001We are going to go ahead and start the meeting. Uh, welcome everyone. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Are you seated? Push it. Okay. I do need a motion to approve uh tonight's agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? >> Hearing none. The motion carries. Uh the first action item is self-recognition of an open meeting law violation and cure. Uh at the October 1st, 2025 board meeting, the agenda did not allow for public comment. This was an oversight that was not caught during agenda planning for that
002meeting. During the board meeting held on August 20th, 2025, I informed the board that the meetings we hold on the first and third Wednesdays of are both classified as regular meetings pursuant to Idaho code despite the fact that the meetings held on the first day Wednesdays are titled special meetings. Our meetings were all scheduled at our annual meeting and have been identified on the calendar of the board of trustees regular meetings calendar 2025 posted on the district website. Therefore, it is the duty of the board of trustees to provide an opportunity place um for the public to provide input at all meetings it schedules in uh at the January 2025 scheduling. The board values the input provided by the community as it helps the board create a successful learning environment for the children of our
003community. Without our community, we would not be able to have a successful district. It is not the intent of the board to omit com public comment. It has always been and will continue to be the board's desire to listen to the needs of our community. I move that the board acknowledge the unintentional violation of Idaho code at the October 1, 2025 meeting due to the omission of public input and declare that as a cure, public comment will be included at all calendared meetings for 2025 consistent with our commitment to community engagement. >> Need a second? >> I do need a second. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none, the motion carries. >> Moving on to public input. >> We have Nathaniel
004Bowie. Bowie. Apologize. Yep. You're going to come up here. >> Go ahead and introduce yourself. And I apologize if I mispronounced your name. >> That's right. Everyone mispronounces it. It's a Bowie. >> Bowie. >> Yeah. Bowie. Everyone says Bowie. Even the announcers for the uh sports that my daughter plays on that she's been on for two years now. And my daughter before her was before. So >> Oh. Sorry. Yeah. It's okay. Um so public comment. So, um I wanted to comment the last time I was here um and sent sent an email um to try and get on here, but it apparently that's what you were talking about here that uh it wasn't added to this to the last one. So, you're going to add it going forward. So, I appreciate that. Um so, uh
005just to give a little bit of background, my daughter, she's a sophomore at uh at Lakeland High School. Um, and she came home um October or September 10th um the day that Charlie Durk was uh shot and uh was pretty upset about um some stuff that she'd heard from um uh players from her teammates um on her volleyball team of all upper classmen. Um, and so she told me what uh she had heard about a teacher saying that uh Charlie Kirk was uh deserved to be to be shot. And um that, you know, made my ears perk, right? And so I was like, "Okay, well, and I know she's a high schooler and I know how, you know, uh teenagers work. you know, it's a game of of uh telephone where it passes from one
006person to the next and uh it's never what it ends up being at the end, right? And so um I said, "Okay, well, I appreciate you telling me this." Uh she was upset by it and so I did some did some digging. Um found some other parents who had heard similar things and so that was enough for me to say, "Okay, well, I need to contact somebody." I mean, so I contacted the uh principal at the uh high school, um Jimmy, and he told me that I needed to get a hold of Rusty. And so I got a hold of Rusty and sent an email uh to him regarding the incident about um um the teacher saying that she was, you know, Charlie Cook got what he deserved. and um he you know gave me
007you know appreciated that I reached out to him telling me thanks for reaching out but he couldn't give me any information any information. Uh it was the same answer that I got from from Jimmy as well and I understand it. Um you know if there's there's a investigation or whatever it is going on. You kind of got to keep that under wraps. I understand that. I wanted to make sure that um my voice was heard to make sure that um and I think I I think I represent the community. I think I represent um a vast majority of the community and how they would feel if something like this occurred and nothing was done about it. Uh and so I wanted to make sure um that my voice was heard um uh as I don't
