April 20, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.
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2. Action: Agenda - Additions, Corrections and Modifications
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3. Action: Closed Session
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Reason for Closed Session: Personnel; Purchase or Lease of Property; Selection of a Person to Fill a Pubic Office. |
4. Resume Open Session
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5. Public Comments
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Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting.
Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments until immediately prior to the Board and Superintendent Comments portion of the agenda.
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6. Action: Consent Agenda Items
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Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration. |
6.a. Board Meeting Minutes
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6.b. Bills, Treasurer's Report, and Financial Documents
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6.c. Personnel Report
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Regular personnel items.
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6.d. Donations/Grants
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7. Action: Discussion and Possible Approval of Any Items Removed from Consent Agenda
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8. Presentation / Discussion: Homework
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District Teacher Leaders, Viki Cox, Carissa Culbertson, and Lyndsay Rubach will share information about past and current practices related to homework.
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9. Action: Reassignment of Fifth Graders
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The Board is asked to shift all of Eastlawn's fifth graders to Pleasant Acres for the 2023-2024 school year. |
10. Action: Transportation Contracts
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11. Action: Authorize Superintendent to Enter into Agreements
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The Board is asked to authorize the superintendent to enter into the following agreements pursuant to review by counsel.
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12. Action: Approve Revised 2023-2024 Calendar
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Pursuant to ISBE's approval of the Board's requested waiver related to the school calendar, the Board is asked to approve the revised calendar for 2023-2024 that reflects the elimination of eight half-day school improvement planning days replaced with four full-days.
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13. Action: Adoption of Resolution to Dismiss and to Authorize Notice of Dismissal and Charges
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14. Information Items
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14.a. FOIA requests.
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04-17-2023 foia@news.locallabs.com (Local Labs) Mission Statement.
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14.b. Media
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Two RCS Educators who are ISU Graduate Teacher of the Year Awardees/Finalists--Delores Lloyd, Third Grade Teacher at Pleasant Acres, and Patricia Valente, Director of the Multilingual & Multicultural Program. https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/03/college-of-education-announces-teacher-of-the-year-awards/ Rantoul principal [Broadmeadow's Amy Blomberg] heads to D.C. to explain program's success https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/name-dropping-rantoul-principal-heads-to-d-c-to-explain-programs-success/article_8e7659b1-2a40-5fb1-af96-ce1fad1bb611.html |
14.c. Student Discipline Report
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The Board is provided a monthly report detailing student in-school suspension, out-of-school suspensions, and placements in CARE. Due to the student record data contained in this report, this report remains confidential.
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14.d. PRESS Policy Updates
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Attached are regular updates to Board Policy. The majority of changes and/or new language are due to changes related to Faith's Law that now require additional obligations on school districts, specifically the new requirement to complete "sexual misconduct employment history reviews" for new hires and possibly volunteers and contractors. Another item of note is policy 6:230 which provides clarifying language about contesting library content, and 5:125 which updates the employee's personal technology policy. Many items included in the packet are part of the regular five-year review cycle and are not changing. The document referred to as "Rantoul City S.D. 137 - Drafts - 4_17_2023
Version 1" shows all recommended changes. The Board does not approve Exhibits or Administrative Procedures.
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15. New Business
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16. Board and Superintendent Comments
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17. Seating of Newly Elected Board Members
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Newly elected board members will take the oath of office.
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18. Board Reorganization
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Board members will select a president, vice president, and secretary to serve the 2023-2025 term.
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19. Approval of Board Calendar
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The board is asked to approve the 2023-2024 regular meeting calendar.
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20. Action: Adjournment
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