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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met Jan. 18.

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 January 18, 2024.

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

Consent agenda - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Porter to approve the Consent agenda. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

4. Visitors and Committees were welcomed.

4.1 Public comment - None

5. Old business:

5.1 HVAC Phase 3 - A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Martin to approve putting documents out for bid for the HVAC phase 3 project as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

6. New Business

6.1 Freedom of Information

6.2 Board meeting dates - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Hutchcraft to approve the 2024 regular board meeting dates as presented. All in favor: Yes -5; No-0. Motion carried.

6.3 Kindergarten screening dates- A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Porter to approve the March 1, 2024 as the screening dates for our incoming Kindergarten students. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

7. Superintendent report - Informational

8. Executive Session - A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Marlow to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; 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)

8.4 All other matters falling under school code 5 ILCS 120c (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- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes-5; No-0. Motion carried.

9. Action items -

9.1 Six-month executive session review - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Porter to approve resolution R2024-1 authorizing the destruction of audio recordings of the closed meetings of Pinckneyville school district #50, Perry and Washington counties, Illinois, conducted on or before June 20, 2022. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No-0. Motion carried.

9.2 Teaching positions - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Hutchcraft to post a 2nd grade teaching position for the 2024-2025 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Hutchcraft to post a Grade school special education teaching position for the 2024-2025 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

9.3 A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to employ Terrill Kaufman as a full- time custodian @ $14/hour, 8 hours/day not to exceed 40 hours/week plus retirement benefits for the 2023-2024 school year effective January 22, 2024. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No-0. Motion carried.

9.4 A motion was made by Hutchcraft and seconded by Porter to employ Emmalee Winter as Jr. High head track coach for the 2024 season. Roll call vote: Yes- Martin, Porter, Nehrkorn, Marlow, Hutchcraft. Yes -5; No-0. Motion carried.

10. Announcements, Dates and Events

Thursday February 15: School board meeting

Friday February 16: School improvement day - 1230 pm dismissal

Monday February 19: Presidents day - No school

11. Adjourn- A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Martin to adjourn the meeting. All in favor: Yes -5; No - 0. Motion carried.

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