January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

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

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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. Note: Public Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes per person for the January 16, 2025, meeting.
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 Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration.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.

Description:  Verbatim records, which constitute the audio recordings of closed sessions, are subject to destruction once those recordings are 18 months old. The minutes of these meetings remain on file.

Description:  A log of closed session meetings and topics is attached. The Board is approving that these closed session minutes from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, which have been approved previously (December 19, 2024 to be approved this evening), are maintained as confidential.

Description:  Contractual services for speech language therapy services. 

Description:  December 11, 2024. SMART Procure, recurring.

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1/2/25 Rantoul City Schools consider shift to grade level schools. https://www.wcia.com/news/education/rantoul-city-schools-consider-shift-to-grade-level-schools/ 
1/8/25  Rantoul City Schools District holds first meeting on school staffing, enrollment proposal. https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/rantoul-city-schools-district-holds-first-meeting-on-school-staffing-enrollment-proposal/

1/15/25 Board considers switch to grade-level system. https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/education/rantoul-city-schools-board-considers-switch-to-grade-level-school-system/article_6d655e1e-d206-11ef-bb5e-3b01e10a0ff3.html

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.