The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 at the Aberdeen School District Office in Aberdeen, Idaho. The meeting was available for the public to attend via Zoom.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
Chairman Todd Lowder opened the regular Board meeting at 5:36 p.m. Present were Mike Shackelford, Sherrie Mauroner. David Wahlen and Elaine Blik. A quorum was established.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
Brian Rowland asked the board if they have heard anything new from the state about attendance restrictions or cancellations of school games.
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Superintendent Ward discussed her written report. The school will provide turkeys to all faculty and staff on December 18th at 1:30 pm. The last day of school will be December 18th and the district will be closed beginning December 21st through January 1st. A MINI Health Fair is tentatively scheduled for January 14th. Daylor Bedwell will be filming our boys’ and girls’ basketball games and presenting them on Facebook each week. Teachers received their “Master Teacher” funding from the State of Idaho this month. Mrs. Ward would like to congratulate them all for the work they do to receive this funding. Mrs. Ward wished everyone a merry Christmas.
Travis Pincock provided a written report. The high school continues to offer tutoring on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. The girls’ basketball tournament on December 29th and the 30th has been cancelled. Some of the games will be rescheduled during the regular season so they can still get their maximum games for a season. Mr. Pincock added that everything is going well and he is looking forward to next year.
Ann Mennear discussed her written report. She highlighted that they have started their chain link/canned food drive for the Aberdeen Food Bank. As of December 16th, the 6th grade is leading with the most food donated and most chain links purchased. Mrs. Mennear added that they received a large donation from the community and the last day for the canned food drive is December 17th. Mrs. Mennear thanked all the staff for working through the trials of this year.
Robi Jo Colton provided a written report. Mrs. Colton added that the Idaho Library Commission has an online reading opportunity for students. A note will be sent to parents to encourage reading and math activities over the Christmas break and to take pictures of their activities to share with the school. Erin Johnson has applied for a $6,000 grant to help with a lab for the elementary students. The community has been asking more than in previous years in who they can help out that has been affected by Covid-19 and this has been an amazing response to help out those in need.
David Vaughn provided a written report. Mr. Vaughn is currently gathering information to send in for the Federal program review for our Mckinney-Vento (Homeless) program. The State Department has been providing trainings for Transition from High School, Early Childhood and working with students with severe cognitive deficits on reading. Mr. Vaughn added that the special education department has been very busy working on referrals and testing students.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There were additions to the agenda under consent items-actions 7G: out of state/overnight trip requests adding Boise, ID 1/7/21 to 1/9/21, Challis, ID 2/5/21 to 2/6/21 and state wrestling 2/25/21 to 2/27/21. A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve the agenda as amended. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS
The following consent items were presented:
Approval of November Regular Meeting Minutes
Approval of December 8th Executive Session Meeting Minutes
Approval of November 2020 Claims
November 2020 Financial Report
County Tax Report
Building Budget Reports
Out of State/Overnight Trip Requests
High School: Wrestling – Boise, ID 12/11/20 – 12/12/20, Boise, ID 1/7/21 – 1-9-21, Challis, ID 2/5/21 – 2/6/21, State Wrestling 2/25/21 – 2/27/21
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve Consent Items- Actions A-F. The motion passed.
After further discussion, a motion was made by Trustee Wahlen and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve Consent Items –Actions G. Out of State/Overnight Trip Requests. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS-ACTIONS
Board Policies for Approval:
228 – Board Member Conflict of Interest, 418 – Personnel Conflict of Interest, 430 – Qualifications and Training Requirements of Instructional Paraprofessionals, 462 – Title I Comparability of Services, 564 – Health Records and Emergency Treatment, 579 – Student Groups in School Facilities, 652 – Library and Resource Center Materials, 654 and 654P1 – Library Circulation, 694 – District-Provided Mobile Computing Devices, 724 and 724F1 – Transporting Students in Personal Vehicles, 850 – Purchasing, 877 – Federal Time Reporting
A motion was made by Trustee Wahlen and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to table board policies 228, 418, 430, 462, 564, 579, 652, 654, 654P1, 694, 724, 724F1, 850 and 877 until January. The motion passed.
Superintendent Ward requested the board to review policies 564 and 579.
Approve November 2020 New Hires
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the November 2020 new hires. The motion passed.
Approve Bid for High School Gym Replacement Bleachers and Proceed as Funds are Available
After further discussion, a motion was made by Trustee Wahlen and seconded by Trustee Blik to table until mid-January. The motion passed.
Covid-19 Procedures
There were no changes to the Covid-19 procedures following the December 8th board meeting work session. For discussion only, no motion was necessary.
BUSINESS ITEMS-DISCUSSION
Aberdeen School District 2021-2022 Board Meeting Schedule
For discussion only, no motion is necessary.
TRUSTEE INPUT
Trustee Wahlen enjoys working with the board and appreciates their work ethics. He commented how Todd Lowder started his day at 4:00 am this morning and is attending the evening board meeting. He is impressed with the administrators and appreciates the teachers and students. He added that we need to make everything as routine as we can for the students.
Trustee Mauroner thanked Stotz Equipment for the new John Deere utility vehicle donated to the school district. She is sorry that she can’t please everyone, but she is doing the best that she can. She thanked the staff for the work that they do and wished everyone a merry Christmas.
Trustee Blik is wishing for everyone to have a great Christmas and a good break and that we can all get some rest. She appreciates everyone for the work that they do and hopes that as a country and a state that we are soon freed up from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trustee Shackelford thanked Stotz Equipment for their donation to the school district and he also thanked David Wahlen for making it happen. He wished everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year and hopes next year will be better than this year.
Trustee Lowder wants everyone to enjoy their Christmas break with their families and hopes for a different world in January with a brighter future. He appreciates everyone for what they have done this year and he misses seeing people smile. He said a smile is more contagious than covid and he encouraged everyone to wear a mask.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 8:45 p.m., a motion was made by Trustee Blik that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 58 recess from an open meeting into executive session pursuant to Section 67-2345, Idaho Code, in order to discuss Section 67-2345: Subsection b (Consideration of personnel issues) 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.
<p>A roll call vote was held with the following results:</p>Todd Lowder – Yes; Mike Shackelford – Yes; Sherrie Mauroner – Yes; David Wahlen – Yes; and Elaine Blik – Yes. The motion passed.
The Regular session reconvened at 8:45 p.m.
A motion was made by Trustee Wahlen and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve extending Superintendent Ward’s contract for an additional year. The motion passed.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Wahlen to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 8:46 p.m.
Clerk: Approved by Board of Trustees:
Chairman: