April 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

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

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

3. Board Member Code of Conduct - I will strive to keep my board focused on its primary work of clarifying the district purpose, direction and goals, and monitoring district performance. Board President Mark Learnard

4. Agenda Action and Public Notes

5. GRHS Government Class Visit Report - Nancy Dalenberg

6. Administrator Reports

6.a. Superintendent - Jean Neal

6.a.1. District Goals

6.a.2. Education Personnel FCU ATM Location 

6.a.3. Purchase a True Refrigeration Cooler for Pine Crest in the amount of $5,584.00 in the 2025-2026 SY

6.a.4. Text Book Adoption: TCI Textbook Science (K-8) and Social Studies (K-12) Series Purchase through Title I Grant Funds - $263,029 (Paid over a 3-Year Period)

6.a.5. Textbook Adoption: National Geographic (9-12) Science Textbook Purchase through Title I Grant -$35,721.53 (Paid over a 2-Year Period)

6.b. Director of Curriculum and Technology - Trent Eisenbarth

6.c. Director of Student Services - Ashley Vaughn

6.d. Assistant Superintendent and GRHS School Principal - Kevin Thomas

6.e. Mary Miller Junior High Principal - Joshua Cavanaugh

6.f. Pine Crest Principal - Kristofor Barth

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

7.a. School Activities Reports

7.b. Approve: Minutes of all recent regular and special meetings of the Board of Education, and any meetings of committees of the Board

7.c. Approve: Discipline Improvement Plan 

7.d. Approve: Google Workspace for Education

7.e. Approve: Installation of the Education Personnel ATM on District Property

7.f. Approve: District Consolidated Plan

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

8.a. Approve: 3rd Grade Teacher Hire for the 2025-2026 SY  - Molly Fourez

8.b. Approve: Pine Crest Music Teacher Hire - Joanna Coombes

8.c. Approve: Volunteer Assistant Soccer Coach - Aaron Marx

8.d. Approve: Volunteer Assistant Soccer Coach - Vytautas Ankstutis

8.e. Accept: Junior High Girls Basketball Coach Resignation - Shelby Franzen

8.f. Approve: Career and Technical Education Construction Trades Teacher Retirement at the end of the 2027-2028 SY with a 6% Salary Increase for the Last Three Years - Wade Anderson

8.g. Approve: Career and Technical Education Family and Consumer Science Teacher Retirement at the End of the 2027-2028 SY with a 6% Salary Increase for the Last Three Years - Anita Kotcher

8.h. Accept: Career and Technical Education Business Teacher Retirement at the End of the 2027-2028 SY with a 6% Salary Increase for Three Years - Dona Graham

8.i. Approve: Board Payment of IMRF - Darla Attutis

8.j. Approve: District Director of Curriculum and Technology Four Year Contract Extension  and Retirement at the end of the 2029-2030 SY with a 6% Increase for the last four years.

9. District Financials

9.a. Action: District Receipts and Accounts Payable - March 2025

9.b. Action: Food Service Financials - March 2025

9.c. Approve: TCI Textbook Science (K-8) and Social Studies (K-12) - $263,029 (paid over a 3 year period) 

9.d. Approve: National Geographic (9-12) Textbook Purchase - $35,721.53
(paid over 2-years)

9.e. Approve: Purchase of a True Refrigeration Cooler - $5,584.00 (paid after July 1, 2025)

10. Election Results

10.a. Acknowledge receipt of certified election results

10.b. Accept: Canvassing of election results

11. Adjourn Sine Die

12. Appointment of Superintendent as President Pro Tempore

13. Roll Call

14. Administration of Oath/Election of Officers

14.a. Administration of Oath of Office

14.b. Election of Board President

14.c. Election of Vice President

14.d. Election of Board Secretary

15. School Board Policy Update - First Reading

15.a. 2:260 - Uniform Grievance Procedure

15.b. 2:265 - Title IX Grievance Procedure

15.c. 4:15 - Identity Protection

15.d. 4:80 - Accounting and Audits

15.e. 4:120 Food Services

15.f. 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment

15.g. 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited

15.h. 5:60 Expenses

15.i. 5:100 - Staff Development Program

15.j. 6:150 - Home and Hospital Instruction

15.k. 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks

15.l. 6:310 - High School Credit for Non-District Experiences; Course Substitutions; Re-Entering Students

15.m. 7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities

15.n. 7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited

15.o. 7:50 - School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools

15.p. 7:60 - Residence

15.q. 7:70 - Attendance and Truancy

15.r. 7:180 - Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment

15.s. 7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited

15.t. 7:190 - Student Behavior

15.u. 7:200 - Suspension Procedures

15.v. 7:210 Expulsion Procedures

15.w. 7:250 - Student Support Services

15.x. 7:255 - Students Who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence

15.y. 7:270 - Administering Medicines to Students

15.z. 7:310 Restrictions on Publications; Elementary Schools

15.aa. 7:315 - Restrictions on Publications; High Schools

15.ab. 7:340 - Student Records

15.ac. 8:30 - Visitors to and Conduct on School Property

16. 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. 

17. Adjourn