001meeting for October 22nd. Can we have a roll call and declaration of quorum? Vinnie here, Bradley here, Silva here, Currin here, Stacy here, Noble here, Linaman here, and Miss here. All right. And if everybody would now please rise for the pledge of allegiance followed by an invocation by Pastor Sam Hart with City Temple. 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. Father, we thank you for this day that you have given to us. May we not take each day for granted. May we realize, Lord, that every day that we're in your hands. We thank you for the employees in our Granite School District, Lord, for the teachers, for everyone who, Lord, who
002makes our education, our school system success. I ask today that you will be with the board and that you will bless them, that you will give them wisdom in this meeting. We pray in your name. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, pastor. And next we have public comment, but I don't think we have anything here tonight. Um, sure. Yep. Next is the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the board of education held on October 8th, 2024. Do I have a motion? Some move. Second. Okay. And uh roll call. Bradley I. Silva I. Currin I. Stacy I. Noble I. Linamman I. Vinnie I. Okay. Next up we have our consent agenda. Uh which is those items that are repetitive and routine in nature. Any member may make a motion to approve the consent
003agenda or request that any of the items be moved to section seven for individual discussion and consideration. Uh do we have a motion? So move. Second. Second. Okay. and for discussion. Yes. I'd just like to say thank you to some groups that donated to the Tribe Fest. The Tribefest is what the high school had on last Friday with all their students. So, this was great that they provided all this. But OE Brokerage Company, Nardone Pizza, Ford Hotel Company, Break Bush Brothers Incorporated, and Patterson Tire donated keychains, stress balls, notebooks, fanny packs, t-shirts, chip clips, pens, uh bags, and many footballs. So, thank you very much for your donation. It's greatly appreciated. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Roll call. Silva. I. Currin. I. Stacy. I. Canoval. I. Linamman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. I. Okay. Uh, let's
004see. Next. We do have I'm a little off. Um 8A are rescended retirements and resignations. It's recommended the filing retirements and resignations listed below and on the GCSD9 website be rescended. So moved. Second. Okay. Roll call. Currin. I. Stacy. I. No. I. Linaman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. Hi. Silva. I. Okay. 8B. Retirements and resignations. It's recommended the filing, retirements, and resignations listed below and on the GCSD9 website be accepted. So moved. Second. Roll call. Noble. I. Linaman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. I. Silva. I. Currin. I. Stacy. I. 8 C. Requests for leaves of absence. It's recommended the filing request for leaves of absences listed below and on the GCSD9 website be approved. So moved. Second. Roll call. No. I. Linamman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. Hi. Silva. Hi. Currin. Hi. Stacy. Hi. 8 D. Requests for
005extensions to leaves of absence. Yes. It's recommended that the filing requests for extensions to leaves of absences be listed below and on the GCSD9 website be approved. So move. Second. Roll call. Linamman I Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I Currin I Stacy I Noble I Okay 8E certified and classified substitutes. It's recommended the filing applicants listed below and on the GCSD9 website be board approved as substitutes for the 2425 school year. So moved. Second. Roll call. Vinnie I. Bradley. I. Silva I. Currin. I. Stacy I. Noble I Linman I Okay 8F1 employment of ESL bilingual paraprofessionals for the 2425 school year. You received detailed information about this item. The administration is prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session. The GCSD9 administration and interview committee consisting of Dr. Adam Garrett, executive director
006of human resources. Kristen Nasich Caberna, executive director of K12 curriculum. Stacy Swingler, English language learner, department head, and Hannah Bush, ESL teacher, are recommending the employment of the following candidates as ESL bilingual pair professionals for the 2425 school year. Stefani Garcia and Mackenzie Munos. Approval is recommended pending the submission of the required paperwork. So move. Second. Roll call. Bradley. I. Silva. I. Currin. I Stacy I Noble I Linamman I Vinnie I Okay 8F2 employment of paraprofessional 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 and interview committee consisted of Dr. Adam Garrett, executive director of human resources, and Mickey Watkins, executive director of special education, are recommending the employment of Lindseay Courtright as pair professional
007for the 2425 school year. Approval is recommended pending the submission of the required paperwork. So move. Second. Roll call. Silva. I. Currin. I. Stacy. I. Noble. I. Linaman. I. Vinnie. I Bradley. Hi. 8 F3. Employment of social, emotional, and behavioral monitor for the 2425 school year. You've received detailed information about this item. The administration prepared to make recommendations are hold for discussion in executive session. The GCSD9 administration and interview committee consisting of Dr. Adam Garrett, executive director of human resources, and Mike Dowy Lake, ESSC principal, are recommending the employment of April Brumley as a spe social, emotional, and behavioral monitor for the 2425 school year. Approval is recommended pending the submission of the required paperwork. So moved. Second. Roll call. Currin. I. Stacy. I. Noel. I. Linaman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. I. Silva. I. 8F4.
