Grundy Reporter

Minooka Elementary School District Board of Education met August 21.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President James Satorius. Roll call was answered as indicated. Others present were: Kris Monn, Joshua Ruland, Sara Piotrowski, Aaron Souza, Ruth Satorius, Teri Miller, Natalie Baxter, Ciara Manno, Jason Finkelstein, Jeana Pekol, Kathleen Cheshareck, Nancy Skwarczynski, Monica, Totaro, Tammy Walsh, Jennifer Praveen, Dana Schuster, Teri Underhill, Erin Schiman, Jessica Glaser, Rebecca Wolz, Amber Allison, Christina Freeman, Cassandra Brown, Mary Ruettiger, Erin McCormick, Stephanie Palumbo, Rachel Bosman and Lori Shanholtzer.

Moved by Skwarczynski, seconded by Allen to approve the revised agenda as presented. Item 4.09 Bus Terminal Asphalt Repairs Bid was stricken from the agenda.

Aye: Skwarczynski, Allen, Clucas, Cronin, Thompson, Satorius

Motion Carried.

2. Public Hearing

2.01 Public Hearing Concerning the Intent of the Board of Education to Sell $4,000,000 Working Cash Bonds for the purpose of increasing the working cash fund of the District Moved by Clucas, seconded by Skwarczynski to open the public hearing as presented at 7:01 р.m.

Aye: Clucas, Skwarczynski, Allen, Cronin, Thompson, Satorius

Motion Carried.

Dr. Monn shared information regarding the working cash bonds. Board President James Satorius asked if there was any comments from the Board or public. Curt Jebens (community member) asked questions regarding the budget deficit.

Moved by Allen, seconded by Thompson to close the public hearing as presented at 7:05p.m.

Aye: Allen, Thompson, Clucas, Cronin, Skwarczynski, Satorius

Motion Carried.

3. Public Comments and Recognitions

3.01 Comments from Employees and the Public

None

3.02 New Staff introductions The new licensed staff from all of the schools was introduced to the Board.

4. Consent Agenda

Moved by Clucas, seconded by Cronin to approve the list of bills, minutes from July 17, 2017 regular board meeting and August 8, 2017 special board meeting, treasurer's report, list of bills, Grundy County Preschool reports, destruction of the closed session recordings from August 2015, FOIA requests, 2nd Reading of Board Policies 600s as presented.

Aye: Clucas, Cronin, Allen, Skwarczynski,Thompson, Satorius

Motion Approved.

Moved by Skwarczynski, seconded by Thompson to approve the personnel report as presented.

Aye: Skwarczynski, Thompson, Allen, Clucas, Cronin, Satorius

Motion Approved.

5. Discussion and Information tems

5.01 Tentative Board Calendar for 2017-18

Administration will present a tentative calendar of the annual items that are expected to come to the Board during the 2017-18 school year. The calendar will include annual business matters, School Improvement Schedules, annual Curriculum and Instruction updates and items unique to the 2017-18 school year. Dr. Ruland also shared that school districts have to post the assessment calendar to the public.

Dr. Monn stated that he would like to set a special board meeting for the board to revisit the strategic plan. Tentative meeting date would be late September or early October. Dr. Monn stated that he would like to get feedback from the community and staff before the meeting.

6. Action items

6.01 Donation of Propane Equipment from Aux Sable Liquid

Moved by Skwarczynski, seconded by Clucas to approve the Donation of Propane Equipment from Aux Sable Liquid as presented.

Aye: Skwarczynski, Clucas, Allen, Cronin, Thompson, Satorius

Motion approved.

6.02 Approval of lease for new photocopy equipment at Minooka Elementary School

Moved by Clucas, seconded by Cronin to approve the lease for new equipment at Minooka Elementary School as presented. The recommendation will be to award the vendor Imagetec and a lease cost of $605.45/month over a 60 month period.

Aye: Clucas, Cronin, Allen, Skwarczynski, Thompson, Satorius

Motion approved.

7. Communication

6.01 Administrative Reports

Dr. Monn Report

-Dr. Monn shared information with the Board regarding staffing. He stated that we have added a teacher associate and 1:1 nurse at Jones Elementary. He will be bringing back information regarding possibly adding more teacher aides.

- Dr. Monn asked the Board to email any feedback they have on the strategic plan survey.

-Dr. Monn updated the Board on Illinois Funding.

- Dr. Monn shared with the Board that in they will be receiving two enrollment reports, one that is only enrollment and the other that shows class size.

Dr. Ruland Report

- Dr. Ruland stated that he is very impressed with the caliber of teachers. He also gave information on NTI (New Teacher Induction) and Mentor/Protege Program.

6.02 Board Topics

None

8. Executive Session

None

9. Action as a result of Executive Session from Committee of the Whole

None

10. Adjournment

Moved by Allen, seconded by Skwarczynski to adjourn the regular meeting at 8:08 p.m.

Aye: Allen, Skwarczynski, Clucas, Cronin, Thompson, Satorius

Motion Carried at 8:08 p.m.

https://www.min201.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/17-08-21-Board-Minutes.pdf