September 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER (Please silence cell phones)

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

4. PUBLIC HEARING ON FY22 BUDGET

4.A. Assistant Superintendent Summary

4.B. Public Comments

4.C. Motion to Adjournment of FY22 Budget Hearing

4.D. Roll Call to Close Public Hearing

5. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA

6. GOOD NEWS ITEMS

6.A. Spoon River College Foundation Dual Credit Scholarship Recipients (Enclosure):

• Emma Barrera, Cy Carrithers, Jersey Dilts, Ella Dixon, Joshua Fuller, Katherine Jett, Alexander Johnson, Emy Leffler, Alexandrah Lingenfelter, Tanner Putman, and Brady Smith

6.B. Building Reports (Enclosure)

7. RECOGNITION OF AUDIENCE REQUESTS TO ADDRESS BOARD OF EDUCATION

8. CONSENT AGENDA (All items marked with an asterisk (*) are consent agenda items)

9. * MINUTES

9.A. Minutes of the Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting, August 13, 2021 (Enclosure)

9.B. Minutes of the Special Meeting, August 16, 2021 (Enclosure)

9.C. Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting, August 16, 2021 (Enclosure)

9.D. Minutes of the Closed Session, August 16, 2021 (Board Table)

10. * FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

10.A. Consider Payment of Bills and Payroll (Enclosure)

10.B. Treasurer's Report (Enclosure)

11. * PERSONNEL

11.A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignations

11.A.1. Medical Leave of Absence, Certified Staff Member, Beginning September 1, 2021 for Approximately Four Weeks (Board Enclosure)

11.A.2. Resignation of Draven Nelson, Paraprofessional, Lincoln Elementary School, Effective August 26, 2021 (Board Enclosure)

11.A.3. Resignation of Chris Myers, Custodian, Canton High School, Effective August 27, 2021 (Board Enclosure)

11.A.4. Resignation of Regina Evans, 7th Grade Social Studies/English Language Arts Teacher, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective September 10, 2021 (Board Enclosure)

11.B. Employment

11.B.1. Employment of Jodi Zimmerman, Part-Time Reading Aide, Canton High School, Effective Beginning August 23, 2021 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.B.2. Employment of Collin Eastland, Paraprofessional, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective August 23, 2021 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.B.3. Employment of Missy Young, Custodian, Canton High School, Effective Beginning August 30, 2021 (Pending Physical and Required Paperwork)  (Board Enclosure)

11.B.4. Employment of Stephen Harris, Custodian, Canton High School, Effective Beginning September 13, 2021 (Pending Background Check, Physical, and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.B.5. Employment of Mallory O'Brian, Job Coach, Canton High School, Effective Beginning September 3, 2021 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.B.6. Employment of Mandi Bridgewater, Paraprofessional, Lincoln Elementary School, Effective Beginning September 13, 2021 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.B.7. Employment of Adam Cozart, 2nd Shift Custodian Full-Time, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning September 27, 2021 (Pending Physical and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11.C. Transfers

11.D. Extracurricular

11.D.1. Employment of Brooke Ford, 7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Immediately (Board Enclosure)

11.D.2. Employment of Nelson Correa, 8th Grade Girls Basketball Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Immediately (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

12. ACTION ITEMS

12.A. *Consider Approval of Destruction of Audio Recording of Board Meeting Closed Session Held on February 19, 2020

12.B. *Consider Approval of Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefits Report for School Year 2021 (Enclosure)

12.C. *Consider Approval of Canton High School Student Anna O'Brien as Student Representative to the Board of Education, Effective September 2021 to May 2022

12.D. *Consider Approval to Create an Activity Account for LG Force (CHS Student Section) at Canton High School (Enclosure)

12.E. Consider Approval of FY21 District Audit (Enclosure)

12.F. Consider Approval of Canton High School 2021-2022 Student Handbook Change of Semester Exemption Policy (Enclosure)

12.G. Consider Approval of FY22 Budget (Enclosure)

12.H. Consider Approval of Lincoln HVAC Bid From Warner Mechanical, LLC in the Amount of $1,137,000 (Enclosure)

12.I. Consider Approval of Health/Life Safety Amendment for Partial Repaving at the Canton High School Football Stadium (Board Enclosure)

12.J. Consider Approval to Apply for a Maintenance Grant to Complete the Health/Life Safety Partial Repaving at the Canton High School Football Stadium (Board Enclosure)

13. REPORTS

13.A. District #66 Metrics Report (Enclosure)

14. DISCUSSION ITEMS

14.A. Discussion on Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting Updates

15. INFORMATION ITEMS

15.A. Sixth Day Enrollment Report (Enclosure)

15.B. Freedom of Information Request from Steep Steel, LLC (Board Enclosure)

15.C. Freedom of Information Request from Data Research Partners LLC (Board Enclosure)

16. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

17. CLOSED SESSION

17.A. Discuss the Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of Specific Employees of the Public Body [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1)]

17.B. Discuss Student Disciplinary Matters and/or Educational Matters Relating to Individual Students [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) and (10)]

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

17.D. 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 [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2)]

18. ACTION

19. ADJOURN