001items to be considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Education scheduled for Tuesday March 25th 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the unit office conference room 500 North 10th Street hereon Illinois 62948 if everyone would please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag FL of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all this time I'd ask Mrs Hastings to please call R johon here herey GRE here here here here at this time we'd recognize anyone who would like to address the board when recognize that person should give their name before making comments statements are asked to be limited to five minutes in duration Mrs Hasting will will set a timer for those comments
002would anybody like to address the board at this time not we'll move on to the consent agenda need a motion a second and a roll call vote to adopt and approve items listed on the consent agenda and not extracted for Tuesday March 25th 2025 John hson yes Kelly Green yes yes yes Steve Robinson yes Steve yes moving on to Old business update on District construction construction projects Mr Wilson Mr Brad Kaiser from H Mitchell not really L the war supposed to be come back to do the same because I guess they worked out Flor right so we'll be back on first Thursday the parking lot I've talked to the site contractor I've talked to the concrete contractor and they've got until that fling's done which is supposed to be five weeks from Monday this past
003Monday to get complete so that's that's third deadline not done right yeah but everything else is done in the kitchen all that so it's just we're just waiting on the finishes yeah got gym Design's been going on ongoing the floor on the gym design um they've got all the hardwood installed it's all been has been sand just not been sanded at all I didn't know if they had say anything until yeah so they'll start sanding on Thursday and get that floor design down and after all the painting and shellacking the right bleachers are on site or you have them yeah in the conis yeah um finishing up the U epas work yeah should be done okay the exception yeah yeah then uh yeah just be the playground back in the back of the parking lot
004and playground area and get that cleaned up and be ready to roll yeah should be any questions for Brad no I Brad took me on a tour of the gym the other day what it's illegal just kidding your I broke the law what do you think Steve really nice look good very nice baskets are up and volleyball things are in and yeah just we'll make a big to-do when we get uh it all all prettied up ready to go k cafeteria is ready to go kitchen cafeteria we're missing like a faucet on the faucet no the faucet braet bracket okay and then the we have a hood above the dishwasher has to go in okay so yeah it's it's real close I've talked to Janine talk to Brad Ryan a little bit about that we're
005going to get the kids in here later this year and let them run through that cafeteria a couple times and then have some serving in there before we run it in next year the new ones are good good y yeah it's uh all but done right we just like finishing all right thanks Brad thank you prek is done by the way um the outside that's all getting some grass growing back there for instead of mud and then we'll have to do some work up front to get the parking lot restriped and configured correctly uh but that's all on this but not on the contract okay thank you for that moving on to special reports starting with the pre Center um this month every student was celebrated for as the Terri tiger of the month and
006they hosted a special celebration to Mark the Milestone and recognize the students hard work and dedication the screening event was a great success with 35 families attending they are continuing to accept screenings for the 2025 26 school year and some acknowledgements a huge thank you to Mike and the maintenance crew for their hard work and getting the building ready in a few days appreciation to the teachers and staff for coming in early to set up the class rooms and create a welcoming environment for the students and a heartfelt thank you to the parents and families for the patience kindness and support throughout the transition and lastly a very special thank you to First Baptist Baptist Church for graciously hosting during the transition and for their kindness and flexibility moving on to Northside Primary Center um
007Archer fan was the February attendance winner for the month 28 kindergarten students had perfect attendance 53 first grade students had perfect attendance for February um on March 6 norside participated in read across America Julie am organized the event by inviting 30 people to come to Northside primary to reach to the students and then jeie coffee organized a presentation by the Southwest Dairy Council on March 7th and the presenter taught the students about Dairy production and brought Louise the Cal the students enjoyed spending time with Louise moving on to the elementary school for attendance congratulations to the following classes for the best attendance percentages for February second grade was Mrs dugger's class third grade was Mr milikin class fourth was Mrs dodson's class fifth was Mrs Moore's class for perfect attendance her in elementary had 312
