Quincy Reporter

Liberty Community Unit School District 2 Board met June 19. 

Here is the agenda as provided by the board:

1. Routine Consent Agenda:

      A. Approval of the Agenda

      B. Approval of the following Minutes:

            Regular meeting on May 20, 2019

            Special meeting on May 29, 2019

      C. Approval of the Bills, Payroll, Treasurer’s Report, and Additional

           Bills presented at the meeting

      D. Approval of the Financial Summary Report

      E. Approval of the Food Service Report

      F. Approval of the Activity Report

2. Consent Agenda:

      A. Approve the Meeting Dates and Times for the Regular School Board Meetings for FY 20.

      B. Approve Safety Hazard Finding.

      C. Approve Prevailing Rate of Wages

      D. Approve the IASB membership.

      E. Approve the Amended FY19 Budget.

      F. Approve the Agreement for school pictures with Interstate Studio for 2019-20.

      G. Approve the continued participation in the LEAD Grant through the Regional Office of Education.

      H. Approve the revised 2019-20 Extra-Curricular Sponsorship Listing.

      I. Approve elementary and junior high/high school handbooks.

      J. Approve the Technology Director’s job description.

      K. Approve the Transportation Director to let bids for a Caravan.

      L. Approve to waive the $1 convenience fee for online book fees and lunch account payments for July 1 to August 31, 2019, to encourage as many people as possible to pay online early.

3. Board Discussion and Action:

      A. Approve the Facilities Committee Recommendations for summer projects regarding secured access in two areas of the facilities.

      B. Approve to apply for the Nonresident Tuition Waiver with Illinois State Board of Education, effective 2019-20 school year.

      C. Approve the Technology Director’s Contract for 3 years from July1, 2019-June 30, 2022.

      D. Approve to extend the contracts for the Pre-K-6th grade and 7-12th grade Principals for 1 year until June 30, 2021.

      E. Approve to extend the contract for the Superintendent for 1 year until June 30, 2021 and revise the usage of 5 vacation days.

      F. Approve to extend the contract for the Athletic Director/Student Support/Safety Coordinator for 2 years until June 30, 2021.

      G. Approve the increase in support staff wages, coaches’ stipends, and contractual employees’ salaries for 2019-20.

4. Personnel Report:

      • Approve the resignation of Callie Bushmeyer as the RTI Coordinator, effective August 15, 2019.

      • Approve the resignation of Elizabeth Bailey as Junior Class Co-Sponsor, effective June 19, 2019.

      • Approve the resignation of Montanna Neisen as the Junior Class Co-Sponsor, effective June 19, 2019.

      • Approve the resignation of Alex Badgley as the grass mower, effective June 6, 2019.

      • Approve Dustin Dennis, returning seasonal worker, as the grass mower (grounds maintenance), effective June 6, 2019.

      • Approve Abby Milhauser as a 4th grade teacher, effective December 2019 upon completing student teaching and approval from the ROE.

      • Approve the resignation of Brigham John as the Varsity Baseball Coach, effective June 12, 2019.

      • Approve the following:

      Tenure      Sara Reichert

      4th year    Alexis Partlow, Jessica Jones, Jill Oberling, Kayla Thomas

      3rd year    Montanna Neisen, Brittany Cromie, Sara Tuter, Alex Altmix, Christina Duffy, Morgan Thorsen

      2nd year   Laura Meyer, Sarah Farha, Rochelle Luaders, Brooke Cunningham, Rob Young

      Part-time   Samantha Haley

                            “Soar to Excellence. Every student, Every day!”

                                        Superintendent’s Comments:

Setting wages

This is the meeting at which the school board focuses on finances as the current fiscal year’s amended budget is approved and salaries and wages are set. This helps with developing a budget for FY20. Usually contracts are renewed and extended if applicable and we look at coaches’ stipends and approve the sponsor list.

Routine items

These include approving the prevailing wage, safety hazard findings, agreements for next year, projects for the summer, handbooks, and the Illinois Association of School Boards’ membership fee.

Nonresident Tuition Waiver

This is a new item on the agenda that required a public notice and public hearing to take place. Information about this was posted on our website two weeks before the meeting and in the Liberty Bee a week prior to the meeting. We usually do not have much of a turnout for public hearings. For this meeting, there were only four people present who did not have any questions/concerns. The school board approved applying for this waiver, effective 2019-20 school year.

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