Duquoin Community Unit School District 300 Board met April 20.
Here is the minutes 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, and Vancil; Williams and Woodside arrived at 6:32 p.m.
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 Brock, seconded by Davison to approve the consent agenda. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, Woodside, and Cole; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
a. Approval of the minutes of the March 13, 2017 special Board of Education meeting (including executive session minutes), the March 16, 2017 regular Board of Education meeting (including executive session minutes); and the March 21, 2017 special Board of Education meeting;
b. Approval of the suspensions imposed by each school’s administration;
c. Approval of the release of executive session minutes from October 2016 through March 2017 and to dispose of closed meeting audio recordings from January 2014 through September 2015;
d. Approval of the renewal of COPE and Project SOAR Alternative Education agreements with the Regional Office of Education;
e. Adoption of a resolution to abate property taxes relative to Series 2010A bonds;
f. Approval of the summer food service program application to ISBE;
g. Amend the 2016-2017 school calendar with Tuesday, May 23, 2017 being the last day of student attendance and Wednesday, May 24, 2017 being a teacher’s institute day.
5. Financial Items:
A motion was made by Woodside, seconded by Brock to approve the payment of bills for March 2017 and the March 2017 financial report. Roll Call: Yea – Woodside, Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, and Williams; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
6. Public Hearing:
a. DEA Representative - None
b. Public – Jason Furlow addressed the Board with his concerns regarding a situation with the Perry County Sheriff’s Resource Officer that resigned earlier in the school year.
7. New Or Unfinished Business:
a. A representative from Lunsford Architects presented the bid tabulation for work associated with the energy efficiency grant for the K-8 School. After a discussion of the bids, a motion was made by Cole, seconded by Davison to award the bids for the energy efficiency grant work at the K-8 School to the following companies: AHU Replacement to Heartland Mechanical Contractors, Boiler Replacement to HSG Mechanical Contractors, and Control Systems to Premium Mechanical and Automation Inc (as per attached information). Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, Woodside, and Brock; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
b. The Superintendent shared the tentative amended district budget that is being developed as a result of not receiving categorical aid in a timely manner. A budget hearing and formal approval of the amended budget will take place at the regular May Board meeting.
c. The Building Principals presented their recommended parent/student handbook changes for the 2017-2018 school year for the Board to consider. After discussion a motion was made by Brock, seconded by Williams to approve the changes (as per attached summaries). Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Williams, Woodside, Cole, Davison, Valier, and Vancil; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
d. The District Business Manager shared a preliminary list of summer maintenance work items that will be addressed as part of the on-going maintenance of facility items during the summer months.
e. The Board conducted a first reading of Board policy updates/changes as submitted by Illinois Association of School Board policy service.
f. A motion was made by Woodside, seconded by Cole to employ White and Borgognoni Architects, P.C. of Carbondale as the District architectural services provider. Roll Call:Yea – Woodside, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Brock; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
g. A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Woodside to approve a request from the High School FBLA organization for students to attend the FBLA national convention/competition taking place from June 25th through July 3rd in Anaheim, California. Roll Call: Yea – Davison, Woodside, Brock, Cole, Valier, Vancil, and Williams; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
h. A motion was made by Cole, seconded by Brock to approve a special Board meeting to be held on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. to conduct the reorganization of Board. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
8. Executive Session: A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Brock to enter into executive session at 8:00 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 Davison, seconded by Brock to return to regular session at 8:31 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Davison, Brock, Cole, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Nay - none. Motion carried 7-0.
9. Resignations/Retirement:
a. A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Brock to accept the resignation of Anthony Baker as High School Science Teacher effective April 19, 2017. Roll Call: Yea – Davison, Brock, Cole, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Nay - none. Motion carried 7-0.
b. A motion was made by Brock, seconded by Williams to accept an amended retirement letter from John Gross as High School Physical Education Teacher. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Williams, Woodside, Cole, Davison, Valier, and Vancil; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
c. A motion was made by Brock, seconded by Davison to accept the resignation of Larry Alvarado as Middle School Builder’s Club Sponsor effective at the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Nay – none; Abstain – Cole. Motion carried 6-0-1.
10. Employment Of Personnel:
a. A motion was made by Woodside, seconded by Brock to employ Jamie Brown as a High School/Elementary School Special Education Teacher for the 2017-2018 school year. Roll Call: Yea – Woodside, Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, and Williams; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
b. A motion was made by Williams, seconded by Brock to re-employ all non-licensed (support) staff for 2017-2018 school year. Roll Call: Yea – Williams, Brock, Cole, Davison, Valier, Vancil, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
c. A motion was made by Davison, seconded by Williams to employ the following to extra-curricular positions for the 2017-2018 school year: High School Assistant Boys Basketball Coach – Wade Crews, Middle School 8th Grade Boys Basketball Coach – Jason James, Middle School 5th /6th Grade Boys Basketball Coach – Charles Montgomery, High School Cheerleading Co-Sponsor – Emily McKinney, and High School Indianettes Co-Sponsors – Brittany Funk and Bri Green. 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 Brock to adjourn at 8:38 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Cole, Brock, Davison, Valier, Vancil, Williams, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
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