001We're good. >> All right. We'll call the April 28, 2026 Granite City School District Board meeting to order. Uh, can I get a roll call? >> Hi. >> Here. >> All right. We have a quorum. Uh if you'd please stand for the pledge of allegiance followed by invocation by pastor Mark Maynard with Cavalry Life Church. >> I pledge allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Let's pray. Our God, we thank you for this community and we thank you for this school district. We thank you for all of our educators and those that provide such an excellent educational experience for all of our students. We pray blessing upon this board. We pray
002that you would grant them insight, wisdom, that you would also uh grant them strategic and creative ideas. We pray blessing upon all of our uh students and we pray that this year would be a just a great year for them all. We thank you for the night of celebration as well for all of God. We pray that you would bless them and all that they do in all. Pray that in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. >> Amen. [snorts] >> All right. Public comment. Um we have some student recognitions tonight. Um, we'll start with Lor member Lorie. There we go. Okay. Our first award, it's a music award and this is outstanding. I'm so privileged to give this. Um, the Granite City School District Board of Education and Administration would like to recognize senior Adriana Ireland, who
003made her mark at the Illinois Music Education Association Allstate Band Competition this year by being selected in the top trumpet players to perform at the ILMEA Honors Allstate Band. Could I have the band directors and principles come up? How are you, Adrian? I'm gonna talk a little about Jeff. Okay, [applause] come on. [applause] The Illinois Music Education Association is an organization established to provide professional growth opportunities for Illinois music teachers and to provide music making opportunities for the most talented music students in the state. Way to go. Oh my gosh. Outstanding students undergo a rigorous audition procedure based on musical study and scales in order to be selected to participate in the district festival in November. Students receiving high scores at the ILMEA district festival advanced to perform at the ILMEA Allstate Festival. Adriana was
004selected for the ILMEA Honors Allstate Band. This is the highest honor a high school musician can receive. It's awesome. [applause] She performed before a packed house at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, January 31st, representing the pinnacle of music excellence in the state. Congratulation on this truly amaz That's so great. Congratulations [applause] Okay, now go. Congratulations. [applause] >> Thank you. >> Okay, another award here for Natalie Jones. Natalie, could you come up? Any principles and sponsors for her as well? There we go. Come on up. The Granite City Board of Education and Administration would like to recognize freshman Natalie Jones, who placed first place in Illinois for Microsoft Excel in the 2026 Microsoft Office Specialist State Championship Fall Qualifier. Um, Microsoft Office Specialist is the industry recognized leader in Microsoft Office certification and Natalie competed
005against top students across the state to earn this distinction. As a result of her first place finish, she has been invited to attend the MOS US National Championship this summer in Nashville, Tennessee. It's wonderful. Wow. [applause] Congratulations to Natalie on this outstanding achievement and for representing Granite City High School at the state and national level. Good luck in Nashville. [applause] >> Okay. >> Congratulations. Thanks. Is it everybody? My turn. Thanks. Okay, everybody, if I can have Mason Scarboro, Steven Sumpter, and Luke Griffin come up front, [cheering] [applause] as well as Mr. Ligh, if you could come up. And Eric Mitchell, if you want to come back up here, too. [laughter] So, the GCSD9 Board of Education Administration would like to recognize these three students uh who completed competed at the Swick CTE showcase. First, we
006recognize Mason Scarboro. [applause] He competed in the manual lathe competition and his precision Mason's precision and focus earned him an impressive third place finish. Next, we commend Steven Sumpter. [applause] Steven complete competed in the Manual Mill competition where his technical skill and composure under pressure secured a second place finish. And then [applause] and then finally, we recognize Luke Griffin. [applause] says, "Luke dominated the Masters of CNC competition at the Swick Showcase, taking home first place. However, Luke's success extended far beyond our region. In the Project MFG, National Machining League Championship, Luke outperformed a field of 153 competitors from across the country to reach the finals. After a grueling 3-day marathon of elite programming and manufacturing, Luke earned second place in the nation. >> [cheering and applause] >> Mason, Steven, and Luke, you perfectly exemplify the
007vital importance of high demand skilled trades. You have represented our vocational department and this district with the highest levels of professionalism, and we congratulate you. But don't go anywhere yet cuz I want you to tell us about what you did, your projects. >> Yeah, I should have. Oh gosh. Me first. And then >> uh he send you. >> So at the Project MFG competition, I had to assemble I think it was eight parts all together. Um we uh made like a part flipper. They used like air and stuff together to um flip a part. Uh but it took 3 days to make two of the parts and then um over some of the school period we made the rest of the six. So that was pretty cool. Um, for the manual lathe, I had a
