December 21, 2020 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - Debbie Lowman, President

2. ROLL CALL - Lori Davis, Board Secretary

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

4.I. Student Council Report - Lisa Thompson, Advisor

4.II. Other

5. 2020 TAX LEVY PRESENTATION- Dr. Matt Gordon, Superintendent

6. REPORTS

6.I. PFK Report - Brittany Webb, President

6.II. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

6.III. Finance Summary Report - December 2020 (FY21) - Dr. Matt Gordon

6.IV. Principal's Report - April McLaughlin

6.V. Board Committee Reports - Dr. Matt Gordon

6.VI. Enrollment/Remote Learners Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

6.VII. Facilities Update - Ron Uselton, Director of Facilities, and Dr. Matt Gordon

7. CONSENT AGENDA

7.I. Approve Minutes 

7.I.A. Approve Minutes of the Wellness Committee Meeting - December 16, 2021

7.I.B. Approve Minutes of the Regular Board of Education Meeting - November 16, 2020

7.II. Approve Treasurer's Report Ending November 30, 2020

7.III. Approve Financial Report Ending November 30, 2020

7.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending November 30, 2020

7.V. Approve Bills for December 2020

8. ACTION ITEMS

8.I. Approve Proposed 2020 Tax Levy

8.II. Approve Tuition Rate for 2021-2022 School Year

8.III. Approve 2nd Reading of Policies and Exhibits of PRESS Issue 105 - August 2020 - Excluding 5:330

2:250-E2 Immediately Available District Public Records and Web-Posted Reports and Records (updated)
2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure (updated)
2:265 Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure (new)
2:265-E Title IX Sexual Harassment Glossary of Terms (new)
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment (updated)
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited (updated)
5:100 Staff Development Program (updated)
5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal (reviewed)
5:220 Substitute Teachers (updated)
7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities (updated)
7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited (updated)
7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment (updated)
7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited (updated)
7:190-E2 Student Handbook Checklist (updated)

9. DISCUSSION ITEMS

9.I. District's COVID-19 Management Plan 

9.I.A. Future of Academic School Year - 2020-2021

9.I.B. COVID-19 Protocols - Length of Quarantines    
 

9.I.C. Future of Winter Co-Curricular/Extracurricular Activities - 2020-2021

9.I.D. Other

9.II. Policy Committee Meeting -  January 11, 2021 - 5:15 p.m. 

9.III. Technology Committee Meeting - February 8, 2020 - 4:45 p.m. 

9.IV. IASB Governance Recognition Application - Special Meeting Dates (February & June 2021)

9.V. Date for Board-Staff Resiliency Dinner Spring 2021

9.VI. District's Energy Provider -  Future Planning  

9.VII. Other

10. INFORMATION ITEMS

10.I. Rankin School District #98 - Participating in Pekin Area School Districts - Virtual Professional Development Activity - January 6, 2021 - Presenter - Manny Scott - Original Freedom Writer 

10.II. Rankin School District #98 - Waiver W-100-6793R (allow children of full-time teachers, administrators, and full-time 12-month support staff to attend tuition-free) Renewal - Approved 2021-2022 through 2025-2026

10.III. Other

11. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

11.I. Other

12. EXECUTIVE SESSION

12.I. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) 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.

12.II. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

12.III. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

12.IV. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.

13. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

13.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes for the Regular Board Meeting Held on November 16, 2020

14. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, January 25, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. 

Rankin School District #98 "Our School is a Great Place to Learn"

Mission: Empowering all students to reach their maximum potential and become productive, respectful, responsible, and well-rounded citizens.  

Vision: Building the foundation of the future by engaging youth through rigorous and diverse educational opportunities.