001all right at 7 pm i'll call the meeting to order i'd like to welcome everyone if we could start with our roll call vote please come [Music] adam can you hear us adam humpty adam yeah i'm here can you hear us i can't now timmy hines here andrea corey here greg meyer here scott middlecam here mrs schumacher here tyson search here all right thank you we have a quorum like to welcome all our visitors here and everybody online as well do we have any public comments just came for the show right i think correspondents have gone around here on to the consent agenda the consent agenda we are mostly full with our positions we still need cooks we still need drivers but we'll be able to make do if school would start i will say
002this um we're looking at our enrollments our kindergarten first second third they're all looking at around 22 to 23 students per classroom um really been spending a lot of time working with alyssa and jean and discussing it with miss becker and um i'd like to add a kindergarten and first grade elementary teacher to the to the mix say we're gonna post for that the reason behind that is is it would bring our classes down to 20. um of our kindergartens a lot of them have never gone to preschool because of the covid we're still fighting the covid this will be accounted for in the budget it's going to be probably our sr3 funds that we'll be able to write for that and so um based on the the grant for the esser money the fact
003that we've got the class sizes that are larger we're coming off of the coved year i'd like to add a kindergarten in the first grade mrs becker is going to move some things around and make that work but i'd like to have that added i know that's a last minute consent item but uh we were waiting to get the numbers in and then really we've been spending some time thinking about it so changed the mind and decided to post for it today in fact so if there's no issues with that we'd like that approved as amended with the two postings for kindergarten and first grade any questions concerns comments all right with that i'd entertain a motion to accept the consent a gender as agenda as presented uh i'll make a motion to accept the
004consent agenda as amended thanks scott i'll second that okay i have a motion on a second kimberly rocal please adam pempkin hi tammy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes scott little cam lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes excellent thank you on to item number six is our communication reports and presentations start with our administrator's report yeah it's um we don't we're not in session right now so we're skipping over the principal's report they will most likely be back next month as we're back in session um so we'll move on to the assistant superintendent's report so this is first it is so i don't have a lot yet for you um other than to tell you i've uh i feel like i've hit the ground running um done a lot of reviewing courtney's notes
005to see where kind of things were left off and kind of the vision of where things were going um did a lot of looking at the surveys that teachers filled out at the end of this year to kind of see where their feelings were and and what i could kind of start the year off with um with what they were kind of thinking i've met with all the building principles and had a conversation where they feel like their buildings are curriculum wise where strengths and weaknesses are and kind of how i can help assist and we can move together as a district i have been looking at the preliminary illinois assessment of readiness scores have come in so they're not the official ones but the preliminary ones have come in so i've been breaking those
006down to kind of see what they look like but also compare them to pre-covid to see how far behind how much covid really did have an impact on the students and where we need to make sure that we focus so working on those and breaking those up and then going to have some conversations with the building principles before school starts and then start having grade level teams help go through that data with me as well working with the principals to do the school improvement plans but kind of at a holding point for a second until i know mr grody is working with you all on kind of your priorities and goals and vision and i really think that the school improvement plans need to come from the district improvement plan and work its way down
007so that everything filters in together so waiting kind of on hold with those but that's on the forefront um obviously the curriculum maps i've gone through them to see how far courtney and those curriculum teams have gotten and where we need to go but hopefully all of those will be ready and ready for your approval sooner rather than later but it's a giant project so i'm not going to say in the next month or so but also really want to be able to get community involvement in those as well so have parents be able to see them ask questions and get some input from the community as well on those um and then otherwise i've been meeting a lot of people in the district um i keep telling people you know it's great to meet
008them but give me a little bit of time before you test me on your name um so but met with the certified union today and the support staff union so i got to meet a lot of them met people just being out in the buildings and moving around and then in the community i've been trying to get around and meet as many people as possible too so i had a chance to meet with the new mayor i've been to two rotary meetings so starting to meet some community members on the rotary as well and i've met with sergeant hopkins as well kind of planned some things out but kind of he's been filling me in a little bit more too about the community so all right thank you very much to our superintendent's report yeah
