January 23, 2023 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. Other

5. REPORTS

5.I. PFK Report - Whitney Renfro, President

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

5.III. Finance Summary Report - December 2022 (FY23) - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.IV. Principal's Report - April McLaughlin

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

5.VI. Enrollment and Class Sections Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.VII. 2022 HVAC Renovation Project Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.I. Approve Minutes - Regular Board of Education Meeting - December 19, 2022

6.II. Approve Treasurer's Report Ending December 31, 2022

6.III. Approve Financial Report Ending December 31, 2022

6.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending December 31, 2022

6.V. Approve Bills for January 2023, Excluding Payments to Donnie Uselton - Plowing Service Invoice 20221224 and Commercial Mechanical, Inc. - Pay Application #11

7. ACTION ITEMS

7.I. Approve Payment to Donnie Uselton - Plowing Services Invoice 20221224

7.II. Approve School Calendar - 2023-2024 School Year

7.III. Approve Tentative Class Sections - 2023-2024 School Year

7.IV. Approve Dates, Times, and Location for Board of Education - Regular Meetings - 2023-2024 School Year

7.V. Approve Financial Investment Plan via Purchase of 13-Week Treasury Bills

7.VI. Approve Resolution Authorizing the Partial Abolition or Abatement of the Working Cash Fund to the Capital Projects Fund

7.VII. Approve Resolution Authorizing the Partial Abolition or Abatement of the Operations and Maintenance Fund (Building) to the Capital Projects Fund

7.VIII. Approve Payment - Commercial Mechanical, Inc. - Pay Application #11

7.IX. Approve Increase in District's Busey Visa Credit Limit and Administrator Spending Limits (Credit)

7.X. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption of Policies from PRESS ISSUE #110 - October 2022 (5:250 and 5:330 w/edits and Excluding 6:60, 6:220, 6:300, and 6:310)

2:20 Powers and Duties of the School Board; Indemnification (Updated)
2:30 School District Elections (Reviewed)
2:50 Board Member Term of Office (Reviewed)
2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest (Updated)
2:105 Ethics and Gift Ban (Updated)
2:210 Organizational School Board Meeting (Updated)
2:250 Access to District Public Records (Reviewed)
2:265 Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure (Updated)
3:10 Goals and Objectives (Reviewed)
3:50 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent (Reviewed)
3:60 Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal (Reviewed)
4:10 Fiscal and Business Management (Updated)
4:120 Food Services (Updated)
4:140 Waiver of Student Fees (Updated)
4:165 Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors (Updated)
4:190 Targeted School Violence Prevention Program (Reviewed)
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment (Reviewed)
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited (Updated)
5:120 Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflict of Interest (Renamed and Updated)
5:190 Teacher Qualifications (Updated)
5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal (Updated)
5:220 Substitute Teachers (Updated)
5:250 Leaves of Absence (Updated w/ edits)
5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment (Reviewed)
5:280 Duties and Qualifications (Updated)
5:290 Employment Termination and Suspensions (Updated)
5:320 Evaluation (Updated)
5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves (Updated w/edits)
6:15 School Accountability (Updated)
6:20 School Year Calendar and Day (Updated)
6:50 School Wellness (Updated)
6:65 Student Social and Emotional Development (Updated)
6:160 English Learners (Reviewed)
6:250 Community Resource Persons and Volunteers (Updated)
6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies (Updated)
6:260 Complaints About Curriculum, Instructional Materials, and Programs (Updated)
6:270 Guidance and Counseling Program (Reviewed)
6:280 Grading and Promotion (Reviewed)
6:340 Student Testing and Assessment Program (Updated)
7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities (Reviewed)
7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited (Reviewed)
7:50 School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools (Updated)
7:70 Attendance and Truancy (Updated)
7:100 Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations, Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students (Updated)
7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment (Updated)
7:190 Student Behavior (Updated)
7:250 Student Support Services (Updated)
7:285 Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program (Updated)
7:290 Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention (Updated)
7:340 Student Records (Updated)

8. DISCUSSION ITEMS

8.I. Main Office Renovation Project - Floor 

8.II. Transportation Provider - City of Pekin

8.III. Building Access Control System Project - Update

8.IV. Discontinuation of Reporting - Rankin's COVID-19 Weekly Statistics 

8.V. IASB Governance Application - Progress Check #1 and Scheduling of Time for Board Self-Evaluation/Strategic Planning 

8.VI. Other

9. INFORMATION ITEMS

9.I. Rankin School District #98 - Junior High Honor Roll - 2022-2023 School Year - 2nd Quarter - Congratulations!  

9.II. Rankin School District #98 - Letter of Appreciation - Jay and Kristi Fitzanko - Donation for Classroom Supplies for Individual Teachers

9.III. "Rebels in the Spotlight" - Mrs. Stotler and Mrs. Thompson, 7th Grade English Language Arts - "Argumentative Essays" - February 27, 2023

9.IV. Other

10. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

10.I. Other

11. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11.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.

11.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.

11.III. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

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

11.V. 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.

12. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

12.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - December 19, 2022

12.II. Consideration of Release of Executive Session Minutes - Six Month Review

12.III. Consideration of Destruction of Executive Session Recordings - 18 Months or Older

13. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, February 27, 2023, 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.