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SHELLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 60 BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES Location: Shelley High School, Library School Board Room 570 W. Fir Street, Shelley, ID 83274 Date: July 15, 2026 Time: 6:00 p.m. 1. Call Meeting to Order: Chair Nicholas Tanner called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. a. Roll Call - Present in the boardroom: Chair Nicholas Tanner, Andria Dotson via Google Meet, John Richardson via Google Meet, Kara Higham, Superintendent Doug McLaren, Business Manager Erika Adams, and Clerk Junean Stoddard. Zachary Daniels was excused. b. Action Item - Approval of Agenda Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Chair Nicholas Tanner, the board approved the agenda. Motion passes. 3-0 2. Patron Input (Form 15500F): Input is welcome by submitting your comments or questions to jstoddard@shelleyschools.org before the start of the meeting or by attending the meeting in person and filling out a request form. ● Mikel Anderson from the City of Shelley expressed thanks for the partnership and use of school facilities. 3. Pledge of Allegiance: Chair Tanner 4. Recognition Positive Happenings - Superintendent McLaren shared a few positive happenings and invited everyone to check out our positive happenings page on the Shelley School District website. ● Child Nutrition served 48,835 breakfasts and 143,844 lunches during the 2025-2026 school year. They served another 9,144 breakfasts and 9,355 lunches during the summer food program. That is a total 192,679 meals during the school year and 18,499 during the summer. All told, 211,178 meals were prepared and served by our great Child Nutrition team. ● Our buses travelled 184,607 miles transporting students this year. That is like travelling around the globe at the equator almost 7 ½ times or making it ¾ of the way to the moon! Trustee Andria Dotson signed on via Google Meet. 5. Action Items Consent Calendar Moved by Chair Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board approves the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 a. Action Item – i. Personnel Recommendations a. Separation or Terminations: Ashley Crofts - Withdrawal Special Education teacher - Stuart ii. June 17, 2026 Board minutes iii. Ratification of June Bills iv. Board Policy: Board Policy 9800 6. New Business - School Requests a. Action Item: REDS- Real Soccer Halftime Performance overnight trip request. Coach DeRoche explained details of cost, travel, and lodging. Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, the board approves the REDS overnight trip request. Motion passes. 4-0 7. Reports a. Discussion Item: Budget, SHS, Hobbs, Stuart, Riverview, Sunrise, Goodsell. Erika Adams reported that we should be at 100% by the end of the budget year. The general fund is 94.8%. The overall budget is at 78.62%. Mrs. Adams detailed state travel, medicaid match, and Idaho Career Ready Student budget lines. 8. Unfinished Business a. Discussion/Action Item: Pay to Participate Feedback- Superintendent McLaren shared survey response. All coaches agreed a 3rd sport reduction to the pay-to-participate fee. Moved by Trustee Andria Dotson, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board moves to reduce the 3rd sport pay-to-participate fee to $125. Motion passes. 4-0 b. Action Items Board Policy Updates: i. Board Policy 1405 Moved by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board moves Board Policy 1405 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 ii. Board Policy 2150 Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, the board moves Board Policy 2150 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0. iii. Board Policy 2150 P Moved by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board moves Board Policy 2150P to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 iv. Board Policy 7400 P(3) Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, the board moves Board Policy 7400 P(3) to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 v. Board Policy 7400 P(4) Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee John Richardson, the board moves Board Policy 7400 P(4) to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 vi. Board Policy 7403 Moved by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board moves Board Policy 7403 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 vii. Board Policy 7455 Moved by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Andria Dotson, the board moves Board Policy 1405 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 4-0 c. Action Item: New Bus Request- Mr. Monty Fowler shared bid results and requested approval to purchase 2 new buses. Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee John Richardson, the board approves the International bid for 2 new buses. Motion passes. 4-0 9. New Business. a. Action Item: Board Policy Updates i. Board Policy 3225 - New policy concerning sponsored and non-sponsored clubs. Moved by Trustee Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Trustee Kara Higham, the board moves Board Policy 3225 to a 2nd reaching. Motion passes. 4-0 ii. Board Policy 3225F -This is the form for a club proposal to submit to Administration, then the board for approval. Moved by Trustee John Richardson, seconded by Trustee Andria Dotson, the board moves Board Policy 3225F to a 2nd reading. Motion passes 4-0 b. Action Item: Board Member assigned to Welcome Back Meeting. Superintendent McLaren invited a trustee to volunteer to address employees at the opening meeting on August 12th—9:15 am for the certified employees and 1:15 pm for the classified employees. Trustee Higham volunteered to do the morning meeting. Chair Tanner will take care of the afternoon meeting. 10. Review Work Item- ● Opening meeting August 12th. 11. Adjournment Moved by Trustee Kara Higham, seconded by Trustee Andria Dotson, that the board approve the adjournment of the meeting. Motion passes 6:29 pm Minutes taken by: Junean Stoddard, Board Clerk
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