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Tuesday- March 11, 2008
Board
of Trustee Regular Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Location: Middle School Library
The Regular Meeting of
the Board of Trustees of Boundary County School District No. 101 was
convened at the above stated time and date, pursuant to authority provided
by Section 33-510 and 67-2345, Idaho Code, and pursuant to affirmation by
the clerk that written notice was conspicuously posted at the District
Administration Office, Valley View, Naples, Evergreen, and Mt. Hall
Elementary Schools, Bonners Ferry High School, Boundary County Middle
School, Riverside High School, Bonners Ferry Herald Office, Boundary County
Courthouse, and the KBFI/KPND Radio Station (PSA) on Thursday, March 6,
2008. Trustees had actual notice
of the time and date of meeting via verbal and written communication.
Board Members Present:
Chairman Melanie Staples, Vice-Chairman Tim Bertling, Trustees Maria
LaBarbera, Gil Hagen and Sulét Hiatt.
Superintendent Don
Bartling, Clerk Diane M. Cartwright and Assistant Clerk Laurie Smith-Tremble
were also in attendance.
Others Present:
Cindy Orr, Joan Myers, Elsie Hollenbeck, Grace Siler, Ken Olson, Gwen
Albers, Dick Behrens, Jim Nash, Gail Reoch.
Exhibit I.
6:30 p.m.
Regular Meeting
I. Opening by
Chairman - Meeting Announcements
Student Recognition – Valley View Music
Students/David Carpenter & Valley View Art/Joan Myers
David Carpenter
introduced his 4th and 5th grade music students from
Valley View Elementary as they sang a couple of songs.
Mr. Carpenter only instructs them for one day a week for an hour.
Mr. Carpenter thanked the parents for bringing their children and
expressed how amazing the kids are.
Joan Myers, Valley View
Art teacher, handed out an Arts Education pamphlet expressing the many
benefits of teaching arts in the school setting.
Ms. Myers shared some examples of student’s art projects utilizing
many different disciplines. Ms.
Myers incorporates everything from art history, the color wheel, landscapes,
figure study plus many others while teaching 1st, 2nd
and 3rd grades. Cindy
Orr, Valley View Principal, said they use both Mr. Carpenter and Ms. Meyers
to their greatest extent. The
Board thanked both Mr. Carpenter and Ms. Meyers and their students.
II.
Visitors – (None)
III.
Superintendent Report/Business Report
Mt. Hall Water Update – Exhibit III
Dr. Bartling stated all
the water in the main building is now okay to drink.
Gil Hagen said they didn’t drink it today as they are still flushing
the lines and it tastes like plastic. Dr.
Bartling passed a bid received from King Water Systems to install a
simplified system for the gym costing $150 plus miscellaneous plumbing parts
of about $50. It is a cartridge
system and the school could get Tyler, the Mt. Hall custodian, to install
the system and save $420. Each
cartridge is good for about 220 gallons of water.
Dr. Bartling has asked Erik Ketner, Panhandle Health and King Water
Systems to speak with each other regarding the simplified system.
Dr. Bartling asked the Board for their permission to go ahead,
providing Erik Ketner approves, and install the cartridge system.
Jim Bace will need to review the system as well.
Dr. Bartling applauded everyone involved in the quick resolution to
the Mt. Hall water situation.
Chairman Staples asked the Board for their consensus to give Dr. Bartling
permission to proceed; all trustees agreed.
BFHS Sidewalk Update – Exhibit IV
Dr. Bartling presented a
memorandum from Chris C. Beck, P.E. from All West Materials Testing to Cory
Trapp of G.D. Longwell Architects regarding the sidewalks at the high
school. Dr. Bartling stated he
has pictures of the heaving at its worst, about a month ago, if any of the
Board would like to see them. At
that time Dr. Bartling said he had asked Cory Trapp what the district could
do. The district probably needs
to go underneath the concrete and see what is causing the heaving.
Dr. Bartling said Mike Woodward volunteered to help out the school
and will be a good resource. The
process now is just fact finding.
