May 20, 2024 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. Filling Board Vacancy

3.a. Oath of Office

3.b. Seating New Board Member- Cathy Jenkins

4. Review of Board Member Code of Conduct Items - Board President Mark Learnard
1) I will represent all school district constituents honestly and equally and refuse to surrender my responsibilities to special interest or partisan political groups.
12) I will strive to keep my board focused upon its primary work of clarifying the district's purpose, direction and goals, and monitoring district performance. 

5. Discussion: Adoption of Agenda and Public Notes

6. Committee Reports

6.a. Building and Grounds - Pine Crest Drive Project and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

6.b. Finance - 2023-2024 FY Amended Budget

6.c. Personnel - Contract Negotiations

7. Administrator Reports

7.a. Superintendent- Dr. Jean Neal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8.b. School Activities Report

8.c. Approve: GRHS Proposed Handbook Changes

8.d. MMJH Proposed Handbook Changes

8.e. Pine Crest Proposed Handbook Changes

8.f. Illinois Association of High School Athletics (IHSA) Girls and Boys Golf Cooperative Agreement with Chrisman High School 

8.g. Approve: Addition of the Adoption of Agenda Action and Public Notes Display

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

9.a. Approve: MMJH Custodian Hire - Jana McCoy

9.b. Approve: MMJH Teaching Assistant for the 2024-2025 SY - Kiersten Kennedy

9.c. Accept: Resignation - MMJH Custodian - Joseph Bialek

9.d. Accept: Resignation of GRHS Secretary - Shelby Burress

9.e. Approve: Volunteer Football Coach - Andrew Nicholson

10. District Financials

10.a. Action: District Receipts and Accounts Payable - April 2024

10.b. Action: Food Service Financials- April 2024

10.c. Approve: Apptegy 5-Year Contract Extension in the amount of $8,760 annually

10.d. Approve: Purchase of 15 Prepster 16- Stool Lunchroom Tables from JW Associates School Equipment Specialists in the amount of $35,745

10.e. Approve: Quality Network Systems Annual Technology License Fees, 3-yr Warranty and 100 HP Chrome 11 Student Laptops in the amount of $38,700.

10.f. Approve: Quality Network Systems Purchase of two (2) 14th Gen Server Warranty, 46 Off Lease Dell Optiplex 560 Desktop with three (3) year Warranty, 46 Dell 22 Inch Flat Widescreen Monitor Totaling $25,364.70

11. Approve: Putting on Display FY 2023-2024 Amended Budget

12. Board Policy- First Reading

12.a. 2:40 Board Member Qualifications

12.b. 2:60 Board Member Removal from Office

12.c. 2:140 Communications to and from the Board

12.d. 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure

12.e. 2:265 Title IX Grievance Procedure

12.f. 2:270 Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin Prohibited

12.g. 4:20 Fund Balances

12.h. 4:165 Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors

12.i. 4:190 Targeted School Violence Prevention Program

12.j. 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment

12.k. 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited

12.l. 5:100 Staff Development Program

12.m. 5:120 Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflict of Interest

12.n. 5:300 Schedules and Employment Year

12.o. 6:60 Curriculum Content

12.p. 6:185 Remote Educational Program

12.q. Equal Educational Opportunities

12.r. 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited

12.s. 7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment

12.t. 7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited

13. 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. 

14. Adjourn