Regular School Board Meeting
May 15th, 2012
7:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order - At 7:03 p.m. Chairman Ken Gordon called the regular school board meeting to order. Superintendent John McFarlane and Clerk Cindy Hunter were present.

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Establish Quorum – Present: Chairman Ken Gordon, Trustee Brent Adamson, Trustee Mary Jo Sexton, and Theresa Pledge

4. Consent Agenda - Trustee Brent Adamson made a motion to amend the agenda under item 6. Old/New Business to add item d.”Approve the 2012-2013 Calendar.”  Trustee Theresa Pledge seconded the motion and all voted aye.  Motion carried.

a. Minutes – Amendments were made to the minutes.  Minutes from the March meeting were approved with corrected typographical errors.

b. Financial Reports -  

1. Clerk’s Report - Clerk Cindy Hunter reported that she is setting up next year’s school year in the accounting software and working on the budget.

5. Reports -

a. Maintenance – Jim Anderson discussed that the lawn mower needs to be repaired. Due to recent heavy rain and wind storms the elementary roof has had some leaks. The maintenance crew will be checking for the leaks and repairing the elementary school’s roof this summer.

b. Transportation – Trustee Brent Adamson made a motion to approve the proposed summer school bus routes.  Trustee Mary Jo Sexton seconded the motion and all voted aye.  Motion carried. 

c. Special Education – Special Ed. Director Beth Woodruff reported that paraprofessional Linda Hyde has returned back to work.  Currently the Special Ed. department is out of compliance regarding a couple of State Department of Education reports and files.  Special Ed. Director Beth Woodruff will be working with the State Department to get back into compliance.  A discussion was held concerning the difficulty and time consuming issues regarding the ISEE files and how it has impacted the Special Ed. department.

d. Food Service - Positive comments were made by the board to Food Service Director Cyndi Watson regarding the recent food service inspection with Central District Health.   

e. Administration Reports - Positive comments were made by the board to Food Service Director Cyndi Watson regarding the recent food service inspection with Central District Health.

6. Old/New Business

a. Forest Funds –Recent news indicate that the Forest Funds will be available for one more school year.

b. Strategic Planning - Chairman Ken Gordon recommended that the first strategic planning meeting be planned for next fall. 

c. Khan Academy – Teacher Bill Phillips gave a presentation about the Khan Academy website.  It is a non-profit website and is available for anyone to access lessons in many subjects.  The presentation gave the board an opportunity to see firsthand how the website worked and what a good tool it is for students, teachers, and parents.  The board thanked teacher Bill Phillips for his time and expertise concerning Khan Academy.

d. Approve the 2012-2013 Calendar - Trustee Theresa Pledge made a motion to approve next year’s 2012-2013 calendar.  Trustee Brent Adamson seconded the motion and all vote aye.  Motion carried. 

7. Chairman’s Update – Chairman Ken Gordon updated the board on the second meeting with the Idaho Leads project that he attended along with nine other district personnel. The team members will be working on a $5000.00 proposal written to the Idaho Leads association for innovation in the implementation of the common core standards.  The team members are discussing the most effective way to use the money for the students. Chairman Ken Gordon discussed several new legal updates that were presented at the Education Law Institute which was very informative.  Chairman Ken Gordon stated that the Senior Project night went well this year and he also recommended that for the sake of consistency the judges for the Senior Project’s in the future have prior training before judging the projects.    

8. Superintendent Update - Superintendent John McFarlane invited the board to the senior graduation on May 30, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.  The track team has twelve athletes competing at the State Track Meet on Friday and Saturday May, 12th and 13th.  Student Eugene Sanders is improving with the help of physical therapy.   The District’s twenty year Bond is scheduled to be paid off one year early this July, 2012.  Superintendent John McFarlane is currently working on BLM forms that are required to be completed before the city can proceed on their proposed gravity fed water tank to be located at the high school football field. He has been in contact with the school district’s insurance company Moreton and Company regarding liability insurance coverage and stated that the district is covered for liability concerning the water tank.  

9. Public Items- No public items.

10. Executive Sessions per Idaho Code 67-2345 – There was no executive session.

11. Adjournment - At 9:15 p.m., Trustee Mary Jo Sexton made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  Trustee Brent Adamson seconded the motion and all voted aye.  Motion carried.

 

ATTEST:

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Cindy Hunter, Clerk                                    Ken Gordon, Chairman