April 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Regular

1. CALL TO ORDER by President

2. ROLL CALL (Board Members and Other Attendees)

3. Marquette Elementary student(s):   Natalie Peterson, Kaitlyn Hardy, Makenna Corrigan

4. Approval of Agenda

5. Approval of Meeting Minutes

5.A. March 25, 2013 Regular and Closed Minutes

6. Awards and Recognition

6.A. Middle School Girls & Boys Bowling team Recognition

6.B. Swim Team - Rockford all City Meet

6.C. VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award:  William Duncan; HHS Technical Education Presenters: Catherene Martin, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Adam G. Abdul, VFW Post 9759 Commander

7. Comments from the Community

8. Approval of Bills

8.A. Payables Summary

8.B. Voided Checks

8.C. Payroll Voucher(s)

8.D. Accounts Payable Warrant(s)

9. Communications and Committee Reports

9.A. Heather Kelley

9.A.1. Board Monitoring Report for March 25, 2013

9.A.2. Next Policy Committee Meeting:   April 22, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

9.A.3. Next Education Committee:   April 24, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

9.A.4. Next Regular Board Meeting:  Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. & Organizational Board Meeting (Seating of Newly Elected Board members)

9.A.5. Recommendation to approve First Reading Policy Updates from February 25, 2013 for Second Reading

9.B. Kathy Geyer

9.B.1. Next Business Services Committee meeting:   May 8, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

9.C. Patti Lawrence

9.C.1. Next Discipline Policy Review Committee meeting:  April 18, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (3rd quarter)

9.D. George Russell

9.E. Jacquelyn Ruch

9.F. Larry Barger

9.G. Evelyn Meeks

10. Administrative Reports

10.A. Dr. Barb Browning, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction

10.A.1. Recommendation to approve Student Travel Request(s)

10.B. Joshua Aurand, Assistant Superintendent for Business & Operations

10.B.1. Recommendation to approve Resolution for Surplus Property at Rock Cut Elementary, Harlem Administration Center and Technology Department

10.B.2. Recommendation to approve Facility Requests for Rockford Park District, Harlem Key Club and YMCA of Rock River Valley

10.B.3. Recommendation to approve Harlem Middle School yearbook contract with Jostens for the FY14 school year at a cost of $32.39 per book

10.B.4. Recommendation to approve Harlem High School yearbook contract with Jostens for the FY14 school year at a cost of $35.70 per book

10.B.5. Recommendation to authorize the Assistant Superintendent to enter into a utility company contract for electricity at the market rate most favorable to the District for ratification by the Board at the next regular meeting.

10.B.6. Recommendation to renew the Natural Gas Provider Contract with Centerpoint Energy with no price increase for the FY14 school year

10.C. Dr. Julie Morris, Superintendent

10.C.1. Recommendation to approve Personnel Agenda & Addendum

11. Consent Agenda

11.A. Approve Personnel Agenda & Addendum

11.B. Approve Student Travel request(s)

11.C. Approve Facility Request(s)

12. ACTION ITEMS

12.A. Approve February 25, 2013 First Reading Policy Updates for Second Reading

12.B. Approve Surplus Property Resolution

12.C. Approve Harlem Middle School yearbook contract with Jostens for the FY'14 school year at a cost of $32.39 per book

12.D. Approve Harlem High School yearbook contract with Jostens for the FY'14 school year at a cost of $35.70 per book

12.E. Approve authorization of the Assistant Superintendent to enter into a utility contract for electricity at the market rate most favorable to the District for ratification by the Board at the next regular meeting.

12.F. Approve the renewal of Natural Gas Provider Contract with Centerpoint Energy for school year FY'14 with no price increase

13. Announcements and Discussion

14. Executive Session to discuss Employment of Personnel (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), Negotiations (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), Pending Litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11), Student Discipline (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9), Other Matters Relating to Students (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10), Lease of Real Property (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5), Setting of Sale Price of Real Property (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6), Self-Evaluation, Practices and Procedures or Professional Ethics (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(16), Sale or Purchase of Securities, Investments or Investment Contracts (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(7), and Lawfully Closed Meeting Minutes (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).

15. Consideration of Employee Discipline # 2012-2013-4

16. Consideration of Employee Discipline # 2012-2013-5

17. Approval of Closed Session Minutes, if necessary

18. Adjournment