008Employment of 4-hour union cafe workers 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 and interview committee consisted of Dr. Adam Garrett, executive director of human resources, Chris Mcola, food service supervisor, and Lisa Cochram, human resource specialist, are recommending the employment of the following candidates as 4-hour Union Cafe workers for the 2425 school year. Jessica Bladic and Scarlet and Scarlet Parker, approval is recommended pending this submission of the required paperwork. So moved. Second. Roll call. Stacy, I. Noble, I. Linen, I. Vinnie, I Bradley, I. Silva, I. Currin, I. Okay. Uh, 10 A, FY24 Region 1 and Granite City CUSD9 audit. The GCSD9 administration is requesting the approval of the attached FY24 Region One and Granite
009City CUSD9 audits. Approval is recommended. moved. Second. Discussion. Roll call. Noble. I. Linamman. I. Vinnie. I. Bradley. I. Silva. I. Currin. I. Stacy. I. Okay. Uh 10B. Swick Running Start program agreement for the 2526 school year. The GCSD9 administration requests authorization to continue to offer the Running Start program with Southwestern Illinois College. SWICK Swick has proposed to continue the program agreement with us at a rate of $4,318 per student per year. This is the same price as last year's. Eligible students would participate in their junior and senior year of high school and have the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and an associate degree simultaneously. We are seeking approval to continue to participate in the dual credit program and enter into this intergovernmental agreement where parents will pay full tuition rate to provide their
010child with this opportunity while the district accepts the responsibility to manage the program with swick. Approval is recommended. So moved. Second. Discussion. Roll call. Linaman. I. Vinnie. I Bradley. Hi. Silva. I Stacy. I Noble. I Okay. Uh 11A, a reconfiguration update with Dr. Don Harris, superintendent of schools. Yes. Uh boundaries have been finalized for both preK through 6th and preK through fourth grade models. Uh for this process, we looked at two years of enrollment data to finalize the boundaries. Uh currently, we're in the process of finalizing the special education model, which will be utilized in either the preK through 6 or preK through 4 models. Moving forward, we will be given a detailed presentation for both the preK through six and the preK through four models uh to the board of education. This presentation will
011take place in open session on November 12th at the board of education meeting. After the presentation, we will share their information with district families and also post the presentation to the district website. At the December 12th board of education meeting, we'll provide the board of education an agenda item of a reconiguration model to vote on. Uh once this decision is made, we will start the reconstruction process uh to prepare for the start of the 2526 school year. I have a qu question. So when you present on the November the November one, are you going to be recommending a model at that point or you're saying these are the two options? We're going to give you the two options. Okay. So, okay. And then on the Dece at the December meeting, you're saying this is the
012model we should do. This is the model we should go. So, for the public and families, I'm asking more so than district administration and board. You'll want to look at both options and provide feedback, right? Possibly. Yeah. Provide some feedback. We may put an FAQ out as well if we start seeing some of the same questions from the public. Put that on the district website and send that out to people. Thank you. Good idea. All right. Cool. Thank you very much. Exciting. Exciting. People will be tuned in. Um 11B GCSD9 student board member report from Granite City High School senior Lily Rose Cochram. Buenos amigos much gusto. I work for the district as an ESL co-op. This is an opportunity that seniors are given to allow us to work as part of the school curriculum.
