February 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION (5:45 p.m.)
Recommended Motion: Move to adjourn to Closed Session to discuss the following matter 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 lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity, and
• 2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

3. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION (7:00 p.m.)

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND GOOD NEWS REPORTS

5.A Eugene Field Secondary Services Recognizes the HEAL Foundation and Staff Members for the Addition of a Sensory Room
Presenter: Jane Collins

5.B Parkside Junior High School Recognizes All-State Musicians
Presenter: Jennifer McCoy

5.C Normal Community West Student Xavier Higgins Honored with a Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Presenter: Dave Johnson

6. SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS

8. CONSENT AGENDA

8.A Approval of Minutes
Note: Minutes are not released for public viewing until approved by the Board of Education

8.A1 Closed Session January 24, 2018

8.A2 Regular Session January 24, 2018

8.B Personnel Matters

8.B1 Resignations/Retirements/Releases/Terminations

8.B2 Employment

8.B3 Contract Revisions

8.B4 Leave Requests

8.C Payment of Bills and Payrolls

8.C1 Authorization to Pay Bills and Payrolls

8.C2 Payroll Detail Report

8.C3 Vendor Bill Listing

8.D Approve Finance Department Reports

8.D1 Treasurer's Report

8.D2 Statement of Revenues by Operating Fund

8.D3 Statement of Expenditures by Operating Fund

8.E Approve Request for Establishment of Student Activity Fund

8.E1 Pepper Ridge Elementary School Robotics Club Request to Establish a Student Activity Fund

8.F Approve Resolution Authorizing M. Curt Richardson or Golan Christie Taglia LLP to File Requests to Intervene in Appeal Proceedings Before the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board on Behalf of the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 5, McLean and Woodford Counties, Illinois

8.G Approve Resolution To Become a Member of The Purchasing Cooperative for the July 1, 2018 Through June 30, 2019 Fiscal Year, and in Subsequent Fiscal Years on the Terms and Conditions Contained in the Constitution and By-Laws of Said Cooperative

8.H Approve Application for Use of School Facilities Request

8.H1 Freedom Baptist Church Request For Use of Pepper Ridge Elementary School on Sundays From March 25, 2018 through March 25, 2019

8.I Approve Requests for Overnight Trips

8.I1 Junior High School Wrestling Team State Qualifiers, State Finals, March 9 - 10, 2018, DeKalb, IL

8.I2 Parkside Junior High School Honor Band, Band Festival and Performance, March 23 - 25, 2018, Nashville, TN

8.I3 Normal Community High School, Health Occupation Students of America, Leadership Conference, February 28 - March 2, 2018

8.I4 Normal Community High School Dance Team, National Competition, March 1 - 5, 2018, Orlando, FL

8.I5 Normal Community High School Future Business Leaders of America, State Competition, April 4 - 6, 2018, Springfield, IL

8.I6 Normal Community High School Boys Tennis Team, Practice and Team Bonding, March 24 - 31, 2018, Orlando, FL

8.I7 Normal Community West High School, Boys and Girls Soccer Teams, Community Service Projects and Soccer, June 12 - 19, 2018, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

8.I8 Normal Community West High School Democracy School Convening, March 8 - 9, 2018, Naperville, IL

8.I9 Normal Community and Normal West Community High Schools Winter Color Guard Students, International Regional Championships, March 16 - 17, 2018, St. Louis, MO

8.I10 Normal Community and Normal West Community High Schools, Winter Color Guard Students, Midwest Circuit Championships, April 6 - 8, 2018, LaPorte, IN

9. REPORTS AND DISCUSSION

9.A 1st Reading of the 2018-2019 School Calendar
Presenter: Ray Epperson

9.B Requests for Information Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Presenter: Curt Richardson
The District has received and processed the following requests for information:

9.B1 Illinois Retired Teachers Association, Springfield, IL. Information requested and provided included names and e-mail addresses of Certified Staff members who have indicated their retirement for 2018, as of January 22, 2018.

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

11. ADJOURNMENT