001Good evening. We'll call the uh August 24th, 2021 Board of Education meeting for GR City Community Unit School District number nine to order. Roll call, please. Stacy here. Vinnie here. Henogal here. Curran here. None here. McMaster here. Forbes here. Wilms here. And we do have a quorum. At this time, I'd like you to stand for the pledge of allegiance followed by the invitation by Pastor Larry Lfield of Restoration Church. I aliance 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, we thank you for this opportunity to seek you and to request your presence before we address some of the most important issues facing our children, educators, and administrators here in our
002community. Lord, we know that decisions made for our children directly impact decisions that families make when choosing a community to live in, choosing a community to stay in and raise their children. So, Lord, we request your wisdom over the board. Father, give them eyes to see, ears to hear, faith to advance your will as it pertains to our students. Give power to our leaders to lead from the front to become trailblazers in education. Help them be united and make eternally wise decisions for the betterment of future generations. Father, we pray that the student body will see the Granite City School District lived out in their vision that our district will develop students with a passion where learning is a lifelong process. So, Father, we ask you today grant us grace, grant us dignity, humility, and
003transparency. All in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, pastor. Thank you very much. At this time, we'll move to public comment. Uh we did have one individual, Tim Chrisel, who pre-registered, so thank you for pre-registering for us. Um just as a reminder, this is not a time for debate. It is time to state public opinion. Uh there will not be a response from the board. At that time, you are limited to five minutes, and I'll keep a a clock one up here for you. Um an opportunity for everybody else that wants to provide public comment as well. And Tim, if you'd like to come forward, please thank you. And these will be some articles that I mentioned, some literatur Thank you. Thank you. I need to give my nose otherwise
004I won't be able to see. Um I want to thank everybody for uh allowing me to have this address tonight. But uh what I'd like to address is the fact that uh uh something I noticed and it goes along with the masks and uh it's under the heading on the website. Uh we believe that item number six states that decisions should always be made based on data. Data, however you want to say it. yet uh I haven't understood what data that uh I've I've done tremendous amounts of research. I've probably done more research on COVID 19 than all of you put in and collectively on the board. Uh but uh uh at least from what I understand your decision wasn't doesn't seem to be based on scientific data. So wherever you got it from? I
005don't know. Uh, you know, I have to ask, is your decision to force students based on scientific opinion of the CDC or is it based on mandate coming from the governor's office? Or is it because your attorney and the ISB have told you that ISB has the authority to tell you how to run your school district any time the governors declared a health emergency? Or is it because you fear being sued should a student that spends less than one quarter of his life within the walls of your school with the option of wearing a face mask when he's within the walls or on the grounds of the walls? contract uh the contracts code and you believe your attorney is too incompetent to successfully defend you. Therefore, you leave uh therefore leaving you without a home
006or a penny to buy a new one. Or is it because of all the media hype criticizing people that don't wear masks, spreading all of their deadly germs into the air that will kill people. So evidently masks work or is it collectively all of them? Well, none of those reasons come even close to the definition of data. So uh in fact all of them can be better defined as hogwash figuratively speaking. That is um with that being the case leaves you with two options. change the text on the website to read discussion should be sometime should sometimes be based on the data and other times on hallogs our honor the text and base your decision on real data which I've presented you with some tonight and there's more out there there's plenty of data out
007there the medical facts are coming out the media is trying to shut it down but the medical facts are coming out from thousands of doctors around the country that have been threatened their jobs, their careers, and and the media is blocking them. All the facts are coming out now. So when they all get out, whatever decisions you're making on these mass decisions is all going to come back, I think, to haunt you. If you don't accept the scientific data and you believe the misinformation coming from the CDC. I'll get more into that misinformation in a little while from the CDC that u uh I presented you with a um one scientific study that breaks it down. It's by a professor. he uh does a hypothesis on it and I provided you with an article uh
008where it's true data collected from scientific studies uh and along with an article talking about a study that was recently done in a big study done in Georgia showing that masks are inefficient. The one document I give you by the professor shows that uh um the harm that it does to children and there's a list in there. Uh but to sum it up here uh I ask you to please read them. Uh the government's mandate is not enforceable. If it is, I'd like your attorney to show me the law in writing. Uh ISP doesn't have the authority to tell you how to operate your school district. I have the House bill that hasn't passed the Senate yet, making it law. So, what they want to do and what they can do is waiting for the
