July 10, 2014 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Description:  The monthly SASED Board of Control update is provided as an information item for the Board’s review.  

Description:  During the 2013-2014 school year, we received a total of three (3) calls to the hotline. The breakdown by school is as follows: Ide, 0 calls; Prairieview, 2 calls, and Lakeview 1 call.  Each call/report is logged by the District Office and forwarded to the appropriate administrator to be dealt with at the school level.

We will continue to address all calls to the Bulling Hotline for the upcoming school year and monitor trends, if any should arise. We will report back to the Board next summer.

Description:  As an extension of the work completed by the Strategic Planning Team during the 2013-14 school year and in an effort to align school-level with district-level initiatives, the entire Administrative Team is participating in Professional Learning Communities (PLC) training this summer.  We intend to use the PLC model to support aligned improvement efforts across the district.  An initial list of training dates is attached for the Board's information. 

Description:  The routine financial reports are provided in the attached documents.

Description:  Resignations
None

Retirement
None

Transfers
None

New Hires
Laura Arce - Business Office Assistant/District

Positions Open:
Custodian
BACC Assistant
Substitute Teachers
Science Teacher - Lakeview JHS

Description:  Attached are copies of minutes from Executive Session for the past 6-months. Please review them carefully before the meeting. Board policy requires the Board to review these minutes twice a year. After reviewing these minutes, those that are found to be appropriate may be added to the regular minutes of our meetings.

Description:  As per Policy 2:220, after 18-months have passed since being made, the audio recording of a closed meeting is destroyed with Board approval.  Approval is requested to destroy recordings prior to January, 2013.

Description:  Attached is a SASED resolution for the dismissal of a non-certified staff member.  The SASED Board of Control has already taken action on this issue and we will affirm their action as an administrative agent.

Description:  I recommend that Consent Agenda Items A, B, C, D, E, and F be approved.

Description:  The annual board conference will be held November 21-23, 2014 in Chicago.   This is an important professional development opportunity for Board Members.

I encourage Board discussion on plans for this conference since we will need to know right away who will need to be registered.

Description:  As the FY 15 Budget moves closer to it's final version, we received a surprise payment from the State last week.  This will have a positive impact on the FY 14 budget, but a negative impact on the FY 15 budget.

at the end of June, the Illinois Comptroller's Office unexpectedly released the 4th Quarter of the Fiscal Year 2014 Mandated Categorical payments to all school districts. This is the first time, since
Fiscal Year 2007, that all four MCAT quarterly payments for the same fiscal year have been paid by June 30.
 
While this is exciting news for districts, the Comptroller's Office said this is the result of several unique circumstances and that districts should not expect to receive all payments on time next year, but rather only three would likely be received in FY15. The June 2015 will most likely be released after July next year.  

While this has a zero net impact for our overall district financial impact, it creates the perception of an imbalanced budget for one year. 

Description:  Registration for the Annual School Board Conference will be made for Board members and administrators following the July Board meeting.  All Board members need to notify Mrs. Blaze of their intent to attend.

Description:  Based on Board input, a draft of 2014-15 Board committees will be presented for discussion. 

Description:  Due to a rule from ISBE about the structure of school calenders, we need to make a slight revision to the 2014-15 calendar.  Schools are not allowed to hold a School Improvement Day (SIP Day) on the day preceding a Parent/Teacher Conference Day of student nonattendance.  Therefore, we need to move the previously scheduled Feb. 12, 2015 SIP Day to Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015.  The attached calendar includes this revision. 

Recommendation:  The Superintendent recommends that the Board approve the 2014-2015 Calendar revision as presented.

Description:  Each year the building principals meet to review and update Student Handbooks.  The 2014-15 Student Handbooks for Elizabeth Ide, Prairieview, and Lakeview are attached for the Board's review.

Recommendation:  The Superintendent recommends that the Board approve the 2014-15 Student Handbooks for Elizabeth Ide, Prairieview, and Lakeview as presented.

Description:  This was the first year that TEAM 66 has offered a grant program to Center Cass 66 teachers.  In order for a grant request to be submitted, approval was required from the building principal and superintendent.  Additionally, each request was aligned with one of the Strategic Plan goal areas.

A total of five grants were submitted to the superintendent in May, 2014.  One grant was sent back at that point due to extraordinary costs the District would incur that were not covered by the grant request.  The other four grants were forwarded to TEAM 66 and the attached requests were approved through a "blind" review process conducted by TEAM 66.

Recommendation:  The Superintendent recommends that the Board approve the restricted funds donated by TEAM 66 for the sole purpose of fulfilling the Teacher Grants in the amount of $2,559.17.

Description:  The attached Resolution Authorizing Intervention before the State Property Tax Appeal Board is required annually before appointing the Scariano law firm to represent it for each year of appeals.

Recommendation:  The Superintendent recommends that the Board approve the Resolution Authorizing Intervention before the State Property Tax Appeal Board on behalf of Center Cass School District 66.

Description:  I recommend that the Board enter into executive session for the purpose of the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 5ILCS120/2 (c) (1).

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