GCSD9 Board Meeting - May 11, 2021

001Call the meeting to order. Roll call, please. Stacy, here. Denny here. Kenobyl here. Curran here. Nun here. McMasters here. Wilms here. And McKenzie here. We have a forum. Yep. All righty. Uh, if you're able, will you please rise for the pledge of allegiance? And it will be followed by invocation. Uh if you do not want to pray with us, you're free to step outside or turn off yours over 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 us pray. Heavenly Father, thank you this evening that we can meet as a school board and attend to the business of our district. We ask, Father, that you guide and direct us, give us clear minds and hearts,

002that everything be done to benefit our children and our community. Thank you, Lord. Amen. Amen. And we are there any public comments? No, there's nothing tonight. Okay, then we will move on to the consent agenda. Is that correct? Minutes. We have to approve the minutes of the special meeting. And you have the first item. No, there's a minute to approval. Oh, we need to approve the minutes from the last meeting. Yes. Uh, roll call, please. No, I need a motion. I move. Motion to approve. Second. Motion by Vinnie, seconded by Curran. Um, any discussion? Okay. R Vinnie I. Kenobyl I. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Wilms. I. That's approved. Moving on to is consent agenda next. Stephanie. Yes. All right. The consent agenda contains those items that are repetitive and routine in

003nature. Any member may make a motion to approve the consent agenda. I request that any of the items be moved to section 7 for individual discussion and consideration. The consent agenda items are listed below for your uh discussion. Approval is recommended. And and Stephanie, could you please explain to the board the Illinois Association of School Board Conference, the joint annual conference in November 18th through the 21st. Yes. Thank you. So that the conference for the Illinois Association of School Boards uh is November 19th through 21st. If it's held in person, it's in Chicago. Um generally they've just sent the superintendent. I don't know how you want to handle that, but it I would really enjoy going for the least. We send her every year. Okay. The first year is and if there's someone else wants

004to go, we can discuss that. But this is just to put it on our to make everybody aware that that's when it is and we can have more detailed discussion about that later. Motion to approve the consent agenda with uh sending the superintendent to the uh school board meeting. Do I have a second? Second. Any discussion? approved. Roll call. Who's the second on that? Stacy. Motion by WSM. Second by Stacy. Um Kenobyl. Hi. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. WSMer. I. Motion approved. Dennis section 8 Dennis section 8 retirements and resignations section 8 Mr. President of the board a it is recommended the following retirements and resignations be accepted. Steven Baldy senior custodian Griggsby retiring effective 6:3021. Um Lee Fanning English teacher GCHS retiring end of 2324 school year. Christine Kton

005teacher Prather PreK retiring June 26 the end of 2526 school year. Steve Aman, science teacher. Coolage, retirement end of 2526 school year. Cynthia Aman, Prather PreK, retirement end of 2526 school year. Do I have a motion? So move. Second. Second. Who was any discussion? Motion by Vinnie. Second by Kenob. No discussion. Roll call. Curran. I. None. I. McMaster. Hi. Stacy. I Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. I. Wilms. I motion approved. Request for le of absence. Mr. President, the board has recommended that the following lees be approved. Monica Brooks, ED teacher at Wilson, 2020 2021 2022 school year. Erica D. Christophano, prek teacher, Prather 8:1621 to 1222. Nicole Schmidt, Prather 81121 to 11321. Did you say Elizabeth? No, that's okay. But I think there there is a reason why we do want to name the other person listed

006for for for insurance purposes for for death. Okay. Possibly for life insurance policy issues and you know there may be some inquiries as to what her status was. Yes. Okay. Elizabeth Sysmeck, Monitor Lake, medical 4121 to 7521. All right. Any discussion? No. to Bill. I'd just like to say, yes, you know, fortunately, we lost Elizabeth Simche here a couple of weeks ago and and certainly our condolences go out to her family. Most definitely. Um, and we did need to list her here for the reasons for insurance purposes and those sorts of things. So, thank you for that. [Music] Thanks. Um, none. I McMasters. Hi Stacy. Hi Vinnie. Hi Kenobyl. Hi Curran. Hi and WSMire. I pass um extracurricular resignations uh 8C. Uh Mr. President, the board you have received detailed information about this item below.

007The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. We are recommended that the following extracurricular resignations be accepted. Mr. Justin Warren, Pulage Junior High Assistant girls volleyball coach. Do I have a motion? Some move. Second. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Motion by Curin. Seconded by Vinnie. McMasters. I. Stacy. I. Vinnie. I. Kenobyl. I. Currin. I. None. I Wilms. I. Uh 8 D recommendation of Grand City High School extracurricular for the 2020 2021 school year. Okay. Uh Mr. President, the board you have received detailed information about this item below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The high school administration is recommending the following extracurriculars. Don Terry, assistant football coach. Jenny Henson, head ticker t ticket taker. George Kiran, assistant wrestling coach, and Amy

008Panel, Tech Arts Club technical director. Do I have a motion? Some moved. Second. Any discussion? All right, roll call. Stacy, I Vinnie, I can I none. I McMasters. Hi. and Wilms Meyer I passed uh AE extracurricular recommendations for Brandon City High School for the school year 20121-22 Mr. President received detailed information about this item listed below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in the executive session. The high school administration is recommending the following extracurricular appointment for the 21-22 school year. Mr. Wel Goodwin, assistant football coach. Have a motion. So move. Second. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Motion by Vinnie. Second by Stacy. Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. I. Currin. Hi. None. I. McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I Wilms I passed uh 8F extracurricular recommendations for Kulage Junior High School for the

0092021 2022 school year. Mr. President, the board you have received detailed information about this item below. The administration is prepared to make res recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The coolest junior the coolest junior high administration is recommending the following extracurriculars for the 2122 school year. Chuck Noud, electives department head. Laura Duca, language arts department head. Jod Jacobs, math department head. Jennifer Reeli, social studies department head. Tony Dow, special ed department head. Chuck Noud, headband director. Gayla Benet Bennett, National Junior Honor Society. Terry Counz, seventh grade science club, eighth grade science club, Science Fair, Student Council, Varsity Club, and Young Authors. It's going to be busy. Very busy. Mr. Carrie thank you. Chuck, now your book. Do I have a motion? Second. Second. Any discussion? I have a quick question just for my

010own personal knowledge. Is there a science department then or has that already been established or I think it's already Mr. Parker. Sorry, I probably should have. Mr. Parker, are you there? They do have a department head that I believe Mr. Curry turns in earlier. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Roll call on that. Motion was by Curran, seconded by Vinnie Kenogal. I Curran. Hi Nun. I McMasters. Hi Stacy. I Vinnie. I Wilms. I pass. Uh 8G. Request for volunteers for the 2020 2021 school year. Mr. President, the board, you have again received detailed information about the item below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The administration respectfully requests board approval for the following volunteer for the 2021 school year. Montrene needed a GCHS football

011coach volunteer. Have a motion. Some move. Second. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Motion by none. Seconded by Stacy uh Kern. I. None. I. McMasters. I Stacy. I Vinnie. I Kenobyl. I Wilms Meer I pass uh 8 H H request for volunteers for the 2021 22 school year. Okay. Uh Mr. President, the board you have received detailed information below about the item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. Okay. Okay. The administration respectfully requests board approval of the following volunteers for the 21-22 school year. Sarah Chapman Wiser, Angel Creek, Jennifer Reiki, all for the Koolage Rise Up Theater. Terrific group. Yes. Do I have a motion? Some move. Second. Second. Any discussion? I love that school is having theater. Me, too. Exactly. Me, too. It's a great feeder,

012too. That's really exciting. It is. Uh, roll call, please. Motion by Vinnie, seconded by Stacy Nun. I McMaster. Hi, Stacy. I, Vinnie. I, Kenobyl. I, Curran, I. Wilms, I enthusiastically approved. 8 I, Employment of Granite City High School math teacher 2021-22. Employment of the Granite City High School math teacher. Oh, I read that. Mr. President of the board, you have received detailed information about this item below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. Due to the retirement of Carl Layman, sadly, the tier one committee consisted of Darren Dew, Nikki Matrillo, and Denise Alrech recommended the following candidates for a tier 2 interview. Um, Mr. Terren Burke, and Megan Delaney. We are recommending Mr. Terren Burke for the high school math position. Is there any discussion? Do I have

013a motion? So move. Second. Second. Roll call. Motion by Stacy. Seconded by Curran McMasters. I Stacy. I. Vinnie. I. Kenogal. I. Curran. I. None. I. Wilms. I. So approved. Uh 8J. Employment of an assistant band director. Coolage Junior High, High School, High Granite City High School split. That's it. 202122. Uh the assistant uh band director. Yes. 202122 duplicate. Sorry. I'm sorry. They printed it twice each time. I thought he's reading it twice. We're sorry about that. Uh you uh Mr. President, the board, you've received detailed information about this item below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or to hold for discussion in executive session. Okay. Due to the movement of Jos Palmer to the music tech position at Coolage, the tier one committee consisting of Darren Dew, Chuck N, and Wyatt Roberts recommended the

014following candidate for tier 2 interview. Jim Parker, Stephanie Can, and Pat Curry, Jada Brockman. We are recommending Jada Brockman for this position. So move. Second. Second. Yes. Any discussion? A female band. I love it. She comes from us from Eastern University, too. She actually sought out Granite City for her student teaching, which I think is pretty amazing. So, happy to have Roll call. Motion by Vinnie, seconded by Curran. Stacy, I Vinnie, I. Canobyl. I Curran. I. Nun. McMasters. I Wilms Meer I. And another very enthusiastic approval uh AK certified classified. Mr. President of the board, you have received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. This is always my favorite part. It is recommended the following applicants be board approved as substitutes for