008out of 713 students with perfect attendance for February the AR Awards um students are encouraged to read and take AR tests to earn points a trophy is given at each grade level the following students won the AR accelerated award for February and they are maybe on a different page I'm so sorry first place Jonah Davis with 54.3 second place Gavin Lemons with 44.6 and Julian ladley with 44.6 third place was Blake Lemons with 41.8 points fourth place Gwen Hamilton with 36.5 points and fifth place was skyli Smith with 36.4 points um and then Mrs hard's or I'm sorry for second grade Mrs Hardwick's class had 122.3mi had 333 points and fourth and fifth um Mrs J had 344 points and Mrs Moore had 82.2 points um there were several students that won the February award
009for honesty and that was in the second third and fourth grade classes um and then lastly Mrs Bailey and her team they hosted the frost pause and that was an effort to raise money for Special Olympics the her and Flying Tigers are going to State congratulations and good luck to Penny Benson Ellie Braxton stad Aurora Skidmore Jaylen Lewis Christopher mckenny and Josh Nicks um moving on to the junior high school the her and Junior High School phys physical education along with student council had their annual American Heart Association Spring Fling fundraiser on March 7th the teachers and students raised $2,582 76 volleyball had a uh partnership with the student council to host a pink out night on February 24th $700 was raised to support hes teacher jod Geralds in her battle with cancer and on
010February 26th the volleyball team partnered with the mar and VA to host a veterans Appreciation Night the volleyball team and students collected canned food items to be donated to the Mary and Veterans food pantry 72 can goods were collected and the flags were presented by members of the American Legion Post 645 um from that post James Bales Jesse mcferson and Commander Daniel pretty participated for the chorus um they were very successful Saturday March 1st at the Illinois grade school music association solo and Ensemble contest heren Junior High had 11 entries and each performance received an excellent rating except for Max Piper who received a superior rating with a perfect score we on student council um the Junior High student council participated in the first annual Frosty faceof at Mount Dew Park the students and sponsors
011were able to raise $564 and that was donated to Special Olympics Illinois and um the her in high school jion council placed second overall and fundraising for a group and congratulations to Mrs Cravens for placing first overall as an individual and she's here tonight so thank you Mrs Cravens and then last but not least here in high school um here in high school Aces team is the Southern Illinois sectional Champions individual results were Vince Champion with first place in mathematics and Joshua Jones second place physics and third place in computer science the Flying Tigers have state qualifiers and they are Caitlyn Ripley Ethan Tate and Jackson hail HOSA had their spring competition and the results were first place in public health presentation Skylar Blakey Brooklyn Riggs and Jaden Rudder Sydney McCree also finished first place
012in that presentation second place in health career display was Emma chandley and Elizabeth Freeman second place was Natalie manise with life support skills um the meet the Tigers event will be held on March 28th at 6 pm at the varsity baseball field heren high school math team um won the division 2 a regional event with an impressive 705 team score and there were a individual wins from top to bottom which means that they're headed back to state in April and that will be at Bloomington normal congratulations Mr harlo that's fantastic um a shout out to drama club directors Mrs Jamie Wilson and Mrs Tammy pulum um they had um their show was The Outsiders which was fantastic um All Conference basketball players the following students made all conference for the 2024 2025 school year and
013for the boys it was Jared Staples Kyrie Lukens and GR Cox girls with Sophie Schram and Gracie craft the Tigerettes returned from state with a fifth place finish in the doua hip hop category an international night was held on March 24th and was a resounding success sophomore boys basketball congrats to congratulations to coaches Harrison and Holloway sophomore team um won the Murph SP Championship congratulations to our All Conference wrestlers Tyler Russell Garrett Ray Brandon Geralds Gabe Eldridge and Colby coffee and all South selections congratulations to our tiger athletes for that for the selection which is kyrese lucens and Colby coffee the Heron tiger fishing team um participated in the Trico High School tournament the team of Drake hob and Jackson Hudson took first place Grayson leaper also won big bass with the six pound bass
014tiger journalists participated in the 2025 sipa event and they're looking forward to the Iha sectionals in April and the following students received awards for FCCLA and they were James Wright with a golden child care provider portfolio Ren odm was gold and child care provider portfolio Harper SM Hammer who had a silver and preschool literature presentation Cameron Lawrence and Olivia bond with a gold and preschool lesson and giigi George and metal learner with a gold and preschool lesson in April they will take the projects to the Illinois fccl La State Conference in Springfield um All Conference members from Heron High School for the band are Hannah Bible Norah Simmons Sydney aison Isabella Ratford Harper smes Hammer Joshua Jones Evan rigs Sarah Johnson Madison a an sorry Emily hosman and Noah pulley and the chess team finished
