001here. Vinnie here. Kenogal here. Curran here. None here. Bryant here. Winsmmeire here. Linger here. Thank you. We'll stand for the pledge of allegiance followed by an invitation given by our own Erica Benny. I pledge 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. All right, let's pray. Gracious God, we come before you today humbled and thankful for your presence and for all the blessings that fill this room. Please grant us open minds, open ears, and open hearts both in here and outside. Bless especially all the young people in this room who have such a bright future for us. And we ask that all decisions be made with the children at the front and we thank you
002in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. All right. Thank you very much. Welcome everybody. This is fantastic to have another great crowd. So uh first on the agenda tonight is public comment. Uh and as part of that we do our presentations and we're going going to do that first and I would ask um at this time we'll turn it over to Eric Stacy for a presentation. Oh yeah, she was cheering me. So, so a little background. Um, Officer Tyler Timmons was uh killed October 26th, 2021. This year was his one-year anniversary. Um, I was contacted by uh one of our teachers, Lindseay Carney, who wanted to do a fundraiser uh for the Tyler Timmans Foundation. Um the idea was to do uh the t-shirts. These are them. They're very comfortable. And uh through some some
003problems with us the our first supplier, our first business um we ended up at Minim Press um with only about four or five days to sell t-shirts before the one-year anniversary. So, um, so in 4 days we sold over 300 t-shirts, uh, sweatshirts, hoodies. Um, and so that fundraiser, uh, made $1,595 33. And so, [Applause] Thank you so much. Thank you so much. We appreciate you so much for doing that. And we're um you know, we're just launching our foundation. We just got the Facebook page up and going. um we're gonna do a lot of really great things and this just helps and your support can continuous support that this community has given myself and my family and the way that you guys choose to honor my husband is amazing and very grateful to be
004a part of this type of community. So, thank you so much. [Applause] We know you have a foundation. I have a foundation meeting. Okay. Thank you very much. It's amazing they sold that many short amount of time. All right. Thank you for that, Eric. I appreciate that. Next up is recognition of our warriors marching band. This is exciting. I won't say hey band. I really like that. They're like has them. So, I just think that's amazing. They can be talking and being really loud and kind of crazy and um do you still have those? Oh, yeah. And uh and you can say that anywhere in the room and they will respond. Um it's incredible. I don't know how that happens, but you're good. You want to hang out here? Yes, sure. That would be terrific.
005First, I do want to thank uh the director Wyatt Rovers. He does so much. And I know you all know this, but I don't know if you all know how much he gives to this group of young people. Um, I might even get choked up. I mean, I've watched them in the heat. I've watched them in almost rain. I watch them practice in different places. I wanted to watch them in in Orlando, but didn't make it. I do have a shirt, though, thanks to Mrs. May Hall. Always sport my marching warriors gear. Uh, I I can't believe how much you all put into what you do. If anybody, how many of you have watched them perform at a game or to see the maneuvers they do, it is miraculous that they can put on a
006show and it's a show. It's not just a marching band. You're not go They're playing, but it's a show. You're entertained at the same time. Especially this year's I think was especially entertaining, right? Um from the color guard to the drum major to anybody in the band that you guys are phenomenal. I just want you to understand how much I know and appreciate what you do, okay? And it's really we're really proud of you. The whole board is incredibly proud of you. I just wanted to make sure you knew that. So, we are recognizing seniors tonight. Um, do you want to talk a little bit about the event that was on Saturday, October 22nd? I can. Sure. Yeah, sure. Um, October 22nd was our last performance, our last competition at the University of Illinois. Uh,
007they took first place. Um, I have to say I was I was beyond impressed just that they showed up uh that week. I don't know if you're familiar with that week, but that was the week that the flu hit us. And so on Thursday, our our rehearsal, we ended up having to cancel it because we had 36 kids out. Um, I know. And then the next day on Friday, we had I think just as many out of school. And I've never been so close to to uh cancing a competition in my life. But, uh, I started calling and saying, "Hey, you guys alive? Are you gonna do this?" And, "Oh, yeah. Yeah. We're just we're pumping full of vitamin C and Gatorade, and I promise we'll be there tomorrow." And five minutes before they took
008the field, they looked like they were about dead. But then as they hit the field, man, they they cowboyed up and they really did well. So, we uh we couldn't be more proud of them. Great job. And we saw I saw the video. Um, lots of people send them to me as it's going. I saw one live. I'm always if I can't be there, I'm there in spirit and watching. So getting excited. Then when they were doing the awards, I'm listening live too. Lindsay Dittle sends me stuff all the time or you and it's really it's really fun uh to hear and other teams other they call them teams, other bands um will come up to you guys too, right? And and appreciate what you what you did. I mean I just think that is