0086-in bar stock that I had to turn down to the correct diameters and sizes. I had a taper, which adds a conicle shape. I had to thread, groove, and add shampers on the ends with a good finish. Uh on the manual mill, I had to uh remake my entire pocket, uh make slots in my part, and uh tap and drill multiple holes. And yeah, that was that's it. All right. So, I don't like to uh speak too much, but I'm willing to speak tonight because I'm so proud of these young men. these uh young men worked really hard. So, we'll start off with Luke real quick. That competition, Project MFG, it started roughly in October and we competed uh in March. And we had to have everything turned in in in December, the first week
009of December. And we found out then that he was currently second in the area so that he was going to get to move on. And like he said, it was a total of eight parts. uh you're talking a lot of time at uh the machine programming. Uh we use Master Cam. So he has to not only design, he has to program it, then he has to run the machine. So all that has to work flawlessly. And uh he did fantastic on his contest in the uh masters of CNC. I was told I wasn't able to be there. Uh Dr. Warren told us uh that Luke was finished an hour and a half before anyone else. And uh that just goes to show what that project MFG taught him. I mean he has to hustle and
010just work really really hard. So uh his dedication was unreal. So I'm really proud of him. Um Mason, he ran the lathe uh at the C uh CTE showcase. He kind of got a late start uh testing this piece and making sure everything was right. So, I was very very impressed how dedicated he stayed with it because we were having issues with some surface finishes with some cutters that we typically don't use in at our high school and we knew for the competition they did and so we had to practice a little bit and he never gave up and he kept working hard. Uh so he was kind of at a deficit so we kind of look forward to next year. Uh we're uh hopefully including some of that new tooling that uh our students
011won't struggle with. And then Stephen here, I was really impressed with him. If you don't know, he is a junior. These two boys are seniors, so he's in my first year. And the work ethic that he put into this competition trying every single day to get more uh just the detail that he was trying to to get, you know, and just being precision. I mean, his he he just was really working hard to make sure that he didn't make a mistake and he just kept practicing, practicing. So, again, I just can't thank these boys enough. They they showc what showcased what Granite City is all about and just uh did a wonderful job and I can't be more proud of you. [applause] >> Thank you guys very much. Thank you. [applause] >> Don't go anywhere,
012guys. Going to get a picture. Congratulations. >> Great job. Congratulations. [applause] >> All right. Uh, I just wanted to see you sit down so I could tell you you got to come back up here, Mr. Mitchell. Um, could I get uh, Mr. Mitchell, Dr. Warren, and the members of the vocational culinary arts team to come forward? [applause] >> Mr. Mitchell gave his step. [laughter] So, the Granite City School District number nine board of education and administration would like to recognize the Granite City High School vocationary vocational culinary arts team for their extraordinary performance at the platinum chef competition at Swick. By securing the titles of best support staff, best table display, best entree, and the ultimate honor of best of competition, these students have demonstrated technical m mastery and unparalleled creativity. Their Alice and Wonderland
013themed menu from smoky mushroom risoto to the cheshshire cat tart captivated the judges and showcased the high caliber of our CTE programs. We celebrate your teamwork, your composure under pressure, and your success in bringing the traveling trophy back to GCHS. So with us today are Leon Lacader, Erica Oliver, Payton Cra, and Bailey Cass. We have other We have others, but they're not here. [applause] [applause] And I'm going to invite Dr. Warren to talk a little bit about the competition. >> Thank you, [laughter] Stacy. Uh, this competition is, if you've ever seen the show Chopped, that's essentially what we get is a basket of ingredients and they have to figure out what to cook with that basket of ingredients. And I'm going to pass it off to Miss Lacader because she's the one that was the
014head chef and had the ideas for everything. >> [applause] >> We started with our croquet croettes which is a mashed potato fried dish stuffed with cheese and whatever protein we could manage. Uh our salad was a unbirth salad which was a strawberry salad when with a red wine vinegrett base topped with uh strawberry stuffed mushrooms. Our smoking mushroom risoto was You talk about that one. For our smoking mushroom risoto, um there were mushrooms, spinach, um obviously the rice, special rice. Um a boreo rice. Um we used whatever protein we could get obviously. Um we used steak for a competition. And that's what we got. Um, and for we used onions also. And the sauce was based off of the like spinach and onions and mushroom mix. And then you mix it all together. Add a
015little bit of milk and cheese and you have your smoking mushroom. We finished it off with [applause] our We finished off with our Cheshire Cat tarts, which were blueberry stuffed tarts. uh designed to look like the sheshare cat. Um three of the people that were cooking on the competition, me, Erica, and Payton were the were three of four people who were cooking. Bailey was one of our uh what was it called? >> Support team. She's part of the support team. Um yeah, everyone did a really great job and we uh worked really hard for this competition. We were preparing weeks in advance to perfect our meals. And what do you know? One of our mystery ingredients just so happened to be one of or we had a we were able to bring our own special
