Carbondale Reporter

Carbondale Elementary School District #95 Board of Education met October 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

1. Roll Call:

Upon roll call, the following members were present:

Mr. John Major, President

Ms. Erinn Murphy, Secretary

Ms. Michelle Connet

Ms. Catherine Field

Mr. Gary Shepherd

Ms. Natasha Zaretsky

Roll Call

2. Public Comments – None

3. Approval of Agenda

Connet moved, seconded by Field, Recommend approving the Agenda:

Roll Call Vote:

Yes votes: Murphy, Connet, Field, Shepherd, Zaretsky, Major

No votes: None

Absent: Smith

Motion carried.

Approval Of Agenda

4. Executive Session - None Executive Session

5. Consent Of Agenda Items - None Consent Of Agenda Items

6. Committee Reports Committee Reports

6.1 President’s Remarks – John Major President’s Remarks

6.11 • Jim Helton, IASB Representative: Presented an update on Superintendent search. Mr. Helton passed out copies of the online survey results. Overall, the number of people completing the survey was (6) Board Members, (145) Staff Members, and (18) Parents/Community Members.

• Mr. Helton presented the Announcement of Vacancy brochure sample for the board to review/make changes.

• Mr. Helton will meet with staff on October 26th to do focus groups at each school.

• The Superintendent position will close on November 9th at 12noon.

• Special Board Meeting (Open to the Public) is scheduled for November 28, 2017 @ 5:00pm to discuss stakeholder survey results and candidate information.

• Currently there has been 19 inquiries for the position.

• The (1st round) interview schedule will be December 6th and 7th at 5:00pm. The (2nd round) interviews are scheduled for December 13th at 5:00pm.

• The goal is to have a Superintendent hired by January 2018.

7. Old Business - None Old Business

8 New Business - None New Business

9. Next Scheduled Meetings 9.1 Thursday, October 26, 2017

Regular Board Meeting (Open To The Public)

CES95 Administrative Center

6:00 pm

6:05 pm Motion and Roll Call Vote to go into Executive Session (Closed) for the purpose of discussing matters relating to the performance, evaluation and compensation of specific personnel, matters relating to student discipline, matters relating to collective bargaining, and matters relating to pending litigation.

7:00 pm Reconvene Regular Board Meeting Public Session (Open To The Public)

9.2 Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Public Relations Committee Meeting

CES95 Administrative Center

4:00 pm

10 Public Comments (Name & Address of Person Speaking)

Ed Ford made 2 comments regarding the following: (1) His opinion is that the Board is put in place by the public to make decision for the district and hiring a administrator is one of those decisions but the administrators task is not to make decisions based on what they feel is best but to carry out what the Board decides; (2) He believe the community and board wants to hire someone that is aware of the makeup of the district and someone who would know how to interact an get along with people. His preference would be to hire someone that you have been around and have had experience with to know their interpersonal style vs. hiring someone from who knows where that is trained to come in, listen to what you want and tell you what you want to hear but you really have no way of knowing if that person understands the needs of the district.

11. Adjournment

Shepherd moved, seconded by Zaretsky, Recommend Adjournment at 6:40 PM.

Voice Vote:

Yes votes: Major, Connet, Field, Shepherd, Zaretsky, Murphy

No votes: None

Absent: Smith

Motion carried.

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