009just amazing that other schools come and tell them how impressed they were with you. So no matter what happened, you should be very proud of yourselves. So we are going to recognize seniors tonight, but that does not mean they're all not amazingly wonderful. We just didn't have quite enough room for how many others and subsequent Hey, there you go. Of course, we will subsequent. Yeah, we're about 120. 120. So and um if any of you I think that their performance um Mr. Mitchell, did we have that posted that performance from Easter? We can get it posted. Let's do that. I mean, I I really want you all to see it. Like, I think to understand what they do and to they're playing an instrument. They had to memorize the song, okay? And they're zooming around
010all over the field doing whatever. And they're still playing and the whole It's just amazing to me the multitasking they have to do. So, we'll post that again for you to see. So, we'll start. You'll come on up. You'll get a picture and uh we'll get you your little certificate. So, we're going to start with Triscaya Augustine. Did I say that right? Yeah. Where's Sky? Come on up. [Applause] She's beautiful in this or her homecoming dress or you go see over here too. Oh, you picture. Oh yeah, Miss Brock. I forgot to Oh my gosh. I'll talk about her next lump in the picture. I don't know how my go and I will say that because I didn't talk about Miss Rock. She has been an amazing addition uh to the band. the kids um
011watching. I was at uh I guess it was the beginning of the year where they were the end of last year a basketball game and they were all up in the stands and they were all talking about you and it was I don't know they they just love her. Um to watch that um how you guys care about her and how she she deals with all of you and to come here and the dedication she's shown in this short of time is really commendable. So we're really lucky to have you. What an adventure. Okay, say Ingred Galena. Did I say that right? Did I say that correctly? Tell me how to say it. Ingred Galana. Galana. Okay. I apologize. Here you go. Congratulations. All right. Thank you. I think I can do this one. Caitlyn
012Lineer. I can do that [Applause] one. Kayla does so many things. I don't know how she finds herself coming and going. She's always doing something. It's pretty amazing. We love her as our student board member. Jaden, love it. [Applause] Thank [Applause] you. Amelia L. Lore Ameilia Lore. Sorry, I don't want to [Applause] mispronounce this one too. Dominic Mayhal. [Applause] Zachary Parks [Applause] Emily Ripley. [Applause] Braden stole stole. Sorry. [Applause] Yes. There you [Applause] go. White head. [Applause] Shelby [Applause] Rainey. She's always happy in the future. [Applause] and Josephine Sumpter. [Applause] We're looking forward to seeing some performances on the new field and figuring out some new stuff. We're looking at things to make it so that they can have host competitions here, which would be amazing, right? So, we're looking at trying to figure that
013out. Uh, Mr. Roberts and I had some discussions and hopefully that'll trickle down to you guys. So, thank you both for being here. We couldn't be more proud. Thank you so much. Thanks so much, guys. [Applause] So, uh, thank you again, band. Wonderful job. Very, very good. Awesome. Awesome. Next up on the agenda is recognition of Prather PreK kindergarten teacher Deianne Lob who won the Emerson's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award. [Applause] I just graduated with her sister. Uh before I present this, like I said, I did graduate with Deian. I've known her for a really long time. Um it was really incredible to come back here and see her in her element. Um sometimes people are in jobs for the right reasons and they're where they're supposed to be. And when you walk in her
014classroom, there is no doubt. I'm emotional. There's no doubt that she's in the right place. um you go in there and you not only are the kids active and engaged in doing things and they're five, okay, they're five. Just imagine corraling five-year-olds, but they can tell you I'll say, "What are you doing?" "Oh, well, we're doing this." And why are you doing it? Well, we're doing it because of this. I mean, these are five. They're five. And then I'll say, "So, so what are you learning?" "Oh, well, we learned this." And and they'll they can't wait to tell you like there's a whole group of them around you telling you and that we we love Miss's our favorite. Yeah, that's our favorite. And then I went So then I went to lunch the other day
015and had lunch and her kids were there. You were in Miss Law's class. We were in Miss Law's class. Do you remember us? So like and they did pictures and ornaments for me last year and we hung him in the office. And I mean I just can't tell you when I was an elementary principal being if you're having a bad day, the best place you can go is is the kindergarten classroom. I mean they will hug you till they knock you over. And I'm sure sometimes it can be exhausting as I know another one of my friends is a kindergarten teacher. She has been for years too. And it's it's a special person and you're such an important person in those child's development. And I just can't tell you how proud I am. Thank you.
