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Columbia Community Unit District No. 4 Board of Education Met August 20

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Columbia Community Unit District No. 4 Board of Education met Aug. 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Call To Order and Roll Call

II. Welcome/Recognition of Visitors

III. Public Comments and Correspondence

CONSENT AGENDA (Items IV. and V.)

IV. Minutes and Finance

A. Approve Board Minutes

1. Open Session(s)

a. Regular Meeting – July 16, 2020

b. Special Meeting – July 29, 2020

2. Executive Session(s)

a. Regular Meeting – July 16, 2020

B. Bookkeeper’s Financial Position/Treasurer’s Reports

C. Budget Report – July 31, 2020

D. Approve Expenditures – August, 2020

E. Accept Activity Fund Report – July 31, 2020

V. Personnel Items

A. Accept Resignation(s)

1. Nicole Hughes, RtI Paraprofessional at Parkview

2. Kara Hunsucker, RtI Paraprofessional at Parkview

3. Makaya Knox, Special Education Paraprofessional at Parkview

4. Mark Riechmann, Bus Driver

5. Krista Schoellhorn, CHS Yearbook Advisor (effective 6/30/2021)

6. Tom Votrain, Bus Driver

7. Dawn Williamson, 6th Grade Literature/Writing (retire after 2023-2024)

B. Employ Educational Support Personnel – none at this time

C. Employ Certificated Personnel – none at this time

D. Approve Leave of Absence Requests

1. Dianne Bierman, Paraprofessional at Eagleview (8/5/2020 – 9/23/2020)

2. Maricela Ebers, Bus Driver (8/18/2020 – 10/13/2020)

E. Approve Extra-Curricular Assignments

1. 2020-2021 Extra-Curricular Assignments

2. Tim Gagen, Assistant Scholar Bowl Coach

3. Allie Leingang, Assistant High School Golf Coach (50%)

4. Nate Leingang, Assistant High School Golf Coach (50%)

F. Approve Non-Certified Class Advancements – none at this time

G. Declare Vacancy(s)

VI. Communications - Reports and Presentations

A. Enrollment

B. Administrative Reports

1. Principal’s Report – Mrs. April Becherer will be attending.

2. Assistant Superintendent’s Report

a. Remote Learning

3. Superintendent’s Report

a. FOIA Requests

b. Summer Project Update

c. Return to School Plan

VII. Items for Action

A. Approval of Chemicals for Food Service

B. Consider employing a short-term educational support employee (Registered Nurse).

C. Approve 2020-2021 Budget Display

D. Establish Date and Time for 2020-2021 Budget Hearing

E. Approval of 1st Reading of Board Policies (Press Issue 104)

5-Year Review – No Changes

7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students

Draft Updates – Changes Noted

2.220 School Board Meeting Procedure

2:220-E9 (NEW) Exhibit – Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration

7:190 Student Behavior

7:340 Student Records

7:345 (NEW) Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security

4:180 (REWRITTEN) Pandemic Preparedness; Management; and Recovery

VIII. Discussion Items

IX. Board President’s Prerogative

X. Executive Session

A. Purposes of 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 ILCS 120/2(c )(1).

B. Purposes of discussion of collective bargaining items. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)

XI. Items for Action as A Result of Closed Session

A. Consider approving a resolution to temporarily reduce the work hours of educational support personnel.

B. Consider approving a candidate for the District Treasurer part-time position.

XII. Adjournment

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