001going go ahead and get started here um so if you'll all stand and join me in the pl of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible andice all right we have no good news was submitted so move on to reports and that would be me so the day on the hill was the last couple of days it's very interesting to watch where they put some of these bills and you start wondering why is this going here when it has no no influence through that commitment um it also gave us a chance to talk to several legislators or legislators I should say on a numerous amount of things that are affecting us our presence did affect their calendar they intentionally moved House Bill 93 in
002the Senate from a floor hope today to tomorrow because all the superintendents and the trustees that were there present and they knew stood on so we all got a good chuckle out of that um some of the things that came up as they're talking about bringing back strategic Improvement plans uh keeping the standards the same where they're at right now isba is starting to offer some training on that so that comes to fruition I think that would be a good thing for us that's all we've got so report Mr chairman members of the board a couple of things and on that same line um one of the big issues that that they were trying to hash out was student transportation that the way money had been univers to districts there was question at the state
003dep um how the code actually read and so there was a concern that transportation is going to be cut pretty substantially to all districts but they've been able work that out and anticipate we'll probably see either stay the same or a slight decrease in transportation funding but not as drastic as as they plan so that's positive the other thing that's really up in there right now is the funding formula and what that's going to look like for next year there's a couple different versions going around right now um I'll be honest I have no idea what's going to stick and what's not the the big emphasis is weighted student funding so districts would receive weighted funding for special education students migrant students some of those can kind L things but at the cost of eliminating
004some of discretionary funding so than of it this way you're not going to increase funding you're just going to allocate funding out of what is currently discretionary into those weights Which special creates an issue now you're creating an ongoing maintenance effort issue by doing that so they still have a lot to work out with that and then obviously trust we did we talked about the voucher bill that is going to go through at some point um with it and so those are kind of things from the State House the big one for us I know Levi sent this out already was uh this month's enrollment and we are down we're down to uh Co level in Ro enrollment and we got kind of keep this in perspective so if we eliminate covid enrollment time which
005we know a lot of kids that that were out during that we actually down to about 2016 levels of enrollment we're about 3,500 kids um this is not unique to us outside of West data and valy District in the valley and going east most districts are seeing decline in involment and it's simply just because people aren't having kids that they used to so as the state population increases doesn't necessarily mean that student population is going to increase so I think it's just more on why we have to be really diligent in in Staffing and how we um Implement some of the the things we're trying to do and how we budget and and so you know hopefully at some point I I'd like to tell you there's a bottom somewhere there but I don't know
006that there will be so the other influence on this as you you might have read on a couple of these things but Pocatello had three char schools open up and as a result of that they have voted as a board to close one of their um neighborhood elementary schools and that's something that you're seeing in communities Twin Falls has had a couple of charter schools out open up the twinfalls school district is now down to 2009 in R and so it's you know there's a combination of forces and factors that are play there so I just think we have to be really conservative in in how we budget um any staffing adjustments we make are going to be made through attrition I think we're in a good place with that and that that's kind of
007how we view is we may have resignations and retirements that come in that are on fold until later to determine movement that we have in dist so just wanted to give you an update on that and be happy to answer any questions that we might have I know that one thing that they did talk about was I guess there there's 50 million doll it hasn't been line item yet that they're saying well they pretty sure the vou go is going to pass mainly because Saturday a tweet went out and said Idaho is doing great things with vouchers yeah before that they said they had votes to kill it yeah um so they're hoping to go after that 50 million to get it into the school special ed to some other yeah areas and I know
008that uh with secretary crutchfield's things she wants to do with her Proposal with collapsing line items she's talking about keeping us old for two years yeah yeah but I think the trusty been the the concern of that keeping hold is the the part it doesn't take into account is inflation right and so they keep you whole funding level as the cost of everything goes up and so it's really not keeping you hold but it sounds good to so yes moving on trusty engagement report anybody oh I had the privilege of working with a high school teacher um just on some input that should be board related issues and things like that I hope that's SP um I had the privilege of going out to Stevenson and over to North to do a flag for first
009graders program 40 and8 last week and that was enjoyable because I came up with some really interesting questions for that um had multiple engagements with several legislates as I was saying earlier on multiple bills and things that they're working on that will have a drastic impact on us that some get passed um I did get a Freedom of Information Act packet that was requested by William lamb um he was looking into Charter Schools coming back that's whereing it's head again um I've been assured from some public officials that it's not being driven by the city so I would hope that Marty's V told for the base not be doing this as well because he's it's all over it and email correspondence that's all I have for that public my [Laughter] okay so at this time