015the 20 2021 school year. Mr. Joshua Clark and Mrs. Paula Kuakowski. I think I said that. classified Kenneth Harris. Sorry. Motion. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Motion by none. Seconded by Stacy. Uh Vinnie. I. Kenogal. I. Currin. I. None. I. McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. And Wilmser. I. Approved. Uh employee discipline. Are we going to get to hold that for executive session? Um, we've already all I'm going to do is say the last line. Okay. Uh, Mr. President and the board, you've received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or holder discussion in executive session. Mr. Skully, would I just read the last line or Yes. Under the open meetings act, the public is empowered to know the disposition of any disciplinary matter. Okay. We are requesting that Mr. Jason Marovich

016be terminated effective immediately. So move. Go ahead. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Motion by Wilms. Seconded by Stacy. Uh Kenobyl. I Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I Vinnie I. And Wilms. I approve. Uh the policy is just merelyformational there, Stephanie. Um yeah, if we have any questions, I could say uh Mr. President, the board the following pages include revised listed um policies for your review. Approval is recommended. Yes, we do need a vote. We do need a vote. A motion and a second. Okay. Do I have a motion? So move. Second. Second. Any discussion here? If not, roll call. Motion by Stacy, seconded by Curran. Um, Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. Hi. And Wilms Meyer. Hi. Okay. Approve. Uh this is uh 9A kindergarten Chrome device purchase

017and CARES Act grant funding and title one funding. Sure. This is through old business. Uh Mr. President, the board authorization is requested to purchase 500 2in1 Chromebooks for kindergarten students with the CARES Act grant and title one funds. The new devices are a convertible device that can be used as a touchcreen or Chromebook with uh keyboard. So they're much more user friendly for the young ones. The amount um coming from the CARES will be $91,27140. The rest of the cost will come from the title one funding grant $116,16360 due to the immediate availability and supply chain. Well, no, the availability and supply chain delays. The devices could take 8 to 16 weeks to arrive after the order is placed. But the selected vendor CDWG, I want to make sure you know kind of gave us

018a heads up because they've worked with us and we have the opportunity to get them that quickly. Otherwise, it would be closer to 4 to 6 months. Oh my gosh. So, approval is recommended. So, move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Motion by me. Seconded by Kenobal. None. I McMasters. Hi, Stacey. I Vinnie. Hi, Kenogal. I woman I uh 9B revised school times. Uh you you see the schedule there. There have been a few tweaks on that. Is that right, Steph? Right. Uh Mr. President, the board, the times are revised to accommodate bus schedules. That's what these all were about. So some of them are starting early. We discussed them with with the union with the principles and uh I can read them or they're going to be listed on in their folder. They're in their

019folder, but it's going to be listed on Facebook on the website after the meeting this evening if approved tomorrow. Tomorrow morning. So, do you want me to list them? Do you think I should read them? I'm fine with just listing there. Okay. So, they'll be available on the on the website and on Facebook tomorrow morning. Just for those that are listening, when will these take effect? Um the fall school year. Fall August 19th. And approval was recommended. We have a motion. So move. Second. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Motion by Stacy, seconded by Vinnie. McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Kenobyl. I. Karen. I. None. I Wsmire. I approved. Uh 9C is setting the dates, times, and location of Granite City School District Board of Education meetings. I'm going to let Stephanie just kind of

020go through that a little bit. There was been discussion whether uh we might push back the time of our meetings to make ourselves more accessible to the public getting off work and uh also discussion of whether we want to meet. Some months we do meet once a month, but there are other months where possibly the business could all be done in one meeting a month. And uh we'll have a little I think a little discussion on that first. Um I know he wants to and then uh do we take those two separately things Tom as time and uh date? Well, yeah, I think they are two separate items. So they are two separate. Let's talk about time first if we can. Why don't we do that? Yeah. So, Bill, I'm going to jump in here.

021And again, I want to thank you for filling in tonight for me because I just wasn't sure about this internet connection. So, I did certainly didn't want to drop off and leave you all hanging. So, thank you. Um, yeah. So, I I think first order business here would be uh we have talked about instead of a 5:00 meeting, a 6:00 meeting in order to make it better for working families um and those who when when we can't all be back in person at least uh to attend the schoolboard meetings and present when when they need to. So, um, I generally speaking, I I'm happy to hear comments from everybody, but generally speaking, I think, uh, everybody was pretty much in favor of moving this, uh, the start of our meetings back to 6:00. Is that

022is that a consensus I'm I'm hearing from everybody? Yes. Is there any more discussion needed on that? No, I mean I I would just say that I think this I mean it obviously makes it easier for for taxpayers and people who are working, you know, most people work till five o'clock to come to meetings or at least check it on Facebook Live. Um and it also along with the one one meeting a month thing that we're going to discuss in a second. It I think it puts us more in line with other districts that tend to meet a little bit later in the night just to make it easier for families. There's nothing but good come out of that. Absolutely. Need a motion. Motion to approve. So moved. Do I have a second? Second. Roll

023call. And this is just for the time. Okay. So, the motion was made by Vinnie and seconded by Curran. She's on it. Okay. Uh Stacy I Vinnie I Kenogal I Curran I none I McMasters hi. And Wilms I and I guess the other question here guys is when do we want to make this effective? Uhu. Um I was thinking that the fiscal year starts July 1. So, I didn't know if that would probably be a good time to start whatever we decide times or monthly if that's a an acceptable time. It's up with me. It it might give the the community a lot more time to to adjust to it too and get the word out. Our fiscal year begins July 1st. Yeah. So, it gives us a couple minutes to to kind of mention.

024By the way, in July, it's going to start. That's a great idea, Zach. Mention it at at the next board meeting, too. Dennis, I see a consensus that we move it to six and that we uh also begin this on July fir the first meeting in July. And Tom, do we need a motion for to to set that starting on July 1st? Yeah, we can amend the We haven't voted the first meeting yet, have we? No. So, we can amend the So, we can amend it with a sub subordinate motion. Yes. We did. We need also just to to make to amend the pass motion. So motion to amend. Motion to amend. So now there we go. Roll call. The motion to amend was made by Vinnie and seconded by Curran. Uh Vinnie I. Kenobyl

025I. Curran. I. None. I McMasters. Stacy. I. And Wilmser. All right. That's approved. And the second part of that, Dennis, uh would you like to jump in with a little discussion about if you would like to about uh whether we meet once a month? Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. I I appreciate that, Bill. So, so the other discussion here is that we have been talking about moving uh instead of two meetings a month, moving that to one meeting a month, keeping that either on the second or fourth uh Tuesday and kind of reserving if we need to then that that other meeting if we move to the second, reserve the fourth or vice versa uh in case we do need a special meeting. But again, here as Zach said, kind of getting in line with more of

026the other school districts. U and I will tell you the the staff there in the board office does a great job, but I do know how much time it takes to get put together this board packet. It is a tremendous amount of of drain um and time taken away when they can be doing other things. So, um happy to hear everybody's thoughts on this um kind of going forward if if we want to go to that one meeting a month. Tennis, I like the the best part about that idea is I think what you stated that how much tremendous work goes into preparing for a board meeting and it stops there week to get ready for us to have our board meeting and uh when we know they we can do most of this business

027in one one meeting a month and we're also all aware that that second meeting time is kept open by board members that we can announce that meeting will happen at the preceding meeting. I I don't think we're doing anything but saving a lot of effort by people that could do a lot of other things. I think so. I I I think that's all positive in my opinion. With with one caveat, whenever the board started exploring this idea, Stephanie and I got together and we think it would be a very good idea if uh Zach Suri, the director of finance, still sends out his bill packet twice a month, like as if there were two meeting minutes. So that that way uh if a board member has a question about any of the particular bills or

028bill or bills they can get a hold of him. We want to be conscious about the open meetings that you guys can't do it as a group question him but one of you can certainly call him up and question a bill because going to meetings once a month bills will be paid and in essence the board will be ratifying a lot of the bills paid. So to alleviate any too much water going under a brid bridge about a a questionable bill if there is one that you still would get the the bills every two weeks. If you have a question call Zach I'll be be more than happy to explain anything. Uh but the bills would be just ratified and I I've talked to Zach and because we do have meetings uh I think it's

029three months out of the year only one per month you know we this is a practice he says that he can certainly handle it won't create any hardship on his department. Thank you for that Tom I would also do a board update the the two week when we would normally have a meeting I'll make sure there's anything that you need to know in between and I'll put into a regular board update. Mhm. Yeah. I think it's also convenient for the board. I know we've had a lot of circumstances where maybe someone has work obligations the the Tuesday both one of the Tuesdays or they're out of town and maybe it's more flexible that we could decide to meet the second or the fourth if if something arises like that. Um just for people to decide.

030I think certainly when we have the second Tuesday fixed at six o'clock and the other one available. Yeah. We're not giving up much. What we're doing is making it more flexible. Certainly for the people to prepare and enter the board too. I I agree to that. I guess what does everybody want for that? Which Tuesday? Yeah. As far as the motion, do we need to decide if it's No. Was it that was the other question. Do we want to make the second Tuesday the date we meet? I I think looking at the rest of the meetings like just looking at the calendar for the rest of the year that the second Tuesday makes more sense because like in November and December, you're not going to have that fourth. You're not going to want that fourth

031Tuesday because you're going to be around Christmas, around Thanksgiving, stuff like that. So, I I would be in favor of the second Tuesday. Dennis, don't you have a standing meeting at some point on one of those Tuesdays? No. Uh, no, no, no, no. Final second Tuesday of the month. I'm good. That's not a problem. Okay. Is everyone okay with the secretary? And again, what effective date do we want this? July 1st along with the So, it would be the same meeting date, correct? Is that July 13th? No, that's that's is that the second? Yeah. I'll just make sure. I have library board meeting that second Tuesday. I mean, obviously I'm coming here, but Oh, but you know, if I'm the only one, then we Well, you know, it's kind of a team effort. It really

032is. And I have another meeting that I missed every time on a second Tuesday. I'm fine with any Tuesday. I'm not locked in. It does not have to be second Tuesday for me. Uh I'm not locked into that. I'm not married to that date at all. Are there other municipal meetings that take place on Tuesdays? I think city city council and city meetings, second and first would set us first and third. Yeah, but we weren't going to meet then. I mean that might be the like November and December might just be the only two months that we have to meet at an earlier time if it comes to that. I mean if it's easier for everyone. Yeah. Tom, could we do that? So we if we were to set it for the fourth Tuesday of

033the month, but then knowing that like in December or in November that would follow, we can announce and switch it ahead of time. So So I have a question also along those lines. Does it have to be the second or fourth or can we just put out a a calendar that says these are the meeting days? We we can put out a calendar that these are the meeting dates under the school code. We have to uh publish those, right? uh put them on the website and give it to the news media as well when once the board establishes those dates. Well, I think that sounds the way what Eric just said would be the way to go. Like we'll default to the floor, but then on those months we'll choose and then we'll have our

034calendar set. Yeah. And like Bill said, don't forget under board policy, right, sport special board meetings can be called if if need be to entertain a specific reason to call a board meeting and that's just uh do you have any recommendations about that or having a calendar set or set weeks? Uh it's always been this typical calendar that you see here, you know, normally is that that doesn't mean it still has to be but it's whatever the board decides. There's nothing in the school code that mandates it be on the 1st or third or the second and fourth. It's it's whatever your pleasure is you said. Well, it's a it's a different world now. We could do the fourth and then just run it two November and December. We we certainly could do the fourth

035as Stephanie said and keep the second one open as our open date. I agree. Maybe for like December and November. I think it's in a good spirit of things and we have a couple board members that it's a bit of a a problem. Yeah. That we could be flexible for each other. I think that's a credit and I don't have any problem with that. Do you Stephanie at all? No. That can work out fine. And those are the second those are the second Tuesdays for November and December. Those dates that are hosted, right? So those could be the you know you could maintain those dates and then like you could look up the I mean you'd almost have to because same with July you would have it would be December 28th if you went to

036the fourth Tuesday there and November 23rd be July 27th. Yes. So as far as voting on this tonight I mean the meetings we have listed in front of us is the standard two a month. Are we still okay to just vote to say the fourth me fourth week starting on the month of July 22 school year? Yeah. What's whatever the board decides is your questions. Do we begin this immediately or do we begin it effective July? Well, I know it' be effective July. I just I just didn't know if like because it's listed in the packet as the the standard two meetings. And if we needed to change, okay, we would issue. Let's kind of rein this into a one collective motion here. Then how what date? Uh what's the pleasure here at the board?

037Am I hearing the fourth Tuesday making the second Tuesday available for board members starting July 1? I don't know that you can lock into the I don't know that you can lock into the court though and then say we're not having them in November and December. No, I I think we'd have to make an exception to those. Can can our motion just be that we're going to go to one board meeting a month with the calendar to be set and as as required by the school code. Uh, and whenever we reorganized two weeks ago or last week, one of one of the things at the reorganization meeting we did, we set board meetings for the next two years. And so, we're going to have to bring that back and revisit it and pass it at

038the next meeting as well. So, the the law school requires that we give the public notice in advance of these meeting days. So, that's why we have it. So, so that's what I mean though. So we don't have to like in the motion we don't have to say it's automatically the fourth Tuesday. We can just say that uh we're have going to go as of July 1st we'll go to one meeting a month and it will be published per the school code. I would feel more comfortable if we want to go ahead and pass a motion tonight stating that we the board is going to go to one meeting per month dates to be established and uh passed at the next board meeting. Then Stephanie will have her staff put together those the fourth Tuesday

039except for that November December, but we should we need to pass certain dates. Tom, I think that that's Solomon the wise there and we just have basically a motion that we go July 1 to one meeting a month. That specific date will be set at the next board meeting those dates. And uh Right. Do we have to do the next two years just as we did? Yeah, Dennis, do you have any comments, Dennis? No, I I I agree with Tom 100% there and and Bill as well. It's spot. It's spot on. And yes, and Stephanie then can set us nice schedule and we can all look at that and approve it next time. Okay, we have we did we approve the six o'clock part already? We approved the time as well as the um amended

040to take place as of July 1st. So, I'm not sure if we have a motion on the once a month. We don't. You would have to say motion. I'll make I'll make a motion that uh as of July 1st, we start the school board will start meeting once a month with the times to be established and and dates and dates approved at the next board meeting. I'm sorry, not the times, the dates to be established and approved at the next board meeting. Do I have a second on that? May 23. Second. Any more discussion? Whenever we make changes like this, I just always like to pause for a second. Are there any unintended consequences that might adversely affect anyone? So, the bills were the one that I thought about, but it sounds like there's a

041solution for that. Board update sometime. Board update you'll have. So, you know, to your recollection. Anything else? Again, if there's an emergency, we can always within I think it's 24 hours, we can call an emergency meeting and most boards operate anyway. I know. And okay, my my from my perspective as a teacher and I didn't see any issues, but I just wanted to see from your lenses if there were otherwise I'm great. We're solving so much we might not have to meet at all again. Yeah, right. We're all Dennis will come back and say, "Did I miss anything?" Yeah, really. What happened? And we'll say everything. Um, can I have a roll call? Can I have a roll call, please? So, the motion was by Stacy and seconded by Curran. Um, Stacy, I Vinnie, I

042Kenobal, Iran, I nun I McMasters, hi. and Wilsmeire. All right, that is approved. Uh, is that the end of new business? Yep. And now we're uh No, that was old business. Item uh 10A is next. Yes, that's correct. And is that is breakfast after the bell opt out hearing authorization? That is correct. Uh Mr. President, the board, the breakfast after the bell opt out hearing authorization. This is strictly to set up the dates for the hearings. We generally opt out of this, but this is just to set the dates for that and they're still the still correct dates um because they're all from June. Approval is recommended. If you need me to explain, this is just the hearing, but I could explain to you if you need to know what that means, what it means

043to opt out of this breakfast. What? Yeah. First, I would know what breakfast after. It's because I did a student work for SIU and went to all the school districts especially uh intermediate on it's where they actually take time out. It's a grant they provide. You have to stop at a particular time. Kids leave the classroom. They go get they go get breakfast bring it back to the classroom. Generally 10 to 15 sometimes 20 minutes of instructional time is lost and we already have a system where kids get free breakfast anyway. Okay. Um in the cafeteria or we could even continue having them grab it and take it to the classroom. I don't feel that personally that this is necessary with with already having a free and reduced lunch system. Eric, what we're doing here

044that the statute that mandates this has an opt out provision for school districts if they hold a public hearing and financially demonstrate to the public that it's a financial hardship for the district to do this, then we can opt out of that program. The procedure to do to do this is to one notify isby state board of education that you're going to file your notice stopound and have a public hearing and then we will have that public you know we have to do that have the public hearing on June 8th that's why Zach's kind of nervous about when we're going to have our next meeting because he has to publish that in the newspaper that there is going to be a publish a a public hearing and then he will present his financial documentation as

045to why it's a hardship and just for you guys it's a hardship Because craft jurisdiction is such that custodians are the ones that clean up. Teachers cannot clean up their room. So it, you know, it would create we'd have to go into collective bargaining and have amendments to their agreement for working conditions and add that. And of course that could cost the district extra money, right? And so that's part of the process that we have have got to go through every year to opt out of this program. Okay. It's just what they have to do. Sure. Do I have a motion or approval? It's been recommended. So move. Second. Any more discussion? Roll call. Motion by Stacy, seconded by Vinnie. Hi. Kenobyl. I. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Wilms. I approve. Uh

04610B. the creation of a COVID recovery and innovation coordinator position and job description. Mr. President, the board, first out, this is a grant-f funded position from the new uh S2 or ARP SR3. After a discussion previously about the plans and what to do with uh grant funds and I put some information out to the public today yesterday as well. It is recommended that we create and post this job description for the grant funded code of recovery innovation coordinator position and job description. The administrator will be placed on step six of the administration salary schedule. Approval is recommended and and again this position will be be beginning school year 2122. Correct. That is correct. [Applause] Is there any discussion? Oh, we have a motion. Yes. Second. Second. Now, is there any discussion? I mean, I just

047wanted to say that this is I mean I we heard the presentation um I think it was two meetings ago, but I think it's such a forwardthinking way to look at COVID recovery. I think it was Dennis that brought up last time that so many districts are probably just going to try to go right back to normal like nothing happened. And this position kind of fits into a broader plan of making sure that we're making up for lost ground, if you will. So, and and Stephanie, this position will spin down the requirement that 20% of that money be utilized for this type of treatment. At least 20% at least 20%. And I did get some public comments about usage of grant funding uh um just working on learning loss but we are also this is

048actually a restructuring of our instructional strategies instructional coaches for all levels of students. Um also it just you know it just creates an ability to smaller class sizes to be able to help teachers help principles be instructional leaders. So this this position will be in the trenches will be actually helping all kids at all levels. So, um I think it'll be really important uh to move the district forward academically, social, emotionally, and this is the position that you had said before that the summers are the time for gathering all that, crunching the numbers. That's exactly right. Finding out exactly, you know, putting that data to use, being able to put that. Thank you for bringing up that point because it will be a 12-month position because this person will be in the transfers, we'll be

049helping instructional coaches, we'll be finding leaders, teacher leaders, things we're doing well and and jumping on those two. So, being able to take that data that was gathered throughout the year and be able to implement it into data teams, teaching teachers how to use data for datadriven decisions. I just think uh it'll just be a a really hands-on position that I think teachers will be able to Well, and I think that that time spent doing that is a huge deal because there's a lot of governmental organizations all over the country that will gather all kinds of data and they'll put it in a nice big book and they'll put it on a shelf somewhere. Nothing happens. Mhm. So, I think the fact that this is the time to be able to really look at those

