Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 Board met July 16.
Here is the minutes as provided by the board:
The Board of Education of the Johnston City Community Unit School District No. 1 met at a regular Board meeting held on July 16, 2018 with Closed Session beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the regular meeting beginning at 7:10 p.m. at the Unit Office, 200 E. 12th Street, Johnston City, IL. President Chris Cullum called the meeting to order and asked the clerk for the attendance roll call.
Roll Call
Present: Chad Barras, Randy Brymer, John Etherton, Patti Martin, Greg Smiley, Keven Stroud, and Chris Cullum,
Absent: None
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the consent agenda consisting of the following:
A. Approval of the Regular and Closed Session minutes of the June 18, 2018 regular meeting;
B. Approval of the Treasurer’s Report;
C. Approval of the Bills for Payment;
D. Reaffirm Serious Safety Hazard Areas for Transportation.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Randy Brymer to approve the Sportsology Athletic Training Contract as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the Athletic Committee Report as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve and adopt the second reading of the PRESS Policy Updates as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the destruction of Closed Session tapes listed below in Accordance with 5 ILCS 120/2.6c: 7/18/16, 8/15/16, 9/19/16, 9/23/16, 10/17/16, 11/14/16, 11/22/16, and 12/19/16.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Randy Brymer to award surplus property bids as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve the Athletic Handbook changes as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to authorize the architect to release the baseball field project for bids.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Keven Stroud to reinstate paid assistant coaching positions for high school baseball and high school softball and to post the positions.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Keven Stroud to accept the resignation of Julie Maze as the K-12 Music teacher.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Greg Smiley to employ Trevor Clark as the SIJHSAA Athletic Director for the 2018-2019 school.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Chris Cullum to employ Sylvia Graham as the K-12 Music Instructor for the 2018-2019 school year.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Keven Stroud to employ David Shick as a High School Social Studies Teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Chad Barras to employ Crystal Bozarth as a Washington Middle School ESSA Aide.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by John Etherton to approve David Morris as a Volunteer Assistant Middle School Boys’ Baseball Coach pending meeting the requirements in IHSA by-law 2.070 “Qualifications of Coaches”.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy Brymer and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve Bailey Pulley as a Volunteer Assistant Middle School Girls’ Softball Coach pending meeting the requirements in IHSA by-law 2.070 “Qualifications of Coaches”.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, and Cullum
Abstaining: Stroud
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that we have received our ESSA Accountability Report and Washington Middle School has been tagged as a subgroup. However, we have not received information as to which subgroup the building fell into for the accountability. Washington Middle School will have four (4) years to get out of the status. The final report will come out in October and should provide the information as to which subgroup Washington School has been placed.
Mrs. Clark also informed the Board that the detachment case has concluded and the ruling has been in favor of the District.
Mrs. Clark briefed the Board on things going on during the upcoming school year.
Johnston City High School will have a foreign exchange student from Taiwan.
Washington Middle School will continue to receive Joe Castrale funds.
The district has a Resilient SI one (1) year action plan in place.
The Williamson County Sheriff’s office in conjunction with the District has applied for a Department of Justice grant for schools to work with law enforcement to provide additional security updates to the buildings.
A meet and greet for new employees has been tentatively set for August 7th
Motion made Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to adjourn the meeting at 8:48 p.m.
Voting Aye: Barras, Brymer, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
https://www.jcindians.org/cms/lib/IL02218943/Centricity/Domain/13/1.0%20Minutes%207-16-18.pdf
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