Coal City Community Unit School District 1 Board met Dec. 23.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Board President Ken Miller called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Coal City Community Unit School District #1 District Office Board Room. In attendance were Board members answering roll call present: Robert Bianchetta, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Quint Harmon, and Ken Miller. Board members Jeff Emerson and Chuck Lander were not in attendance. Superintendent Kent Bugg, CSBO Jason Smith, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Tammy Elledge, member of the press Ann Gill, Board Secretary Karen Vota, and Board Secretary LaWanda Gagliardo were also in attendance.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
President Miller led the Board of Education and others present in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR COAL CITY COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #1
President Miller stated that the Board of Education approved a tentative 2019 property tax levy on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. A notice was published in the Coal City Courant newspaper on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. President Miller asked if there were any guests who wanted to make a comment on the proposed property tax increase. President Miller asked again if there were any further questions or comments and hearing none, at 6:01 p.m. considered the public hearing on the proposed property tax increase closed.
CALL TO ORDER FOR REGULAR MEETING
After the public hearing, President Miller called the regular meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Coal City Community Unit School District #1 District Office Board Room. In attendance were Board members answering roll call present: Robert Bianchetta, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Quint Harmon, and Ken Miller. Board members Jeff Emerson and Chuck Lander were not in attendance. Superintendent Kent Bugg, CSBO Jason Smith, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Tammy Elledge, member of the press Ann Gill, Board Secretary Karen Vota, and Board Secretary LaWanda Gagliardo were also in attendance.
NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS
1. Introduction/acknowledgement of guests. President Miller welcomed those in attendance.
2. Principal Jennifer Kenney was in attendance and recognized the following 4th grade students who exceeded on the IAR assessments last year: In math Rylan Clements, Kayla Kowalski, Abigail Rose, Drake Carpenter, Carson Dearth, Angel Diaz, Xavier Baer, Caleb Brown. Three students exceeded in reading and math: Jaiden Leman, Lindsey Duran and Jacob Munsterman.
3. Principal Travis Johnson was in attendance and recognized the following students who exceeded in both reading and math on their IAR Assessments last year: 8th grade - Peyton Benson, Gavin Chernesky, Collin Dames, Logan Hawkins, Luke Hawkins, Brecken Johnson, Izzy Kosbade, Kaelan Natyshok, Jacob Piatak, and David Torres. 7th grade students: Dominic Cimino, James Feeney, Lucas Nolan, Kylee Scheer, Ryan Sears, Creide Skubic and Michael Smith. 6th grade students: Lily Feisley, Grady Gillan, William Johnke, Kylee Kennell and Hunter Nettles
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
1. In regard to agenda items – none.
2. In general (Limited to 5 minutes per person.) – none.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
President Miller asked if there were any items that the Board would like to remove from the consent agenda. Hearing none, President Miller asked for a motion to approve the consent agenda.
Mr. Harmon moved and Mrs. Gill seconded to approve the consent agenda including:
MINUTES
November 6, 2019 - Regular Meeting
CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
November 6, 2019 - Regular Meeting
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Activity Fund Reports – October 2019
Treasurer’s Report – October 2019
Monthly Manual Check Report – November 2019
Payroll Report – November 2019
Accounts Payable Report – December 2019
PERSONNEL
Resignations
• Amanda Wren – part-time cafeteria server at the Middle School – Ms. Wren’s last day will be December 19, 2019.
Employments - pending satisfactory completion of all state requirements
• Christopher Olson – Maintenance Staff - will replace Gilbert Herrera.
Leave Requests
• Kristin Logan – part-time lunchroom aide at the Middle School – Ms. Logan requested an eighteen (18) day unpaid medical leave from December 10, 2019 through January 17, 2020. Kristin plans to return to work on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.
• Shannon Manietta - full-time special education aide at the Middle School - At the November 6 Board meeting, the board approved a twelve (12) day paid medical leave in accordance with the support staff handbook, from October 24 through November 12, 2019 and a two (2) day unpaid medical leave from November 13 through November 14, 2019. Shannon requested an additional thirteen days (13) of unpaid medical leave from November 15, 2019 – December 6, 2019. Shannon has been released by her doctor and may return to work on Monday, December 9, 2019.
• Dawn Rodgers – full-time special education aide at the High School – Ms. Rodgers requested a seven (7) day paid medical leave from December 5, 2019 through December 13, 2019, and plans to return to work on Monday, December 16, 2019.
• Valerie Clark – full-time ELA teacher at the Middle School – Ms. Clark requested a thirty-four (34) day paid maternity leave with the use of accumulated sick leave in accordance with the Teacher’s Negotiated Agreement, from approximately March 30, 2020 through May 18, 2020. She also requested a seven (7) day unpaid Family Medical Leave from May19, 2020 through approximately May 28, 2020 which is the anticipated end date of the 19 – 20 school year.