016ingredient. And our special ingredient that we brought just so happened to be one of our secret ingredients in the competition. Worked out pretty well. Congratulations. [applause] [applause] Thank you, All right. Uh, next. It's not you this time. It's not you this time. So, I will invite the Coolage principal, Mr. Matthysse. He's happy just cuz it's not him again. and uh the and the seventh grade sponsor for the upycling. Who would that >> Terry Coons up here along with Alexander Jones? [applause] So again, the Granite City School District number nine, Board of Education Administration would like to recognize seventh grader Alexander Jones, who was awarded second place in the Madison County Upycling Innovation Challenge in the Junior High Division. Alexander's winning entry, a handcrafted croquet character named Ella, was created using five discarded t-shirts that were
017destined for the landfill by meticulously cutting the shirts into 1-in strips and following a complex crochet pattern. I said croquet first time, didn't I? Yeah, it's very tough for me. Um, Alexander transformed textile waste into a unique, highquality piece of art. His his commitment to sustainability and craftsmanship truly impressed the judges. Congratulations. [applause] We're going to let you does not want to talk. All right. Thank you, Alexander. [applause] We are back to you. Grand City School. Well, maybe not. I don't know if I'm being honest. It doesn't tell me. So, I'm just going to uh ask for Prather. >> It doesn't tell me. Who do I need? >> Prather Daniela. >> Prather Prather School Principles and Daniela Bareno Morales, Briana Galvin, and Mason Patterson. >> Come on forward. Come on down. [applause] This is very
018tough for me. That's a lot of pressure. Okay. All right. You want to stand here next to me and >> you can say everything. >> Okay. All right. Uh the Granite City School District number nine board of education administration would like to recognize the three students who were recognized by Madison County Green Schools programs as the top top three finishers in the 2026 Clean Air Bookmark contest. Students were invited to design a bookmark that demonstrates the importance of clean air and its impact on living things, people, plants, or animals in Madison County. So we have second and third grade say no to air pollution was Mason Patterson. He got first place and he was from Wilson Elementary School [applause] for his first place finish. He got a 100 printed bookmarks to be distributed at the
019school. Uh [snorts] go ahead. >> [applause] >> No, no, no. Don't Don't leave us. Please stay. I promise they'll be over in a minute. Um, uh, fourth and fifth grade was the stay air uh, which was Daniela Boreno. Uh, she they got second place from Prather Elementary School. [applause] And then from 6th to 8th grade was the best solution, less air pollution. Briana Galvin, third place from Wilson Elementary School. [applause] Okay, we are going to say everything again in Spanish for the families that speak Spanish. So, The light administr program. The Olympia foreign personas. Mason Peterson. Wilson Elementary School. [applause] Brianna Galban place elementary school. [applause] Brianna Wilson Elementary School. [applause] We'll take a picture. >> [applause] >> Eric Mitchell, if you could come back up. No, I'm kidding. [laughter] Have a presentation. >> All
020right. So, uh, the next presentation will be, uh, John, athletic director John Mode. So, before he starts, I'm going to give those last people that we recognize this is your opportunity to go. [laughter] >> Lock the door. >> It's the fastest I've seen Mr. Lake move. [applause] AND I would just like to say before he starts that uh our CTE program top notch. I mean this is the reason we need to keep increasing it and making it even better. >> Amen. >> Yes. >> And I don't take that personally that they all got up and left before I spoke. >> [laughter] >> Yeah. What' you do? [laughter] >> Go ahead and start. >> Okay. Uh first of all, this elementary athletics uh program that we came up with, we had the idea back about 10
021years ago and we had we had it all in place and if some of you remember the time changes in the district with start times of the elementary schools and the high school all changed and it kind of threw us off. uh we weren't able to start it and we felt like this change back to neighborhood schools uh was a great time to get all the schools together again. And when I started thinking about this, putting together a committee that could help us. Guess I got to turn that on. Brad, maybe >> you want to just advance it. >> Okay. Uh >> somebody hit the button. All right. So, putting this uh committee together, I wanted to get a good mix of community members, board members, coaches, principles, as many uh people that had some
022good input as I could find. And I think our our committee worked well together. We had a lot of great ideas. There was uh some very good meetings that we had before we actually put this in place. So uh you [laughter] you can see the members there. I mean first of all there's a lot of thank yous that we have to give. Not only on my part thanking the committee members but also thanking the board of education for giving this giving us this opportunity for our kids in our district. This was huge for us uh to introduce a lot of our athletics at that age. And that's something we want to expand on which I'll talk about in a little bit. But you could see our our committee there. Uh we got a good mix.
