Johnston City Community Unit School District No. 1 Board met Aug. 19.
Here are 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 with Closed Session beginning at 6:46 p.m. and the Public Hearing for the Waiver to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for nonresident children of employees of Johnston City CUSD #1 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Johnston City Community Unit School District No. 1 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: Jimmy Dean, Patti Martin, Randy McIntosh, Greg Smiley, Keven Stroud, and Chris Cullum
Absent: Chad Barras
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Jimmy Dean to hold the Public Hearing for Waiver to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for nonresident children of employees of Johnston City CUSD #1.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
There were no public comments.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Patti Martin to adjourn the Public Hearing for Waiver to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for nonresident children of employees of Johnston City CUSD #1 at 7:02 p.m.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
President Chris Cullum called the regular meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and asked the clerk for the attendance roll call.
ROLL CALL
Present: Jimmy Dean, Patti Martin, Randy McIntosh, Greg Smiley, Keven Stroud, and Chris Cullum
Absent: Chad Barras
Motion made by Jimmy Dean 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 5/20/21 Regular Meeting and the Regular Session and Minutes of the 6/14/21 Special Meeting
B. Approval of Treasurer’s Report
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Keven Stroud to approve the bills for payment.
Voting Aye: Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Abstaining: Dean
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy McIntosh and seconded by Greg Smiley to approve waiver to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for nonresident children of employees.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Patti Martin to approve the Tentative FY22 Budget.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Keven Stroud to set the public hearing for the FY22 Budget on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. and move the regular September meeting to Monday, September 20, 2021.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Keven Stroud and seconded by Greg Smiley to accept the bid on the ice machine that was listed as surplus.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Greg Smiley and seconded by Keven Stroud to accept the resignations of April Williams as a Junior Class Co-Sponsor, Amy Kee as a Junior Class Co-Sponsor, and Kaylee Hicks as a Lincoln School ESSA Aide and to post the Junior Class Sponsor position.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Keven Stroud to employ Linda Dudley as a Jefferson School Noon Hour Aide, Tina Barnes as a Lincoln School Morning Duty Aide, Lindsay Arnold as a Washington Middle School ESSA Aide, Larissa Sommer as a Lincoln School ESSA Aide, Dawn Simpson as a 5th-8th Grade Student Support Teacher, and Tara Burton as a LPN.
Voting Aye: Dean, Martin, McIntosh, Smiley, Stroud, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that the beginning of the school year was going well and that enrollment was up. She also informed the Board that the district will be utilizing the COVID Dashboard on the website to show daily exclusion numbers among staff and students.
The district has applied for a grant through Centerstone to provide additional mental health services for students and staff.
Jefferson School will begin a Parent Mentor Program for parents to come in and serve as mentors to students at Jefferson School.
The district will be participating in a mentoring program for 1st and 2nd year teachers in conjunction with the IEA. The program is fully funded by the IEA.
Mr. Robert Lakotich, Director of Maintenance, informed the Board that the door project at the high school has not been completed.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Greg Smiley to adjourn the meeting at 7:32 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%208-19-21.pdf
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