050numbers and find out what means what is is just huge. And it's our data. It's stuff that we're going to go collect. It's not a state standardized test data. It's not there will be some and tests that are standardized that we use within the district, but there we'll have our people looking at our data. And I just think that that it's just so needed uh for us to move forward and know exactly where we're going, where we are and where we're going. The fact that it's coming out of our district and being built by it by grant funds for this all of the all of the people involved in this. we we are going to utilize teachers to the fullest extent and I think that's that's going to be uh just the best way to

051to create a program too build on the instructional strategies so our teachers are using their working we're not throwing the baby out with the bath water we're using the good things pulling on those and then adding to that Mr. school. Yeah. And for the new board members, Erica and Eric, the process, assuming the board approves this, the creation of this position, you're asking that it's going to be next school year that it will be immediately posted. Yes. To start taking applications and then the interview process begins. Okay. Yeah. I think it's um I think we're all thoroughly impressed that constantly brings things that are has access forward thinking and everything is not normal when we go back in the ball full time and there's so many new things to look at and I appreciate all

052the work our superintendent puts into getting us where we need to be and up to speed. Uh we have a motion and a second on this one. Um, what I think is very valuable about this position, I mean it is another administrative job and some people might ask, okay, we're now create another administrator, but this is a different kind of administrator. Um, having worked in the Granite City School District, I think the additional instructional leadership is going to be something that is tremendously valuable to the teachers and to the children and to the families. Um, so as long as this person, like you said, is in the trenches the bulk of the time and really working to better our teachers, better our instructional leaders, and then hopefully creating additional instructional leaders throughout. Exactly. I think

053this is a great plan. That's the whole point is to continue to build instructional leadership and then we'll even trade out and promote it. Yes, that's the point. Thank you. Thank you. We'll get our own public health director for us. Yeah, we need we're going to need one. I don't know how many people are going to apply for that. I don't know. There might be a Is there any more discussion? Roll call, please. Motion is made by me and seconded by Curran Kenobyl. I Curran I. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I Vinnie. Hi. And Wilms. I. Motion approved. uh 10 C property tax appeal board resolution to intervene for the following uh addresses listed below. Mr. President, the board attorney Skoolie is recommending the board approve the attached resolution to allow him to intervene with

054the property tax appeal board in Springfield, Illinois with regard to the Amstead Rail Company appeal of their 2019 tax assessment. Attorney Skully has represented to the board in the past that this matter has been resolved. However, a formal resolution must be presented to the property tax appeal board before they will sign off on the agreement reached by Amstead and the school district on the assessment of property taxes for the 2019 school year. Approval is recommended. Do you have a a a comment? Yeah, like the the one at Amstead and again for the new board members, the only time I get involved on behalf of the school district on a property tax appeal on a commercial side or industrial side is whenever that business or industry is requesting more than $100,000 of uh market value being

055chopped off their tax assessment. Okay. By law, all the taxing districts are allowed to get notice and that's when we go in with American Steel. They were coming out of a tiff, which means they they paid taxes, but those taxes were rebated back to them. And after the tiff retired, they wanted to go from like 16 million market value down to 3 million, 16 million EAV, which is equalized assessed valuation, one-third of their market value down to 3 million. So, we reached an agreement with them once we got an appraisal. But for each year uh at the property tax appeal board, they need resolutions from the parties allowing them to appear before them to sign off on that agreement. That's all it is here with the the the one at 1700 Walnut. The 3951 Lake

056View Commerce or Corporate Drive, Granite City, that's the warehousing out in Pontoon Beach. What happened there is that the those are in Shoto Township and u the assessor there fixed all their uh assessments at $45 a square foot and some of those warehouses are 25 years old, others are two years old. So, that's created several appeals out there and we've got we did the board authorized us to go out and have one appraisal done between us uh I think it was the city of Edwardsville and the school Edwardsville school district because we share boundaries on one of the warehouses. So, we're sharing the bill on that and that's intervening on that one as well. That's that's pancell. Uh and we feel confident that we'll be successful in sustaining that $45 a square foot. Approval is

057recommended. So move. Do we need a motion for each? We actually need a motion for each of those. Thank you. So each separately. Y. So first for 3951 Lake View. Who made the motion? All right. All right, we'll give it to current. Seconded by uh Vinnie. Any any more? Okay. Um Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi, Kenobyl. I and Wilms. I motion approved. 10D building repairs. The other one. Sorry. We need to do them both separately. So, we need a motion for 1700 walnut. So she can have that. I'll switch it. Switch it. Vinnie first and Curran second. Um none. I McMaster. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. Henogal. Hi. Curin. Hi. And Wilms. Hi. Is the next item uh building repairs? That is correct. Uh Mr. President, the board director of

058facilities, Eric Smith, will uh present and discuss some coolage repair and on different areas and the Granty High School touchpointing information. Eric, are you there? Mr. Smith. Eric, I'm Mr. Smith. You want me to get him on his cell phone? Here are some Yes, we do have You can look though. I'm here. Oh, there you are. Okay. Okay. I'm talking about the Coolage Middle School repairs from the George Weiss Company. Those are attached. Yes. In your package. You want to start with that, Mr. Smith? Yes. Uh what we have is uh all the ephe on the outside of that building to drive it. It's on the outside. Uh it has some issues. It has some water leaking uh problems. It has some damage towards the bottom of the panels. And what we're looking at doing

059is doing a testing and cut some of those panels to see if the bonding is still there that holds it onto the building or if it's deteriorated enough to where we need to uh go back and address something else. But with the bid that is presented through George Whis is um the repair of the total project to actually cut about 10 in off the bottom of that panel, repair the water damage hopefully and reccock the whole building so that we don't have any more damage to that building. So, are we looking you said testing versus actually doing Do you want the Yeah. What what what I'd like to have is the board approved the uh uh the bid because George Whis was the only one that showed up for the bid. And but before we

060give them the okay to do the work, in a week or so, they're going to come in and actually do a testing for me uh to see just how bad the building truly is. And with that with the shortage of all the materials and shortage of paints and with possibility that uh we go to uh one month meetings is that uh if the testing comes out in a positive way I would like to go ahead and start this project so that we can complete this project before the beginning of school because didn't you say also that when you talked about u resources and such paint how long was it going to take to get paint they were complete? completely out except if we went through a people that already had it stockpiled. Yes. And and

061that's another thing. There's a nationwide shortage of paint coming up and with the amount of paint that's needed to paint the building. Uh we're trying to acquire the paint through Shervin Williams. We're hoping that we're able to uh but there again, it depends on a time frame on when they can get the work done, right? Um, but we might consider having them paint the building with their additional bid if we're unable to get the paint. But if we're able to get the paint, our painters can do it well under their price. Yeah. And Eric and I talked the other day about this. I think it's a good approach uh kind of testing, finding out exactly what we're working with, what we're dealing with because it's a little bit of a guess at this point. Uh,

062so bringing them out and he's right. I mean, we're going to one meeting a month here very shortly. So, um, from a bringing this back to the board perspective, we'll lose most of the summer here if we don't kind of move forward on this. And a good idea on the painting, too, because it's it's always good to have options and good backups. I have a question. And I make I'd make a motion to uh to approve this. Okay, Zach has a question real quick. I'll also I'll second that motion. Um, and just just as far as like the the cost of this goes, I think I'm just like a little confused because it says total estimate amount 321 and then there's three lines that say add 36, add 70, add 63. I would explain that,

063Eric. What are you doing? Tom has the repairs. We have holes in the building. We have uh damage from, you know, the this just vandalism. Some of that is going to cost well all of that just to get through the repairs the cracks that are under the windows that have uh uh showed up. That's $32,000. $32 $157. And then with a alternative of ripping off all of the water damage along the bottom. All of those panels have been uh they have received water damage because the caulking has failed. The caulking is only good for about 10 years. That building's going on 20 years old. Some of that caul is still original. Some of it has been replaced. But in the meantime, that has leaked down, damaged that bottom part of that panel. And that's where

064the the other bid for $70,000 to actually cut the bottom portion of that building all the way around it, 8 inches off to repair all of that water damage. So we don't have the possibility of a of a growth of some sort on the backside or just any possible damage uh to not adhere our caul. Um so that's an additional $70,000. And then the caulking on the back just to caul that entire building is $63,000. That's how much the material is going to cost and then the cauling. And what I'm asking the board to do is consider the 36,000 for the painting. I don't want that okayed right now. That can come in maybe later. It's kind of a discussion. Uh because if I can get the paint, our painters can actually paint that building.

065Mhm. So, we're looking at 32. So, you're asking for the 32,157 right now and the 70 and and the 70 and the 70 and the caulking on the on the back to $6,210. That is the actual repair for that building. Worst case scenario is if we're unable to get the paint, if they end up doing another job and use the paint they have on hand, our our building will look like a leopard maybe for a season because you'll be able to see everywhere they do the repair. It's just like painting your house wall. You're going to see new paint compared to old paint. Um so those repairs will be noticeable. That's why we also would like to have the building painted for actually sealing that outside layer to give it a little more protection too

066because at this time with 20-year-old um drive it it it needs to be painted. So would that be three separate? So Dennis, you're only asking for the one part right tonight to be approved. No, he is really what we're talking about is everything except the painting. The motion would be to approve the bid absent the painting. Right. Excluding the painting. Excluding the painting. So everything other than whether we paint or not um we want to approve tonight. Is that correct? Yes. And we have do we have a motion second on that? Wilms and I are motioned and then I think we need a second. Second. Good. Are there is there any more discussion on this? We have to take care of our properties or they'll just cost more. It'll just get worse. We happen to

067know why nobody else did. Yeah, that was Yeah. Do we know why no one else showed? Um Eric, do you We sent it out to several different people who requested it. Um we have uh I think four other people that had requested the bid, but nobody showed up to the mandatory pre- bid meeting to walk the property and actually had if they have questions. uh for me to answer. Mhm. Okay. I appreciate all your good work on that. This company is You checked out this company too, right? They've been around for a while, didn't you tell me too, Eric? Yes, this company actually put the dry bit on that building. He checked and Dennis, I appreciate your insights and certainly you're there. Uh is there any more discussion? We have a motion and a second.

