Chester Community Unit School District 139 Board met Oct. 19.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
The Board of Education of Chester Community Unit School District No. 139 met in the Chester Community Grade School Conference Room on October 19, 2017. President Hammel called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Dan Colvis, Trent Vasquez, Debi Caraway, Tom Welge, Jamie Eggemeyer, Charles Fricke, Mitch Hammel.
Motion was made by Mrs. Caraway and seconded by Mr. Welge to approve the agenda items as listed. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
The Board received correspondence from Girl Scout Troup #8226 thanking them for approving their request for use of the grade school cafeteria to hold their meetings.
Jim and Laura Howie addressed the Board of Education commenting on the Boards’ decision to lower the benefit portion of employee insurance for married spouses within the district.
Charles Fricke commented on an incident that occurred during a high school athletic event commending staff and administration for their professionalism and thanked them for their loyalty and dedication.
Motion was made by Mr. Fricke and seconded by Mr. Vasquez to approve the minutes of the Budget Hearing of September 21, 2017. Upon roll call Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Hammel vote yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Vasquez and seconded by Mr. Welge to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of September 21, 2017. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mrs. Caraway and seconded by Mr. Fricke to approve the minutes of the executive session of September 21, 2017. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
The Board received a monthly grade school maintenance report fromTim Paulus:
• HSG is pulling information together on a motor bearing that is needing to be replaced on a pump in the boiler room.
• Several fans are not working in classrooms and need to be replaced.
• Still planning to tile hallway by back door during Christmas break.
• Two holes were patched on the roof this month.
The Board received a monthly high school maintenance report from Brian McMath:
• Nick Miller turned in his resignation effective October 10.
• A new refrigerator has been purchase for the kitchen and arrived on September 20.
• Purchased a new paint striper.
• HLS inspection held on October 12.
David Kaiser presented a grade school athletic report to the Board of Education:
• Jr. high baseball and softball seasons ended the last week of September. Recogniton night was held on October 4.
• Cross country ended their season this past week.
• Basketball started the first week of October. There are 23 boys and 17 girls participating. The boys started playing in a tournament this past weekend and the girls start games at the end of October.
• Cheerleading is taking place as well. There are a total of 12 girls cheering.
Jeremy Blechle presented a high school athletic report to the Board of Education:
• Emergency contact information has been distributed to all coaches.
• Homecoming week was October 2-7. It was a huge success.
• Basketball open gyms are getting ready to start. Schedules are complete and refs are hired.
• Dual sport contract has been updated and is now a link on the school website.
• Senior night is October 17 for volleyball and October 20 for all other sports.
• The football field is holding up better than expected. We will need to do some work on the sprinklers this offseason.
• Many of our coaches have been added to the pass gate for SIU sporting events.
• Season summary of fall sports.
Shirley Stegmann presented a curriculum report to the Board:
• The Problem Solving Team at the grade school has changed the name to Stinger Student Achievement Team (SSAT).
• LaVerne Misselhorn is currently managing the SSAT and facilitating meetings.
• ELL screening is complete.
• PSAT testing was held in Juergens gym on October 11. Mrs. Stegmann is recommending testing be held in the gym in the future for SAT, ACT, etc., but noted that more tables will need to be purchased to accommodate all the students.
• Future testing dates presented to the Board.
Grade School Principal Tim Lochhead presented a monthly report to the Board:
• Mrs. Tindall’s class worked at the food pantry on September 27.
• 8th Grade Career Day was held on September 29 at CCSI.
• October 4 was “Give Back to Community Day”.
• DJ from “The Arch” 106.5 visited CGS on October 5.
• Evaluations began October 10.
• Chinese Acrobats Assembly held October 12.
• Scholastic Book Fair held October 16-18.
• Principal for a Day – Jerry Costello, II visited the grade school from 2-3 p.m. on October 17.
• Family Reading Night held October 17.
• The CDB visited the grade school to finalize the gym construction project on October 17.
• Tutoring will be held November 2 through April 12 upon referral.
• Parking lot update.
• Allison Petrowske, grade school paraprofessional, was introduced to the Board of Education.