016So that being aside, the Emerson uh excellent teaching award is only given out to about 80 to 84 teachers a year in the entire metro St. Louis St. Louis area. We're talking thousands and thousands of teachers. So, uh, Miss Bratton and I decided, uh, very early on, I'm like, well, this is Deian's year. We're going to nominate her. It's going to happen. And, uh, it's it's kind of a process. I do know, but, uh, Miss Bratton, if you want to come up at all kind of maybe principal of Prather. Um, we are incredibly fortunate. I started my career teaching with Deianne and and taking her advice and looking up to her as a mentor and seeing all the wonderful things that she does with not only her classroom but then the whole school. Um there
017are parts of Prather and um traditions that are there because of DE. Um so we are lucky to have her and we thank you. Absolutely. Congratulations. [Applause] So, we have we have this. We thought it was a nice certificate, but she's getting a Tiffany apple that's worth like $1,000. It's engraved. It's beautiful. So, I know this pales in comparison. We are really, really, really proud of you representing our school district among so many amazing individuals. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] and not just at school, her whole family who she raised who's wonder. [Laughter] Thank you. Thank you very much. [Applause] Next on the agenda is recognition of Wilson education teacher Miss Caleb Riddick for receiving the catering for education award and pre-launch all Wilson staff members from Subway and Easy Catering. Okay, what's really cool
018about this? Well, her first her I graduated her dad works here. Um, it's her first year in our district and she was recognized by a parent for the amazing work she does in the classroom. I don't know about you, but I mean that's really something to be proud of for her and for all of us. And I was fortunate enough to go read in her classroom for a day, too. And every child we were on the carpet because I like to sit on the carpet when they read and they were all over her. They were I told you this our first room. They were hanging on her and just uh we love Miss Britic. She's our favorite. And you could just tell how much you cared and they cared and it was a beautiful experience
019and thank you for letting me come do that. But to be recognized in in your first year and to have uh so subway is doing this across what is it two 200 202 2022 they that many teach schools in the country which is not very many when you consider how many schools are are recognizing teachers. So the fact that she was included in just that small number for the whole country is phenomenal. I mean I'm just so proud to have you here in the district. So and that and also the entire staff right is getting a lunch on Subway. Yeah, this is really cool. So, that was pretty neat. And did the kids know? Did your kids know? What did they Were they excited? They kind of went so cute. Yeah, we probably should have
020got cookies or something. I take the cookies. I probably should have brought them cookies, right? Well, we're really really proud of you and we'll I'm sure we'll have lots more awards for her as the years go up. [Applause] Well done. Yes. Fantastic. Congratulations again to all of our award recipients. Just great job. Wonderful. Just it's so nice and so heartwarming for the school, for the district, and really for the community. This is it's just wonderful. wonderful to see so much talent, so much giving back to the community and the school in so many ways. So, thank you all very much for that. Um, you all are welcome to stay the rest of the night. Might be a long meeting, I don't know, or it might be a short meeting, but it's a good opportunity. Um,
021I don't mind though if you want to leave as well. So, don't let me hold you up. Might be an opportunity. Thank you guys. Thank you. Excuse me. How would I be able to get a picture that you took? It's going to be on postit. Okay. Now it looks like we're in class, right? Come on. We're used to class. Thank you for coming up. Miss Watkins, did you tell the rest of them that And we do have seats now for everybody else and we have them out in the hall too. So So uh we are still on still in public comment. Um at this time we'll we'll entertain anyone who is here for public comment. Uh a few rules guys. There's chairs for you right outside for public comment. Uh we are limiting you to
022five minutes as we always do. Uh please understand that this is your opportunity to get up and talk uh to say anything that you want. Uh this is not a question and answer period. So this is not an opportunity for the board to respond in any way. This is just more your opportunity to get up and talk. I think we might have at least one here on the agenda. Um K Rollins K. And we might have another one after that, but I'm not sure. Or anyone else who wants to speak as well. So um K, would you like to start us off? There's a lecture in there if you want to use it or Well, I don't know that I need a lecture. I'm sure I probably don't. My my daughter assures me that when
023I talk I sound mean. So, I'm going to do my very best to address what I kind of think we need to look at in the district without sounding mean. So, um, we all got pretty involved in the last election for the mayor and the school board and I talked to everybody I voted for and most of the people I voted for got it. And one of the primary things that most of the people in the community expressed was that we first of all wanted to keep the residency rule, but that's obviously gone now, so it doesn't matter. and and we want community schools back, you know, which I think most people think would eliminate a lot of the transportation issues that we have. I know personally my husband and I have one at Mitchell
024and one at Mville. And literally, he spends an hour and a half of his morning dropping off, picking up, coming home, waiting, dropping off, picking up. Then it's time to go get in the lovely line at Mitchell and wait and go, "Oh, oh no, that guy's gonna get hit because they're pulling out because the cars are parked all the way down whatever road that is, you know." So, so four hours basically of our day is spent. And that's fine because that's what we choose to do. We're retired. We like having the grandkids and it helps our kids out, but everybody doesn't have that. So I I genuinely believe that if we got ourselves back to the community model that would help that a lot. Um there there was also going to be a parent organization
025form. Have we done anything any forward motion toward that the strategic planning addressing that? Okay. cuz I I mean I think you know I get like these last two and a half years have been hard. Everybody knows that like nothing's been normal, nothing's been easy. You know, I walk in there and have my mask on and off three times, you know, but we got to figure something out. We got to find some way to get this community to again trust this body because currently they don't they don't trust what the school board does. you know, you are probably one of the kindest people in the world, but everybody's like, "Where did this lady come from?" Like, you know, how how does how does this happen like this? We we have to find a way to
026recreate some trust from the citizens and the parents and the kids and get more respect for the teachers and and we just have to do better in my opinion. And then my last thing that I really do kind of want to address is like the bullying that exists. Do we have any plan for that? I mean, could there be a, oh, you got caught doing something nice or just find some kind of way to improve it throughout this district? Because unfortunately, I do look at social media and uh lots and lots of people have issues with this and it just never seems to get addressed. So, pretty much that's um all I really have to say. I would like for the community to trust the school board. I would like for this community and this
