeting at Bruneau Elementary Library on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Vice Chairman Marie Robertson called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m., welcomed patrons and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Dixie Black arrived during the Pledge of Allegiance.
B. Roll call –Chairman Dixie Black, Vice Chairman Marie Robertson, Howard Field, Joe Merrick, Lori Bennett, Superintendent Vickie Chandler and Clerk Cathy Sellman were present. Also attending were Ramona Massek, Danny Massek, Brandi Lisle, Amber Pearson, students and staff of Bruneau Elementary.
II. APPROVE AGENDA
Superintendent Chandler asked to add a personnel issue under Executive Session.
Joe Merrick made the motion and Marie Robertson seconded to approve the amended agenda. Motion carried.
III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approve minutes of the October 13, 2011 Regular Meeting
B. Accounts Payable
C. Bruneau Elementary Activity Accounts
D. Grand View Elementary Activity Accounts
E. Rimrock Activity Accounts
Lori Bennett made the motion and Howard Field seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried.
IV. REPORTS TO THE BOARD
A. Bruneau Elementary Student/Staff Presentations
Amber Pearson was absent from the meeting due to attending a training session in Boise. Susan Wampler’s kindergarten class sang “Hush, Little Brown Bear” and her first grade class told about honeybees. Lisa Lopez’ 2nd and 3rd grade classes were represented by Rya Buckingham and Madison McMillan. Luisa Lowry’s 4th & 5th grade students introduced themselves and told what grade they are in. The class read a play about Thanksgiving.
Brandi Lisle, ESL/para-professional for Bruneau Elementary works twice a week with ELL students to obtain their goals in English language orientation. She explained her position and her work with students working to gain fluency. Bruneau Elementary PTO is growing and hoping to hold a winter carnival for Bruneau and Grand View on January 14th. The staff will provide the meal for the evening and there will be music in the gym for dancing. Mrs. Lisle asked for permission to use the building for that evening. The Lions Club from Grand View will provide liability insurance. They plan to raise money for field trips or classroom supplies or purchase a laminator. The board gave their approval and recommended filling out the facilities use application.
Luisa Lowry and student council representatives explained their student council and how they were elected to the office. Each member introduced themselves and explained the student council and their responsibilities in student council. The students are cleaning up around the school by raking leaves and cleaning the garden area. They plan to help the community by raking leaves around town and will work on the Ray Meyers 10K in the spring.
B. Principal Reports
Because of Mrs. Pearson’s absence the report was held later in the meeting.
C. Superintendent Reports
Superintendent Vickie Chandler reported enrollment in the district is down by 3, currently at 336 students. She gave board members an activities calendar and a sports calendar. Vickie Chandler, Will Goodman and Amber Pearson attended the Danielson Administrators Training in Coeur’d Alene. There was not any other training in the state and the training was excellent in helping to evaluate teachers with the new state method. There was a district-wide in-service Danielson Training on Monday, October 17th for all certified and para-professionals. Homecoming week was very successful with students participating in activities which were held on Friday and the Raiders won the homecoming game. The football team won the conference for the first time in 12 years. They hosted a playoff game with Oakley which they lost but they made a very good effort. Oakley had over 40 players on the roster and is moving to 11-man next year. The FCCLA Blood Drive didn’t reach their quota, but was well attended and they met their past quotas. Four Rimrock students are wrestling with Glenns Ferry. They practice in Glenns Ferry on Mondays and wood shop teacher Trevor Nelson volunteers to coach them at Rimrock the rest of the week. Parent night was held during parent/teacher conferences. The school fed 113 people. Presentations were in English and Spanish in separate rooms. CWI and Camp Scholarship representatives spoke. Discussions were held on PowerSchool, 4-year plans for students, state testing, etc. The Pay for Performance Plan needed tweeking as suggested by the state. The goals were not changed, just the value of a share for each goal. All Rimrock staff members voted on the changes. Superintendent Chandler shared a picture of the scholarship item the district donated for Idaho School Board Convention. Lori Bennett is now the Region III president of ISBA. Lori Bennett’s brother, Jeff volunteered to see what is wrong with the wireless scoreboard. He has ordered parts which were covered under warranty and he will also install the new parts. Maintenance issues such as the control boxes and grout in the bathrooms at Rimrock, setting up a corporate account at Lowe’s so John Aquiso can purchase filters at a lower price, new cleaning products which have been sampled by custodians, replacing paper towel dispensers, etc. were discussed. Alan Schoen and shop students have been working on the red lawn mower. Mr. Schoen ordered parts on e-bay from France for less than $400 instead of the $5000 wanted in the United States and the mower will be worked on during the winter.
