West Bonner County School District board approves re-enrollment of ‘Student A’ with distance-learning condition

The West Bonner County School District #83 board voted Jan. 30, 2025 to approve the enrollment of a student identified in the meeting minutes as “Student A,” contingent on the student's expulsion from a previous district being resolved and other reentry conditions being successfully met. The special meeting began in Priest River at Lamanna High School and included an executive session conducted under Idaho Code 74-206(1)(b) and (d).

According to the minutes, the board reviewed documents provided by Director of Special Services Kristina Kenny and heard from the student's guardian during the executive session. The motion to approve enrollment was made by Kathy Nash and seconded by Margaret Hall; the minutes record the motion as passed with a Voting Summary of Yea: 4, Nay: 0. The minutes state the district will offer an educational program through distance learning.

The meeting record also shows the board voted to enter executive session on a motion by Paul Turco, seconded by Kathy Nash, and later voted to exit the executive session on a motion by Paul Turco, seconded by Kathy Nash. The minutes list attendance taken at 4:31 PM and record the meeting called to order at 4:33 PM; the meeting was adjourned at 6:16 PM.

The minutes contain two internal inconsistencies that the board's public record does not resolve: the attendance list names Delbert Pound as absent but the recorded roll-call lines in the executive-session motion list D. Pound among members marked "Yea," and the meeting signature line is "Sonja A. Yount, Board Chair" while the attendance list shows "Ann Yount." These discrepancies are noted here as matters of record; the minutes do not explain them. The minutes do not disclose identifying details about Student A, citing the cited Idaho exemptions for executive-session records.