001The board of education scheduled for Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the unit office conference room, 500 North 10th Street, Heron, Illinois, 62948. If everyone would please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance 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. >> Mrs. Hastings, would you please call roll? [snorts] >> John Hutchinson >> here. >> Susie Etheton >> here. >> Cindy Miller >> here. >> Kelly [clears throat] Green >> here. >> Steve Young >> here. >> Steve Robinson >> here. >> Before we get started with everything, [snorts] I would like to take this moment. Um, I know Veterans Day was a couple weeks ago, but if you serve this country
002as a veteran, I'd like for you to please rise at this time so that you can be recognized for your service. And we just want to say thank you for that. I know there's at least two people here. >> Thank you. [applause] We appreciate your service to our country. Also, on behalf of the board, thank you very much for the very kind and generous gifts that you guys gave to us. It's very much appreciated. I think we all do this out of, you know, service to our community, but these kinds of things make it very nice. We're very appreciative and grateful for that. So, thank you for the spirit of thanksgiving. Thank you very much for that. [snorts] Um, at this time, we'd recognize anyone who wishes to address the board. When recognized, each person
003should give their name before making their comments. Statements are asked to be limited to five minutes in duration. Is there anybody that would like to address the board at this time? you don't complain about having to come up here on last day before turkey break. >> If not, we'll just keep moving forward. Then um within our consent agenda, there is a um an item that has to do with our tax levy for 2025 tax levy. If anybody has any questions, make sure to address those to Nathaniel before our next month's meeting when we will be voting on that. Um, at this time I'd need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to accept and approve the items listed on the consent agenda and not extracted for Tuesday, November 25th, 2025. >> Sydney Miller,
004>> yes. >> Hutchinson, >> Kelly Green, >> yes. >> Son, yes. >> Steve Robinson, >> yes. >> Steve Young, >> yes. >> Having no old business, we'll move forward to the special reports. Hope Aith, Lizzie Apple, Canon Kluff, Lydia Kluff, Chris Copeland, JC Frost, Ellie Hall, Ava Jelac, Sawyer Lane, Stefania Marlo, Jane Melvin, Autumn Meyers, Jericho Snider, Reed Walker, Emerson, Yesi, and Katarina Zaranti were honored as students of the month for the month of October. These students were selected for demonstrating their Tiger trait of responsibility in September at the junior high school. On Monday, November 24th, 22 students represented Heron Junior High School at the Southern Illinois Grade School Vocal Music Association Fall Festival in Marian. Moving on to the North Side Primary Center, Cidaly James won the October Perfect Attendance Award. Mrs. Yates's class
005won the attendance traveling trophy. Her class had an an attendance percentage of 98.52% in October. Mrs. Houseworth's class won the attendance trophy for September. Her class had an attendance percentage of 99.1%. Which is excellent. The following students showed responsibility in the classroom and throughout the building and they are Kayla Monteth, Emerson Aaylor, Leila Kluff, Bryson Mazo, Ocean Hart, Emily Joy Howell, Henry Emling, Michaela Seab, Adrien Carr, Noah Shirley, Liam Vaughn, Leighton Derry, Archer Fan, Jensen Burley, Leona Weir, Luna Shrom, Claire Jones, Mason Cudy, Jaylen Weirm, Natalie Webb, Journey Jackson, and Bill Mancia Fernandez. Moving on to the high school, three students earned National Merit Scholarship Commendations, and they are Landrich Contrarus, Nolan Gentilely, and Holden Westbury with one finalist being Tyler Dodson. Congratulations to those individuals. That's a huge accomplishment. The Heron High School hosted
006their annual Meet the Tigers winter event on November 21st. This event had a chili dinner. alumni game and scrimmages. All winter sports and clubs were introduced. Heron High School cross country team qualified for state where they placed 12th. Mason King was named to first team all south for cross country. Maddox Burks, Miles Elllet, and Nolan Frost were named second team all south. Students earning recognition for cross country all conference were Mason King, Nolan Frost, Miles Ellott, Maddox Burks, and Braden Davis. Students recognized for football allconerence honors were Scotty Reynolds, first team defensive end and first team offensive line, Ryland Lawa as a first team linebacker, and Jacobe Stubs a second team defensive back. Gracie Craft is recognized all conference for girls golf. Gigi George and Brooklyn Brandon were recognized with all South honors and girls
007doubles. Shaniah Johnson earned all conference recognition in volleyball. The hair and math team leads a fall contest season with a 100 point advantage over the second place team. Congratulations to coach Harlo and his team. The science club took first place overall in the pumpkin chucking contest. Tyler Dodson and Braden Davis won $3,000 scholarships. Don't make me laugh, Steve. That was that was difficult. I want to make sure I don't have an oops up here while I'm reading all these things. Um, October students of the month were Ava Getting, Ryland Ladawa, Madison Dickerson, Madison Kelly, and last but not least, the Herren High School Educator Rising Club attended SIU Education Day where Riley Ray was awarded a $500 scholarship from SIU. So, congratulations to all of our Tigers. Great work. [snorts] >> And I'd like to
008say the STEM night at school great as well. STEM night, which is good. Um, next on our special reports, we have a parent teacher conference report. Um, any comments, questions, or concerns with regard to that? >> All right, moving on to new business. Uh, Mr. Wilson, would you like to discuss anything with regard to the audit report? >> Uh, the only thing the audit report showed was a finding on our segregation of duties. It's common for us to get that as well as nearly every school district in Southern Illinois. So nothing significant on the finding the audit. Well appreciate Rachel and everybody up here at the union office for all the work to get that audit successfully completed. >> Reviewing that was very very clean. So great job everybody all wonderful work on all of
