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ARCOLA BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING June 14, 2017 7:00 P.M. A regular meeting of the Board of Education of Arcola Community Unit District #306 Arcola, Illinois was called to order in the Media Center at 6:59 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 for the purpose of regular business. President Strader called the meeting to order. The following members answered roll call: Crane, Stout, Shonkwiler, Thieman, Rothrock, Arrol and Strader. Others present were: Tom Mulligan, Jennifer Frichtl, Angie Gentry, Cathy Brimner, Jennie Porter and Kim Smith. President Strader opened the Budget Hearing. There were no questions or comments. President Strader closed the Budget Hearing. President Strader recognized the visitors and asked for public comment. Kim Smith presented on the Special Olympics. The Arcola athletes and coaches just returned from a successful trip to the 2017 Special Olympics State Meet in Bloomington where several students received medals in their events. Kim discussed how important and rewarding all of the Special Olympic events are to the students. She also commended the coaches for their commitment to the students. Mrs. Brimner reiterated that it is a labor of love that can be fairly time consuming. There were no pending FOIA requests. Motion by Crane, seconded by Rothrock, to approve the regular meeting minutes and closed session minutes of the May 10, 2017 meeting and the Special Board meeting minutes from May 16, 2017. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the Treasurer’s Report as of 05/31/2017 as submitted. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve the payment of bills as submitted in the amount of $304,229.79. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Shonkwiler, seconded by Stout, to approve Dr. Mulligan to pay bills that come in before June 30, 2017 that are part of the 2016-2017 budget. The Board will confirm those bills at the July Board Meeting. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Thieman, to approve the payment of payroll in the amount of $392,127.24. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried.
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Business: Motion by Arrol, seconded by Rothrock, to approve the facility use request and fee waiver for Torrie Kosic for summer speech lessons. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the facility use request and fee waiver for HS Cheerleading for summer cheer camp. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve the amended budget for FY17 as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Thieman, to approve new high school course descriptions for the remainder of the dual credit courses with EIU for next school year. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Shonkwiler, seconded by Crane, to approve the renewal with the Workers Compensation SelfInsurance Trust and the Pooling Agreement at a rate of $35,228. This is a reduction of $6,596. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Thieman, to approve the Illinois High School Catastrophic Injury Insurance for Senior High School Athletes at a cost of $1,439.60, same cost as FY16-17. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve Mose, Yockey, Brown & Kull, LLC as district auditor at a fee of $9,125. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve participation agreements, which will allow parents to pay registration, lunch, activity and other fees online for a nominal fee. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Arrol, seconded by Thieman, to approve the school wide plan for Title I for Arcola Elementary School. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve authorizing the establishment of a new activity account for the Class of 2021 and the closing of the Class of 2017 account. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Administrative Team Reports ~~Mrs. Gentry, Principal, Arcola Elementary – Mrs. Gentry just returned from a conference put on by ROE #45 that she found very useful. May was a very busy month for the elementary teachers and students as the school year came to a close. ~~Mrs. Sigrist, Principal, Arcola Jr/Sr High – Mrs. Sigrist was not present. The Board did not have any questions on her report.
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~~Mrs. Brimner, Director of Special Services – Mrs. Brimner reported that Eloisa was doing great and that Adriana has been a huge help during the transition period. Kate, the new social worker, and Sherri, the new HS Special Education teacher, have both been in a couple times to work with staff and students. ~~Dr. Mulligan, Superintendent – Dr. Mulligan discussed student growth from the NWEA MAP Assessment. Results from the two previous years have shown that students have been achieving in areas focused on by eSpark but were not quite reaching the 100% growth goal in areas that were taught using the district’s core curriculum (which was changed significantly three years ago when eSpark was implemented). The most recent assessment shows significant growth in both of these areas. Students are achieving 100%+ growth in goals supported by eSpark and right at 100% growth in academic standards not covered by eSpark (but still covered in the core curriculum). These are very exciting results. Dr. Mulligan also opened a discussion regarding the instructional coach position. He feels very strongly that this position is needed and credits some of the aforementioned progress to being able to provide support to the teachers due to the existence of this position. Randy Rothrock brought up the results from the recent instructional coach survey. Around 50% of the staff participated and only 4 staff members thought a full-time instructional coach was needed. Mr. Rothrock thinks something is needed in the form of support for the teachers but is not sure if a full-time position is the answer. The other board members were split on what type of the support needed to be offered to the teachers while trying to remain fiscally responsible. It was agreed that the position would be posted and the board would come to a decision once they knew what type of applicants were interested. Motion by Shonkwiler, seconded by Thieman, to enter executive session at 8:37 p.m. to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body and potential litigation. Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1). Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Thieman, to return to regular session at 10:30 p.m. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Arrol, seconded by Crane, to approve the resignations of Randy Swartz as HS Assistant Boys Basketball Coach, Matt Thomas as JH Boys Track Coach, Michele Diss as Psychologist, Elvi Stark as PreK-6 Bilingual, Randi Sucic as 7-12 ESL, Jim Quinones as ES Special Education and Connie Albin as HS Special Education. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the employment of Eloisa Leal as Special Services Secretary and the coaches/sponsors list as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the agreement between the Arcola Education Association and the Arcola Community Unit School District #306 for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 20192020 school years. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the superintendent contract for a 3-year agreement from 6/14/2017-6/14/2020. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried.