009Senate, Senate to pass it, and the governor to sign it. So, don't fear. Don't fear this. Um, child's parents suing you for their child getting CO at school when he or she had the option of wearing a mask but didn't and only spends 1/4 of their live uh living hours at school and winning that lawsuit is moot. However, thinking of myself as a juror member, should a child develop an issue, develop an illness that can be attributed in any way to the fact stated in scientific data as being a cause of hypoxmia or hypercapneia for the long-term wearing of a mask, you just might lose your house and your money to pay for a new one. So uh I Fouchi is saying uh HCQ uh oh what's the term uh hydroxychloricquin is not good and
010doesn't treat COVID. Well, I'm on it. I believed my doctor. My doctor told me I could take it as a preventative and I'm more safe than taking the vaccine, which we all know doesn't work. Mr. Chris. Well, yeah. I'm sorry to interrupt. A couple of minutes over now. So, uh Okay. Okay. But anyway, so I took my I'm taking my prescription to prevent it. Uh I went to I had to have cataract surgery. Went to a doctor for a pre-checkup. Me and that doctor had a debate about it. Um, and then while I was laying on the table or on the stretcher gurnie waiting to be taken into the uh surgery room, the uh anesthesias walked up and he said, "Uh, what are you taking the uh hydroxychloricquin for?" And I said, "If you notice,
011I also take zinc and hydroxychloricquin. Zinc is supposed to I want to be open about I said it's supposed to prevent uh co and he corrected me and said it does. Now anesthesiologists know pretty much about medicines because uh if they don't they're going to kill somebody they put people as close to death as possible without killing. So that's my testimony. I've provided you with some information and some basic I mean scientific facts. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We'll get those out to everybody. Appreciate it. Anyone else in the audience with public comment tonight? Anybody? Um I'm a board member and I have public comments. Real quick, um I want to wish a happy fifth birthday to my son who just started kindergarten. Um and his cousin Lucy. They're both kindergarteners there.
012And today I had the pleasure of picking them up from the kindergarten center and God bless the that they do there because it's chaos like everybody coming onto the building at the same time. So, they had that running so smoothly and efficiently. So, I was able to grab my son safely and quickly, get home and have a great birthday celebration before this meeting. Anybody else? Very good. Thank you. Uh, moving along. Item number five, approval of the minutes from the August 10, 2021 board meeting. Oh, I'm sorry. I I jumped right past that. I apologize. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So, this time has got the open. Dennis has the open middle name. Yeah. Okay. I need his grandfather. I apologize. Sir, skip right by that one. Are you ready? You
013want to raise your hand? Sure. I say your name. I, Maxwell Forbes, do solemnly swear. Swear. I will faithfully discharge the duties of office of member of the board of education. I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office duties of the office of advisor member of the board of education of advisory board advisory member of the board of education in accordance with the constitution of the United States in accordance with the constitution of the United States the constitution of the state of Illinois the constitution of the state of Illinois and the laws of the state of Illinois to the best of my ability to the best of my ability I further swear or affirm that I further affirm or swear I shall respect taxpayer interest by serving as a faithful protector. I will respect
014taxpayer interest as a faithful protector faithful protector of the school district's assets of the school district's assets. I shall encourage and respect the free expression encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by fellow board members of the opinion of fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board and others that seek a hearing by the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees while respecting the privacy of students and employees. I shall recognize that a board member I'll shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by a majority vote and that decisions can be only made by majority vote at a public board meeting at a public board meeting I shall
015abide by majority decisions of the board I will abide by majority decisions by the board while retaining the right to seek changes while retaining the right to seek changes in such in such decisions through ethical in constructive channels. Such decision as constructive channel constructive channels. Thank you. Congratulations. [Applause] You can get closer. Yeah. Thank you. Couple more. Hold on. [Music] Congratulations, Max. Thank you. And Max, while we expect great things from you this school year, that probably is going to be your hardest challenge. Yeah, really. That was a lot of work. Like, I was looking at the paper and it was still Welcome aboard. Thank you so much. Uh and Zach, thanks for handling that. Now, item number five, approval of the minutes for the August 10th, 2021 board meeting. So moved. Second. Motion and
016a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Vinnie, I. Kenogal, I. Curran, I. None. I McMasters. I. Stacy. woman's nine. Hi. Uh item number six, consent agenda on there. The bill list requests from various organizations. Accept that as is. If anybody wants to take anything off that ask question to ask a question. We've been uh we see that the Big Brothers Big Sisters haven't been requesting some they have not been a part of our school district in such a long so we're I'm so pleased to see that they are back in second by Eric second by Erica. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Kenobyl. I. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. Was I number eight Aendance? Yes. Uh, Mr. President, the board, it is recommended that the following retirement percent be accepted.