068Roll call. Motion by Williams Meyer, seconded by Stacy. McMasters. I. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Kenobyl. I. Curran. Hi. None. I Wilms I. Motion passed. We have some 8 by10ies that Stephanie Well, they're not so glossy, but she's passing them around and you could take a look at some of the damaged areas and areas of stress. No, the whole track. We didn't do them for everything. There were just so many pictures. Um, so we at the next point. [Music] Then there's another section here on tuck pointing, right? X 10B. Yes. Uh, 10D Granite City High School tuck pointing. That is correct. Mr. President, the board, please see the following pages for the information on the Granite City High School tuck pointing project. There are photographs available for viewing at the board meeting. There were so many

069we just kind of passing them around to get an idea. Um Mr. Smith, you want to talk about this as well? Yes. Uh this is uh the west side of the high school. This catches the blunt of the weather, um wind, rain. Um these are the areas that need to be tuck pointed. Some of it has been tuck pointed in the past. Some of the uh tuck pointing is actually popping out. There's leaks where it's going inside of the building. put several bids out. Well, I haven't put several bids out, but there's several sections of that bid, A through I think H. Uh, but each wall I would like to bid separately so that we kind of have a number that we can go. We have a number in our budget that we want to

070hit and with that many different walls being bid, we should be able to hit that number. Is that number budgeted for tuck pointing? Yes, it is. So they have a picture. So I guess um this is you would need a requ approval to put out a request for bids. Yes, I would I would like to uh put this out for bid. And this is actually this is going to go on to every building we have. Uh this year it might be the high school. next year. I think I have Mitchell and uh uh Mville, I think that I would like to have tuck pointed, but every year we could do every building every year actually. If we have the money, Could you explain exactly what tuck pointing actually is on a brick? Yes. Wall. Tuck

071pointing is actually the removal of the grout or the mortar that is in between the brick. What they're what I what we're wanting them to do is go in and grind out 5/8 to an inch of gr uh that mortar and clean out that crack, clean out everything they can and then put in new mortar. And what that does, that's going to seal that building up from any moisture damage. What happens? Water gets behind that brick. It'll freeze and thaw and then we have more damage. So it's like getting your cavity filled. Well, kind of. Yeah. Exactly. Well, good analogy, teacher. Thank you for that. So, Eric, this type of job, you preferably would like you'd like to have it done with students not being in the building because isn't it awfully loud? It is.

072Well, it it is loud. It it and we will be probably doing it with bu uh students in there possibly. I don't know depending on the time frame, just whenever somebody can do that. But one thing I'd like to do is uh make sure that the dust level is down. I want them to water grind um the mortar so that we don't have any any issues with any exposure of any uh any type of dust. And with your RFP, you'll you'll send out that standard cover letter that they've got to pay at a minimum prevailing wage, right? Yes, you are. You are correct. That will go out with that. Okay. All right. I move to request bids for Tuck Point at Granite City High School. I'd like you to start getting bids. Do I have

073a second on that? Second. Any more discussion? Roll call. Motion by Vinnie, seconded by Stacy. Stacy I. Vinnie. Hi. Canobyl. Hi. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Wilms. I. Motion approved. 10. Are we Oh, 10. We have a neatering house school. Neatering house school. And we have some bloss or some photos here. We can we can pass around Stephanie. Okay. Maybe this way. Um, Mr. President, the board, the following pages have information on Neering House School and there are photographs available to me as well. Um, as superintendent of this school district, I have a fiscal responsibility in regards to the house building upon all building maintenance and potential safety issues. Um included in your packet is information for just the roof repairs to make it up to speed. Um I am recommending that uh we

074have that Mr. President and the board would uh maybe push this to a committee meeting. Mr. Wfire. Yes. Yeah, definitely. We I've seen enough here in the pictures and photographs that you sent around uh Superintendent can for the board packet here that um and obviously we need to talk about the leases there next. But uh I would like to see a buildings committee bill uh with you and me to to talk maybe with Eric and Superintendent K about uh what we do with this building on a going forward basis. Why don't you set a date, Dennis, and uh we'll get that out to everybody and get a meeting maybe here at room 19 or whatever as soon as possible. So, so as far as the repairs go, we're just there's going to have a committee

075meeting. Do we need any motion as far as No, the repairs. Well, we we could if we just want to table this on the needing house school information. That means when you motion to table it, it'll be set on next month the next meeting agenda. Okay. We'll try to have a report then in the next meeting, Dennis. Is that okay? Yes. Yes. All right. Thank you. Uh 10F, what about issues? I'll second that. Roll call. Uh motion by Vinnie, seconded by none. Vinnie, I Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I was ner I motion pass. I see a D here and I don't have an E. So 10 E leases. It's the leases. Uh we act currently the district, Mr. President, the board have uh six active leases. Um they need to to resign

076for extensions. The recommendation is that we terminate leases until we know the safety of the building. Um Mr. Skoolie, do you want to add to that? Yeah, what I handed to the board members are the current leases. You'll see in my chicken scratch on number two and number five, those are have those leases have been terminated. uh on the very first one that has not been renewed. And we do have contact information. And the theory was that at least if we rented out space in the house, it would help offset some of the annual upkeep on the building such as the heating, air conditioning, and water. And we felt we've fallen short of that. So, the district's gone in the hole with regard to uh it's just been a an expense to maintain that school.

077and becoming a library. But anyway, these are, as Stephanie said, one, three, four, six, seven, and eight are still current and active tenants in that building. And as you can see, I have put what the termination notice is for I think the vast majority, it's a 30-day termination notice. So, it's not a problem for the district to send notice to the tenants of terminating those leases. There's a So, so what we're asking for right now is a motion to go ahead to terminate the lease. Yes. Do we have a second on that or do we have I'll make a motion. Second. Second. Second. I guess just um I mean it seems like this will probably be a bigger discussion at another meeting. But so as far as the plan going forward, it's to have a

078construction committee meeting about just the repairs. There will pretty much be no one in the building at that point. And then we're going to have to decide what to do with it going forward, right? Because we've had the roof guy go out, you know, just to repair it to make it even safe for next year is 60 plus,000. And we just need to know where we stand there. You go in there, you can see where my concerns. There's equipment and things in the hallways. There's lifting spots legally and the old board members are the most tenur board members. Uh but for the newer board members, it used to be that school districts and their facilities were not governed by the by the city's municipal building codes and ordinances. Um there's a Supreme Court case came

079out three or four years ago now that u they are school district did something crazy. They built a baseball diamond right next to some alderman's house and the stands blocked their view. So guess what? That case made it way all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. Supreme Court has ruled that yes, school districts are now subject to city and municipal building codes and ordinances. So, what I'm concerned about and Steph and I have talked about it at length is that yeah, there are a lot of municipal code violations in that building such as the roof structure and we got to do something with it and that's why we wanted to refer to the building committee consisting of Dennis and Bill to to come up with a recommendation for the full board. Yeah. Okay. Because

080it's it's going to become much more of an expense and and as you can see, we're not getting anything out of it. What can I ask about? What about the newer part of that? The the flat part. There was some discussion a couple years ago with the park district about perhaps demolishing the twotory part of neighboring house school and then donating the flat part to the school to the park district for their new for their administration offices. Now, that that's never fallen anywhere or gone anywhere because they need also need some help with the city on that and I didn't know if the city was in a position where they were going to do anything as far as what what their involvement would be. But that once that proposal was made, it kind of didn't

081go anywhere. So, that be part of the discussion that they have in the I'm sorry. Could that be part of the discussion? It could be because I don't know if Mayor Parkinson had just receded last week as well or or the 27th whether he is even aware of that proposal by or if the park district's even interested anymore because I think that they had leadership change as well. I think I think that he's it's a new new leadership time and that is a small area of office for the park uh people to work in very small but it is you know it's it's something that Bill and Dennis will make a recommendation to the board. Mhm. So, the rationale for um terminating the leases at this time right now is just that we aren't earning

082much money from them and there's a potential liability and liability issue and it's not because they're not good tenants. I just wanted to and I know that I just want to make sure like everybody understands that too. Yeah. It's a safety and liability issue because these are mostly groups, sports groups and things like that that need to store also their their equipment. I mean, if there's if there's a bad guy, it's me because I'm the one that brought up the safety and liability issue. You know, I mean, we have to watch out. We're not in the one we're not in the landlord business. True. We're in the business of educating students, and this was something we thought we could do. It's it's worked well, but unfortunately, uh, as the building committee will find out, there

083are a lot of unexpected and expensive upgrades that need to be done in order to maintain the integrity of the structure right now. Yeah. And this will probably come through once the committee meets, but I think um it would be great for the public to see those kinds of pictures because I think people walking past me house might think like, "Oh, it's got good bones still." And you know, why can't you know, but to really understand what the issues are, um I think that would be helpful. And one thing that Eric Smith and I talked about along with Stephanie is that if you would ever, and just so the public knows, if you would ever want to upgrade and try to rehab uh Neing House, I mean, under the Americans with Disability Act, you got

084to put in an elevator. That cost was 120,000, if you touch any of the restrooms, you've got to uh upgrade your restrooms to the ADA requirements, and that's that's very very expensive, plus the plumbing, of course, all that. YMCA upgrade was $11 million. Oh, wow. Yeah. I mean, I think Needing House is 54,000 square ft, give or take. Yeah. Plus, I would hate to see if there's any asbestous cover those pipes in there, cuz the remediation of that would be astronomical as well. So, it's again, you guys just took your oath and one part of your oath is to be fiscally responsible, and you're going to be tested on this one. Well, I sadly move a great organization from uh and a second from It is a shame because like you said, these are excellent

