The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met for a regular Board meeting session at 5:30 p.m. on January 20th, 2021 at the Aberdeen School District Office, 318 W. Washington, Aberdeen, Idaho. The meeting was available for the public to attend via Zoom.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
The meeting was called to order at 5:40 p.m. by Board Chairman Todd Lowder. Also 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.
BOARD REORGANIZATION
Chairman Lowder opened the floor for nominations for Chairman. Trustee Shackelford nominated Todd Lowder to serve as Board Chairman. Trustee Lowder asked for a motion to cease nominations. Trustee Blik made a motion and Trustee Mauroner seconded the motion to cease nominations. Trustee Shackelford made the motion and Trustee Blik seconded the motion to elect Todd Lowder as Board Chairman. The motion passed.
Chairman Lowder opened the floor for nominations for Vice-Chairman. Trustee Blik nominated Mike Shackelford to serve as Board Vice-Chairman. Chairman Lowder asked for a motion to cease nominations. Trustee Wahlen made a motion and Trustee Mauroner seconded the motion to cease nominations. Trustee Blik made the motion and Trustee Wahlen seconded the motion to elect Mike Shackelford as Board Vice-Chairman. The motion passed.
Chairman Lowder opened the floor for nominations for Board Clerk. Trustee Wahlen nominated Elaine Blik for Board Clerk. Chairman Lowder asked for a motion to cease nominations. Trustee Mauroner made a motion and Trustee Lowder seconded the motion to cease nominations. Trustee Wahlen made the motion and Trustee Mauroner seconded the motion to elect Trustee Blik as Board Clerk. The motion passed.
Chairman Lowder opened the floor for nominations for Board Treasurer. Trustee Wahlen nominated Sherrie Mauroner for Board Treasurer. Chairman Lowder asked for a motion to cease nominations. Trustee Shackelford made a motion and Trustee Blik seconded the motion to cease nominations. Trustee Wahlen made the motion and Trustee Shackelford seconded the motion to elect Sherrie Mauroner as Board Treasurer. The motion passed.
Chairman Lowder opened the floor for nominations for Board Education Foundation Representative. Trustee Mauroner nominated David Wahlen for Board Education Foundation Representative. Chairman Lowder asked for a motion to cease nominations. Trustee Blik made a motion and Trustee Shackelford seconded the motion to cease nominations. Trustee Mauroner made the motion and Trustee Blik seconded the motion to elect David Wahlen as Board Education Foundation Representative. The motion passed.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
Wally Driscoll discussed his concerns on the limitation of spectators allowed at school sporting events. He asked that Superintendent Ward write a letter to our legislators to allow more people to attend games in person.
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Superintendent Ward discussed her written report. Federal Programs are being audited during the week of January 11th. This was done virtually due to Covid-19. All information was sent to them digitally and they talked with personnel through Zoom. The health fair was held on January 14th. It was done on a much smaller scale this year. The district will be receiving additional Covid-19 funds, but the specifics have not been given to us at this time. The school district is in the process of rolling out new computers and Chromebooks to all faculty members. This is in an effort to prepare the district for any situation that may require teachers to teach from home. Mrs. Ward added that Covid-19 vaccines were given to school staff today. Some school staff could not be scheduled for today and instead will be going to American Falls on Friday, January 22nd to receive their vaccine.
Travis Pincock discussed his written report and highlighted the district BPA competitions were held virtually this year and our school took 2nd place. Mr. Pincock added that the Govenor’s order may soon change again allowing more spectators to attend school events. Mr. Pincock thanked Superintendent Ward for scheduling Health West to administer vaccines to our school faculty.
Ann Mennear went over her written report and highlighted that the middle school was able to present a check to the Food Bank for $5,450.50. Mrs. Mennear thanked the students and community members who contributed to this worthwhile fund raising event and gave a public thank you to the anonymous donor who gave a generous donation. The middle school is offering tutoring Monday through Thursday and several students are taking advantage of this service and working really hard. Mrs. Mennear added that Erin Johnson received a $1,000 grant award.