017Miss Tracy Moore, Secretary Administrative Offices, effective 94, 2026. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Curran, hi. None. I, McMaster. Hi, Stacy. I, Vinnie. Hi, Kenogal. I, I. Item 8B, retirements and resignations. Mr. President of the board has been recommended that the following retirements and resations be accepted. Tracy Moore, Secretary Administrative offices resume for retirement effective 83025 and Cheryl White also. Cafe Prather resignation effective 8121. So move second. Any discussion? Roll call please. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. Hi. Curran. I I item 8 C requests for leave of absence. Mr. President, in the board, it is recommended that the following leave be approved. Mr. Keith Calhoun, custodian Griggsby, effective 81321 to 11521. So moved. Second motion, second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. McMasters. Hi. Stacy, I. Vinnie, I. Canobyl. Hi. Currin. Hi.
018None. I Wsmar. Hi. Item 8 D, request to extend leave of absence. Mr. President, the board is recommended that the following week be approved. Terry Mitchell, position principal prohive 8221 to 10:252. So move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Stacy, I. Vinnie, I. Kenogal, I. Curran, I. None. I McMasters. Hi. Was I. Item 8, certified and classified substitutes. Mr. President of the board, you'll receive information below about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. It is recommended that the following applicants be board approved as substitutes for the 2122 school year. Certified subs, Miss Holly Crider, Tiffany Kazidor, Josie Mau, and Julia Schwank. Classified Ruth Fiser, Kenneth Paris, and I would like to add Julie Campbell also to this sub list. So move a roll call please.
019Vinnie I Kenobyl I Currin hi. None I McMasters Stacy I Wilms I item 8F uh Gran City High School extracurricular recommendations for the 2122 school year. Mr. President and the board you have received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The Grant City High School administration and central administration is recommending the following extracurriculars for the 2122 school year. William Shapner, Foreign Language Club co-sponsor. Jacob Cowie, play two. Jacob Cowie, Warrior Voices. Amy Panel, play one. Palmius, CWT coordinator. Someone second to I gave it to All right. Sorry. Any discussion? Doesn't make you first. Roll call, please. Kenogal. Hi. Karn. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. I. Wesmar. I. Item 8G is the Koolage Junior High School extracurricular resignation for the 2122
020school year. Mr. President, the board you have received below information about this item and we are prepared to make recommendations or to hold for executive session. We are recommending the following extracurricular resation be accepted. Mr. Kyle Briggs, position boys basketball coach. So move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Karn, hi. None. I McMasters. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. Hi. Wilms. Hi. Item 8H is the Koolage Junior High School extracurricular recommendations for the 2122 school year. Again, Mr. President, the board, you have received detailed information about this item below. We are prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The Gul Junior High School administration is recommending the following extracurriculars for the 2122 school year. Mr. Keith Foy, the head boys basketball coach. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. None. I.
021McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. I. Currin. I. Woman. I. Item 8 I is the elementary extracurricular recommendations for the 2122 school year. Okay, Mr. President of the board. Below you have received quite a lot of information about this item. Below we are prepared to make recommendations or hope for discussion in executive session. The administration is recommending the following extracurricular for the 2122 school year. What we've done, just so you know, is to add some extra lunch duty uh positions to try to uh socially distance more of our students during lunch for the first semester. So, there are lots of teachers who have volunteered to have put in to do this. And so, that's the the list of all those teachers. Tom, do we need to to list each of these? No. Okay. Can
022I ask a question? Sure. Uh I noticing Mr. Parker. Yes, we still have some of them coming in. They have people in place to do them, but we didn't have them in time to get them on this agenda. Okay, they'll be on the next one. I think that Yes. Thank you, Linda, for catching that. So, move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. McMasters. Hi, Stacey. Hi. Vinnie, hi. Kenobyl. I current I none I Wilms I item 8J is employment of title one aid for the 2122 school year below Mr. Mr. President of the board, you've received detailed information about this item and we are prepared to make recommendations or for discussion in executive session. We respectfully request board approval for the following applicant to serve as the Prohark 34 Center for the 2122 school year
023pending the submission required paperwork. Miss Stephanie Murphy, title A Title One A second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Stacy, hi Vinnie. Hi Kenobyl. Hi Curran. Hi Nun. I McMasters WSMA. Hi. Item 8K is the approval of volunteers for the 2122 school year. Um Mr. President, the board you've received information below about this item. We are prepared to make recommendations or hold for executive session. We are respectfully requesting board approval of the following volunteers for the 2122 school year. Mr. Bon the Brand High School girls tennis. So move second. Roll call, please. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. Hi. Currin. Hi. None. I McMasters. Stacy. Hi. Wsmar. I. Item 8 L is employment of three pair of professionals for the 2122 school year. Mr. President, the board below is the information of this item. Administration is prepared to make
024recommendations or hold discussion for executive session. Due to the vacancy of three full-time pair proof professional positions, um, new positions need to be filled. The administration is recommending the following candidates for employment. Ruth Fischer, position one at Koolage, Amber Siggoia, position one to one at Koolage, and Carol Houston, a position of resource at ProArt. All candidates currently possess a fair professional certification. So these will be for the duration of the year. Yes. was already approved the sub but like I said unless something happens with the student's right so move second any discussion roll call Kenogal I Currin I none I McMaster I Stacy I Vinnie hi I item number nine is old business we have no old business to take care of this evening Item 10 today is new business crater kindergarten aid hours. That
025is correct. Um below you Mr. President the board below you receive detailed information about this item. We are prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. Um permission is requested to allow kindergartens to work 3.5 hours per day. This need has come about due to limited number of buses which has changed the school hours and supervision needs. a longer afternoon than it previously had, which means they need the kids to be there for lunch, but also help out with bus dismissal. It is really important that that we have help with that. If the bus company finds enough drivers, then we return to our normal school hours, the age will be needed for three hours a day. But right now, we're looking to extend that to 3.5 to make sure we cover bus
026dismissal. So, I'll second it. Any discussion? I've seen that in action that there were three and a half hours the bus when one bus driver was roll I none I McMasters Stacy I Vinnie Hi Kenobyl I item 10B the fiscal year 22 school maintenance project grant program of course Mr. President the board below you have received information item. We are prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The administration is seeking authorization to apply for school maintenance project grant program and to reserve $100,000 from operations maintenance fund 20 for matching grants required for the application. School maintenance project grant is a matching fund grant with awards up to $50,000. The grant will be used for tuck pointing at the Grand City High School. So, we're really fortunate to have that to finish
027the majority of that project. Approval is recommended. Summit second. Any discussion? I just asked superintendent, has this been one that we've applied for? Yes. Zach, do you have you any more history about that than this is a regular grant? Mr. Sh, they brought it back um in 2021. We started applying for it. Um so we're eligible again this time. We just plan on keep going and knocking out whatever we can with the aotted funds to help ease the bank paying Thank you. Thank you. Roll call, please. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Canobyl. Hi. Currin. Hi. Wilms. I. Item 10 C is the proposed 2122 region one special education district budget. Um, so at this time we will uh need a motion to temporarily adjourn the board of education meeting. So move. Second.
