October 19, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

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At _________ o’clock P.M., the President announced that the next agenda item for the Board of Education was a public hearing (the "Hearing") to receive public comments on the proposal to sell bonds in the amount of $6,000,000 for the purpose of building and equipping an early childhood learning center (the "Alternate Bonds") and bonds in the amount of and explained that all persons desiring to be heard would have an opportunity to present written or oral testimony with respect thereto.

 

The President opened the discussion and explained that the reasons for the proposed issuance of the Alternate Bonds were as follows:  building and equipping an early childhood learning center. Whereupon the President asked for additional comments from the members of the Board of Education.  Additional comments were made by the following: (If no additional comments were made, please so indicate with the word "none.")

 

Written testimony concerning the proposed issuance of the Alternate Bonds was read into the record by the Secretary and is attached hereto as Exhibit I.

(If no written testimony was received, please so indicate with the word "none.")

 

Whereupon the President asked for oral testimony or any public comments concerning the proposed issuance of the Alternate Bonds.  Statements were made by the following: (If no additional statements were made, please so indicate with the word "none.")

 

The President then announced that all persons desiring to be heard had been given an opportunity to present oral and written testimony with respect to the proposed issuance of the Alternate Bonds.

 

Member ______________________ moved and Member _________________________ seconded the motion that the Hearing be finally adjourned. After a full discussion thereof, the President directed that the roll be called for a vote upon the motion. Upon the roll being called, 

The following members voted AYE:

The following members voted NAY:

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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.

Board Policy 2:230. At each regular and special open meeting, members of the public and District employees may comment to or ask questions of the School Board, subject to reasonable constraints. The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
2. Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request in advance to speak for a longer period of time, the individual may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
3. Observe the Board President's decision to shorten public comment to conserve time and give the maximum number of individuals an opportunity to speak.
4. Observe the Board President's decision to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
5. Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board Policy, 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

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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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. 

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Description:  Regular personnel items.
Approve Maintenance Worker job description.
Approve non-teacher-licensed Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) job description.

Description:  In order to adequately provide educational programs, our classroom teaching assistants (TAs) provide a critical role, and their absences from school create a hardship to providing educational services. Frequently the district is unable to find substitute coverage for TAs when they are absent. The purpose of this MOU is to incentivize TAs to reduce the number of paid days off that they use. There are two parts to this MOU.

First, TAs may earn up to two bonuses ranging from $500 to $750 per trimester for maintaining excellent attendance. An employee who is absent from work more than three days in a trimester is eligible for no bonus during that trimester.

Second, TAs who do not use Personal Leave Days that were issued for 2023-2024 may reexchange those days for additional compensation. 3 days=$475. 2 days=$300. 1 day=$125.

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9-29-23. Debbra Sweat. debbra_s@yahoo.com. 

1. Family Liaison-Job description(s) for District Family and Community Liaison to include date the position(s) was created along with the names and credentials of everyone previously or currently employed under that title and/or reports to that title.  

2.  Any and all reports which documents contacts with students, parents and guardians to include gender and race/ethnicity of each contact and how contacts were initiated (telephone, home visit, meeting at school etc.) for the following academic years. 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

3. Summer Lunch Program--Any and all data and financial records of any village, state and/or federal funding received for summer lunch program (expenditures for supplies, services and applicable salaries to include names of employees paid through such funding)  

   1. Along with information/data on the demographics and residential area of the village which were served by the program for the following summers. 

   2. A copy of the flyer/post/advertisement of the program for each of the following years.

   3. If the program was a collaborative effort, the names of the entities and/or individuals involved.

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019

4. Academic year 2023  Data/reports (gender, grade level and race etc.) on all students required to attend summer school based on the school attendance policy noted in the December 15, 2022 RCS newsletter.  The specific information/documents  noting number of students, if any at all, were retained at their grade level, promoted, and/or referred to alternative school.

5. RCS enrollment and demographic data for the same years as requested above.

Description:  10-3-23 N-G. PreK Facility.
10-5-23 N-G. Librarian at JWE.
10-13-23 N-G. Hispanic Heritage Celebration.

Description:  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.