Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 Board met May 20.
Here is the minutes 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 May 20, 2019 with Closed Session beginning at 6:15 p.m. and the Regular Session beginning at 7:14 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, Jimmy Dean, John Etherton, Patti Martin, Greg Smiley, Keven Stroud, and Chris Cullum
Absent: None
Motion made by John Etherton and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the consent agenda consisting of the following:
A. Approval of the Regular and Closed Session and Minutes of the 4/15/19 Regular Meeting and the Regular and Closed Session and Minutes of the 4/25/19, 4/25/19 (2) and 5/8/19 Special Meetings
B. Approval of Treasurer’s Report
C. Approval of Bills for Payment
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Greg Smiley to adopt and approve the second reading of the IASB PRESS Policy Updates as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Keven Stroud to adopt and approve the second reading of the changes to the Hall of Fame By-laws as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve the FY19 Tentative Amended Budget and place it on display at the unit office.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to appoint Betty McAnelly as District Treasurer.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the changes to the High School and Washington Middle School handbooks as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Keven Stroud to set the fees for the 2019-2020 school year as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the 2019-2020 Official School Calendar as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Jimmy Dean to approve the Affiliation Agreement with SIU.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Centerstone.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Patti Martin and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the Future Green Energy Agreement effective October 1, 2019.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Keven Stroud to declare 350 Lincoln School Library books as surplus.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Patti Martin to approve the Board Committees as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Keven Stroud Smiley to accept the resignation for retirement of Lindell Grant as a Jefferson School 2nd Shift custodian effective
July 5, 2019.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Patti Martin to accept the resignation for retirement of Marjorie Sanders as Washington School Librarian effective May 31, 2019.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to accept the resignation of Ashleigh Reeves as the Junior High School Volleyball Coach.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to accept the resignations of Amy Kee and April Williams as the Junior Class Co-sponsors.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Keven Stroud to accept the resignation of Paul Suchecki as Sophomore Class Sponsor.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to employ Cori Ashmore as a 5th- 8th Grade ELA Teacher for the 2019-2020 school year.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Patti Martin and seconded by Keven Stroud to post the 8th Grade Class Sponsor, District Social Worker, K-4 PE Teacher, Junior Class Sponsor, Sophomore Class Sponsor, 2nd Shift Custodian, High School Aide, MS Volleyball Coach, and 5th-8th Grade Science/Social Science Teacher positions.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the Consolidated District Plan as presented.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum Motion Carried.
The School Improvement Plans for Jefferson School and Lincoln School were presented to the Board.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that the ERate monies came through and the District will be able to connect all of the buildings with a WAN.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Patti Martin to move the June Board meeting and FY19 Amended Budget Hearing from Thursday, June 20, 2019 to Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Patti Martin to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
https://www.jcindians.org/cms/lib/IL02218943/Centricity/Domain/13/1.0%20Minutes%205-20-19.pdf
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