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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met July 20.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

1. A regular meeting of the Board of Education of School District #50, Perry and Washington Counties, Illinois was held at the Pinckneyville Grade School Building in said district at 6:00 P.M. on July 20, 2023

2. The President called the meeting to order and directed the secretary to take roll. The roll was taken and Kyle Pursell, President and the following members were present: Gideon Hutchcraft, Austin Marlow and Aaron Johnson. Paul Nehrkorn, Michael Porter and Justin Martin were absent. Also present were the following people: Brian Pasero, Mark Rohlfing, Tyson Tanner, Michelle Gremmels, Shari Kovic and Sarah Hutchcraft.

3 Consent agenda - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve the Consent agenda Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

4. Visitors and Committees were welcomed.

4.1 Public comment- Informational

5. Old business:

5.1 Athletic Handbook - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve the Athletic Handbook for the 2023-2024 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

5.2 Parent/Student Handbook - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded Hutchcraft to approve the Parent/Student handbook for the 2023-2024 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

5.3 Board Policy - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve Press issues 112 - Board policy updates as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No -0. Motion carried.

5.4 Multi Peril Insurance - Tabled

6. New Business

6.1 Freedom of information - No Request

6.2 Risk Management plan - A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Marlow to approve the amended Risk Management Plan for the 2023-2024 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

7. Superintendent report - Informational

8. Executive Session - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No 0. Motion carried.

8.1 The appointment, compensation, employment, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 93-57)

8.2 Collective negotiating matters between public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

8.3 Discussion of Minutes lawfully closed (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21))

8.4 Other matters falling under school code 5 ILCS 120/2(c) (10)

Coming out of Executive Session- A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Marlow to come out of executive session. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

9. Action items

9.1 Six Month Executive session review - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve resolution R 2023-5 authorizing the destruction of audio recordings of the closed meetings of the Pinckneyville School District #50, Perry and Washington counties, Illinois, conducted on or before December 31, 2021 (r) Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.2 Resignation - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve the resignation of Nicole Bruno as Jr. High Assistant cook effective June 14, 2023. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve the resignation of Kassedy Cloe as Paraprofessional effective July 31, 2023. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.3 Head Cook - Jr High - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Johnson to employ Tammy Kellerman as Jr. High Head cook @ 14.00/hr., 8 hours/day not to exceed 40 hours/week, plus retirement benefits for the 2023-224 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.4 Reassignment of non-certified positions-

Assistant cook - Jr High - A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Johnson to reassign Kathy Hankla as Jr. High assistant cook @ $14.00/hr., 5.5 hours/day not to exceed 29.5 hours/week, plus retirement benefits for the 2023-2024 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

Head Cook - Elementary - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Hutchcraft to reassign Loretta Krcmar, Elementary Head Cook to 8 hours a day not to exceed 40 hours per week for the 2023-2024 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.5 Substitute Teacher pay - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Johnson to set the daily certified substitute rate @ $110/day for the 2023-2024 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.6 Athletic Budget – Tabled

9.7 Coaches for the 2023-2024 school year:

Assistant Softball – A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to employ Grant Kelley as Assistant Softball coach for the 2023-2024 season. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No-0. Motion carried.

9.8 Volunteer Cross Country - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve Nicole Bruno as a Volunteer cross country coach for the 2023-2024 season. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

10. Announcements, Dates and Events

July 25-26, 2023 Registration

August 10 & 11 Teacher Institute days

August 10 Open House

August 14, 2023 Frist Day of attendance

August 17 Regular Board mtg.

11. Adjourn- A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Yes- Pursell, Marlow, Johnson, Hutchcraft. Yes -4; No - 0. Motion carried.

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