009regarding foia we had our um i guess our quarterly smart procure foia we responded to that as we always do summer projects i don't know if you've seen the middle school but it's going to get sprayed next week so that hopefully it'll never get black again it's going to stay nice and clean for us the high school parking lot looks good um they've repaired it it's doing very well the other big thing is um masks covid and updates we're we're given the local control talking with mr wagner at this point in time he firmly believes that we should be able to have masks optional we will be working with the uh health department to make sure that our numbers are where they need to be i've gotten a few phone calls from concerned parents about
010um that option uh just like last year whenever we made a decision you'd hear both sides of the position and so i just want to be clear there's some people that aren't happy about the fact that we're doing masks optional and i think there's a lot of people though that are happy tomorrow alyssa and i are she's going to attend her first roe meeting via zoom and all the superintendents are meeting with the health departments and we're going to discuss various things had a presentation today from barney mundorf our legal counsel and some highlights from that are that nas are indeed local decisions that we should be working with our health departments so as long as it's safe for us to do so we will continue masks optional masks are required on the bus just
011like they're required on planes trains ubers any mass transit it's a federal mandate so on our buses we will have to wear masks we have ordered extra masks so the bus drivers will have them for the students that come and they don't have them but uh we're hoping that won't be too big of an issue quarantines is the big one that's going to be a discussion for tomorrow that i'll learn more about it's my understanding right now that if you are vaccinated you will not need to be quarantined for close contact i also unsure what close contacts new definition is going to be as to whether or not it's now to the three foot rule or if it's the six foot rule i will say this there's discussion that if two people are wearing masks
012say we're in here you've got a mask on i've got a mask on you don't have a mask on you get sick i would not be quarantined because i had a mask and you had a mask i think you would be quarantined possibly if you were within close contact because you weren't wearing the mask and you don't have that layer again quarantining is probably one of the key questions we've gotten from parents and as we're working through all of the logistics of this um we're going to communicate out with the parents as soon as we can as soon as we know a lot of those details again it's going to be working with our health department on those details to make sure that what we do is safe for our area with our numbers we
013encourage all family members all all children that are feeling ill to stay home you know um the whole idea of that needing to be tested and everything like that is going to then be the new processes for this year's we're going to have to see what's going to happen so those protocols are going to be somewhat adjusted those are really the key high points are there any questions concerns or comments regarding any of that we will have a return to school plan it's going to currently be exactly what we had last year only amended the masks are optional it will give the superintendent control to work with the illinois department of public health to hopefully we don't have it happen but you know should it happen we'll have to say you know send out a
014message master now mandatory and we're gonna have to start wearing them um the delta variant is the the key thing i think a lot of people are concerned about all i can say is right now we are working on it safety and security of your children is primary and so we've been told it's safe to go without mass we're going to go without mass until it's not safe and we'll make the adjustments as necessary all right any questions live the group tonight all right on to item seven which is our items for action uh first is review discussion that consider the resolution regarding local control this was put on the agenda before we were given control advise we have local control so we're good i think we're good anybody has anything to discuss or ask
015her so that's government action but we get it before we ask for it perfect all right go on to item b under the subject was the approval of the milk bid so the milk bin we had prairie farms and coal submit bids prairie farms was the lowest they are a reasonable bidder recommendations that you approve the milk bid of prairie farms as presented any questions or discussion i may want to go out on a limb and approve the milk bit i'll make the motion thank you tammy i'll second it lisa motion in a second can we roll call please sandy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes adam hunkin yes i like milk good all right uh c is the approval of the bread bib we had two
016bids for the breads uh it was the alpha and the coal the alpha was the lowest bitter and again they're a responsive bidder so we recommend that the board awards it to alpha as presented you want to talk about britain i'd like to entertain a motion to accept our bread bit as presented i'll make promotion tyson second the bread fans i'll second it thank you lisa all right roll call please kevin andrea corey yes frank meyer yes scott hi lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes yes tammy hines yes d is the approval of the food and supplies bid except open bread we had um only one bitter for food and that was coal we had two bidders for supplies which would be paper products that was coal and that was royal coal was the lowest
