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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met April 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 April 18, 2024

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: Paul Nehrkorn, Aaron Johnson (6:02), Justin Martin, and Austin Marlow were present. Gideon Hutchcraft and Michael Porter were absent. Also present were the following people: Brian Pasero, Mark Rohlfing, Brittany McConachie, Tyson Tanner and Shari Kovic

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

4. Visitors and Committees were welcomed.

4.1 Public comment

5. Old Business - None

6. New Business

6.1 Freedom of Information - Informational

6.2 Press Issue - Informational

6.3 Board Policy 5:330 - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Martin to approve Policy 5:330 - Educational support personnel as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No - 0. Motion carried.

6.4 Board policy 7:60 - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Johnson to approve Policy 7:60 Student residency as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

6.5 Registration - Informational

6.6 Grease trap - A motion wad made by Marlow and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the bid from CS Plumbing and Heating in the amount of $28,900 to complete grease trap and line replacement work at the Junior High. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

6.7 Energy - A motion was made by Martin and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve Energy agreement with Engie at a cost of $0.05107 per KWh for the calendar year 2025. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

7. Superintendents report - Informational

8. Executive Session - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Johnson to go into Executive session for the purpose of discussing: Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow 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 Student disciplinary cases (5 ILCS 120/2c9

8.3 All other matters falling under school code % ILCS 120/2c,10

Coming out of Executive Session- A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Johnson to come out of executive session. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

9. Action items

9.1 (a) Resignations - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve and accept the resignation from Joyce Halstead as assistant cook, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No -0. Motion carried.

9.1(b) A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve and accept the resignation from Grant Kelley as assistant softball coach, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No - 0. Motion carried.

9.1 (c) A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Martin to approve and accept the resignation from Diane Petty as student council sponsor, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No -0. Motion carried.

9.1 (d) A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve and accept the resignation from Emmalee Winter as assistant girls basketball coach, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No 0. Motion carried.

9.1 (e) A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve and accept the resignation from Dan Harriss as assistant boys basketball coach, effective at the end of the 2023- 24 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No -0. Motion carried.

9.2 Non-certified staff assignments for the 2024-2025 school year. A motion wad made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Johnson to re-employ current District #50 non-certified staff for the 2024-2025 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Johnson, Martin, Marlow; Pursell -Abstain Yes - 4 No - 0 Abstain - 1. Motion carried.

9.3 Summer custodians - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Martin to approve and employ Mitchell Hankla and Kaleb Kellerman as part time custodians for the summer of 2024 at $13/hr at not more than 29.5 hours per week. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

9.4 Special Education teacher - A motion was made by Marlow and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve and employ Hayley Stanton as Special Education teacher effective for the 2024-2025 school year. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No -0. Motion carried.

9.5 Non-Certified reassignment - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Marlow to approve the reassignment of Paul Martin as Elementary School Head custodian at a rate of $18.00/hour effective July 1, 2024. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No - 0. Motion carried.

9.6 Evening custodian - A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve and employ Brentynn Weeks as Elementary evening custodian @ $15.75/hour, 8 hours per day not to exceed 40 hours per week plus retirement benefits, effective May 20, 2024. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

10. Announcements, dates and events:

Thursday April 25 - Spring band concert

Thursday May 9 – fine arts night

Thursday May 16 regular board meeting

Thursday May 16 last day of school

Friday May 17 8th grade graduation 7pm.

11. Adjournment: A motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Nehrkorn to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Yes- Nehrkorn, Pursell, Johnson, Martin, Marlow Yes - 5 No-0. Motion carried.

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