001alrighty everybody Welcome to the Granite City Community Unit School District number n Board of Education meeting for Tuesday March 25th 2025 and can we get a roll call and Declaration of Quorum Vinnie here Bradley here Silva here Curran here Stacy here Nole here Laman here miss cooch here all right and if everybody would please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an invocation by Pastor Carla Frost with St John United Church of Christ to the of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation God indivisible and justice for all let us be in a spirit of pray prayer holy and mighty one source of knowledge and wisdom we pray for your guidance this evening that the participants and decision makers may share vision for the continued strength of
002our educational system we are well aware that strength comes in respectfully working together thoughtfully compromising at times and carefully taking actions that may be modified later if necessary in the work of this group guide them to balance caution and boldness fiscal restraint and generous support employe and employer expectations and both social and academic program needs we pray for the students and families each with their unique situations whether troubled or exemplary together we desire to offer the best possible education knowing that P potential is always there to be tapped and so we place all matters in your hands for blessing asking that you inspire the leadership work of this body and the lives they touch now and forever amen amen you thank you very much thank you okay next up is public comment I don't believe
003we have anything for today so uh number five can we have an approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Education Board of Education held on March 11th 2025 so move second okay uh roll call Bradley hi Silva hi Curran hi Stacy abstain kogle hi lman I vennie I okay uh next up is the consented 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 move second okay and discussion yes I would just like to thank uh the Granite City Alumni Association they donated $1,500 to the uh prayther Elementary School to help put the final
004touches on their new library so just thank you so much for that it's greatly appreciated yes thank you and if you graduated from Grand City High School and you're not a member you might want to think about it um and then let's move on to vote oh yeah the vote that's right I'm skipping over stuff roll call please hi curan hi Stacy hi kogle I linman I Vinnie I Bradley I okay next up we have 8A uh resend retirements and resignations it's recommended that the file in retirements and resignations listed below and on the gcsd9 website be rescinded so moved second roll call curan I Stacy I kogle I linaman I Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I okay 8B retirements and resignations it's recommend the filing retirements and resignations listed below and on the gcsd9
005website be accepted so moved second roll call Stacy I Nole I lman I Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I Cen I and 8 C um requests for leaves of absence it's recommend the filing request for leaves of absence is listed below and on the district website be approved so moved second roll call kogle I linaman I vny I Bradley I Silva hi hi Stacy I 8D requests for extensions to leaves of absence it's recommended that fing request for extensions of Le to leaves of absences be listed below and on the gcsd9 website be approved so move second roll call linaman I Vinny I Bradley I Silva I Curran I Stacy I kogle I 8 e certified and classified substitutes it's recommended the following applicants listed below and on the gcsd9 website be board approved as
006substitutes for the 2425 school year so second roll call Benny I Bradley I Silva I curan I Stacy I Nole I lenman I okay 8 F1 dismissal of third-year probationary teacher for reasons other than reduction and force you've received detailed information about this item the administration's prepared to make recommendations are hold for discussion and executive session the gcsd9 administration requests that the Board of Education adopt the following resolution for the dismissal of a third-year probationary teacher Lauren Smith for reasons other than reduction in force approval is recommended so moved second roll call Bradley I Silva I curan I Stacy I Nole I linman I venny I okay um 8 G1 employment of special education par professional for the 2425 school year you've received detailed information about this item the administration is prepared to make recommendations
007or hold for discussion in executive session the gcsd9 administration and interview committee consisting of Dr Adam Garrett Executive Director of Human Resources and Lisa cochrum human resource specialist are recommend the employment of Angela danzi as a special education prayer professional for the 2425 School year approval is recommended pinning the submission of the required paperwork second roll call Silva I Curran I Stacy i kogle i linman i vny i Bradley I 8 G2 employment of alternative education par professional 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 the gcsd9 administration and interview committee consisting of Dr Adam Garrett Executive Director of Human Resources Mike dowy Lake essc principal and Lisa cochrum human resource Specialists are recommending the employment