Extra-Curricular Assignments
• Freshmen Boys Basketball Coach – Nick Micetich
• Part-time Assistant Speech Coach (Split)– Colin Keppner
• Part-time Assistant Speech Coach (Split) – Joey Fatigante
• Part-time Assistant Speech Coach (Split) – Meagan VanDuyne
• Part-time Assistant Speech Coach (Split)– Elise Hackett
• Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach – Kirk Walker
• Assistant Middle School Wrestling Coach – Chris Carlson
• MS Assistant Wrestling Coach (Split) – Clinton Poyner
• MS Assistant Wrestling Coach – (Split) – Vince Piatak
• MS Assistant Wrestling Coach – (Split) – Joe Widlowski
Extra-Curricular Volunteers
• Athletic Director Dan Hutchings made a recommendation to accept Bob McGuinn as volunteer coach for the wrestling program.
Coal City Community Unit School District #1 Board of Education Meeting Minutes Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Administrator HSA Payments
HSA payments were proposed to be paid by the Board for the following administrators:
| Kent | Bugg | $ 1,400.00 |
| Jason | Smith | $ 2,800.00 |
| Tammy | Elledge | $ 2,800.00 |
| Sandy | Rakes | $ 2,800.00 |
| Chris | Spencer | $ 2,800.00 |
| Luke | Krippel | $ 2,800.00 |
| Travis | Johnson | $ 2,800.00 |
| Taryn | Trotter | $ 1,400.00 |
| Tracy | Carlson | $ 2,800.00 |
| Jennifer | Kenney | $ 2,800.00 |
| Amanda | Davidson | $ 2,800.00 |
| Denny | Wickiser | $ 2,800.00 |
| Matt | Hook | $ 2,800.00 |
| Amanda | Herrera | $ 1,400.00 |
| Karen | V ota | $ 2,800.00 |
| LaWanda | Gagliardo | $ 2,800.00 |
| Dan | Hutchings | $ 2,800.00 |
Ayes: Quint Harmon, Mary Gill, Robert Bianchetta, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller
Nays:
Motion Carried.
ADMINISTRATORS' REPORTS
A. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER REPORT
Principal Davidson Reported:
Calendar of Events:
December 2-6 - ECC Book Fair
December 3 - SAP Team @ 3:00pm
December 4 - Early Dismissal
December 4 - Yoga - ECC @ 3:30pm
December 5 - Young Rembrandts @ 2:45pm
December 6 - Popcorn Friday
December 10 - Kindergarten Team Meeting @ 11:15am
December 10 - 1st Grade Team Meeting @ 12:15pm
December 10 - YMCA Basketball practice @ 2:45pm
December 10 - SAP Team @ 3:00pm
December 11 - Preschool Team Meeting @ 10:45am
December 11 - A Team Meeting @ 12:40pm
December 11 - Yoga @ ECC 3:30pm
December 12 - Young Rembrandts @ 2:45pm
December 14 - ECC Staff Christmas Party
December 17 - YMCA Basketball practice @ 2:45pm
December 17 - SAP Team @ 3:00pm
December 18 - ECC Faculty Meeting @ 3:00pm
December 18 - Yoga @ ECC 3:30pm
December 18 - PSO Meeting @ 6:30pm CCIS
December 19 - Young Rembrandts @ 2:45pm
December 19 - PBS Assembly
December 20 - Holiday Parties/Super Ticket Drawing @ 8:00am
Current ECC Enrollment for 2019-2020:
PreK: 148
Kindergarten: 130
1st Grade: 134
Total: 412 (registered as of 11/21/19)
Emergency/Crisis Drills Completed:
August 29th @ 1:30pm (shelter-in-place)
September 3rd @ 9:30am (fire drill)
September 9th - Bus Evacuation Drills
September 17th @ 9:00am (lockdown drill)
Month-in-Review:
Our fall parent/teacher conferences were a huge success! We had roughly 93% attendance which is about the same percentage as in the 2018-2019 school year.
Students of the ECC enjoyed traveling to CCHS on Friday, November 15th to see the first half of Frozen Jr. The students were blown away by the sets and characters of the musical. Students enjoyed getting high-fives from the cast as they exited the Performing Arts Center. Bravo to CCMS! The production of Frozen Jr. was truly magical!
The students of the ECC joined all other schools in Coal City school district for Disability Awareness Week - November 18th - 22nd. Students and staff participated in fun dress-up themed days each week and celebrated differences in each other.
We had our monthly Super Ticket Drawing on Friday, November 22nd. Students began their day in the gym on the drawing days for announcements and the pledge. 10 Super Tickets were drawn and each student earned a $5 gift card to McDonald’s! Students were recognized in front of their peers for making good decisions and going above and beyond to “be respectful, be responsible, or be safe!”
Staff/students will enjoy Thanksgiving Break - November 27th, 28th and 29th.
Recognition:
A very big THANK YOU to the entire staff of the ECC. We currently have one of our recess aides out until the middle of December on a medical leave. Mrs. Davidson created a spreadsheet of volunteers to help cover recess each day. Within a matter of minutes, the entire spreadsheet was filled and recess is covered with help from the staff each day.
Thank you to Mrs. Kodat for creating and helping to practice with the “Boomwhackers Band!” The staff at the ECC has learned to play “boomwhackers” under the direction of Mrs. Kodat! The staff will be putting on a “concert” for the students at an upcoming PBS Christmas dance party.
Thank you to the staff of the ECC for sharing and promoting the 5Essentials survey. The ECC has surpassed the 20% goal and did so the second night of conferences!
B. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPORT
Principal Kenney reported:
Calendar of Events:
12/1 – Winter Benchmarking begins
12/1 – 7am - Admin Meeting
12/3 – 3:15pm - School Culture Meeting
12/4 – 7:40am – A-Team Meeting
12/4 – Early Dismissal
12/5 – 7:30am – Co-Teaching Team Meeting
12/9 – 3:15pm – PBS Meeting
12/10 – 3:15pm – TALC Meeting
12/12 – 7:30am – Self-Contained Team Meeting
12/12 – 3:15pm. – SAP Team Meeting
12/16 – 7am – Admin Meeting
12/17 – 7:40am – A-Team Meeting
12/17 – 3:15pm – Staff Meeting
12/19 – 8:30-3pm - BLT Meeting
12/20 – Winter Break Begins
ES Enrollment:
2nd Grade: 152
3rd Grade: 163
Total: 315 – increase of 1 student (registered as of 11/21/19)
CCES Happenings and Recognitions:
A special thank you to the parents that came out for our first Parent Advisory Committee meeting. We had a great discussion and brainstorming session. Thank you to Amy Ledvina for being a part of the committee as well!
CCES celebrated Disabilities Awareness Week, along with the other buildings in the district. Students heard an announcement every morning regarding the disability and wore the dress-up clothes that corresponded.
CCES is still working hard to reach our goal for the incentive program for our students called the 250,000 Minutes Before Christmas Reading Challenge. Students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes per night, with a school goal of 250,000 minutes. The hallway shows our goal progress, as well as the weekly classroom winners and rankings. The winning class will receive a special holiday party.
CCES is partnering with CCECC to hold a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit the Backpack Program. We want to be able to help give back to the organization that helps so many of our students. CCES is having a competition between homerooms to collect the most items. The winning class will win an extra recess!
Parent Teacher Conferences were a huge success this year! 95% of our parents came in for conferences during the two available days. We only had 1.6% of our parents that we were not able to communicate with or reach.
A special thank you to CCMS and their outstanding performance of Frozen Jr. We enjoyed every minute of the magical performance!
Our first book fair was a success. Many students were able to take advantage of the book fair during parent teacher conferences. Donations to the All for Books campaign netted over $250 to purchase new books for the CCES library.
C. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL REPORT
Principal Carlson reported:
Calendar of Events:
12/2-12/6 – Winter AIMSweb Benchmark Test Week
12/2 – Lockdown Drill 8:30 a.m.
12/2 – SAP Meeting 3:10
12/3 – PBS Meeting 3:10
12/4 – 11:35 Dismissal
12/4 – Specials Team Meeting 12:15-12:45
12/4 – YMCA Basketball Begins Wednesdays/Saturdays
12/4 – Student Council Packs Food for Backpack Program 5:00-7:00 p.m.
12/5 – Custodian Meeting 3:00
12/10 – TALC Meeting 3:10
12/10 – 5th Grade Band Concert at CCHS 7:00 p.m.
12/11 – 4th Grade Team Meeting 3:10
12/16 – SAP Meeting 3:10
12/17 – PBS Meeting 3:10
12/18 – Student Council Meeting 7:30 a.m.
12/18 – BLT Meeting 8:00-11:30
12/18 – 5th Grade Team Meeting 3:10
12/18 – PSO Meeting at District Office 6:30 p.m.
12/19 – SpEd Team 7:30 a.m.
12/19 – A Team Meeting 1:20
12/20 – PBS Event ~ Bingo, Hot Chocolate, Candy Cane, Snowman Races
12/20 – PSO Polar Express Movie Night at CCIS 6:00-8:00 p.m.
12/21-1/5 – Winter Break
Current Enrollment:
4th Grade 163
5th Grade 159
Total 322
This included one 4th and one 5th grade special education student, who are enrolled in other programs outside of CCIS.
Emergency/Crisis Drills Completed:
Emergency/Crisis Drills Completed:
Evacuation 8/19/19; 10/24/19
Shelter-in-Place/Storm 8/20/19
Lockdown 8/21/19; 9/17/19
Bus Evacuation 9/13/19
Student Discipline in Previous Month:
Bus Slips 3
Inappropriate Language/Gesture 3
Disrespectful to Peers 1
Disrespectful to Staff 3
Excessive Noise 8
Not Keeping Hands/Feet to Self 3
Running in the Hall 2
Lying 3
Defiant 1
Disruptive 5
Previous Month in Review:
Our Student Council sold “Candy Apples for Community” in October. We raised $647.53 and plan to donate the money to Help for Hope and the Coal City Backpack Program, which gives food twice a week to students in need.
