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Ririe Joint School District #252 Monday February 23, 2026 4:30 pm Regular School Board Meeting Minutes 4:30 pm – The Ririe Joint School District #252 Board of Trustees met on Monday February 23, 2026 at 4:30 pm for their regular monthly School Board meeting, which was also streamed live as a courtesy on: Ririe Bulldogs YouTube Channel 2. Board Chair Hansen welcomed all those in attendance and asked everyone to please rise and repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. All did so. 4:30 pm – Board Chair Hansen asked that roll call be taken. Roll call was taken and those in attendance were as follows: Board Chair Mike Hansen, Board Vice Chair Dallin Howell, Board Assistant Treasurer Darby Taylor, Trustee Brigham Cook, Superintendent Jeff Gee, and Business Manager/Co Treasurer Trapper McCallister and Board Clerk/Co Treasurer Kristi Hamilton. Trustee Kevin Landon was present via phone. 4:31 pm - Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion to set and adopt the agenda. Dallin made a motion to set and adopt the agenda as posted. Darby seconded; passed unanimously. 4:31 pm – Item 5/Scheduled Delegations – Discussion/Action Items a. City of Ririe – Pam Huffaker informed that she has been appointed by the City of Ririe to be a liaison between the City and the School District. She informed that she did not have any City information tonight and was just attending to observe. Board Chair Hansen welcomed her and thanked her for coming. b. Student Council Report – Superintendent Gee informed that this item will be tabled tonight and the Student Council will come and present at the March School Board meeting. c. Department Updates Positive Happenings – Superintendent Gee brought up the list of Positive Happenings. He informed of the ESL Overnight College Campus Tour. He commented that this is the second year Mrs. Laney has taken this trip. He commended her and thanked her for all she does for our ESL Students. He commented that Mr. Park accompanied them as an additional chaperone. He informed that the trip was excellent. d. Building Reports Ms. Barrett gave an update on the Special Education Department. She informed that as of today, there are 96 students on IEP’s and 54 on 504’s. She informed that they had 15 new students with consents this month. She informed that it takes about 10-20 hours of testing for this. She informed that she is taking all of her Special Ed Certified Staff to a conference in SLC in March. She commented that it will be a great opportunity for all of them. Mr. Martineau gave an update on the Elementary School. He informed that 75% of students in each grade are reading at home. He explained. Brigham asked if we are doing the competition with other schools in our area as was previously discussed. Mr. Martineau informed that we are not because none of the schools he contacted wanted to participate. Superintendent Gee informed that all of the Superintendents were on board with this, but once it fell to the Principals, they did not want to do it. Dr. Teske gave an update on the Jr/Sr High School. He informed of the Bulldog Olympics, which were held in the morning this year. He commented that he’s not sure it worked well because a lot of students just didn’t come to school that day. He explained further. He then moved on with the Discipline Report and the STAR Testing Data. He then informed that the HS Girls Basketball Team brought home the consolation trophy from State Basketball. 4:41 pm – Item 6/Executive Session - Board Chair Hansen informed the Board will move into Executive Session at this time. He then entertained a motion. Darby made a motion to move out of Open Session at this time, pause the livestream, and move into Executive Session to discuss personnel & student items pursuant to Idaho Code §74-206 (1)(a)(b)(3), Brigham seconded; passed unanimously. Roll call vote was called. Board Chair Mike Hansen, Dallin Howell, Darby Taylor, Brigham Cook and Kevin Landon were all in favor by individual votes of “aye”. The public was asked to step out into the hall at this time and the livestream meeting was paused during Executive Session. 4:41 pm - The Ririe Joint School District #252 Board of Trustees having properly opened Executive Session pursuant to section §74-206 (1)(a)(b)(3), Idaho Code, in the Ririe JR/SR High School Media Center, directly thereupon entered into discussion of all items on the Executive Session agenda. 6:19 pm – Superintendent Gee invited the public back into the Board Room at this time and the livestream was resumed. 6:20 pm - Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Brigham made a motion to move out of Executive Session and move back into Open Session at this time to discuss all remaining items on the Open Session Agenda. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. 6:20 pm – Item 7/Unscheduled Delegations - Board Chair Hansen informed that Unscheduled Delegations are a call to the public and are added to the Board Agenda as a courtesy. He then reminded those present that the Board will allow 3 minutes per person, per topic. All Comments are expected to be respectful and directed to the Board as a whole. Comments regarding District Personnel and/or Students are prohibited. The Board will not discuss, approve, or disapprove any topic brought before the Board during Unscheduled Delegations; but may include it on a future agenda for Board discussion. He then asked if anyone who is present at the meeting has signed up to speak or if there were any comments or concerns submitted via email. There were none. 6:20 pm – Item 8/Unfinished Business a. Discussion/Action Item – Reduction in Force (RIF) Policy; 5740. Superintendent Gee summarized the policy. He asked if there were any further questions on this. He informed that this is not on the Agenda as a Policy that will have to be implemented or changed, but rather just something he wanted the Board to be aware of. He informed there is not motion needed on this item. b. Discussion/Action Item – Supplemental Levy Resolution Language. Trapper informed that this was discussed in the Board Work meeting earlier. He informed that one of the two Options will need to be approved tonight because the Resolution is due to the counties at the end of this month. Discussion occurred. Brigham commented that he would prefer the SRO positon to be part-time. Kevin commented that he would like it to be full-time. Darby agreed with Kevin. Discussion occurred. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Brigham made a motion to approve Option B of the Supplemental Levy Resolution Language with the amount of $507,000 each year for 2 years, with the language as presented, including a full-time SRO. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. 6:24 pm – Item 9/New Business a. Discussion/Action Item – Board Policy; Section 1000 – 1st Reading. Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any questions regarding this section. Darby commented that Policy 1650 says that every Board Member should have 10 hours of training. Discussion occurred. Kevin commented that he thought some of the language was redundant, but he doesn’t have the policy in front of him to go over that tonight. Brigham commented that if there are questions regarding the Policies when reviewing them, call and talk to Superintendent Gee before the meeting. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Dallin made a motion to approve the 1st Reading of Board Policy; Section 1000 as discussed. Darby seconded; passed unanimously. b. Discussion/Action Item – 6th Grade Reading Books Approval. Mr. Martineau informed of what books they are asking to be approved. Brigham commented on one book on the list and asked Mr. Martineau if he had a parent committee review all of them. Discussion occurred. Mr. Martineau asked if approval could be made tonight, contingent on a parent committee reviewing the list. Discussion occurred. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Brigham made a motion to approve 3 books from the list, pending parent committee review. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. Darby commented that she knows of a “wish list” of books and wants to make sure all of those books are also approved. She explained. Discussion occurred. c. Discussion/Action Item – 2026-2027 District Calendar – 1st Reading. Superintendent Gee brought the 2026-2027 DRAFT Calendar up and reviewed. He informed that the calendar committee met a week ago and would like to recommend Option #2. He informed that 4 options were drafted, and 2 were eliminated immediately by the committee. He explained. He informed that the other 2 options were very similar, and the one they are recommending is a hybrid of those two. Brigham commented that one concern he has is that when the district proposed moving to a 4-day school week, they said there would be 2 tutoring Friday’s per month built in but there has only been 1 per month. He commented that he doesn’t feel like 1 is enough. Board Chair Hansen asked how attendance on tutoring Friday’s has been. Dr. Teske commented that most are well attended and the Jr/Sr High School is seeing the lowest number of F grades from the students who are attending. Discussion occurred. Superintendent Gee commented that the option presented tonight is the one that the entire committee, which included teachers and parents recommend. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Dallin made a motion to approve the 1st Reading of the 2026-2027 District Calendar as presented. Darby seconded; passed unanimously. d. Discussion/Action Item – Emergency Closure Day Approval (Jan 29, 2026). Superintendent Gee informed that the Board is required to approve the Emergency Closure Day on January 29, 2026. Brief discussion occurred. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Dallin made a motion to approve the District-wide Emergency Closure Day on January 29, 2026, due to widespread illness. Brigham seconded; passed unanimously. e. Discussion Item – ISBA Spring Leadership Institute Information. Superintendent Gee asked if any of the Board members are interested in attending this. He explained briefly. He asked the Board to let Kristi know as soon as possible if they would like to attend this so she can get them registered. f. Discussion Item – Required Literacy/Continuous Improvement Plan Board Training Information. Superintendent Gee explained. He informed that every Board Member is required to do this training. He asked the Board members who still need to do this to please let Kristi know so she can get you registered. 6:41 pm – Item 10/Reports a. Superintendent Report Zoom Meeting Update – this item was tabled tonight. b. Business Manager Report. There was nothing to report from the Business Manager tonight. 6:41 pm – Item 11/Personnel a. Applications – A. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Darby made a motion to approve Applicant A for hire as recommended by Administration. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. 6:42 pm – At this time, Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion to amend the Agenda. Brigham made a motion to amend the Regular Agenda and add Item 11b/Students, in good faith due to an oversight of it being added to the regular agenda. Darby seconded. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion to approve the amended agenda. Brigham made a motion to approve the amended agenda as discussed. Darby seconded; passed unanimously. 6:43 pm – Item 11 – continued b. Students – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I. Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Dallin made a motion to approve the credit petitions of Students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, with stipulations set forth by Dr. Teske. Brigham seconded; passed unanimously. 6:43 pm – Item 12/Consent Agenda Items a. Action Item – Approve School Board Regular Meeting Minutes (1-15-26). Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any corrections and/or changes to the Regular Minutes. There were none. b. Action Item – Approve School Board Work Meeting Minutes (1-15-26). Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any corrections and/or changes to the Work Meeting Minutes. There were none. c. Action Item – Approve School Board Special Meeting Minutes (1-20-26). Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any corrections and/or changes to the Special Meeting Minutes. There were none. d. Action Item – Approve School Board Special Meeting Minutes (2-4-26). Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any corrections and/or changes to the Special Meeting Minutes. There were none. e. Action Item – Approve Bills Payable Report. Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any questions regarding the Bills Payable Report. There were none. f. Action Item – Approve Financial Report – Trapper went over the report in detail. He informed that the target for this month is 66%. He informed that overall we are at 53%. There were no questions or further comments. g. Action Item – Approve Schools Activity Funds Report. Board Chair Hansen asked if there were any questions on the Schools Activity Funds Report. There were none. 6:45 pm - There being no further discussion on the above Consent Agenda Items, Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Brigham made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda Items and process the Bills Payables. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. 6:45 pm – Item 13/Review Work Items Superintendent Gee will look into Training Options for the Board Dallin, Brigham and Superintendent Gee will review Board Policy; Section 2000 before the next Board meeting AG Building Bid Openings will be held on Thursday February 26th 6:48 pm – There being no further discussion necessary in tonight’s meeting, Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion to adjourn. Brigham so moved. Dallin seconded; passed unanimously. Reviewed & Approved: March 19, 2026 Board Chair: Mike Hansen Board Clerk: Kristi Hamilton
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