027school district to survive because I own my house and I don't want to move. But if our schools are like not something that welcomes other parents or other people to come here and send their kids at our schools, we have a problem. So that's pretty much all I got to say. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much. [Applause] and thanks for being here to talk openly about that. I open you I um well I had cancer so I for a while did not go out into a lot of like rooms full of people so um I'm inching back out into the world and and genuinely exactly and with the bullying I mean I was a social worker for a while until I couldn't do it anymore but um there are things that we
028could do that we could get people involved with to help with the bullying and and get parents involved and get we just have to do better because we're like right now all we are is just constantly on social media with somebody complaining about something and then it takes legs and instead of like a solution coming it just becomes a 400 comments that are just people being mean. So thank you. You're welcome. Okay. Well, we do need to get together watch something. All right. Um, I did also have in the agenda, Mr. Randy Christie, you also want to talk. Yeah, I'm going to talk. I'm gonna try to make it short. Uh, I have some, uh, things j not jot it down and type down here. Um, you know, no, not necessary to put the camera
029right in my face. That's how it works. Yeah. So, so really kind of to piggyback a little bit, it's just minor more concerns about the trust and rebuilding trust with the board. A lot of these things that are on here are from like a general collection of a community people that that you know post things on Facebook. Obviously, Facebook is not the answer to getting information, but it is a very vocal place and people feel more comfortable posting things on there, whether they're true or false. It is a place that you can get information to kind of filter through and figure out what is an issue and what is just a person complaining. So um at at this time right now a lot of parents um issues are communication uh with the admin level is
030not very good. So whenever we reach out to board members you know they're elected officials. So, I feel like if I went and elected this person, if I email that person, I feel like they're obligated to give me a response. It may not be the response that I want. It may not be a long response, but they should send something back. So, one, I know that they're, you know, responding to their emails and doing their due diligence to, um, you know, uh, complete their job as a schoolboard member, whether it's a, hey, I can't discuss that because it's a personnel issue or, hey, we're working on that. When the details come out, I'll make sure that I get them to you. um not a no response at all and then I have to respond again
031and then I respond again and then you get to the point where you're like okay so now they're not going to respond to me via email now I have to go to social media to kind of get my point across and when you go to Facebook or social media to post things that you've emailed it looks malicious when it's not malicious intent it's just the only way you can get the information out for the schoolboard members or the administrators to give give you a response because usually when someone sees something on Facebook, first thing they want to do is comment on it. So, you do that to get the response you need and then it's a, you know, then it looks like you're attacking them. But that's not really what we're trying to do. We're
032just trying to get answers. We're trying to find out if what's taking place in closed session is appropriate for closed session. and it's not something that could have been discussed in open session, but you decided that since you had one other issue, you would conduct all the issues in closed session. That's just the way it appears. I don't know if that's the case because obviously I'm not in close session, but it appears that way. So, parents reach out and these are the things that they are asking me to talk about. Hey, can you ask them what goes on? Why are we not hearing? like things are popping up on the agenda but they're not being discussed openly and then boom it's like approved like we just come out and we vote and it's approved but
033it was never discussed. Um teachers and school employees um feel like you know they're not being supported by the school board. Um it's a it's generally it's not like any anything in particular but one of the examples of that would be you know we asked teachers some questions about curriculum and we got different answers from those teachers. Not everybody had the same answer. So I would think that if we are doing we have a standard within the school district that everybody should be on the same page of where to get that information from. Um so then the next thing would be the going back to the way that we conduct business as a school board. the new school schoolboard member. It appears that the new schoolboard member was selected solely for a vote. Not really
034looked at for for the criteria needed for the school board, but solely to gain a vote. And the reason I say that is not to say that she's not qualified. I don't want to take anything away from her. I think she's probably a qualified person. I've seen her resume personally. I read it. I think she's a great person. Um, but the way the the process took place, there were other highly qualified candidates for this position that didn't even get an interview. We're talking about teachers, administrators, people that are in the community. They didn't even get an interview to move forward in the process. So, not all people were interviewed. Um, and it just look it just appears that we hand selected a person that we knew would give us what we wanted and we moved
035them through the process. Is that what happened? I don't know. I don't sit in those meetings, so I don't know what happens. Um, then going into the budget really quick. We don't know how the budget works as a community. You know, not everybody knows the ins and outs of grants and the way they got to be spent and how the things work. So, state requirements, but in a hold on, let me kind of back up here really quick. So all the things that we spend we spend money on like I know that that some of those things you have to discuss in close session but a lot of those things can be discussed openly and you can take feedback from the community to see if that's really the right thing to do. There is you
036can't be the only person making decisions without taking the community into consideration at least, you know, asking questions, putting a little quick memo out. Hey, we're thinking of doing this. Can we get some feedback? Now, you don't have to listen, but some people are just going to say things to say it, but you can at least take that feedback and see what people are thinking. All this comes back to we have to have a way to get the community to trust the board's decisions and the only way you can do that is by listening. Just listen what they have to say, take it in consideration and then, you know, move forward. That's that's really all I kind of have to say. Some of it was skipped over just to make it a little bit brief.
