ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58
Regular School Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met for an executive session at 6:00 p.m. with a regular session to follow after at 7:00 p.m. on January 20, 2016 at the Aberdeen School District Office, 318 W. Washington, Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Board Chairman Herb Bohrer. Also present were Todd Lowder, Mike Shackelford and Braden Driscoll. A quorum was established. Elaine Blik arrived at 6:10 p.m.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 6:08 p.m., a motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Shackelford that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 58 recess from an open meeting into executive session pursuant to Section 74206, Idaho Code, in order to discuss Section 74206: Subsection B (Personnel) and that following the executive session the Board will reconvene in public session for the purpose of conducting further business or for adjournment of the meeting.
A motion was made by Trustee Blik and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the executive session adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
No motions were made subsequent to returning to open session from executive session and the regular session meeting began at 7:10 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
There was no patron input.
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Superintendent Ward discussed her written report and thanked the bus drivers and Buck for keeping our children in school during these blustery days and keeping the buses clean.
Robi Jo Colton highlighted several items on her written report and thanked the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) for the readathon. She mentioned there are no signs of mold or water in the elementary school classrooms where the roof had leaked earlier.
David Vaughn highlighted in his written report that he is completing the graduation rate appeal that is submitted to the state each year. There are some students that the state does not have a record of who have either transferred to other school districts or reenrolled who need to be appealed so they are not counted as a dropout.
Ann Mennear discussed her written report and highlighted that the Health Fair held on January 14th had a good turnout of staff and community members.
Travis Pincock discussed his written report and highlighted the visit from Chairman Bohrer, Mrs.
Ward and Cody Park to North Fremont High School to see their Professional Technical program.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
With the addition of Item 10D Discuss Superintendent Contract, a motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Driscoll to approve the agenda as amended. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS
The following consent items were presented:
Approval of the December 16th Regular Meeting Minutes Approval of December 2015 Claims County Tax Report
November 2015 Financial Report
Building Budget Reports
Overnight Trip Requests
Pocatello Idaho Mixed Choir February 1013, 2016 Anaheim, California Jazz Band April 1116, 2016
A motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve Consent Items AG as presented. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Policies for Approval: Policy 219Ethics in Government; Policy 270 Executive Sessions; Policy 276F3 Public Records Request Form; Policy 402Criminal History; Policy 422Name Clearing Hearing; Policy 422P1 Name Clearing Hearing Procedure; Policy 422F1 Sample Letter Name Clearing Hearing; Policy 422F2 Request for Name Clearing Hearing; Policy 563 Exclusion for Head Lice; Policy 563F1 Head Lice Infestation Notification; Policy 569.50Concussions
A motion to approve the policies named above was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Driscoll. The motion passed.
A motion to approve policy 569.50P1 Concussion Procedures with the language proposed by High School Principal Travis Pincock following the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) concussion guidelines was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Blik. The motion passed.
Policy 1041Fitness Facilities and Policy 1041P1 Fitness Facilities Procedures was tabled until the February 17th 2016 regular board meeting for further discussion and/or approval.
Review 20162017 School Year Calendar
Discussion only, no motion was needed.
Discuss Bond Levy for May 10, 2016 Election
Bond Election Resolution was presented for review, no motion was needed.
Discuss Superintendent Contract
A motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Blik to extend the contract for Superintendent Ward for one year. The motion passed.
TRUSTEE INPUT
Trustee Driscoll thanked Jane for what she has done over the past year and is hopeful for the building construction project.
Trustee Shackelford had no comments.
Trustee Lowder is pleased with the positive things from the administrator’s reports and thanked the administrators and teachers. He suggested having high school students take a survey on what they want for Vocational Technical programs. Mr. Pincock indicated they are working on a survey to get the student’s comments.
Trustee Blik is excited about the building construction plans and is hopeful for the bond and appreciates all of the work from Jane and the administrators.
Trustee Bohrer would like to hire another VocationalTechnical instructor. He believes the new proposed construction project would improve the facilities and would be a benefit to all. He congratulated the middle school on the success of the Health Fair.