Marseilles Elementary School District 150 Board of Education met May 24.
Here is the agenda provided by the Board:
I. Call to Order
1.01 Roll Call Members: Jim Barnes, James Buckingham, Christy Carpenter, Bobby Kaminski, Brad Miller, Shawn Schmitke, and Jim White.
Type: Action, Procedural
1.02 Rotary Student of the Month: Tatum Simpko
Type: Procedural
1.03 Pledge of Allegiance
Type: Procedural
II. Public Hearing Petitions, Questions and Comments From Guests and Visitors
2.01 Public Comment
Type: Discussion
At this point of our agenda, the public may address the Board. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. While a speaker may address any topic, we urge you to comment on matters that are on our agenda or which may be coming before the Board in the near future. The Board would like to remind the audience that the Board does not respond to or act on personnel complaints made in open session. The District has an established process for filing a personnel complaint and, consistent with the Open Meetings Act, we consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees in executive session. Similarly, the Board does not accept or respond to new evidence or arguments regarding student discipline matters. Consistent with the provisions of the School Code, and Illinois School Student Records Act, student discipline matters are heard before a hearing officer in a closed meeting, and acts on the hearing officer’s report only.
III. Financial Report
3.01 Treasurer’s Report: Ron Blumenshine
Type: Information
IV. Consent Agenda
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
4.01 Minutes of the Meeting(s): Regular – April 26, 2017
4.02 Treasurer’s Report
4.03 Bills
4.04 Employee and/or Board Member professional development, travel expenditures and/or reimbursements
4.05 Receipts
4.06 Payroll
4.07 Activity report
4.08 Disposal of Closed Session
Audio Recording(s) –
4.09 FOIA Requests: Illinois Retired Teachers Association – Received 5/9/2017 & Replied 5/9/2017
V. Organization/Committee Reports to the Board
5.01 Curriculum: Dr. Kristin Heredia
Type: Informational
5.02 Building Operations & Maintenance: Mr. Brent DeFore
Type: Informational
VI. Administrative Reports
6.01 Principal: Mr. Jeff Owens Type: Informational
6.02 Superintendent: Mrs. Brenda Donahue
Type: Informational
VII. Action Items
7.01 Approve the Consent Agenda.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve the Consent Agenda as presented
7.02 Approve the 2017 list of students to be promoted/placed from eighth grade at Marseilles Elementary School
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve the list as presented.
7.03 Approve the Prevailing Wage Resolution.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.04 Approve the Board meeting dates for the 2018 fiscal year.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented – referred to school code timelines and calendar events.
7.05 Approve the employment of Ms. Joelle Shulda as Pre-Kindergarten Teacher at first year, BA Step A.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve the hire as presented. This is a new position based on our special education needs at the pre-kindergarten level.
7.06 Consider the approval for the second reading of the Press Plus Policy Issue 94
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented. The policy committee reviewed the updates and changes.
7.07 Approve the retirement of Mrs. Gayle Bianchi effective immediately.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.08 Approve the contractual agreement between the Board of Education of Marseilles Elementary School District #150 and the Marseilles Education Association effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.09 Approve the updated job descriptions for cafeteria manager, assistant cafeteria manager, bookkeeper, and district administrative and board secretary.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve the job descriptions as presented.
7.10 Approve sending registration and housing forms overnight, with deposits, in June for the Triple I Conferences in November.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.11 Consider the acceptance of Traci Grandgeorge’s intent to retire at the completion of the 2020-2021 school year.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.12 Approve raise amounts for certified and non-certified personnel compensation for FY18.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve raises for: Lauer, DeGraaf, Donahue, Wood, Weishaar, Alderman, Shumway, Sesto and DeFore. The amounts reflect flat increases in lieu of common percentages.
7.13 Consider the approval of Mary Kay Kavanaugh as yearbook advisor starting with the 2017-18 school year.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
7.14 Approve the resignation of Sarah Robertson, First Grade Teacher, effective the end of the 2016-17 school year.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
VIII. Old/New Business
8.01 Old Business –
Type:
Recommended:
8.02 New Business – 2017-2018 Handbook Changes
Type: Informational/Discussion
Recommended: This is the first reading of the handbook changes for next school year.
IX. Adjourn to Closed Session
The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony of a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5ILCS120/2©(1).
X. Return to Regular Session
XI. Motion(s) Resulting from Closed Session
11.01 Approve the contractual agreement between the Board of Education of Marseilles Elementary School District #150 and the Superintendent, Mrs. Brenda Donahue effective July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
11.02 Approve the contractual agreement between the Board of Education of Marseilles Elementary School District #150 and Mr. Brent DeFore, the Director of Building & Grounds, effective July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
Type: Action
Recommended: Approve as presented.
XII. Adjournment
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