023All all of us work together real well. Uh couple of people that I really want to single out is Chris Mitchell. I mean he was in charge of the bus routes for all these kids to and from their locations. And that's a monumental task and uh he put together a list of all the participants with their information, phone numbers and stuff like that. And it just a remarkable job for Chris. So I want to thank him. [applause] Another is Chris Mcola here to my left. Uh Chris put a booklet together for each school uh for each school coordinator with addresses and phone numbers and that way they had all the information of all the kids that were coming to their school. So another big thank you to Chris here [applause] and another uh Nikki Petrillo
024back here. uh she created the survey that went out to all the families and kind of gathered the data for us on that and uh her to take charge of that was huge for our committee did a great job [applause] and all the other committee members had their moments. we all we all kind of shared uh but these three really uh really stood out as big helpers for us and made this uh made this endeavor what it what it was. Uh another thank you is Brad Boon at the park district. When we started getting this together we were trying to keep the cost down as much as we could and the park district allowed us to use all the flags for flag football that they had in storage. So that saved us a bunch of
025leg work trying to gather all that or purchase all that. So, a big thank you to the park district and Brad Boon, [applause] our coordinators. Uh, this was a little bit of a challenge trying to get people. We put it out there and I think at the at the time we put it out, Robert Bragg was the only one to put in for that. Am I correct? And Robert was wonderful. Uh, I'll talk a little bit more about him in a second, but uh, he he's got he was so excited about doing this. And then I know Nikki talked to Kyle Briggs and once we got Kyle to agree to it, I mean, he he worked really hard in that position out at Griggsby, but he did an outstanding job. Robert ended up at Prather
026where he did an outstanding job. But these two guys is kind of what made it work at the locations. Uh, the coaches were able to show up and do their job coaching. These guys handled all of the other stuff. They checked attendance upon arrival, made sure the students were on the right buses for departure, and that was very important because we don't want to leave kids behind and have them get on the wrong buses. Uh they called parents and guardians if a ride was late. Uh they made sure their sites were ready for the participants before their arrival. So they were they they handled all kind of behind the scenes stuff where the coaches come could come in and just do their jobs. Uh you go ahead. We offered four dates at each location. Uh,
027Griggsby and Prather. We did that because those were the larger gymnasiums and we had three schools that were at each. So, Griggsby had Mville and Mitchell, I believe. Is that correct? And then Prather had Wilson and Froart and uh to start out in basketball and football. Basketball was at Griggsby in March the first uh dates and football was at Prather and we want to expand on that. In March we had 70 participants out of all of our elementary kids. We thought that was a good start. Okay. But after a little bit more uh work, we ended up with 170 or so or 160 in April, which more than doubled our participation. And there were a couple there are several factors that helped out on our participation. I listed a few here. Uh word of mouth
028from the students. I think the students genuinely had a good time. All right. Uh so they went back into their classrooms and told their classmates about it. Uh, Miss Petrola went to every one of her fifth and sixth grade classes at Griggsby and I'm I know other principles did that as well, but I know she kept us up to date uh because she was on our committee and she really created a lot of excitement at Griggsby and I'm sure we had a lot of excitement at the other schools looking at the 160 that were enrolled. Another Robert Bragg took some time out and went to every elementary school and spoke to the fifth and sixth graders. So, he went above and beyond what we expected of him and just did a great job. So those
029were a lot of factors that increased our numbers to that 160. And actually for football and basketball that 160, it became a little bit of an issue trying to get them all involved. Luckily we had a large number of coaches and and high school athletes there to help out. And that kind of leads us into the next slide, the high school athletes giving back. Thought that was important. We had several boys basketball players helping out. uh several football players helping out. Without them, our coaches would not been able to handle the large number of kids and those kids, those high school athletes jumped right in there, started teaching the skills. Uh it was good to see them interact with our younger kids cuz you know, as a as an elementary kid, you look up to
030those kids that you see on the playing fields on Friday night or on the courts on Friday night. So, it was good to have our kids interact with those younger kids. We also had a lot of coaches uh helping out, giving back. Uh they know this helps their programs and we had just about the entire boys basketball staff there. I know uh Chris McCulla here uh is a volunteer with the boys basketball program. He was at all that. He he was helping immensely with the boys basketball. We had uh a couple members of the girls staff that made it when they could. Uh the new football staff was amazing. they were there uh and those guys haven't been paid as football coaches yet, but they knew that this was going to help their program and
