Dallas Elementary School District #327 Board of Education met Feb. 20.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members answering roll were:
Monika Ryan Present Sarah Schaefer Present
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Present
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Present
Also present were: Mrs. Tucker, Dr. Lee, Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Ryner and Mrs. Logan
A moment of silence was observed
Cindy Logan with the Building for the Future committee handed out information on the upcoming Illini West referendum. The vote for the Illini West school referendum will be on March 17, 2020. Cindy reminded people they need to vote.
A future business item was brought up by Lee Wibbell. Deputy Smith presented to the board previously about School Resource Officers. He said there were grants available that could pay for the training. If the referendum would pass and the school is built we could possibly look at sharing the cost of the SRO. Lee said that Deputy Smith would research the costs for training.
The consent agenda was presented to the board for review. A motion was made by Wibbell, seconded by Ryan to approve the items on the Consent Agenda as amended (Roll Call).
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
The Bills were presented to the Board for payment. A motion was made by Ryan, seconded by Wibbell to pay the bills as presented (Roll Call).
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
The Board Member Code of Conduct rule number 11 from the IASB Code of Conduct Principles was read.
A copy of the 2020-2021 School Calendar was given to board members to look at. The board will vote on the 2020-2021 School Calendar at the March meeting.
Dr. Lee has been working on the School Maintenance Grant with John Petty our school’s architect. The grant has been submitted to ISBE. We are looking at doing part of the roof with the funds. The school would get $50,000 in state funds then have to use $50,000 in local funds.
The district’s portion would come from the Working Cash fund. This will allow about 2/3 to 3/4 of the roof to be completed. It is estimated that it would be $160,000 to do the whole roof. We can decide when we get the money what we want to do.
A motion was made by Schaefer, seconded by Wibbell to Ratify Approval and Acceptance of ISBE School Maintenance Project Grant and Allocation of District Funding for the District’s Portion of Grant Project (Roll Call).
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
The 8th grade graduation date was set for Thursday May 21st. The date of the May board meeting will need to be changed. It was decided to wait until the March board meeting when all the board members could be in attendance to make the change
A motion was made by Wibbell, seconded by Ryan to approve the School Secretary Job Description as presented (Roll Call).
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
The Sports Coop Agreement Amendment was tabled until further notice. Shasta Heidbreder had problems with it. Mrs. Ryner and Mrs. Tucker will have the final Athletic Agreement by June.
There will be another meeting with LaHarpe before then.
The results of the 2019 ISBE Preschool Audit were discussed. There will be five years between evaluations to work on improvements.
Members of the school leadership team were at the board meeting to discuss the work they have been doing on the School Improvement Plan. Mrs. Tucker gave a report on the progress. Mrs. Finch stated it is an “eye opening” process of what is working. Example of discussions items are: what are three words to describe your ideal school. What are strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats to the school? The board will be emailed a survey to provide feedback and input into the school improvement plan.
Principal and Superintendent Reports were given to the board. Mrs. Tucker explained that there have been issues with the phone that have been logged with Frontier but there are no improvements yet. Mrs. Tucker discussed an opportunity to add archery to the PE curriculum next year. Mrs. Tucker will research this and get back to the board.
A motion was made by Ryan, seconded by Wibbell to enter the Closed Meeting at 8:06 p.m.
5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)(10) (Roll Call)
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
A motion was made by Schaefer, seconded by Wibbell to adjourn the closed meeting and return to open meeting on February 20, 2020, at 9:36 p.m. (Voice)
The Personnel Report was presented to the board. A motion was made by Ryan, seconded by Wibbell to approve the Personnel Report as amended (Roll Call).
Monika Ryan Yea Sarah Schaefer Yea
Beth Webster Absent Lee Wibbell Yea
Shasta Heidbreder Absent Chris Greenhalge Absent
Bob Castillo Yea
Motion carried. 4 Yeas, 3 Absent
A motion was made by Wibbell, seconded by Schaefer to adjourn at 9:41 p.m. (Voice).
The Next Regular Stated School Board Meeting will be March 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
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