001All right. Good evening. Uh, welcome to the special board meeting of the Granite City School District on November 21st, 2022. Time is a little bit after 7, 7:01 p.m. Um, roll call, please. Zach, Stacy here, Vinnie here, Kenobyl here, Curran here, Nun here, Bryant here, here. Thank you. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance followed by an invocation by Dr. Jesse Jackson, one of our guests this evening. 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. Thank you, Lord, for such a a blessed day. Uh I pray for and thank you for everybody who's present here. I am thankful to this wonderful group uh that has been put together to administer education services to
002this community. I pray for all families in the Granite City community. I pray for wisdom and wise judgment for our school board, our superintendent, our central office. I'm so thankful to our wonderful teachers that have given their heart and service to the education and redemption of the lives and future and generations of all of our families. Lord, we're thankful to you that you have kept us through COVID, through very dark and challenging times, and you have instilled in us the spirit of unity, togetherness, and wise judgment. We ask that you be with us every step of the way. unify this group, common ground, team spirit, and always to operate in the spirit of love and excellence. All those in agreement with this prayer said, "Amen." Amen. Amen. Be well. Thank you very much, Dr. [Laughter]
003[Music] So for members of the public, Dr. Jackson. We just had a nice board session with Dr. Jackson. He was introduced to us four or five years ago by uh Jim Greenwald, former superintendent. So, we uh greatly appreciate him being here. He has done training sessions for the board uh for the district many times. So, fantastic. We appreciate it, Dr. Administrators, too. Um so, this evening, uh item number four, I'm sorry, item number three on the agenda, public comment. Anybody here for public comment this evening? Hearing none and seeing none, uh we'll move on to item number four, which is recommendation and communications human resources. Miss Camp. The uh GCSD9 administration held interviews for the Mville Elementary Center principal and request board approval approval to hire Dr. Liz Nebert for this position. So moved. Second.
004Second. Motion and a second. Any discussion? I guess just one question that I've got. How many applicants and we have approximately 19 I think applicants with absolutely excellent candidates, great interviews, it's really promising to to witness that emerging leadership within the district. So we were very pleased. I'm thrilled to see this name um very having worked with her and also she works with my child. I can't think of a better candidate and it's going to be a fantastic fit for Mville. Wonderful. Absolutely. This was Uh and again, congratulations to the district for the job you all did in getting this thing moved along quickly. This was a short notice um kind of replacement here, right? Uh normally this doesn't happen in midyear, but um making it happen the way that you all did, getting it
005posted, getting it out there, getting the candidates in for interviews quickly. Uh thank you and great candidates, too. So, very nice. So, any other discussion or questions? All right, hearing none. I think we got a motion to second already. Yes. Roll call, please. Vinnie. Hi Kenogal. I Curran. Hi Nun. I Bryant. Hi Stacy. I All right. Um do we have anything else? I do not think so. All right. Hearing none. Um we've got a board meeting coming up in December. I don't know what the date is. 15th polic. Sorry. 13th and a policy meeting. A policy meeting. I'll be I'll be in business. Oh, that's right. policy meeting. All right, with that, um, I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. So move. Second. All in favor? I Very good. Thank you all. Push it.