Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met May 18.
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 on May 18, 2023 with Closed Session beginning at 6:45 p.m. and the regular meeting beginning at 7:24 p.m. at the 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, Randy McIntosh,
John Van, and Chris Cullum
Absent: None
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by John Etherton to approve the consent agenda consisting of the following:
Approval of the Regular and Closed Session and Minutes of the 4/20/23 Regular Meeting and the Regular Session Minutes of the 5/4/23 Special Meeting
Approval of Treasurer’s Report
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Randy McIntosh and seconded by Chad Barras to approve the bills for payment.
Voting Aye: Barras, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Abstaining: Dean
Motion Carried.
Jim Siefert, Hurst-Rosche, presented construction project updates to the Board. The Unit Office parking lot will be paved in mid-June. Evrard should be starting the Jefferson School Phase 1 build back the week of May 20th. The wood doors will be coming sooner than anticipated.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Chad Barras to approve the FY23 Tentative Amended Budget and to place it on display in the Unit Office.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that the District has requested to utilize the Non-Competitive Procurement option for the Food Service Management Contract for the 2023-2024 school year. Utilizing the Non-Competitive Procurement option allows the District to not have to solicit for bids for the 2023-2024 school year and to continue to use Chartwells for one more year. The District will be required to bid the FSMC Contract for the 2024-2025 school year. The overall increase in the contract will be 25%.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Chad Barras to approve the 2023-2024 Chartwells Contract.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that the District Office has been looking in to applying for the Community Eligibility Provision Program (CEP). The CEP Program allows the District to provide free meals to all of the students in the District.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by John Etherton to approve the Community Eligibility Provision Program (CEP).
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
The authorization for Hurst-Rosche to advertise for bids for the Jefferson School Parking Lot Project was tabled until the June 29, 2023 Board meeting.
Motion made by John Etherton and seconded by Patti Martin to approve the LTC Instructional Technology Contract.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Chad Barras and seconded by Patti Martin to approve the overnight and out of state trip for the High School Girls’ Basketball Team to a basketball camp at Vincennes University in Vincennes, IN on June 18th-21st, 2023 and the out of state trip for the High School Dance Team to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO on August 5, 2023.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Armes provided report and video to the Board about the Washington School “House” Program.
Motion made by John Etherton and seconded by Patti Martin to approve the Clerical Contract as presented.
Voting Aye: Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Abstaining: Barras
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by John Van to accept the resignations of Amanda Stanley as Freshman Class Sponsor, Mitchell Rushing as the High School Cross Country Coach and Middle School Cross Country Coach, and Renee Dudley as the Middle School Girls’ Assistant Basketball Coach.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Chad Barras to approve the High School and Middle School coaching lists as presented and to employ Kristi Rix as Homecoming Coordinator, Ashley Gualdoni as High School Student Council Sponsor, and to approve Adrian Abernathy as the Volunteer National Honor Society Sponsor.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Motion made by Patti Martin and seconded by Jimmy Dean to post the MS Assistant Baseball Coach, MS Assistant Softball Coach, HS Assistant Golf Coach, Assistant Football Coach, HS Art Club Sponsor, Educators Rising Sponsor, Freshman Class Sponsor, HS Cross Country Coach, MS Cross Country Coach, MS Girls’ Assistant Basketball Coach, and
Part-Time Music Teacher positions.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
Mrs. Clark informed the Board that Arista Hill and Evan Sanders both qualified for the IHSA State Track Meet.
The paperwork for the insurance after the flooding at Jefferson School is being finalized.
The High School is working on securing funding for a greenhouse.
The principals are finalizing their School Improvement Plans.
Mrs. Clark updated the Board that the IAR data is looking good and showing student growth.
Motion made by Jimmy Dean and seconded by Patti Martin to adjourn the meeting at 8:33 p.m.
Voting Aye: Barras, Dean, Etherton, Martin, McIntosh, Van, and Cullum
Motion Carried.
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