School News

Canyon Harper and Jimmy Shepherd will be playing in the All-State Football Game in southern Idaho June 27, 2015.

Canyon Harper will be playing in the 8th grade All-State Game and Jimmy Shepherd will be playing in the 8-man high school  All-State Game.

The games will be webcast at www.idahosports.com.

The 8th grade game is at 12:00 and the high school game is at 3:00.  Both games are played at Burley High School in Burley, Idaho.

We want to thank our community for once again standing in overwhelming support of our annual supplemental override levy. 267 voters came out to express their opinion, and 201 chose “Yes.” We are grateful for your ongoing financial support.

We would also like to acknowledge the work that levy committee chair Tracie Pottenger put into an outstanding campaign for the 2015-2016 school year.

Salmon River Schools continue to experience bandwidth related telephone issues. The April 13 re-engineering of the Internet service was postponed through the service provider Frontier Communications with a new date of April 24. Technology coordinator Stefanie Brimacomb and Superintendent Doramus are working diligently to get that date pushed up to April 17, but as the Frontier customer service representative reports “no guarantees.”

In the meantime,  should the main numbers fail or drop a call, patrons and stakeholders can dial the main analog lines (208-628-3431 SRHS and DO, 208-628-3361 RES) for urgent calls

We appreciate your patience, and apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

In late January we were notified that our Federal Forest Fund allotment for this year was reduced by over 90%.  This reduction in funding will have an adverse effect in the operation of our school.  I have been assured that our US Legislators are working on a solution to this reduction to our Federal Forest Funds.  I encourage each of you to contact our legislators and let know the importance of reinstating these funds.  Listed below are the names and contact information for our US and State Legislators.

Thank you for your continual support,
Jim Doramus
Superintendent

Governor C.L. Butch Otter
http://gov.idaho.gov/ourgov/contact.html
Phone: (208) 334-2100

Senior Senator Republican-Michael Crapo
http://www.crapo.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Boise Office
251 E. Front St.,
Suite 205 Boise Id, 83702
Phone 208-334-1446,
Fax 208-334-9044

Junior Senator Republican – James Risch
http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=email
Boise Office
350 N. 9th St. Ste 302,
Boise Idaho 83702
Telephone 208-342-7985
Fax-208-343-2458

Representative Republican; Idaho, Owyhee, Valley Counties – Raul Labrador
– https://simpson.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep
Meridian Office
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 251
Meridian, Id 83642
Phone 208-888-3188
Fax 208-888-0894

Representative Republican; Custer, Lemhi, Elmore Counties – Mike Simpson
https://labradorforms.house.gov/email-me
Boise Office
802 West Bannock, Suite 600,
Boise Id 83702
Phone 208-334-1953,
Fax 208-334-9533

Representative  Paul  E.  Shepherd (R)   : pshepherd@house.idaho.gov
District 7, Riggins
House Seat B
P.O. Box 277, Riggins, 83549
Home (208) 628-3695
Bus (208) 628-3695
FAX (208) 628-3695

Senator  Sheryl  L.  Nuxoll (R)   : snuxoll@senate.idaho.gov
District 7, Cottonwood
P.O. Box 187, Cottonwood, 83522
Home (208) 962-7718

Representative  Shannon  McMillan (R)   : smcmillan@house.idaho.gov
District 7, Silverton
House Seat A
P.O. Box 26, Silverton, 83867
Bus (208) 752-1800
FAX (208) 752-1900

Patrons and Friends of the Salmon River School District,

School Board Members Needed:

The current Trustees in zones one and three have communicated to us that will not be seeking reelection. The District will be in need of Trustees in Zone 1 & 3 at the end of their term in June.

General Contractors Needed:

The Board of Trustees is looking for contractors to submit a bid for a possible remodel project.  If are a licensed contractor or know a licensed contractor please have them contact me at the school as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Jim Doramus

Meeting:          March 2, 2015
Location:         Multipurpose Room at the Secondary School
Time:               6:00 P.M.

To all patrons and friends of JSD 243,

I would like to thank each of you that were able to attend the meeting Monday February 23, 2015.  I hope that all who attended found it to be informative.  The individuals who attended the meeting asked for an opportunity to brain storm ideas for consideration to help offset the reduction in funding due to a decrease in student enrollment and the reduction in our Federal Forest Funding.

On Monday March 2, 2015 we will meet as a community to work through the same process our staff used to identifies possible ideas for consideration by the Board of Trustees.  If you are interested in participating in this process we will be meeting in the multipurpose room located at the secondary school.

Despite what you may heard from social media the purpose of this meeting is to identify the best long term sustainable solutions to a difficult situation.  As always, if at any time you have a question concerning the school district please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
Jim Doramus

p.s. information from the meeting:

Decrease in Funding (projected)	Federal Forest	State Support	Total
14-15 (current year)	-$107,101 to- $109,101**	-$32,640	-$140,742
15-14 (upcoming year)	-$108,101**	-$102,000	-$210,101

**We have not typically used the total amount of Federal Forest dollars each year. For the 13-14 school year we spent $60,000 to supplement the food service program, maintenance projects (paint, floor covering, etc.), equipment repairs and upgrades, upgrade technology, supplies and curriculum.

Projected 15-16 school year budget decreases due to declining enrollment (State Funding) and the amount of Federal Forest dollars we have been relying on each year to subsidize other accounts.
$102,000         State Funding
$50,000           Federal Forest
$152,000         Total Projected Shortfall for the 2015 – 2016 school year

Salmon River
Joint School District No. 243
P. O. Box 50
Riggins, ID 83549
208-630-6025
Fax: 208-630-6028

February 18, 2015

To the Patrons and Friends of the Salmon River Joint School District,

This is the time of year the district staff starts preparing for the upcoming school year.  As we plan for the district’s ninth year, we find ourselves at a crossroad.  There have been two recent events that will affect next year’s budget:  first, the decline in student enrollment and second, the reduction in our Federal Forest Fund.

I would like to invite you to the monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees on February 23rd at 6:00 P.M. in the IEN room located at the secondary school.  At the board meeting, I will explain in more detail the current financial situation of the district.  If you are unable to attend the meeting and have questions about what you may have read on Facebook or heard on the street, please feel free to contact me at the district office. Thank you for your patience and support during this time.

Sincerely,

Jim Doramus

Superintendent

On January 24, Sarah Walters’ 6^th grade science students competed in the National Engineers Future City Competition in Boise against middle school students from around the state.  Despite their competing against 28 teams from all divisions, the judges awarded the Salmon River team the WH Pacific “Most Accessible City: Design that accommodates most innovative systems (transportation/public highway) for a community” award.

Sixth grade class members earned their place to State in the local competition between middle school grades 6-8, judged by Superintendent Jim Doramus, Board Member and Business Owner Eric Hook, Ranch Owner Doug Boggan, and Idaho County Sherriff’s Deputy Jonny Wilson.

All team members grades 6-8 received a tee shirt and a certificate of participation from the event.

KTVB News Coverage.

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• State Scholarship

Congratulations to Lotus and Canyon Harper for receiving trophies for second place at the Hoop Shoot in Grangeville.