January 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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2. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Recorder
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3. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
Board President
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4. Approve Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
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5. Approval Draft of Minutes (Roll Call Vote)
Speaker(s):
Board President
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5.a. Regular Meeting Minutes of December 12, 2022
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5.b. Executive Session Meeting Minutes December 12, 2022
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5.c. Special Board Meeting Minutes December 19, 2022
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5.d. Executive Session Minutes December 19, 2022
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6. Superintendent's Report
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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6.a. Honor 4.0 GPA students
Speaker(s):
Dr. Fitzgerald
Description:
These students have achieved a 4.0 GPA in the first trimester of the 2022-2023 school year.
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6.b. Interim Business Manager, Treasurer and Surety Bond
Speaker(s):
Dr. Woell
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6.c. Buildings and Grounds Update
Speaker(s):
Tim Kazmierczak
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6.d. Technology Update
Speaker(s):
Greg Martin
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6.e. 2023-2024 Tentative School Calendar
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6.f. Potential Settlement Agreement with former Business Manager.
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6.g. FOIA Report
Description:
Local Labs requested electronic records (preferably non-PDF where applicable) of the following data for all current school board members:
From May 17, 2021 to present: The specific information requested from your record keeping system is: 1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number 2. Purchase date 3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase) 4. Line item quantity 5. Line item price 6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address |
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7. President's Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
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7.a. Board Planning Calendars
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7.b. Superintendent Evaluation Process
Description:
The Board needs to determine a timeline and executive session dates for this express purpose.
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7.c. Board Retreat Date: Typically the Board cancels the July Board meeting and holds a Board Retreat instead during the month of July. We need to look at calendars and decide on a date on which to hold the 2023 Board retreat.
Description:
The Board needs to set a date for the Board Retreat in July 2023.
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8. Citizens' Desire to Address the Board on Agenda Items
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9. Board Reports and Requests
Speaker(s):
Board Members
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10. Financial Report (Roll Call)
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10.a. Accounts Payable
Description:
Date Range: 11/13/022-01/09/2023
Total Amount: $507,310.91 |
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10.b. Payroll:
12/15/2022 - $205,411.55 12/30/2022 - $202,818.03 |
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11. Consent Agenda (Roll Call)
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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11.a. Personnel Employment:
Description:
Nicolett Murray, Teaching Assistant at Benjamin Middle School with a start date of January 9, 2023. The hourly pay rate of $16.21.
Kim Anderson, Interim Business Manager with a start date of January 9, 2023. The daily rate of pay is $1,000, not to exceed 120 days. This includes her duties as Treasurer. |
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11.b. Personnel Resignation:
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11.c. Personnel Leave:
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11.d. Second reading of Board Policies:
2:150 - Committees 4:190 - Targeted School Violence Prevention Program 5:280 - Educational Support Personnel 6:30 - Organization of Instruction 6:110 - Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation Incentives Program 6:140 - Education of Homeless Children 6:150 - Home and Hospital Instruction 6:230 - Library Media Program 6:270 - Guidance and Counseling Program 7:70 - Attendance and Truancy 7:270 - Administering Medicines to Students 7:285 - Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program |
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12. Action Items (Roll Call Vote)
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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12.a. Approval of Interim Business Manager Contract
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12.b. Approve Resolution to Appoint School Treasurer as presented in item 6b.
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12.c. Approval of Resolution authorizing the Surety Bond for the School Treasurer, Kim Anderson, as presented in item 6b.
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12.d. Possible action on settlement agreement with former Business Manager.
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13. Citizens' Desire to Address the Board on Non-Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
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14. Discussion Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
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14.a. Proposal from the Center for Effective School Operations (CESO) regarding external survey and data gathering.
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14.b. Business Manager Search Process
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15. Enter Executive Session
Description:
The Board is entering Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the following:
The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2 ( c ) (1) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.5 ILCS 120/2 ( c ) (2) |
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16. Return to Open Session
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17. Action Items Resulting From Executive Session
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18. Adjournment (Voice Vote)
Speaker(s):
Board President
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