008of Alice and Conway as alternative education prepare professional for the 2425 school year approval is recommended pinning the submission of the required paperwork so moved roll call curan hi Stacy hi Noble hi lman hi I Bradley Silva I okay 81 employment of special education teacher at griggsby elementary school for the 2526 school year that's kind of weird to read on paper griggsby Elementary so okay go ahead yeah you receive detailed information about this item the administration prepared to make recommendations or hold for discussion in executive session the gcsd9 administration interview committee consisting of Dr Adam G Executive Director of Human Resources Mickey Watkins EX director of special education Jill reli supervisor of special education and Steve matthys principal of griggsby intermediate school I recommend the employment of Olivia Brumley as special education teacher at griggsby
009elementary school for the 2526 school year approval is recommended pinning the submission of the required paperwork so moved second roll call Stacy I kogle I lindaman I Benny I Bradley Silva I current I hh2 employment of of griggsby elementary school nurse for the 2526 school year you've received detailed information about this item the administration prepared to make recommendations are H for discussion and executive session the gcsd9 administration and interview Committee consisent of Dr Adam Garrett Executive Director of Human Resources Dr David Keel executive director of educational operations Steve Mattis principal griggsby Intermediate School and Jane Whitehead gcsd9 nurse are recommending the employment of Brandy blankley as G griggsby element school nurse for the 2526 school year approval is recommended pining the submission of the required paperwork so move second roll call kogle I linaman I
010Vinnie I Bradley I Silva I curan I Stacy I all right uh 10A Amendment to the 2020 intergovernmental agreement for services of the Six Mile Regional Library District the gcsd Administration requests that the Board of Education approve the attached Amendment to the 2020 intergovernmental agreement with the Six Mile Regional Library District the amendment allows gcsd9 to share information necessary to create and maintain Public Library accounts for all students the Six Mile Regional Library District will provide the library cards to the students to use at the public library the Six Mile Regional Library District approved the amendment at their meeting on March 11th 2025 approval is recommended so moved second roll call linaman I vny I Bradley hi Silva I curan I Stacy I Nole I okay there it is and 10B Building Trades house 4840
011Bailey Drive the gcsd9 administration seeks the approval to purchase Lot 8 in the donellan subdivision located at 4840 Bailey Drive the construction of the new home will begin on in August of 2025 the home will be built by gchs vocational Building Trades and Vocational electricity classes cost of the lot is $ 37,999 Freedom of Information 111a Freedom of Information Act requests thank the Freedom of Information Act requests listed below and on the gcsd9 website were handled by Administration okay and uh 111b the Illinois Association of school board's liaison Report with a brief report by our Treasurer Linda kogle okay um Lori Silva and I attended a division meeting iasb division meeting at there we go a division meeting in Troy uh at Silver Creek Elementary um it was uh very well attended uh by many
012of the school district uh personnel uh in the area and outside of the area as well as a lot of iasb people were there uh they spotlighted their uh support uh program for their students that were having difficulty in school uh it was a program that they had and decided on and had a lot of input from their teacher as well as the students themselves and uh they call it the they called it the Success Center uh it's very similar to our program that we have um the Support Services Center uh at Lake theirs was very small it was a uh approximately 40 students but they are were only focusing on the upper grades in high school so uh the that's probably why there were so many or so few students there they centered on
013the uh their program centered around the uh focus of selfimprovement uh Active Learning career focus and of course graduation so uh Lori you want to say any say your impression of the program oh it was very interesting uh what they did very much like ours um but they actually included students who you know just didn't have the motivation to get them through the system and and they had extra help in place right so it was very interesting we got to see it and everything and I I like the idea that they used uh a lot of in input from the students uh they when they were asked if they could have the if they would like to have the the facility within the High School area uh or building the students said no they wanted
014to have a separate building away from the high school so this is I thought that was kind of interesting the way they chose to have their own separate uh entity so but it was very well attended and uh we enjoyed the uh whole program okay mhm thank you very much and with that that kind of ends the uh regular part of the board meeting because we do need to go into executive session tonight and uh the exceptions are under five ilcs 1202 open meetings and uh tonight it is uh 2c1 the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body do we have a motion to go into executive so moved second okay uh roll call Bradley I Silva I curan I Stacy I Nole i linaman i vny i
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