Coeur D'Alene District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Coeur d'Alene board hears report on AP scores and chronic absenteeism 11:26
- A district staff member presented a year-end report on AP exam results, state accountability ratings, chronic absenteeism and teacher data. 11:26
- The board also took up the consent agenda, revised policy 4175 on required annual notice and new policy 2352 on a minute of silence. 36:07
- A district staff member said the board had approved a levy amount of $30.25 million in May and asked the board to approve levy language to submit to the county. 41:50
- Jimmy McAndrew moved to approve Resolution 27-02 on the supplemental levy as presented. 45:53
Item by item (11)
- Opening and agenda amendment 1:03
- Lesli Bjerke said the May 18th minutes recorded the supplemental levy amount incorrectly at $32.5 million and that $30.25 million was the correct amount approved. 2:16
- Jimmy McAndrew moved to amend the agenda to add an item to the consent agenda correcting the typo in the May 18th, 2026 minutes, and then moved to approve the agenda as amended. 2:57
- Trustee recognition 3:22
- Lisa Aitken recognized a fellow trustee as the recipient of a statewide award from the Idaho High School Activities Association. 3:41
- Public comment 5:09
- A speaker at public comment asked the district to highlight its civics instruction in public relations and raised a gap of about $8 million between state-granted and used support units. 6:22
- Jimmy McAndrew thanked the speaker for acknowledging the district's effort to deepen civics understanding among students. 10:21
- Annual student achievement report 11:14
- A district staff member said students earned 128 perfect scores of 5 on AP exams, and 78% of students who took any AP exam scored 3 or higher. 16:41
- The staff member said 9 of the district's 16 schools had higher state ratings than in 2022 and 7 had lower ratings, and that chronic absenteeism had been 24% for the 2024-2025 school year and decreased at every building. 20:50
- The staff member said 80% of students met a college and career preparedness benchmark and the district maintained a 90% teacher retention rate; Jimmy McAndrew thanked schools and parents for the work to increase attendance rates. 25:38
- Consent agenda 34:50
- Required annual notices policy 36:14
- Lesli Bjerke said revised policy 4175 adds the minute of silence as an annual notification to parents under Idaho Code 33-1639, which became effective on July 1st. 36:58
- Heather Tenbrink asked to confirm the change only added an item to a list of notices and moved to approve revised policy 4175 as presented. 37:28
- Minute of silence policy 38:01
- Future high school land agreement amendment 39:05
- A district staff member said the amendment dedicates right-of-way around a sewer lift station for the City of Hayden on the district's 40 acres slated for a future high school. 39:53
- Heather Tenbrink asked whether the changes affected potential future use, and the staff member said they did not and the district would not pay for the infrastructure. 40:44
- Item 41:50
- A district staff member said the district's bond counsel and the Secretary of State had reviewed the levy language. 41:50
- A speaker said a recent article stated a $19 increase per month per $100,000 of value, and that it would actually be $19 per year. 43:54
- Jimmy McAndrew moved to approve Resolution 27-02 on the supplemental levy as presented. 45:53
- Student electronic device procedures 46:03
- Heather Tenbrink asked whether students who use personal laptops would be told of the change before school starts. 46:27
- A district staff member said the district would communicate the change soon, that students would use school devices at school, and that Lakes Middle School would pilot keeping devices in carts at school. 46:51
- Upcoming dates and executive session 48:16
- Lesli Bjerke said a board training would be held Wednesday at 12:30 and the next regular meeting would be September 14th at 5 o'clock. 48:16
- Heather Tenbrink moved to enter executive session under Section 74-206 to consider exempt records, preliminary trade negotiations and pending or likely litigation. 49:29
- After a roll call, a speaker said the board was in executive session. 50:10
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