Oglesby Elementary School District 125 Board met Jan. 16.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Call to Order/Roll Call
Jim Knoblauch, President, called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Present: Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, Marc Strand and Jim Knoblauch. Absent: Jason Curran. Others present: Michael Pillion, Superintendent, Michael Balestri, Principal, Merritt Burns, Principal, and Traci Tomasson, Secretary, Board of Education.
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
MOTION by Doug Kramarsic, seconded by Mike Barrie, to approve the board meeting agenda for January 16, 2019. Voting aye: Doug Kramarsic, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Mike Porter, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 6-0.
Approval of Consent Agenda
MOTION by Marc Strand, seconded by Bob Etzenbach, to approve the consent agenda as presented, keeping the December 19, 2018, closed minutes closed. Voting aye: Marc Strand, Bob Etzenbach, Mike Barrie, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 6-0.
Public Comment, Correspondence and Announcements
Mr. Pillion said he received several thank you notes for the holiday hams.
Jason Curran arrived at 5:32 p.m.
Approval of the Second Reading of Updated/New Board Policies (2:70, 2:80, 2:120, 2:150, 2:260, 4:45, 4:130, 4:170, 5:30, 5:60, 5:100, 5:190, 5:200, 5:220, 5:230, 6:20, 6:60, 7:70, 7:100, 7:190, 7:200, 7:250, 7:260, 7:270, 7:290, 7:305)
Mr. Pillion said there were no changes since the last meeting and first reading of the updated policies. MOTION by Marc Strand seconded by Doug Kramarsic, to approve the second reading of the updated/new board policies as presented. Voting aye: Marc Strand, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Jason Curran, Mike Porter, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Approval of the Certified Seniority List
Mr. Pillion said we approve the certified seniority list yearly, explaining that the law changed for the RIF process and the seniority list is only a portion of the process now. He said the list is sent to the certified staff prior to approval. MOTION by Mike Barrie, seconded by Mike Porter, to approve the certified seniority list as presented. Voting aye: Mike Barrie, Mike Porter, Bob Etzenbach, Jason Curran, Doug Kramarsic, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Approval of the Non-Certified Seniority List
Mr. Pillion said the non-certified seniority list is approved yearly and noted that the list is used in the RIF process. MOTION by Doug Kramarsic, seconded by Mike Porter, to approve the non-certified seniority list as presented. Voting aye: Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Jason Curran, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Reports/Updates
Superintendent Reports/Information
Funding Update– Mr. Pillion said he received word that the district should be receiving a mandated categorical payment soon. He noted that the state is not as far behind in payments as last year and that we have received preschool money. He said the bond issuance is complete and said we are moving forward with it. He also explained that the district just received title reallocation which is an increase of $38,000 for Title I and $2000 for Title II. He said the funds will go towards professional development and the cost of the interventionist.
Building Update– Mr. Pillion said the custodians completed odds and end jobs over the break and noted that there was only one major issue at Washington with a valve being replaced that was from the 1957 building. He said they were able to cut it out and did a very good job. He said the work was completed in a half day and should be lower than the quote of $2,200.
Enrollment Report – Mr. Pillion said the enrollment report was similar to last month.
FOIA Request - Mr. Pillion said the district received a FOIA request from the Illinois Retired Teachers Association requesting the name and email address for any teacher or administrator retiring at the end of this school year.
Cafeteria Report – Mr. Pillion said we are behind at this point with a net loss for the cafeteria report. He said he received a survey from the ISBE for a possible lunch program audit for this year, and noted that the last audit was in 2016.
Principal Reports/Information (Lincoln)
Ready Math Pilot– Mr. Balestri said four teachers participated in a training to begin the Ready Math Pilot, and three classroom teachers and the math RtI program will be utilizing Ready Math and iReady in their classrooms to evaluate the program.
5 Essentials Survey –Mr. Balestri said the survey will conclude February 15th, and noted that we have met the participation requirements for teachers, students and parents. He said this will allow us to generate results in all areas of the survey for the first time. He also explained that last year only parents and teachers participated, and this year students from fourth grade and up participated.
Professional Development – Mr. Balestri said teachers took part in a training on the January 7th institute day with Meg Ormiston discussing technology in the classroom. He said staff members who are CPI certified participated in a CPI refresher presented by L.E.A.S.E. He also said staff members who needed to renew CPR took part in a training with Nurse Mary, and grade level meetings took place to discuss math curriculum and Preschool to Kindergarten transition.
P.B.I.S. – Mr. Balestri said on the first day back from winter break, the students took part in a refresher training on school-wide expectations, and said on January 18th, students will take part in a booster rewarding students who do not have any minors in the first 6 weeks of the second trimester.
