Kootenai School District

Greetings Warrior Families!

Last night the Kootenai School Board approved the plan that will allow us to re-open our schools on September 8. (The plan is posted on our website and soon on our new Facebook page.) The four items of the plan I am most asked about are:

1. We will be open for face-to-face student instruction 5 full days a week.
2. Staff and students will be required to wear either face masks and/or face shields when social distancing is not possible. Mask breaks will be provided for students throughout the day.
3. An on-line option is available for students.
4. Athletics is currently still available.

These items were important to families that responded to our survey. 74% of families wanted regular school with an option for on-line learning. In order to accomplish this, we needed to require face coverings as maintaining social distancing is not always possible; even with the smaller class sizes we have at Kootenai. If you are interested in the on-line option, please contact the school.

However, there is still much work to be done. Administration will be working with staff to create detailed plans on what the school day will look like in each building. Once these details are in place, videos will be created to help explain to students and families the expectations for school this fall.

We all understand that we are living in a time of great change. There are many questions as to what our future will hold and what public education will become. I believe that by working together, this is our chance to make something even more special for the Kootenai School District students and their families.

 KSD #274 ReOpen Plan.docx 

~Wade Pilloud

Superintendent

TRUSTEE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The Kootenai Joint School District Board of Trustees accepting applications for Trustee Zone 5 Vacancy

The Kootenai Joint School District Board of Trustees declared on Monday, July 13, 2020 a vacancy for the trustee position of Zone 5 effective July 13, 2020. Additionally, the Board outlined the process by which the Board will appoint a person to serve the remainder of the term through January 1st, 2021.

The Board of Trustees invites any eligible community member interested in applying for the trustee position to submit an application to the Clerk of the Board, Lisa Darden, at 13030 E. O’Gara Rd. Harrison ID 83833.

Board member eligibility requires the candidate be a registered voter in the school district with residency in the zone that he or she represents.

Zone 5 encompasses:  

Kootenai School District No. 274

Trustee Zone 5

Legal Description

BEGINNING at the SE corner of Section 1, T47N, R4W, and its intersection with the east shoreline of Lake Coeur d’Alene then north approx. ½ mile to the south line of Section 6,T47N, R3W then east approx. 5 miles to the west shoreline of Black Lake then southerly along the shoreline and the mouth of Black Creek to its intersection with the AVISTA Electrical Transmission line, then southwesterly along said transmission line to its intersection with Highway 97, then southerly along Highway 97 and Highway 3 to the Kootenai/Benewah County boundary line and the approx. corner of Section 35, T47N R3W then east approx. 3 miles to the NW corner of Section 33, T47N, R3W then west ½ mile to the centerline of Lake Coeur d’Alene then northerly along the centerline of the said lake to a point on the north line of Section 12, T47N R4W then east to the point of beginning.

The application packet must include the following:

Letter of Interest with contact information (telephone, email, and residential address) that include a statement about your background, main reasons for applying for the school board position, and answers the following question- “ if appointed, what are your top three objectives?”