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Pinckneyville School District 50 Board of Education met June 19.

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 June 19, 2025

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: Michael Porter, Dustin Kuhnert and Paul Nehrkorn. Charlie Woodside, Justin Martin and Austin Marlow were absent. Also present were the following people: Brian Pasero, Mark Rohlfing, Brittany McConachie, Tyson Tanner.

3. 2024-2025 amended Budget hearing

a. Presentation of Budget summary information

A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to adjourn the 2024-2025 Amended budget hearing. Yes-4; No - 0 motion carried.

4. Consent agenda - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Kuhnert to approve the Consent agenda. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No -0. Motion carried.

5. Visitors and committee

5.1 Opportunity for public comment - None

6. Old Business:

6.1 2024-2025 Amended budget - A motion was made to approve the 2024-2025 Amended budget as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No - 0. Motion carried.

6. 6.2 Board policy updates - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve School board policy updates as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes- 4 No-0. Motion carried.

7. New Business

7.1 Freedom of Information - Informational

7.2 5 essential survey - Informational

7.3 2025-2026 Student Handbook - 1st reading

7.4 2025-2026 Athletic Policy - 1st reading

7.5 2025 Board meeting dates/Times - A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to accept the 2025 Board meeting dates and times as presented. Yes- 4; No-0, motion carried.

7.6 FY 2026 School Board legal liability Insurance - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve the School Board Legal Liability insurance renewal from ISDA as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No - 0. Motion carried.

7.7 FY 2026 Student Accident Insurance - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the Student Accident insurance renewal from ISDA as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes -4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.8 FY 2026 Workman's Compensation Insurance - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve the Workman's Compensation Insurance renewal from Employers as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No - 0. Motion carried.

7.9 FY2026 Multi-Peril Property/Casualty Insurance - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Kuhnert to approve the Multi-Peril Property/ Casualty insurance bid proposal from Wright Risk Management as presented. Pursell, Kuhnert and Nehrkorn noted that the package coverage should include the excess earthquake coverage. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.10 2025-2026 Risk Management Plan - A motion was made by Porter and seconded Nehrkorn to approve the 2025-2026 Risk Management plan as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.11 Hazardous Transportation Renewal - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve the 2025-2026 Hazardous Transportation routes as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.12 2025-2026 School-wide Title 1 - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Kuhnert to approve the FY2026 Title 1 grant as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.13 Proposal for lining sewer drains - A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the proposal to line three sections of sewer drains at the Jr. High within the dining area from Skutah Construction as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes 4 No-0. Motion carried.

7.14 Disposal of Personal Property - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve the disposal of personal property as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

8. Superintendents report - Informational

9. Executive Session - A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to go into Executive session for the purpose of discussing: Roll call vote: Yes - Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4, No-0, Motion carried.

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

9.2 Student disciplinary cases (5 ILCS 120/2c9) and

9.3 All other matters falling under school code 5 ILCS 120/2c10.

Coming out of Executive session: A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to come out of Executive session. Yes - 4, No – 0 Motion passed.

10. Action items

10.1 FMLA Requests

10.1(a) - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the FMLA request of Kellie Jausel as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.1(b) A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the FMLA request of Alexa Trojcak as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No 0. Motion carried.

10.2 2025-2026 Athletic Budget - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to approve the 2025-2026 Athletic Budget as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.3 Administrative contracts

10.3(a) A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve the 2024-2027 Grade school Principal's amended contract with Brittany McConachie as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.3(b) A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve the 2024-2028 Superintendent's amended contract with Brian Pasero as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.4 Non-Certified personnel rates - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Kuhnert to approve the Non-certified personnel rates for the 2025-2026 school year as presented. Increase of $1.05/hr. for Building Secretaries, Nurse, Health Aide, Head Cooks, District Bookkeeper/Accounts payable; Increase of $1.00/hr. for Cooks and Paraprofessionals. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.5 Substitute rates

10.5(a) - A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Kuhnert to approve the 2025-2026 Daily substitute teacher rate @ $120/day for the 2025-2026 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.5(b)- A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Porter to approve the Non-Certified substitute pay rate @ $16/hr. for the 2025-2026 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.6 Jr. High head Girls Basketball coach - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve/employ Alison Keith as Jr. High Head Girls Basketball coach for the 2025- 2026 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No 0. Motion carried.

10.7 Tabled

10.8 6th Grade Basketball coach - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Porter to approve/employ Michael McConachie as 6th grade Basketball coach for the 2026 school year as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes - 4 No - 0. Motion carried.

School District #50 Board of Education

June 19, 2025

10.9 Junior High Assistant golf coach - A motion was made by Kuhnert and seconded by Nehrkorn to approve/employ Grant Thompson as Jr. High Assistant golf coach as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

10.10 Evening custodian - A motion was made by Nehrkorn and seconded by Kuhnert to approve/employ Josh Trussell as Grade School evening custodian @ $16.75/hr. 8 hrs./day not to exceed 40 hrs./week plus retirement benefits, effective June 20, 2025 as presented. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Kuhnert, Nehrkorn. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

11. Announcements, dates and events:

12. Adjournment: A motion was made by Porter and seconded by Nehrkorn to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Yes- Porter, Pursell, Nehrkorn, Kuhnert. Yes-4 No-0. Motion carried.

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