Members from the CCHS Marching Coalers greeted the CCIS students as they arrived at school on Friday morning on November 1st.
Parent/Teacher Conferences were held on November 5 and 6. Parents were given IAR reports, AIMSweb report, Progress Monitoring reports (if applicable), current grades, and a Typing Agent progress report. We had 93% of the parents attend conference (296/319).
• 4th Grade 154/161 = 96%
• 5th Grade 142/158 = 90%
Our 5th annual Fall Ball dance for CCIS Boys and their VIP was held on Thursday, November
14th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at CCIS. All CCIS boys were invited to the dance with their VIP/any significant adult role model. We had a DJ for entertainment, and pizza, popcorn, lemonade and a color photograph were included with the ticket price. We had 234 students/parents attend!
On November 15th we traveled to CCHS to see the CCMS Musical, Frozen.
From November 18-22 CCIS hosted Grandparents WEEK during each student’s Library and PE time. Students were able to spend an hour with their grandparents reading, playing bingo, and playing a relay race in the gym. Cookies were also served. We had 374 grandparents attend throughout the week!
We celebrated Disability Awareness Week at CCIS along with the other schools.
Monday (11/18): Mix Match Day- Dare to be Different
Tuesday (11/19): Rainbow Day- Autism Awareness
Wednesday (11/20): Orange Day- ADHD Awareness
Thursday (11/21): Crazy Socks- Down Syndrome Awareness
Friday (11/22): Green Day- Cerebral Palsy Awareness
The CCIS Coat Closet was open on November 20th from 3:45-5:45 p.m. for anyone to come and shop for winter items at no cost. Our 7 student volunteers (listed below in Student Recognition) from Mrs. Cowherd’s class escorted shoppers up to the coat closet, had them sign in (hometown and number of family members – no names), gave them bags to put clothing in, carried bags down, and escorted them back to the exit. We serviced 43 families with a total of 104 adults & children, who came from Coal City, Diamond, Mazon, and Morris. The Coat Closet is still open by appointment during the school day.
ASAP (After School Assistance Program) takes place from 3:00-4:00 three days a week. Recommended students receive help from Mrs. Cowherd or Mrs. Rink. We currently have 18 students in ASAP; ten in 4th grade and eight in 5th grade.
Student Council sponsored the following spirit days this past month: Comfy Clothes Day, Twin Day, and Dodgeball Day (in PE).
Student Recognition:
Congratulations to following Students of the Week: Week of 10/28: Victorya Morales, Hunter Lanphier, Avery Gill & Aaden Taylor: Week of 11/4 Kevin Bitner, Kaylin Walker, Theo Fritz & Claire Mohler: Week of 11/12 Grace Goodwin, Braden Walker, Landon Eaton & Lilly GerrishWeek of 11/18: Mia McKim, Sully Edmonds, Aidan Galus & Savannah Templet
I wanted to recognize the following students from Mrs. Cowherd’s class, who volunteered at the CCIS Coat Closet: Chace Riley, Adalyn Muhlenbruch, Ryland Clements, Dillon Ness, Ashley Odam, Patrick Osipavicius, and Jason Piatak.
Staff Recognition:
I wanted to thank Mrs. Vignocchi and Mr. McCleary for hosting Grandparents Week in the LRC and gymnasium.
I wanted to thank the following CCIS staff members for helping with Fall Ball Dance: Carol Talty, Denise Esparza, Ali Scrogham, Sandy Davis, Reilly Radowmski, Danielle Meyer, Amy Gernenz, Neil Nicholson, Tanya Miller, Brad Boresi, Riane O’Donnell, Betsy Stahler, Nikki Boresi, and Betsy Cowherd
I wanted to thank Betsy Cowherd for collecting winter clothing and running the CCIS Coat Closet with her students.
