Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201U Board of Education Committee of the Whole met Nov. 7.
Here is the agenda provided by the Board:
CALL TO ORDER-At 6:34 p.m.
Present:
• Jennifer Gasbarro • Mike Turay • Jeanine Galbraith • Cheryl Roop
• Maurice Brown • Lyle Neal • Ken Surma • Laura Hirsch
• Pam Pansa • Ellen Belotti • Keith McLean • Juan Lyle
• Terri Tobin
Absent:
• Nakia Hall • Nelson Albrecht
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and Mission Statement was read aloud.
DISTRICT AFFAIRS
“Night of Leadership” Update
Points of Discussion:
• November 14 – Theme is #ALLIN
o Food will be served at 5:00 p.m. o Program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Auditorium
• President Gasbarro distributed information to each Board member to describe their individual roles in the evening’s event
FOIA Update
• District administration presented twelve (12) FOIA requests; eleven (11) of these have been completed and one is in progress
HUMAN RESOURCES
Personnel Update
Points of Discussion:
• District administration has one update that must be discussed in closed session
BUSINESS
Updated Budget Presentation
Points of Discussion:
• District administration stated that the Board had approved the Budget in September 2017 and presented an updated financial overview; full details may be found on www.boardbook.org (11/7/17)
Conversation turned to the District architectural firms, Healy Bender and DLA, and the unfinished work at the middle school construction project that was under the architectural firm of DLA
• The Board requested having Ray Hauser attend an upcoming meeting to discuss next steps to get this project finished once and for all – preferably at the next regular meeting of November 14, 2017
• Healy Bender was never terminated as the district’s architect; they are not being paid anything, but the district is legally able to do work with them
CURRICULUM
2018-2019 School Calendar Discussion
Points of Discussion:
• District administration presented a few scenarios as it begins to develop the calendar for next year prior to meeting with the Calendar Committee:
o Currently, the Middle School is on trimesters to allow electives to be offered three times per year as opposed to twice per year
o If trimesters are balanced out, the end of the first trimester wouldn’t be complete until about the second week in November
o Continue holding P/T Conferences for high school as we have always done; in MS and elementary schools, still hold conferences but report cards would not come home until the week of Thanksgiving
o Move P/T Conferences to the week of Thanksgiving, making the high school conferences align with discussions around 2nd quarter grades
o Many high schools are doing away with quarters and just moving to semester grades only - having progress reports for high school
o Board members would like a survey offered to poll the staff on their opinions
o Approval of the calendar will be brought to the Board in March 2018
2017 School Report Card Data
Points of Discussion:
• District administration reviewed the various features contained in the School Report Card that was publicly released last week
PUBLIC COMMENT – None.
OLD BUSINESS
• President Gasbarro distributed a list of items that had been tagged as being brought back for follow up at a future meeting; asked members to review to make sure issues are being addressed
• Board member stated that she is still not receiving emails that are supposed to be forwarding to each member from the schoolboard@cm201u.org email address; Juan Lyle will look into this
• Board member asked where the district is in the process to hire an HVAC employee; Keith McLean stated that at this time, there is only one viable applicant – no candidates applied from any of the college board postings
• Board member asked if the individual spending amount per BOE member has ever been determined; this will be an agenda item on next week’s regular meeting
• Date for the next Insurance Committee meeting needs to be determined
• Date for the next Discipline Review Committee meeting needs to be determined
NEW BUSINESS
• President Gasbarro and Dr. Clark have discussed offering a program of some type for our families to address the topic of suicide prevention
• Board member stated that some wrestling equipment is unaccounted for; has the former coach been contacted to ask the whereabouts
o Please share the measures that are in place to make sure equipment, uniforms, etc., are secure
o On the inventory that was completed, was it done in the presence of the Athletic Director or was it done by the coach himself? Two signatures should be mandatory for security of equipment for any given activity
o Information will be shared in an upcoming FYI
At 9:24 p.m., it was moved by Turay and seconded by Roop:
“To retire to closed session for the purpose of discussing 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 session. [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)].”
On roll call, the following answered aye: Roop, Turay, Galbraith, and Gasbarro. Nays: Brown. Absent: Albrecht and Hall. Motion carried.
CLOSED SESSION
At 10:02 p.m., it was moved by and seconded by
“To return to open session.”
On voice votes, ayes were unanimous. Motion carried.
ADJOURN
It was moved by Turay and seconded by Galbraith:
“To adjourn.”
On voice votes, yeas were unanimous. Motion carried.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:03 p.m.
https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?mk=50263375&fn=minutes.pdf
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