May 21, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Stoxen____, Klein____, Crosby____, Miller____, Garrels ____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____

Description:  "I move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity, student disciplinary cases, the purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired, the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandates by Section 2.06 of the School Code." Roll call
Crosby____, Garrels____, Klein____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____,  Stoxen____

Description:  The District 50 School Board appreciates and welcomes all visitors to tonight's meeting.  We ask that all visitors sign in so we can thank you for attending tonight's meeting.

This is the time in our meeting when we invite the public to address the school board with issues and concerns.  While the board is very interested in your comments, this is not a time for discussion or debate, so we cannot respond to comments or answer questions at this time.  However, a member of the District 50 administrative staff will follow up with you within 48 hours of this meeting to determine if you would like to discuss the comment or issue further.  So in the interest of time, we ask that you keep your comments brief and limit them to three minutes.

You should also know that since our board meetings are recorded for re-broadcast to the public, that your comments will be recorded as well.  With that in mind, we request that you keep your comments civil and professional.  We do reserve the right to stop anyone who does not comply with this request.  If you are interested in making a comment, please raise your hand.  When called on to speak, please give your name and address.  Thank you!

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the closed session minutes from the April 16, 2014 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call 
Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the open session minutes from the April 16, 2014 regular meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call 
Klein____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to remove Miller Auto from the consent agenda and approve the consent agenda as presented." Roll call
Wilhoit____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve paying Miller Auto in the amount of $490.02 as presented." Roll call (Miller Abstain)
Lehmann____, Crosby____, Miller____, Klein____, Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the hiring of Christina (criss-tee-nah) Bermejo (ber-may-joe) for the position of 6th grade Spanish/English Social Studies and Spanish/English Language Arts teacher at the Harvard Jr. High School and MaryAnn (merry-ann) Foster (foss-ter) for the position of secretary at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the remainder of the 2013 - 2014 school year." Roll call 
Lehmann____, Miller____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the transfer of Jennifer (jen-if-er) Johnson (jon-son) to the position of 1 way dual language teacher and Lori (lore-ee) Saunders (sawn-ders) to 1st grade Spanish 1 way dual language teacher." Roll call
Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of resignation from Diana (die-ann-ah) Hartmann (heart-man) effective June 9, 2014, Veronica (ver-on-ick-ah) Smuck (s-muck) effective May 2, 2014, Greg (greg) Pederson (Ped-er-son) effective May 7, 2014 and Brett (bret) Maas (mass) effective June 5, 2014."   Roll call
Wilhoit____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of retirement from Ernesto (er-nest-oh) Felce (fell-say) for the end of the 2013 - 2014 school year." Roll call
Lehmann____, Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Crosby____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve hiring Steve (steeve) Torrez (tore-ez) for the position of 8th grade boys basketball coach for the 2014-2015 school year." Roll call
Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  Motion to be determined after hearing.

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Proud change order 07A-01 for the amount of $925.00 making the new contract sum $7,375.00." Roll call
Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the FMLA request for Amanda (ah-man-dah) Campbell (camp-bell) and Graciela (grah-see-el-ah) Cruz (cruise) Luna (loo-nah) as presented." Roll call
Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Lehmann____, Klein____, Crosby____, Stoxen____

Description:   SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the All American T-shirt fundraiser as presented." Roll call
Klein____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Crosby____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to authorize Harvard Community Unit School District membership in the Illinois Elementary School Association for the 2014 - 2015 school year." Roll call
Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Extended School Year program from June 11, 2014 through July 16, 2014 and the hiring of 7 teachers, 12 aides, a Certified Nurse's Assistant, Social Worker, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Adaptive PE teacher for the Extended School Year 2013-2014 as presented." Roll call
Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Crosby____, Klein____, Garrels____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the administrative compensation for the 2014-2015 school year as presented." Roll Call
Crosby____, Klein____, Lehmann____, Garrels____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to forgo the reading of and approve the resolution to change conference membership from the Big Northern Conference to the Kishwaukee River Conference starting July of 2016." Roll call
Garrels____, Miller____, Crosby____, Klein____, Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the contract extension with retirement for Robert Zielinski as presented." Roll call
Crosby____, Lehmann____, Wilhoit____, Miller____, Garrels____, Klein____, Stoxen____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to hire Vincent (vin-cent) DiRenzo (dee-ren-zoh) for the position of Athletic Trainer for Harvard Community Unit School District 50 as presented." Roll call
Garrels____, Miller____, Crosby____, Klein____, Wilhoit____, Lehmann____, Stoxen____

Description:  On April 17, 2014 Susan Johnson, FOIA Officer, received a request from Jon Styf, sports editor for the Northwest Herald, requesting the minutes from the school board's Nov. 20, 2013 meeting.  On April 21, 2014 the minutes of the Nov. 20, 2013 regular meeting of the Harvard Community Unit School District 50 were sent via email to Mr. Styf.

Description:  Discussion of Building Trades and Strategic Goals Committee meeting dates and times.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - Regular meeting of the Board of Education