Board Meeting Minutes September 16, 2009

The Board of Education of Community Unit School District #202, Knox County, met in a regular meeting duly called and held September 16, 2009 at 7:23 p.m. in the Knoxville High School Cafeteria, 600 E. Main St. Knoxville, IL., which is within the boundaries of said District. The President called the meeting to order and directed that the roll be called. Upon the roll being called, the following members answered and were found present:

Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Rickard.

And the following were absent: Mr. Byom, Mr. Trulson

Also present was: Mr. Carlton, Mr. Eastin, Mr. Kemmer, Mrs. Johnson, Tom Hillier, Shane Larson, Shawn Weigand, Randy Bryant, George Jones, John Wenzel, Toby Vallas, community members, and members of the press.

It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member Callahan to approve the consent agenda.

It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member Callahan to approve the consent agenda.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Public Comments; NONE

Mr. Shane Larson gave a presentation to the Board for a new Track for the School District. He stated that he has worked with a lot of local companies and people to get a lot of items either donated or at cost and there were a lot of people that would donate their time as well.

Mr. Bogard informed the Board that they would need to begin looking at dates for a public meeting on the District Track.

Mr. Byom arrived at 7:28 p.m.

Mr. Bahnks arrived at 8:21 p.m.

Principals' Reports:

Mr. Eastin had handouts for the Board and discussed some upcoming events. He also informed the Board of a morning Safety Patrol program.

Mrs. Johnson informed the Board there has been testing going on at both the grade school and junior high. She also told the Board about a speaker coming for the upcoming SIP for high school and junior high teachers.

Mr. Kemmer had handouts for the Board and discussed Homecoming activities that were coming up and also went over some School Improvement Goals for the 09-10 school year.

Mr. Bahnks updated the Board on the tutoring program that began this year. He stated that they had a good number of students attending on a regular basis. They have high school students at both the high school and junior high three days a week.

Superintendent's Report:

Mr. Carlton stated to the Board that a sinkhole in the North Parking lot has been repaired. Mr. Carlton informed the Board that the timeline for the Expansion at Mable Woolsey Elementary was slightly ahead of schedule at this point. He also stated that with some ARRA funding with Knox-Warren Special Ed we are purchasing 30 laptop computers for a junior high mobile lab. Mr. Carlton also informed the Board that we are also planning on getting some laptops for the elementary building and some EZ readers for the Literacy Classes.

Old Business; None

It was moved by Member Byom and seconded by Member Putnam to accept the resignation of Mrs. Stacy Squires as the school nurse.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

The agenda item for the employment of a new school nurse was tabled for a later date and time.

It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member Byom to approve Katie Gray as the KHS as the KHS Volunteer Cheerleading Coach.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried

It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member Byom to approve the FY10 District Budget as presented by Mr. Carlton.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam., Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

It was moved by Member Rickard and seconded by Member Putnam to approve adding a wrestling program at the junior high.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam., Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried

It was moved by Member Putnam and seconded by Member Rickard to approve the annual school recognition submission to the State.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam., Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried

Mr. Carlton informed the Board that the State has a new requirement for all school districts to report Administrative Salaries and benefits to the public. He gave a handout to the Board as to what will be submitted and also put on our District web site. He stated that no action was needed by the Board, only that he was to make sure the Board was informed of the new requirement.

It was moved by Member Rickard and seconded by Member Johnson to approve contracts that generate an income of $1,000.00 or more to the District. Mr. Bahnks informed the Board that we did have one vendor, Amateur Sports, which makes our large athletic calendars, that generated over that amount.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam., Mr. Byom

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried

It was moved by Member Putnam, and seconded by Member Johnson to approve the District 403b Plan.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Byom, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Rickard, Mr. Putnam

NAY: None

Correspondence/Other: Mr. Bogard read a letter to the Board that was mailed from Dean Langdon from IASB in reference to the Board's Self Evaluation.

Mr. Bogard stated that the Board would need to hold a Special Board Meeting on September 22, 2009. Mr. Carlton informed the Board that there may be a possibility that there may be no need for an October Board Meeting since there was little business at this time. He reminded the Board that the October 2008 Board Meeting was cancelled for the same reason.

There being no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member Callahan that the meeting be adjourned. The President put the question to the Board and the motion was unanimously carried and the meeting was so adjourned at 9:19 p.m.

Roll call vote was as follows:

AYE: Mr. Bogard, Mr. Byom, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Rickard

NAY: None

Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.