010we'll move on to approval of the agenda motion on that second anybody need anything pull out discussion if not I think a motion to approve that second all in favor we have no delegations all right Mr Johnson you're Ela curricular purchase update I thought we approved this you did with the caveat oh you you busted the budget station so Mr chairman members of the board uh at the last meeting it was I had permission to spend $400,000 not over um spent a lot of time going back and forth we got to like $44,000 but it was Bare Bones and it didn't include e um resources special ed resources intervention resources and that's just not a real we have kids below basic uh we need to have those so in your board packet I put the
011kind of the breakdown of Core Curriculum is this much it went back up because we were like we were going Bare Bones um so it's slightly over the $400,000 and then I broke it out by each one of those like e and special ed then the intervention components professional development that's the whole Gam um and we have different funding forces that or sources that we can use for that um then broke it down by each vendor um wonders is K4 just as a reminder amplify is strictly at hacker and then finally I broke it down by funding sources so I've talked to multiple districts uh our elel population's higher than a lot of people people are special ed is higher than a lot of people um they didn't think anything was out of whack everybody
012on the state approved list actually has to commit to State funding so whether you're West data or you're Bruno Grand View you get the same pricing like on student text teacher text um so it's not like we're getting a bad deal um they it kind of feels like a used car salsman a little bit they give you a percent of free resources and that's where we started Dickering back and forth on the whole well can you move that from an intervention to the Core Curriculum to get under the 400,000 and it's really a shell game at that point of like well yeah we can but then the intervention is going to cost so long story short um it went over what I was anticipating by quite a bit um and asking your approval to move
013forward with this adoption 4257 49 [Music] 17 so that comes out of the state special distribution so you're looking for the 700 you looking for 700,000 yeah so then the the general fund just so you know the the special distribution is literacy money which is K through three so that's where the the big part is so that's not general fund and then general fund is the amplify fifth and sixth and then fourth grade wonders big chunk of change I totally acknowledge that and that is over six years they had a seven-year option I was like no we're good and mying also six years yeah yeah digital and then textbooks and that's one of the things I took out of it so we have a bubble group in second grade I think it's 335 and so
014typically you'd want to prepare for them so that like as they go through you're not like oh I'm short 35 uh student textbooks or whatnot but what we've gone with is this online licenses which are important and we can add but you always have lost textbooks this or that and so then we separated it back out of like we'll address this as we go and we can buy the Lost textbooks for a it was about half the cost versus saying okay let's plan for this 335 to go all the way through um we'll address that as we go through we'll have everything like school year next year uh wonders the K through four is actually already in calwell okay so that's fantastic uh Darren there pre-ordered everything and I'm like hey there's no guarantee like
015the board can say no and he's like no there's enough people that use Wonders that I'll do that amplify um they have a third edition coming out the latest which it was like that's a no-brainer we want the latest May is when that is uh available so that's going to be cutting it short um the rep has guaranteed me they they could ship it directly to us for I think3 some thousand but we want it to go there and then Mr Fish and his crew are kind enough that they will go pick it up and save us that3 because they have to send it to the warehouse for free and then our maintenance people will'll pick it up and save us a lot of money so the total 56 or is it's [Music] 7 miss
016that at the bottom 425 it's under 700 it's like six 60 or something like that break by yeah I was looking at the total cost for the now here's the good news we have literacy funds this year but that is part of the discussion funding form is to get rid of the lit Sy so this is the ideal year to do this and so once we pay this 650 is good for six years we're not paying more out no other than K cheex right and that that number does include the PD which that can be removed to go to title 2 Funds I just gave you the big old gamut here of the great new yeah great well I think that you know my my personal thoughts are to do it Bare Bones is not
017the way to go um that's harder on staff because they're they have to make up what you don't give them anyway they have to do it on their own that's not what we're after here you know I'm offer want to help you see through that writes the curriculum so well that is a good point because Journeys is done our current thing it's no longer supported yeah no no book buying company will take it because it's done yeah so if I can throw that on there we were trying to give at parent teacher conferences give everything away so we don't have to just throw it away like rather have books in kids hands but there's like four used book people and none of them would take it so it's not like we could sell it and
018recoup any money because they were like no this this program's dead I'll make a motion to approve the and purchase okay I'll second motion a second I'll fav it congratulations it's yours oh je thank you very much you need to get a hold of them tomorrow it was he'll be back next month well you know something changed we're good hurry up inside the paper right okay out of District open enrollment wej do one at a time or can do them all at once we can do them all at once Mr chairman members of the board you have three out of District open enrollment applications these are for the 25 26 school year um no no issues again with with any of the I just a reminder that if it's approved parents required to provide transportation
