July 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - Debbie Lowman, President

2. ROLL CALL - Nena Cox, Secretary

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

4.I. Student Council Report - IAJHSC - Summer Leadership Camp 2026

4.II. Other

5. REPORTS

5.I. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

5.II. Finance Reports - Summary of 2025-2026 (FY26) & Review of 2026-2027 (FY27) Tentative Budget - Dr. Matt Gordon 

5.III. Board Committee Reports - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.IV. Projected Enrollment and Tentative Class Sections Report - 2026-2027 School Year - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.V. Facilities Report - Summer 2026 - Ron Uselton, Director of Facilities 

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.I. Approve Minutes 

6.I.A. Approve Minutes - Regular Board of Education - June 22, 2026

6.II. Approve Treasurer's Reports Ending June 30, 2026

6.III. Approve Financial Report Ending June 30, 2026

6.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending June 30, 2026

6.V. Approve Bills - July 2026, Excluding Payment to Donnie Uselton

6.VI. Approve EIS Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefits Report - 2025-2026 School Year (FY26)

7. ACTION ITEMS

7.I. Approve Payment - Donnie Uselton - General Repair Invoice 20260629

7.II. Approve District Consolidated Plan (ISBE Title Grants)

7.III. Approve Curriculum Adoption and Purchase - National Geographic - World Cultures and Geography (2017) - 6th Grade World Geography Textbook

7.IV. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption - PRESS Issue #121 - March 2026
2:200 - Types of School Board Meetings (Updated)
2:220 - School Board Meeting Procedure (Updated)
2:250 - Access to District Public Records (Updated)
2:260 - Uniform Grievance Procedure (Updated)
2:265 - Title IX Grievance Procedure (Reviewed)
4:40 - Incurring Debt (Reviewed)
4:165 - Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors (Updated)
5:30 - Hiring Process and Criteria (Updated)
5:50 - Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco, and Cannabis Prohibition
5:250 - Leave of Absence
5:330 - Sick Days, Vacation, Holiday, and Leaves (Updated with District Specific Edits)
6:50 - School Wellness (Updated)
6:65 - Student Social and Emotional Development (Updated)
6:100 - Using Animals in the Educational Program (Updated)
6:145 - Migrant Students (Updated)
6:170 - Title I Programs (Updated)
6:180 - Extended Instructional Programs (Updated)
7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited (Updated)
7:50 - School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools (Updated)
7:100 - Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations: Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students (Updated)
7:185 - Teen Dating Violence Prohibited (Updated)
7:220 - Bus Conduct (Updated)
7:230 - Misconduct by Students with Disabilities (Updated)
7:240 - Conduct Code for Participation in Extracurricular Activities (Updated)
7:260 - Exemption from Physical Education (Updated with District Specific Edits)
7:280 - Communicable and Chronic Infectious Diseases (Updated)
7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics (Updated)
8:90 - Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs (Updated)

7.V. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption - Policy 7:330 - Student Use of Buildings - Equal Access

8. DISCUSSION ITEMS

8.I. Policy 8:20 - Community Use of Fields

8.II. Solar Power Project - Update

8.III. Staffing - 2026-2027 School Year

8.IV. Other

9. INFORMATION ITEMS

9.I. The Rankin Review Vol 6 - Released July 17, 2026!

9.II. Opening Day - 2026-2027 School Year - "The Rankin Difference" - August 13, 2026!

9.III. Special Board of Education Meeting - Self Evaluation - IASB - August 31, 2026 - 5:00 p.m. 

9.IV. Public Budget Hearing - 2026-2027 (FY27) - Original Budget - September 28, 2026 - 6:30 p.m. 

9.V. Sarah Grako - Letter or Resignation - Head Cheerleading Coach

9.VI. Other

10. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

10.I. Other

11. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11.I. 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.

11.II. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

11.III. 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 minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.

12. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

12.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - June 22, 2026

12.II. Personnel Items

12.II.A. Employment

12.II.A.a. Approve Employment Agreement - Leah Moser - District Bookkeeper /Secretary - Beginning August 3, 2026 - 2026-2027 School Year

12.II.A.b. Approve Employment - Gina Perry - Head Cheerleading Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

12.II.B. Information

12.II.B.a. Gina Perry - Letter of Resignation - Assistant Cheerleading Coach - Contingent on Hiring as Head Cheerleading Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

12.III. Approve the Establishment of the District Health Insurance Committee per Rankin Association of Teachers Agreement

12.IV. Consideration of Student Tuition Requests - 2026-2027 School Year

12.V. Consideration of Release - Executive Session Minutes - Six Month Review

12.VI. Consideration of Destruction - Executive Session Electronic Recordings - 18 Months or Older

13. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, August 24, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. 

Rankin School District #98 "Our School is a Great Place to Learn"

Mission: Empowering all students to reach their maximum potential and become productive, respectful, responsible, and well-rounded citizens.  

Vision: Building the foundation of the future by engaging youth through rigorous and diverse educational opportunities.