April 14, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - President Jim Gerkin

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Student Council Representatives

4. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE

4.1. Dave Webb - Softball Field Improvement Plan

4.2. Tricia Gardner - Voc. Ed./Partnership with Junior Achievement 

4.3. Other

5. REPORTS

5.1. AD Report - Herb Knoblauch

5.2. Dean's Report - Scott Foster

5.3. Enrollment Report - Holly Raubach-Davis

5.4. Financial Reports - Joe Sander

5.5. Technology  Report - Amber Heffner

5.6. Student Handbook Updates 2014-15 - Scott Foster & Holly Raubach-Davis

5.7. Board Committee Reports 

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.1. Minutes

6.1.1. Regular Board Meeting - March 10, 2014

6.1.2. Policy Committee Meeting - March 18, 2014

6.2. Bills

6.3. Approve stipend for Holly Raubach-Davis, Transportation Liaison in the amount of $2,000.

6.4. Authorize Superintendent to Let Bids for Yearbook Contract

7. ACTION ITEMS

7.1. Approve Township Special Education Staffing Plan for the 2014-15 School Year

7.2. Approve Township Homeless Education Resolution for the 2014-15 School Year

7.3. Personnel

7.3.1. Employment

7.3.1.a. Math Teacher for 2014-15 School Year - Colin Hodel

7.3.1.b. Science Teacher for the 2014-15 School Year - Joel Geisz

7.3.1.c. Assistant Volleyball Coach - Dawn Davis

7.3.1.d. Assistant Volleyball Coach - Annie Cave

7.3.2. Retirement

7.3.2.a. Notice of Intent to Retire (June 30, 2017) - Patrick Coughlin, Counselor

7.4. 1st Reading of Press Plus Policy Issue 84, February 2014
   -2:30 School District Elections
   -2:110 Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
   -4:30 Revenue and Investments
   -5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
   -5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
   -5:35 Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
   -5:125 Personal Technology and Social Media; Usage and Conduct
   -5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
   -5:190 Teacher Qualifications
   -5:240 Suspensions
   -7:70 Attendance and Truancy
   -7:140 Search and Seizure
   -7:180 Preventing Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
   -7:190 Student Discipline
   -8:95 Parent Involvement

7.5. Approve Student Handbook Changes for the 2014-15 School Year

7.6. Approve contract with Leander Construction for the air conditioning project in the amount of $601,000.

7.7. Approve Board Appointments for the 2014-15 School Year

7.7.1. Heather Ford, Secretary to the Board

7.7.2. Lisa Roberts, Recording Secretary

7.7.3. Carol Madden, District Treasurer

7.8. Set and Approve Regular Board Meeting Schedule, Times, and Location for the 2014-15 School Year

7.9. Approve Regular Board Meeting Dates for the 2014-15 School Year

7.10. Adopt Resolution Authorizing Legal Intervention for Property Tax Appeal - Resolution No. 04142014-01

7.11. Adopt Resolution Authorizing Legal Intervention for Property Tax Appeal - Resolution No. 04142014-02

7.12. Approve overnight trip for boys soccer team.

8. DISCUSSION ITEMS

8.1. Board Planning Session Date

8.2. Softball Field Improvements

8.3. Graduation Day Diploma Distribution - May 18, 2014

8.4. Discuss layout options for the school logo on new field turf

8.5. Other

9. INFORMATION ITEMS

9.1. Resignation - Jenni Kovach, Student Supervisor 

9.2. Resignation - Luke Luginbuhl, Science Teacher

9.3. Resignation - Robert Mitchell, Operation Snowball Sponsor

9.4. Resignation - Susan Zaiser, APEX/Tutoring Supervisor

9.5. Resignation - Mackenzie Thurston, Assistant Marching Band/Color Guard Coach

9.6. Resignation - Dan Garske, Assistant Boys Basketball Coach

9.7. 2014 School Maintenance Project Grant Round 2 Award Notice

9.8. FY2014 School District Library Program Grant Award

10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

10.1. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) - Discussion of lawfully closed meeting minutes, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.

10.2. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) - Student disciplinary cases.

10.3. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2) - Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 

10.4. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11) - Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular District has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the District finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the closed meeting minutes.

10.5. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(5) - The purchase ore lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.

11. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

11.1. Approve executive session minutes for March 10. 2014

11.2. Approve executive session minutes for March 4, 2014

11.3. Consideration of student discipline  

12. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the board of education will be May 12, 2014.