It might not be possible to take Challis track and field team members to several meets this spring, because of the ongoing shortage of bus drivers.
Challis schools Superintendent Lani Rembelski told trustees March 13 that there are no bus drivers available for three high school track meets and one junior high meet.
Rembelski received approval from the board to pay school district Transportation Director Blain Aldous an hourly wage if he’s able to drive the bus to any of those Friday and Saturday meets. Rembelski and Aldous are discussing that possibility, she said. “He’s considering it,” she said.
Coaches can’t ask parents to take team members to track meets, based on advice from the district’s attorney, Rembelski said. Parents can come together on their own and agree to drive their children and other children to meets, but coaches can’t do that legwork.
Rembelski briefed board members on other spring sports, saying golf, baseball and rodeo “are rolling.” No girls softball program is in place this spring, following the resignation of the head coach and a lack of interest by players.
Rembelski also told trustees she and other district employees are waiting to present a final draft of the 2024-25 school calendar to the board to see if the Idaho Legislature makes changes related to four-day school weeks and to the number of hours teachers must be in school.
She reported that large evergreen trees at Challis High School were scheduled to be removed March 15-17. The tree roots have begun damaging the sidewalk at the school and an arborist told school officials the roots would eventually damage the building’s foundation.
Rembelski countered an assertion by board member Annie Lloyd that Lloyd didn’t know about something she read in The Challis Messenger.
Lloyd didn’t offer any specifics, but said she wanted a policy because she thought she should have known about something before reading it. Presumably she was referring to a March 7 news story about a civil lawsuit filed against the school district and former employee Todd Adams. But, she didn’t state anything specific.
Board Vice Chairman Jim Chamberlain, who presided at the March 13 in the absence of Chairman Brett Plummer, said if Lloyd wants a policy she needed to have something drafted and on an agenda for discussion.
Lloyd said “Brett,” using no last name nor title, had told her she could bring it up during the trustee comment portion of the meeting, as she did.
Lloyd and Trustee Trish Farr indicated they wanted some sort of “no surprises” policy for the board, without offering elaboration about what they were seeking. Farr said the Idaho School Board Association has such a policy.
Rembelski responded, “I don’t feel there were any surprises. I kept the board apprised of it.” Lloyd responded she knew of “the incident, but” and didn’t complete the sentence.
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