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Page 1 of 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 413, TWIN FALLS COUNTY, STATE OF IDAHO AUGUST 19, 2026 Board training began at 4:30 p.m. with attorney Amy White. Amy covered various aspects of a trustee’s responsibilities such as defining the lane, acting as one board, protecting the process and applying the framework. The board oversees policy, goals, budget and evaluations. The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 413, Twin Falls County, State of Idaho was held at the Filer School District Community Room, Filer, Idaho, on August 19, 2026, as provided in section 33-510 and 67-2345 et seq. Idaho Code. Present when the meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Chairman Jenni Lanting were Trustees Jeff Volle, Tammy Kelly, Josh Jensen, Joe Maloney, Superintendent Kelli Schroeder, Business Manager Arron Phinney, and Clerk Teresa Kullhem. Trustee Kelly made a motion to approve the agenda. Trustee Volle seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Filer’s Finest Filer School District recognized our hard-working summer crew for all their efforts this summer to get summer lunches out, our facilities all cleaned and some technology updates completed. Community Comment (agenda items) There was no Community Comment on agenda items. Consent Agenda The consent agenda includes: (A) Approval of Minutes from 7/15/26 regular, 8/12/26 special; (B) Approval of Monthly Expenditures, (C) Financial Reports, and (D) SBAA Reports; (E) Approval of Resignations: none (F) Approval of Hires: Jennalyn Sperry (FMS SpEd Para), Lara Hunsaker (FHS Activities Supervisor), Lisa Wagner (FHS SpEd Para), Ryan Fiala (FHS Volunteer Football Coach); (G) Approval of Student Handbooks from FES, FIS and FMS; (H) Approval of Alternative Authorizations for Mindy Shipley and Hannah Truscott; (I) Approval of Emergency Hire Declaration for Hannah Truscott (FES Counselor). Questions were asked of a couple of items on the Consent Agenda. Trustee Volle made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented making sure that personnel changes were made in the FES handbook. Trustee Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Business Manager’s Report Copier Contract Business Manager, Arron Phinney, presented the final details of the copier contracts. Each school building will be receiving two new copiers. The estimated delivery date is sometime in September. The old copiers with be kept and used as extras. The contract price per copy is $.004. Superintendent as Signer on Hollister Land Purchase The board needs to approve Superintendent Schroeder’s signing for the board on the Hollister land sale. Trustee Kelly made a motion to give Superintendent Schroeder permission to sign on the board’s behalf for the Hollister land purchase. Trustee Maloney seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Superintendent’s Report 2026-2027 Bus Routes Page 2 of 2 The board reviewed the proposed bus routes for the 2026-2027 school year. Routes mainly remain the same with a few stops added. Trustee Jensen made a motion to approve bus routes as presented for the 2026-2027 school year. Trustee Volle seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Board Policy Updates – Second Reading The second reading of a number of board policies that are being updated due to legislative changes were reviewed at tonight’s meeting. A couple of the policies highlighted were staff and student dress code and district communication with students. Trustee Volle made a motion to accept the second reading of the board policy updates. Trustee Kelly seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Board Policy Revisions (minor fixed) Several current policies had minor updates for grammatical errors, typos, or referencing new policies. Trustee Volle made a motion to approve the policy revision fixes as presented. Trustee Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 2026 Special Education Manual Special Education Director Derek Eccles gave an overview of some of the revisions that have been made to the special education manual. Trustee Maloney made a motion to approve the 2026 Special Education Manual as presented. Trustee Kelly seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. IHSAA Co-op Athletic Director Brodie Parrott is present in tonight’s meeting to present two proposed co-ops that the high school will be involved in. We have one student who will be swimming with Twin Falls School District. The other co-op involves baseball and softball with Castleford since they do not currently have enough athletes for a team. Buhl dropped down to 3A so they can no longer participate with them because of the new number restrictions that are set by the state. Trustee Maloney made a motion to approve the swimming co-op with Twin Falls School District and the softball/baseball co-op with Castleford. Trustee Jensen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Community Comment (non-agenda items) There was no community comment on non-agenda items. Chairman Lanting adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m. ______________________________ ______________________________ Jenni Lanting Teresa Kullhem Chairman Clerk
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