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Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education met Dec. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Roll Call, Opening Comments.

II. Executive session to discuss 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 or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. [5 ILCS120/2(c)(1)]

III. PUBLIC HEARING

A. A PUBLIC HEARING will be held at 7:00 p.m. regarding the proposed 2019 tax levy increase for Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5.

IV. Pledge of Allegiance, Comments.

V. Consent Agenda.

A. Consideration to approve the minutes of the November 18, 2019 regular board meeting.

B. Consideration to approve the executive session minutes of the November 18, 2019 regular board meeting.

C. Consideration to employ Kelly Schweitzer, as a full-time special education paraprofessional, for the 2019/2020 school year, effective December 9, 2019.

D. Consideration to employ Linmarie Mantia as a part-time (3-hour) cafeteria worker, for the 2019/2020 school year, effective December 17, 2019, contingent upon the results of a background check and TB test.

E. Consideration to employ Katherine Braun as a full-time custodian, for the 2019/2020 school year, effective January 2, 2020.

F. Consideration to accept a letter of resignation, dated December 10, 2019, from Rushelle Curtis, payroll/accounting clerk, effective December 10, 2019.

VI. Motion to accept the treasurer's report, student activity reports, and to authorize investments.

VII. Motion to approve the bills.

VIII. Public Participation.

IX. Waterloo FFA Presentation

X. Reports of Committees, Directors, Coordinators, and Administrators.

A. Committee/Board Representatives. 1. FOIA Requests

2. Board

B. Coordinators/Directors. C. Building Administrators. D. Superintendent.

XI. Old Business.

A. Consideration to set and approve the 2019 Tax Levy payable in fiscal year 2020/2021.

B. Consideration to approve the Waterloo High School Course Selection Guide for the 2020/2021 school year, as recommended by the high school administration.

C. Consideration to approve the extra-duty assignments, effective for the 2019/2020 school year as per recommendation from the District Athletic Director, Mitch North, and administration.

XII. New Business.

A. Consideration to approve the first reading of the following district board policies Press Plus Issue 102, October 2019, as per the recommendation of the policy committee

as follows: 2:20 Powers & Duties of the Board of Education; Indemnification; 2:100 Board Member Conflict of Interest; 2:105 Ethics & Gift Ban; 2:110 Qualifications, Term, & Duties of Board Officers; 2:200 Types of Board of Education Meetings; 2:220 Board of Education Meeting Procedure; 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure; 2:220-E2 Exhibit- Motion to Adjourn to Closed Meeting; 2:220-E6 Exhibit- Log of Closed Meeting Minutes; 340-E Exhibit- Checklist for the Superintendent Employment Contract Negotiation Process; 4:15 Identity Protection; 4:30 Revenue & Investments; 4:60 Purchases & Contracts; 4:80 Accounting & Audits; 4:150 Facility Management & Building Programs; 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity & Minority Recruitment; 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited; 5:30 Hiring Process & Criteria; 5:50 Drug- & Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco, & Cannabis Prohibition; 5:90 Abused & Neglected Child Reporting; 5:100 Staff Development Program; 5:120 Employee Ethics; Conduct; & Conflict Interest; 5:20-E Resolution to Prohibit Sexual Harassment; 5:200 Terms & Conditions of Employment & Dismissal; 5:220 Substitute Teachers; 5:250 Leaves of Absence; 5:290 Employment Termination & Suspensions; 5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, & Leaves; 6:20 School Year Calendar & Day; 6:60 Curriculum Content; 6:150 Home & Hospital Instruction; 6:300 Graduation Requirements; 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited; 7:150 Agency & Police Interviews; 7:180 Prevention of & Response to Bullying, Intimidation, & Harassment; 7:270 Administering Medicines to Students; 8:30 Visitors to & Conduct on School Property; 4:190 Targeted School Violence Prevention Program.

B. Consideration to employ one full-time elementary special education teacher, for the 2019/2020 school year, effective December 17, 2019, contingent upon the results of a background check and TB test.

XIII. Motion to adjourn.

https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?mk=50357165&fn=agenda.pdf