There should be no additions to the agenda from Board members per Board Agreements. 

RECOMMENDATION:  I recommend you approve the agenda as presented.

We will need a motion to approve these reports which are attached.  If you have specific questions relating to any of these items, please call me and get clarifications before noon Monday. 

Teacher Salary and Administrator Benefits Report and Application of Recognition of Annawan High School and Annawan Grade School documents will be completed on Monday and your electronic Board packet will be updated at that time.

RECOMMENDATION:  I recommend you approve the agenda as presented.

Nobody has formally requested to address the Board. 

I had invited Superintendent Scott Kuffel to come speak briefly on a few topics in August..  Unfortunately, he had a family commitment, and he wasn't able to attend.  He is planning on attending today and will be traveling back from a meeting in Bloomington.  If he is late, we will adjust to when he arrives.

The terms of Board President Dwaine Shaw Jr., Board Secretary Brian Childs, and Board member Alvin Landwehr will be up for election on April 4, 2017.  The first day for petitions to be circulated for that election is September 20, 2016.   The first date for a candidate to file their petition is December 12, 2016 and the final date for filing is December 19, 2016.Candidate legal information can be obtained at the Henry and Bureau County Courthouse or online at www.henrycty.com. 

Gave a family reunion tour of the school to the Grypp family on Sunday, September 4, 2016.  Another example of Community Engagement.  Mr. VanKerrobroeck joined me in giving the tour.  All were very appreciative.

Mr. Brau's Report is attached.  In an efficiency of time, we will not verbally go over reports item by item, but just mention a couple as we all can read.

Mr. Buresh's and Mrs. Wolf's report is attached.  In an efficiency of time, we will not verbally go over reports item by item, but just mention a couple as we all can read.

Mr. Huber's report is attached. In an efficiency of time, we will not verbally go over reports item by item, but just mention a couple as we all can read.
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 We just had an outstanding annual ISBE Life Safety visit from the ROE.  Although I do not have an official report yet, Bill Kested was totally impressed with how we do things and how the building looks.  Thanks to all!

Lewis Thompson has inquired about becoming a bus driver.  He is on the agenda to "Intend to Employ" so he can move forward with the certification process.

We are ok with bus drivers right now, and if Elizabeth Davis and Lewis Thompson get certified and qualified, and are reliable drivers for us, we will be in great shape.  Thus, I am recommending nothing for incentives.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  I recommend you approve these as presented.

I reattached the same documents from last month and am recommending approval of that at this time, even though we know personnel costs will be up approximately $45,000. 

 It literally is an extremely bare bones, simplistic budget projecting revenues at  It is a total
budget projecting $4,895,998 in Revenues and $5,148,996 in Expenses.  This is an overall budget deficit of $252,998.  This is the most conservative budget that I have ever presented and I hope we can make this happen without amending it in May.  The budgeted expenses is less than we budgeted last year and the budgeted revenues slightly higher than what we received a year ago.  Any major additional unanticipated expenses will likely cause us to amend the budget in May.  
 

In this budget, I am again recommending the $500,000 permanent transfer from the Working Cash Fund to the Education Fund Finance Committee agrees) and paying the  $50,000 loan from the IMRF/SS Fund back to the Working Cash Fund at the start of Fiscal Year 2018 to the IMRF/SS Fund.   The $500,000 permanent transfer is recorded as both a revenue and an expense in the budget planner, thus, making both revenues and expenses looking larger than they really are.

RECOMMENDATION:  I recommend you approve a Fiscal Year 2017 budget reflecting revenues of $4,895,998 and expenditures of $5,148,996.

Currently we get all of our state payments through the ROE.  They are going out of the funding business.  Thus, I need Board approval to move from them to our own entity. The ROE will no longer be our State Funding Fiscal Agent, and we will be moving towards direct EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer) payments, thus becoming our own Fiscal Agent.    

RECCOMMENDATION:  Approve Annawan CUSD 226 becoming its own Fiscal Agent with monies that flow through ISBE.   

Any individual discussions on specific hiring decisions need to be done in Closed Session.  Thus, if there is any specific person that you wish to discuss before we vote, we need to go into Closed Session.

We had no applicants for the 20 hour janitor position.  Rod Jackson was a team player and I moved him  into a flexible janitorial/cafeteria, driving position and in doing so, I then hired Amber Jannie who was the best cafeteria choice after Rod to meet that need. Amber has been working for a couple weeks already and her hourly rate is $9.54 and she works 5 hours per day. 

Brad Hulick's contract is being revised to reflect him not teaching Physics after September 30, 2016 and Blackhawk College teaching it.

Teresa Landwehr is recommended as the 3rd grade teacher for the rest of this year.  It is a this year only position and some stipulations have been written out for her in her contract.  This was literally extremely hard to fill with limited applicants, something that I never would have imagined for elementary education jobs. She will start on Monday, September 19th, and the class will be split starting Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.  Her prorated pay for the year will be $27,720.


We did get another substitute bus driver letter of application.  Lewis Thompson has applied and I ask you for a motion to "Intend to Hire" Lewis Thompson as a substitute bus driver so that he can start the certification process. 

RECOMMENDATION:  Approve hires as presented.
  

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*****Anytime school personnel or individual student issues are discussed, the discussion needs to take place in Closed Session, with action only coming in Open Session.

At this time, there is no need to go into Closed Session.

Brad Hulick's contract has been revised from $53,967 to $47,757 for this year due to reducing his teaching load to a 6/7 FTE beginning on October 1, 2016.

I have attached an update on mentorship activities for Head Boys Basketball Coach Alex Coppejans as that is a condition that a couple of you expressed to support him as the Head Coach for this year.  As you can see, he is working to get better.

If there is any new news on the pending litigation with Webster vs. Annawan CUSD 226 I will let you know .

Student discipline can wait until the next Closed Session.

 

The next Board of Education meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM at the District Office at 501 West South St., Annawan, IL  61234.