085tenants that we have, but really it's looking out for their safety as well. So, the original motion was by Sta Stacy and seconded by Curran. This is just to terminate the leases. Correct. Um, McMasters, hi Stacy. Hi, Vinnie. Hi, Kenobyl. I Curran, hi. None. I Wsmire I. Approve consolidated district plan 10F. Okay. Uh, Mr. President, the board, the administration is seeking approval of the consolidated district plan for the FY21 um for the following grants. Title one part A, title two part A, title four part A, IDA part B flowth through and IDA part B preschool. Those are the grants that we receive on an annual basis. The new consolidated district plan process strives to streamline the federal grant application and management process. The first phase of this includes the board of education approving the consolidated

086district plan or CBP which amounts to codifying the grants which we will continue to apply for and receive. Approval of this plan is merely a procedural requirement and does not signal any change in the grants for which we apply or receive. The only difference in FI 2021, sorry, is that the individual with disabilities education act idea grants that support special ed now require independent application by each district. In the past, all 18 districts that utilize Oh, that's the wrong sorry, that's the wrong group. Anyway, we have to have these for special education purposes. I apologize for that. The approval of the consolidated district plan must precede the submission of the federal ESA 2 and ARP SR3 grants. Generally, this is just a a procedural move. It could have been consent agenda, but because there's new

087things under the IDEA, things that are required. I'm sorry, the wrong districts are there. Uh, but it's just it's just something that we actually uh this year spent a lot of time on this tried to develop. Usually, it's kind of a cut and paste situation, but because things are so different, we had to go through a new needs assessment. Everybody took a part of this. Uh we have a long way to go. So we had to put all of this into the plan. So it mirrored what we're going to do with the grants. So it took a lot more time and a lot more effort. But I think we're ready to go with it. And then it allow us to apply now for the SA2 and on July 1st the SA3 ARP grant as well.

088So I just want to say how how hard you and your team work to get this into the deadline that was presented to you. They unbelievable. And I, you know, I I know it it was a complete group work. Oh, the board administration group worked very hard on this. I appreciate all of their work. Uh we couldn't have done it by ourselves. So, I'm really appreciative of them and I'm glad that we're good. And then we can head on to the other grants. We want to approve this. Correct. Yeah. Do I have a motion on that? So move. Second. Second. Roll call. Motion by Stacy. Second. Seconded by none. Uh Stacy I Vinnie I Kenobyl I Curran hi. None I McMaster and Wilms I approve and technology I can just board meetings. Yeah Mr. President

089the board board member at Len Kenobyl has requested a discussion of reducing paper waste associated with board meetings. member Kenoko would like to set up a digital approach for future board meetings. She has some really good ideas and reasoning. So, Mr. Koko, do you want to explore that a little bit? Yeah. First of all, I I have to credit Zach with the idea when he told me that he thought, you know, he'd love to have just his computer in front of him. And I thought, wow, you know, maybe others would like to have, you know, a paperless board meeting. And I think we go through so much paper. This this could make our green effort uh valuable. So I'm I'm all for it. I'm hoping that that you know the invitation extends to the other

090board members if they'd like to bring their computer. We do I did talk to Brad Smith our technology and we do have enough Chromebooks so we could have them at the meeting for you. But if you didn't want to do that, I could just have it pulled up and you I was going to ask about security. That's what I thought. That's what I was hoping for was that it would be like the binder, but that's what it'll be on the Chromebook. That's what that way I don't have another device to worry about. That's right. So, it will be here available pulled up so you'll be able to access it right here in front of you. I'm fully okay with that. Not only I mean it's conservation like the green, but I think there's a conservation

091of energy and efforts as well because it's a lot simpler. You can probably attest to this. scan documents versus scan, copy, collate, put them all in. Oh, I know. They get recycled or shredded or whatever. In the end, the cost of paper. Yeah, it is. Mr. Smith or Mr. Smith, are you on? I'm here. Do you want to like give them a thing about the Chromebooks and how that would work at all? So, I mean, we'll have a Chromebook for each person. Um, and then you would essentially just log into Google and pull it up from your email or um, you know, there's there's several ways we can do that uh, as far as sharing the agenda uh, with board members through Google. So, as well as board administration and everyone else too. Correct. Yes.

092Thank you. I appreciate that. This would be something that they just access at the board meeting. They would not take them home or anything of that nature. Well, they could get it through their email at home. Yeah, it would be on our email. They would just be able to use it here. So, they don't have to bring their own computer in. So, be like a password protected Google account. We would all have Google accounts, right? Or would you physically take the computer home? They would physically take the computer. No, you don't have to. I don't. They wouldn't have to because it's through their email. So, their Gmail. So, you you essentially already have the Google account. Yeah. Um with your email with your Gmail office. had that built in. That's this is not new technology

093for our board. At the old board office long before we came here at the desk, there was a window there and it was all popped up each of these pages that were done. It's not like we're doing something we haven't done before. Just out of my own conscious, just I will need a 8-year-old to teach me how to use a Chromebook. Out of my own conscious, I just want to ensure like, you know, we're not taking a device from a child or like there's not a shortage or you know need for that. Brad, do you want to attest to that one? We have a few older ones or excess from before. Yeah. So, we we do have some older Chromebooks uh that we use in student services um for families to come in during the

094day um for the enrollment process and such that we can use in the evenings. So, I mean we're we're using devices that we already have and nothing's being you utilized that uh that a student would need. Okay. And honestly, they don't need a lot much. They don't need that much power anyway because they're going to be scanning some PDFs, right? Exactly. Logistically, as far as like the battery life, I'm not sure. I mean, like tonight's a long meeting. I don't know. I mean, I don't really see many outlets. I mean, I'm sure we could figure that out. Long wait. We I had them put in I just mean in this area like would it would it last an entire meeting or Chromebooks usually have pretty good battery life. So, I would say that they would

095last the meeting. Uh we can always you know run some cabling uh power strips available if need be because of all the new um power outlets in the room. So I don't think that should be an issue. Are there any ones along that? I had them put in like three new outlets in the room. So hopefully it's a little when would this be able to need to take effect or be able to take effect? Will we have to wait till the new fiscal year? Can we do it next meeting? We can do it soon as you guys decide. Dennis, do you have any comment on this one? Yeah, I I guess um first of all, I'm all in favor of it. I think this is fantastic and uh as soon as we can would be

096great. Um fiscal year if we need to if we need to hold off that long but sooner next meeting if we could and I'm ready for that. And then I would also ask uh Superintendent can I I know you have already looked into some technology too that's out there. Yes. Uh that might be a more efficient system for us to put that board packet together. Oh my gosh. ordoc is a is a system that that that a lot of districts use. It's very efficient. You put things into it. It changes everything on its own automatically. It archives. So, we're looking into the cost of that. And I I could actually present on that in the next meeting. I think in paper savings alone, we could pay for it pretty quickly. Does board docs just a

097real quick question. Um, would it be one of those things that we could link directly to the file where I'm thinking like kind of recently we had an issue where there were a couple different versions of a file because of email. Someone emailed an email corrected version. It would have corrected the newest one. Yeah. There. So, yeah, there was one file that's wonderful. It's always my favorite. Well, actually, I could even have them do I mean I'll have them do a demonstration. And I can comment on it, but I was going to have the guy come in and because I just I mean just seeing if you want to get on into uh different school I know it's a couple school districts that use it. You can see when you go to their board meeting

098and agendas if I can give those to you later you can check it out. It's just the amount of time we spend and we're also going to have deadlines for things but just the organization the ability to keep it all one spot and have it work better. But I'm going to have I'll just present on that next time if that's okay. So Brad, um what do you recommend? like can we have this for our next meeting or should we wait? What would be best for you? your department, I should say. If if we want to do it digitally um next meeting, we can with the Chromebooks, but I don't think I mean, I don't I don't see a problem with that. As far as using the board doc um that may that may be something

099that would have to come later um that that I'd look into a little bit more, but I mean, we could certainly share, like I said, uh the files with Google Now. Yeah. Um and try it out. meeting. Yeah, I think that's what I'm just looking at. What's the actionable item for tonight? So, I move to go as paperless as possible with Chromebooks effective our next board meeting. May 25th. May 25th. May 5th. Do we have a second on that? Second. Any discussion? I mean, other than we make sure Eric is blocked from playing Donkey Kong during I'm good for it. Um, so can we have a roll call? The motion was made by Vinnie and seconded by Curran. Uh, Vinnie I. Kenogal I Curran I Nun I McMasters I Stacy I Wilms I so approved

100brave new world for the board I know and XH student school board member for the school year 202122 Mr. President of the board. Um this has been a great experience for me with Kaylee McKenzie um being our student board member. She's been excellent. She's going to give a presentation a little bit later in the evening. And so we're just going to approve the new one for this evening. But I wanted to tell you thank you and how much you've how much you've done uh to include us in the lives of students this year during this crazy year, right? I really appreciate and I think the board probably does too. So the schoolboard advisor committee which was Mr. Zack Nun and Mrs. Linda Kenobyl and Mr. Jared Dew recommended uh another student for the student school

101board member for the 2122 school year and that is Mr. Maxwell Forbes. So uh we next time the next meeting Kaylee and Max will be here and she'll kind of hand off right to to Max and we'll have a little ceremony and some stuff for Kaylee. So approval though to accept Maxwell Forbes as a 2122 schoolboard member, student school board member is recommended. Do I have a motion on that? So move. Second. All in favor. I would like to get a comment really quick. Yeah. Um I know Max is watching. Max off there. I told him there's no way he did it. No way. Complete joke. Complete joke. Many of you know me and Max are very close over the past year. We spent nearly every day in robotics, right? We we've done a lot

