Quincy Reporter

Central School District #3 Board of Education met Nov. 17.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Jason Ippensen, Board President, called the Regular Meeting of Central School District #3 Board of Education, Adams County, to order at 6:30 p.m. in the district board office. Roll Call verified that there was a quorum of the Board.

Following the prayer and pledge, President Ippensen asked if there were any questions and/or comments from the public.

Val Flynn from Zumbahlen, Eyth, Surratt, Foote & Flynn presented the 2021-2022 District Audit. She made recommendations and reported the district is in good financial state with a perfect 4.0 recognition status.

PTO - Kayla Mock

The Fall Festival went well. There was a good group of families in attendance.

The Jr. High dances were a success and the students asked for more in the spring.

There will be a Christmas movie night on December 16th at CMS, Arthur Christmas will be playing. Santa and Mr. Klaus will make an appearance.

With no further questions or comments, the meeting continued

Motion was made by Member Wilkey, seconded by Member Hamilton, to approve the Annual Financial Report. (Doc. Reg. #5797)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Wilkey, Hamilton, Ippensen, Kestner, Cooley, Hildebrand, Marlow

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Kestner, seconded by Member Marlow, to accept the superintendent's recommendation to approve the current agenda.

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Kestner, Marlow, Ippensen, Hamilton, Cooley, Hildebrand, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Consent Agenda

Motion was made by Member Hildebrand, seconded by Member Wilkey, to accept the superintendent's recommendation to approve the consent agenda as presented:

1. October 20, 2022, Board Minutes

2. Approval of November Bills (Doc. Reg. #5798)

3. Treasurer's Report (Doc. Reg. #5799)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hildebrand, Wilkey, Ippensen, Hamilton, Kestner, Cooley, Marlow

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Committee Brief Action Items

Motion was made by Member Marlow, seconded by Member Cooley, to place the 2022 proposed Tax Levy on display. (Doc. Reg. #5800)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Marlow, Cooley, Ippensen, Hamilton, Kestner, Hildebrand, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

There will be a Truth in Taxation Hearing on December 15th at 6:15 p.m.

Motion was made by Member Hildebrand, seconded by Member Cooley, to approve the architect agreement for A/C project with Klingner & Associates. (Doc. Reg. #5801)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hildebrand, Cooley, Ippensen, Hamilton, Kestner, Marlow, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Kestner, seconded by Member Marlow, to approve bus leases with Midwest Transit Equipment (Doc. Reg. #5802)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Kestner, Marlow, Ippensen, Hamilton, Cooley, Hildebrand, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Hildebrand, seconded by Member Wilkey, to get bids for Banking/Financial Services.

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hildebrand, Wilkey, Ippensen, Kestner, Cooley, Marlow

Nay: None

Abstain: Hamilton

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Kestner, seconded by Member Wilkey, to approve participation in "The Fund” – Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund (Doc. Reg. #5803)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Kestner, Wilkey, Ippensen, Hamilton, Cooley, Hildebrand, Marlow

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

BUILDING:

Temporary heat has been installed in the multi-purpose building, allowing other trades to move forward with their work.

POLICY:

School Maintenance Grant was approved by the ROE; waiting on ISBE approval.

Just received PRESS Policy updates.

Mrs. Smith will be attending a webinar on 12/6 that will discuss all of the upcoming changes and will bring that information to the December board meeting.

FINANCE:

Waiting on EAV information to be provided. If there are any surprises that will significantly change the Tax Levy, Mrs. Smith will reach out prior to December's board meeting.

CURRICULUM:

The curriculum committee met on November 10th.

Vicki Eilers is working on a vocational/job fair in April 2023, that will focus more on our students that are not planning on going the traditional college route after high school.

Vicki will be offering a Business Finance Class next semester. This class will specifically focus on students that may end up owning their own business after high school.

Rob Scheiter and Martin Nall are interested in getting two CNC tabletop units for the district. Mr. Scheiter will offer the programming portion in his high school computer classes and Mr. Nall will offer the hands on portion in his classes. There is a huge demand for qualified operators, and this is something that we can teach here at no cost to our students. We also have opportunities to partner with community business that are looking for qualified workers.