031uh many of them showed up each day to help out. So, it was great to see our our high school athletes and our coaches giving back to our community and to our our youth. Uh you want to go ahead Chris Mood, you developed the uh certificate, correct? I know uh Chris Mitchell and I doctorred it a little bit here. We our first participant we put Dr. Harris on there. Uh thank you. Uh that was just an idea him and I had sitting at our desk. We we wanted to put this on because Chris handed uh or developed these for each location on the last day and each each student uh was able to get a certificate of participation. So that was something they could keep with them uh to recognize their work. Uh in the
032future, we are looking, our committee will hold a meeting before school's out. We're just trying to get through everything right now and uh we'll look at the numbers and we would like to offer another 4-week program in the fall. Uh we're looking at like a baseball softball combination with soccer at the other uh school and do a four-week there and then a four-week again in the spring with uh football and basketball combined. Uh volleyball is another one we're looking at. maybe do it at one location. Well, that's something we're going to talk about as a committee, but we'd like to get as many sports involved as we can. Some are much easier than others. Uh some require a lot more equipment, like wrestling, we'd have to get a mat somewhere. Uh golf, swinging those clubs,
033and uh the clubs are usually fitted for certain individuals. Those those become a little bit of a problem, but if we could add as much as we could, we will. Uh we're looking at maybe track and cross country. uh that's pretty easy to get kids out to do that takes very very little equipment. So we'll discuss all this at our meetings uh our meeting before the end of the school year and kind of go from there. But I'm excited about the future of this program. I think this we've just kind of touched the tip of the iceberg with this and I think it's uh going to grow into something that hopefully down the road we can even even have inter murals where each school is competing against other schools in the district. That's something uh
034maybe down the road we could look at. So, uh, ideally we'd like to get enough, uh, volunteers and everything to keep the kids at their own school doing each sport and then we could make that inter mural happen. So, uh, we'll talk about all that at our committee meeting at the end of the school year. But that's really all I have. Uh, I thought it was a great success and again, thank you for allowing us the opportunity to do that for our youth and it's been a long time coming for athletics uh, getting involved in the elementary schools. So, thank you again. >> [applause] >> I I wasn't planning on talking about sports day because I'll be honest with you, Scott Smallley, when uh we found out he was going to get the AD position
035at Coolage, him and I talked about it and that was one of the things we wanted to bring back was sports day and he's at his baseball game right now. So, I said I would talk a little bit about it. I hope I give it justice. But, uh he really took this over. He uh he contacted all the elementary school, the PE teachers, the principles. He took this on as a job for himself and it has been a remarkable uh uh turnout by what we're going to see on Friday. The number of kids participating is I think 150 kids total from all the elementary schools. I think the last time we had this the Barbara Kirk Sports Day was in 201213 as far as we can remember back. Uh it kind of went away when
036we uh got away from the neighborhood schools of course. So this is something we're real excited about. I know I'm going to be out there Friday all day. We have some volunteers from National Honor Society and Student Council that will help. Uh Chris Mako has handled lunches and uh water for the kids. Our athletic trainers will be there. Uh we have a lot of volunteers. If anybody is free on Friday, please come out. It's I think it's going to be a great time. Uh again, we have those kids from the high school that are going to help with the measuring and the uh just the calculations of all the the figures at the end. We listed some of the events that are going to take place. Uh this will be from I believe 9:30 to
037uh 1 1:30 somewhere in that as soon as we can get them all through and then they'll be busted back to their home schools. But uh we will have Jane Jackson at there I believe uh the niece of Barbara Kirch and she'll present the traveling team trophy will have a trophy that will go out to the winning school. I remember when I participated in this I was a Wilson Mustang at the time. I know they changed our name. It was always held at Mville school but obviously Mville school we lost a lot of their space in that field with the uh solar panels and believe it or not I ran the 600 I think in there. I know it doesn't look like I would be a runner back then, but I think we had a
