June 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Regular

Description:  Theriault____,Lehmann ___, Crosby____, McMillan____, Shafer____, Duber____, Roldan ____

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, the discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, whether for purposes of approval of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06 of the School Code." Roll call
Lehmann___, Crosby___, McMillan___, Shafer___, Duber___, Roldan ____, Theriault ___

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

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, we cannot respond to comments or answer questions at this time.

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Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the closed session minutes from the May 17, 2017  Special and Regular meetings of the Board of Education." Roll call (Roldan abstain)
McMillan___,  Crosby ___, Roldan ___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Lehmann ____, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the open session minutes from May 17, 2017 Regular Meeting of the Board of Education." Roll call (Roldan abstain)
McMillan ___, Crosby ___, Lehmann ___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Roldan ____, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the consent agenda as presented." Roll call 
Lehmann ___, Crosby___, McMillan___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Roldan ____, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the hiring of  Erin Mihelich for the position of Drafting/CAD Teacher at Harvard High School, Garrett Youngren for the position of Social Studies Teacher at Harvard High School, Tera Thompson for the position of Instructional Aide at Harvard High School, Veronica Castro for the position of 1st Grade Spanish Dual Language Teacher at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the 2017-2018 school year, Timothy Hanley for the position of Maintenance/Custodian, Lindsey Boyette for the position of National Junior Honor Society Adviser at Harvard Junior High School, Lindsey Doetch for the position of Social Worker at Washington School, Jorge Elvir for the position of Assistant Principal at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the 2017-18 school year, Ashley Kuecker-Zurba for the position of Cross-Categorical Teacher at Harvard High School, Belinda Gonzalez for the position of ESL Parent Teacher, Jasmine Garcia, Elisabet Gonzales, Amy Finfrock, Ruby Santana, Heidi Flowers, Glenda Townsend, Amy Lombardo, Eileen Byrne, Sarah Lowry, Amanda Thurow, Lana Carlson, Gabriela Martinez, Janet Santos, Karina Fuentes, Jennifer Simmons, Debbie Garza, Bianka Serrano, Tera Thompson, Mary Yearnd, Solimar Figueroa, Heather Harris, Margaret Wold and Melissa Roewer for the position of Extended School Year Aides for 2017, Kelly Sullivan Mary Wieman, Michael Demski, Robert Homola, Ashley Arff, Valorie Revere, Lisa Chupich, Laura Krieg, Amanda Umland, Dani McFarland, and Wanda Carli for the position of Extended School Year Teachers for 2017, Julie Theisz for the position of Extended School Year Social Worker for 2017, Cheryl Grieshop and Tammy Basel for the position of Extended School Year Speech and Language Pathologists for 2017, Jason Chupich for the position of Extended School Year Adaptive Physical Education Teacher for 2017, Allison Riley and Mallory Schug for the position of Extended School Year Physical Therapists for 2017, Kathy Okkeema and Pat Grosso for the position of Extended School Year Occupational Therapists for 2017, Laura Montemayor for the position of Extended School Year CNA for 2017 Marianne Wood, Celia Blanco, and Lindsey Nicky for the position of Summer Camp of 2017 Teachers at Harvard  Junir High School, Katie Wanamaker, Amie Kirkegard, Joe Treml, Chelsea Lamb and Kerry Schindl for the position of Harvard Academy Summer School Teachers at Harvard High School for 2017, Teri Lescher, Shannon Ryan, Adam Ulen, Sara Weaver, and Heather Harris for the position of Teacher Science Skills Summer School at Harvard High School for 2017, Jaclyn Fifer, Ashley Smith, and Alisabeth Welter for the position of Teacher for Math Recovery Summer School at Harvard High School for 2017, Ben Schwartz and Stephanie Trulzsch for the position of Teacher for Math Jump Start Summer School at Harvard High School for 2017, Kyle Kruze, Julie White, Sean Saylor and Linda Miceli for the position of Teacher for Summer Driver's Education at Harvard High School for 2017, Shanna Peceniak, Kim Williams, Anne Gilmore, Anne Marie Gump, Lori Rudolf and Crystal Padilla for the position of Kindergarten Extension Summer School Teacher for for 2017, Jessica Garcia for the position of Kindergarten Extension Summer School Aide for 2017, Bianca Gonzalez for the position of Kindergarten Extension Summer School Secretary for 2017, Doug Sijersen for the position of Head Girls Golf Coach at Harvard High School for the 2017-18 school year, Paul Costoff for the position of Head Cross Country Coach at Harvard High School for the 2017-18 school year, Amie Kirkegaard for the position of .5 Class of 2021 Class Advisor for the 2017-18 school year, Taryn DeVries for the position of .5 Class of 2021 Class Advisor, Keith McCloud for the positions of Head JV Boys Soccer Coach/Assistant Varsity Boys Soccer Coach at Harvard High School for the 2017-18 school year, Hallie Dudley for the positions of Head Varsity Football Cheerleading Coach and Head Baketball/Competitive Cheerleading Coach for the 2017-18 school year, Savannah Gruenes for the positions of Head JV Foootball/Assistant Varsity Cheerleading Coach and Head JV Basketball/Assistant Varsity Basketball/Competitive Cheerleading Coach for the 2017-18 school year, Maggie Binz for the position of .5 PBIS Universal Team Coach Tier 1 and Kelly Sullivan for the position of .5 PBIS Tier II Internal Coach." Roll call 
Duber___, Shafer___, Crosby___,  Lehmann___, McMillan___, Roldan ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to accept the notice of resignation from Carrie Stewart from the position of Academic Interventionist Aide at Richard D. Crosby Elementary effective May 30, 2017, David Ramsland from the position of Tier 2 PBIS Coach at Washington School effective the last day of the 2016-17 school year, Ashley Arff from the position of Special EducationTeacher at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School effective the day of ESY 2017, Barb Gyindla from the position of Lunchroom-Recess Supervisor at Jefferson Elementary School effective the last day of the 2016-17 school year. " Roll call
Shafer ___, Crosby___, Lehmann___, Duber___. McMillan___, Roldan ____, Theriault ___ 