RtI – Mr. Balestri said winter benchmark testing took place this week, and data meetings are scheduled for January 25th to analyze data and make RtI placement decisions.
P.B.I.S. – Mr. Balestri congratulated the following P.B.I.S. Spotlight Students: Kindergarten, Madisyn Engel, 1st Grade, Graesyn Walker; 2nd Grade, Sailor Ernat; 3rd Grade, Carter Salazar; 4th Grade, Caiden Fornero; 5th Grade, Griffin Hammers.
Principal Reports/Information (Washington)
OSF Vaping Presentation- Mr. Burns said an OSF vaping presentation took place January 10th as part of the lesson for 6th and 7th grade students on the dangers of vaping. He said it was attended by OSF staff and media members from the Quad City Times and News Tribune.
Institute- Mr. Burns said the January 7th Teachers’ Institute involved a full day of professional development including an i-Ready pilot webinar, technology implementation in the classroom, CPR/AED training, and a CPI refresher.
PLC – Mr. Burns said staff members had training on differentiation and small group instruction based on training from two teachers who attended a L.E.A.S.E. conference.
5Essentials – Mr. Burns said the current response rates for the survey are Teachers at 70%, Students at 99%, and Parents at 33%.
Math Committee - Mr. Burns said the data collection is progressing within the RtI program at Washington, and noted that they plan on beginning to make informed decisions about how to best use the data at the end of February.
Musical – Mr. Burns said Willy Wonka Jr. is scheduled for Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17. He said the students will be conducting practices throughout the coming months under the direction of Mr. Dennison, Ms. Brown, and Ms. Armstrong.
Extracurricular – Mr. Burns said the girls’ volleyball have played 3 games already and look to be a competitive group in every level. He said the 7th and 8th grade boys’ basketball team had parent’s night last night. He said 7th grade is currently 6-12 for the season, while 8th is 9-9. He said regionals start for 7th grade on January 19th and for 8th grade on January 26th. He said the 6th grade boys’ basketball ended their season with a win against ICS over the holiday break, and said the 5th and 6th grade teams will enjoy an upcoming pizza party.
P.B.I.S. – Mr. Burns congratulated the following P.B.I.S. Spotlight Students: Violet Baker, 6th Grade, Faith Arkins, 7th Grade, Gwen Tomsha, 8th Grade.
Old Business
Mr. Pillion said Trivia Night is set for February 2nd with the doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and the trivia beginning at 7:00 p.m.
New Business
Mr. Pillion said he would like to schedule a building and grounds committee meeting before the February board meeting to discuss flooring. He said he will email the committee with some possible dates to meet.
Mr. Pillion said he received a retirement letter from Diana Roda for the end of this school year. MOTION by Jason Curran, seconded by Mike Barrie, to approve the request for retirement at the end of the 2018-19 school year from Diana Roda as presented. Voting aye: Jason Curran, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Closed Session
MOTION by Jason Curran, seconded by Marc Strand, to enter into closed session at 5:48 p.m. to discuss:
1. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel or the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
2. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).
3. Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).
4. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10).
Voting aye: Jason Curran, Marc Strand, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
MOTION by Mike Porter, seconded by Jason Curran, to return to regular session at 6:16 p.m. Voting aye: Mike Porter, Jason Curran, Mike Barrie, Bob Etzenbach, Doug Kramarsic, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Action Items after Closed Session
Consideration of Release of Closed Session Minutes
The School Board met in closed session to conduct its semi-annual review of closed meeting minutes that have not been released for public inspection. MOTION by Mike Barrie, seconded by Mike Porter, to keep the closed meeting minutes from May 16, 2018, June 20, 2018, August 15, 2018, September 19, 2018, October 17, 2018, and November 20, 2018, closed. Voting aye: Mike Barrie, Mike Porter, Bob Etzenbach, Jason Curran, Doug Kramarsic, Marc Strand, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Approval of Authorization of Destruction of Verbatim Audio Records from Closed Session held prior to June 1, 2017 per the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120 MOTION by Bob Etzenbach seconded by Marc Strand, to give authorization of the destruction of verbatim audio records from closed session held prior to June 1, 2017 per the Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120. Voting aye: Bob Etzenbach, Marc Strand, Mike Barrie, Jason Curran, Doug Kramarsic, Mike Porter, and Jim Knoblauch. The motion carried 7-0.
Adjourn
MOTION by Marc Strand, seconded by Mike Porter, to adjourn. All in favor, aye. The motion carried 7-0. Time: 6:18 p.m.
http://www.ops125.net/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/57dab9f2660f6/Regular%20Meeting%20January%2016,%202019.pdf
Alerts Sign-up