The cost per machine is $4,000, the total includes the programming. If Mr. Nall and Mr. Scheiter are able to secure funding for half of this project, they are asking if the additional cost could be picked up by the district. McKenzi Wilkey will take this information back to the Panther Pride Foundation and see if any funding is available

Math RTI - 25 students at the Jr. High level were invited to after school tutoring. There are currently a handful of students attending. Mr. Rhea will pursue inviting the next level of students that could use some help and will see what type of interest there is within this group of students.

STAR assessments are not in line with where students are truly measuring. The current data we have only compares the assessments with students within our district. We will now be comparing our data with the state benchmark to get a better understanding of our students' needs.

The next meeting will be in February.

Informational/Discussion Items

Tori Fessler was acknowledged as senior of the month for November.

A thank you was received from the Hildebrand family for the flowers sent for Stacey Flesner's funeral.

A thank you was received from Zack Huston for allowing him the opportunity to interview for the High School principal position and for all the board does for the school district.

Administrative Building Reports (Doc. Reg. # 5804)

Central Elementary School

Enrollment Numbers: 225 students

CES held an Honor a Veteran event on Friday, November 11th. Students and staff were able to invite a veteran to CES for the morning. Thirty veterans came to visit CES and were served breakfast, watched morning meeting, attended different stations, and had a parade where they walked through the halls with students waving their flags. During the parade, the veterans' names were read along with their branch of government and years of service. Amanda Shoopman led the way to organize and plan this special day.

Central Middle School

Enrollment Numbers: 106 Students

Staff Member of the Month - Crystal Harper! CoJack was in the building during Halloween!

Central Jr. High School

Enrollment Numbers: 245 Students

Take a Vet to School Day was held on Thursday, November 10th.

There were approximately 40 veterans in attendance.

Jr. High dances were a huge success.

Central High School

The boy's football team defeated Greenfield in the state quarterfinals game on November 12th and will now play Ridgeview-Lexington in a battle of two 12-0 teams in the state semi-finals. Good luck to our players and coaches this weekend. A win Saturday will put us in the state championship game next weekend.

The high school band and chorus programs will be having their Christmas Spectacular On Saturday, December 10th this year, to promote their music program. They will have a pulled pork dinner from 5:30-6:30, with the band/chorus performance starting at 7 pm.

Scholastic Bowl will be starting up again this year after being shut down for the last two years with covid. Julia Ruffcorn will be the sponsor this year and is currently working to recruit students for competition this year.

Superintendent Communication

Active Shooter Drill at CJHS/CHS with ACSD. The sheriff's department commented on how serious our students took this drill and how well behaved they were.

FOIA request from Carpenter's Union on the multi-purpose building. The document was 256 pages long. FOIA request from Smart Procure.

WAS Insurance Updated – We will be changing the PPO vendor we currently have. This change will save our insurance coop close to 1 million dollars. We are currently in a regional network and will be changing to Aetna, a national network.

LEG Award Winners:

Emily Mason - Life Skills Learning Opportunities in the Community = $425.00.

Kris Rhea- Preschool Language Products = $186.91.

Shelly Armistead - Reader Pen Classroom Aid = $921.00.

Christa Salinas - Expanding Printmaking- $938.08.

Shannon Seneczko - 5th/6th Grade Family Night = $753.69.

Update on tax assessment appeal interventions: Our attorney stated that we may not see a hearing until 2024.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Motion was made by Member Hildebrand, seconded by Member Cooley, to go into Executive Session at 8:40 p.m.

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hildebrand, Cooley, Ippensen, Hamilton, Kestner, Marlow, Wilkey

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Hildebrand, seconded by Member Marlow, to return to Open Session at 9:36 p.m.

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hildebrand, Marlow, Ippensen, Hamilton, Kestner, Cooley, Wilkey

Nay:None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

Motion was made by Member Hamilton, seconded by Member Cooley, to adopt the personnel addendum as presented. (Doc. Reg. #5804)

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Hamilton, Cooley, Ippensen, Kestner, Hildebrand, Marlow, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

PERSONNEL ADDENDUM (Doc. Reg. #5805)

Adjournment

Motion was made by Member Kestner, seconded by Member Marlow, to accept the recommendation to adjourn the meeting at 9:37 p.m.

Roll Call Vote:

Aye: Kestner, Marlow, Ippensen, Hamilton, Cooley, Hildebrand, Wilkey

Nay: None

Absent: None

Motion Carried.

There being no further business to come before the Board of Education, President Ippensen declared the meeting adjourned at 9:37 p.m.

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