Robi Jo Colton discussed her written report and highlighted they are working to increase STEM opportunities for the students. This year they are coding ozobots and a high school student’s senior project is helping out the elementary students with the programing. Mrs. Colton thanked all the parents and students who sent in pictures of our parent involvement at-home reading and math activities. This year’s book study is The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life. Team 2 shared Principle 6: the 20-second Rule on January 8th.
David Vaughn discussed his written report and highlighted they will be receiving materials for the WIDA Access for ELL’s 2.0. Testing will be in January and February and Mr. Vaughn is looking for proctors to assist with this. Seniors in Special Education are working on their Senior Projects and are doing very well. Darla Wright and the High School Paraprofessionals are supporting them. Referrals are continuing to be received for students who are struggling and may require Special Education in the elementary and middle school. Referrals are made at data days and are discussed at that time.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There were additions to the agenda to approve the fee proposal from Hutchison Smith Architects to remodel the old auditorium and convert it into a wrestling room under Business Items – Actions 9E, approving the retirement letter of maintenance supervisor Gary Krehbiel under Business Items – Actions 9F and executive session to discuss personnel under item 12. A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the agenda as amended. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS-ACTIONS
The following consent items were presented:
Approval of December Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Approval of January 7th 2021 Emergency Board Work Session Minutes
Approval of January 8th 2021 Board Work Session Minutes
Approval of December 2020 Claims
December 2020 Financial Report
County Tax Report
Building Budget Reports
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve Consent Items A-G as listed on the agenda. 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 Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the Board policies as presented. The motion passed.
Approve December 2020 New Hires
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Wahlen to approve the December 2020 new hires. The motion passed.
Approve Call for Bids to Paint High School Gym
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Maruoner to approve the call for bids to paint the high school gym. The motion passed.
Approve Aberdeen School District 2021-2022 Board Meeting Schedule
A motion was made by Trustee Wahlen and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve the Aberdeen School District 2021-2022 Board meeting schedule. The motion passed.
Approve Hutchison Smith Architects Fee Proposal to Remodel Old Auditorium and Convert into a Wrestling Room
Chairman Todd Lowder asked for a motion to table approving the fee proposal until further discussed. A motion was made by Trustee Blik and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to table approving the fee proposal prepared by Hutchison Smith Architects to remodel the old auditorium and convert into a wrestling room until further discussed. The motion passed.
Approve Personnel Retirement Letter of Maintenance Supervisor Gary Krehbiel
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve the retirement letter of Maintenance Supervisor Gary Krehbiel. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS – DISCUSSION
There were not business items for discussion.
TRUSTEE INPUT
Mike Shackelford said things are going well and it’s good to hear that there haven’t been many teachers or students out of school due to sickness.
Sherrie Mauroner wants to attend games. She appreciates Daylor Bedwell for filming the games to view online. She thanked the teachers and administrators for what they do and hopes everyone had a good Christmas break.
David Wahlen is grateful for the administrators and teachers and is happy to see that the Covid vaccine was made available for the staff that wanted to receive their vaccination. He is grateful for the teachers and administrators putting the students first. He hopes to see the School Board of Education allowing more attendance at school events soon and wants to see the students be able to use the school facilities.
Elaine Blik congratulated Mr. Spence and his students for doing well in the BPA competitions and was happy to hear that most of our students and staff have remained healthy.
Todd Lowder said the students seem to be happy to be in school and are doing well. He thanked the teachers for their dedication to our students.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 6:30 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 (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 roll call vote was held with the following results:
Todd Lowder – Yes; Mike Shackelford – Yes; Sherrie Mauroner – Yes; David Wahlen – Yes and Elaine Blik – Yes. The motion passed.
The Regular session reconvened at 8:05 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further action needed, a motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Clerk: Approved by Board of Trustees:
Chairman: