001oops wait a minute you were on earlier I heard you hello hey there it is we got it um welcome everybody to the Grand City Community Unit School District number N9 Board of Education meeting for Tuesday February 25th 2025 uh can we have our roll call and Declaration of Quorum Vinny here Bradley Silva absent Curran here Stacy absent uh kogle here linaman here miss kocham here and if everybody would please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an invocation by Pastor Jared Corzine of Unity Baptist Church i al to the flag of the United States America and to the it stands one nation God indivisible liy and Justice all would you bow your heads and pray with me God we thank you for the blessings in our school district Lord we thank you for
002the administration our faculty our staff and our many wonderful students and we pray for blessings on on those students who are whether they Excel whether they have great need or whether they just need your love we pray that you would use the adults and classmates and peers to give that to them and we pray Lord for guidance tonight and for wisdom for these leaders as they discuss issues as we celebrate and honor what you're doing in our community and Lord as decisions need to be made we pray that you would bring your help and guidance in your name we pray amen amen thank you thank you so much thank you Pastor okay and next we have public comment but I don't think anybody turned anything in and I don't think anyone is here for anything
003else so now we get to move on to the fun stuff uh first mid- america Credit Union announced a teachers grants where with nine recipients within Granite City Community Unit School District number nine and and that's for the uh 2024 fall semester and um anyway if I could call up president and CEO of firstman America Credit Union alen Meyer as well as uh employees Amber Scott Martha Morse and Abby [Applause] Mast all right um thank you for uh letting us come here today we again we're with First Mid America Credit Union and we are happy to be able to support the school district that the teachers and the great work that they're doing by um offering the two $250 teacher grants to the teachers grades um K through fifth grade um the credit union you
004know supports the community in any way that we can and we understand the important work that the school district does so we're happy to be able to support the teachers um and allow them to do some enhanced programs with their classes right thank you very much and did anyone else want to say anything or throw that out there all right sounded good well then what we'll do is we'll go ahead and call up our recipients and uh we'll grab a picture with with everyone up here and uh and we'll get the big group photo and all that fun stuff um first We Have Allison Downing with Mitchell third and fourth grade uh we got and we have a by she used the grant for lingual education tablets and portable translator device for non-english speaking [Applause]
005students okay and then next we have Jessica Ferris from prayther kindergarten and she used hers for stem [Applause] kits next we have Tiffany KH for Mitchell third [Applause] grade and hers was used on a Chromebook charging [Applause] station next we have Kay Lan forck at prayther kindergarten [Applause] and she used hers on sensory bins for special education classes and and next I believe he is absent uh Patrick McBride uh Mitchell third grade and he used his on a Chromebook charging station and some extra [Applause] Chargers and then next we have Tracy na with froh har and Mitchell third in fourth grade and Tracy used hers for uh bucket drumming for the music class [Applause] up next Stacy swingler with kindergarten through fifth grade uh and Stacy got translation headphones for non-english speaking students [Applause] next
006we have Stacy unfried with prayther kindergarten and she got some music class supplies and finally we have Mary Wright with Wilson first and second [Music] grade and Mary purchased speech and language pathology books all righty if everybody wants to come on up we'll get the big picture feel free to tell us where to [Laughter] go they tend to put me in the back thank thank you guys thank you congratulations conat all right very nice yes thank you so much wonderful yes we are so happy to have thank you very much thank you have a good one thanks again to first mid- america Credit Union because that gets a lot done for us okay where am I they want to go yeah and now is that special time where if you'd love to stick around and
007see how the sausage is made you're more than welcome but if not you can leave keep waiting for the boat you better even that boat out it's going to tip over yeah you got it and with that can we get a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Education held on February 11th 2025 so moved second okay roll call Bradley hi curan I kogle I lman I Vinnie I all righty uh next is 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 s for individual discussion and consideration so moved second okay in discussion yes please uh would just like to thank a few
008people for that donated uh Darren and an mayhall and Donna Carly they donated uh monetarily to froh Har for the incoming nurse uh just appreciate Their donation and then also we had a RICO Service Company city of Granite City and Unity Baptist Church who donated a number of things time uh to help a family that was in some need in our community and help them get them back in their house so just appreciate everything people do for our for our students in our community thank you 100% all um roll call puran I Nole I linaman I Benny I Bradley I okay and with that uh 8A resend retirements and resignations it's recommended the filing retirements and resignations listed below and on the gcsd9 website be rescinded so moved second roll call Nole I linman I
009Vinny I Bradley I Curran I 8B retirements and resignations it's recommended the following retirements and resignations listed below and on the website be accepted so move second okay roll call linman I Benny I Bradley I curan I kogle I okay 8 C requests for leaves of absence it's recommended the filing request for leaves of absence is listed below and on the website be approved so move second roll call Vinny I Bradley I curan hi kogle i l hi 8D detector supervision at kage Junior High School yes the gcsd9 administration requests the approval to add an extracurricular stien for the supervision implementation of metal detectors at kage Junior High School certified staff will be compensated as determined by the 2425 extracurricular styen scheduled at Club sponsor B per quarter approval is recommended so move second roll
010call or discussion if we have any but yeah Bradley I heran I Nole I Laman I Benny I okay 8e extracurricular recommendations 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 recommended the following extracurricular assignments for the 2425 school year listed below and on the gcsd9 website be approved so moved second it's all metal detector duties support correct y uh roll call curan I Nole I linman hi Vinnie I Bradley I 8f extracurricular volunteers for the 2425 school year you've received detailed information about this item Administration is prepared to make recommendations are hold for discussion in executive session the gcsd9 administration is recommending that the following extracurricular volunteers for the 2425 school year listed below
011and on the gcsd9 website be approved approval is recommended so moved second roll call Bogle I linaman I Vinnie I Bradley I Curran I okay 8G recommendations for gchs student workers co-ops for the 2425 school year yes You' received detailed information about this item Administration is prepared to make recommendations are hold for discussion and executive session the gcsd9 administration is recommending the filing student worker Co-op for the 2425 school year listed below and on the gcsd9 website be approved approval is recommended pining the submission of the required paper work I move second roll call lamman hi vny I Bradley I cin I SLE I 8h certified and classified substitutes it's recommended the following applicants listed below and on the gcsd9 website be approved as substitutes for the 2425 school year all moved roll call Vinnie
012I Bradley I curan I Nole I lenan I okay 8 i1 employment of 4-Hour Union Cafe worker for the 2425 school year you rece detailed information about this item the administration prepared to make recommendations are hold for discussion in executive session the gcsd9 administration and interview committee consistent of Dr Adam Garrett Executive Director of Human Resources Chris mola supervisor of food services and Lisa cochrum human resource Specialists are recommending the employment of Janelle Hartman as a 4-Hour Union Cafe worker for the 2425 school year approval is recommended pining the submission of the required paperwork so moved second roll call Bradley i curan i kogle i linaman i Vinny I 8 I2 employment of title one par professional for the 2425 school year you've received detailed information about this item the administration is prepared to make
013recommendations are hold for discussion and executive session the gcsd9 administration and the interview committee consistent of Dr Adam Garrett Executive Director of Human Resources Steve mathys griggsby Intermediate School principal and Lisa kocham human resource specialist are recommending the employment of Aurora lo lockart as the title one prayer professional for the 2425 school year approval is recommend pending the submission of the required paperwork so moved second roll call Cen I Nole I linaman hi Vinnie I Bradley I okay uh 10A Southwestern conference invitation yes the gcsd9 administration requests that the Board of Education accept the invitation for the Granite City High School to join the southwestern conference for the 20 it'll be for the 20 627 school year approval is recommended mve second discussion roll call kogle I linaman I Benny I Bradley I curan I
014and 10B ratification of memorandum of understanding with the Granite City Federation of educational professionals the gcsd9 administration requests that the Board of Education ratify the memorandum of understanding between the Granite City Federation of educational professionals and the Granite City C usd99 signed on Friday February 21st 2025 the mou addresses the alignment of building time scheduling and Staffing Provisions approval is recommended so moved second okay roll call linaman hi finny I Bradley I curan I st uhle I okay um let's see 111a uh the Freedom of Information Act requests uh we didn't have any there were none at that time wow um we have some for next meeting already there we go um 111b are uh or no are we not doing that today nothing nothing today okay then we'll scratch that one too um and
015as for executive session we don't have it so we'll jump right into uh 13A the approval of the executive session minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Education held on February 11th 2025 we have a motion nope second who is first Don okay uh roll call Vinnie I Bradley hi Curran I kogle I lamman hi all right well then uh our next meeting is March 11th 2025 right here at 6 p.m. and with that uh do we have a motion to adjourn so move second all right I'll those in favor hi hi 619 thereor than my drive to get here did you say it was faster than your D yeah it took me 45 minutes to get home today almost an hour so just so you guys know we're going to put stuff
016out with those times so people know that that changed