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION:  "I move to accept the notice of retirement from Policarpio Rosales from the position of Maintenance effective July 1, 2017, Jose Hector Rivas from the position of Custodian effective September 1, 2017, and Betty Bougher from the position of Custodian effective, August 11, 2017. " Roll call
Roldan ___, Crosby ___, Shafer ___, Lehmann ___, Duber ___, McMillan ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the transfer of Wanda Carli ffrom the position of Early Childhood Special Education Teacher to Special Education Resource Teacher at Washington School effective the last day of the 2016-17 school year, Kelsey Kurth from the position of from the position of Special Education Resource Teacher to the position of Pre-School Special Education Teacher at Washington School effective the last day of the 2016-17 school year, Tasha Rayas from the position of Full-time Pre-School Teacher to .5 Pre-School Teacher at Washington School effective the first day of the 2017-18 school year, Valorie Revere from the position of .5 Pre-School Teacher to Full-time Pre-School Teacher at Washington School effective the first day of the 2017-18 school year, Jennifer Woods from the position of Lunchroom-Recess Supervisor at Jefferson School to Lunchroom-Recess Supervisor at Richard D. Crosby Elementary for the 2017-2018 school year, Terri Pearl from the position of Kindergarten English Dual Language Teacher to 1st Grade English Dual Language Teacher at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the 2017-2018 school year, Heather Kriete from the position of Library Media Aide at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School to Library Media Aide at Jefferson Elementary School for the 2017-2018 school year, and Lisa Seegars from Library Media Aide at Jefferson Elementary School to Library Media Aide at Richard D. Crosby Elementary School for the 2017-2018 school year." Roll call
McMillan___, Roldan ____, Shafer___, Duber ____, Crosby___, Lehmann___, Theriault ____

Description:  No FMLA requests this month

Description:  There were no Fundraiser Applications this month

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Harvard State Bank as the Harvard Community Unit School District depository for the fiscal year 2017 -2018." Roll call (Lehmann Abstain)
McMillan ___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Crosby___, Lehmann ___, Roldan ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the establishment of petty cash accounts in the amounts of $100 for the High School, $100 for the Jr. High School, $100 for Jefferson Elementary School, $100 for Richard D. Crosby Elementary School, $50 for Washington Elementary School, $100 for the Central Administrative Center, $550 for Athletics and $100 for the Transition Program for the fiscal year 2017 - 2018. " Roll call
Duber ___, Shafer ___, Crosby ___, Lehmann ___, Roldan ___, McMillan ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Northwest Herald as the Harvard Community Unit School District official newspaper for the fiscal year 2017 - 2018." Roll call
Shafer ___, Crosby ___, Lehmann___, Roldan ___, McMillan ___, Duber ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve Mary Taylor Chief School Business Official to prepare a tentative budget for the fiscal year 2017 - 2018." Roll call
Crosby___, Lehmann ___,Roldan ___, McMillan___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the appointment of Gary Edgeton as the Harvard Community Unit School District treasurer for the fiscal year 2017 - 2018." Roll call (Lehmann abstain)
Roldan ___, McMillan ___, Lehmann ___, Duber ___, Shafer ___, Crosby ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to forgo the reading of and accept the Prevailing Wage Resolution as presented." Roll call
McMillan ___, Crosby___, Duber ___, Lehmann___, Shafer ___, Roldan ___, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Title I District Plan as presented." Roll call
Duber ____, Lehmann ____, McMillan ____, Crosby ____, Roldan ____, Shafer ____, Theriault ____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to approve the Harvard Junior High School and Harvard High School Wrestling teams to attend the ISI Wrestling Camp located at Illinois Weslyan University in Bloomington, Illinois from July 9-12, 2017, Harvard High School Football Program for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors to attend Football Camp located at Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL from June 18-20, 2017 and Harvard High School Cheerleaders to attend SuperCDA Cheer Camp at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, Illinois July 21-23, 2017." Roll call
Lehmann ____, Duber ____, Shafer ____, McMillan ___, Roldan ____, Crosby ____, Theriault ___

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to forgo the reading of and accept the District Travel, Meal and Lodging Policy Resolution as presented." Roll call
Shafer ____, Roldan ____, Duber ____, Lehmann ____, Crosby ____, McMillan ____, Theriault ____

Description:  SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION: "I move to forgo the reading of and accept the RESOLUTION providing for the issue of not to exceed $3,950,000 General Obligation Limited School Bonds, Series 2017A, and not to exceed $2,698,566 General Obligation Limited School Bonds, Series 2017B, of Harvard Community Unit School District No. 50, McHenry and Boone Counties, Illinois, and for the levy of a direct annual tax to pay the principal and interest on said bonds." Roll call
McMillan ____, Roldan ____, Duber ____, Lehmann ____, Crosby ____, Shafer ____, Theriault ____

Description:  There were no FOIA requests this month

Description:  July 19, 2017  - 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting