West Central Reporter

Winchester Community Unit School District 1 Board of Education met March 13.

Here is the minutes as provided by the board:

The Board of Education, Community Unit School District No. 1, 149 South Elm Street, Winchester, Illinois counties of Scott, Morgan and Greene, met in regular session on Tuesday March 13, 2018 at 6:30 PM in the Board of Education office located at 149 South Elm Street in Winchester, Illinois.

President Steve Moore called the meeting to order with the following members answering roll call: Ron Coultas, Steve Weder, Phyllis McGuire, Jody Clanton, Joe Little and Steve Moore. Trista Freeman entered at 6:44 PM. Also present were Superintendent David C. Roberts, WHS Principal Denny Vortman, WGS Principal Andy Stumpf, District Bookkeeper Angie Slagle and Administrative Assistant Becky Lashmett.

Minutes / Financials

Coultas motioned, with a second from McGuire, to approve the minutes of the February 13th regular meeting. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Coultas motioned, with a second from McGuire, to approve the financial reports and bills to be paid. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Administrators Reports

The principals provided an update on student activities and accomplishments as well as a report of upcoming events. Mr. Vortman announced a $25,000 contribution by DOT Foods for the football bleacher project and Mr. Stumpf indicated PARCC testing was underway. Mr. Roberts will meet with the WGS gym floor contractor over the upcoming break to resolve warranty issues.

Policy Updates

Coultas motioned, with a second from Weder, to adopt revisions to board policies #358 Pediculosis Capitis and #486.5 Sexual Harassment after conducting a first reading in February. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Football Field Bleachers

The issue of new football field bleachers was again revisited, with President Moore announcing it is a proposed Cougar Booster project - not a district project, and the role of the Board was to decide 1) if it is permissible to put bleachers on district property and 2) if the district wanted to contribute monetarily. After considerable discussion, Little motioned to allow placement of the bleachers on district property and approve payment to the Cougar Boosters of $10,000 per year from sales tax monies for a period of five years, and $4,000 per year from WIT proceeds for a period of five years. McGuire seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, nay; Weder, abstain; McGuire, nay; Freeman, yea; Clanton, nay; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being three yeas, three nays and one abstention, the motion failed.

Use of Facilities

Little motioned to approve a change in the date to to July 14th for the IREC Annual Meeting. Clanton seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, abstain; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas, one abstention and no nays, the motion passed.

Youth Ball Field

Little motioned, with a second from Clanton, to approve placement of a youth ball field behind WGS at no cost to the district. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, abstain; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas, one abstention and no nays, the motion passed.

Student Insurance Plan

Coultas motioned to approve renewal of the Markel student insurance plan for 2018-2019 with no changes in coverage or price from the current plan. Freeman seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

IESA/IHSA

McGuire motioned to approve membership renewal in IESA and IHSA for the 2018-2019 school term. Weder seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Youth Soccer / Baseball

Little motioned to approve the use of the facilities for youth soccer and youth baseball for the 2018 season. Freeman seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Freedom of Information Requests / Questions/Comments

President Moore asked the status of any outstanding Freedom of Information requests, and Superintendent Roberts reported there were none pending. President Moore asked for questions or comments from the audience, and there were none.

Executive Session

Coultas motioned at 8:09 PM to enter into executive session for personnel and student discipline matters. Weder seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Coultas motioned at 9:01 PM to return to open session, with a second from Weder. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Personnel Action

Clanton motioned, with a second from Freeman, to issue Reduction-In-Force notices to cook Becky Wade, Bus Driver Sam Decker, LPN Aides Diane Potter and Melissa Moore and all Certified Aides; Chris Hurrelbrink, Shari Anslyn, Carolyn Schofield, Sheila Killebrew, Debbie Fanning, Shannon Wingler, Kerri Day, Kelly Winters, Melissa Evans, Tamara Galloway, Cheri Orris, Renee Rees, Tina Brown, Kessie Melanson and John Borgens. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Coultas motioned, with a second from Weder, to not re-employ Samantha Killebrew for the 2018-2019 school term due to lack of proper licensure for the position. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Little motioned, with a second from Freeman, to re-employ all non-tenured teachers for the 2018-2019 school year. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas,nay; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas and one nay, the motion passed. Included are Kara Nash, Jayme Davis, Grant DeWitt, Elena Moran-Cortes, Tamaque Ator, Jodi Brown, Karen Rueter, Grace Pinkerton, Kenny Mayner, Adam Brockhouse, Sheila Wigger, Austin Wilson, Stacy Valentine, Trish Bryant, Claire Coonrod, Tina Leonard, Amber Sichting, Ryan Sichting, Amy Sutton, Carl Wicklander and Jacob Schumacher.

Little motioned, with a second from Clanton, to approve volunteers for the upcoming spring play/musical; Tom Welch, Kirsten Jefferson, Hannah Pate, Elena Moran-Cortes and Jacob Schumacher. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Little motioned, with a second from Freeman, to approve the following coaches; Megan Davis as head coach for WCC girls track, Tyler Devlin as volunteer assistant for WCC girls track, Brittney Peterson as volunteer assistant for WGS cheer, and to re-employ fall WCC head coaches Adam Brockhouse for football and TJ Plogger for volleyball. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Coultas motioned, with a second from Weder, to accept the resignation of Larry Post as bus driver at the end of the current school term. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

McGuire motioned, with a second from Coultas, to employ Clayton Rothe as junior high Special Education teacher for 2018-2019. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, yea; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.

Football Field Bleachers

Weder motioned to approve placement of new football field bleachers by the Cougar Boosters and to provide no more than $50,000 in district funds from the 1 cent sales tax towards the Cougar Boosters loan. Coultas seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, nay; Weder, yea; McGuire, yea; Freeman, yea; Clanton, nay; Little; yea and Moore, yea; there being five yeas and two nays, the motion passed.

Announcements / Adjournment

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:21 pm.

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