Duquoin Community Unit School District 300 Board met March 15.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
Mark Woodside - President
Paul Brock - Vice-President
Karen Williams – Secretary
Jamie Ellermeyer – Board Member
Patrick Riley - Board Member
Larry Valier - Board Member
Trent Waller - Board Member
---The opening prayer was given by Rev. Lon McPherson, Pastor of the Liberty Church representing the DuQuoin Ministerial Alliance.
1. Call To Order: The meeting was called to order by President Mark Woodside at 6:33 p.m.
2. Roll Call: Present – Brock, Ellermeyer, Riley, Valier, Waller, and Woodside; Williams arrived at 8:11 p.m.
3. Recognition: The building principals shared their respective items for recognition of students and staff.
4. Consent Agenda:
A motion was made by Brock, seconded by Ellermeyer to approve the consent agenda. Roll Call: Yea – Brock, Ellermeyer, Riley, Valier, Waller, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 6-0.
a. Approval of the minutes of the February 20, 2018 regular Board of Education meeting (including executive session minutes);
b. Approval of the suspensions imposed by each school’s administration;
c. Approval of the renewal of IHSA membership for DuQuoin High School;
5. Financial Items:
A motion was made by Riley, seconded by Waller to approve the payment of bills for February 2018 and February 2018 financial report. Roll Call: Yea – Riley, Waller, Woodside, Brock, Ellermeyer, and Valier; Nay – none. Motion carried 6-0.
6. Public Hearing:
a. DEA Representative – Jean Ann Mathis, representing the DEA spoke to the Board about looking forward to the upcoming negotiations process with the DEA and Board.
b. Public – Teresa Stacy on behalf of a group high school faculty spoke to the Board regarding a potential change to the proposed calendar for the next school year as recommended by the DEA Calendar Committee.
7. New Or Unfinished Business:
a. The Superintendent presented information to the Board regarding the 20118-2019 school year calendar that has been provided by the DEA calendar committee. No action was taken to adopt the school year calendar at this time.
b. A motion was made Riley, seconded by Waller to approve Middle School promotion for Friday, May 18, 2018 and High School graduation for Saturday, May 19, 2018 with both events starting at 6:30 p.m. and being held at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Grandstand. Roll Call: Yea – Riley, Waller, Woodside, Brock, Ellermeyer, and Valier; Nay – none. Motion carried 6-0.
c. The Superintendent discussed with the Board the need to amend the District budget for this school year due to receiving anticipated additional revenue and expense under the Evidenced-Based Funding Model, the K-8 roof project being added to the budget, and receiving approval of the 21st Century Grant. After the discussion a motion was made by Ellermeyer, seconded by Waller to approve the Administration to prepare an amended district budget for this year and approve the posting of the budget hearing notice for the amended budget. The amended budget will be on file from April 17, 2018 until May 17, 2018 with the budget hearing occurring at the May 17, 2018 regular Board meeting. Roll Call: Yea – Ellermeyer, Waller, Woodside, Brock, Riley, and Valier; Nay – none. Motion carried 6-0.
d. The Board and Administration discussed the need to update the District website and to consider other types of media that could be used in coordination with the website to better inform school stakeholders.
e. The Board conducted a first reading of Board policy updates/revisions as submitted by Illinois Association of School Boards policy service.
f. The Superintendent reported on the recent District Strategic Planning Committee meeting and announced the second meeting of the committee to be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
8. Executive Session: A motion was made by Waller, seconded by Brock to enter into executive session at 7:12 p.m. to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, and performance of specific employees in accordance with 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1). Roll Call: Yea – Waller, Brock, Ellermeyer, Riley, Valier, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 6-0.
- A motion was made by Ellermeyer, seconded by Riley to return to regular session at 10:16 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Ellermeyer, Riley, Valier, Waller, Williams, Woodside, and Brock. Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
9. Resignation:
a. A motion was made by Riley, seconded by Brock to accept the resignation of Kacey Rasnic as High School Special Education Program Aide effective March 20, 2018. Roll Call: Yea – Riley, Brock, Ellermeyer, Valier, Waller, Williams, and Woodside; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
10. Employment Of Personnel:
a. A motion was made by Valier, seconded by Waller to re-employ all 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year licensed probationary continued contractual staff (as per attached) and all tenured licensed staff for the 2018-2019 school year. Roll Call: Yea – Valier, Waller, Williams, Woodside, Brock, Ellermeyer, and Riley; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
b. A motion was made by Ellermeyer, seconded by Waller to adopt the annual resolution authorizing reduction-in-force notices for certain extra-curricular positions held by non-DEA members in accordance with the contract between the DuQuoin Education Association and Board of Education (as per attached notices).This includes the following non-DEA member employees: Baillie Caldwell – H.S. Assistant Softball Coach, Wade Crews – H.S. Assistant Boys Basketball Coach, Brittany Funk– H.S. Indianette Co-Sponsor, Brianna Green – H.S. Indianette Co-Sponsor, Carissa Lindner – H.S. Speech Team Coach/Play Director, Paul Miller – M.S. Assistant Volleyball Coach. Roll Call: Yea – Ellermeyer, Waller, Williams, Woodside, Brock, Riley, and Valier. Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
c. A motion was made by Waller, seconded by Ellermeyer to employ the following to extra-curricular positions for the 2017-2018 school year: Curry Emling as High School Assistant Softball Coach and Cory Robbins as High School Assistant Baseball Coach. Roll Call: Yea – Waller, Ellermeyer, Riley, Valier, and Williams; Nay – Brock and Woodside. Motion carried 5-2.
d. A motion was made by Riley, seconded by Valier to approve an addendum to spring extra-curricular volunteer list with Amy Fornear as a Volunteer Middle School Assistant Girls Track Coach. Roll Call: Yea – Riley, Valier, Waller, Williams, Woodside, Brock, and Ellermeyer; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
11. Adjournment: A motion was made by Valier, seconded by Waller to adjourn at 10:24 p.m. Roll Call: Yea – Valier, Waller, Williams, Woodside, Brock, Ellermeyer, and Riley; Nay – none. Motion carried 7-0.
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