Shelley Joint District #60 | minutes | meeting 2025-12-17 | December 17 Meeting source: https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/9567/18_december_17_2025_meeting_notes.pdf 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: December 17, 2025 Time: 6:00 p.m. 1.​ Call Meeting to Order: Chair Lisa Marlow called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. a.​ Roll Call - Present in the boardroom: Chair Lisa Marlow, Zachary Daniels, Kara Higham, Nicholas Tanner, John Richardson, Superintendent Doug McLaren, Business Manager Erika Adams, and Clerk Junean Stoddard. b.​ Action Item - Approval of Agenda Moved by Zachary Daniels, seconded by Nicholas Tanner, the board approved the agenda. Motion passes. 5-0 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- None 3.​ Pledge of Allegiance: Zachary Daniels 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. ●​ Natural Helpers sang at The Giving Machine at the Grand Teton Mall and at The Gables. Natural Helpers made blankets for the Ronald McDonald House and our Secret Santa Families. ●​ Students from Stuart, Hobbs, and SHS, led by Mrs. Vera and Mrs. Christiansen, have been showcasing their progress and talents at Band, Orchestra, and Choir Christmas concerts. ●​ Detectives Payne and Mendenhall from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, along with their K9 partner, Ardis, visited Hobbs students to teach about staying safe online. ●​ Sunrise 1st graders celebrated Christmas Around the World, learning about Christmas in Australia, the USA, India, Sweden, Mexico, England, Germany, and Italy. ●​ Sunrise 2nd graders sang Christmas Carols to the Seniors at the Gables and at the Senior Citizens Center. ●​ Hazel Stuart celebrated 12 Days of Special Students for academic excellence, respect, GRIT, hard work, and effort. ●​ Stuart students have been competing for a monthly IXL award party. IXL is our Tier 3 support system. So far this year, students have answered 686,896 questions!!! This month alone, the top 3 students in the school have mastered 477, 478, and 377 grade-level skills! ●​ Teagan Daniels (Army), Peyton Olson (Marines), and Levi Christensen (Army National Guard) have made the incredible decision to serve our country. Congratulations. ●​ Huge congratulations to Johnny Behm on 100 varsity wrestling wins ●​ Our BPA presidency wrote a donation request to Potandon that was filled. Potandon donated $1000 to help with the BPA state qualifiers. ●​ This morning, representatives from the Idaho Lottery visited Shelley High School to present new calculators funded through the Idaho Lottery Wishlist program. Thank you, Idaho Lottery, for investing in education and making a real difference in our classrooms. ●​ Shelley High School BPA Chapter competed at BPA Regionals today. 29 students qualified for state in their events. ●​ Students in Mr. Howells’ greenhouse class made festive wreaths to celebrate the holiday week! ●​ Shelley High School staff enjoyed a Friendsgiving feast. We are thankful for the dedication, collaboration, and commitment this team brings to our students and community. District Recognition ●​ District - Mrs. Hoopes recognized Emily McCammon as the District Employee of the Month. ●​ Student- Mr. Davis recognized Aaron Jensen as the District Student of the Month. 5.​ Action Items Consent Calendar Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by John Richardson, the board approves the consent calendar. Motion passes. a.​ Action Item – i.​ Personnel Recommendations a.​ Separations or Terminations: Doug Schlader - Boys’ Asst. basketball coach- SHS b.​ New Hires: Kiana L Arias - Substitute, Wendy J Kunz - Substitute ii.​ November 20, 2025, Board minutes iii.​ Ratification of November Bills 6.​ Reports a.​ Discussion Item: Budget, SHS, Hobbs, Stuart, Riverview, Sunrise, Goodsell. Erika Adams reported that we should be at 41.66% through the budget year. The general fund is at 38.03%. The overall budget is at 40.60%. b.​ Discussion Item: FFA Trip Report-Spencer Rigby and Kenzi Sorenson reported on the recent FFA National Convention. They spoke of the incredible experience of gathering with thousands of other FFA student and how the week-long trip built their friendships as a chapter. They expressed their appreciation to the board and to Mr. Zaugg for making this experience possible. 7.​ Unfinished Business a.​ Discussion Item: Policy Review 5000– Trustee Tanner and Trustee Higham reviewed this section. There were only typo or grammatical suggested corrections. b.​ Action Item: 2nd Reading Board Policy 2700P Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Zachary Daniels, the board approve Board Policy 2700P to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 5-0 c.​ Action Item: 2nd Reading Board Policy 7270. Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Zachary Daniels, the board approve Board Policy 7270 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 5-0 d.​ Action Item: 2nd Reading Board Policy 7210. Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Zachary Daniels, the board approve Board Policy 7210 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 5-0 e.​ Action Item: 2nd Reading Board Policy 7403 Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Zachary Daniels, the board approve Board Policy 7403 to the consent calendar. Motion passes. 5-0 f.​ Action Item: Superintendent Evaluation– Chair Marlow reported on the Superintendent evaluation that took place before this meeting and expressed appreciation for the work Superintendent McLaren is doing for our district. Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Kara Higham, the board add another year to Doug McLaren’s contract come May. Motion passes. 5-0 8.​ New Business a.​ Action Item: Curriculum Approval – Mrs. Barbi Biorn requested approval from the board to add Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick to the special education curriculum at the high school. The novel was reviewed by a committee of administrators, teachers, and parents and was recommended for approval. Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Kara Higham, the board approve the novel Freak the Mighty for the high school special ed curriculum. Motion passes. 5-0 b.​ Discussion/Action Item: Class Action Lawsuit - Superintendent McLaren reminded the board that last year, there was a data breach at PowerSchool. There is a class action lawsuit involving multiple districts to help recover the costs of dealing with the data breach. The deadline is quickly approaching to join this lawsuit. There is no cost to the district. Moved by John Richardson, seconded by Nicholas Tanner, the board pursues the class action lawsuit against PowerSchool on behalf of District 60. Motion passes. 4-1 c.​ Discussion Item: Rudd & Company. Mrs. Adams explained that our auditors, Rudd & Company, are significantly increasing the cost of doing school audits. We have a contract through 2026, and they will honor it, but we may not see all the services of previous audits. She suggested the district go out to bid to find more affordable options. The board agreed on this course of action. d.​ Discussion/Action Item: Internet Crimes Against Children Meeting/Training – Local police and SROs are providing training districtwide on internet crimes against children. They are extending an invitation to the board to attend the meeting for administrators and counselors on January 16, 2026, from 9 to 11 a.m. Four trustees have committed to attending, so a notice of a quorum will be posted. e.​ Discussion Item: Board Chair Appreciation - Superintendent McLaren and other board members expressed appreciation to Chair Marlow and wished her well as she finishes her term with the board. She has served since 2017 and in that time, worked with 3 superintendents, many board members, and patrons. She also expressed her appreciation for the opportunity to serve. 9.​ Review Work Item- ●​ Make typo corrections to section 5000 board policy ●​ Remind board members of Jan 16th training ●​ Post quorum notice for the training meeting. 10.​ Adjournment Moved by Nicholas Tanner, seconded by Zachary Daniels, that the board approve the adjournment of the meeting. Motion passes 6:52 p.m. Minutes taken by: Junean Stoddard, Board Clerk