001uh can we have a roll call and Vinny here Bradley here Silva here pan here Stacy here Nole linaman here miss cochr here Forum all right we're good uh and would everybody please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an invocation with uh stac Pastor Stacy Wilson from GC First Assembly Ali to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation indivisible andice for all we've learned that a husband of a staff member of the school district has passed away so let's take a moment of silence to honor the family Heavenly Father we thank you for the men and women who serve our community and our school district and from the classrooms to everywhere else in the building to this board office Lord we just pray
002that you would lead and guide every part of the discussion the decisions that need to be made we thank you for the great things that happen in our community and we pray specifically for this family who is facing loss Lord that you would wrap your arms around them and comfort their grieving hearts and give them peace in the middle of this time thank you for your presence with us in your name we pray amen amen thank you Pastor um up next we do have public comment so if if there's anybody here for that I don't think we had any signups okay I actually would like to say something um I would just like to thank the High School dance team for the display of school spirit on Saturday uh there was a story out there
003that we Mr Mitchell put out but just in case you didn't see that I would just like to thank them for being there it was a big cross country event one of our biggest in the district that we have with sports there's 48 teams uh that come into the Wilson Park part of the part of our school district they run there as well and uh that team was there at the shoot that's where you finish the race they were there cheering people on from the beginning of the races to the very end and I just appreciate their team being there showing school spirit it was just a great uh community members came up and told me about that people from other communities and coaches from other communities were just really appreciative of that so I
004just wanted to thank them for that thank [Applause] you uh next we have the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Education held on August 27th second okay uh roll call Bradley hi so here yes hien Stacy I lman I Vinnie I okay uh consent agenda which contains those items that are repetitive and routine in nature any member may make a motion to approve the consent agenda or request that any of the items be moved to section 7 for individual discussion and consideration do we have a motion so moved second okay roll call Silva hi Curran I Stacy I lman I Vinnie I Bradley I okay you want to hit yes and before we go on I would just like to publicly thank the women's group from namoki Methodist Church
005they donated school supplies New clothing items to Mitchell Elementary Educational Center so thank you for that and then also Pastor Hart and his congregation from City Temple donated pencils they do this every school year they donated over 8,000 pencils to be distributed through the district so thank you so much for thinking of us at that time thank you next up we have 8A retirements and resignations yes it's recommended the file and retirements and resignations listed below and on the Granite City School District website be accepted sub move roll call Stacy I linman I Vinnie I Bradley I Silva i c i uh 8B requests for leaves of absence it's recommended the following request of for leaves of absences listed below and on the district website be approved so moved second roll call linman I vny
006I Bradley I Silva I Curran hi Stacy I 8 C extracurricular resignations for the 2425 school year you've received detailed information about this item the administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session the gcsd9 administration is recommending that the filing extracurricular resignations for the 2425 school year listed below and on the district website be accepted so moved than roll call Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I Curran I Stacy I lindman I okay 8D extracurricular recommendations for the 2425 school year you receive detailed information about this item the administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive SE session it's recommended that the following extracurricular resignations for the 2425 school year listed below these These are recomend recommendations sorry recommendations uh be approved they're listed below and on
007the district website so move thank you second roll call Bradley hi Silva hi k i Stacy I linaman I Vinnie I all right 8 e recommendation for employee termination yes you've received detailed information about this item the administration prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion executive session so moved second roll call Silva hold on wait I need I need to say something we are recommended Austin pazar be terminated effective immediately in the second stand right okay yeah Silva Curran hi Stacy hi linaman hi finny I Bradley I okay 8f certified and classified substitutes it's recommended that the following applicants be board approved as substitutes for the 2425 school year the names are listed below and on the district website so move second roll call curan hi Stacy hi linaman hi I Vinnie I Bradley
008I Silva I okay thank you Subs 8G policies the policy committee is recommending the approval of the following policies listed below and on the district website just want to remind everyone the policies reviewed and discussed at our policy meeting held last month so move second roll call Stacy I linaman I Vinnie I bradle hi Silva hi Cen hi okay um through it the way P it yep 10A whiteboard purchase with Esser funding the gcsd9 administration is requesting authorization to purchase 50 additional new line interactive whiteboards with Esra funds price includes 75 in interactive boards 7-year replacement warranty and shipping we recommending the purchase through traera to be the same spec is the same devices as the previous order trer is honoring the price from before these boards will be used to fill additional locations and
009add some devices on mobile carts to buildings cost for each board is $1,950 for 50 boards for a total of $997,500 approval is recommended so moved second roll call lamman hi Vinny I Bradley I Silva hi curan hi Stacy hi 10B Granite City High School soccer netting the gcsd9 administration is seeking approval from Midwest netting solutions to install 25x 100t Nets behind the soccer fields the project total will be $ 61,2 33 for eight barrier poles they will be 33 ft and 6 in in diameter black weather treated heavy duty steel poles that was secured 8 ft in deep into the ground approval is recommended so move second okay discussion roll call or just one quick question I think I understand I just want to double check the wording so the 61,000 and whatever that's
010for the polls and the Nets all inclusive and and them installing it as install and installation okay thank you ready Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I curan hi Stacy hi uh linman hi okay uh 10 C after school tutoring program the gcsd9 administration is requesting permission to offer an after school tutoring program for select number of students in first and second grades the program will allow 25 students from mville and 25 students from Wilson to receive additional help with reading each building will have a coordinator and five to six teachers working with students in small groups the program will begin September 23rd 20 24 and will end on October 30th 2024 and transportation will be provided approval is recommended so move second okay discussion this is an excellent program my niece actually benefits from it
011so we love it um is there a possibility to extend beyond October 30th or are we just looking at closing the Gap y that's true just talk really loud I'm sorry so the answer the answer to your question is we will be inviting kindergarten with first and second grade in the spring however uh with November being I think only like 12 actual school days it was going to be a cluster trying to because it was you you would go like one or two days then you'd be off for 3 days and you'd have another day or two off and when you're offering Transportation like that it's a nightmare so we had to move it up this semester and we trimmed it just a couple of days because of that um and trying to get busing
012and whatnot so but we will be offing in the spring yes Abol exent that's great it's a great program thank you cool roll call Bradley hi Silva hi curan hi Stacy hi lindaman hi Vinnie I okay 10 C after school T nope wrong one sorry 10 D Grant of City saber committee school dances the Granite City saber committee would like to request the renewal of agreement to use griggsby intermediate school gymnasium for the saber school dances the requested dates for the 2425 school year are Friday October 25th 2024 January 17th 2025 with a makeup date being February 21st 2025 and then the last dance Friday March 28 2025 proof of insurance will be provided prior to the first dance they're also requesting permission to circulate F Flyers prior to the dance approval is recommended so
013move second discussion roll call Silva I curan I Stacy I linman I I Bradley I okay uh 11a Freedom of Information Act requests yes we received four requests on their Freedom of Information Act During the period of August 21st 2024 through September 3rd 2024 all of them were from Owen Wang of Lake County Gazette the requests were handled by Administration okay um let's see here 11 uh is executive session I do not believe no we are going so okay yep um with that 12 are executive session minutes uh if we could have an approval for the minutes of the regular meeting the executive session minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Education held on August 27th 2024 so move second okay roll call linaman I Vinny I Bradley I Silva hi Curran I
014Stacy I okay uh our next board meeting will be September 24th right here at 6 o' and with that do we have a motion to adjourn okay and uh all those in favor I I I we