Coeur D'Alene District board meeting, Sep 14, 2026
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Coeur d'Alene district forgoes emergency levy after attendance rises by about 76 students 8:51
- A district staff member said average daily attendance in the first 3 days of school was approximately 76 students higher than the prior year, and that the district elected not to pursue an emergency levy of over $580,000. 8:51
- One board member said absorbing the students rather than taking everything possible was a gesture of good faith to the community, while another speaker said the district was leaving money on the table and would have taken every penny. 20:52
- The board also took up revised policies and a resolution on the sale of the Locust property, and later entered executive session. 22:20
- A district staff member presented a plan to partner with Communities for Youth on an anonymous, opt-in survey of middle and high school students. 32:15
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Item by item (13)
- Opening and agenda approval 0:14
- Board recognitions 1:46
- A trustee thanked Super One Foods and Peroni Produce for donating over 1,000 apples that trustees handed out to staff. 2:02
- The board recognized a district bus driver who earned first place in a state regional bus rodeo competition and 5 high school students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. 2:44
- Winton Elementary School was recognized for being named a Promising Practices Professional Learning Community at Work by Solution Tree. 3:07
- Student Advisory Group report 5:59
- Association report and public comment 8:19
- Lesli Bjerke said board members had read the report from the Coeur d'Alene Education Association and that there did not appear to be any public comments. 8:19
- Emergency levy and enrollment update 8:19
- A district staff member said state code allows an emergency levy when average daily attendance grows, that attendance was approximately 76 students higher, and that the district elected not to pursue over $580,000. 8:51
- Lisa Aitken asked whether the board would learn where the new students were coming from, and a staff member said about 1,200 open enrollment requests had been processed since January and a report could be provided. 13:37
- A staff member said the trade-off of the emergency levy and asking for $30.25 million in another month felt like too big of a risk, and one board member called the decision a gesture of good faith to the community. 18:59
- Consent agenda 21:39
- Revised district policies 22:20
- Sale of Locust property 27:19
- A staff member said the City of Coeur d'Alene's Water Department sought the property at the transportation facility as a buffer zone around a well, which is a state requirement. 27:44
- The staff member said a test well at the former Bora Elementary was not suitable for water and the district is studying whether to use it for irrigation. 28:21
- A motion to approve Resolution 27-04, Sale of Locust Property, as presented was made and seconded. 29:13
- Board committee appointments 29:23
- Heather Tenbrink said serving on the Long Range Planning Committee had gone on for 5 years and offered to continue or let someone else take it. 29:23
- Jimmy McAndrew volunteered to serve on the Negotiations Committee with another trustee. ~31:00
- Heather Tenbrink moved to appoint a trustee to the Student Advisory Group. 31:39
- Student survey partnership presentation 31:55
- A staff member said about 20 school districts across the state work with Communities for Youth and that the district would run the survey in its middle and high schools, mostly in October. 32:15
- Heather Tenbrink asked who would administer the survey, and the staff member said students would take it on their Chromebooks through a link. 35:29
- The staff member said the survey is 100% anonymous and opt-in, requires 60% parent consent and takes about 50 minutes, and that the lowest school consent rate was 66%. 35:47
- Procedure updates 49:43
- A staff member said item B had been withdrawn and that item C updates a procedure so magnet school students who are accepted retain their spot. 49:43
- Heather Tenbrink asked whether an old procedure existed for 3001, and the staff member said there was not and that the district needed more time to work through it. 50:22
- Upcoming meeting dates 51:48
- Executive session 52:53
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