Quincy Reporter

West Central Community Unit School District #235 Board of Education met Nov. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Good News Items

∙ Brady McGraw was named the Hawkeye Athlete of the Week

∙ Mason Carnes was named the WMOI-WRAM Athlete of the Week

∙ The West Central Middle School Fall Fun Run fundraiser was a success! Profit was $1414.45. These funds will be used to provide incentives to students.

∙ The West Central Middle School Veterans Day Program was held on Wednesday, November 10 at 9:30 a.m. The program was very well done. The band and choir sounded wonderful. Thank you to Mr. Jim Blender for being the keynote speaker and to the Henderson County American Legion Post #765 for the Presentation and Retirement of the Colors.

∙ Congratulations to Cora Kaup for winning the Patriot Pen Essay competition. 

∙ WCES and their families went above and beyond our goal and bought around $6,915 or over 850 books total during our book fair (including in person and online sales)! This has provided our library with $3,460.52 Scholastic Dollars that we can use to help update our Elementary library collection and provide additional resources for classrooms. Thank you to our WCES families for their support of reading and our school!

∙ West Central Elementary School PTC Fall Festival was a success! Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers for their supportive efforts.

5. Approve Agenda Items (Additions/Deletions)

6. Comments from the Public

7. Consent Agenda

A. Minutes

1. Special Meeting, October 1 & 2, 2021 (Enclosure)

2. Closed Session, October 1 & 2, 2021 (Enclosure)

3. Special Meeting, October 16, 2021 (Enclosure)

4. Closed Session, October 16, 2021 (Enclosure)

5. Regular Meeting, October 20, 2021 (Enclosure)

6. Closed Session, October 20, 2021 (Enclosure)

B. Financial Activity

1. Consider Payment of Bills (Enclosure)

2. Consider Approval of Activity Accounts (Enclosure)

3. Consider Approval of Treasurer’s Report (Enclosure)

4. Review of District Financial Report (Enclosure)

8. Discussion Items

A. Installation of District Wide Access Control Card System (Enclosures) 

B. Building and Grounds Report (Enclosure)

C. Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Service Plan – Parent Visits 

D. ARP – LEA American Rescue Plan (ESSER III)

9. Reports

A. Principal’s Report (Enclosures)

1. West Central Elementary

2. West Central Middle School

3. West Central High School

B. Technology Report – Mrs. Frakes/Mr. Alexander (Enclosure)

C. Special Education Report – Miss Nelson (Enclosure)

D. Athletic Director’s Report – Mr. Zaiser (Enclosure)

E. Nurse’s Report – Mrs. Torrance

10. Action Items

A. Discussion and Approval of Tentative FY21 Tax Levy (Enclosures)

B. Consider Approval to Declare 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan Surplus (Enclosure) 

C. Consider Approval of Student Request to Attend ½ Days 2nd Semester of the 2021- 2022 School Year (Enclosure)

D. Consider Approval to Increase Long-term Substitute Pay

11. Future Agenda Items

12. Closed Session – A Closed Session will be held pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act to discuss the following subjects:

A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.

B. Student discipline.

C. Collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

D. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

E. Litigation

13. Action Items

A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignation

1. Jane Alexander (December 17, 2021), WCHS FCS Teacher (Enclosure)

2. Jenny Lenz (June 15, 2021), District Cook (Enclosure)

3. Karen Gall, WCHS Special Education Teacher (Enclosure)

Leaves

B. Transfers

C. Employment

1. Tyler Jones, WCHS Physical Education Teacher (Enclosure)

2. Joleen Kelly, WCES Part-time Title I Paraprofessional (Enclosure)

3. Cheyanne Lee, Bus Monitor

D. Extracurricular

1. Employment: Andrew Crause, WCMS 6th Grade Boys’ Basketball (Enclosure) 

2. Employment: Jonah Marlow, WCHS Assistant Girls’ Basketball Coach (Enclosure)

3. Employment: Teresa Stevenson, WCHS Track Coach (Enclosure)

4. Volunteer: Dan Bowman, WCHS Volunteer Girls’ Basketball Coach (Enclosures) 

E. Consider Approval to Pay Jill Colley Overload to Teach One Additional Section of Special Education Courses (Enclosure)

F. Consider Approval to Pay Cody Eaton Overload to Teach One Additional Section of Special Education Courses (Enclosure)

14. Future Meeting Dates and Time

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 – Elementary Cafeteria, 6:00 p.m.

15. Adjournment

https://www.wc235.k12.il.us/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/6166392cb6df1/Regular%20Meeting%20Agenda%20-%20November%2016,%202021.pdf