Carbondale Reporter

Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4 Board met Oct. 21.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

PUBLIC HEARING

A Legal Notice of a Public Hearing, as prescribed by law, was published in The Independent Newspaper. The district is seeking a waiver for modification of the Illinois School Code, 105ILCS5/10-20, 12a, to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for non-resident children of full-time employees of Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4. The purpose of the Public Hearing was to consider submitting the Application for Waiver. The Superintendent presented a summary of the Waiver and responded to questions by those attending the Hearing as well as members of the Board of Education. The Public Hearing adjourned at 5:32 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mrs. Green led the Pledge of Allegiance.

ROLL CALL: Those answering roll call were Mrs. Etherton, Mr. Kay, Mrs. Green, Mr. Young, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hutchison, and Mr. Loucks

VISITOR PARTICIPATION: None at this time.

CONSENT AGENDA:

1. Open Minutes - Approval was needed for the open minutes from the meetings held on September 21, 2021.

2. Payment of Bills, Herrin Unit #4 – No questions heard.

3. Treasurer’s Report for September 2021 – No questions heard.

4. Adopt Resolution to Transfer Funds from Working Cash Fund to Tort Fund.

5. Reaffirm application for Waiver or Modification of State Board Rules and School Code Mandates - Seeking modification of Section 5/10-20, 12a to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for non-resident children of full-time employees of Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4. Kay made a motion seconded by Hutchison to adopt, accept and approve items listed and not extracted from the Consent Agenda on Thursday, October 21, 2021. All members present voted yea.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Discuss Jr. High School Addition – Mr. Wilson provided information and answered any questions.

2. Discuss Strategic Plan – Mr. Wilson provided information and answered any questions.

3. Other Old Business - None at this time.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

1. Student/Faculty Accomplishments - We are very proud to recognize the accomplishments of all students/faculty in Herrin Unit #4. Letters on behalf of the Board were sent to those recognized.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Other New Business - Revisit Extracted Items – None at this time.

REQUEST FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Kay made a motion seconded by Young to close the meeting in accordance with Section 120/2(a) of the Open Meetings Act, citing the following exceptions as contained in Section 120/2(c):

[a] Student Discipline

[b] Consider Approval of Closed Minutes

[c] Discuss Retirement, Resignation, Compensation, and Employment of Specific Employee(s) 

[d] Discuss Litigation

All members present voted yea.

RE-CONVENE TO OPEN SESSION: Etherton made a motion seconded by Kay to reconvene to Open Session. All members present voted yea.

A) STUDENT DISCIPLINE

1. Student Discipline – None at this time.

B) CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CLOSED MINUTES

1. Closed Minutes – Kay made a motion seconded by Hutchison to adopt the closed minutes of the meetings held on September 21, 2021. All members present voted yea.

C) DISCUSS RETIREMENT, RESIGNATION, COMPENSATION, AND EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE(S)

Hutchison made a motion seconded by Young to approve the following personnel recommendation as presented. All members present voted yea.

1. RETIREMENT

1. Teresa Deere, High School Lead Cook, effective October 21, 2021.

2. EMPLOYMENT

1. Chreisha Hill as a Cook for the High School.

2. Tammy Sizemore as Part-Time Nurse for the District.

3. VACANCIES

1. Full-Time Lead Cook at the High School

2. Math Teacher at the High School

3. Health/P.E./Driver’s Ed Teacher at the High School

4. Reading Aide at North Side Primary Center

5. Café/Noon Aide at North Side Primary Center, Elementary School, & Jr. High School

D) DISCUSS LITIGATION

1. Discuss Litigation – Mr. Wilson provided information and answered any questions. This was informational only.

ADJOURNMENT:

Having completed items on the agenda, Kay made a motion seconded by Hutchison to adjourn the meeting until the next regular meeting of the Board of Education scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the Unit Office Conference Room. All members present voted yea.