Regular School Board Meeting
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. on July 15, 2020 at the Aberdeen School District Office in Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Board Chairman Todd Lowder. Also present were Mike Shackelford, Sherrie Mauroner and Elaine Blik. David Wahlen was present by Zoom video conferencing. 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 REPORT
Superintendent Ward went over her written report. The high school boiler project is progressing, but is not yet finished. Student orientation will be held on August 14th and school will begin as normal on August 17th. Teacher orientation will be held on August 12th at 1:00 pm in the new auditorium. She thanked the State of Idaho and Exxon for providing fifteen gallons of hand sanitizer to our district. The Idaho School Board Association convention will be held tentatively on November 11th through the 13th in Sun Valley and if anyone is interested in attending please let her know. The elementary school was shut down all day on Saturday, July 11th to prepare to put in the new electrical switch. She added that the elementary summer school program ended two days earlier than scheduled due to a confirmed case of covid-19 in the building.
Natalie Lewis discussed 7th and 8th grade club football, which is not a school-sponsored sporting event. Parents will transport their students to the games and they may need to be excused from school early to go to some of the games.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There was an addition made to the agenda to review the covid-19 plan under business items – discussion 9A.
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the agenda as amended. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS
Approval of June 17th Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Approval of June Claims
June 2020 Financial Reports
County Tax Report
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve consent items 7 A-D as presented. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS-ACTIONS
Board Policies for Approval
911 – Key Distribution and Usage
Discussion only, no motion was necessary.
Approve FY 20-21 Certified and Classified District Staff
Michelle Vohlmer was added under Classified Employees, Classroom Aides. A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve the FY 20-21 certified and classified district staff school directory. The motion passed.
Approve Milk Bids for FY 20-21
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve the milk bid received from Meadow Gold Dairies for the 2020-2021 school year. The motion passed.
Approve Fuel Bids for FY 20-21
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve the fuel bids received from Jerry’s Oil for the 2020-2021 school year. The motion passed.
Approve 2020-2021 Safety Busing List and Bus Routes
A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Mauroner to approve the 2020-2021 safety busing list and bus routes. The motion passed.
Approve Personnel New Hires: Elementary School Teacher Tenille Rudeen
A motion was made by Trustee Blik and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve elementary school teacher Tenille Rudeen as a new hire.
BUSINESS ITEMS –DISCUSSION
Review Covid-19 Plan
For review only.
TRUSTEE INPUT
Trustee Mauroner is tired of covid-19 issues and thinks we need to meet in the middle on the issue. She appreciates the teachers and aides that taught summer school.
Trustee Shackelford agrees with the other Trustees and thinks that we need to start school with no restrictions and to do our best for our students that need to be back in school.
Trustee Wahlen agrees with the other Trustees that we need to start school as scheduled. He wants the district to do all that we can for our students and he believes this includes having them return to school. Part of a student’s education includes the social aspect of being in school with other students including playing on the playground. He thanked the teachers for their remote teaching to students. He is concerned and cares about the safety of our students and teachers and staff that work at the school.
Trustee Blik said that our students need to be back in school for their mental health and for their parent’s mental health too. She wants to see school to go back to normal and thanked the teachers for the good work that they do.
Trustee Lowder is frustrated that things change all the time and there is more to life than this disease. The school board is doing the best that they can for the children and it takes a lot of people to run the school. He thanked the teachers and administrators for the work that they do.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 8:32 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 9:10 p.m.
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 9:10 p.m.