Peoria Standard

Elmwood Community Unit School District 322 Board of Education met July 30.

Here is the minutes provided by the

1. CALL TO ORDER: Tom Conklin called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

ROLL CALL: Tom Conklin, Mark Davis, Bill Frietsch, Claude Keefer, Rick LeHew, Val Ramirez, Dean Cantu Staff Present: Chad Wagner, Tony McCoy, Dimitri Almasi, Sherry Swindler

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Tony McCoy.

3. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS: None

4. PRESENTATION BY AUDIENCE ON ACTION & NON-AGENDA ITEMS: None

5. ACTION ITEMS-CONSENT AGENDA:

A motion was made by Dean Cantu, seconded by Val Ramirez, to approve the following consent agenda items as amended:

A. *Minutes of Regular, Special, & Closed Session Board Meetings, 6/19/2018 & 6/27/2018

B. *Minutes of Building Committee Meeting, 6/21/2018, 6/28/2018, 7/12/2018 & 7/26/2018

C. *Approval of Bills; Payroll; and Activity Fund Reports

D. *Approval of Treasurer’s Report

E. *Personnel – Resignation/Dismissal/Employment/Retirement/Leaves of Absences

a. Approval of Sarah Christy as JH assistant track coach for the 2018-19 school year at a rate specified in the CBA Extra-Duty Schedule.

b. Approve the following list of volunteers for the specified sport for the 2018-19 school year:

HS Golf – Kenny Blum

HS Football – Alex Davis

c. Approve the maternity leave as requested for Amber Waddell.

F. *Marketing Video for Elmwood

Davis – yes; Frietsch – yes; Keefer – yes; LeHew – yes; Ramirez – yes; Cantu – yes; Conklin – yes Motion passed 7-0

A motion was made by Rick LeHew, seconded by Dean Cantu, to approve the following consent agenda item as amended:

F. *Marketing Video for Elmwood

a. Approve the expenditure of $500 to support the marketing efforts for Elmwood Community

Frietsch – yes; Keefer – yes; LeHew – yes; Ramirez – yes; Cantu – yes; Conklin – yes; Davis – abstain Motion passed 6-0

6. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS:

Mark Davis spoke on behalf of the Building Committee regarding: parking lot; landscape; ROE visit next week

7. INFORMATION ITEMS:

Dr. Wagner, Superintendent, reported on the following items:

A. FY 2018 Budget

B. Architect Discussion and Phase III C. Administrator Reports.

Dimitri Almasi, Elementary Principal, provided information on the following items:

ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY PARENTS’ CLUB

● The Parent’s Club group is busy planning the annual Elementary School Golf Fore Education Outing. The event is planned for Saturday, August 25. The day will include golf, dinner, silent auction, and entertainment. This has become a wonderful community event that supports students, teachers, and different school programs. We look forward to a good day.

● The Parents’ Club and I are also in the process of becoming registered through the state.

CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT

● I have met with Mrs. McFall to review the K-6 AIMSWeb testing scores. As a whole, our students demonstrated great growth through her hard work. Our plan is to incentivize MAP and PARCC testing for our students as well.

● Mr. Waddell, Mrs. McFall, and I are coordinating the 2018-2019 Assessment Calendar.

● We are still waiting on the 2018 PARCC and ISA scores.

● Class lists will be posted August 1st.

FACULTY

● The New Teacher Orientation will be on August 8th. I want to thank our teachers for helping welcome our new teachers to the Elmwood community.

● I have been able to meet most of the teachers for lunch. I am very excited support them in their teaching.

● We have planned meetings for Bus Drivers, Cafeteria Staff, and Custodians.

ACTIVITIES

● Back to School/Backpack Night on August 15th @ 6:00 p.m.

○ Students and parents will have the opportunity to bring school supplies, meet the teacher, ask questions, and

feel good about the start to a good school year.

● Parent Meetings for J.H. Activities are planned:

○ J.H. Softball--Monday, July 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

○ J.H. Cross Country—Monday, July 30 @ 7:30 p.m. ○ J.H. Baseball—Monday, July 30 @ 7:45 p.m.

TRANSPORTATION

● A huge thank you to Mrs. Seeley for helping plan the 2018 transportation schedule.

● We have posted an ad in the Post for bus drivers. We are looking to hire two drivers. One for our Brimfield route and

one to fill in for Mr. Krider.

Tony McCoy, Jr./Sr. High Principal, provided information on the following items: Nothing to report at this time

8. COMMENTS BY BOARD MEMBERS OR ADMINISTRATION:

9. COMMUNICATIONS:

10. CLOSED SESSION:

Mark Davis made the motion, seconded by Val Ramirez, to go into Closed Session at 6:38 PM.

Keefer – yes; LeHew – yes; Ramirez – yes; Cantu – yes; Conklin – yes; Davis – yes; Frietsch – yes Motion passed 7-0

Mark Davis made the motion, seconded by Val Ramirez, to go back into Open Session at 7:35 PM. Motion carried on a voice vote.

11. ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED SESSION:

A motion was made by Claude Keefer, seconded by Val Ramirez, to approve the rate of pay for district custodians as presented for the FY19 school year (increased to $12/hour).

LeHew – yes; Ramirez – yes; Cantu – yes; Conklin – yes; Davis – yes; Frietsch – yes; Keefer – yes Motion passed 7-0

12. ADJOURNMENT:

Mark Davis made the motion, seconded by Bill Frietsch, to adjourn the meeting at 7:37 PM. Motion carried on a voice vote.

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