November 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance

2. Recognition of Guests, Public Participation, Notices, and Communications (Limited to 20 minutes)

3. Adjournment to Closed Meeting for Personnel
Pursuant to IL Open Meetings Act: 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1): The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the district to determine its validity. 

4. Committee Reports

4.a. Building and Grounds

4.b. Finance

4.c. Personnel

5. Administrator Reports

5.a. Superintendent- Dr. Jean Neal

5.a.1. Tax Levy Presentation

5.a.2. Memorandum of Understanding Overview

5.a.3. Teaching Assistant Support for Kindergarten through First Grade

5.a.4. Pine Crest Parking Lot Paving Project Update

5.a.5. Architect Update on the Bidding Process for the Pine Crest Access Road to E. West Street.

5.a.6. Agreement was Reached on the Purchase of Acreage for Agriculture Program Expansion. Hartke Surveying will conduct the Land Survey of the Acreage, High School and Pine Crest Campuses. 

5.a.7. Transportation Office Upgrades Update

5.a.8. Pine Street Maintenance Building Fencing Replacement Update

5.a.9. District Goal Update

5.b. Director of Curriculum and Technology- Mr. Trent Eisenbarth

5.c. Director of Student Services- Dr. Catherine Eads

5.d. Assistant Superintendent and Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School Principal- Mr. Kevin Thomas

5.e. Mary Miller Junior High Principal- Mr. Joshua Cavanaugh

5.f. Pine Crest Principal- Mrs. Ashley Vaughn

6. Consent Agenda: Consent agenda items will be considered without discussion,  unless a Board Member asks to have items removed for discussion prior to action.

6.a. Minutes of all recent regular and special meetings of the Board of Education, and any meetings of committees of the Board

6.b. School Activities Report

6.c. Approve: Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) For Teacher Retention and Recruitment Grant and Addition of Maintenance Position

6.d. Approve: Georgetown McDonald's Request for Fee Waiver for Staff Christmas Party

7. Human Resources: Employments, Employment Changes, Leaves of Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Extracurricular Assignments/Changes

7.a. Accept: Resignation of MMJH Assistant Softball Coach (Immediately), MMJH Pep Team Sponsor (Immediately), and MMJH Head Cheerleading Coach (after current season)- Ms. Michelle Scrogham 

7.b. Accept: Resignation of MMJH Cross Country Coach - Ms. Dusti Gocken

7.c. Accept: Resignation of MMJH Track Coach- Ms. Betsy Daily

7.d. Accept: Resignation of MMJH Personal Assistant- Ms. Michell Waddell

7.e. Accept: Resignation of Personal Assistant - Ms. Ashley Proctor

7.f. Accept: Resignation of Early Childhood Teaching Assistant- Ms. Kaniyah Williams

7.g. Accept: Resignation of GRFC Girls Track Coach- Ms. Kayla Smith

7.h. Approve: Personal Assistant Hire Name Correction from Abbie Cobble (BOE Hire on 10-23-23) to Ally Cobble. 

