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— I< 8363 TWIN FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS School District No. 411 201 MAIN AVENUE WEST TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 83301 (208) 733-6900 September 14, 2026 7:00 p.m. Call to Order - The Board of Trustees of School District No. 411, Twin Falls County, State of Idaho, met in its properly noticed/posted, regular monthly meeting at Twin Falls School District Boardroom located at 160 Gooding Street West, Twin Falls, Idaho, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., on Monday, September 14, 2026. The following trustees were present: Chairman Eric Smallwood; Trustees Heidi Casdorph, Heidi Tubbs, and Emily Christensen. There were also present Superintendent Brady Dickinson; Associate Superintendent Ryan Nesmith; Board Clerk Michelle Lucas, as well as district directors, interested patrons, employees, and the media. Vice Chairman Jayson Lloyd was unable to attend. Pledge of Allegiance Procedural Matters Action Items Approval of Agenda — Chairman Smallwood asked for a motion to approve the agenda. Trustee Tubbs moved to approve the agenda. Trustee Christensen seconded the motion; the motion carried. Unscheduled Delegations (Audience to Address the Board) There were none. Consent Calendar — Trustee Christensen moved to approve the consent calendar items A-J, which included: Minutes from August 10, 2026 board meeting; board financial reports; school financial reports; accounts payables and payroll; private service providers (PSP)/consultants contracts: John J. Burk, DO, Jeffery L. Mulert, MD, and Lebra Technologies, Inc.; new certified personnel: Brianna (Sophie) Cagle, kindergarten teacher at Sawtooth Elementary School, Mikayla Carhuas, school nurse at Support Services, Stheffany Halle, ESL teacher at South Hills Middle School, Stacy Johns, digital literacy teacher at Canyon Ridge High School, Keanu Larson, ESL teacher at Robert Stuart Middle School, Nicole Caminos Lazear, resource teacher at O'Leary Middle School, Amy Lopez, math teacher at South Hills Middle School, Mark Means, transitions teacher at Twin Falls High School, Briana O'Donnell, school nurse at Support Services, and Katelin Wareham, family consumer science teacher at South Hills Middle School; certified release on contracts for Mari Nelson, counselor at Harrison Elementary School, and Jamie Sorensen, kindergarten teacher at Sawtooth Elementary School; certified extra-curricular resignation from Kasi Hebert as girls JV soccer coach at Canyon Ridge High School; requests for alternate authorizations/emergency provisionals for Marcie Diehl as school counselor at Sawtooth Elementary School, Stacy Johns as digital literacy teacher at Canyon Ridge High School, Katelin Wareham as family & consumer A./B. i —_— —_— —_— — — — ~ OR 8364 science teacher at South Hills Middle School, Amy Lopez as 7'" grade math teacher at South Hills Middle School, Angelo Trujillo as 6" grade language arts and reading teacher at South Hills Middle School, Keanu Larson as middle school multilingual teacher at Robert Stuart Middle School, Lindy Christensen as school librarian at O’ Leary Middle School, and Brianna Cagle as kindergarten teacher at Sawtooth Elementary School; early graduation requests from Nathan Thompson from Canyon Ridge High School, and Oscar Morin, Kakule Macho, and Emerelle Hernandez from Twin Falls High School. Trustee Tubbs seconded the motion, motion carried. Superintendent's Report Superintendent Dickinson announced the certified employee of the month from Canyon Ridge High School for the month of September as Jesse Clark, teacher, and from Twin Falls High School, Daniel Child, choir/guitar teacher. Superintendent Dickinson announced the classified employee of the month from Canyon Ridge High School as Teresa Easterling, ML para, and from Twin Falls High School as Carolyn Weister, registrar. Superintendent Dickinson read a brief resumé of each recipient and presented them with a plaque and a gift from the Board. Director of Human Resources, Shannon Swafford gave a brief staffing update on current open positions and stood for questions from the Board. As of September 10, 2026, there were 3 certified positions still unfilled. One of the positions was because we had additional students show up and needed another language arts teacher. Instruction