I wanted to recognize the following staff members who received the weekly CCIS Kudos: Mrs. Cowherd for partnering with Miss Tjelle so their students can work together, Ms. Talty for helping with the bathroom needs of our students, Mr. Boresi for getting the Coaler Football players to help with the dance, and Mrs. Davis for helping to decorate for Grandparents Week and for picking up the cookies
D. MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORT
Principal Johnson reported:
Calendar of Events
December 2 Wrestling and Volleyball Seasons Start
December 4 12:00pm EARLY DISMISSAL
Staff Development Day
Board of Education Meeting – 6:00pm – CCMS
December 9 Music Boosters Meeting – 7:00pm – Unit Office
December 10 5th/6th Grade Band Concert – 7:00pm – CCHS
December 12 7th/8th MS Band Concert – 7:00pm – CCHS
December 17 CCMS BLT Meeting
8th Grade Chorus Concert – 7:30pm – CCHS
December 20 2nd Quarter Classes End
Dec. 21-Jan. 5 NO SCHOOL – Winter Break
January 6 Teacher Institute Day
January 7 Classes Resume
CCMS Attendance
6th Grade 177
7th Grade 137
8th Grade 145
Total 459
CCMS Discipline Report
10/25-11/22 Totals for Year
0 Out of school suspensions 1
8 In school suspension 13
9 Behavior related detentions 38
Month in Review – November 2019
CCMS students participated in Red Ribbon Week the week of October 21-25. Special thanks to Kathy Walsh and the CCMS Student Council for their work on Red Ribbon Week and planning the different days for the CCMS student body. CCMS also held Mix It Up Day on October 22 where students sat with different people at lunch for the day.
On October 23, CCMS 8th Grade Students traveled to Morris High School for the 4th Annual Grundy County Vocational Center Career Fair. 8th grade students were able to visit a variety of local businesses and vendor and learn about the different fields and to better understand what type of schooling they would need to enter into that field in the future. Special thanks to the GAVC staff for sponsoring this event for our 8th grade students. Also, thanks to Lauren Kempes and Taryn Trotter for their work with the GAVC Career Fair.
On November 2, McKenzie Messina represented CCMS at the IMEA Middle School Concert held at Joliet Central High School. McKenzie spent the day practicing with other middle school students and then performed a concert on the evening of November 2. Congrats to McKenzie and Mrs. Bontrager on this great accomplishment.
On November 7, Cealy DePersia and thirty-seven CCMS students attended the Peers Offering Positive Solutions (POPS) Workshop at the Morris Christian Church. The event is a leadership seminar for both middle school and high school students.
On November 9, the Coal City Middle School Speech Team traveled to Marsailles Grade School for the IESA Speech Contest. Students participated in solo acting, impromptu speaking, duet acting, improvisation duet acting, and chorale reading. Thanks to our CCMS Speech Coaches, Jen Munsterman, Michelle Sobieck and Meagan VanDuyne for their work with the Speech Team.
Congratulations to Jack Micetich and the cast of “Frozen Jr.”. The students worked extremely hard to prepare for the show. The students performed on November 14, 16 and 17. All of the production was outstanding from the singing to the acting to the stage design. It was once again a great showcase for our students and the musical and acting talents that they have. All three performances were sold out and we saw great community support for our musical. Jack, his creative team and the students have created another memorable experience for the students and their families. Special thanks to Mr. Micetich and his creative team (Celeste Sheridan, Shannon DAgostion and Kim Scerine) for their hard work, long hours, organization and flexibility in working with the students and their busy schedules.
On November 15th, four students from Coal City Middle School competed in the National Fluid
Power Association Challenge at Joliet Junior College. The Fluid Power Challenge was created
by the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) as a way to engage students and introduce
them to science and engineering in a fun environment. The Challenge allows for a hands-on
opportunity for kids to experiment with fluid power while learning about the values of
teamwork, problem-solving, coordination, organization, and communication. The four students, Dominic Cimino, Jim Feeney, Rylan Sears, and Brant Widlowski, attending a workshop at JJC
September 15th where they learned about Fluid Power as well as the basics of building a machine that uses fluid power. Then, they had two months to work on their design, and they also had to create an organized and professional portfolio for their project. The students worked hard for those two months. They worked every day through their lunch period and even stayed after school a few days to finish their portfolio and master their design. Congratulations to the boys and to Corey Mikula who served as the school sponsor for this activity.
Coal City Middle School held their annual Veterans Day Assembly on November 20. CCMS was fortunate to have our local veterans speak with the student body. Mr. Charles Brown, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Commander of the Coal City St. Juvin VFW Post, talked with the students about the history of the flags of the different branches of the military and presented five students with Patriots Pens Award. This year, CCMS students had the opportunity to participate in the Patriots Pen program, which is a nationwide essay contest sponsored by the VFW. Students were asked to write an essay on “What Makes America Great? Essays were collected by CCMS Social Studies teachers and the VFW selected the Top Five Essays to move onto the Regional Competition. Patriot Pen winners were: Elliana Chernesky – 7th Grade, Korbyn Crist – 7th Grade, AJ Wills – 7th Grade, Amelia Fritz – 8th Grade, Owen Kurdenok – 8th Grade. In addition, the VFW had three US Flags to raffle off. Winners of the Flag Raffle were Devin DeMichele, Madi Petersen and Trey Buck. Special thanks to Commander Brown, and the other Coal City Veterans who attended the event and for sharing their knowledge with us. Also, special thanks Mr. Bontrager and the CCMS Band for performing for the student body at the assembly.
Coal City Schools held a Staff Development Day on November 20 at CCHS/CCMS. CCMS teachers and staff members attended various trainings facilitated by Coal City District staff.
