July 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM - REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
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1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Pledge of Allegiance
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The Board of Education of the Olympia CUSD #16 was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by President Kevin Frazier with the following Board Members and Administrators present: Kevin Frazier _____; Carolyn Hansen _____; Mary Springer _____; Justin Dietrich _____; Allie Parks _____; Laura Beavers _____; Dr. Andy Rummel _____; Superintendent Dr. Laura O'Donnell _____; Assistant Superintendent Andy Walsh _____; OHS Principal Jon Cox _____; OMS Principal Mike Jones _____; ONE Principal Kristina Peifer _____; OSE Principal Stacey Rogers _____; OWE Principal Lisa Castleman _____.
Absent: _______________________________________________________ Others Present: ________________________________________________ The Pledge of Allegiance was led by ________________________________ |
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2. Recognition of Visitors
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3. Opportunity for Public Input
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Anyone who wishes to address the Board of Education must contact the Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent at 309-379-6011, ext. 1128, two (2) business days prior to the meeting. At that time, please state if any special accommodations would be needed should your request be granted.
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4. Approval of Consent Agenda
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A motion was made by __________, seconded by __________, to approve the Consent Agenda that includes:
Discussion. Vote: Frazier _____; Hansen _____; Springer _____; Dietrich _____; Parks _____; Beavers _____; Rummel _____. |
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4.A. Approve Agenda
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4.B. Approve Minutes from the June 8, 2026, Regular Scheduled Board of Education Meeting (Attachment)
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4.C. Approve Minutes from the June 8, 2026, Public Budget Hearing (Attachment)
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4.D. Approve Minutes from the June 24, 2026, Policy Review Meeting (Attachment)
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4.E. Approve Bills & Financial Reports (Attachment)
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4.F. Approve the following resignations:
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4.F.1. Ellie Freymann - Olympia South Elementary MTSS Teacher, effective at the end of the 2025-2026 school year (Attachment)
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4.F.2. Rachael Quaritsch - Olympia Middle School PE Teacher, effective July 10, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.F.3. Sara Huff - Olympia High School English Teacher, effective July 13, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.F.4. Jessica Steel - Olympia Middle School Paraprofessional, effective July 13, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.F.5. Amy Humphries - Olympia Middle School Assistant Track Coach, effective June 10, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.F.6. Lisa Knuffman - Olympia High School Assistant Speech Coach, effective July 10, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.F.7. Rachael Quaritsch - Olympia High School JV Softball Coach, effective July 14, 2026 (Attachment)
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4.G. Approve the employment of the following certified staff, effective for the 2026-2027 school year:
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4.G.1. Riley Wolfe - Olympia Middle School PE & Health Teacher (Attachment)
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4.G.2. Jessica Steel - Olympia North Elementary BRAVE Room Full-Time Substitute (Attachment)
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4.H. Approve the employment of the following Support Staff / Coaches, effective for the 2026-2027 school year:
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4.H.1. Jake Steve - Olympia Middle School Head Baseball Coach (Attachment)
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4.H.2. Tyler Haning - Olympia Middle School Assistant Softball Coach (Attachment)
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4.I. Approve the following new teacher mentors, effective for the 2026-2027 school year:
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4.I.1. Becky Meissner - Olympia High School German Teacher, to mentor Tyler Engel, incoming Olympia High School English Teacher (Attachment)
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4.J. Approve the decrease in hours for the following employees:
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4.J.1. Brooke Cummings - Olympia South Elementary Paraprofessional, decreasing from 5.75 hours per day to 5.25 hours per day (Attachment)
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4.K. Approve the July Attendance Exception Requests (Attachment)
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5. Communications
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5.A. FOIA Requests
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5.A.1. Catarina Mascarenhas, Judiocracy - Olympia Middle School documents posted both physically and digitally to comply with 5 ILCS 140/4(b), documents showing the public entity's junk email, email spam, filters related to handling unsolicited emails, and any documents showing senders' information, and documents showing the official email address publicly.
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5.A.2. Catarina Mascarenhas, Judiocracy - Olympia West Elementary documents posted both physically and digitally to comply with 5 ILCS 140/4(b), documents showing the public entity's junk email, email spam, filters related to handling unsolicited emails, and any documents showing senders' information, and documents showing the official email address publicly.
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5.A.3. Catarina Mascarenhas, Judiocracy - Olympia North Elementary documents posted both physically and digitally to comply with 5 ILCS 140/4(b), documents showing the public entity's junk email, email spam, filters related to handling unsolicited emails, and any documents showing senders' information, and documents showing the official email address publicly.
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5.A.4. William David, Data Branch - All records pertaining to vendor procurement and purchasing from Helios Ed/Core, Droplet, and DocuSign from 2022 to present.
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5.A.5. Isacc Delton, Data Branch - Purchase orders issued between January 1, 2023 to present reflecting purchasing activity across all departments, divisions, and offices.
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5.A.6. Trevor McKinley, Data Branch - All purchasing records from vendors Verkada, Triton Sensors, Soter Tech, Motorola, IPVideo Corporation, and Vocabulary.com, from 2022 to present.
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5.A.7. Daniel Cramer, Upgraid Research - Utility statements or invoices for district-owned or district-operated facilities for the past 12-months; The most recent final copy of a facility conditions assessment, building condition assessment, deferred maintenance report, facility master plan, long-range facility plan, or capital improvement/investment plan relating to district facilities; And energy audit, energy assessment, ASHRAE audit, energy-conservation measure study, performance-contracting feasibility assessment, or similar facility energy report.
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5.A.8. Oshea Smith, Sunlight Access - Documents that detail payments to vendors issued for goods and contracted professional services rendered to Olympia CUSD #16 from 12/1/2025 through 2/28/2026.
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5.A.9. Nicole Ramsey, Data Branch - Vendor procurement records from ESS/ESI, Kokua Educations, Scoot Education, Zed Educate, and BuildEd, from 2022 to present.
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5.A.10. Dana Hollis, Data Branch - All records from 2022 to present that document financial terms or any engagement with the vendors: Centegix, Raptor Technologies, Singlewire, Boxlight, Quicklert, Vivi, Audio Enhancent, CareHawk, and Valcom.
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5.A.11. Jillian Mercer, Data Branch - All records from 2022 to present that show pricing details of any engagement from the following vendors: Rapid Identity, Tools4Ever, Classlink, Clever, Learn21, ManageAD, Tenfold Security, and CPSI Publishing.
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5.A.12. Emma Gonzales, Data Branch - Vendor procurement records from 2022 to present from the following vendors: 95 Percent Group, Core Learning Edmentum, iStation, IXL Learning, Amplify, Curriculum Associates (i-Ready Learning), and Imagine Learning.
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6. Adjournment
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At __________ p.m., a motion was made by __________, seconded by __________, to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried by unanimous vote. |