028Motion on a second. Roll call, please. McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Canobyl. Hi. Currin. Hi. None. I WSMar. I. U. So we're temporarily adjourned. We're going to open the public hearing uh for the special education district budget. And I would ask if anyone has any public comment at this time for the public hearing. And Zach, uh, do you want to talk a little bit about the, uh, the budget? Uh, this is, uh, this budget is very similar to last year's. Um, it has a few increases for the, uh, salary benefits uh, that were negotiated this year and, um, a couple increases on some revenue to cover those increased costs and that's it. But it's there's no major changes from last year. It's balanced. That's very good. I was going to say that that's always
029a good thing. Always nice. And for our newer board members, we do this annually. So this is a this is something we go through at this time of the year. So we'll have a budget presentation for the Grant City School District budget at the next meeting in September. So that's where we cover a lot of the the major stuff. This is a pretty routine thing. I am looking forward to that. I know you are. Thank you, Mr. Sherry. Thanks. We appreciate that. Any other public comment tonight on that? Okay. Uh so if there are none, we'll need to close the public hearing and reconvene the regular board meeting. So I will need a motion to uh reconvene the board meeting. Second. Third. I don't know who you got for give it to Vinnie then tell
030please Stacy I Vinnie Hi Kenobyl I Curran I none I Masters I so we are back in our board meeting and I will need a motion to adopt the resolution and the region one budget so moved second Second roll call, please. Stacy, hi. Vinnie, hi. Henogal. Hi. Current. Hi. None. I McMaster. Wire. Hi. And we all need to sign this tonight. So, please don't leave afterward. We all We all need to sign how we voted this evening on this. So, appreciate that. Uh, item 10D is administrator and teacher compensation report. Secretary. Oh, sorry. I missed one. Okay. Apologize. Mr. President of the board, you may receive information about this item below. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or to hold for discussion in executive session. Authorization is requested to post the 2021 teacher administrative
031salary report on the website to meet the requirements of section 1020.47 and 34-18.38 of the school code 105 ILCS 5/10-20.47 4734-8.38 approval is recommended. [Music] Second discussion. Yes, I had uh Kenogal first and current second. Roll call, please. Curran. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Kenobyl. Hi. W. I. Item 10E is the secretary's conference. Mr. President of the board below you have received very detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or for discussion in executive session. If not the 2021 secretary's negotiation summary of those negotiated changes is below for a four-year agreement covering the 21223 23 24 and 2425 school years and approvement is recommended. So motion by Stacy, seconded by Any discussion? Roll call, please. None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Henogal. I. Currin.
032Hi. Bones. I. Item 10F is hearing all. Mr. President, the board. Below is the detailed information about this item. Administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. Permission is requested to approve the following as hearing officers for the district at the rate of $100 per hearing. Disiplinary hearing officers falter or Silva and Cynthia Cynthia Gage approval is recommended. So move second. Just so you know, we do have to have those people present. Just out of curiosity, what is the process for like to apply for me on this and how it's how are they like me? Mr. Parker, do you know what the process is to be a hearing officer? Mr. Those do not run through the HR department. Those run through secondary ed the past couple years has been recruiting
033people uh for those positions, people that are familiar with school code. So they basically. So, someone wanted to do is they could contact um Jimmy for that. That is correct. Thank you very much. Or they can contact me and I'll put them in contact Dave. Either way or we'll get we'll get it figured out. Thank you, Mr. Hopefully, we don't have to use it very much. Yeah. Really, I don't want to use them very often. So, that's the whole point, right? Any other discussion? Roll call, please. McMasters. Hi, Stacy. Hi, Vinnie. Hi, Kenobyl. I I none I WSME. Hi. Item 8G is the Lake School SRO agreement. Okay, Mr. President, the board below and attached. You have received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations and hope for discussion in
034executive session. The agreement between the grant city school district 9 and the grancy police department city of gran city for the school resource officer program for lake schools and education program is listed the contract and approval is recommended. [Music] So to second motion by any discussion roll call please Stacy I. Vinnie Hi, Kenogal. I Curin. Hi. None. I McMasters. Hi. WSR. I. Item 8H is the Granite City High School SRO agreement. The agreement between the Granite City Community School District 9 and the Grand City Police Department resource officer at the high school. The detailed information you have, Mr. President, the board is attached and the administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in session. If not, approvals are so moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Denny, hi. Canal. I. Curran. Hi.
035None. I McMasters. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Li. I. And item 10. I is a saber. Between the Granite City Community School District number nine and the Saber Committee and the Granite City Police Department of Fire Department City of Granite City. Illinois for the drug education officer program. Mr. President, the board the information is attached detailed information. We are prepared to make recommendations and hold the discussion executive session. Discussion approval is recommended second and I would just say this is great. Well, and they're even helping us out in other situations right now with control things too. The lake official. The police department has been great throughout this. By the way, I need to mention how supportive they've been throughout this. We appreciate that. Roll call, please. Kenogal. Hi, Karen. Hi. None. I McMasters. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi.
036All right. And I believe we need signatures on this document as well. Signature page set up. There's another one for you. Thank you. Item number 11, reports and other communication. an activity account report that does not need action that is therefore information. Which brings us to item number 12 for executive session. And we do have one item under 2C2 tonight to set the salary schedule for a specific class of employees. So I entertain a motion hopefully a very short executive session. Entertain a motion to go into executive session. Second. Roll call, please. Karen. Hi none. I McMaster. Hi Stacy. Hi Vinnie. Hi Kenobyl. Hi Wilms. Hi. We are in the 640.