The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met in regular session at 6:00 p.m. on May 15th, 2024 at the Aberdeen School District Office in Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
Chairman Brian Rowlan opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Also present were Amy Burusco, Sherrie Mauroner, James Patten and Aimee Elliott. A quorum was established.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
There was no delegation or patron input
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Superintendent Ward reviewed her written report. Negotiations are complete. Mrs. Ward appreciates the teachers and she looks forward to the new year. There will be a school board training on June 6th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Mrs. Ward asked for Trustees to sign up for the training and to forward the invoice to the district office to pay for the registration. The training registration is on the ISBA website under events. Mrs. Ward met with Chad Ranstrom on May 14th to discuss our district insurance coverage. The premium for next school year is more than a 15% increase from the previous school year. Graduation will be on June 5th at 7:00 pm. Mrs. Ward attended the Lock Down at the Firth Middle School. The local police, Bingham County and Idaho Falls had law enforcement agencies present. The gravel has been delivered for the maintenance and student transportation departments and the last day of school for the teachers is June 6th.
Travis Pincock discussed his written report. District golf was held on May 9th and district track was held on May 9th and 10th. State golf was held May 13th-14th and state track will be held on May 17th-18th. The National Honor Society held its induction ceremony on May 6th. There were students inducted into the NHS. The high school has finished up the ISATs and are now moving onto the STAR test. Mikki Beck was hired as the new volleyball coach. Teacher Appreciation Week was held May 6th-9th and Mr. Pincock would like to thank all of those who helped make our teachers feel special that week. There are twenty students leaving for state track on May 16th. Mr. Pincock added that there are grant opportunities through Idaho Launch for seniors graduating to help pay tuition to attend college.
Marina Taylor discussed her written report. Ms. Taylor is in the process of setting up a summer school program for students needing credit recovery. The STAR testing window is open during the month of May. Sgt. Henrie and Michelle Corbridge provided training on using Narcan and the new defibrillator. Teachers who attended the training left with a better depth of how to use these things in a safe manner. On May 7th and May 8th Ms. Taylor presented Aberdeen’s story at the Early Reading Best Practices Institute in Boise and Cour’d Alene. Ms. Taylor is hopeful attendees of the presentation left with a few ideas that can be implemented in their school districts. On May 13th, Heather Clark and the high school held an 8th grade orientation parent meeting. During the meeting, class schedules were completed for students. Ms. Taylor added that the student scheduling for next year went well at this meeting. Ms. Taylor thanked the teachers and everyone that helped during teacher appreciation week.
Robi Jo Colton reviewed her written report. The staff appreciation week was a lot of fun and Mrs. Colton thanked the Parent Teacher Organization for helping to make it a great week. The ISAT testing is coming to an end in the elementary school building. Mrs. Colton thanked the transportation department for busing the students to all of the fieldtrips. Mrs. Colton added that the 5th graders were able to do podcasting with Ms. Johnson and there were forty five kindergarteners enrolled as of mid-May, which is higher than last year at this time.
David Vaughn discussed his written report. Mr. Vaughn is continuing with the ISATS and students can test until May 24th. Students in grades 3-8 and 11th grade are taking the summative ISAT. 9th and 10th grade students are taking the Interim ISAT for practice. Special Education students who are eligible are taking the Idaho Alternate Assessment. Summer School registration is continuing. The summer school program will be held for grades PK-5, June 10th – June 28th Monday through Friday. Mr. Vaughn attended a Special Education Directors webinar that discussed Specific Learning Disability identification as well as a new proposed eligibility requirements for identifying a student with specific learning disabilities. The proposed change includes students that do not make sufficient progress in response to effective, evidence-based instruction and intervention in the area(s) of concern or the students demonstrate a pattern of strengths and weaknesses in psychological processing. Currently, students have to meet both of these requirements and with the new proposal students will only need to meet one of these requirements as part of their qualifying criteria. This new criteria could be in effect by July of 2024.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
Katrina O’Brien – Foreign Exchange Students
After the superintendent and administrator reports were reviewed, Chairman Rowlan turned the time over to Katrina O’Brien.
