October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER (Please silence cell phones)

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

4. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA

5. GOOD NEWS ITEMS

5.A. Building Reports (Enclosure)

5.B. CHS Student Report (Enclosure)

5.C. Additional Good News

6. RECOGNITION OF AUDIENCE REQUESTS TO ADDRESS BOARD OF EDUCATION

7. CONSENT AGENDA (All items marked with an asterisk (*) are consent agenda items)

8. * MINUTES

8.A. Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting, September 15, 2025 (Enclosure)

8.B. Minutes of the Closed Session, September 15, 2025 (Board Table)

8.C. Minutes of Special Building and Grounds Committee Meeting, October 3, 2025 (Enclosure)

9. * FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

9.A. Consider Payment of Bills and Payroll (Enclosure)

9.B. Treasurer's Report (Enclosure)

9.C. Quarterly Reports on School Activity Accounts (Enclosure)

10. * PERSONNEL

10.A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignations

10.A.1. Medical Leave of Absence, Certified Staff Member, Beginning Approximately January 26, 2026 Through the End of Spring Semester (Board Enclosure)

10.A.2. Resignation of Vickie LaFleur, Bus Monitor, Transportation, Effective Beginning September 23, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.3. Medical Leave of Absence, Certified Staff Member, Beginning Approximately March 20, 2026, Through the End of the 25-26 School Year (Board Enclosure)

10.B. Employment

10.B.1. Employment of Sabra Brooks, Paraprofessional, Eastview Elementary School, Effective Beginning September 22, 2025 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.B.2. Employment of Adrianna Kemp, Custodian, Eastview Elementary School and Administration Office, Effective Beginning September 30, 2025 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.C. Transfers

10.D. Extracurricular

10.D.1. Employment of Nic Stevens, Assistant Varsity Baseball (9-10), Canton High School, Effective September 19, 2025 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.D.2. Consider Approval of Additional Volunteer Coaches (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.D.3. Employment of Carl Fisher, Head Girls Track Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning October 7, 2025, for One Year Only (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.D.4. Employment of Natalie Liewehr, 6th Grade Volleyball Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning October 7, 2025, for One Year Only (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

11. ACTION ITEMS

11.A. *Consider Approval of Destruction of the Audio Recording of the Board Meeting Closed Sessions Held on February 7, 2024 and February 21, 2024.

11.B. Consider Approval of 2025-2026 School Improvement Plans for Canton High School, Ingersoll Middle School, Eastview Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, and Westview Elementary School (Enclosure)

11.C. Consider Approval of Bid for Project #4383 Ingersoll Middle School Storage Building to Hein Construction Co., Inc. in the Amount of $685,000 (Board Enclosure)

11.D. Consider Approval of Resolution for Tentative 2025 Tax Levy (Board Enclosure)

11.E. Consider Approval of a Health-Life-Safety Amendment for Eastview Elementary School (Board Enclosure)

11.F. Consider Approval of a Health-Life-Safety Amendment for Westview Elementary School (Board Enclosure)

11.G. Consider Approval to Apply for a Maintenance Grant to Complete Health/Life Safety Work for Flooring Work at Eastview and Westview Elementary (Board Enclosure)

11.H. Consider Approval of Banking Resolution with MidAmerica National Bank Designating KiLee Lidwell-McFerren, Jacqueline Rediger, and Jillian Romine as Authorized Signers for the Lincoln Elementary School Activity Account (Board Enclosure)

12. REPORTS

12.A. District #66 Metrics Report (Enclosure)

13. DISCUSSION ITEMS

13.A. Delegate Selection for Joint Annual Conference (Board Enclosure)

13.B. Building and Grounds Discussion (Board Enclosure)

13.C. Schedule Board Retreat

14. INFORMATION ITEMS

14.A. Freedom of Information Request from Allium Data (Board Enclosure)

14.B. Freedom of Information Request from Peoria Standard (Board Enclosure)

14.C. Freedom of Information Request from Steve Watts (Board Enclosure)

15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

16. CLOSED SESSION

16.A. Discuss the Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of Specific Employees of the Public Body [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1)]

16.B. Discuss Student Disciplinary Matters and/or Educational Matters Relating to Individual Students [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (9) and (10)]

16.C. Security Procedures, School Building Safety and Security, and the Use of Personnel and Equipment to Respond to an Actual, a Threatened, or a Reasonably Potential Danger to the Safety of Employees, Students, Staff, the Public, or Public Property [ILCS 120/2 (c)(8)]

16.D. The Selection of a Person to Fill a Public Office, as Defined in the Open Meetings Act, Including a Vacancy in a Public Office, When the Public Body is Given Power to Appoint Under Law or Ordinance, or the Discipline, Performance or Removal of the Occupant of a Public Office, When the Public Body is Given Power to Remove the Occupant Under Law or Ordinance. 5 ILCS120/2 (c)(3) 

16.E. Litigation, When an Action Against, Affecting or on Behalf of the Particular Public Body has been Filed and is Pending Before a Court or Administrative Tribunal, or When the Public Body Finds that an Action is Probable or Imminent, in Which Case the Basis for the Finding Shall be Recorded and Entered into the Minutes of the Closed Meeting [5 ILCS 120/2 (11)]

17. ACTION

17.A. Consider Approval of an Agreement in Lieu of Expulsion for Student #21329 as Discussed in Closed Session (Board Enclosure)

18. ADJOURN