winter A PUBLICATION OF THE IDAHO SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATIONSLATE 1 2020 SLATE magazine They’ve Sent An Invitation . Now What? Suicide Intervention page 34 In This Issue: • ISBA Annual Convention Recap • Getting In Front of School Safety • ISBA Student Photography Contest • PERSI - Fiscal Year 2019 • Personal Liability of School Board Members SLATE / Volume 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 1 2 SLATE Supporting Education Through Activities MORE THAN A GAME • Students involved in activities average fewer absences per year than the general student population • Participation in high school activities is a valuable part of the overall high school experience • Students who compete in high school activity programs achieve higher grades and have better attendance • School activities teach lessons that include citizenship, teamwork, motivation, cooperation and self-discipline • Those who participate in activity programs are less likely to have discipline referrals than the general student population • High schools that offer multiple activities meet the needs of a wide variety of the student population • High school activities are fun! Students Now 2 SLATE / Volume 38 / No. 1 / WinterCitizens 2020 Forever TABLE OF CONTENTS SLATE 3 WINTER / 2020 IN EVERY ISSUE: 5 About ISBA 6 President’s Message / Wally Hedrick 8 State Department of Education / Sherri Ybarra 12 State Board of Education / Debbie Critchfield p. 8 14 Safety Notes / Dane Higdem 16 Statistic of the Quarter / April Hoy p. 26 18 At Your Service / Misty Swanson 22 Policy Update News / Quinn Perry 23 Ask ISBA / Quinn Perry 47 Business Affiliates & Partners 50 The Last Word / Karen Echeverria p. 32 p. 40 p. 34 FEATURES: 25 Board Member Profile/ Nan Pugh 26 ISBA Annual Convention Recap 32 Getting in Front of School Safety / Alice Arambarri 34 They’ve Sent an Invitation, Now What? / Shannon Decker 40 Personal Liability of School Board Members / Brian K. Julian 42 PERSI - Fiscal Year 2019 / Don Drum 46 ISBA Student Photography Contest 52 Day on the Hill 2020 SLATE / Volume 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 3 4 SLATE MISSION: SLATE Provide leadership and services to local magazine school boards for the benefit of students and for the advocacy of public education. Subscription to the SLATE, published four times per year, is by membership VISION: to the Idaho School Boards Association. The material contained herein is for informational purposes only and may be quite divergent in point of view School Board leadership for excellence and/or controversial in nature. It is the belief of the Association that the in Idaho public education democratic process functions best through discussions which challenge and stimulate thinking on the part of the reader. Therefore, this material does STANDARDS: not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Association or its members. 1. Vision and Mission 2. Continuous Improvement ISBA CALENDAR STAY CONNECTED 3. Advocacy January - March Legislative Session facebook.com/ 4. Accountability • Idaho Capitol - Boise, ID StandUp4IdahoPublicSchools 5. Community Engagement February 17 Executive Board Meeting 6. Board Operations and Professional • Grove Hotel, Boise, ID idsba.org Development February 17-18 Day on the Hill • Grove Hotel & Idaho Capitol ISBA STAFF: • Boise, ID EDITORIAL OFFICE April 4-6 NSBA Annual Conference P.O. Box 9797 . Boise, ID 83707-4797 Executive Director • Chicago, IL 199 N. Capitol Blvd., Suite 503 Karen Echeverria April 17-18 Executive Board Meeting Boise, ID 83702 Chief Deputy • Boise, ID Phone: (208) 854-1476 Misty Swanson May 25 Memorial Day Toll-Free: (866) 799-4722 • ISBA Office Closed Fax: (208) 854-1480 Policy & Government Affairs Director Online: www.idsba.org Quinn Perry Leadership Development & Member Services Director Krissy LaMont Leadership Development Specialist David Brinkman If you are interested in contributing Research & Policy Coordinator an ad or an article to the SLATE April Hoy contact: Lance Corpus Printing & Graphics Coordinator Printing & Graphics Coordinator Lance Corpus Email: [email protected] IDAHO Phone: (208) 854-1476 Executive Assistant School Boards Association Mika Milette SBA Finance & Office Coordinator Morgan4 SLATE Garcia / Volume 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 SLATE 5 2019-2020 ISBA Executive Board: OFFICERS: The Idaho School Boards Association is governed by a 22-member Executive Board which includes four officers and two representatives from each of the nine regions of ISBA. • REGION 1 • REGION 2 • REGION 3 • REGION 4 President President-Elect Vice President Imm. Past President REGION 5 Wally Hedrick Jody Hendrickx Jason Knopp Jennifer Parkins • Meridian Technical St. Maries SD #041 Melba SD #136 Genesee Jt. SD #282 • REGION 6 Charter HS • REGION 7 MEMBERS: • REGION 8 REGION 9 Region 1 Chair CHARTER Margaret (Margy) Hall West Bonner SD #083 SCHOOLS Region 2 Chair Region 9 Chair Ken Hart Louis Pifher Nezperce SD #302 Region 2 Vice Chair Meridian Medical