June 24, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - Debbie Lowman, President

2. ROLL CALL - Nena Cox, Secretary

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. PUBLIC HEARING AND OVERVIEW - 2023-2024 (FY24) - AMENDED BUDGET

4.I. Overview

4.II. Receive Public Comments

4.III. Approve Budget Hearing Completion Resolution

4.IV. Close Hearing

5. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

5.I. Other

6. PRESENTATION, OVERVIEW, AND DISCUSSION - 2024-2025 (FY25) -TENTATIVE BUDGET - Dr. Matt Gordon

7. REPORTS

7.I. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

7.II. Board Committee Reports - Dr. Matt Gordon

7.III. Facility Projects & Maintenance-Custodial Team Update - Ron Uselton and Dr. Matt Gordon

7.IV. Projected Enrollment Report - 2024-2025 School Year - Dr. Matt Gordon

7.V. 5Essentials Report -2024 - Dr. Matt Gordon

8. CONSENT AGENDA

8.I. Approve Minutes 

8.I.A. Approve Minutes - Special Board Meeting - May 20, 2024

8.I.B. Approve Minutes - Regular Board of Education Meeting - May 20, 2024

8.I.C. Approve Minutes - Finance Committee Meeting - June 3, 2024

8.II. Approve Treasurer's Report Ending May 31, 2024

8.III. Approve Financial Report Ending May 31, 2024

8.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending May 31, 2024

8.V. Approve Bills - June 2024, Excluding Payments - Miller Mechanical Contractors, N. Zobrist and Sons, Inc. (Pay Applications RK00002 and RK0003), Johnson  Mechanical Services, Surveillance Technology, James Unland and Co., Inc. and Accident Fund

8.VI. Approve Dr. Matt Gordon as District FOIA Officer and Michelle Gaddy as Assistant FOIA Officer

9. ACTION ITEMS

9.I. Adopt (Approve) 2023-2024 (FY24) - Amended Budget

9.II. Approve (Adopt) Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of the Education Fund ($31.786.94) to the Capital Projects Fund 

9.III. Approve (Adopt) Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of the Operations and Maintenance (Building) Fund ($31,786.94) to the Capital Projects Fund

9.IV. Approve (Adopt) Resolution Authorizing the Partial Abolition or Abatement of the Working Cash Fund ($31,786.95) to the Capital Projects Fund

9.V. Approve Payment - N. Zobrist & Sons, Inc. - Pay Application #RK00002 - Security Access Controls Project

9.VI. Approve Payment - N. Zobrist & Sons, Inc. - Pay Application #RK0003 - Security Access Controls Project

9.VII. Approve Quote, Work, and Payment - Miller Mechanical Contractors - Ice Machine

9.VIII. Approve Quote, Work, and Payment -  Johnson Mechanical Services - Refrigeration Equipment

9.IX. Approve Quote, Work, and Payment - Surveillance Technologies, LLC.

9.X. Adopt (Approve) 2024-2025 (FY25) - Tentative Budget

9.XI. Approve Date, Time, and Location -  2024-2025 (FY25) Original Budget Hearing

9.XII. Approve James Unland & Co., Inc.'s Quote and Payments to Unland and Co. Inc., and Accident Fund for Property and Casualty Insurance for July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

9.XIII. Approve Financial Investment Plan via Purchase of 13-Week Treasury Bills

9.XIV. Approve Photography Agreement - HR Imaging Partners, Inc. - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

9.XV. Approve (1) One-Year Contract Renewal - M. J. Kellner Co., Inc. - Food Supplier - 2024-2025 School Year

9.XVI. Approve Professional Development - School Improvement Activities Plan - Updated 6-24-24

9.XVII. Approve Rankin School Song

9.XVIII. Approve Risk Management Plan - Updated 6-24-24

9.XIX. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption - Policies - PRESS Issue #114 - March 2024, Excluding 6:60 and 6:185 
2:40 Board Member Qualifications (updated)
2:60 Board Member Removal from Office (reviewed)
2:140 Communications To and From the Board (reviewed)
2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure (updated)
2:265 Title IX Sexual Grievance Procedure (renamed)
2:270 Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin Prohibited (new)
4:20 Fund Balances (reviewed)
4:165 Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors (updated)
4:190 Targeted School Violence Prevention Program (updated)
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment (updated)
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited (updated)
5:100 Staff Development Program (updated)
5:120 Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflict of Interest (updated)
5:300 Schedules and Employment Year (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)

10. DISCUSSION ITEMS

10.I. Board of Education - Self-Evaluation - Follow Up

10.II. Board of Education Protocols 

10.III. IASB Workshop for Rankin Board of Education - "Equity - An Education Imperative"

10.IV. Student Behavior and Administration of Disciplinary Action 

10.V. Staffing - 2024-2025 School Year

10.VI. Policy Committee Meeting - PRESS Issue #115 - Date and Time Determination

10.VII. Central Illinois Valley - School Safety Team 

10.VIII. Other

11. INFORMATION ITEMS

11.I. Congratulations to Rankin Junior High School - 2023-2024 - 4th Quarter Honor Roll Students! 

11.II. 2024-2025 School Year - Online Registration - Begins July 10, 2024

11.III. 2024-2025 School Year - Theme Announced - "Embracing Our Roots, Branching Out Together!"

11.IV. Miller, Hall, & Triggs, LLC - Fee Structure - Beginning July 1, 2024

11.V. Jay Fitzanko - Letter of Resignation - Head Girls Basketball Coach

11.VI. Vivian Harper - Letter of Resignation - Scholastic Bowl Coach

11.VII. Candis Clement - Letter of Resignation - Special Education Teacher

11.VIII. Other

12. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

12.I. Other

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION

13.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.

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

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

13.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.

14. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

14.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Special Board Meeting - May 20, 2024

14.II. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - May 20, 2024

14.III. Approve Executive Session Minutes- Finance Committee Meeting - June 3, 2024

14.IV. Employment Items

14.IV.A. Approve Support Staff Wage Adjustments - Beginning July 1, 2024 

14.IV.B. Approve Substitute Positions Wage Adjustments - Beginning July 1, 2024

14.IV.C. Approve Co-Curricular / Extracurricular Assignments - 2024-2025 School Year

14.IV.D. Approve April McLaughlin - Principal/Athletic Director's Employment Contract - July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2028

14.IV.E. Approve Dr. Matt Gordon Superintendent's Employment Contract Amendment #3-2024 - Salary - 2024-2025 School Year

15. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, July 22, 2024, 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.