013We go to school for half a day and then work for half a day. I go to school in the morning from the first through fifth hour, then work 6th through 8th hour. I've been assigned a prayer to assist with translating for kindergarten and preschool students. My job is to act as a translator to aid students, families, and faculty. In the past few years, the Hispanic community in our school has increased. Currently, we are just under 500 ESL students districtwide. This increase in ESL student population leaves a need for someone that can act as a bridge between the Spanish speaking students and their peers and teachers. ESL co-op's job is to be that bridge. Granite City has made it a priority to assist our ESL students in preschool through fourth grade with ESL co-ops. Co
01419 caused a slight dip in the population of ESL co-ops, but in the recent years, our numbers have increased to their normal stability. In addition, we were able to provide a new position as an ESL co-op at the high school this year to work with fellow students. I hope to see the growth in the relationship between the ESL students and our community. It is hard to fathom how isolating it must be for these students. They are surrounded by kids their age, but they cannot interact with them. I feel so proud that I can make a difference in these kids' days. The position position I hold is an important one as well as a rewarding one. The English speaking students in my classes are beginning to pick up on some Spanish. These ESL students days are
015becoming less isolating and that is a beautiful thing to see. Gracias. Awesome. Thank you very much. on your Spanish. That's very nerve-wracking to try to speak another language in front of the public, let alone your own a little bit. Can I ask you a follow-up question? Um, what you're fine. I can talk loud. What do you enjoy most about being an ESL co-op? I love the kids. They're so sweet. They're so nice. I have I work in three different classes and I have I work with all of them. Not even just the ESL students. I work with all the kids. I play with them. I interact with them. Like help with different assignments we do. It's It's a lot of fun. You mentioned Yeah, you mentioned, you know, how isolating it can be and that's
016absolutely right. So, in those play moments with them, I imagine you're seeing where, you know, you're helping facilitate that play and build friendships as well, right? Their personality changes so vastly different when you speak a little bit Spanish to them. It's so sweet. Yes. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. H how many ESL co-ops do we have now total? Do you know? Do you know? We have nine. Nine. Nine. Okay. Awesome. Very good. That was an eight, wasn't it? Was it late? Yeah, it was seen the four fingers. I seen the four fingers. 220, 221, whatever it takes. I don't know off top of my head. Uh, Lily, I would love to have a copy of your report. Would that be okay? Thank you. Have a copy with me if you want to take it. Okay.
017Thank you so much. Thank you. Yep. Thank you very much. Uh, next up we have 11C, our Illinois Association of School Boards liaison report from board treasurer Linda Kenobyl. Thank you. Uh, the fall legislative events are still going on through the month of October. This is the same event that Lorie Silva and I attended uh and met Amy Ellen Terry Bryant and Representative Eric Harris. Erica Harris. Um, it was very inform informative and we appreciated the Sparta uh administration uh so much that we sent them a thank you card and I'm I'm sure it was a surprise to them to get a thank you card from Granite City, but we we just thought it was just really nice. It was an it was quite a distance to travel and I have to say thank you
018again to Lori for being the tra the driver back in the dark. So that was wonderful. Thank you. Made back alive. I want to see a dash cam of your guys' road trip together. Oh my god, it is dark on those two lane roads. I am not kidding you. We were like watching for deer. We went through southern Illinois like you would not believe. Let me tell you. I mean, we Selma and Louise scenario. I'm glad you came back. Did we ever get our attendance prize? No, we never got our attendance prize. We had an attendance prize and it never it never evolved or whatever. It's like we're calling you have to contact them about our attendance prize. And here we sent them a thank you note. I take that note back. Okay. Our school
019board members have a school board members day in Illinois. uh on the November 15th. Uh information to uh learn how to recognize this day can be found on the IASB uh web page. The uh 2024 joint annual conference is November 22nd through the 24th. Uh this year several of our board members are going to be attending that including our superintendent. So, it's very very good that we are going to have this opportunity with elections coming up. Uh we have um election I'm sorry, school board candidates that may be interested in uh in running again. Uh the dates are sometimes changed. So, it probably would be uh good to check the website again, IASB, and make sure that you have the opportunity to be uh accurate with your uh with your application. Uh school board elections
020will be held during the cons consolidated election uh on the first Tuesday in April 2025. So, good luck everybody. Thank you. Very good. Thank you very much. Can I just say something real quick before we go? Sorry, it's super short, but this week is National Principal Recognition Week, so appreciation week. So, I want to give a special shout out. I know our district's doing a great job of honoring them through social media, but I'd like for you to hear directly from the school board how much we appreciate and value you from one administrator to another. um you know you you do everything and then some and you're working with fallout from the past you're managing the present and you're all while you're doing all that you're also trying to execute a vision and lead for
021the future and so thank you all of you are in the room so thank you and I hope you get appreciated a lot this week and I would like I would like [Applause] you I want to say how resilient our administration is and how how they are able to take uh any situation and cover it completely. Uh everybody gets along and that is just wonderful for success. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Um well and with that uh executive session would be next but we don't have executive session. So for 12 uh we need to approve approve the executive session minutes of the regular meeting of the board of education held on October 8th 2024. So move second. Okay. Roll call. Silva I. Hurin. I. Stacy I. Noble I Linamman I abstain Vinnie I Bradley
022hi okay and with that our next meeting will be November 12th 2024 right here and make sure you tune in for that one because as Dr. Dr. Harris said we'll have a lot more uh on the reconfiguration. And do we have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Second. All those in favor? I. And we are