July 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER (Please silence cell phones)

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

4. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA

5. GOOD NEWS ITEMS

6. RECOGNITION OF AUDIENCE REQUESTS TO ADDRESS BOARD OF EDUCATION

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

8. * MINUTES

8.A. Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting, June 29, 2026 (Enclosure)

8.B. Minutes of the Closed Session, June 29, 2026 (Board Table)

9. * FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

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

9.B. Treasurer's Report (Enclosure)

9.C. Quarterly Reports on School Activity Accounts (Enclosure)

10. * PERSONNEL

10.A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignations

10.A.1. Resignation of Mark Gregory, Assistant Principal, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning June 30, 2026 (Board Enclosure) 

10.A.2. Retirement of Diana Brown, Paraprofessional, Lincoln Elementary School, Effective Beginning August 1, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.3. Resignation of Jake Randall, Special Education Teacher, Lincoln Elementary School, Effective Beginning July 9, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.4. Resignation of Lorna Haschemeyer, Special Education Teacher, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning July 16, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.5. Retirement of Susan Henseler, Secretary, Canton High School, Effective Beginning July 30, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.6. Resignation of Haily Rhoades, Secretary, Eastview Elementary School, Effective Beginning July 31, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.B. Employment

10.B.1. Employment of Preston Halfaday, Bus Driver, Transportation, Effective Beginning August 1, 2026 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure) 

10.B.2. Employment of Anna Labala, Reading Aide, Westview Elementary School, Effective Beginning August 13, 2026 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.B.3. Employment of  Angela Oest, Reading Aide, Westview Elementary School, Effective Beginning August 13, 2026 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.C. Transfers

10.D. Extracurricular

10.D.1. Resignation of Kyle Lindmark, 6th Grade Boys Basketball Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning July 2, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

10.D.2. Consider Approval of Canton High School Volunteer Soccer Coach (Board Enclosure)

11. ACTION ITEMS

11.A. *Consider Approval of Destruction of the Audio Recording of the Board Meeting Closed Session Held on November 18, 2024

11.B. *Consider Approval of Agreement Between Canton Union School District #66 and Canton Family YMCA for After-School Care Program for 2026-2027 School Year (Enclosure)

11.C. *Consider Approval of Graham & Hyde Architects, Inc. as District Architect for the 2026-2027 School Year

11.D. *Consider Approval of Extracurricular Positions for Ingersoll Middle School and Canton High School for the 2026-2027 School Year (Enclosure)

11.E. *Consider Approval of MidAmerica National Bank and Ipava State Bank as District Depositories for the 2026-2027 School Year

11.F. *Consider Approval of Petrarca, Gleason, Boyld & Izzo, LLC as Attorney for Canton Union School District #66 for the 2026-2027 School Year

11.G. *Consider Approval of Resolution Re-Certifying Hazardous Conditions for Students Traveling to Westview Elementary School (Enclosure)

11.H. *Consider Approval of Certificate of Insurance for Canton High School Homecoming Parade on September 25, 2026 (Board Enclosure)

11.I. *Non-Renewal of Lucas Creasy, Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, Canton High School, Effective Beginning July 31, 2026

11.J. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Camron Stanley, Assistant Principal, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

12. REPORTS

13. DISCUSSION ITEMS

13.A. Schedule Board Policy Governance Committee Meeting

13.B. Buildings and Grounds Update

13.C. FY27 Budget Presentation (Board Enclosure)

14. INFORMATION ITEMS

14.A. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.B. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.C. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.D. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.E. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.F. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.G. Freedom of Information Request from Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.H. Freedom of Information Requested by Data Branch (Board Enclosure)

14.I. Back to School Staff Institute, Friday, August 14, 2026, Canton High School

• Cafeteria at 7:00 AM, Auditorium at 8:00 AM

14.J. August 17, 2026 Board Meetings

• Board Awards, 5 PM, Canton High School Auditorium
• Regular Board Meeting, 6 PM, Canton High School Library

15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

16. CLOSED SESSION

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

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

16.C. Discuss 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 [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (2)]

16.D. Discussion of Minutes of Meetings Lawfully Closed for Semi-Annual Review as Mandated by Section 20.06 [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (21)] 

17. ACTION

17.A. Consider Maintaining Closed Session Minutes from January 2026 through June 2026 in Confidential Status (Board Enclosure)

18. ADJOURN