Quincy Reporter

Central Community Unit School District 3 Board met Jan. 16.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The Board of Education met at 6:30 p.m. on January 16, 2020 for their regular meeting at Central Board of Education Office located in Camp Point.

Following the prayer and pledge, President Marlow called the meeting to order and introduced guest: Emily Obert.

President Marlow asked if there were any questions and or comments from the public. Hearing none, the meeting continued.

The current agenda was approved as presented.

Action by Consent Agenda

The following was approved as amended:

 December 19, 2019 Board Minutes

 Approval of January Bills

 Treasurer’s Report

Committee Action Items

Building

 The Building Committee will be scheduling a meeting for next week.

Policy

 None at this time

Finance

 Mrs. Smith reviewed a list of Pledged Securities from Farmers State Bank with the Board.

Curriculum

 The January Curriculum Committee was cancelled. The next meeting will be February 13th

Old Business

 SWOT Results were presented to the board.

 The board is looking at bus bids for Freightliner & International busses. These will be reviewed & presented at next month’s board meeting.

 The board acknowledged the following:

 Vickie Eilers/CHS Journalism placed second in Best Graphics and third in Best Divider Pages in the Illinois Journalism Education Association Awards annual yearbook contest.

 Jenny Hetzler for her help and success in implementing the Certified Nursing Assistant Program at Central High School

 Thank you notes were read from several staff members for the Christmas hams.

 A thank you note from Mary Akers was read for the thoughts and prayers and the wind chime that was given during the loss of her husband.

 A thank you note was read for the planter that was sent for the funeral of Bill Reed’s father.

New Business

 The first reading of Certified/Support Staff Seniority list was approved.

 HS Graduation is set for May 17th at 2 p.m.

Superintendent Report

 Non-tenured recommendations will be provided by administrators at the February meeting.

 School Maintenance Grants are available.

 Mrs. Smith reported on the Two Rivers Legislative Roundtable that she attended.

Administrator Reports

 Eric Stotts - Central Elementary School

 Students in Mrs. MacArthur’s Title class wrote and illustrated books and was sent to a publisher. The titles of the books and authors were The Missing Puppets by Natalie King, Avery Lash, Brody Leasman, and Brooklyn Dunsmore, A Mixed Up Christmas by Presley Campbell, Mia Ingalls, Riggins Mock, and Keagan Owens and The Invisible Unicorn by Willow Wiewel, James Venvertloh, and Russel Cosgrove

Upcoming Events:

 1/30 is 100 Day! CES celebrates the 100th day of school.

 2/4 – First Grade visits Quincy Community Theatre

 2/5 – Smiles presentation on Oral Health

 2/14 – Valentine’s Day Parties at 1:30

 Chevi Ingalls- Central Middle School

This month’s building activities

 12/20- 12/21 Benchmarking

 12/20- 12/21 Mini Relay Presents

 12/21 Winter Party

 12/21 Positive Panther Party

 1/6 Behavioral Expectation Boot Camp

Upcoming Activities

 1/22 Ag in the Classroom

 1/31 Positive Panther Party

 2/03-02/07 Winter Wonderland

 2/04 Quincy Community Theater (Frozen) 3rd/4th grade

 2/14 We LOVE to READ Day

 2/14 Valentine’s Day Party

Curriculum Report

 The district admin. team (CES, CMS, & CJHS) have decided that we have two urgencies. We need an ELA curriculum that connects the grade levels, and we need to find a universal screener for K-8. We are now researching, getting quotes, reaching out to other districts, and collaborating with the district curriculum team of teachers to finalize our needs.

 Wayne Krus - Central Junior High

 Mrs. Cramer and Mr. Krus are working with the staff to get IAR and ISA schedules set for March.

 Central staff and Mr. Krus are working on Academic Contracts. These are contracts based on meetings and discussions with parents, the student, and the teachers in a group effort to get students passing and to the next grade level.

 5 Essential Surveys are being done by the teachers, parents, and students.

 Mrs. Jones is leading a book study with 5 teachers. The book is called Teach Like a Champion 2.0. Teachers will read the book, watch videos, and have discussions each Wednesday for twelve weeks.

Upcoming Events

 2/17 NO SCHOOL

 Martin Cook - Central High School

 On December 20th, our CNA Pinning ceremony was held in the auditorium. Nurse Jenny and JWCC pinned five students: Brooke Barlow, Victoria Louderback, Travis Rigg, Hayden Stoneking, and Kylie Wilson and presented them with their CNA certificates from JWCC.

 Later this month I’ll have the high school students and staff take the 5 Essentials Survey for the state board in order to gather feedback on their opinions and feelings about their high school. I’ll also be sending out information asking for parents to complete the survey. The state needs 20% of parents to respond to the survey in order to get feedback. We currently are sitting on 17% responses from parents.

 We are currently working on setting up computer lab time for additional mandated state testing for high school science. This year all of our juniors will now have to take three 40-minute science assessments.

 The second round of practice SAT tests will take place in mid-February with 35 students signed up.

 There will be a SAT homeroom this semester for students to work on their individual SAT practice questions on Monday-Wednesday each week. If they do this, then Thursday and Friday they will have free time in the auditorium each week.

 Our staff will be working on updating the high school bulletin boards in the hallways this month. We are doing this to promote more of the academic side of high school for students, parents, and visitors to see as they walk through our school.

Executive Session

 Held at 7:25 p.m. and returned to open session at 7:51 p.m.

Personnel Addendum (As Amended)

Resignation of Staff

Employee	Position	Effective Date
Brittney Brokaw	Bus Driver	1-17-2020
Tiffany Churchill	2nd Grade Teacher	End of 2019-2020 School Year
Robert Tangerose	Maintenance Manager	6-30-2020

Employment of Staff:

Employee	Position	Start Date
Brittney Brokaw	Substitute Bus Driver/Non Cert	1-18-2020
Laken Frese	1st Assistant HS Softball Coach/Head JH Softball Coach	2019-2020 School Year
Missy Dahl	2nd Assistant HS Softball Coach/Assistant JH Softball Coach	2019-2020 School Year

Request for Leave:

Employee	Position	Reason for Leave	Timeframe	Approval
Jill Nall	JH Sp Ed Para	Out of Town –(dock days)	March 11 thur 13, 2020	Denied
Laura Lisica	JH Sp Ed Para	Maternity Leave	Approx March 1 thru April 20, 2020	Approved

Reassignment of Staff:

Employee	Previous Position	New Position	Timeframe
Michaela Factor	HS Para	CES Para	1-13-2020

Available Employee Positions:

Bus Driver

2nd Grade Teacher 2020-2021 School Year

Maintenance-Grounds Manager

CHS Para Professional

CHS English Teacher 2020-2021 School Year

CJHS Habitat Sponsor

CJHS Scholastic Bowl Sponsor

 The meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m.

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