102together, right? Uh he he's going to lead my position well. And he's seen me make these surveys. He's seen me make these reports. He's going to be fantastic. So, just thank you to Max and I can't wait to see what you do next year, bud. Hard to follow. Hard enough to follow. Thank you. So, you know, I just wanted to thank the uh Mr. Dw and Miss Kenogal and also Mr. Willerette for uh giving us three quality candidates. It seems like this was my every year every year gets harder. It's a hard This was a multi-day deliberation. That's how I mean. Oh, yeah. They were all nice. they were all great because all three candidates would have been great. So, it's such a hard decision. So, thanks to him for giving us some quality candidates

103and we and we do appreciate students stepping up to the job, you know, and that that was what what was really uh a big part of our of of our committee is the fact that we enjoy having students come in get interviewed and and tell us exactly what they have to offer. Yeah. And uh and that's the great thing about the the position. Sure. And I think I'm familiar with all three that interviewed for you guys because I think they each messaged me directly because they I know them pretty well and any one of them would have been great board, but I'm I'm very excited for you guys next year. I think it'll be a good time. Thank you. I know our board has been excited to have student Oh, representatives, especially this year. But

104we didn't know what to do with them at first. the first four person that came on and sat there the whole year at her desk and we never asked her a question. We didn't know how to use them. It was a learning curve for us. That has grown that has grown as we have seen too more and more how your input makes a real difference and we appreciate it really. It's been very valuable. We have a motion from Stacy that was seconded by Kenob. Uh Kenobal I Curran I. None. I McMasters I Stacy I Vinnie I Wilms I approved reports and other communications. Mr. President, the board we have received two requests under the Freedom Information Act during the period of April 10th 21 through May 7:21. The requests were all handled by the administration

105and approval is recommended. Motion to approve. I don't think we haveformational, right? Never mind. That was informationational. No, it was justformational. I apologize. So, just we were handled. So, we allow a doo over here. Yeah, that was the first one. Really? If I kept reading the same title four times, make everybody crazy. Uh 11B, actions of the regional uh region one board. Mr. President, the board actions of the region one board meeting. We are requesting ratification of the actions of the region board meeting on May 5th, uh regarding the FY22 director's conference. Region board approves sending special ed administrators and the finance secretary to the ISBY FY22 director's conference. Um the date is pending. ISBY notification. All costs will be paid through the idea grant funds and bills to member districts. The joint agreement 2122

106budget resolution and publication of notice in the newspaper. The region one board approved placing an advertisement in the newspaper for the resolution related to the preparation and publication notice of public hearing for the region 1 2122 budget. Three, the designation of depositories FY22. The region one board approved the Granite City School District to adopt a resolution authorizing the investment of region one funds designated depositories for this FY22 school year. It is recommended that the board ratify the actions of the region one board in regards to items one through three. So move second. Oh, that was Oh, that was throw one. Miss Linda. Okay. Uh motion made by Kenogal, seconded by McMasters. Uh none. I McMasters. I Stacy. I Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. I Fern. Hi. Wilms. I disapproved. Uh student board member report. No 11 activity

107account. Yeah. Okay. Um activity account report for March 2021 listed. Mr. President, the board listed below are the activity account for March 2021. Please review forational purposes. Right. Okay. Are we on that? Is that something to vote on? I don't think so. So, just for information purposes only. Okay. Now, now our student board member, right? Um I guess Miss Kayie McKenzie, the current student board member for the 21 2021 school year, will present a follow-up presentation to her February 23rd presentation. Uh Kaylee did a great job. She surveyed um much of as many of the student student body as she could at the high school to to see what their concerns were, how they were feeling this year. And I think this year was so important for her to do that. And we tried to

108respond to quite a few, I think, of those first things. So, she's now going to follow up and kind of give us the second survey and what kids thought about that. So, yeah, absolutely. Over to you. Um, so you'll see up here, uh, we I have a slideshow once again for you guys. I don't think they're printed out this time, but it is going to be up here. And um hopefully we can get it out to the public after this board meeting so that everybody can see these responses as well. Um but yes, hello everybody. And for those on Facebook Live that don't know me, my name is Kaylee McKenzie. I'm a senior at Granite City High School graduating in a couple weeks. Uh and I'm our school's school board student adviser. My position is

109representative Thank you. of the student perspectives within GCHS and I'm dedicating this report to full transparency. Uh this will be the second and final report as superintendent can said that I give as student adviser. Um and as for the board, please feel free to interrupt me and ask a question or make a comment at any time while I'm showcasing this report. Um so over the past couple of weeks, I have surveyed students with eight questions considered to be of value for the student opinion. Uh the survey took place on Google forms and was sent out to students via Principal Dew's email and Skyward messaging from Mr. Mitchell, our manager of district communications. uh our students responses remain anonymous unless they otherwise indicated. So they knew that previously before filling out their responses. This survey we

110had about 180 student responses as you can see on the bottom there. Previously we had 169. Although this is only a small increase. Um, I do know that there were some issues with student accessibility if they tried filling out the survey on their phones because uh, Google account verification connecting to their personal emails instead of their school emails. And because of the organizational capacity that I fill this survey out with on my own school account, they weren't able to take that. So, um, I did recommend for everybody to take it on their Chromebook so that it would automatically connect to their school account. But, you know, either some students forgot to do it afterwards or they just didn't want to go that extra length at the time. So, uh, nonetheless, we do have an increase

111in responses, which is always great to hear. Hopefully next year when I work with Max, uh, we can have an even bigger increase, right? Awesome. Okay, awesome. So, the first question asks, "What grade are you in?" Uh, this is a basic question trying to see who really responded to our questions. Once again, freshman came in first place with 30%. And my class came last 20%. But yes, you can see here that senior class um actually or the freshman class actually ended up with 30%, juniors had 26.4%. Sophomores had 23.6% and seniors had 20%. Um that is a pretty good distribution among students, but I am glad that more underassmen are filling this out since a lot of these questions will reflect next year's class. Okay, the second question asks, what are your thoughts on quarter

1124 schedule? Uh this question was directed at all students for the survey. Although students understand that we had to have major constrictions due to co here are students pros and cons about the schedule this semester. Um honestly before I talk about these responses there were more responses that favored the schedule compared to this this schedule for quarter 4 compared to the first three quarters as well as even the traditional year which is very interesting. Um 140 responses were overall positive with some constructive feedback. And here are the following direct quotations from students. Um Mr. Mr. Mitchell, is there any way for me to see all those responses with the cameras out of the way? Awesome. So, here are four responses. I believe the schedule is better than switching off because a lot of lessons take

113more than one day and it's easier to to retain the information given when you're given multiple days to work on it in a row. It works for me. It allows me to concentrate and get more done. Despite it being more consistent, I think I prefer the first semester's online schedule in general terms. It felt a bit e easier to navigate and I felt like I was getting a bit more out of my classes that I had. Everything feels spread out more this time and the extra time we have in places doesn't feel like it's being used as much to its full potential unlike the prior semester. I love the schedule. You get home from school early and school doesn't start too early. uh there is plenty of time for extracurriculars and hanging out after school.

114That was a huge positive among students. So those were just four of the many responses that we had, but those responses were pretty much replicated over and over. So those were the most common responses. And here are some more as well. If you guys want to link to them later, you can also read them as well. Question three. So, question three states, "The high school tenative schedule for the 2021 2022 school year will be 7:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. and it involves all hours. What are your concerns about this schedule and what are its benefits?" This question was directed at freshman, sophomores, and juniors. Once again, students understand why schedules aren't entirely mandated by the board and co causes restrictions for the schedule and uh students are still voicing various opinions. Students were also given

115the understanding that we don't yet know all of the details about what's coming with the schedule and as we said earlier in this meeting more of those details will be given out tomorrow. Um so overall it was nearly actually half and half with many of the positive comments preferring to get out of school earlier and return back to some normaly and the other half disliking the 30-minute earlier start which was a lot of those comments and uh conflicts with the new schedule. So here are just four of those responses. Um, I think starting this early will cause many students to be late or just not show up to school. Also, kids already don't know how to drive well. Having them drive at the crack of dawn, possibly rushing to school because they're running late could

116be a safety hazard. Uh, this year, as I drove to school, I noticed many people not following the rules of the road, especially at the stop signs, and it almost caused me an accident. Also, I guess the biggest question here is lunch. Many kids will have their bass off, and yes, we are able to sit outside, but what happens when it's cold? how are they going to divide the hours? So, obviously that question will be addressed more over the summer once we know how more of those CO restrictions will be, but that is a question to look at for the future. Uh, so the second response is great for getting out uh early for sports with practices and games. Uh, remote still needs to be an option. I think some students thought that they were

117more uh involved and more inclusive into getting on time to classes when they were remote. So, that was quite a few other responses. And our final response for this question is early bird gym is going to be an even earlier start than it was before co some kids have to do this to cover gym credits. Will there be a different option to cover these credits? So that is one question to consider. Okay. So the fourth question asks, do you have any ideas for events that maintain social distancing and mask usage if CO 19 guidelines would need to be continued in the upcoming school year? This question was directed at freshman, sophomores, and juniors, and students understand that events can't be entirely normal, but they would like to offer some help and alternatives in the future.