019to from school on so ask for your approval of the three open and room applications that you have [Music] in motion on students on all favor Mr chairman yes I'm sorry um regarding our district of enrollments they've also Incorporated new of students been approved for district C enrollment for two or more years they're automatically done continuously yes so we have we have more than these students as District but they been in our school district all right thank you uh Levi approval of the auditor Mr chairman members of the board asset use a CPAs for FY 25 audit you like them them for quite a while anybody got any issu with haris entertain a motion on that second favor motion approve moving on that means we got to do a budget Workshop so you are you
020proposing May 6 yes when are we anticipating I know one depending on when money drops are you good with that we always try to set it for like the first of May um and then if things change we can always move move it ahead we should be good by them typically you think the session would be done right about spring break they'll do about State fils updated a couple weeks after that so unless something goes crazy over there and go longer than the we should be anybody have conflict with that that's long I know I'll take a motion on that as well all right Sharon pick one all motion car moving on budget hearing so we got the workshop done the hearing I take this is just before the board meeting that day yes we'll
021take a motion on it first I gu vote all in favor I so those are good you want the meal price increase for the students too right same okay we all good with 545 for that on that day yes so we can take a motion on that all favor good Believe by the and Mini Bus Mr chairman members of the board we have a mini bus that we're looking to dispose so as we upgrade our Fleet we will start getting rid of the bus that we currently have so I ask that you approve the disposal of bus number four but we've replaced it so we still have four working ones yeah so currently we have six um we have another one in order so then this one right here when we sell at that might
022go to the one that we have on order that one should that the new one should be here mid yes take motion on that I second all in favor all right moving on special board meeting for March 18th um that's dealing with our interviews for possible interviews for the replacement I might have can we move the interviews up [Music] I is just before the regular board on what said the 11th I yeah I thought we had said the 11 that was the special that's what this yeah that's yeah I just put the 11 work for you Tuesday oh wait Tuesday doesn't work for me so the 12 that's what the problem was the 12 does not work for me I can do the 13 gu can you do the 13th huh it could be sketchy
023the 10th is available do that one day I'm out of town but T okay this is you in to 7 yes I'm in okay H could be doing earlier day what time be here 4:30 you good 4:30 we schedu for 4:30 on the 7th with that Shan yes okay we'll make a motion on that wait on yeah you said March 7 March 7th that Friday some mov and that's would the car a pending number of applicants one right Mr shman how what's the cut off for applicants not L what you because applications for right so do you want to use time to review and determine if you want to interview or how far El Can we cancel it and so we legal uh i' like to Rie okay so by Third Day we'd have to
024make a decision yeah is that S no the 7th is Friday the 6th is thir okay so the six by 3 o' we have to so we have to have open meeting yeah so open meeting to review the applications because if you're if you're making a decision to take an action to or an inaction not so want to review and interview on seven you're taking an action there so you probably what I would recommend with this is maybe doing a phone call on Fifth at whatever time works for everybody I'll have that here tell many one right one person here it's just do you want to interviews or not interviews a one one action we do that on we get the number we know the number of applicants yeah that phone call I mean unless
025you want to like one unless you want the application sent to you for review well except that that's still that requires much for right but you could set that up now to send um yes yeah but you'll send that thing is they're supposed to R if there's any discussion individually board member so we're not going to do interviews we can have the review and discussion during the regular meeting and make the appointment like we've done in the past so this will just strictly being to review it and action will be other than yes or no foring is the action will be the action on the phone call we we have a meeting on if we have a phone call on the 5th yeah and only one person has to be here which is stretch be
026here be here I look at we' have a phone conversation on the fifth which would give us plenty of time as we decided not to [Music] intervie then we could let's do that what time whatever time you want to do you want to do four five on fth three or two or Oar reminder please all right so we're legal now yes so one person will be here for the phone call but we still need the other ones on right right we are no decision be made except not you're holdal should all right so moving on for executive session for possible action for yeah Mr chairman can you have a motion for the phone call all right we take a motion for the phone call make a motion a phone call for the applications to the
027open trustee seats Wednesday March 5th 3 o' second all there moving on to Executive session possible action for personel monitor take a motion if we move into executive session second all favor pleas trusty Knox hi hiy hi and everybody can leave with Jeff we're leave wanted to leave be it so resolved that the Board of Trustees School District number 197 open meeting into the following executive sessions pursuing to Idaho code title 74 chapter 2 Section 74- 202 subsection 3 subsection 4 subsection C six and a open meeting regular meeting executive session section 74- 204 subsection 3 open meeting executive session 74 6 sub section one B to consider the evaluation dis or displ the Public School employee IAH hope be further resolve that following the executive session the Board of Trustees will convene into public
028session to further business or adjournment of the meeting executive session thank you everybody