The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16th, 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 5:30 p.m. 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 ADMINISTRATORS’ REPORTS
Mrs. Ward discussed her written report. Mrs. Ward asked the Board members if they will be attending the Boise ISBA Convention November 5th-8th. Mrs. Ward will need to know soon since she will need to release the hotel reservations for those not attending. CJ Mauroner has started as our new groundskeeper. Troy Reynolds is very happy to be working with him. Our annual safety inspection should be soon and last year’s inspection went very well.
Mr. Pincock discussed his written report. The book study for Teach Happy started on October 15th. The soccer district tournament began on October 11th in American Falls. Mr. Park applied for the IQPS grant from the state agriculture program. Ten students will be attending the National FFA conference in Indianapolis with Mr. Park. Mr. Pincock added that 56% of the high school students worked during Harvest Break either for a farmer or other employment.
Marina Taylor discussed her written report. Ms. Taylor attended the Principal Mentoring Project Meeting in Boise on October 9th and 10th. This was her second year attending this two-year program which helps principals in leading a school. Data Day will be on October 25th. They will discuss students in the morning and teachers will use the rest of the day to update grades in PowerSchool and prepare for Parent Teacher Conferences on November 1st.
Robi Jo Colton went over her written report. Mrs. Colton thanked Troy and CJ for posting the last tetherball post on the 2nd and 3rd grade playground. Harvest Boot Camp had about 42 students attend. STEM activities were offered during Harvest Boot Camp with some 1st and 2nd grade students experiencing Coding Camp. Ms. Johnson read a sandcastle coding book to the kindergarten students and they created sandcastles. Mrs. Colton added that Family Reading Night will be held on Monday, October 21st at 6:00 pm.
Mr. Vaughn reviewed his report and provided a handout of ISAT & IDAA proficiency rates and discussed the performance levels of students by grade. The Idaho State Department of Education has provided a grant based on our child count for Specific Learning Disability Identification training. Mr. Vaughn will be attending a special education training on October 17th called Essential Components of the IEP. This training will provide new information on what is required on IEP’s as well as training on how to make them more effective for students.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There was a change to the agenda to add in business items – Discussion 9C to discuss the practice field. A motion was made by Trustee Elliott 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 September 18th Regular Meeting minutes
Approval of September 2024 Claims
September 2024 Financial Report
County Tax Report
Building Budget Reports
Out of State/Overnight Trip Requests
A motion was made by Trustee Burusco and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve Consent Items-Actions 7 A-F as listed on the agenda. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS-ACTIONS
Approve the Purchase of a New 14 Passenger Activity Bus
Several quotes were reviewed and discussed to address the needs for a 14-passenger activity bus. Transportation Supervisor Buck Copeland will work on a bid proposal request to send to vendors. No motion was necessary, for discussion only.
Approve Monthly Staff Changes
After further discussion, a motion was made by Trustee Burusco and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the new paid staff changes with the volunteer staff changes to be tabled until the November board meeting. Chairman Rowlan asked all those in favor with the following results: Amy Burusco – Yes, Sherrie Maurner – Yes, Aimee Elliott – Yes.
All those that oppose: James Patten – Yes. The motion carried.
BUSINESS ITEMS-DISCUSSION
Board Policies for October Review, November Approval:
412 – Employee Conduct (Formerly General Personnel Regulations). 418 – Personnel Conflict of Interest. 540 Maintenance of Orderly Conduct. 564 – Health Records and Emergency Care. 576 – Field Trips. 576F1 – Extended Field Trips: Preliminary Approval Form. 576F2 – Extended Field Trips: Description and Itinerary Form. 576F3 –Field Trip: Parent/Guardian Consent Form (Formerly, Extended Field Trip Parent/Guardian Consent Form576F4 – Field Trips – Volunteer Driver Checklist (Formerly, Extended Field Trips – Volunteer Driver Checklist). 576F5 – Field Trip Volunteer Chaperone Guidelines (formerly Extended Field Trip Volunteer Chaperone Guidelines). 576P – Field Trip Procedures. NEW, OPTIONAL, 577 (and all related forms) – Extended Field Trips. DELETED.639 – Parental Rights in Education. 639F2 – Parental Rights in Education – Health Care Services Consent Form.850 – Purchasing. 934 – Trespass on School Property. 1044 – Advertising and Distributing Materials in the Schools (Formerly Advertising and Distributing Materials in the Schools by Non-School Related Entities).
No motion was necessary, for review only.
2025 ISBA Resolutions
Superintendent Ward provided the 2025 resolutions that were proposed to the Idaho School Boards Association. For review only. No motion was necessary.
Practice Field
Chairman Rowlan discussed the need for a small grass practice field to help reduce the wear and tear on the football and soccer fields. There are several school and city programs that regularly use these fields.
No motion was necessary, for discussion. Only.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 6:50 p.m., a motion was made by Trustee Elliott that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 58 recess from an open meeting into an emergency executive session pursuant to Section 74-206(1), Idaho Code, in order to discuss Section 74-206(1): Subsection (b) 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.
The purpose of executive session under subsection (b) is to consider the evaluation, dismissal, or disciplining of, or to hear complaints or charges brought against, a public officer, employee, staff member or agent, or public school student.
A roll call vote was held with the following results:
Brian Rowlan – Yes; Amy Burusco – Yes; Sherrie Mauroner – Yes; James Patten – Yes and Aimee Elliott – Yes. The motion passed.
The regular session reconvened at 7:08 p.m.
A motion was made by Trustee Patten and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to not allow volunteer coach “A” to volunteer coach. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Trustee Patten and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 7:09 pm.