7.i. Approve: MMJH Assistant Volleyball Coach Hire- Ms. Dani Funk

7.j. Approve: Head High School Baseball Coach Hire- Mr. Johnathan Heck

7.k. Approve: MMJH Personal Assistant Hire- Ms. Izabella Wills

7.l. Approve: Pine Crest Custodian Hire- Mr. Chad Quick

7.m. Approve: Long-Term Substitute Hire- Ms. Lesley Roughton

7.n. Approve: Part Time (3.5 hours) Personal Aide Hire- Ms. Amy Holden

7.o. Approve: Personal Aide Hire- Mr. Coleton Cobble

7.p. Approve: Personal Aide Hire- Mrs. Darcy Vice

7.q. Approve: Early Childhood Teaching Assistant Hire- Ms. Kayla Harrier

7.r. Approve: Teaching Assistant Hire- Ms. Kelsy Norton

7.s. Approve: Part-Time (3.5 Hours) Personal Aide Hire- Ms. Kenzie Phillips

7.t. Approve: Long-Term Substitute Teacher Hire- Ms. Mary Key

7.u. Approve: Speech Teaching Assistant Hire- Ms. Rhiannon Shaw

7.v. Approve: High School Student Worker 4 Hours Per Day Hire- Ms. JaTay Thomas

8. District Financials

8.a. Action: District Receipts and Accounts Payable 

8.b. Action: Food Service Financials

8.c. Approve: FY 2024 Levy

8.d. Approve: Unit Office Staff Salary Adjustment

8.e. Approve: Open Road Paving Certificate of Payment for the Pine Crest Elementary Parking Lot Pavement Replacement in the amount of $288,048.77

8.f. Approve: Transportation Office Upgrades in the amount of $7,700

8.g. Approve: W. Powell Fence Company Bid for Pine Street Maintenance Building Fence in the amount of $13,750.

9. Approve: First Reading of Policy Updates

9.a. 2:280 - Board Member Oath and Conduct

9.b. 2:170 - Procurement of Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Services

9.c. 4:45 - Insuffiencent Fund Checks and Debt Recovery

9.d. 4:100 - Insurance Management

9.e. 5:230 - Maintaiing Student Discipline

9.f. 6:10 Educational Philosophy and Objectives

9.g. 6:190 - Extracurricular and Co-curricular Activities

9.h. 6:240 - Field Trips

9.i. 7:275 - Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment

9.j. 7:305 - Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries

9.k. 7:330 Student Use of Buildings - Equal Access

9.l. 8:25 - Advertising and Distributing Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School Related Entities

9.m. 8:95 - Parental Involvement

9.n. 2:20 - Powers and Duties of the School Board; Indemnification

9.o. 2:110 - Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers

9.p. 2:120 - Board Member Development

9.q. 2:200 - Types of School Board Meetings

9.r. 3:50 - Administrative Personnel Other than the Superintendent

9.s. 4:10 Fiscal and Business Management

9.t. 4:30 - Revenue and Investments

9.u. 4:60 Purchases and Contracts

9.v. 4:90 - Student Activity and Fiduciary Funds

9.w. 4:130 - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services

9.x. 4:160 - Enviornmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds

9.y. 4:170 Safety

9.z. 5:30 - Hiring Process and Criteria

9.aa. 5:50 - Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco, and Cannabis Prohibition

9.ab. 5:90 - Abused and Neglected Child Reporting

9.ac. 5:120 - Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflice of Interest

9.ad. 5:150 - Personnel Records

9.ae. 5:190 - Teacher Qualifications

9.af. 5:200 - Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal

9.ag. 5:210 - Resignations

9.ah. 5:220 - Substitute Teachers

9.ai. 6:15 - School Accountability

9.aj. 6:20 - School Year Calendar and Day

9.ak. 6:30 - Organization of Instruction

9.al. 6:50 - School Wellness

9.am. 6:60 - Curriculum Content

9.an. 6:65 - Student Social and Emotional Development

9.ao. 6:230 - Library Media Program

9.ap. 6:270 Guidance and Counseling Program

9.aq. 6:280 - Grading and Promotion

9.ar. 7:50 - School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools

9.as. 7:60 - Residence

9.at. 7:70 - Attendance and Truancy

9.au. 7:160 - Student Appearance

9.av. 7:165 School Uniforms

9.aw. 7:190 - Student Behavior

9.ax. 7:250 - Student Support Services

9.ay. 7:270 - Administering Medicines to Students

9.az. 7:285 - Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program

9.ba. 7:290 - Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention

9.bb. 7:345 - Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security

9.bc. 8:30 - Visitors to and Conduct on School Property

10. Approve: First Reading of Georgetown Police Department School Resource Officer Contract and Job Description

11. Adjourn