Grundy Reporter

Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary District 2C Board of Education met February 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

The regular February meeting of the Board of Education of Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary District 2C, Grundy County, Mazon, Illinois, was held on Monday, February 19, 2018, in the Middle School Library. Board President Shane Gilbertson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

On call of roll, members were present and absent as follows:

Present: Nik Weber, Bryan Baker, Mike Carey, Shane Gilbertson

Absent: Keith Pfeifer, Bob Wagner

Admin: Principal DiNello, Principal Elias

Visitors: Recording Secretary Alise Marques

Pledge of Allegiance

Board Member S. Baker arrived at 7:05 p.m.

Member B. Baker moved to appoint Member Weber as secretary for this meeting, and Member Carey seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Principal DiNello presented the February Students of the Month. 5th grade: Shelby Welsh; 6th grade: Seth Johnson; 7th grade: Bryce Roe; 8th grade: Andrew Litwiller.

Consent Agenda:

A motion was made by Member Carey and seconded by Member B. Baker to approve the bills and the financial report, the regular minutes, and closed meeting minutes of January 16, 2018. Superintendent Dillow commented on an invoice paid for towing a bus from a snowy ditch. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Old Education Business:

Member Carey moved to approve updates to the following board policies: 2:120, 2:125, 2:200, 2:220, 2:250, 3:40, 3:50, and 4:10. Member Weber seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Member Carey moved to authorize Superintendent Dillow to hire summer workers as needed, and Member B. Baker seconded the motion. Superintendent Dillow noted that she usually hires 3-4 extra workers for the summer, although they are not all full time. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Superintendent Dillow distributed Statements of Economic Interest to the board members. Board Members complete this every year and turn it in to the County Clerk. Mrs. Dillow will turn in all members’ papers at one time.

Member S. Baker moved to approve the 2018-2019 school calendar, and Member B. Baker seconded the motion. Superintendent Dillow commented that she tried to align our calendar with the Seneca High School calendar as much as possible. We will be having two and a half institute days at the beginning of the year. Our Spring Break will be the last week of March, and we will have the Friday and Monday off near Easter at the end of April. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Member Weber moved to approve the Ameresco contract pending our attorney’s approval, and Member Carey seconded the motion. Superintendent Dillow noted that once approved, the roof work would be completed this spring and is approximately $50,000.00 due to completing it in the spring versus the summer. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, Weber, B. Baker, Carey, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

New Education Business:

Principal Elias informed the board that Family Reading Night will be held this Wednesday in cooperation with Erica Read and her Early Childhood Class students from Seneca High School. Mrs. Elias also noted that the Explorers Program has started with Darcy Welsh heading that up and it meeting twice a week. Kindergarten pre-registration will be held this week. As of now, Mrs. Elias knows of 18 new kindergarteners coming into our school next year. Principal Elias recently went to the Title I conference with Principal DiNello, Superintendent Dillow, Debbie Paulsen, Hannah Hunt, and Stephanie Haas. She appreciated the great information she received from it. Parents Club recently held a dodgeball day at the Elementary School with approximately 50 children in attendance. Mrs. Elias told the board that our school nurse, Carol Halpin, once again was able to get Smile Illinois to come to our school and provide services to 13 students. The Healthy Heart Walk will be held this Friday. Family and friends are welcome to come and walk with their children during their PE time.

Principal DiNello thanked the board for sending him to the Title I conference. He went to a session on the new Common Core science standards and to a technology session where they spoke about teachers and students creating their own rubrics. The winter benchmark testing has been completed at the Middle School, and we are on track to exceed our school improvement goals. A dj/dance party was recently held for all students who met their math goal, and we will be having an open play game day next Wednesday for those meeting their reading goals. The Guardian Angels will be giving two presentations of Erin’s Law on Wednesday, one for 5th and 6th grade and one for 7th and 8th grade. Last Friday we had quite a few parents who were able to come in and play pickle ball with their student during PE time, and this Friday parents are also invited to walk with their students for our Healthy Heart Walk. This Saturday Parents Club is hosting a pickle ball tournament here at the Middle School. It is a double elimination tournament, and we have 18 teams ready to play.

Superintendent Dillow spoke about the Title I conference. She also went to the science session, and she noted that the speaker said to hold off purchasing the new Common Core textbooks for this year. Mrs. Dillow commented about the Middle School students making their own math goals for the benchmarking. Teachers would oversee the goals to be sure that they were not excessive. Mrs. Dillow told the board that she had been working the last few weeks on the student records that are located upstairs above the district office. She is almost done and will be working on getting them moved and alphabetized. She purchased a fire-proof file cabinet to put in the district office to hold records that need to be protected. She was able to find one at a sale for $1.00 and have a locksmith put a new lock on it.

A motion to go into executive session at 7:41 PM for the purpose of discussing appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the district or legal counsel for the district, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the district to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(2)(1), as amended by P.A. 93-0057 was made by Member Carey and seconded by Member Weber. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: Weber, Carey, S. Baker, B. Baker, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

A motion was made to come out of executive session at 8:11 pm by Member Carey and seconded by Member S. Baker. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, B. Baker, Carey, Weber, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Upon coming out of closed session, the following motions were made.

Member Carey moved to employ Hannah Hunt as a full time teacher, and Member Weber seconded the motion. On roll call the following vote was recorded: Ayes: S. Baker, B. Baker, Carey, Weber, and Gilbertson. Ayes: five. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Member Carey moved to adjourn the meeting, and Member B. Baker seconded the motion. Unanimous ayes adjourned the meeting at 8:12 p.m.

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