April 8, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

2. CLOSED SESSION (6:15 P.M.)
Recommended motion: Move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the following matters according to the exceptions provided in the Open Meetings Act and specified as follows:
• 2(c)1 The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body including hearing testimony on a complaint ledged against an employee of the public body or again legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity, and
• 2(c) 2 Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

3. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION (7:00 P.M.)

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND GOOD NEWS REPORTS

5.A NCHS Boys Swim Team Member Trevor Tucci, IHSA State Swimming and Diving Honors
Presenter: Andrew Turner

5.B Pepper Ridge Elementary Recognizes Teacher, Holly Cox
Presenter: Sarah Edwards

5.C Benjamin Chess Team Recognition
Presenter: Marlys Bennington

5.D Food Service Employees Recognition
Presenters: Joe Adelman, Pat Powers

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS

8. REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS

8.A Not in Our Schools Presentation
Presenter: Dayna Brown

8.B Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) Study Topic Reports 2014-2015
Presenter: Dayna Brown

8.B1 Advertising in Schools

8.B2 Alternative Spaces

8.B3 Career Cruising

8.B4 Smart Classroom Technology

9. ACTION ITEMS

9.A Approve Not in Our Schools Resolution
Presenter: John Puzauskas

9.B Accept CAC Study Topic Reports
Presenter: John Puzauskas

10. CONSENT AGENDA

10.A Personnel Matters

10.A1 Resignations/Retirements/Releases/Terminations

10.A2 Employment

10.A3 Contract Revisions

10.A4 Leave Requests

10.A5 Resolution of Honorable Dismissal of Certified Staff

10.B Approve Agreement With the Town of Normal Regarding the Provision and Compensation of School Resource Officers (SROs)

10.C Payment of Bills and Payrolls

10.C1 Monthly Payroll Report

10.C2 Vendor Bill Listing

10.C3 Summary of Bills and Payrolls

10.D Approve Central Illinois Regional Broadband Network (CIRBN) Customer Service Agreement

10.E Approve Service Agreement with Frontier Communications

10.F Approve Service Agreement with LifeTouch, Inc.

10.G Approve Request for Establishment of Student Activity Funds

10.G1 Cedar Ridge Elementary Student Support Fund

10.G2 Cedar Ridge Elementary Chess Club Fund

10.H Designate May 28, 2015 as the Last Day of School for the 2014-2015 School Year
Dismissal times:
Elementary  11:45 a.m.
Jr. High  10:45a.m.
High School  10:15 a.m.

10.I Approve Requests for Authorization to Use Fire Prevention and Safety Funds

10.I1 Normal Community High School Water Heaters, Amendment #11

10.J Approve 2015-2016 IESA Membership for Evans, Chiddix, Kingsley, and Parkside Junior High Schools

10.K Approve Requests for Overnight Trips

10.K1 CJHS Team Quest Final Competition, April 16-18 and April 22-23, 2015  Chester, IL

10.K2 Normal Community High School Euro Challenge Team Midwest Regionals, April 29 - May 1, 2015 New York, N.Y.

10.K3 Normal West High School Speech Team National Tournament, June 13-20, 2015  Dallas, TX

11. REPORTS AND DISCUSSION

11.A 1st Reading 2015-2016 Secondary, Elementary, and Early Learning Handbooks
Presenter: Sandy Wilson

11.B Academic Recognition Plan
Presenters: Laura O'Donnell, Joan Fee and Brooke Bollmann

11.C Request for Information Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Presenter: Curt Richardson

11.C1 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Information provided included transportation bid documents, fleet listings and a bus metrics report. This information was also provided to First Student, Illinois Central, Durham and Cook.

11.D Board Representative Committee Meeting Reports

12. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

13. ADJOURNMENT