April 25, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 

2. CLOSED SESSION (5:45 PM)
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 lodged 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 representative, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees, and
• 2(c)(8) Security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property, and
• 2(c)(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes.

3. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION (7:00 PM)

4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5. FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND GOOD NEWS REPORTS

5.A Normal West High School Teacher Dave Weber and Student Andrea Irving Recognized at the STEM Gala
Presenter: Angie Codron

5.B Normal Community High School Student Lexi Showalter and Normal Community West High School Student Becca Nalley Named Winners at 3rd Annual Celebrating High School Innovators Competition
Presenters: Angie Codron and Nikki Maurer

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS

8. ADJOURN SINE DIE

9. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD

9.A ELECTION OF OFFICERS

9.A1 Appointment of Temporary Chair
Presenter:  was Meta 2016

9.A2 Election for Office of Board President
Presenter: Curt Richardson

9.A3 Election for Office of Vice President
Presenter: Board President

9.A4 Election of Office of Secretary
Presenter: Board President

9.B Selection of Day, Hour, and Place for Board Meetings

10. BOARD COMMENTS AND WELCOME

11. CONSENT AGENDA

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

11.A1 Closed Session March 14, 2018

11.A2 Regular Session March 14, 2018

11.A3 Closed Session April 11, 2018

11.A4 Regular Session April 11, 2018

11.B Approve Semi-Annual Review of Closed Session Minutes of Meetings Lawfully Closed According to the Exceptions Provided in the Open Meetings Act

11.C Approval of Destruction of Audio Recordings of Closed Minute Sessions from  April 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016

11.D Payment of Bills and Payrolls

11.D1 Authorization to Pay Bills and Payrolls

11.D2 Payroll Detail Report

11.D3 Vendor Bill Listing

11.E Finance Department Reports

11.E1 Treasurer's Report

11.E2 Statement of Expenditures by Operating Fund

11.E3 Statement of Revenue by Operating Fund

11.F Approve 2018-2019 School Fees

11.G Approve Requests for Authorization to Use Fire Prevention and Safety Funds

11.G1 Parkside Junior High School, replace exiting troffer light fixtures with incandescent fixtures and occupancy sensors, Amendment #19

11.H Approve Request for Establishment of Student Activity Fund

11.H1 Normal Community High School Not in Our School Club

11.I Approve Town of Normal School Resource Officer Memo of Understanding for the 2018-2019 School Year

11.J Approve Task Forces for Curriculum Study and/or New Adoptions

11.K Approve Requests for Overnight Trips

11.K1 Parkside Junior High School Honor Band, Concert Band Festival and Performance, April 3 - 7, 2019, Williamsburg, VA

12. REPORTS AND DISCUSSION

12.A Technology Report
Presenter: Marty Hickman

12.B Enrollment Report
Presenter: James Harden

12.C 1st Reading 2018-2019 Secondary, Elementary, and Early Learning Handbooks
Presenters: Carmen Bergmann, Laura O'Donnell

12.D Standards Based Grading Report
Presenters: Carmen Bergmann, Laura O'Donnell

12.E Requests for Information Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Presenter: Curt Richardson
The District has received and processed the following request for information:

12.E1 Dickinson, Lindsey, Unit Five Education Association. Requested and provided information included e-mails from KJHS Principal Shelly Erickson, for the calendar year, which included the names J. Field, Jason Field, or Jason F., or any combination of those names.

13. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

14. ADJOURNMENT