Arts Alexis Morgan Charter HS Lewiston Ind. SD #340 Photo Region 1 Vice Chair Coming Michelle Lippert Soon Post Falls SD #273 Region 9 Vice Chair Debbi Burr Region 7 Chair Xavier Charter School Brett Plummer Region 7 Vice Chair Challis SD #181 Karen Pyron Butte County Joint SD #111 Region 8 Chair Nick Petitmermet Cambridge Joint SD #423 Region 6 Chair Katie Taylor Firth SD #059 Region 8 Vice Chair Region 6 Vice Chair Matt Frye Brian Pyper Fruitland SD #373 Madison SD #321 Region 3 Chair Jason Sevy Region 5 Chair Marsing SD #363 Alan Erickson Soda Springs Joint SD #150 Region 3 Vice Chair Region 4 Chair Region 4 Vice Chair Region 5 Vice Chair Joy Thomas Starr Olsen Bryan Matsuoka Lon Harrington Kuna SD Dietrich SD #314 Twin Falls SDSLATE #411 / Volume??? 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 6 SLATE It’s An Honor & Privilege By Wally Hedrick ISBA President Wally Hedrick takes over as ISBA President. It is a sincere honor and privilege for me to serve Those committees are: as your President for the upcoming year. As in the • Professional Development & Leadership past, ISBA will face challenges this year involving • Finance & Audit our efforts to move our legislative priorities forward. • Scholarship, Nominating As always, we will be supporting and opposing edu- cation related legislation offered by others depend- • Fiscal Advisory ing on the impact such legislation will have on our • Executive Search students and educators/administrators. Along with • Dues Review our ability to deliver the best education possible in The Executive Committee members serve on these our district or charter. The funding formula is still in committees along with trustees and board members limbo, and it is anyone’s guess where that might end throughout the state. My thanks to each of them up. But be assured that our Association will work to for agreeing to contribute their time and energy to ensure that all districts and charters are treated fair- make the committees’ missions successful. I plan to ly. State tax receipts are below state estimates and discuss, in greater detail, the role of each committee Governor Little has requested that all state agencies in the next issue of The Slate. reduce their budgets by 1% to 2% for the current and next fiscal year. He has indicated that he will not If, during the course of the next year, you have any seek a reduction in education funding at the K-12 questions or would like to share some thoughts with level, which is good news. So clearly, the lack of fi- me, please feel free to contact me at wallyhedrick@ nancial resources will be a factor in this year’s leg- aol.com. I value your input and look forward to islative session. Karen and Quinn work hard and en- serving all the districts and charters in the great dure long hours during the legislative session. The State of Idaho. Collectively, ISBA has the strength Government Affairs Committee will ask for you to and conviction to improve education with each and contact your legislators when ISBA identifies a piece every one of our students. We must use that strength of legislation that requires our input. I hope you will and conviction wisely and make sure we pick the take the time to provide that input when asked, as it legislation and legislators that we can influence. is critical to Karen and Quinn’s efforts. ISBA must continue to represent ALL its members and stand tall for accountability, transparency, and The ISBA Executive Committee will have seven local governance at the district and charter level. (7) committees besides the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) this year working on a variety of Thank you. important and substantive issues. Wally Hedrick Idaho School Boards Association 6 SLATE / Volume 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 SLATE 7 SLATE / Volume 38 / No. 1 / Winter 2020 7 8 SLATE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Idaho’s New Online Report Card Finds Success, & National Recognition By Sherri Ybarra Idaho Superintendent of Idaho’s revamped online report card, already well-used by schools and community Public Instruction members throughout Idaho, is attracting positive attention nationwide. Recently, Idaho was named one of three “States to Input from educators and the public played a crucial Watch” highlighted in the December Time to Act re- role in our efforts to make school and student data port from the national Data Quality Campaign (DQC). accessible, understandable, and usable to everyone. And in April, the organization released a “Show Me And judging by the statewide response, we’re achiev- the Data” report that highlighted Idaho as one of ing our goal. three states with report cards that stood out for making considerable progress. We hear frequently from district and school board leaders who are using this information to engage To be recognized twice by DQC in one year is out- communities in conversations that focus on contin- standing – especially considering that our online ued improvement. report card is only a year old.