038low turnout at Wilson that year, but it was a lot of fun. I remember going to I was in the softball throw and uh it was a lot of fun and you talked to a lot of people our age that participated in that and uh I think everybody's looking forward to that coming back and we're going to have it all at the high school on our turf fields and it's going to be a great setup on our track. So, if you if you can make it out for a little bit, please do so. Uh, I think it's going to be a lot of fun. And, uh, I know I'm missing some stuff for sports day. Again, Scott really uh, took this on as a challenge and he deserves all the credit for this uh, sports
039day. So, uh, I'd like to give Scott Smallley a round of applause. I know he's probably watching. [applause] >> Yeah. And also all the kids will have s uh shirts that we purchase for uh from their own school. They're all color coordinated. Each school has a color. So it'll be really cool out there. It'd be kind of like an Olympics game. So that's what we're kind of hoping for. And uh may the best school win. I know the principles be out there. You guys have like side bets and stuff and all right. So I might have to uh separate the school principles a little bit, but really looking forward to Friday. All right. So again, thanks for having me speak and thank you again for allowing us to do these things for our kids. [applause]
040>> Thank you, Mr. Mode. >> Yeah. >> All right. Is there anybody else comment? >> No, not everybody. >> I just want to noted that I um was part of the Wilson Mustangs for today and I did I qualified for softball throw and 50 yard. I did not play, but I had a great time. >> [laughter] >> I'm so I'm really excited as a mom of a fourth grader. I am so excited to see you give you sports opportunities for our kids. So, thank you so much for all your hard work on this. >> Yes. >> All right. Uh we will move to section five minutes approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting of the of regular meeting of the board of education held on March 24th, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second.
041Oh. >> [clears throat] >> abstain. >> Bradley >> abstain. >> Stacy >> I >> Vinnie >> I. >> All right. We'll move to the consent agenda. Uh the consent agenda contains those items that are repetitive and routine in nature. Any member may make a motion to approve the consent agenda or request that any of the items be moved to section seven for individual discussion and consideration. >> I have >> second >> I have two things before go ahead. >> Um so just like to say thank you to Amazon for the recent donation of cleaning supplies. Uh they were distributed to all of our schools. We truly grateful for the continued support uh for our students and community. And also like to thank United States Steel. Uh they had uh donated Earth activity books, bookmarks, and
042crayons to first and second grade students uh for Earth Day. So greatly appreciate them as well. >> All right. >> Anybody else? No. All right. Roll call. >> I >> All right. We have no old business, so we'll move to new business. Um 9.1, resignations and retirements. >> You've received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion executive session. It's recommended to approve the following retirement resin request, retirements, resignations, and extracurricular resignations, and resend requests. So move to approve. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Stacy. >> I >> Vinnie. >> Hi. >> All right. Section 9.2. Request. request to post/hire one full-time equivalent bilingual prayer professional for the 2627 school year. The administration is requesting to the approval of one full-time equivalent bilingual pair professional position at
043the high school beginning in the 2627 school year. This position will support staff and students in providing instructional assistance, improving communication, and ensuring access to grade level curriculum. Approval is recommended. >> So moved. Second roll call. >> I >> section 9.3 employment. >> You've received detailed information about this item. Uh the administration prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. It is recommended to improve employments 25 26 extracurricular assignments 26 27 extracurricular assignments extracurricular volunteers and certified and classified subs pending the completion of required paperwork background checks and verification of previous employment. So move >> second. Roll call. >> Iman >> I >> Christie >> I >> 9.4 miscellaneous. >> Yes. The administration requests the approval of one-day unpaid suspension for employee Dina busy. >> Approval is recommended. >> Erica second. >>
044I >> Did we get a second? >> I don't think >> Did we get a second? Did anybody second? >> I took a second. Okay. Okay. Go ahead. Going. >> Yeah. >> Don't mind us. >> I don't think they can hear Erica very good. That microphone probably needs to be down. >> Hi. [laughter] >> Sorry. >> I >> All right. 9.5 Running the Running Start Pro program contract renewal. We would like to continue to offer Running Start program with Swick since the 2013 2014 school year. The board has approved ongoing student participation in this dual credit program at the parents expense. Swick has proposed to continue the program agreement with us at a rate of $4,550 per student per year, same as last year's price. Eligible students would participate in their junior and senior year