Katrina O’Brien discussed the process of how foreign exchange students stay with a host family in Aberdeen. Mrs. O’Brien will host two new foreign exchange students that will be attending Aberdeen High School for the 2024-2025 school year.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There was a change to the agenda to add Business Items – Actions 8C for graduation requirements – board policy 610.
A motion was made by Trustee Burusco and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the agenda as modified. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS – ACTIONS
The following consent items were presented:
Approval of April Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Approval of Minutes Ratifying Teacher Negotiations for FY 2024-2025
Approval of April 2024 Claims
April Financial Report
County Tax Report
Building Budget Reports
A motion was made by Trustee Elliott and seconded by Trustee Patten to approve the Consent Items – Actions as presented. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS – ACTIONS
Approve Monthly Staff Changes
A motion was made by Trustee Burusco and seconded by Trustee Elliott to approve the monthly staff changes. The motion passed.
Ratify Teacher Negotiations for the 2024-2025 School Year
Trustee Patten asked Mrs. Ward to decouple the coaches salary schedule from the 24-25 negotiated agreement. Mrs. Ward indicated that the coaches salary schedule was removed from the negotiated agreement.
A motion was made by Trustee Patten and seconded by Trustee Burusco to ratify teacher negotiations for the 2024-2025 school year. The motion passed.
Graduation Requirements – Board Policy 610
Travis Pincock discussed the computer technology requirement on page 6 of Board Policy 610 which lists Computer Application I as a required class for students to graduate. Mr. Pincock requested to have Computer Graphics Design to eligible as a modification for this graduation requirement for students.
A motion was made by Trustee Elliott and seconded by Trustee Burusco to approve board policy 610 – High School Graduation Requirements with modification to the policy replacing the Computer Technology, Computer Application I requirement with Computer Technology, Computer Graphic Design. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS – DISCUSSION
Board Policies for May Review, June Approval
570 – Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Student Activities. 571 – Interscholastic Activities. DELETE 572 – Eligibility and Participation in Interscholastic Activities. DELETE 573 – Athletic Activities Insurance. DELETE. 574 – Extracurricular Awards. DELETE 575 – Transportation to School-Sponsored Activities. DELETE 846 – Travel Allowance for Professional Development and Professional Meetings $ overnight Activities AMENDED 620 – Credit Acceptance for Transferring Students AMENDED
For review only, no motion was necessary.
First Review of the 2024-2025 General Fund Budget
Business Manager David Burke presented general fund revenue, fund balance, transfer and expense budget line items with the board and answered questions. For review only, no motion was necessary.
Reynolds Construction Estimate – Football Storage Shed, Elementary School Repairs
Mrs. Ward discussed the estimate from Reynolds Construction to fix the facia and soffit on the elementary school roof and replace the football storage shed roof.
For discussion only, no motion was necessary.
Coaches Salary Schedule
Trustee Elliott thanked Natalie Lewis for doing a great job as athletic director and supporting the coaches. Mrs. Ward added that the salary schedule for coaches was negotiated during the teacher negotiations for FY 24-25.
There was a misunderstanding between Trustee Patten and Mrs. Ward with the coaches salary schedule. Trustee Patten said he thought the coaches salary schedule would be completely omitted from the 24-25 ratified negotiated agreement and Mrs. Ward had thought Trustee Patten only wanted the coaches salary schedule removed from the negotiated agreement, which is a handbook. Trustee Patten said he never would have made a motion to approve ratifying the teacher negotiations for the 2024-2025 school year with the coaches salary schedule in place. Trustee Patten said he wanted to see classified staff receive higher raises before coaches received higher raises.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Trustee Burusco and seconded by Trustee Elliott to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m.