037I appreciate you letting me come out and speak. I do have a lot of things I want to discuss, but I'll try to come as many times as I can to kind of hit certain points here and there, but I appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you. We appreciate that. Appreciate your comments. Anybody else here for public comment tonight? Okay. Thank you very much. Item uh number five on the agenda is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the board of education held on October 25th, 2022. So move second. Motion the second. All those in favor say I. Those opposed? No. You guys have it. Item six A is the or I'm sorry, item six is the consent agenda with numerous items on there. Happy to pull any of those out or I
038will entertain a motion to accept them all. So move. Second. Motion a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Canal. I. Currin. I. None. I Brian I. Stacy. I. Vinnie. I item eight is recommendation and communications. Item 8A is retirements and resignations. It is recommended that the following retirements and resignations be accepted. Monty Hopkey maintenance for the district effective 226 2026. Jennifer Sonnenberg, Secretary GCHS resolution 112522. So moved. Second. Motion a second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Curran. I. None. I. Bryant. I. Stacy. I. Vinnie I item 8B requests for leaves of absence. It is recommended that the following requests for leaves of absence be approved. Amy Penazo par profofessional throwart effective 91422 to 102122. Mr. Mark Wall principal Marville effective 12122 to 122122. Massie cafeteria GCHS effective 101722 to 1 1923. was Teresa Copper Coolage
03911722 to 1323. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call please. None. I Bryant I. Stacy I. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. I. Currin. Hi. I. Item 8 C extracurricular resignations for the 22 23 school year. The GCSD9 and district administration has recommended that the following extracurricular resignation for the 2223 school year be accepted. Mr. Cory Bird, assistant track coach at move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Bryant. I Stacy. I Vinnie. Hi. Kenogal. I Curran. Hi. None. I wol I. Item 8 D certified and classified substitutes. You get very excited about this every time. GCS9 administration recommends that the following applicants be board approved as substitutes for the 2223 school year. Certified Miss Holly Krider, Mr. Mark Roy, Miss Karen Greenwald, Miss Dia Moore, classified Michelle Broadwater, Amanda Kit, and Melissa Nash Salash. We are very appreciative. So
040moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Stacy, I Curran. Hi. None. I Bryant. Hi. All right. The rescending of the employment dropped off at the bottom. Oh, there it is. Okay. Item 8E1, resend employment, special education pair professional. Due to Quinton Wley's decline in the offer of the pair professional position bringsby the intermediate school for the 2223 school year, the administration has requested resending the recommendation. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Vinnie, I. Kenobyl. Hi. Currin. Hi. None. I Brian. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Wire. Hi. And item [Music] 8E2 is employment of special education par professional. The interview committee committee consisting of Mickey Watkins, Kristen Deashes Kerna, and Shane McClendon interviewed candidates to the PAR professional position at Grizz Intermediate School. We are recommending Mr. Arthur Brown for the 223 school year. So move second.
041Any discussion? Roll call. Canobyl I. Karin. I none. I Brian I Stacey I Vinnie I item uh Ee3 employment of truency homeless interventionist the interview committee consisting of Stephanie K Mr. Jim Parker, HR executive director operations David Peele, district manager communications Chris Mitchell and coordinator Steve Matthysse interviewed candidates for the truency homeless interventionist position and we are pleased to recommend Mr. Ruben Coranzo for the try homeless interventionist position for the 2223 school year. So move second. Any discussion? Roll call. Curran. I none I Bryant I Stacey I Vinnie I Kenogal I WS I item 8E4 with your approval I'd like to move that to executive session and that would be under 2C1 and that allows the board to take discussion of employment of individuals into close session for those that are interested. Thank you Mr.
042Vote on that. No, we can just hold it. Item 85, uh, superintendent's contract for approval. Happy to entertain a motion for approval of the contract. I'll make the motion. Second. Motion, a second. Any discussion? Just to clarify, the term is three years, correct? Threeear term. That's correct. Thank you. Roll call, please. Zach. Sorry, I had the wrong motion and then the second. Correct. Yes. All right. Bryant. Stacy. No. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. I. Curran. Hi. None. I WSME. Abstain. Congratulations. Miss Cam. looking forward to more change and positive stuff for the Thank you. We appreciate it. Uh item nine, I don't see anything under old business. Item 10, new business. 10A is a Granite City High School HBAC renovation with train. I'm going to leave this and then see if Mr. Smith has anything to add.