045of high school and would have the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and associate degree simultaneously. We're seeking approval to continue to participate in this dual credit program and enter into this intergovernmental agreement where parents will pay the full tuition rate uh to provide their child with the opportunity while the district accepts the responsibility to manage the program with swick. Approval is recommended. >> So moved. >> Second. Vinnie. >> Hi. >> Bradley. >> Hi. >> Stacy. >> I >> section 9.6. Auditor extension. >> Authorization is requested to extend the agreement with home PC for auditing services for a three-year period. Approval is recommended. So >> move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Christie. >> Hi >> Bradley. >> Hi. >> I >> All right. 9.7 Breakfast after the bell opt out hearing authorization. administration is
046seeking authorization to notify the state board of education and publish on the district's website notification of public hearing on June 23rd at 6 p.m. at the regular board of education meeting regarding the Granite City School District opting out of the breakfast after the bell mandate for this physical hardship reasons. Approval is recommended. >> So move second. >> Does anybody anybody have any questions about that? No. All right. Bradley. >> Hi >> 9.8 sixth hour assignment special education >> GCSD9 administration request the approval of the following sixth hour assignment retroactive for the third quarter at Kulage Junior High. This assignment is retroactive due to the extended teacher absence and the needed for combined classrooms. Teacher Kelly Wallace. Approval is recommended. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any questions? No. Roll call. >> I don't know. Sorry.
047>> Yep. >> Okay. Sorry. I >> I >> 9.9 is finance/hr system renewal with i visions >> authorization is request to renew the agreement for the 2627 school year with Tyler Technologies for the infinite visions finance HR system. An annual support agreement is required for updates including statemandated changes and technical support. The software is used by all administration and administrative assistance for finance and HR processes. All staff members also have online access to pay, time off, and contract information. The renewal has been budgeted for the 2627 school year at a cost of $118,81.60. Approval is recommended. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. Hi >> I >> section 910. Remote education program. The district proposes to offer a remote education program exclusively for students who have demonstrated a need for highly
048individualized and flexible learning environment after exhausting all existing in-person options. Eligibility for this program will be limited to students who have previously participated in the traditional day school setting have been enrolled in and supported through the district's alternative education program and have also attended the countyy's safe school program but were subsequently removed. The remote option is intended to serve as a final pathway to support continued academic progress, credit recovery, and graduation for students who have not found success in more structured in-person settings while still maintaining accountability, engagement, and access to necessary educational services. Approval is recommended. >> So moved. >> Second. >> I have I do have a question. >> I should say we have any discussion. Go ahead. >> Yeah. So my question on this was do we know a cost if there's a
049cost with this and then how would it be how is it going to be >> Randy wasn't here for >> I read through the email but I couldn't find that >> one of the things we discussed we met with representation and we talked they have to submit to the state so they may come We made some changes over again. But if they approve that, then the next step would be for us to come up with an item discuss. Because you may have three students, five students, you may only have one semester. You may not need them. for the spring just be the fall only. Again, this is going to be last last resort. And we talked about this last week at that meeting is that >> this is going through every single opportunity out there
050for a kid to learn in our district through CEO through their remote education program. And if they're removed from that, they would have to remove us twice and then CPL's program twice their program. >> So yeah, so we we got to get with the union on that too when we figure out what the cost would kind of be. So we've discussed the six hour assignment, which is similar to what you see that Kelly got before to where we would add to that. But if we can't get an agreement, then we'll get with them and on a stipen like we do for our other situations where we do with clubs, we do with uh you know the metal detectors. So once this is approved, then we'll come back to you on uh what that possibly might
051cost might be. >> And the only the reason I asked that is we talk about budget and stuff like that and you know some of our vocational programs could be you know cut you know through attrition. And I know we talk about attrition not renewing it because we can't afford to pay teachers or we can't find qualified teachers that we can afford or qualified instructors but we're going to add a program. This >> this min this is minor this Randy. So what we would do is like when we send kids off to Troy we have to pay them for that. So this would be something that we could control. >> So would we save money? >> We would save Yes. >> So we already have a teacher. We would already using a teacher in the
