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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met Dec. 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 December 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: Justin Martin, Aaron Johnson, Paul Nehrkorn, Michael Porter and Austin Marlow. Gideon Hutchcraft was absent. Also present were the following people: Brian Pasero, Mark Rohlfing, Brittany McConachie, Shari Kovic, Tyson Tanner.

3. Consent agenda - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Johnson to approve Consent agenda. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes - 6; No 0. Motion carried.

4. Visitors and Committees were welcomed.

4.1 Public comment - None

5. Old business:

5.1 Policy Updates: A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Porter to approve the Press Issue 113 Board policy update as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No-0. Motion carried.

6. New Business

6.1 Freedom of Information

6.2 ROE SOAR agreement - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the 2023-2024 SOAR agreement with ROE 30 as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

6.3 ROE COPE agreement: A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Martin to approve the 2023-2024 COPE agreement with ROE 30 as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No-0. Motion carried.

6.4 Personal Property: A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the three out of use, cafeteria tables at the Grade school as surplus for disposal. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Porter to approve the out of use, obsolete computer and IT equipment as presented, surplus for disposal (a). Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

6.5 December meeting date: A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to approve the move of the December regular board meeting to December 20, 2023. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

6.6 Facility use request: A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Johnson to approve the request for use of the Jr. High for the Panther powerhouse wrestling on January 11 and February 11, 2024. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes - 6; No 0. Motion carried.

6.7 Seniority list: A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Porter to approve the 2023- 2024 certified staff seniority list as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

7. Superintendent report - Informational

8. Executive Session - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Nehrkorn to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; 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 Student disciplinary cases 5 ILCS 120/2(c) (9)

Coming out of Executive Session- A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to come out of executive session. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

9. Action items -

9.1 A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the FMLA request of Seth Miller. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No -0. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to approve the FMLA request of Will Weatherford as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.2 Tabled

9.3 A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Marlow to accept the resignation of Larry Louis as head track coach, effective December 20, 2023

9.4 A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Nehrkorn to employ Wendy Bauersachs as Jr. High assistant track coach for the 2024 season. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No -0. Motion carried.

10. Announcements, Dates and Events

December 20- January 2 No school

January 3 Teachers Institute

January 4 Students return

January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

January 20 Regular school board meeting.

11. Adjourn- A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Pursell, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Johnson. Yes -6; No - 0. Motion carried. 6:35 pm

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