043So GCSD9 administration requests the approval for train heating and cooling for the granite sea school renovation project to replace the entire HVAC system. This will allow communication with technology already in place eliminate boilers save on utilities and replace a system that was installed in 1994. It's definitely definitely they people in the high school couldn't tell us correct Mr. Pew that isn't working very well. No, I knew he would be a good one. Train. Yeah, the train will design specs will take care of the bidding for the work to be completed on this project. The DM entire project has um will be approximately $8.42 million. It will be paid through er grant funding. We are looking for areas to cut things. Mr. Smith, there you are. Little comment at all on this. Yeah, the the system
044we're looking at is a uh VRF system. Uh it's a variable flow refrigerant. Um it's good for the multiple rooms that that are in that building, the different levels of uh the building. Uh we're going to get higher energy efficient. It's going to um uh help with a lot of cooling costs and uh heating cost. It's we're going to have more control over the individual room temperatures than what we have now. You won't you probably won't even hear the system run. It'd be so quiet. And they're actually giving us a 10-year warranty on the system. That's everything. Um and then we're also adding a dedicated outdoor air supply. Uh with this system, we're going with outside units that will actually dehumidify the air, condition the air, bring it into the building at a certain humidity
045and a certain temperature, and then the VRF system will take that air, make it comfortable for the individuals inside. We're looking for better air quality. Um in the areas with uh higher humidity uh the uh the dedicated outdoor air system needed to lower the humidity and the discharge air is roughly winter and and summer is around 68 to 72 degrees coming out of that. And then that internal unit, the VRF system will take that air and change it to whatever temperature that is needed in that room. So we're hoping that this will care of a lot of the heating and cooling problems. We're looking at uh demolition of all of the uh boilers that are in there. And that's actually going to give us a large area. If anyone's been in the warrior hallway, all
046the storage, all all that will be in the boiler room now. We'll have a receiving area. So, we'll be able to utilize space a little better in that building. What's the timeline for actually? Um that's a good question. We are I've talked with Darren uh where we can possibly get some extra rooms during the year. Uh with the the the impact of this and the the amount of work that has to be done, we might start at the beginning of the school or uh beginning of the year. We're looking at uh January, maybe a start date in those rooms that we're able to start at. Um so that's there's a lot of duct work and different things that can be done on the in on the inside. Second. Very much much needed. Got a motion
047and a second. Any other discussion? We have a VRF system. Even I've said this to you at the library. Um we've had it for over eight years now. And uh it's been great. We don't have problems with it. I mean, and when we do, it's something small. It's fixed in a heartbeat. Um, so and then we also I'm on the board of the Madison County Historical Society and we have VRF units installed at the warehouse, the museum building in uh in Edward. So um anyway, yeah, that that one's a much newer system, but uh I know a lot of people aren't familiar with VRF and all of that. So it's not some oddball tech. It's it's not the oldest thing in the world certainly, but it's been around for a while. seems to have a
048pretty good track record. So, have you seen cost savings at the library? Yeah, that's really helping. We have a 4 inch gas line or might even be a 6 in gas line going into that building. So, that will be Well, I think this one might be slightly better because of the outdoor air system. The outdoor air system plus uh it's not completely refrigerant. This system is going to be This one is completely Okay. I think we talked about another Yeah. Uh some other ones they'll use a refrigerated water where this system will use all refrigerant inside the classrooms. I like that it's state-of-the-art. We're doing something new that it's going to help us. Yeah, we've had really good luck with ours. And one thing Train has um uh I I talked to them about training
049our people. They're willing to train our HVAC guys to actually work on this or troubleshoot it. And with the controls that come with this, they'll be able to actually see a reading of that of that problem. So it should really eliminate a lot of the heating and cooling issues of that building. Explain the ESRE funding will you please? It's 8.42 million but it is all through ESSER. And the reason that Esser can do that is for COVID response. So air quality, air cleaning, uh it's pretty bad at the high school and this is just allow the the clean air that comes in is huge for that. Any um HBAC updates can be covered and paid for through the um grant for schools. So, we're very fortunate to be able to not only have healthier air,
050but a better system in that building through the grant fun and and with talking with finance and and with the superintendent, we may never have an opportunity to have that type of money to be able to take a project like this on and it really needs to be done. Yeah. Well done by everybody. Just incredible. And you said and you said there's places that were actually looking to even cut that. Yes, we are. Yes. Right. Uh we have uh there there's a lot of different issues far as um I have in there I had them replace every unit on top of the building that's over the offices. Some of those may be able to stay. Um I went ahead and had everything put in there so we have the highest amount of money that we're
051going to see out of this project. And if there's anything comes up we can cut. But they're stating that there will nothing come up. And actually we used them at Gregsby. We had they were really good and they were able to do that within the time frame they said to which was pretty amazing the little time they had to do all that work and they did finish in time. All right, we've got a motion in a second. Roll call, please. Stacy, I. Vinnie, I Curran. Hi. None. I Bryant I. Bones. I. Item 10B. Raw iron fencing at failing road in Madison Avenue. Yes. The GCS90 administration requesting approval of the bid on the alternate rod iron fencing with gate the southfield project at failing road and manu. Um the the estimate is 184,750. Do you
052want to explain Mr. Smith to the area that this encompasses? This will um go from the baseball field fence. There'll be a new sidewalk from the baseball field parking lot to the new softball field. There'll be a 4ft man gate there. Then it will go all the way over towards um uh Nami Road. It's going to go all along Failing. It'll go Namio Road. Then it'll cut back and go on Namoki Road towards Kulage. Cut across Koolage's parking lot and connect to the corner of the building. And with that, that parking lot will be able to be shut off with a gate. So we if we if kids are practicing or doing something during the day, that gate can be closed. Um and no one's coming in that lot. I like that along the roads,
053too. Um it creates a it's a buffer. A buffer for, you know, they're practicing soccer, the ball goes in the rug, and it just it's just a big safety feature for us. So really So really, this is Failing Road in Nami Road. That's correct. Yeah. Not Madison. Oh, did I say Madison? Yeah. Okay. I was like I was like those don't enter. Yeah. I'm sorry. And then the new sidewalk that the city put in right along Yes. It go right along road. It'll be really nice. It goes right along. And like I think Sergeant Stacey said before too, we're just looking for layers too, right? I think it's really important. It's part safety. It's part aesthetics. But anytime someone has to get over something else, it'll be a six foot six foot back. It's four
054foot there, but it'll be six foot. That is that's the that's the quality of fence that we will. Yeah. Absolutely. That way we didn't have to push chain length in the front. Some areas where we're looking at perimeter fencing, it might not all be that, but uh trying to do something that's aesthetically pleasing and safe at the same point. Move to approve the amendment of Madison Avenue. Uh there'll be one one gate. Got a motion and a second. Any other discussion from walking in on the kids? Roll call, please. Penny. Hi. Kenog. None. I Brian. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Item 10 C was pulled from the agenda. Just a lack of we had some issues that came up and then Okay. Uh item 10 D is varsity tutors for schools. Very excited. We talked about that
055last time. time members. The GCSD9 administration requests the approval of the varsity tutors agreement for for FY223, the initial term of November 11th, 22 to December 23rd, 23, a total of $58,200. We discussed this last time. Um, it'll be valid for 5 through 12, the 247. Actually, it responds very well to what you talked about in our last what Caitlyn and her and Lucas talked about in our last thing. It allows for live tutoring. um for students and 247. We have a lot of students that are at practice, the band doesn't get back until late or they're somewhere else. This way they can get on and they can upload their homework. They can upload papers 48 hours in advance. It just allows extra in addition to what teachers provide for tutoring as well. It just
056gives them an opportunity to have an extra source which we're really hoping will help with, you know, instruction and learning and bring our scores up, too. So, I'm really excited about this. So move. Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Kenobyl. I. Curran. Hi. None. I. Brian. I. Stacy. Hi. Vinnie. Hi. I. Item 10E. Home Team Promotions agreement. Right. This is uh GCSD9 administration is requesting the approval of home team promotions to manage and promote online e-commerce store selling promotional clothing gear and other items approved by GTSD9 with approved logos and more. GCSD9 will receive 10% of the gross revenue produced by the store. Um we have this representative meet with principal DEPW and Mr. mode about this and I think what you said, correct me if I'm wrong, Principal Dew, that it will allow the
057other schools, all of our schools to be able to order things with like um Lions Lions, right? The new but they'll be able to do that without having to go through the school, whatever. So, I think it'll it'll be easier. And you felt like it was one-stop shop all the money would go to the district. All the associates would go to the district. But the district logo, all of the logos in the individual schools could be utilized. Perfect. Which was your That's what you really like, correct? Yeah. I like that. That's something different than we typically have. Usually our athletic teams will have, right, um e stores. We have companies that we work with. They do that individually by team. A lot of it is geared with the high school logos using the other buildings.
058I think and that's something that can be live like all the time. It's not like to the state, right? Which doesn't negatively impact any fundraising efforts for those teams that would have No, it would just be another option. So those teams could still have theirs and the products may not be the same. You know quickly they'll be able to buy like the turnaround. Yeah. Or no well and and when it'll start up when it'll go. I think once approval it'll move fairly quickly and get them below those Thanksgiving probably for Christmas and I think this percent isn't this percentage higher than what we had before with some of the organizations a little higher as well but it's we can benefit from it in the long term I like that the other schools can do it
059I like the great schools is there a fee that we pay for them to manage this or is it just we get our 10% and they get our running a business have us of our logos. Perfect. Move to approve. Second. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Curran. Hi. None. I Brian I. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. I. Wax. I. Item 10F. GCHS driver's education car bid. GCS design administration is requesting the approval of the lowest bid for the driver's education cars. The following bids were received from Weber Chevrolet. They were the only bidder. We send things out. We're only getting one bidder for a lot of things. Uh item one is a Chevy Equinox. Two of those prices is $249.90. Chevy Malibu price item is $24,351. So move oursel. Any discussion? How quickly can we
060get these? because I know there's supply chain. They I can tell you we just went out there the other day and they had those on their lot like a ton of Malibu and wasn't that the thing because they could get them. Well, we couldn't get vans. That's one thing we can still vans. No, Equinoxes and Malibu. Plenty of them on the line. And if you see our vans, we need some new but we can find them. Some of them are rusted. It's kind of sad. Uh I I can tell you we have um you you talk about supply chain issues. Our quad cars we ordered a year ago and just got them in. So, I mean it takes some of these cars take a a while. So, whoever told us that these were in stock.
