June 27, 2022 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. PUBLIC HEARING AND OVERVIEW - 2021-2022 (FY22) AMENDED BUDGET

4.I. Overview of the Amended Budget

4.II. Receive Public Comments of the Amended Budget

4.III. Approve Amended Budget Hearing Completion Resolution 

4.IV. Close Amended Budget Hearing 

5. PUBLIC HEARING AND OVERVIEW - AUTHORITY TO HOLD SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON VETERANS DAY AND CASIMIR PULASKI DAY 

5.I. Overview

5.II. Receive Public Comments

5.III. Approve Hearing Completion Resolution 

5.IV. Close Hearing

6. PRESENTATION, OVERVIEW, AND DISCUSSION - 2022-2023 (FY23) TENTATIVE BUDGET - Dr. Matt Gordon

7. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

7.I. Other

8. REPORTS

8.I. Playground Inspection Report - June 10, 2022 - Dr. Matt Gordon

8.II. 2022 HVAC Renovation Project Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

8.III. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

8.IV. Principal's Report - April McLaughlin

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

8.VI. Enrollment 2022-2023 Report (Projected) - Dr. Matt Gordon

9. CONSENT AGENDA

9.I. Approve Minutes 

9.I.A. Approve Minutes - Building and Grounds Committee Meeting - May 23, 2022 

9.I.B. Approve Minutes - Regular Board of Education Meeting - May 23, 2022

9.I.C. Approve Minutes - Finance Committee Meeting - May 31, 2022

9.I.D. Approve Minutes - Policy Committee Meeting - May 31, 2022

9.II. Approve Treasurer's Report Ending May 31, 2022

9.III. Approve Financial Report Ending May 31, 2022

9.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending May 31, 2022

9.V. Approve Bills for June - 2022, Excluding Payments to CMI, Inc., Vonderheide Flooring Coverings, Co., Illini Supply (2), Honegger Sign Co., and Surveillance Technologies, LLC. 

9.VI. Approve and Designate Depositories, Signatories, and Preparers - 2022-2023 - as Presented

9.VII. Approve Dr. Matt Gordon as District FOIA Officer and Michelle Gaddy as Assistant FOIA Officer

10. ACTION ITEMS

10.I. Adopt (Approve) 2021-2022 (FY22) Amended Budget

10.II. Adopt (Approve) 2022-2023 (FY23) Tentative Budget 

10.III. Approve Date, Time, and Location for 2022-2023 (FY23) Original Budget Hearing

10.IV. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption - 2022-2023 School Handbook

10.V. Adopt (Approve) Resolution - Teachers' Retirement Systems of Illinois - Supplemental Savings Plan - Employer Participation Agreement (TRS and Illinois)

10.VI. Approve 2022 HVAC Renovation Project Change Order 002

10.VII. Approve Payment - CMI, Inc. Pay Application #5 

10.VIII. Approve Quote and Payment - Vonderheide Flooring Coverings Co. - Remodeling of Main Office Floor

10.IX. Approve Quote and Payment - Illini Supply - Stage Curtain

10.X. Approve Quote and Payment - Illini Supply - Furnishing of Rankin Formal Meeting Room

10.XI. Approve Quote and Payment - Honegger Sign Co. - Main Rankin Rebels Sign

10.XII. Approve Quote and Payment - Surveillance Technologies, LLC - Video Surveillance Equipment

10.XIII. Approve Final Calendar for 2021-2022 School Year

10.XIV. Approve Photography Agreement with HR Imaging Partners, Inc. from July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023

10.XV. Approve 1st Reading/Adoption of Policies and Exhibits from PRESS ISSUE 109 - May 2022 - Excluding 8:20-E
2:230 - Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board (updated)
3:70 - Succession of Authority (reviewed)
4:10 - Fiscal and Business Management (updated)
4:70 - Resource Conservation (updated)
4:180 - Pandemic Preparedness; Management; and Recovery
5:40 - Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease (reviewed)
5:70 - Religious Holidays (reviewed)
5:80 - Court Duty (updated)
5:110 - Recognition of Service (reviewed)
5:140 - Solicitations By or From Staff (reviewed)
5:220-E - Unsatisfactory Performance Report for Substitute Teachers (updated)
5:240 - Suspension (reviewed)
5:270-E - Notice of Employment (updated)
6:70 - Teaching About Religions (reviewed)
6:80 - Teaching About Controversial Issues (updated)
6:140 - Education of Homeless Children (updated)
6:250-E - Resource Person and Volunteer Information Form and Waiver of Liability (updated)
6:290 - Homework (updated)
6:330 - Achievement and Awards (reviewed)
7:15 - Student and Family Privacy Rights (updated)
7:270 - Administering Medicines to Students (updated)
7:270-E1 - School Medication Authorization Form (updated)
7:285 - Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program (renamed and updated)
7:300-E1 - Agreement to Participate (updated)
7:300-E3 - Authorization for Medical Treatment (updated)
 

11. DISCUSSION ITEMS

11.I. COVID-19 Management Plan - 2022-2023 School Year

11.II. IASB - School Board Governance Recognition Application Process

11.III. IESA Golf - Individual Student Participation

11.IV. Rankin Baseball and Softball Fields - Power, Water, and Sewer - Estimated Costs

11.V. PFK Funding Assistance - Future Rankin Project

11.VI. Fraud Issue - Payment for Individual Bill Intercepted - June 14, 2022 

11.VII. Other

12. INFORMATION ITEMS

12.I. Congratulations to Rankin Junior High School - 2021-2022 - 4th Quarter Honor Roll Students!

12.II. Administrative Procedures (AP) from PRESS ISSUE 109 - May 2022 - Added to District's AP Manual Excluding 7:10-AP1

12.III. The Rankin Review - Vol. 3 - Publication Released June 9, 2022

12.IV. Online Registration - 2022-2023 School Year - Begins June 28, 2022

12.V. Rankin School District #98 - 2022-2023 School Year Theme - "one TEAM, one HEART, one LEGACY #DiscovertheRankinDifference!" 

12.VI. Miller, Hall, & Triggs, LLC. - Fee Structure - Beginning July 1, 2022

12.VII. Dr. Thomas Fuller - Letter of Resignation - Junior High Social Studies

12.VIII. Election of Board of Education Members - 2023

12.IX. Other

13. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

13.I. Other

14. EXECUTIVE SESSION

14.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.

14.II. 5ILCS 120/2/(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more class of employees. 

14.III. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.

14.IV. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

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

14.VI. 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.

15. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

15.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - May 23, 2022

15.II. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Finance Committee Meeting - May 31, 2022

15.III. Approve Updated Sale Price - Rankin Modular Units

15.IV. Employment Items

15.IV.A. Approve Employment - Jay Fitzanko - Girls Basketball Coach - 2022-2023 School Year

15.IV.B. Approve Employment - David Bush - Junior High Social Studies - 2022-2023 School Year

15.IV.C. Approve Support Staff Wage Adjustments Beginning July 1, 2022

15.IV.D. Approve Substitute Positions Wage Adjustments Beginning July 1, 2022

15.IV.E. Approve Co-Curricular / Extracurricular Assignments - 2022-2023 School Year

15.IV.F. Approve Principal/Athletic Director's Employment Contract Amendment #1-2022 - April McLaughlin - Salary - 2022-2023 School Year

15.IV.G. Approve Superintendent's Employment Contract Amendment #1-2022 - Dr. Matt Gordon - Salary - 2022-2023 School Year

16. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, July 25, 2022, 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.