Melissa Meyer, High School Principal, reported the following to the Board of Education:
• Homecoming week was very successful. Special thanks to Student Council members, Sara Hammel, Kristin Petrowske and the class sponsors for the work they put into making the week so successful.
• Class of 1967 toured the high school on October 7. They enjoyed reminiscing and seeing how the school has changed.
• Fire drill held on October 12.
• PSAT was administered to 47 students on October 11.
• Mr. Guebert has met with all but 2 seniors for their academic reviews. He will begin with the junior class in a couple of weeks. He has also started working with freshmen in their classrooms.
• Fall sports Senior Night and “Pink Out” games will be held simultaneously on October 17 for volleyball and all other sports on October 20 at the football game.
• Attended the Illinois Principals’ Association Conference in Springfield on October 16 and 17.
Superintendent Pasero reported the following to the Board of Education:
• The cost for grade school band instruments came out to $6,500.
• Looking to replace the ventilation unit in the storage area of the band room, opposing to fixing the controls. Quote of $8,500; will use sales tax monies.
• Last spring one of the bonds typically requested to be abated from the bond and interest levy, due to sales tax, inadvertently remained. To account for this, upon Board approval, I plan to lower this spring’s levy $416,576, the amount owed on our bonds FY19. The following years levy will return to normal, continuing to abate the bond and interest levies that we can use sales tax funds to pay, as has been done since the Randolph County sales tax was approved.
• Through Title I monies we will be purchasing two more chrome book carts. This will allow for more access with both schools and get us in a better position for PARCC testing, which will eventually need to be entirely online.
• The School Report Card was released for district review today and will be released for the public October 31.
• No concerns in transactional practices during our annual audit.
• Evidence based funding model – further guidance has been provided.
o 3 special education categoricals will be combined in the major GSA payments;
o money allocated in a previous year should be considered a “base minimum”;
o formula addresses “new” allocated money;
o still more questions than answers.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Vasquez to enter into executive session at 7:35 p.m. for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body. Upon roll call Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Welge to return to open session at 8:35 p.m. Upon roll call Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Fricke to approve the district bills in the amount of $506,360.04 and the district payroll in the amount of $414,173.01. Upon roll call Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Welge and seconded by Mr. Eggemeyer to approve the following consent agenda items as listed. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
• Trevor Kelkhoff as volunteer high school baseball coach for the 2017-18 school year.
• Chester Volleyball Club’s request for use of Colbert Gym October 22-April 29, 2018 on Sundays from 6:00- 8:00 p.m.
• Faith Christian School’s request for use of Juergens Gym on December 19, January 8, January 30, February 2 and February 6, 2018.
• SILVA Volleyball Club’s request for use of the grade school gym November 12-April 13, 2018 on Sundays from 4:00-8:00 p.m.
Motion was made by Mr. Welge and seconded by Mr. Eggemeyer to approve the creation of a high school activity account for Pepsi receipt deposits as requested by administration. Upon roll call Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Vasquez and seconded by Mr. Eggemeyer to approve the 2017-18 Application for Recogntion of Schools. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Welge to approve FFA Online Coursework “Agriculture Science – Plant” effective spring 2017 semester. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Welge to accept the resignation of Nicholas Miller as high school custodian effective October 10, 2017. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mrs. Caraway and seconded by Mr. Eggemeyer to employ Lewis Patrick Thomas as an 8- hour grade school custodian at $9.25 per hour beginning October 20, 2017. Upon roll call Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Welge to employ John Watkins as an 8-hour high school custodian at $9.25 per hour beginning October 20, 2017, pending fingerprint results. Upon roll call Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Welge and seconded by Mr. Vasquez to extend the work year of Kim Gross from 180 to 200 days as grade school secretary as requested by administration. Upon roll call Mr. Colvis voted yea, Mr. Vasquez voted yea, Mrs. Caraway voted yea, Mr. Welge voted yea, Mr. Eggemeyer vhoted yea, Mr. Fricke voted yea, Mr. Hammel voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
Motion was made by Mr. Eggemeyer and seconded by Mr. Welge to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Upon roll call all members voted yea. 7 yea, 0 nay; motion carried.
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