061Yes, they are. I'm tell them any other discuss out of curiosity and it's not impact my vote, but do they like modify them for us to like that includes all of us? Okay. No, that'll be extra. No, they'll be extra. Yeah. They'll do it for us. The the installation of the brakes and stuff like that will be a little extra. Okay. Brakes the actual. All right. Roll call, please. None. I Brian I. Stacy. I. Vinnie. Hi. Canal. I. Curran. Hi. Winsmire. I. Item 10g. tax levy resolution for the 22 2022 taxes collected in 2023. I'll read this and then I'll see if Mr. Sur has anything to add. Um our administration requests that the board of education adopt a tax levy resolution for the 2022 taxes collected in 2023. The proposed resolution is computed on
062a 15% increase in assessed valuation and 15 million of new property. as a result in a tax rate of 4.1411 which would be 0.1 587 less than last year's 4.2998. So in other words, the the tax rate will go down. Authorization authorized publication of the notice of proposed property tax increase for the grand city community school district 9 and the truth and taxation certificate. Copies are attached. Uh these are required anytime you exceed the 5%. and to set the December 13th, 2022 at 6 PM for the hearing in the boardroom as the time and place for this hearing on the 2022 levy. Um, I want to preface this is we are not raising taxes. This is not this is about tax rates. If you want to, it allows it just allows us to gain the
063lowest tax rate by looking at the EAVs and getting as much as we can from those raised um assist estimated. Yes. So, did I anything else you want to add to that? We expect very little change in the tax rate, right? But you have to to try to get what you can from those EABs and we're estimating those being higher. So, yes, there were some tiffs that fell off that we had to go out and capture some of and that gets us to capture that lowest tax rate. So, it doesn't it doesn't mean higher taxes, but the actual levy will be voted upon and pass after we conduct the public hearing on the December meeting. Yes. And that's what we're asking for for approval for those things. So moved. Second. So to be clear, um
064Mr. Skoolie, on this one, we're just looking for adopting the resolution this meeting. Yes, it's it's adopting the resolution for the proposed tax levy, but we have to put the notice in the newspaper setting the public hearing for December 13th. So that's what we're approving. the things we're the publication. That's correct. So, one motion and and second will take care. One vote will take care of all three of these items. It's in the resolution. Okay. Very good. I think I had a motion. Yes. And a second. You got a vote there. All right. Any discussion? Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Bryant, I. Stacy, I. Vinnie, hi. Noble. Hi. Currin. Hi. None. I WSM. Hi. Anybody wants to come for the public hearing next month? Please join us. I will have a presentation. Item 10H,
065school maintenance project grant program acceptance. Uh our administration requests authorization to accept the school maintenance project grant program for $50,000 to improve door hardware at all the schools. Much needed for safety as well. This is a matching grant and 50,000 of the operations and maintenance fund monies will be allocated to meet the district's obligation in this 2223 budget. So it's a $50,000 they give us. We match it with 50. We're using that for all the door upgrades for the fobs. Correct. And that's a major major. So approval is recommended. So move second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Vinnie, hi Kenogal. Hi Curran. Hi Nun. I Bryant. Hi. Stacy. Hi. Hi. And I want to thank the staff again for finding these grants because that's huge. That's 50 cents on the dollar there that we're getting
066this done for. This is great for safety and security and everything. So well done. Item 10 I, Arbiter Sports Pay Agreement. Uh the GCSD9 administration requests authorization to approve the 5-year agreement with Arbiter Sports Pay. The cost over four years is 13,1553 cents. This is officials the hiring. They manage the officials through sports. You want to say something? It's four years. I'm sorry. Oh, it's four years. Oh, I'm sorry. I said five. It's five. It says five in there. Four years. It's over four years. Mine says four. Mine says fiveyear agreement. It's a four. Four years. So, it's a four year agreement. So, we need to Sorry. Should I read through these? I guess after a while move to approve as the fouryear second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Canal I. Curin. I none. I
067Bryant I Stacy I. Vinnie. Hi. Hi. And I think that takes us to executive session. Uh we have exceptions noted under five ILCS120-2 open meetings act. Uh tonight we're going into executive session to discuss student safety 2C8 and appointment of specific employees of the public body 2C1. Happy to entertain a motion going to executive session. So move second. All those in favor say I. I know. You guys have it 702. Thank you.