Regular School Board Meeting
October 16, 2007
7:00 p.m.

 

1. Call to Order

At 7:00 p.m. Chairman Ken Gordon called the school board meeting to order. Superintendent Sandra Noland and Clerk Ronda Bailey were present.

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Establish Quorum

Present: Chairman Ken Gordon, Trustee Rose Washam, Trustee Brent Adamson, and Trustee Tom Pawek. Trustee Kathy Foote was absent.

4. Consent Agenda

a. Minutes – Minutes from the August meeting were approved as presented.
b. Financial Reports – approved as presented.

5. Reports

a. Maintenance – Chairman Ken Gordon asked Jim Anderson if ‘No Smoking’ signs could be installed around the athletic field. Jim requested that the board approve the hiring of a part time custodian. A special education student involved in a transition process is helping clean the cafeteria in the mornings.

i. Approve hiring - Trustee Tom Pawek made a motion to approve the hiring of a part time custodian. Trustee Rose Washam seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

b. Transportation – Maggie Graham contacted the State Dept of Transportation and learned that we can not declare a portion of the Clear Creek bus route as a non-transportation zone for just certain hours of each day. The parent of the one kindergarten student agreed to drive the student the 2 miles to meet the bus and will be paid in lieu at a rate of $ .455 per mile. The special needs student from Star Ranch will be transported by our buses this year. With the construction on highway 21 the students from Dunnigan and Daggett bus stops have been going to the Wilderness Ranch bus stop. This has created a lot of congestion in the Wilderness Ranch bus stop area. The bus is now picking up and dropping off students at the Daggett Creek stop. Superintendent Sandra Noland would like to do a review of the transportation department. Trustee Tom Pawek agreed to work with her on this review.

c. Principals’ Report – There was a discussion regarding the science and math curriculum in our school and future state requirements for these subjects.

6. Old/New Business

a. Surplus Bus Bids – the board opened the three bids. The bids were $500, $1858, and $2175. The bus bid was awarded to Keith Lewis for the amount of $2175.

b. Second Reading of Amended Policies

i. Policy 738 Bus Drivers – Trustee Brent Adamson made a motion to approve the second reading of Policy 738 amended to add bus driver physical exam requirements as specified by federal motor carrier safety regulations. Trustee Rose Washam seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

ii. Policy 740 Duties of School Bus Drivers – Trustee Brent Adamson made a motion to approve the second reading of Policy 740 amended to prohibit the use of cell phones and electronic devices by bus drivers while operating a school bus. Trustee Tom Pawek seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

c. Approve Policy Manual – Chairman Ken Gordon and Frank Gallant compared policies in the new manual with policies in previous manual and made notes on policies that needed changes. Superintendent Sandra Noland has gone through all of the policies and made necessary changes. She made a list of policies with a notation of changes or that is was unchanged. All the policies are ready to be adopted with the exception of sections 400, 500, and 600. The section 400 pertains to Personnel and we want to make sure they match the master agreement. The section 600 is Educational Program Descriptions and the principals need to review these policies. The section 500 pertains to Students and the principals have made a number of changes to these policies. The board needs to review the recommended changes to section 500 before approving. Superintendent Sandra Noland will put this section on a disk to give the board members for review.

Trustee Tom Pawek made a motion to approve the first reading of amended policy sections 100, 200, 300, 700, 800, 900, 1000. Trustee Rose Washam seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

d. Alamar Ranch Update – Chairman Ken Gordon read the following statement:

There has been a fair amount of misinformation circulated with regard to the relationship between Basin 72 School District and Alamar Ranch. I would like to offer some facts.

1. The board does not maintain a position either for or against the approval of the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Alamar Ranch. The board’s interest in Alamar is to insure that the quality of education of the children in the Basin 72 schools does not decline should Alamar be approved.

2. The board has not and will never do anything illegal in negotiating with Alamar or anyone else. The extent of the negotiations between Alamar and the district are as follows. Alamar drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the district and themselves in an attempt to mitigate their impact on the district’s schools and included it in their proposal to Boise County Planning and Zoning. The district was asked to suggest modifications to this MOU. Their proposal is a matter of public record.

3. At the August board meeting the modification of this MOU was openly discussed. The board decided that there was insufficient data on the topic at that time to make any decisions and that more research was needed. The topic was deferred to a later meeting.

7. Public Items – there were none.

8. Executive Session per Idaho Code 67-2345

At 8:15 p.m. Trustee Rose Washam made a motion to go into Executive Session per Idaho Code 67-2345. Trustee Tom Pawek seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

The regular session of the board meeting resumed at 9:00 p.m.

Trustee Rose Washam made a motion to approve the hiring of two special education students as part of their transition and job training program. Trustee Tom Pawek seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

Trustee Brent Adamson made a motion to approve the hiring of Kara Grasser and Karen Benedict as special education aides. Trustee Tom Pawek seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.

9. Adjournment

At 9:05 p.m. Trustee Tom Pawek made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Rose Washam seconded the motion and all voted aye. Motion carried.