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Meeting Agenda
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I. Call to Order and Roll Call
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II. Approval of Agenda
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III. Approval of Consent Agenda including September Minutes, September Board Report and Treasurers Report, Bills Paid after September Board Meeting, October Bills and Payroll, September Investment Report, September Activity Accounts, September Credit Card Accounts, Belief Statement and Goal Documentation, and the Quarterly Financial Report (July-September)
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IV. Audience to Visitors and Other Communications
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V. Superintendent Communications
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V.A. Annawan CUSD 226 School Board Elections - April 4, 2017
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V.B. ISBE School Report Cards
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V.C. Other Communications
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VI. Principals' Communications
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VI.A. Mr. Brau, PreK-8 Principal
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VI.B. Mr. Buresh, 9-12 Principal and Mrs. Wolf, K-12 Lead Teacher
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VI.C. Mr. Huber, Athletic Director
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VII. Board Member Committee Reports
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VII.A. Special Education Committee - Nancy Goodman
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VII.B. Building Committee - Al Landwehr, Jerad Heitzler
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VII.C. Transportation Committee - Brian Childs, Dwaine Shaw, Jr.
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VII.D. Finance Committee - John Rosenberry, Cathy Foes
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VIII. Old Business
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IX. New Business
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IX.A. Approve Fiscal Year 21016 Audit Report
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IX.B. Approve Early Graduation Request for Kivi Juntunen
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IX.C. Approve Employment of Personnel---Michael Rosales ELL stipend of up to $1,200 per semester, and Intent to Hire Ron Currier as a Substitute Bus Driver.
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IX.D. Closed Session for Purpose of Discussing: (1) the Appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees or the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity, (9) Student disciplinary cases, (11) pending litigation, and (10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.
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IX.E. Recommendations and/or Actions Regarding Items Considered in Closed Session including approval of discipline reports.
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IX.F. Other business to come before the Board.
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X. Adjournment
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Agenda Item Details
Reload Your Meeting
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| Meeting: | October 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM - Regular Meeting | |
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I. Call to Order and Roll Call
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Mr. Shaw
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Description:
Board President Dwaine Shaw Jr. will call the meeting to order and Chris Kidd will call the roll of members. Dwaine will also introduce any guests that we have present.
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II. Approval of Agenda
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Mr. Buresh, Superintendent
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Description:
There should be no additions to the agenda from Board members per Board Agreements.
RECOMMENDATION: I recommend you approve the agenda as presented. |
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III. Approval of Consent Agenda including September Minutes, September Board Report and Treasurers Report, Bills Paid after September Board Meeting, October Bills and Payroll, September Investment Report, September Activity Accounts, September Credit Card Accounts, Belief Statement and Goal Documentation, and the Quarterly Financial Report (July-September)
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Mr. Buresh, Superintendent
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Description:
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.
RECOMMENDATION: I recommend you approve the consent agenda as presented. |
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IV. Audience to Visitors and Other Communications
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Mr. Buresh, Superintendent
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Description:
Nobody has formally requested to address the Board.
Tim Custis, District Auditor, will be here to give Audit report |
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V. Superintendent Communications
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Mr. Buresh, Superintendent
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V.A. Annawan CUSD 226 School Board Elections - April 4, 2017
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
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.
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V.B. ISBE School Report Cards
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
ISBE School and District report cards have been embargoed, and will probably not be released until Novemberish. We will present them at the first Board meeting after the State releases them. Supposed to be in October at the latest.
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V.C. Other Communications
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
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VI. Principals' Communications
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Mr. Brau, Mr. Buresh, Mrs. Wolf, Mr. Huber
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VI.A. Mr. Brau, PreK-8 Principal
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Mr. Brau, PreK-8 Principal
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Description:
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.
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VI.B. Mr. Buresh, 9-12 Principal and Mrs. Wolf, K-12 Lead Teacher
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Mr. Buresh and Mrs. Wolf
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Description:
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.
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VI.C. Mr. Huber, Athletic Director
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Mr. Huber
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Description:
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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VII. Board Member Committee Reports
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VII.A. Special Education Committee - Nancy Goodman
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Nancy Goodman
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VII.B. Building Committee - Al Landwehr, Jerad Heitzler
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Mr. Landwehr and Mr. Heitzler
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VII.C. Transportation Committee - Brian Childs, Dwaine Shaw, Jr.
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Mr. Childs and Mr. Shaw
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Description:
Ron Currier 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.
Elizabeth Davis is now starting her 4 hours of supervised practice driving. |
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VII.D. Finance Committee - John Rosenberry, Cathy Foes
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Mr. Rosenberry, Ms. Foes, and Mr. Buresh
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Description:
Next meeting is November 3, 2016 from 8:30-9:30 for Levy Input. We will also discuss bus drivers incentives/attraction/retention as presented at the September Board meeting.
An extremely preliminary 2016 Levy is included in your packet for your early viewing. These are raw numbers but act as a starting point. Mr. Buresh will be meeting with Brent Appel from ISBE on October 25, 2016 and do a potential 3 year financial projection with the summary shared at the November Board meeting. |
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VIII. Old Business
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Mr. Buresh
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IX. New Business
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Mr. Buresh
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IX.A. Approve Fiscal Year 21016 Audit Report
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| Presenter: |
Mr. Buresh
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Description:
I have attached the FY 2016 Audit Report. Tim Custis, District Auditor, will be here and bring his condensed version of the audit report and answer any questions you may have. It's an extremely clean audit and one that we are proud of.
Documents have been filed at the ROE as required by law. He will bring his "condensed" version that is much easier to understand and tells you the important information that you need to know on Wednesday. RECOMMENDATION: I recommend you approve a Fiscal Year 2016 audit as presented. |
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IX.B. Approve Early Graduation Request for Kivi Juntunen
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
Kivi Juntunen has written an early graduation request letter. He knows it is after the deadline, but I said I would support it based on his individual circumstances.
His request is attached. RECCOMENDATION: Approve early graduation for Kivi Juntunen provided he meets Annawan High School Graduation requirements |
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IX.C. Approve Employment of Personnel---Michael Rosales ELL stipend of up to $1,200 per semester, and Intent to Hire Ron Currier as a Substitute Bus Driver.
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
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.
Mr. Rosales, our Spanish teacher, has been serving the needs of a high school senior who has limited English. Mrs. Lawrence did this in the past for us when we had the need. $1,200 per semester maximum is an extraordinarly inexpensive cost for us. We did get another substitute bus driver letter of application. Ron Currierhas applied and I ask you for a motion to "Intend to Hire" Ron Currier as a substitute bus driver so that he can start the certification process. RECOMMENDATION: Approve hires as presented. . |
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IX.D. Closed Session for Purpose of Discussing: (1) the Appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees or the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity, (9) Student disciplinary cases, (11) pending litigation, and (10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
*****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 unless there is specific questions on the hires. 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. |
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IX.E. Recommendations and/or Actions Regarding Items Considered in Closed Session including approval of discipline reports.
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Mr. Buresh
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Description:
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IX.F. Other business to come before the Board.
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X. Adjournment
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Description:
The next Board of Education meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 5:00 PM at the District Office at 501 West South St., Annawan, IL 61234.
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