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Motion by Arrol, seconded by Stout, to approve the amendments to the principal contracts and special services director contract. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve the support staff salary increases as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Announcements: None Motion by Rothrock, seconded by Crane, to adjourn at 10:38 p.m. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried.
___________________________ President
___________________________ Secretary
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Business: Motion by Arrol, seconded by Rothrock, to approve the facility use request and fee waiver for Torrie Kosic for summer speech lessons. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the facility use request and fee waiver for HS Cheerleading for summer cheer camp. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve the amended budget for FY17 as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Thieman, to approve new high school course descriptions for the remainder of the dual credit courses with EIU for next school year. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Shonkwiler, seconded by Crane, to approve the renewal with the Workers Compensation SelfInsurance Trust and the Pooling Agreement at a rate of $35,228. This is a reduction of $6,596. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Thieman, to approve the Illinois High School Catastrophic Injury Insurance for Senior High School Athletes at a cost of $1,439.60, same cost as FY16-17. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve Mose, Yockey, Brown & Kull, LLC as district auditor at a fee of $9,125. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve participation agreements, which will allow parents to pay registration, lunch, activity and other fees online for a nominal fee. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Arrol, seconded by Thieman, to approve the school wide plan for Title I for Arcola Elementary School. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve authorizing the establishment of a new activity account for the Class of 2021 and the closing of the Class of 2017 account. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Administrative Team Reports ~~Mrs. Gentry, Principal, Arcola Elementary – Mrs. Gentry just returned from a conference put on by ROE #45 that she found very useful. May was a very busy month for the elementary teachers and students as the school year came to a close. ~~Mrs. Sigrist, Principal, Arcola Jr/Sr High – Mrs. Sigrist was not present. The Board did not have any questions on her report.
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~~Mrs. Brimner, Director of Special Services – Mrs. Brimner reported that Eloisa was doing great and that Adriana has been a huge help during the transition period. Kate, the new social worker, and Sherri, the new HS Special Education teacher, have both been in a couple times to work with staff and students. ~~Dr. Mulligan, Superintendent – Dr. Mulligan discussed student growth from the NWEA MAP Assessment. Results from the two previous years have shown that students have been achieving in areas focused on by eSpark but were not quite reaching the 100% growth goal in areas that were taught using the district’s core curriculum (which was changed significantly three years ago when eSpark was implemented). The most recent assessment shows significant growth in both of these areas. Students are achieving 100%+ growth in goals supported by eSpark and right at 100% growth in academic standards not covered by eSpark (but still covered in the core curriculum). These are very exciting results. Dr. Mulligan also opened a discussion regarding the instructional coach position. He feels very strongly that this position is needed and credits some of the aforementioned progress to being able to provide support to the teachers due to the existence of this position. Randy Rothrock brought up the results from the recent instructional coach survey. Around 50% of the staff participated and only 4 staff members thought a full-time instructional coach was needed. Mr. Rothrock thinks something is needed in the form of support for the teachers but is not sure if a full-time position is the answer. The other board members were split on what type of the support needed to be offered to the teachers while trying to remain fiscally responsible. It was agreed that the position would be posted and the board would come to a decision once they knew what type of applicants were interested. Motion by Shonkwiler, seconded by Thieman, to enter executive session at 8:37 p.m. to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body and potential litigation. Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1). Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Stout, seconded by Thieman, to return to regular session at 10:30 p.m. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Arrol, seconded by Crane, to approve the resignations of Randy Swartz as HS Assistant Boys Basketball Coach, Matt Thomas as JH Boys Track Coach, Michele Diss as Psychologist, Elvi Stark as PreK-6 Bilingual, Randi Sucic as 7-12 ESL, Jim Quinones as ES Special Education and Connie Albin as HS Special Education. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the employment of Eloisa Leal as Special Services Secretary and the coaches/sponsors list as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Crane, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the agreement between the Arcola Education Association and the Arcola Community Unit School District #306 for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 20192020 school years. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Shonkwiler, to approve the superintendent contract for a 3-year agreement from 6/14/2017-6/14/2020. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried.
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Motion by Arrol, seconded by Stout, to approve the amendments to the principal contracts and special services director contract. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Thieman, seconded by Stout, to approve the support staff salary increases as presented. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried. Announcements: None Motion by Rothrock, seconded by Crane, to adjourn at 10:38 p.m. Roll call vote: Crane, aye; Stout, aye; Shonkwiler, aye; Thieman, aye; Rothrock, aye; Arrol, aye; Strader, aye. 7 ayes. 0 nays. Motion carried.
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