Board of Education

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

February 10, 2014

The Executive Board of the Athletic Boosters presented a check to the Board of Education for $118,911.84 and designated it for the track fund. Please thank Greg Lassey, President, Brian Woelmer, Vice-President, Cindy Sisty, Treasurer, Kim Marshall, Secretary and Dan Stotz, Past President. Dan has been the driver of the fundraising project! Total cash on hand is $466,065.84 with an additional $15,000 pledge at the time of groundbreaking. The Board of Education approved the project and accepted bids from the low bidders:  Best Asphalt, Star Trac Enterprises and Justice Fence for a total cost of $426,712. Construction will begin around May 1 and conclude by August 1, 2014. Additional project costs that were not included in the three base bids include:  construction administration fees, press box signage, overhead welcome sign installation, visitor bleacher relocation, sponsor signage, track equipment, soil borings, potential overage costs, rubber mats, and sound system upgrades.

Ida Public Schools’ will serve as a temporary safe haven for long-term care residents of Wellspring Lutheran Services in Monroe, if needed. They have 122 residents in their facility and in the case of an emergency they may evacuate to our school. They do have contracts with other long-term care facilities that have beds for all of their residents. The contract with Ida is just for immediate evacuation until transportation is arranged for more permanent care.

Please welcome the following new employees:          Doug Rauner             Girls Varsity Track

                                                                                    Kelly Huss                  Asst. Varsity Track

                                                                                    Patrick Rutan              MS Track

                                                                                    Kathy DeBuck            Food Service

                                                                                    Cathy Songalewski     Bus Aide

                                                                                    Nancy Rose                Crossing Guard

The Board of Education supported the expansion of the middle school in-school suspension room. The room will be used to support the academic needs of students by providing a quiet place for students to complete assignments and regain focus on academics.

The Board of Education adopted the new Board Policy Manual that was developed through NEOLA. The new book represents 1 ½ years of work of the Board Policy Committee. The new books will be disseminated throughout the district in the next few days. Dale Heil, Tim Janssen and Patty Galloro spent hours upon hours reading policies, discussing updates and determining the appropriate guidelines for Ida Public Schools.

The High School Hearing Impaired classroom teaching position was eliminated due to low student numbers in the program. Hearing Impaired students are still receiving full services through resource rooms, classrooms and Teacher Consultant services.

Once approved, the meeting minutes are posted on the district web-site at www.idaschools.org.