Minutes of the Board of Education meeting held on Monday, May 7, 2007. The meeting was called to order by the president at 7:03 p.m. The recording secretary called the roll. Present were: Hicks, Charlie Foster, Ottengheime, Palombo, Cribben. Absent: Boehne, Curt Foster.
It was moved by Palombo, seconded by Ottengheime to approve the minutes of the April 16, 2007 board meeting. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
The president asked if anyone in the audience had anything that they wished to present to the board. Mr. Cribben stated that the district had received a FOIA request from the Illinois Department of Labor regarding the prevailing wage policy, and that it was being responded to.
Ms. Rockwood read the results of the canvass of the April 17, 2007 school board election and declared the winners. The results of the election were as follows: There were 926 voters in DeKalb County. David Astling had 324 votes, Pam Ottengheime had 535 votes, Vaughn Boehne had 499 votes, Penny Winterton had 369 votes, and Jill Konen had 416 votes. In Lee County David Astling had 26 votes, Pam Ottengheime had 29 votes, Vaughn Boehne had 29 votes, Penny Winterton had 43 votes, and Jill Konen had 17 votes. There were no voters in LaSalle County.
Mr. Cribben adjourned the meeting sine die at 7:07 p.m.
Mr. Cribben called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m.
Mr. Cribben designated Jim Hicks as temporary president. Charlie Foster was designated as temporary vice president. Pamela Ottengheime was designated as temporary secretary.
Mr. Hicks gave the oath of office to Jill Konen and Pamela Ottengheime.
Pamela Ottengheime nominated Dan Cribben as president. There was a call for the vote. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
Dan Cribben nominated Charlie Foster as vice president. There was a call for the vote. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
Dan Cribben nominated Pamela Ottengheime as secretary. There was a call for the vote. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
The president asked if anyone in the audience had anything that they wished to present to the board. No one responded.
It was moved by Palombo, seconded by Ottengheime that the meeting adjourn into executive session regarding appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students, student disciplinary case, litigation, and
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collective bargaining. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned into executive session at 7:16 p.m.
It was moved by Hicks, seconded by Palombo that the meeting reconvene into regular session. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried. The meeting reconvened into regular session at 9:43 p.m.
It was moved by Konen, seconded by Charlie Foster that the executive session minutes be approved as reviewed. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
It was moved by Palombo, seconded by Ottengheime to approve Eric Schrader as physical education teacher, high school head boy’s soccer coach, and high school assistant boys basketball coach. Roll call vote: Hicks, yes; Foster, yes; Ottengheime, yes; Palombo, yes; Konen, yes; Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
It was moved by Konen, seconded by Foster to approve Adam Lindley as social studies teacher, high school assistant boy’s soccer coach, and high school assistant track coach. Roll call vote: Foster, yes; Ottengheime, yes; Palombo, yes; Konen, yes; Hicks, yes; Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
It was moved by Palombo, seconded by Konen to approve Lisa Headon as a special education assistant. Roll call vote: Ottengheime, yes; Palombo, yes; Konen, yes; Hicks, yes; Foster, yes;
Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
It was moved by Cribben, seconded by Foster to accept the resignation of Therese Magden as middle school language arts teacher effective June 30, 2007. Roll call vote: Palombo, yes; Konen, yes; Hicks, yes; Foster, yes; Ottengheime, yes; Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
It was moved by Foster, seconded by Palombo to accept the resignation of Denise Myers as special education assistant effective June 30, 2007. Roll call vote: Konen, yes; Hicks, yes; Foster, yes; Ottengheime, yes; Palombo, yes; Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
It was moved by Hicks, seconded by Konen to accept the resignation of Shannon Minson as middle school spelling bee coach effective June 30, 2007. Roll call vote: Hicks, yes; Foster, yes; Ottengheime, yes; Palombo, yes; Konen, yes; Cribben, yes. 6 yes, 0 no. The motion carried.
Mr. Cribben passed around present committee assignments and asked board members to add or delete their names.
It was moved by Hicks, seconded by Foster to approve the Village of Waterman Emergency Plan request. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
It was moved by Ottengheime, seconded by Hicks to approve the Shabbona Assisted Living Emergency Plan request. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
It was moved by Hicks, seconded by Ottengheime to approve the IESA membership renewal. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried.
Ms. Rockwood gave the superintendent’s report. There was a problem with the TRS report from four years ago and an estimate of $20,000 will need to be paid. The second community coffee was held and the presentation has been offered to different groups. The administrative team has met and determined staffing needs in special education, capital projects, and bus needs. The water bill at the high school was extremely high and will be investigated. A packet of information was given to board members on a new assessment program and server. Ms. Rockwood, Mrs. Kennedy, and Mr. Hammack attended an internet liability session sponsored by KIDS that was presented by a law firm A webinar on “Preschool First” was presented, and it is a very impressive program. Ms. Rockwood invited all board members to a retirement luncheon to be held at the high school on June 6 in the gym at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. Cribben was not able to attend the IVVC meeting. Student of the Month in Cosmetology was Jessica Lorang. The building trades class built a house during the 05-06 school year and were selling it for $300,000. The house didn’t sell and was rented for the winter. An offer on the house fell through in March and it is back on the market. They are building another house during the 06-07 school year.
The policy committee met recently. There will be a first reading of policy 7.240-AP1 the “guilt by association” policy and there will be second readings of policies 5:330, 6:330, and sections 7 and 8. There will also be first readings changes to policies 2:250-AP2, 2:170, 2:170-AP, 4:50-E; 4:120, 4:120-AP, 4:170-AP1, 4:170-E3, 6:145, 6:160, 6:160-E1, 6:160-E2, 6:170-AP3, 6:300-E1, 6:310, 6:310-E, 7:15E, 7:20-AP, 7:70, 7:130, and 7:190.
The finance committee will meet on May 17 at 8:30 a.m. and the education committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. on May 17.
The retirement dinner for Curt Foster will be on June 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Indian Oaks Country Club.
A thank you note from Coral Sanders was read.
It was moved by Hicks, seconded by Foster that the meeting be adjourned. On a voice vote, all members voted yes. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:16 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Pamela Ottengheime, Secretary