January 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM - School Board Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Approve Agenda

5. Approve Consent Agenda (2:220)

5.1. Approve Personnel Report

5.2. Approve Payroll

5.3. Approve Accounts Payable

5.4. Approve Minutes

5.5. Approve Treasurer's Report

5.6. Approve Activity Accounts

5.7. Expulsion of Student A

5.8. Sinnissippi MOU 23-24 

5.9. Move to keep Closed Session Minutes closed - Action Expected
Semi-Annual Review of Closed Session Minutes: No less than semi-annually, a public body must meet to review the minutes of all closed meetings. This can occur in closed session. At the meeting, the public body must make a determination that (1) the need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those minutes; and (2) that Page 15 the minutes or portions thereof no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection. The determination must be reported in open session. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d).  

5.10. Move to destroy Closed Session Minutes 18 months or older - Action Expected
Destruction of Closed Session Verbatim Recording: The verbatim record of a closed session may be destroyed without notification to or approval of a records commission or the State Archivist under the Local Records Act or State Records Act no less than 18 months after completion of the meeting, but only after (a) the public body approves the destruction of a particular recording; and (b) the public body approves the minutes of the closed session that meet the requirements of the OMA. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). 

5.11. NIIPC Joint Agreement and Bylaws

6. Principal Student Advisory Council

7. Recognition of Service
 

8. Year-to-Date Budget Update

9. Report of the Superintendent (2:130)

9.1. Springfield Update

9.2. FOIA

9.3. Month by Month BOE To-Do

9.4. 1% Sales Tax 

9.5. Seniority List

9.6. Update on Outstanding Fees

9.7. Mid Year Enrollment Count.

9.8. Electric Bus Grant

9.9. Strategic Planning

10. Administrator/Director Report

11. Notices and Communications

11.1. Review Code of Conduct:  
I will strive for a positive working relationship with the superintendent,
respecting the superintendent's authority to advise the board, implement board policy, and administer the district.

11.2. Meridian will be hosting the NW Division Spring Dinner Meeting
on March 6, 2024.

11.3. The site visit for the Baldridge application is scheduled for
March 19 - 21, 2024.

12. Community Input (2:220)
(This is the time when visitors may request to address the Board of Education on any item
relating to the role and function of the Board of Education. When the Board President
so directs, persons should stand, give their name and begin their statements.
Persons are asked to refrain from making any personal comments regarding any individual.
The Board President reserves the right to limit presentations to five minutes.)

13. Unfinished Business - Action Expected Unless Otherwise Noted

13.1. Approve Press 113

14. New Business - Action Expected Unless Otherwise Noted

14.1. Review Student Fees

14.2. Approve Recommendation for School Lunch Prices Increase 
for FY 24-25 and Fy 25-26

14.3. SVHS 2024 - 2025 Course Guide 

15. Adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District, and other
stated exceptions to the Open Meetings Act. (2:220, 2:200)

16. Reconvene in open session

17. Adjourn