Potential Loss of
Forest
Service Funds
Dr. Bartling said the legislature is looking to approve House Bill 532 which proposed legislation would amend Chapter 9, Title 33, Idaho Code to provide state funding from the Public Education Stabilization Fund to temporarily mitigate the impact on certain Idaho school districts for loss of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Depreciation Act federal funds. If the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that the federal government has reauthorized the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act, these funds will not be distributed. Gil Hagen said the County Road & Bridge would be in a world of hurt as they get 70% of the Forest Funds. Ms. Staples stated the loss would definitely put the district in a bind.
IV.
Consent
Agenda (Please call ahead regarding questions, changes or corrections)
A. Approval of Minutes:
February 15, February 19
B. Approval of February, 2008 Accounts Payable
C. Approval of In-Lieu-Of Transportation
- Exhibit V.
D. Personnel - Approval of Personnel List
1. Accept the retirement of Carrick
Remaley, math instructor at
Bonners
Ferry
High School,
after 28 years of service;
effective 2007-08 contract year end.
2.
Approve the resignation of Judy Dinning effective 2/28/08
as paraprofessional at Valley View.
3.
Approve Stacy Goad as Extended Reading Initiative (ERI) Assistant at
Valley View effective
3/3/08
at $8.78 per
hour/4.5 hours per day. No benefits. This is a temporary position
during the remainder of the 2007-08 program
school year. GF
4.
Approve Shannon Rodgers as library assistant at Valley View effective
3/6/08
at $9.38 per hour/4.5 hours per day.
No benefits. This is a temporary position for the remainder of the
2007-08 school year. GF
5.
Approve Kris Schulte as Special Education Teacher’s Assistant at
Valley View @ $9.38 per hour;
8 a.m. –
4 p.m.
daily effective 3/24/ 08. This is a school year permanent position
with benefits. Title VI-B funding.
6.
Approve the following as volunteer coaches for the 2008 season at
Bonners Ferry High School (BFHS):
Softball:
Tracy Patterson and Debbie Johnson
Baseball:
Ross Patterson and Kenny Swift
7.
Approve Ed DePriest as BFHS assistant track coach as needed for the
2008 season. Pay as per negotiated salary
schedule.
8.
Approve Steve Petesch as BFHS assistant baseball coach as needed for
the 2008 season. Pay as per negotiated
salary schedule.
9.
Approve Dottie Gray as substitute teacher for testing only.
E. Approval to Contract
with Valuations Northwest for Annual Fixed Asset Audit –
Exhibit VI.
F. Approval of
Scholarship Amounts – Exhibit VII.
G. Approval of Annual
Nursing Services Contract with Panhandle Health District for the 2008-09
School Year – Exhibit VIII.
H. Approve Booster Club
Selling During
Boundary
County
Fair - August 2008
Chairman Staples approved the Consent Agenda
without dissension.
V.
Administration/Staff/School Committees/BCEA Reports & Input
- (None)
VI.
Action
Agenda
A.
Correspondence/Personnel/Negotiations
1.
2007-08 Administrative Evaluations
Maria
LaBarbera moved to have item #1 2007-08 Administrative Evaluations be moved
to Executive
Session. Gil Hagen
seconded. Motion carried.
2.
Acceptance of Invitation to Begin Contract Negotiations from
Boundary
County
Education Foundation (BCEA)
Tim Bertling moved to accept
the Invitation to Begin Contract Negotiations from the
Boundary
County
Education Foundation (BCEA).
Gil Hagen seconded.
Motion carried.
3.
Acceptance of Superintendent Contract
Maria LaBarbera moved to have item #3
Acceptance of Superintendent Contract moved to Executive Session.
Tim Bertling seconded. Motion carried.
B.
Food Service Program – Gail Reoch – Exhibit IX
Gail Reoch presented her
Grab and Go Breakfast proposal which would simplify the items being offered
and reduce labor. Food Service
has to provide three items for the breakfast to be reimbursed by the state.
Currently all students are offered breakfast at no cost but the
district is reimbursed by the state at the students qualified rate of Free,
Reduced or Paid. Ms. Reoch would
like to see the breakfast program return to a paid program.
Ms. Reoch wanted to commend her staff for all they do and she doesn’t
feel they should have to cut anymore.