052district. We're not going to hire anybody. >> Small statement, >> but compared to a salary. >> I I know. I just It's hard for me to or anybody really to approve something that costs more if we're already trying to cut other things. >> I don't know if we've said we were trying to cut vocational anywhere. >> I mean, I hear people talking about through attrition, we'll get rid of some vocational trades. >> If we couldn't find people to hire. I I I I heard that a little differently, I guess, that we were going to look for people. If we can't find them, then yeah, that could possibly happen. But we're we're actively seeking people to try and do with the the CTE as well. >> And again, we're going to have to offer an education
053to our students. >> Correct. >> Almost crystal clear on that. So that's and we do we do for every student. And then when they're not successful here and they go to Troy and they're not successful there, I I can't tell you that they have to take them there. once they're removed from there. >> So then >> never want to be a district that doesn't offer some type of education to our student. >> So right now the only thing we can do is homebound. >> So there is >> and you want to spend a lot of money >> homeound and we already we paid for that. But again we would be offering homebound is one thing but this is we're not replacement. No >> this is an educational program >> to where a student homebound is
054one hour a day. This is an educational program where you're going to take six courses online courses and then you'll have a teacher in place that will meet with that student period and things like that. This is >> very small amount compared to Yeah. to offer an educational program to students >> at the very end of the option. >> Yeah. Out of options through all those phases to get to that. >> Yes. Exactly. >> Yeah. So, I mean, even the likelihood of it happening is >> it's still slim >> right now. Yeah. So, >> all right. Any other questions? >> Roll call. Silva >> Iman >> I >> Christie >> I >> Bradley >> I >> All right section 911 uh Granite City High School two job coach positions >> due to the increase in
055transition programming at GCHS the GCSD9 special education administration is requesting the additional of two full-time job coaches the current halftime position um will be eliminated to become a full-time position to support students all day in the existing school in the exiting schoolbased and community-based programs. The second full-time job is needed to support the life skills students with their community work experiences as well as other transition activities as they relate to post-secary goals for employment, education, training, and independent living. Approval is recommended. >> So moved. >> Second. Any discussion? Roll call. >> Hi. >> Christie, >> I >> section 912. Uh, GCSD9 student school board member advisor for the 2627 school year. The GCSD9 school board students board member advisory committee consisting of board of education secretary Eric Venny, board of education member Lorie Silva, GCHS
056principal Tim McHen, and superintendent Don Harris are recommending Lily Booker to serve as the GCSD9 student board member adviser for her senior year at Granite City High School for the 2627 school year. Approval is recommended. So >> moved. Second. Any discussion other than the last three of the name Lily? >> You got the name Lily. You got a good chance. Yeah. [laughter] So, interesting. But I have to say we had everyone we interviewed were fantastic and I'm really glad that Dr. Harris set up um you know the student advisory committee also. So that way these students that took their time to apply and really show such interest and passion for their school can be a part of it too. And I think we'll be very well represented in Lily Booker. It was a tough competition
057between everyone that applied. >> Very, very outstanding. I just loved all of them. >> They all did very well. >> Mhm. >> All right. Roll call. Hi >> Christy. >> I >> section 913 new teacher mentoring program. >> GCSD9 administration and CGCFP have worked collaboratively to develop a new teacher mentoring training program. And the goal of this program will be to mentor our new teachers, conduct peer observations, and provide support throughout the school year. Veteran teachers will be selected to conduct activities throughout the school year and will be paid a stipen approximately $71 per new teacher as per the negotiated and extracurricular stipen schedule. Approval is recommended. [clears throat] >> So move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> This is fantastic and long overdue. I'm so glad we're doing it. >> Yes. With all the
058people retiring, we knew we need to get something in place. There are so many people. They're going to be new in the upcoming 5 years. >> This is like the FTO program of uh teachers. That's what this is. Okay. All right. Uh roll call. >> Hi. [clears throat] >> Hi. All right. Uh section 10, report and other communications. We don't have n we don't have any. So section 11, executive session. Uh exceptions noted under five120/2 open meetings. Uh we will be going to executive session under the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body which is 2C1 and collective bargaining matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives which is 2C2. >> Motion to go to executive. >> So move second. >> Second. >> Roll call.
059Bradley. >> Hi >> Stacy. >> Hi. >> Christie. >> Hi. >> Mr. Mode, if you want to come down with us. We're going