118Uh there aren't many responses that weren't similar to the following two responses. So, the first response is the pep rally, which they're referring to the welcome back rally we typically have, is one of our school's biggest events and quite frankly the one I get most excited for because everyone is able to attend no matter what clubs they're getting in and out of class. And it's actually pretty cool. pretty cool, too. Anyways, my brother's a freshman and I was so excited for him to get to experience it and sadly that was taken away due to co. I believe I'd easily taken the pep rally outside and still had just as much fun. The second response is I would like to at least have a welcome back rally in homecoming that follows co guidelines even if they

119are not traditionally the same. Maybe some outdoor activities uh like our football field, soccer field, our yards and areas that haven't really ever been used. they could be used now and it could be an opportunity to do it now. So those are kind of the only responses really had with this question. So the fifth question asks on a scale of 1 to 10, how safe do you feel in the high school and the prevention of CO 19? 10 being the most safe. Uh this question was directed at any in-person students only and there were four categories. The first category being in the classrooms, the second in the hallways, the third in the gymnasiums, and four any other c any other areas of campus. Uh there are charts that you can see with these responses. Um

120but overall, the responses indicate a common theme that students are generally safe in the high school, but with the exception of in the hallways being a little higher in the lower numbers. Um, I will say this, there have been responses along with these charts stating that one-way hallways don't always work because it makes for pile up in the stairways. Um, I've actually experienced this myself, especially when gym students are coming in exit 4 and immediately having to go upstairs to get to the other side of the building. That's actually where everybody else is getting out of the classroom. So, it's a huge pile up there and it's actually a big safety hazard. Um, so and you know there's another solution that gym students could be dismissed slightly later but with the five with the five-minute

121passing period it gets really hard for gym students to go to the other side of the building. So that is many of my peers number one concern. Yeah. In the best of circumstances sometimes transitioning from one class to another is quite a haul. Yeah. Especially because in traditional years the passing period was six minutes and this year it's five minutes right to allocate for the time we have. So it's it's even harder for gym students. Okay. So question six, will you be attending and participating in the high school events taking place over the next month, i.e. prom, senior sendoffs, activity banquetss, award ceremonies, graduation, etc. This question was directed at my class, the class of 2021. There were 36 responses from seniors while three responses were from underassmen. So out of the senior responses, 75%

122of senior students said absolutely yes. And there were a few more responses saying maybe or I'm not sure yet. There were also a few that said no without explanation, but there are two responses that seem important. Uh, one senior said they are unsure because a lot of their friends won't be attending since all of these last minute events conflict with their work schedules and everything seems cramped together. And another senior responded they will be attending as long as CO regulations are followed. My own response to these students is yes, we will be following CO regulations. And yes, everything may seem cra, but we have the opportunities to do some fun stuff. I mean, you don't have to come to everything, but you can come to some stuff, right? And I do understand that you may

123just want to graduate and move on at this point, but we need to find it in our spirit to celebrate ourselves and have some fun. We each deserve it, right? So, we can't just hand we can't look at the past. We have to handle our futures and have some fun. Yeah. So, does anybody else on the board have a response to that certain question? Not at all. We tried to get it as as far away as we can once they had more restrictions lifted. So, we tried to give them as much time ahead of time, but I understand the work schedules and I feel badly about that, but trying to get as much in as we could, especially during, you know, this time where the phases have actually begun to where we can actually do

124more of these events, right? So, yeah, that's what I have to say as well. Okay, the seventh question asks, what do you think about the ceremonial plans for graduation? You guys are going to like the responses on this one. This question was directed at seniors only. Overall, many people appreciate your consideration that students prefer to have their whole class with them instead of just a lot of family on the football field, as well as appreciate the thorough plans for unprecedented events like, you know, weather conflicts, etc. Um, but here are just some concerns and responses from students. I'm honestly just concerned about the start time at 7:30 p.m. because isn't that practically dark then? I understand why we can't bring more than two family members because I would rather have all seniors on the field,

125but I wish there could be more. Also, will there be a clear live stream? I want my family to see me walk across the stage and not just a silhouette. I do like the angles and shots they had last year for graduation. The final two responses are very positive. I'm glad we're getting a ceremony to begin with. I'm not picky because I understand the circumstances. More than anything, I'm grateful we got this opportunity. I love the plans. They are well thought out in case of any rain. Awesome. So, yeah, we have our final question and it was a very open question for our students. The eighth question asks, "List below any other concerns, questions, comments that you would like the Granite City School District Board to discuss." So, we have a lot of different responses.

126Some responses also being uh some previous ones we've had with our other questions, but here are just some that are worth discussing. more hands-on activities such as labs and projects, group work as well when possible. I would just like to say that I know you guys are doing your jobs and I appreciate all of the concerns. Clearly, what you're doing is working, but there are many alternatives that could have been thought of this year that just weren't given a chance yet. And I believe the students happiness is just as important as their safety. A lot of us lost motivation during the school year, and this caused many to fail behind. And happiness is the key to success. Even if you can't think of an alternative, give the students a chance to. You can send a

127ballot just like this and I'm sure we would have came up with a solution together. I would just say I think it's important that Max next year I can work with him even you know from afar at college. Uh I could even work with him to produce more of these surveys and have more questions directed from you guys directly to our students. So I think that we could solve that issue. Breaking up hallway times as in dismissing certain classes at one time and the other half a few minutes later that would help decrease transmission between students due to distancing. If CO guidelines continue until the fall, weekly testing for students and staff, especially those in sports, would help decrease transmission. We have two more slides about this question. Uh, so much work has been put

128on us this year and we are criticized every day for not memorizing or understanding material we discussed five whole days ago. Mental health is declining. Teachers have to cover topics as a part of their curriculum, but it is stressing kids out too much. This is the first time I've ever had a D or even a C. and students need to have a quality high school education and experience. And I hope next year that we can change that. There are too many kids here to social distance. Too many students will end up being out on quarantine throughout the year. We should still have remote learning as an option to decrease the amount of students in the building. Putting pressure on teachers to have grades in an uncert in a certain time and covering so many topics

129is not only stressing teachers out, but also students. Work has been piling up while we have to again remember what we are covering. So, we ask teachers for extensions or exceptions, but they aren't able to because of these pressures. Something needs to be done. Honestly, I think what you guys are doing for the 2021 22 22 classes are great. If CO is still a problem next summer, what is the plan for the classroom capacity and social distancing dilemma? Instagram hate pages from Granite and some social issues on them like racism and sexism. Uh, I previously talked about this a bit in the last report. I have seen a decrease overall the amount of hate pages because I was looking into it last time with some peers that were reporting it to me and uh I

130have I've seen a decrease in them but yes they are still happening and yes those students are anonymous whenever they post those so uh I don't know if that really can be investigated but I know it's still a problem that exists uh to my responses I only ever knew why the start time was so early this year from a friend of a friend and it was because of bus drivers there needs to be more communication on why decisions are taking place and is this again the reason why we are starting early next year. I think you guys discussed that earlier in this meeting as well. There are too many students here to maintain safety and social distancing. I see students already taking their masks off in the hallway. I think remote learning should be kept

131as an option or we will have too many students having to quarantine back and forth which will be more frustrating to students and parents. Sorry, my voice is so off today. So yeah, that's pretty much it. That's the conclusion. Uh so first off I want to thank I want to thank the students who took the survey. A lot of things came through your email. So I appreciate your time and efforts and actually responding. Uh there have been clear there have clearly been more successful solutions implemented by the board for our student body since the last student report. So that's honestly amazing. We've seen that. But there is still more to work on and our students are the reason we know what direction to go in. As the next board meeting is my final meeting. I

132look forward to working with our next student adviser, Zo Max, and producing successful surveys and accurately representing the student body at GCHS. Each of those have interviewed were those that I knew personally and I would each dedicate their time 100% to the board. But I am excited for Max and uh dedicating his future to this board and the student body. And finally, we can possibly arrange I hope we can possibly arrange an an address by the board that answers a lot of the ideas and questions from this report. Uh instead it may be districtwide on social media and such. Uh students will be expecting their results to be heard and they will all be watching. So all families like to see these reports. Uh thank you to the board for this opportunity and everyone listening.

133Thank you so much. Those are just invaluable. Thank you. Chris, for you very much. That was very well done. Thank you for the comment. Yeah, thank you and all the work that you did. I appreciate that. Absolutely. As a high school teacher from Granite City High School previously, I just am amazed by the the thought and the empathy and the pride that the kids are taking in horrible circumstances. We've done the best we can, but you know, we're going on over a year of this and particularly being like toward the end of the school year, everybody's just like done and over it. I think I mean, you mentioned a little, but a growth in responses in May is phenomenal. And that makes me very proud as a teacher and as a citizen here to know

134that there's all those students that are so invested. And the way that they express themselves, their teacher should be proud. I think it was really great. That's good to hear. Yeah. So I I previously been working on this survey with a lot of my friends as well like what kind of questions should be asked and a lot of them did reflect on you know they thought that there wasn't there there didn't need to be as much of an address with these questions um since the last report because I think that there the board has done a phenomenal job at actually uh representing the student body so far and getting more events in and doing more for um all the classes in general. So, I think that, you know, it has been good news to see

135some development over the past few months, but I think going ahead there's some change that needs to happen and I think you guys are on a good track to accomplishing what the student body needs. So, I'm excited to hear about it. Thank you. Is there an executive session? No, there's no executive session. is the next item then is the approval of the minutes from the last exe right executive session meeting and approval of the last we don't have those do we there was no executive session so we don't have those from the special board meeting no we have a motion for approval of the last meeting uh meeting minutes do we have those we did have special meeting we did that on yeah we did that we're just sending the agenda. Yes. Okay. Uh setting

136the agenda May 25th, 2001 school board meeting and uh is there any anyone have any additions or anything they would like to see added to the agenda? Yeah, Bill. So, we'll have dates for future board meetings that'll be prepared for next time, right, Superintendent Cand? Correct. And then uh I don't know that we'll have any sort of tenative recommendation on meeting house school yet, but we'll certainly have that quick and I'll have something on the board docs information to have we come to the end. I do believe we I have do we have a motion to move? Yeah. A second. A second. I'll second that. And Bill, thank you again for filling in for me. I greatly appreciate it. No problem. Like all vice presidents are supposed to be invisible. We're not. We uh Thank

137you. All in favor? I I motion by Vinnie, seconded by W.