Chairman Staples said the Board would like to help and the kids are
what are important. Ms.
LaBarbera stated the need to encourage parents to apply for the Free and
Reduced Program especially at the high school.
Tammy Schneider, Kitchen Manager at Valley View, said 50% of their
students are Free and Reduced and she will not refuse to feed any children.
Ms. Reoch said the only approach in getting the applications to the
parents she hasn’t tried is mailing.
Sulét Hiatt suggested putting the application on the district’s
website. Ms. Reoch also
encouraged everyone to write our legislatures to request an increase in the
allowed amount for lunch prices. Ms.
Reoch stated she has completely used up all her allowed commodities for the
year but that
Coeur d’Alene
has offered to provide some extra items.
Chairman Staples recommended the Board work to help with this issue
and thanked the Food Service Staff for being there.
Tim Bertling moved to implement the Free Grab & Go proposal for the
remainder of the 2007-08 school year.
Gil Hagen seconded.
Motion carried.
C. Approval of 2008 Summer School Calendar &
Posting of Positions
Dr. Bartling stated
Summer School would be run the same as last year, but if the enrollment
drops down to only four or five students then the district will need to
reevaluate the program at that time.
Tim Bertling moved to approve the 2008 Summer School Calendar & Posting
of Positions. Gil Hagen
seconded. Motion carried.
D. Policies
1.
1st Reading – Electronic Communication Devices – Policy
3265
2. 2nd Reading & Approval -
Classified Evaluation Forms
Gil Hagen moved to approve the 1st
Reading of Policy 3265, Electronic Communication Devices and the 2nd
Reading
of Classified Evaluation Forms.
Tim Bertling seconded. Motion
carried.
E.
2008-09 School Calendar - 1st
Reading
Dr. Bartling said there
would be three readings of the calendar, March, April and May and it is
consistent with all other
North Idaho schools. Gil
Hagen moved to approve the 1st
Reading
of the 2008-09 School Calendar.
Tim Bertling seconded. Motion
carried.
F
Set Time, Date & Place of Budget Hearing
Tim Bertling moved to set June 10, 2008 at
6:00
p.m.
in the
Boundary
County
Middle School Library for the
Budget Hearing. Gil Hagen
seconded. Motion carried.
G.
Reschedule
April 8, 2008
Board Meeting
Chairman Staples said the reason for
the change is due to Spring Break.
Tim Bertling moved to
reschedule the April
8, 2008 Board Meeting to April 15, 2008.
Gil Hagen seconded.
Motion carried.
H. Future Workshops
Possible future workshop
dates are April 4th, April 11th, and May 2nd.
VII.
Trustee
Input/Future Agenda Items
A. Health Insurance Committee
Dr. Bartling stated they
are waiting on a recommendation from Mike Friend.
B.
Education Law Institute – April 21 & 22, 2008
Diane Cartwright needs
to know who is attending as soon as possible.
C. Region I Meeting
– April 30th in
Coeur d’ Alene
VIII. Executive
Session:
Idaho
Code 67-2345(a)(c) Personnel/Legal Report/Negotiations or Adjournment
Chairman Staples
announced the next order of business would be discussion of personnel
matters. After a full and
complete discussion upon a motion duly made by Tim Bertling and seconded by
Gil Hagen, the following resolution be adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Board of Trustees of Boundary County School District No. 101 recess
from a public meeting into an executive session pursuant to Section 67-2345,
Idaho Code, for discussion of personnel.
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that following the executive session the board will reconvene in
regular session for the purpose of conducting further business or for
adjournment of the meeting. Vote
being had on the above and foregoing resolution and the same having been
counted and found to be no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the membership in
favor thereof, the chairman declared said resolution adopted.
The trustees
entered an executive session at
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 and returned at
9:30 p.m.
IX.
Adjournment
Tim Bertling
moved to adjourn at
9:35 p.m.
Gil Hagen seconded.
Motion carried.
_______________________________
____________________________
Chairman Melanie M.
Staples
Assistant Clerk Laurie Tremble
_______________________________
Clerk Diane M.
Cartwright