ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
January 12, 2016

The Arbon School Board met on January 12, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams, Jake Evans and Jessica Ward were present as were Debbie Curry and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jessica to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed.  The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve them.  The total M & O expenses for January was $22,348.33. The school received REAP funds of $4,235.91 and $33.37 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $190,360.62. The Plant Facility received $10.95 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $51,688.88. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jessica to approve the financial statement.

Robin received a brief email from the State Department about a 3-year Gifted and Talented Plan.  She will be receiving additional emails with more details and will be able to give the Board more information at next month’s meeting.  Jacob let the teachers know that Ruby Webb, LLC is not able to accept any more funds for being our Technology Advisor (IT person) but he is still willing to help.  Jason will contact him and find out what he is still willing to help with.

The Board asked Cheri when she was thinking of retiring.  She’s thinking at the end of the 2016-2017 school year.  They are thinking of changing her job description and will do some research on exactly what they are looking for.  Jason and Jake forgot to look into the auto dial for phones in case of an emergency.  They will research for next month’s meeting.  Jake is still working on teacher and administrative job descriptions.

The next meeting will be held February 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

Approved 02-16-2016

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ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

December 15, 2015

I.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA

II. CONSENT AGENDA

A. MINUTES

B. BILLS

C. FINANCIAL

III. TEACHERS

A. SKILLS

B. AUTO DIAL FOR PHONES/EMERGENCIES

IV. NEW BUSINESS

A. TODD FITCH/BUS MILEAGE

B. TEACHER EVALUATIONS/UNPLANNED

C. TEACHER EVALUATION PLAN/STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

V.  OLD BUSINESS

A. JOB DESCRIPTIONS/DUTIES – TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATIVE

B. CREDIT CARD POLICY/LIMIT

Arbon School Board Meeting (Special)

April 22, 2015

The Arbon School Board met on April 22, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. for a special meeting to open contract bus bids and award the bid. Those present were Jake Evans, Melinda Campbell, Todd & Juli Fitch and clerk, Cheri Evans.
The school received one sealed bid for the route. Todd and Juli Fitch were awarded the bid contingent on getting the bid for the Arbon route from the American Falls School District. They should hear from American Falls by April 29th.
The Board looked at the State Department’s model contract briefly. Jake will look it over and start working on it.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Approved 05-12-2015

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ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

April 14, 2015

The Arbon School Board meet on April 14, 2015 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams, Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry, Robin Claunch and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve the minutes. The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Melinda to approve them. The total M & O expenses for the month of April is $21,982.89. The school received $443.00 from the State Department, $948.80 from property taxes and $11.62 from interest. The school M & O balance is $148,592.66. The Plant Facility received and $3.32 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,626.24. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Melinda to approve the financial statement.

The teachers went to Boise on April 10th and met with Laurie Wolf to discuss math curriculum for the 2015-2016 school year. She recommended going with Singapore Math along with some training. The Board approved. The teachers will attend a training in Phoenix, Arizona in July for three days. She also recommended two internet based math programs that are already Common Core aligned. Dream Box for K-1st and Ten Marks for 2nd – 6th grades.

Robin and Cheri attended the Post Legislative Tour on April 8th. A lot of changes coming. The SBAC/ISAT II tests are locked in for three years and then the required test will probably be changing. The Standards will probably be changing too. They will be just as or more rigorous than what is in place now. Teacher salaries will increase. We will be getting more funding but a lot of it is not discretionary and can only be spent on specific items.

The Arbon and Crystal Trustee petitions have been turned in. There will be no election because both zones are uncontested. The budget hearing date was set for June 9th. Kade made a list of maintenance items that need to be addressed. The board went over it and agreed they need to start addressing the larger items before they all need repaired at the same time. The hall and restroom floors are number one on the list.

A special meeting was set for April 22nd at 7:00 p.m. to open the contract bus bids and accept one.

The next meeting will be held on May 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:15p.m.

Approved 05-12-2015

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ARBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

March 10, 2015

The Arbon School Board meet on March 10, 2015 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve them. The total M & O expenses for the month of March is $18,677.68. The school received $47,636.40 from the State Department, $135.65 from property taxes and $12.16 from interest.  The school M & O balance is $169,910.78. The Plant Facility received and $3.47 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,622.92. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.

The teachers are planning to go to Boise the middle of April to have help choosing a new math curriculum for the 2015-2016 school year.  The teachers have not learned any more information on the Blended Learning Conference in Orlando, Florida in November 2015.  They will keep the board informed.  Idaho Power is planning a power outage sometime in April.

The Arbon, Zone 3, and Crystal, Zone 1, Trustee positions “Petition of Candidacy and Declaration of Candidacy” are due back to the county clerk by March 20, 2015.  Jake Evans has his petition in.  Have not received a petition for the Arbon, Zone 3, district yet.

The board is looking at doing some training from the Idaho School Board Association.  Cheri will contact them to see if they will come to the school.

Kade has adjusted the security camera.  It is much better but he may still try to lower it to even get a better view.

The next meeting will be held on April 14, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Approved 04-14-2015

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Arbon School Board Meeting

December 16, 2014

The Arbon School Board meet on December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry, Todd and Juli Fitch and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve them. The total M & O expenses for the month of December is $34,010.23. The school received $46,503.05 from the State Department $9,887.97 from REAP funds and $9.85 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $148,138.84. The Plant Facility received and $2.81 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,613.81. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.

The Christmas Program will be on December 18th at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.  Skills for Debbie’s class starts in January on every Friday and Robin’s class will have different parties in the afternoon on these Fridays.  The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school audit was gone over.  The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to accept the audit.  It passed unanimously.

Juli will call Hank Povey, Regional Supervisor of Student Transportation, to get the specs that are required on a new bus before we start the process of getting one.  Todd asked the Board if they had ever thought about contracting the busing.  They said they hadn’t really thought about it so they asked him to look into it and get back with them with some figures.

Evans Pump just repaired the old rain gutter heat tape at no charge so we did not have to install new.

The next meeting will be held on January 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.