The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met for the budget hearing session at 5:30 p.m. with a regular session following on June 18, 2025 at the Aberdeen School District Office, 268 S. 4th W. Suite A, Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
Chairman Brian Rowlan opened the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Others present were Sherrie Mauroner, James Patten and Aimee Elliott. A quorum was established. Amy Burusco arrived at 6:23 pm.
BUDGET HEARING
The 2025-2026 Budget was presented by Business Manager David Burke. Revenues and expenditures were compared and discussed and questions pertaining to the budget were answered.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Superintendent Ward discussed her written report. The evaluation reports are due to the state this month. Mrs. Ward thanked all those who worked with the graduates and presented at graduation. It was another good program. Mrs. Ward thanked Troy Reynolds for all of the years of hard work that he gave to the school district. He will be greatly missed. The work to replace the ceiling tiles in the elementary gym has begun. Mrs. Ward added that there may be a holdback of 2-6% of funding from the state. Mrs. Ward will be updated on the status of any holdback from upcoming state meetings. Trustee Patten added that he wanted the term “letters of hire” to be changed to “letter of appointment”. Mrs. Ward suggested that this could be changed for next year when these letters are sent out to staff.
Travis Pincock provided a written report but was not present at the meeting. Administrator reports are available for review at the district office upon request.
Robi Jo Colton provided a written report but was not present at the meeting. Administrator reports are available for review at the district office upon request.
David Vaughn discussed his written report. Laura Tyler and Tenille Rudeen attended the Early Childhood Summer Institute in Idaho Falls June 2nd and 3rd. They received a lot of information about our Early Childhood Special Education program that will help them with the evaluation of students as well as determining students’ progress. Mr. Vaughn added that summer school is being held for pre-K through 3rd grade with about fifty students attending. The results of the WIDA access for ELL’s assessments have been received. Mr. Vaughn will give a more thorough report on the results at a later date.
Marina Taylor provided a written report but was not present at the meeting. Administrator reports are available for review at the district office upon request.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
There was no delegation or patron input.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
A motion was made by trustee Mauroner and seconded by trustee Patten to approve the agenda as presented. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS – ACTIONS
The following consent items were presented:
Approval of May 21st Regular Board Meeting Minutes
Approval of May Claims
May 2025 Financial Reports
County Tax Report
Building Budget Reports
A motion was made by trustee Elliott and seconded by trustee Mauroner to approve the Consent Items-Actions as listed on the agenda. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS – ACTIONS
Approve 2025-2026 School Budget
A motion was made by trustee Elliott and seconded by trustee Mauroner to approve the 2025-2026 school budget. The motion passed.
Call for Milk Bids for FY 2026
A motion was made by trustee Patten and seconded by trustee Mauroner to approve the call for milk bids for the 2026 school year. The motion passed.
Call for Fuel Bids for FY 2026
A motion was made by trustee Patten and seconded by trustee Elliott to approve the call for fuel bids for the 2026 school year. The motion passed.
Monthly Staff Changes
Trustee Patten wanted to discuss why Dori Wynn was forced to retire and wanted to hire her back. Chairman Rowlan stopped the discussion and indicated that personnel cannot be named and discussed in an open meeting and any discussion would need to be done in executive session. Trustee Patten requested an executive session to be added to the agenda. Business Manager David Burke commented that since executive session was not listed on the agenda, only an emergency executive session could be added since there was not a 24-hour public notice posted that executive session will be held. Mr. Burke added that any executive will need a two-thirds vote of “yes” from the full board to be approved by a roll call vote to recess from an open meeting and move into executive session.
A motion was made by trustee Patten and seconded by trustee Elliott to add an emergency executive session to the agenda to discuss personnel. The motion passed.
A motion was made by trustee Burusco and seconded by trustee Mauroner to approve the monthly staff changes. The motion passed.
Approve Call for Bids to Sell Used 66 Passenger School bus #08-25
There was discussion to start setting minimum bid requests for selling used school buses since the cost of buying a new bus keeps increasing substantially every year. After further discussion, the minimum bid request was set to $10,000 for selling bus #08-25.
A motion was made by trustee Burusco and seconded by trustee Patten to approve the call for bids to sell used 66 passenger school bus #08-25 with a minimum bid request of $10,000 to be considered for approval. The motion passed.
Approve Application for Early Graduation
A motion was made by Trustee Patten and seconded by Trustee Elliott to approve the application for early graduation from student A. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS – DISCUSSION
Board Policies for June Review, July Approval
Trustee Patten requested to have approved board minutes sent to the Power County Press. Trustee Patten indicated that the journalist for the Aberdeen Times has not been publishing the school board minutes in the paper for the last two months. Trustee Patten wanted the approved board minutes sent directly to the Power County Press to publish the monthly school board minutes in the paper instead of relying on the journalist from the Aberdeen Times to publish the minutes. There was discussion that the newspaper has no obligation to publish the school board minutes in their newspapers and Chairman Rowlan said to Trustee Patten that this appears to be a personal conflict with the journalist of the Aberdeen Times. Trustee Patten asked to approve sending board minutes to the Power County Press. Business Manager David Burke commented that the regular June board meeting agenda would need to be amended to add this as a discussion item. Trustee Patten asked for the amendment. Mr. Burke suggested having the approved board meeting minutes sent to the Power County Press as a business item for approval at the regular July board meeting.
A motion was made by Trustee Patten and seconded by Trustee Elliott to add sending approved board meeting minutes to the Power County Press under Business Items – Discussion 10C. The motion passed.
Board policies for June Review, July Approval – no motion necessary, for discussion only.
Notice of Fee Increase for Aberdeen High School Admissions
Athletic Director Natalie Lewis requested to increase the gate admission fees due to the high costs of hosting events with officials and game staff. No motion was necessary, for discussion only.
Discuss Sending Approved Board Minutes to the Power County Press
There was discussion with Trustee Patten to have the approved school board minutes sent to the Power County Press to have them publish the minutes in their newspaper. No motion was necessary, for discussion only.
EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 7:35 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 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.
ADJOURNMENT
The regular session reconvened at 8:21 p.m. With no further motions needed, a motion was made by trustee Burusco and seconded by trustee Maruner to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 8:24 pm.