Joe Merrick gave a report on the orange lawn mower repairs. The company put a new turbo on but it needs an overhaul at a cost of around $1500-$2500. The board decided to have Alan Schoen look at the lawn mower. Superintendent Chandler recommended sending out bid forms for a lawn maintenance company for next summer. Discussion was held on a trailer to haul the lawn mower home.
Sympathy cards were signed for the Gary Jones family, Gretchen Simpson and Kay Seegrist. A thank you card was signed for Beth Gasper and Grand View PTA.
Principal Amber Pearson arrived at the meeting.
B. Principal Report
Principal Amber Pearson thanked a mystery person for donating a tool kit to Bruneau Elementary. SIOP Training was held on Monday, November 14th and they found there was a major disconnect for what all teachers want to do and what they need to do. The training was very good but it made them realize all the work they have to do developing expectations and following through.
Discussion was held with Ramona Massek regarding the time buses leave Grand View Elementary to go to Rimrock. The board encouraged Mrs. Massek to contact the school or the bus driver for times.
Principal Amber Pearson told the board she has written the AIMS web grants. Staff members were told anyone who wanted to go could attend the AIMS Training. All new staff members attended the training. Amber Pearson, Christine Meyers and Lindsey Alexander attended training on student growth. Mrs. Pearson will bring reports at a later meeting. The district has received an RTI Training Grant. Sara Gonzalez and Lindsey Alexander attended RTI training. Luisa Lowry attended the Common Core Training. There will be new standards coming up in 2013. Principal Pearson thinks the new teachers are amazing. She has had many compliments from workshops they have attended. Teachers would like to have a substitute teacher training workshop for substitutes. A discussion was held on the issue. Kari Kerfoot, special education teacher, will now be able to have a mentor through Capacity Builders. The mentor is also working with John Hannah to refine special education services and is looking at speech/OT services. Applications for an ELL Grant for over $40,000 of training and materials have been submitted.
D. Budget Update
Discussion was held on the budget and bus repairs.
E. Idaho School Board Convention Report –
Trustee Lori Bennett reported she thought the convention was better than the year before. All meetings and keynote speakers were excellent. One keynote speakers comments of “What you focus on is what you get” really made an impression on her. Lori purchased the book “Schools Cannot Do It Alone”. She attended 5 workshops, “Business of Schools, Social Media in Your District, The Boards Role in Protecting Students, Learning with Technology and Public School Finance”. She thought it was interesting that colleges are checking students Facebook pages to see what kind of kids they are. She explained some of the resolutions from the business session which she voted on. Lori also attended the Region III business meetings.
V. PUBLIC INPUT
None
VI. ACTION ITEMS
- APPROVE PHONE POLL TO ALLOW RIMROCK STUDENTS TO JOIN INTO A COLLECTIVE COOP WITH GLENNS FERRY FOR WRESTLING ONLY
Superintendent Chandler had polled the board earlier to get their votes.
Joe Merrick made the motion and Howard Field seconded to approve the phone poll to allow the boys to join the Glenns Ferry Wrestling Team. Motion carried.
- APPROVE KATHY MORI SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING CONTRACT
Kathy Mori had been asked to teach two hours of ESL classes per day at Rimrock. This would make Kathy Mori a full time teacher. The elementary schools will have their own ESL staff members.
Marie Robertson made the motion and Joe Merrick seconded to hire Kathy Mori full time instead of half time, Leslie Day as Bruneau Elementary Cook and move Heather Burbank to Rimrock as assistant cook, Patrick Milligan as junior high boys basketball to replace Will Goodman, John Aquiso as district maintenance and bus supervisor, Brandi Lisle as part-time LEP para-professional at Bruneau Elementary, Jamie Smith as part-time LEP para-professional at Grand View Elementary, Regina Rose to replace John Aquiso as bus driver and Keri Kerfoot as junior high girls basketball coach.
Motion carried.
This motion covers Items B, C, D and E.
- APPROVE KARI KERFOOT AS JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH
- APPROVE JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL COACH TO REPLACE WILL GOODMAN
- APPROVE BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY COOK
- PERSONNEL ISSUES
Tabled until executive session.
VII. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Joe Merrick made the motion and Lori Bennett seconded to adjourn to executive session for personnel issues. Motion carried.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of school District 365, recess from an open meeting into Executive Session pursuant to Section 67-2345, Idaho Code to discuss personnel issues.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that following the Executive Session, the Board will reconvene in public session to conduct further business or for adjournment of the meeting.
The board recessed into Executive Session at 3:40 p.m.
The board reconvened in Open Session at 4:15 p.m.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Howard Field made the motion and Marie Robertson seconded to adjourn. Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
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Catherine R. Sellman, Clerk
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