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DuQuoin Community Unit School District #300 Board of Education met Oct. 20.

Here is the minutes as provided by the Board:

1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President Larry Valier.

2. ROLL CALL: Present – Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Absent – none.

3. RECOGNITION: The Superintendent shared items of recognition of students and staff as presented by the building principals.

4. CONSENT AGENDA:

A motion was made by Cole, seconded by Davison to approve the consent agenda. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, Woodside, and Brock; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

a. Approval of the minutes of the September 15, 2016 regular Board of Education meeting and the September 27, 2016 special Board of Education meeting (including executive session minutes);

b. Approval of the suspensions imposed by each school’s administration;

c. Approval of the release of executive session minutes from April 2016 through September 2016 (with detacted information);

d. Amend the 2016-2017 school year calendar in changing Thursday, October 27, 2016 Parent-Teacher Conference date to Tuesday, October 25, 2016 and Thursday, October 13, 2016 as a not-in-attendance day.

e. Adoption of resolution pertaining to district’s participation and approval of Perry County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan.

5. FINANCIAL ITEMS:

A motion was made by Brock, seconded by Williams to approve the payment of bills for September 2016 and the September 2016 financial report. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Williams, Woodside, Cole, Davison, Vancil, and Valier; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

6. PUBLIC HEARING:

a. DEA Representative - None

b. Public - None

7. NEW OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

a. Don Hoffman of Emling and Hoffman presented the FY 2016 district audit. All aspects of the audit were in compliance with state and federal auditing practices. As well, the audit show the District demonstrated improvement in 2 levels relative to the state financial profile. The auditor also felt the District would achieve the highest level of financial recognition within the next 2 years. After the review a motion was made by Cole, seconded by Brock to approve the FY 2016 district audit as presented. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, Woodside, and Brock; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

b. The Superintendent shared the District’s state PARCC scores which showed significant improvement in several areas from the previous year. The Superintendent also discussed the improvement plan efforts being conducted at the District level and within each school level.

c. The Superintendent and Board held a preliminary discussion regarding district property tax levy to be adopted for this year. It is anticipated there will be no overall increase in the levy that will be presented to the Board for approval at the regular November Board meeting.

d. A motion was made by Brock, seconded by Williams to approve the re-scheduling of the November Board meeting date to Tuesday, November 15, 2016 due to schedule conflict. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Williams, Woodside, Cole, Davison, Vancil, and Valier; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

8. EXECUTIVE SESSION: A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Brock to enter into executive session at 7:25 p.m. to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees. Roll Call: Yea – Davison, Brock, Cole, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside. Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

-A motion was made by Cole, seconded by Woodside to return to regular session at 7:38 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Woodside, Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, and Williams; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

9. RESIGNATION:

a. A motion was made by Cole, seconded by Brock to accept the resignation of Sherri Clark as K-8 School Cook effective September 23, 2016. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside. Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

b. A motion was made by Williams, seconded by Woodside to accept the resignation of Amanda Pursell as Elementary School Instructional Aide effective October 14, 2016. Roll Call: Yea – Williams, Woodside, Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, and Vancil; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

10. EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL:

a. A motion was made by Williams, seconded by Brock to approve the recommendation of volunteer personnel for winter extra-curricular activities as presented. Roll Call: Yea – Williams, Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

b. A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Williams to employ Isaac Miller as Middle School Assistant Volleyball Coach for the 2016-2017 school year. Roll Call: Yea – Davison, Williams, Woodside, Brock, Cole, Valier, and Vancil; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.

11. ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Cole, seconded by Woodside to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Woodside, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Brock; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.