A. Information Item: Superintendent Dickinson gave a brief update on enrollment numbers. Enrollment as of September 3, 2026, is at 8,554. He shared where some concerns fall, such as the kindergarten class being small; we haven’t had this few kindergarten students for over 20 years. Most classes are well balanced. With our units and budget, we came out a little ahead. We will know for sure on the Ist Friday in November. We had a 3.8% drop; we anticipated a little more of a drop. Superintendent Dickinson is glad we stopped short on reductions by reducing only 17 of the 20 positions. Bickel and Perrine numbers have to be taken out of our unit numbers because they are strictly federally funded. As for Canyon Ridge High School’s numbers, we are able to stay under the 1400 students to petition per sport for that class. Virtual Schoolhouse is up in enrollment at 240 students. We picked up approximately 80-100 students when Hagerman closed their online program. Superintendent Dickinson also shared a student attendance (ADA) report. This shows the average daily attendance percentage for each school. The District averages about 93-94% historically. Instruction B. Action Item: None Budget & Finance A. Information Items: None Budget & Finance B. Action Items: None Personnel A. Information Item: Most recent classified personnel new hires and resignations were shared with the Board. | Ips 8365 Current guest teacher and current temporary workers lists were shared with the Board. Director of Public Relations, Eva Craner shared the first reading recommended policy/procedure revisions: ISBA Updates:1100 Elections, 1525 Board Meeting Third-Party Recording - NEW TITLE, 1645 Board Development Opportunities, 2125 K-3 Reading Intervention, 2220 School Year, Calendar, and Instructional Hours, 2606 Middle School Credit, 2610 Advancement Requirements (9-12), 2700P5 Civics Test, 4130 Public Access to District Website, 4175 Required Annual Notices, 4420 Visits to District Property by Sex Offenders, 5100F4 Disclosure of Past Resignations, Investigations, and Disciplinary Action — NEW FORM, 5105 Certified Personnel Categories & Employment Contracts, 5280 Professional Standards Commission (PSC) Code of Ethics, and 5325P Recommended Practices for Use of Social Media Including Personal Sites -REMOVE POLICY. These policies and procedures will return next month for action. Personnel B. Action Item: Director of Community Relations, Eva Craner, stood for questions on the second reading of policies. Trustee Christensen moved to approve the policies/procedures amendments as presented last month. ISBA Updates: 2353 Minute of Silence, 3295 Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, and Cyberbullying, 3295P Hazing, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying, and Cyberbullying, 3515P Food Allergy Management - Medical Plans of Care, 5100 Hiring Process and Criteria, 5100P2 Hiring Process and Criteria - Procedures for Obtaining Personnel Records for Applicants, 5100F Authorization for Release of Information on Past Employment with School Employers, 5210 Workday, 5260 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting, 5265 Employee Responsibilities Regarding Student Harassment, 5272 Prohibition on Staff Support of Social Transitions, 5330 Employee Email and Online Services Usage-NEW POLICY, 5335 Employee Use of Electronic Communication Devices-NEW POLICY, and 5500 Personnel Records. The Board discussed how policy 2353 is going so far. Trustee Tubbs seconded the motion, motion carried. Board Goals A. Information Item: None Board Goals B. Action Item: The Board finalized the September 23, 2026 board work session. After a brief discussion, the Board added a facilities/projects update to the agenda. Future Agenda Items The next board meeting will be the Board Work-Session to take place September 23, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Dinner will be provided. The next TFEA/TFSD breakfast meeting is scheduled for September 15" at 6:45 a.m. at Idaho Joe’s. Chairman Smallwood and Vice Chairman Lloyd are scheduled to attend. ISBA Annual Convention is set for November 4" — 6", 2026 in Boise, Idaho. The entire Board is set to attend. Trustee Christensen moved to adjourn the meeting. Trustee Tubbs seconded the motion, motion ATTEST; Mb Aceg Clerk, Michelle Lucas 8366
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