Students will observe Thanksgiving Break from November 27 – December 1.
E. HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
Principal Spencer reported:
Calendar of Events:
December 3 CCHS Chorus Concert 7pm
December 4 Early Dismissal Board Meeting
December 5 CCHS Band Concert
December 13–15 Madrigal Dinner
December 18 – 20 Semester 1 Exams
December 26 – 30 Lisle Girls Basketball Tournament
December 26-30 Plano Boys Basketball Tourney
January 6 Teachers Institute
January 7 Semester 2 classes begin
Recognition:
Cody Rogers was this nomination by the staff.
The following students were Students of the Month for November; November’s characteristic was Organization: Zoe Smith, Aspen Johnson, Connor Patterson, Chloe Peacock, Kalie Egan, Skylar Zink, Katie Holmes, Claire Ellena, Tori Ferrara, Jenna Super, Cassie Lebanowski, Jack Bunton, Morgan Carrier, Blayne Adams, Chase Wasielewski, Talya Pierard, Brady Crawford, MacKenzie Leach, Evan Rivera, and Addey Connor.
Coal City High School students attended the first Illinois Central Eight Leadership Conference on November 4th at Reed-Custer High School. The following students represented Coal City High School at the Leadership Conference: Alexis Medina, Kit Clayburn, Natalie Teague, Griffin Johnson, Lauren Farrari, Ashton Harvey, Carley Morris, and Braiden Young.
The following students attended the first annual Illinois Central Eight Fall Art Workshop at Peotone High School on November 13th: Julie Appleton, Nicolete French, Caelan Ragain, Alyssa Metzger, Abigail Seeley, Kalie Legg
The following students received the Director’s Award at Grundy Area Vocational Center for the month of October Sean Rabenda, Culinary Arts; Kelsie Norris, Early Childhood; Macen Dennis, Engineering Technology
There were 25 students who were chosen and attended the Illinois Central Eight Honors Chorus Festival on Monday, November 4th: Lilly Ullrich, Sam Kenney, Dekotah Rueger, Luke Van Duyne, Jasmine Gaertner, Erin Gottschalk, Rich Bell, Tyler Johnson, Grace Howell, Dakota Englert, Mackenzie Kraus, Sophiya Williams, Levi Counterman, Caleb Kuhel, Sophia Johnson, Liz Kenney, Chance Lacey, Kain Ulivi, Alexis Curtis, Kylee Boyd, Alexis Arreola, Kendall Gomez, Gabby Oswald
Month in Review: National Honor Society sponsored the annual student/staff blood drive on Monday, November 19th. Mrs. Cathy Lyons and the NHS students coordinated this valuable activity with the Heartland Blood Center.
Mrs. Sondgeroth hosted the Second Annual Spanish Honor Society Induction at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday November 27th in the CCPAC.
Mr. Boresi and the Coalers with Character club collected turkeys and money on behalf of Coal City Unit District # 1 to help support Help for Hope and the many in need this Thanksgiving season.
On November 23rd Footnotes under the direction of Bonnie McDowell, held their annual Jazz and Java night. The event was well attended and the kids did a great job.
Current Enrollment Figures @ CCHS as of November 22, 2019
9th Grade = 158
10th Grade = 170
11th Grade = 169
12th Grade = 171
Total 668
Discipline Report for November as of 11/22
Bus Misconduct 4
Class Cut 13
Insubordination 2
Drug/Alcohol Offenses 1
Vaping 1
Physical Contact 1
Lunchroom Behavior 2
Cell Phone Violations 9
Total 33
F. SPECIAL POPULATIONS REPORT
Director Rakes reported:
Preschool
The program currently has 60 out of 60 spots filled in the PFA (Preschool for All grant) portion of preschool. There is a waitlist of 10 for the PFA portion of preschool. This is 6 more than this time last year.
Overall there are currently 160 preschoolers. There are currently 8 special education open spots.
There are 15 pending special education evaluations.
504’s
There are currently 97 students that have been identified as needing 504’s. This includes our current health plans. This is an increase of 7 from this time last year.
ELL
The WIDA ACCESS testing window begins January 15, 2020 and ends February 18, 2020. There are 15 students taking the ACCESS test. There are 3 at the ES, 5 at the IS, 5 at the MS and 2 at the HS. This assessment is currently administered by the school psychologists.
G. CURRICULUM REPORT
Director Elledge reported:
Professional Development:
We are beginning work on professional learning activities for the spring semester. Department leaders will begin that process on December 11th as they lay out the needs they have for their various departments. We will follow up that meeting with building administrators to finalize making sure their individual building needs are also met.
Seal of Biliteracy:
One of the most interesting Triple I conference sessions dealt with procedures to set up a seal of biliteracy for students. The world language department at the high school is currently investigating the components necessary to get approval from the state. In our case, students could show proficiency in English and in Spanish.