015first in St Louis and here in high school hosted the ihsa music solo and Ensemble class a sectional on Saturday the 8th um our sophomores Juniors and seniors partic ipated in the 2025 hearing Chamber of Commerce career Expo they got the opportunity to explore different Pathways in their careers connect with local businesses and participate in mock interviews with industry professionals athletic signings congratulations to Harper SMI hammer on her signing at Greenville for dance to Nick hovert he signed with vincon to play baseball and to bowl ellerie Blakey for signing at SIU for track and sailor for signing to play volleyball at casasia Sydney Nelson finished 20th at this year's ihsa State finals in Rockford and with track congratulations to them for setting a new record for the 4 by8 with a time of 8 minutes
01625 SEC 25 seconds and some hundreds there at the Jersey gold winter thaw um the boys participating were Nolan Frost Mason King Bron Davis and Wayan Hall congratulations to wh and Hall on being selected 2425 All State academic team on hble mention and congratulations to our tigers for participating in the Arctic plunge they raised $3,333 and 21 members of the um Arctic plungers from the high school uh raised that amount of money congratulations to Tad chop for the most raised at80 and special thanks to Mr Lewis Mrs Billingsley Miss Moore Miss Jackson for chaperoning the students and plunging fantastic congratulations to all of our Tigers great work everybody I got a comment thank you Jennifer that was fantastic Kyle I have to maybe it's because you played basketball for me I don't know but um
017Matthew has done fantastic under your watch as well app congratulations on going to State and also I don't know how many of you know but he's also going to be a speaker at the uh math conference here in Illinois Western a in Illinois yes he's going to be the speaker at the MTH conference for the state of Illinois so congratulations on that appreciate which is quite the honor as I understand from Mr Vero so very good thanks you're welcome okay moving on to new business um any dis questions or discussion with regards to the uh consumer enrichment program if not we need a motion a second and roll call vote to approve that enrichment program as presented so Mo second K green yes yes Robinson yes Dave L yes Steve Young yes John Hinson yes
018any questions concerns or discussion with regard to the amended school calendar for 2024 2025 now we a motion a second and a roll call vote to adopt the amended official school calendar for 2024 2025 so moov Steve Young yes yes John Hinson yes Steve Robinson yes Kelly Green yes suton yes any questions or discussion with regard to the SIU agreement if not I need a motion a second and a roll call vote to approve the agreement with Southern Illinois University as presented so move Suson yes Steve Robinson yes Steve Young yes John Hinson yes Kelly Green yes yes need a motion a second and a roll call vote to approve summer drivers and as presented subm second Steve Robinson yes John Hudson yes Dave L yes St young yes yes K green yes any discussion
019questions Etc with regards to the purchase of the District Maintenance bands not we need a motion second and a roll call vote to approve that purchase subm second yes yes Steve Robinson yes yes yes this time I need a motion a second and a roll vote to close the meeting in accordance with section 122a of open meetings act citing the following exceptions as contained in section 122c to discuss disciplinary matters consider approving oppos minutes discuss the equipment employment compensation discipline performance evaluation and dismissal of specific employees and to discuss litigations subm second John hon yes yes GRE yes Steve yes second and a roll call vote to con reconvene into open session so second John hson yes green yes yes yes Robson yes yes need a motion a second and a roll call vote to
020adopt the Clos minutes for the meeting held February 25th 2025 subed second Kelly Green yes yes steeve Robinson yes G yes Steve Young yes John hson yes need a motion a second and a roll call vote to approve the following Personnel recommendations and has presented resignation Alex gellan as a dance coach for the junior high school John Howton as a custodian for the district for employment Lindsay Smith as a custodian for the district Josh Haynes as a varsity assistant football coach for the high school Gavin Jordan as a varsity assistant football coach for the high school Barry hover as a varsity assistant football coach for the high school Steve Bailey as a varsity assistant football coach for the high school George Douglas as head JB coach and varsity assistant football coach for the high school
021Jacob bcll as a JB assistant football coach for the high school and John deau I'm sorry John deos as a dollar baseball coach for the high school vacancies to be posted dance coach for the high school and custodian for the district second Steve Young yes Dave LS yes John hson yes Steve Robinson yes Kelly Green yes yes he a motion a second and a roll vote to approve the Reemployment all fulltime tenure and non-en your teachers for the 2025 2026 school year some second suon yes Robinson yes young yes John hson yes green [Music] yes need a motion a second and a roll call vote to Grant tenure to the following people as presented Sierra Anderson Jessica Apple Jessica Clark Esther Kramer Maris doson Jacob emling krie furo Allison Grace Adam Harrison Whitney housworth Jay
022hu Julie lingle Justin lucans Matthew mcway Brittney Moore Justin rero Nicole rero Francine sabens Teresa Snyder Joe C Summers Eric Terell Lori and Dana will second Steve Robinson yes John hson yes yes yes yes yes having completed the items on the agenda I need a motion a second roll Club vote to adjourn until the next meeting scheduled for Thursday April 24th at 5:30 p.m. in the unit office conference room 500 nor 10th Street par Illinois 62948 so MO second yes yes Robinson John hson Kelly Green yes thank you everyone