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Putnam County Community Unit School District 535 Board of Education met March 20.

Here is the minutes as provided by the Board:

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting continued with the Pledge of Allegiance. 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The following members were present to answer roll call: Mr. Copeland, aye; Mr. Gibson, aye; Mrs. Gilbert, aye; Ms. Glenn, aye; Mrs. Nauman, aye; Mrs. Popurella and Mrs. Shore, aye.

ROLL CALL

Summer maintenance projects added to new business; parent advisory committee report added to the superintendent report.

ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

Annette Davis gave the State of the Library presentation; this provided the board with library grant updates as well as how the grant helps provide for students.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION/

HEARING OF DELEGATIONS

No correspondence. 

CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Glenn moved and Mrs. Shore seconded the motion to approve the Consent Agenda:

Regular and Executive session minutes of February 21, 2017 and board retreat minutes of March 6, 2017; Treasurer’s Report for the month of February, Financial Reports for the month of February, and bills for March 2017, including the Common Goals invoice totaling $12,016.41. On roll call the members voted as follows: Mr. Copeland, aye; Mr. Gibson, aye; Mrs. Gilbert, aye; Ms. Glenn, aye; Mrs. Nauman, aye; Mrs. Popurella, aye; and Mrs. Shore, aye. Motion carried. Mrs. Gilbert moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to approve the IHSA membership for the 2017-2018 school year. On roll call the members voted as follows: Mr. Copeland, aye; Mr. Gibson, aye; Mrs. Gilbert, aye; Ms. Glenn, aye; Mrs. Nauman, aye; Mrs. Popurella, aye; and Mrs. Shore, aye. Motion carried.

CONSENT AGENDA IHSA MEMBERSHIP

The principals’ reports are posted on BoardBook. Mr. Olson reported that Michael Glenn gave a presentation to the junior high student body about his recent trip to Sierra Leone.

PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS

Transportation report: Communication continues to be very good. State funding update: The state owes the district $538,693.20 as of 2/28/2017. VOICE continues to report via various sources the dollar amount owed to area districts. Investment update: North Central Bank won the most recent bid: term of 12 months beginning 3/5/17, APR of 0.45%, current value is $338,105.86.. Energy report: A report from Century Energy: Mr. Carlson included this report to discuss as supply demands decrease costs increase. Parent Advisory Committee report: Mrs. Shore reported that PAC will host a summer activities fest at the high school on May 2: many area facilities will be present for parents and students to acquire knowledge of this year’s summer offerings.

SUPERINTENDENT REPORT 

Psychologist umbrella: Mr. Carlson explained that we are renewing the agreement that is currently in place with the exception of updating the percentages per district: 70% Putnam County and 30% Oglesby, as well as not including mileage as part of the agreement. On roll call the members voted as follows: Mr. Copeland, aye; Mr. Gibson, aye, Mrs. Gilbert, aye; Ms. Glenn, aye; Mrs. Nauman, aye; Mrs. Popurella, aye; and Mrs. Shore, aye. Motion carried. 2017-2018 Calendar: Mr. Copeland moved and Mrs. Gilbert seconded the motion to approve the 2017-2018 calendar. On roll call the members voted as follows: all ayes, motion carried. HS band/chorus trip: Mrs. Popurella moved and Mr. Copeland seconded the motion to approve the 2018 HS band/chorus trip to St. Louis. On roll call the members voted as follows: all ayes, motion carried. Approve Apptegy as our website design vendor: Mrs. Nauman asked Superintendent Carlson to give a brief explanation as to why the district is looking in to another website design company: ADA non-compliance. After multiple discussions amongst the admin team along with webinars the team chose Apptegy as the most solid choice. Mr. Copeland moved and Mrs. Shore seconded the motion to approve Apptegy as the district website design vendor with the initial annual cost of $15,000. On roll call the members voted as follows: Mr. Copeland, aye; Mr. Gibson, aye; Mrs. Gilbert, aye; Ms. Glenn, aye; Mrs. Nauman, aye; Mrs. Popurella, aye; and Mrs. Shore, aye. Motion carried. Summer maintenance: Mr. Copeland moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to authorize Superintendent Carlson to proceed with the bidding process for new lockers at the high school as well as commence the planning of summer maintenance projects district-wide. On roll call the members voted as follows: all ayes, motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS

At 7:36 p.m. Mr. Gibson moved and Mr. Copeland seconded the motion to adjourn to executive session for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the district. All ayes, motion carried. At 8:37 p.m. Ms. Glenn moved and Mr. Copeland seconded the motion to return to open session. All ayes; motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Ms. Glenn moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to approve a resolution authorizing non-reemployment of first year, full-time, non-tenured teacher Katelyn Code. All ayes, motion carried. Ms. Glenn moved and Mr. Copeland seconded the motion to approve a resolution authorizing the honorable dismissal of full-time educational support personnel Mary Collie. All ayes, motion carried. Mr. Gibson moved and Mrs. Gilbert seconded the motion to rehire first year teachers Morgan Himelick, Helen Lenkaitis, Kimberly England, Kearsten Zielinski, Kylie Scherf, Jamie Kromm, Adam Bozarth, and Bethany Newsome. All ayes, motion carried. Mr. Copeland moved and Ms. Glenn seconded the motion to rehire second year teachers Jacqueline Gerling, Kelly McCurry, Jared Sale and Patricia Bernardoni. All ayes, motion carried.

PERSONNEL

Mrs. Gilbert moved and Mrs. Shore seconded the motion to rehire third year teachers Matthew Gimbal, J Cortny Hannon, Amy Bell, Angie Serafini, Jennifer Smith, Alisa Stewart, Angie Augspols and Kristopher Sienza. All ayes, motion carried. Mr. Gibson moved and Mrs. Popurella seconded the motion to rehire and grant tenure to Kyle Anderson, Monica Frund, Chelsi Straughn, Wendy Louis and Kristin Erickson. All ayes, motion carried. Mrs. Shore moved and Mrs. Popurella seconded the motion to rehire all licensed teaching personnel. All ayes, motion carried. Ms. Glenn moved and Mr. Copeland seconded the motion to rehire all support personnel. All ayes, motion carried. Mrs. Gilbert moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to rehire administrators and non-union personnel Clayton Theisinger, Christopher Newsome, Michael Olson, Courtney Balestri, Ronda Cross, Brandy Baele, Maria Mignone, Ann Lamboley, Angie Fay and Megan Goetz. All ayes, motion carried. Mrs. Shore moved and Mrs. Popurella seconded the motion to approve the resignations of Janet Lund and Ashlie Schlatweiler. All ayes, motion carried. Mr. Gibson moved and Mrs. Gilbert seconded the motion to accept, with regret, the resignation of Connie Hartman. All ayes, motion carried. Ms. Glenn moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to approve and award retirement incentives to Dianne Alleman and Anita Ladage, with retirements effective at the closing of the 2020-2021 school year. All ayes, motion carried. Mr. Copeland moved and Mr. Gibson seconded the motion to approve a 3 year extension to Superintendent Carlson’s contract, commencing July 1, 2016 and ending June 30, 2020. All ayes, motion carried.

PERSONNEL cont.

At 8:45 p.m. Ms. Glenn moved and Mrs. Gilbert seconded the motion to adjourn. All ayes, motion carried.

ADJOURN