Illinois School Report Card:
Another session at the conference focused on the Illinois School Report card information. The presenters pointed out that you’ll see different information presented on your schools at various spots on the site. The traditional PDF of the school report card, the at a glance and the interactive site not only present information differently but they actually contain different sets of data.
Interactive
https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/District.aspx?districtId=24032001026
From the interactive site you can also pull the View At-a-Glance and the ISBE Classic PDF Report Card.
H. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Dr. Bugg reported:
1. The following staff members are currently pursuing their National Board Certification. Thank you to Pam Vigna for serving as their facilitator.
Martin Egan - CC High, Emily Hayse - CC High, Matthew Leman - CC High, David Sinkular - CC High, Jean Krippel - CC Middle, Amy Siefken - CC Middle, Sharon Swink - CC Middle, Belinda Egan - CC Elementary, and Devin Esparza - Early Childhood Center
2. The Board sponsored luncheon will be served in each building on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.
3. Enclosures
A. Monthly student enrollment figures
DATES TO REMEMBER
December 21, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Winter Break
January 6, 2020 Teacher Institute Day
January 7, 2020 Classes Resume
I. GRUNDY AREA VOCATIONAL CENTER REPORT
Mr. Lander reported:
1. Director Copes reported that he is in the process of reviewing the current shared services agreement for the position of Technology Director for GAVC. Currently, GAVC shares a Technology Director with Morris High School, the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative, and Saratoga School District. Mr. Copes reported that with the increased enrollment and new classes at GAVC, the center is in need of more service time from the Technology Director position. More information will be provided at the December GAVC Board meeting.
2. Approved the lowest responsible bid for Property/Casualty Insurance and Workers Compensation renewal as presented by the Horton Group.
3. Approved relocating the Culinary Arts Program to Coal City High School beginning in August, 2020.
4. Approved creating and posting a part-time Culinary Arts Instructor position for the 2020-2021 school year.
5. Approved a 2.5 year lease agreement with T-Branch Leasing LLC for the use of farm and pasture for the GAVC Agriculture Education program.
J. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR REPORT
Athletic Director Dan Hutchings reported:
Important Dates
November 19 Winter Photo Day
November 25, 26, 29, 30 Turkey Tournament hosted by Coal City -Varsity & Sophomore
Boys Basketball Tournament GSW, IC Prep, Morris, Serena,
Beecher, Peotone, Manteno
Boys Basketball Numbers - Still waiting for Football kids at time of report
Girls Basketball Numbers - Seniors – 8, Juniors - 6, Sophomores – 13, Freshmen - 16
Wrestling - Still waiting on Football kids at time of report
Winter Poms - Seniors – 3, Juniors – 3, Sophomores - 5
Basketball/Competitive Cheerleading - Seniors – 2, Juniors – 1, Sophomores - 7, Freshmen – 2
Middle School Wrestling and Volleyball practice begins the week of Dec. 2
Coaler Football team finished 12-1 losing in the Semifinals to Richmond-Burton
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
1. In regard to agenda items – none.
2. In general (Limited to 5 minutes per person.) – none.
OLD BUSINESS
A. DISCUSSION/ACTION ON THE 2019 TAX LEVY
Section 17-11 of the School Code requires the school board of each district to ascertain, as near as practicable, annually, how much money must be raised by special tax for transportation purposes, if any, for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance purposes for the next ensuing year. These amounts must be certified and filed with the County Clerk on or before the last Tuesday in December annually. The Certificate of Tax Levy form may be used to meet the requirement of this section. The 2019 tentative levy was adopted at the November Board meeting. The board adopted the final 2019 Property Tax Levy.
Mr. Bianchetta moved and Mr. Harmon seconded to adopt the 2019 Property Tax Levy for the Coal City Community Unit School District #1 and approved the certification and filing with the Grundy and Will County Clerk as follows:
Educational $16,682,991
Operations/Maintenance $3,834,145
Transportation $1,416,967
IMRF $333,404
Working Cash $125,026
Social Security $458,430
Special Education $333,404
Life Safety $83,351
Tort $225,047
Leasing $362,577
TOTAL LEVY $23,855,342
Roll Call.
Ayes: Robert Bianchetta, Quint Harmon, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller Nays:
Motion Carried.
B. DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD STRATEGIC PLAN - REVIEW OF THE STUDENT SAFETY ACTION PLAN
Dr. Bugg reviewed the continuing implementation of the "School Safety Action Plan and reported that the security camera system was recently upgraded at the High School. CSBO Jason Smith highlighted the various features of the new system.
C. DISCUSSION ON THE DISPOSITION OF OLD MACBOOK COMPUTERS
CSBO Jason Smith informed the Board about the disposition of old Macbook computers per policy 4:80 Accounting and Audits. The District currently owns the computers that were recently expired.
A company has shown interest in purchasing any units that are not purchased by district staff members.