009that. Um if there are no questions or concerns with regard to that need a motion and second and a roll call vote to adopt the audit report and findings for the fiscal year 2025. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Kelly Green. >> Yes. >> Cindy Miller. >> Yes. >> Susie Oden. Yes. >> Steve Robinson. >> Yes. >> Steve Young. >> Yes. >> John Hutchinson. >> Yes. >> We need a motion, second, and roll vote to approve the winter driver's education program as presented. >> Steve Young, >> yes. >> John Hutchinson, >> yes. >> Steve Robinson, >> yes. >> Kelly Green, >> yes. >> Susie, >> yes. >> Cindy Miller, >> yes. >> We need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to approve the agreement with Timberview Wellness as presented. >> [clears throat]
010>> Second. >> Susie, >> yes. >> Steve Robinson, >> yes. >> Steve Young, >> yes. >> John Hutchinson, >> Sydney Miller, >> yes. >> Kelly Green, >> yes. We need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to approve the agreement with the stress and trauma treatment center as presented. >> Steve Robinson, >> yes. >> John Hutchinson, >> yes. >> Steve Young, >> yes. >> Susie Eton, >> yes. Miller. >> Yes. >> Kelly Green. >> Yes. Um, moving on to the maintenance grant application. Uh, Mr. Wilson, would you like to provide some information? >> Yeah. Maintenance grant. Uh, state board of education puts out the maintenance grant the last few years. They have it's a $50,000 match uh matching grant, which means we have to put up 50,000. The state provides $50,000. We've done
011that the last couple of years. We've completed some HVAC work, uh, a small amount of roofing work, and, uh, talking with Michael and Steve Sims, trying to get our health life safety list knocked off the tenure health life safety plan. We need to do some more HVAC work at the high school. This will go towards that. I would anticipate this may be the last year we see maintenance grants coming out from the state just simply because of a lack of revenue. So, taking advantage of this one more time, just asking for the board to approve it as presented to get some more HVAC work done. This time, looking at high school, we just had controls done at North Side this year is what uh the maintenance [clears throat] grant went for this past year. >>
012Are there any other big ticket items that we need to plan for as far as something that this would cover? >> Not like not in this $100,000 range. Okay. No, we we have roofs that are going to have to be repaired, replaced probably in the next few years, but those won't fit in the, you know, 5050 $100,000 category. Those are quarter million dollar projects. >> Okay. >> Any comments or questions with regard to the maintenance grant application? >> Seeing none, I need a motion, second, or roll vote to approve the maintenance grant application as presented. Susie Ezerton. >> Yes. >> Z Robinson. >> Yes. >> John Hutchinson. >> Yes. >> Kelly Green. >> Yes. >> Cindy Miller. >> Yes. >> Steve Young. >> Yes. >> Within our packet, there was the first reading of the
013school board policies. This would be considered the first reading. We will take care of those at our next meeting in December. Moving forward, I need a motion, a second, and a roll co vote to close the meeting in accordance with section 122A of the open meetings act citing the following exceptions as contained in section 122c to discuss student disciplinary cases. Consider the approval of closed minutes, discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, evaluation, and dismissal of specific employees and to discuss litigation. So moved. >> Second. >> John Hutchinson. Yes. >> Susie Edton. >> Yes. >> Cindy Miller. >> Yes. >> Kelly Green. >> Yes. >> Steve Young. >> Yes. >> Steve Robinson. >> Yes. >> Session. >> Sydney Miller. >> Yes. >> Hutchinson. >> Yes. >> Green. >> Yes. >> Etherton. >> Yes. >> Steve Robinson.
014>> Yes. >> Steve Young. >> Yes. We need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to approve the closed minutes from the meeting held October 28th, 2025. >> Second Green, >> yes. >> Sydney Miller, >> Steve, yes. >> Steve Robinson, [clears throat] >> yes. >> Steve Young, >> yes. >> Hutchinson, >> need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to approve the following personnel recommendations as presented or amended. Maternity leave. Maris Dodson whose leave will begin January 2026. Retirement. Bobby hearing intent to to retire at the end of 2029 2030 school year. >> We're not accepting that. We're not accepting. >> I'd like to make a motion to go to close session to discuss that. [laughter] >> Go back to close session. >> Tammy McFill is a family outreach advocate for
015the elementary school. I'm sorry. Let me back up. This resignations. Tammy McFill is a family outreach advocate for the elementary school. Megan Malow is a family outreach advocate for the junior high school. And Stacy Jones as homecoming coordination coordinator for the high school. for employment. Michelle Vaughn as a lead cook for the junior high school. Eli Falenberry as an esport dollar coach for the high school. Cole Robertson as a boys de uh boys basketball dollar coach for the high school to post the vacancies for a cook for the junior high school and a library information specialist for the high school. >> Second. >> Yes. Greens. >> Yes. >> Being this is the last week of November and Thursday is Thanksgiving. I just want to express to everyone how very thankful I am for all of
016you that sit in this room. I wish you all a very happy and special Thanksgiving day. I'm thankful for all of you and we we have a definite turkey right here. Um hope your day is blessed. Be safe and thank you so much for your service to our district. Having completed the items on the agenda, I need a motion, a second, and a roll call vote to adjourn until the next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the unit office conference room, 500 North 10th Street, Herren, Illinois 62948. A public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. regarding the 2025 tax levy with a regular meeting immediately following. second. >> Yes. >> Robinson. >> Yes. >> John Hillary. >> Yes.