May 19, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Visitors Wishing to Address the Board

IV. Consent Agenda

IV.A. Minutes

IV.A.1. Open Meetings - April 21, 2022 and May 5, 2022

IV.A.2. Closed Meeting Verbatim Records - November 12, 2020

IV.B. Treasurer's Report

IV.C. Payment of Bills

V. Motion for Consent Agenda

VI. Reports

VI.A. FOIA

VI.A.1. Zoe Yalcin - SmartProcure

VI.B. Transportation Report

VI.C. Principals

VI.D. Superintendent

VI.D.1. Natural Gas Cost Analysis

VI.D.2. Sales Tax Update

VI.D.3. Special Education Child Count

VII. Business Discussion/Action Items

VII.A. Superintendent Evaluation 

VII.B. Substitute Teacher Pay

VII.C. Second Reading and Adoption - Activities Handbook Edits

VII.D. Second Reading and Adoption - Handbook Edits

VII.E. Transfer Craig Gathmann Scholarship to Forman Valley Foundation

VII.F. Contract Approval - Gorenz and Associates for 2022-23 Audit

VII.G. Insurance Review

VII.H. Joint Annual Conference Discussion

VII.I. Arbor Management - Renewal Discussion

VIII. Executive Session to Discuss

VIII.A. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity; and

VIII.B. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(2) Collective negotiation matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees; and 

VIII.C. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this 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 120/2.06).

IX. Departing Executive Session

X. Personnel Discussion/Action Items

X.A. Hiring / Appointments

X.A.1. Logan Clark - Business Education / Computer Science Teacher

X.A.2. Noah Zuercher - 7th Grade Boys Basketball Co-Coach

X.A.3. Jason Proehl - 7th Grade Boys Basketball Co-Coach

X.A.4. Julie Jackson - Special Education Director / Assistant Principal

X.B. Retirements

X.B.1. Renee Coile

X.B.2. Barb Urish

X.C. Informational Items - Resignations, Employee Transfers

X.C.1. Kevin Forbes

X.D. Other Personnel Items

XI. Closed Session Minutes - April 21, 2022 and May 5, 2022

XII. Adjourn

XIII. The next meeting is June 2, 2022 at 6:30 PM and the Unit Office