D. DISCUSSION ON THE STATE REPORT CARD TEST RESULTS
At the November 6th meeting, the Board approved accepting the findings outlined in the 2019 State School Report Card as presented by the ISBE and to prepare the report card for distribution. Dr. Bugg provided the Board with the financial highlights of the School Report Card. The academic data from the Report Card was presented by Curriculum Director Tammy Elledge.
E. SECOND READING ON THE REVISION OF DISTRICT POLICIES
The first reading took place on November 4, 2019. The board policy committee met to review the following revised district policies:
NEW BUSINESS
A. DISCUSSION/ACTION ON MID-YEAR GRADUATION/EXCLUSION REQUESTS
The high school guidance office received requests for mid-year graduation. Principal Spencer recommended that the following students be considered eligible for mid-year graduation/exclusion. The students requesting mid-year graduation have met the necessary requirements for graduation. Those receiving mid-year exclusions will complete their requirements through correspondence courses by May 1, 2020.
Mr. Harmon moved and Mr. Bianchetta seconded to approve the following mid-year graduates, student numbers: 2020234, 2020201, 2020015, 2020235, 2020075, 2020086, 2020107 and the following mid-year exclusions, student numbers: 2020126, 2020995, 2020225, 2020814, 2020014, 20201002, 2020199
Roll Call.
Ayes: Quint Harmon, Robert Bianchetta, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller
Nays:
B. DISCUSSION/ACTION ON GRUNDY COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
The district received a request from the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce to renew the annual membership. District #1 has been a long-time member of this organization.
Mr. Bianchetta moved and Mr. Harmon seconded to approve payment of the annual membership fee of $265 to the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce.
Roll Call.
Ayes: Robert Bianchetta, Quint Harmon, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller
Nays:
Motion Carried
C. DISCUSSION/ACTION ON THE DONATION FROM THE COAL CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
A donation of $150.00 was received from the Coal City United Methodist Church. The money will be used for the Lunch Assistance Program.
Mrs. Gill moved and Mr. Bianchetta seconded to accept the Lunch Assistance Program Donation of $150.00 from Coal City United Methodist Church.
Roll Call.
Ayes: Mary Gill, Robert Bianchetta, Shawn Hamilton, Quint Harmon, Ken Miller
Nays:
Motion Carried.
D. DISCUSSION/ACTION ON SUBMISSION OF THE FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT
Administrative Assistant, Amanda Herrera will be applying a Farm to School Grant in the amount of $15,000 to purchase a Greenhouse for the GAVC program to use. The Greenhouse will provide vegetables for use in the school lunch program and also teach students about hydroponic growing and agriculture. Elise Hackett, the GAVC AG instructor, would partner with the district to run the greenhouse. In order to be eligible for the Grant, a contribution of 25% of the project totaling $20,000 is needed. The group is requesting $5,000 in matching funds from the board.
Mr. Bianchetta moved and Mr. Harmon seconded and approved the submission of the 2019 Farm to School Grant Application, and to approve a $5,000 matching fund contribution from the board towards the Greenhouse project.
Roll Call.
Ayes: Robert Bianchetta, Quint Harmon, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller
Nays:
Motion Carried.
OPEN FOR ITEMS NOT KNOWN AT AGENDA PREPARATION TIME - none COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE FLOOR
1. In regard to agenda items – none.
2. In general (Limited to 5 minutes per person.) – none.
CLOSED SESSION
Mr. Harmon moved and Mr. Bianchetta seconded to go to closed session at 7:06 p.m. for the purpose of considering information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)), the purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)), and security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment for the safety of employees, students, staff, or public property (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8)).
Roll Call.
Ayes: Quint Harmon, Robert Bianchetta, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller Absent: Jeff Emerson, Chuck Lander
Nays:
Motion Carried.
When the Board returned to open session, President Miller called the regular meeting back to order at 7:51 p.m. with the board members answering roll call present: Robert Bianchetta, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Quint Harmon, and Ken Miller. Board members Jeff Emerson and Chuck Lander were not in attendance.
ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION
1. Mrs. Gill moved and Mr. Hamilton seconded to approve the new job description for Assistant Maintenance position as presented, and to employ Ross Williams for the remainder of the 19 – 20 school year.
Roll Call.
Ayes: Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Robert Bianchetta, Quint Harmon, Ken Miller
Nays:
Motion Carried.
2. Mr. Bianchetta moved and Mr. Harmon seconded to adopt the updated Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of the Vacant Parcel and the Right of First Refusal for the Improved Parcel of the Neil Lee Trotter Farm located at 690 Carbon Hill Road, Coal City, Illinois, and to waive the reading of the resolution.
Roll Call.
Ayes: Robert Bianchetta, Quint Harmon, Mary Gill, Shawn Hamilton, Ken Miller Nays:
Motion Carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Harmon moved and Mrs. Gill seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:53 p.m. President Miller asked if there was any opposition to the motion, hearing none considers the motion approved
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