008know as a as a representation of the community, I guess. um um about how I feel um this type of rhetoric um is dangerous in especially in the school setting where they're talking with uh students um about this and it it's it's very it's very um it's it's it's too bad because all these kids are very impressionable, right? And so um and this you see this happen a lot um in colleges even um where all these kids are just trying to figure out the stuff that's going on and how to handle you know life as it comes at them and then and then when you have a teacher who you know students look up to and they appreciate and and um they respect come out and say that murder is okay um to me that's
009a big like it's a big red flag and that's actually disgusting to me. Um, and so, um, she comes she comes home, tells me this. Um, so I reach out to him, don't get anywhere. She comes home the following day and says, um, that, uh, her punishment was that she had to send out an email uh, saying that she apologized. And the reason, this is coming from my daughter, the reason uh that she couldn't send out or they they couldn't do anything more than an email was because they didn't have um the teachers to get rid of her. That this is coming from my daughter. Okay. And uh to me that having having you know a 15-year-old look at this and and the world as you know when I'm trying to teach her right and
010wrong and then you know we have a bureaucracy that says oh we can't do anything because you know it's going to be too hard or it's going to be you know uh difficult on staffing or whatever it is. It just it's it's a bad it's a really bad look. Um, and so, um, that's when I got a little bit more involved. I started, um, sending more emails. I got you all involved, um, and sent a few emails. Had a sit down with Rusty, uh, and the rest of his team here, um, myself and, um, uh, the state state representative, uh, Jordan Redmond. Um, he was involved in it. um and just try to get some answers, you know, try to figure out um what was being done um to remedy this because a slap on
011the wrist for somebody that's condoning murder is not enough. It's not enough. Um and so, um sat down again. I mean, I walked away there and I think they saw that I was pretty frustrated because I got no answers. Um, and so I wanted to voice my concern to make sure that you guys are aware of the issue, which I think you are aware of the issue. And I also want to say that I I I think that there needs to be stronger uh punishment. There needs to be something done uh to make sure that that type of comment doesn't happen again uh in a school setting, in any setting, anybody condoning murder. I mean, think about it. If if you had a, you know, a high schooler come to your school uh the day
012after, you know, uh the latest uh school shooting and say, "Oh, yeah. Did you see that? That was awesome." Would any of you take that lightly? There's not a single one of you that would take that lightly. And that kid, rightly so, should be punished for that. Um and it wouldn't be a light punishment. Um, and so I feel like I feel like we're taking the easy route here. Uh, and I feel like there's a lot of I I get it. There's a lot of things at play uh when it comes to teachers and teachers unions and all that kind of stuff. Um, so but I just want I don't want my kids and I don't want the community to see because I feel like you guys represent the community. don't want them to see
013look at this and say, "Okay, well, uh, you know, the people that we have in power are going to go ahead and just they're going to take the easy way, right? They're going to go ahead and say, "We know that she did something wrong, but it's just going to be too hard of a fight." Um, and to me, to me, something bigger than that needs to be done. Um, than what they gave her. Um, and so, um, I just wanted to make my voice heard. Um I couldn't get anybody else here with me tonight on such short notice. Um but uh I know I I have a lot of parents um that are supporting in this issue. Um well I've submitted I've submitted an an ethics complaint to the state. I don't know if you
014guys have seen that. Um but uh October 22nd is when they'll do a uh a ruling on that as well. So um yeah, that's that's what I wanted to say. I want to make sure people were aware. >> All right. So, thank you. Yep. Thank you. Appreciate your comments. >> Is anyone else here for public comment? >> Okay. I don't know if there was anyone on the sign sheet. On that note, I do need a motion to enter into executive session pursuant to Idaho code 74261B. So, move. >> Second. We have a motion and a second. We need a roll. >> Trusty Jones. >> Yes. >> Trusty Bane. >> Yes. [Music] Executive session 9:34. I will entertain any motions at this time. >> I would move that we personel a out of ministry leave for
01510 days beginning October 15th and that that same person be placed on probation for one full calendar year from the 15th of October. >> I'll second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none, the motion carries. On that note, we can end the meeting. It is 9:35.