017bidder on the paper products and so what we're recommending is that you approve coal to provide us the food and supplies bid questions or discussion that i'd entertain a motion to accept the bid as recommended so move thanks i'll second that andrew motion second kimberly roll call please greg meyer yes scott middleton hi lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes adam pumpkin yes tammy hi yes andrea corey yes thank you item f is approval of our oops i'm sorry i missed one uh purple next e i'm sorry is the approval of the chemical for food service bid we had three bidders for this industrial coal and royal industrial was the cheapest they were the lowest and their response is bitter so we recommend that we give it to industrial discussion or questions i will comment i
018was amazed at the price variance between the three bids on the exact same item so yeah so thank you for doing the due diligence maybe like to make a motion to accept a bid from industrials i'll make the motion lisa jackson seconds roll call please scott middleton hi lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes yeah tammy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes thank you all right f is the approval of the fuel bid r m was the only company that bid for the fuel their responsive bidder they are as the only bidder the lowest bidder the recommendation is to give it to r m questions and entertain a motion to accept r m as our fuel provider i'll make the motion tell a second list of seconds roll call please lisa schumacher yes tyson
019surge yes adam hunken yeah tammy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes steph cookie all right oh thank you next item is the g approval for the safety hazard school safety busing area yeah this is a yearly um action item that we do long story short we get reimbursed by the state for transportation of students any student that is lives beyond 1.5 miles from the school can be reimbursed unless we approve the hazardous areas and then we can get reimbursed for those that live within 1.5 miles since we've got veterans parkway we've got route 3 we've got main street for eagle view those are our roads that we don't necessarily want children crossing if they're less than 1.5 miles so we recommend that we approve the hazardous school safety busing area so that we
020can transport all of our children and being reversed any questions does that entertain a motion to accept the safety hazard school bus safety busting area that's a mouthful so move thanks scott wait a second a second types of seconds roll call please tyson search yes adam henkin yes tammy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes staff middle camp hi lisa schumacher yes what's your curious h is the approval of hiring ancillary staff as needed for the 2021-2022 school year yeah and this is um our next board meeting believe it or not school will have started we will be in session um it's just around the corner with that said there's always last minute people that i need to hire and get on board and i'd like to get them able to start working prior
021to your approval the names will come in august for your approval but i'd like to be able to have the permission to get them started before that it's a yearly thing that i ask for so my recommendation is that you grant me the authority for ancillary staff questions did i entertain a motion to authorize mr grody to hire his ancillary staff and leave it i'll make that motion thank andrew i'll second your second vocal please adam hempkin yes yes andrea cory yes greg meyer yes scott bill cam hi lisa schumacher yes tyson search yes mr carries a the light reading we have the approval of the first reading of the board policy the press issue number 107 for the board's knowledge um adam hampton and scott middle camp are the two board members that are
022on the subcommittee so as you're reading through this you have questions concerns comments you can direct it to me or to either of them um and then we will be getting together sometime before the next board meeting to to answer any questions or make any recommendations that need to happen with that right now this is the first reading so administration recommends the board approves the first reading of the policies adam scott do you think they should add not not at this point again for the first reading if you want to identify this really we go through the first reading and if we have any changes we can make those changes prior to um and amend those at the second meeting any other questions or discussions i thought i'd entertain a motion to approve the first
023reading for report press policy 107. so moved thanks scott second off thank you adam profile please tammy hines yes andrea corey yes greg meyer yes scott phillippians lisa schumacher yes tyson sir yes adam hunkin yes that perfect our items for action uh item seven is our discussion items for individual board member comments we have anything they'd like to say address uh item nine is board president's prerogative i don't have anything this evening either i'll let you all go home early for executive science nothing for executive sessions all right last item is the german then i entertained a motion to adjourn so much scott second second thank you welcome please andrea corey yes greg meyer yes this is schumacher yes tyson sir yes never have a problem with the motion to adjourn you