Quincy Reporter

Quincy Public School District 172 Board of Education met June 21.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Meeting Convened

The Board of Education of School District No. 172, Adams County, Illinois, met in regular session on June 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board of Education Office, Room 214, 1416 Maine Street, Quincy, Illinois, in said school district.

Roll Call

The meeting was called to order by President Arns, who directed the secretary to call the roll. On the call of the roll, the following members were present and answered to their names: Members Ali, Arns, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following member was absent: Member Brock and Member McNay. Whereupon the President declared a quorum was present.

Arrival of Member McNay

Member McNay arrived at 6:02 p.m., which was duly noted by the Board Secretary.

Moment of Silence

President Arns declared a moment of silence and reflection.

Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by President Arns.

Open Public Hearing

President Arns opened the public hearing on the 2022-2023 Amended District Budget, 2022-2023 Amended West Central Regional Joint Agreement Budget, 2022-2023 Amended Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center Budget, and 2022-2023 Amended Special Education Budget. There were no comments at this time, but the hearing remained open for comments until closed later in the meeting.

Questions and Comments

President Arns opening the meeting to questions and comments of members of the Board, by members of the public. There were none.

Consent Agenda

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Whitfield to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda:

a. Treasurer’s Report May 2022

b. Minutes – May 17, 2023

c. Check Register and JH/SH Activity Fund Reports

d. Statement of Agreement with Quanada (Doc. Reg. No. 3815)

e. Hazardous Busing Resolution (Doc. Reg. No. 3816)

f. Physician Indemnification Letter (Doc. Reg. No. 3817)

g. 2023-2024 School Board Meeting Resolution – calendar (Doc. Reg. No. 3818)

h. Acknowledge receipt of the Freedom of Information Log: May 13 through June 17, 2023 (None)

On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Reports of the Superintendent

District Highlights.

• QPS Mentor program mentor Kevin Blickhan reached a milestone as he was with the same student from PreK to graduation this year. Remarkable!

• The QHS/QJHS Trap Team competed at the State competition finishing 8th overall! Congratulations to QJHS Athlete, Denver Green on his second place JV finish! Top overall for the state was Luke Cumby (QHS) 1st.

• QJHS Track and Field team had the following team members place at the State meet: Cameran Byquist placed 8th in the 4A 8th grade girls long jump, Eli Poe placed 8th in the 4A 7B 1600m & Peyton Kuhl placed 2nd in the 4A 7G 1600m.

• The Girls Blue Devil Soccer team wrapped up their season 14-5-3 after a loss in the Regional Championship game.

• Congratulations to Tracy Bugh and Marilyn Smith who graduated from the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce Diversity and Inclusion Academy, Cohort 6!

• Welcome all new hires to the QPS family including Anna Oakley, Communications Officer and Ryan Clair, Director of Maintenance.

Building Committee

Chairperson McNay shared that committee members heard an update on progress on the new central services building which is on schedule. The committee also heard from Architechnics regarding options for the replacement of the HVAC system at QHS, starting with the system in Building E.

Health Life Safety 3-Year Plan

It was recommended by the Building Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the Health Life Safety 3-Year Plan (Doc. Reg. No. 3819). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

QJHS Cooler/Freezer Bid

It was recommended by the Building Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the QJHS Cooler/Freezer Bid to Emrick Brothers for $276,100. (Doc. Reg. No. 3820). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Baldwin Auditorium Sprinkler Riser Bid

It was recommended by the Building Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the Baldwin Auditorium Sprinkler Riser Bid to Brinkman Plumbing for $71,414. (Doc. Reg. No. 3821). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

QHS Blue Devil Locker Room Renovation

It was recommended by the Building Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the QHS Blue Devil Locker Room Renovation QHS Blue Devil Locker Room Renovation which will be privately funded. (Doc. Reg. No. 3822). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

District Improvement Committee

Co-Chairperson Petty shared that the committee reviewed the school improvement plans for each building. Kindergarten piloted a new report card in 2022-2023 and feedback received was all positive.

Pilot for 1st & 4th Grade Report Cards and Trimester Grading Periods. First and fourth grade will pilot a new report card during the 2023-2024 school year. The remaining elementary grades will pilot new report cards during the 2024-2025 school year. All elementary grades will use trimester reporting beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. It was recommended by the District Improvement Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the 1st & 4th Grade Report Card Pilot and Trimester Grading Periods for 2023-2024. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Pilots for Literacy and Math. Staff will pilot Reveal Math and Illustrative Math, Benchmark Workshop, and Savvas MyView during the 2023-2024 school year. Every grade level and every school are represented. It was recommended by the District Improvement Committee and moved by Member Arns to approve the Pilots for Literacy and Math for 2023-2024. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Finance Committee

Chairperson Ali shared Finance Committee reviewed the check registry and went over the Amended District Budget. Chief of Business Operations Ryan Whicker shared that there were no material adjustments to budget, only adjustments within funds to accurately reflect how money was spent.

Discipline Committee

Chairperson Ali shared that the committee reviewed the discipline portion of the student handbooks for updates. The intent is to align elementary, QJHS, and QHS so that all are the same regarding discipline procedures. ECFC and The Academy have some nuances that are required for grants, so they will be somewhat different that the other buildings. The Behavioral Procedure Charts will be removed from all handbooks as they are for administrative purposes only. The Discipline Committee also plans to invite additional staff to ensure representation from all buildings.

Policy Committee

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member Whitfield to remove from the table and adopt the following March 2023 Press Policy revisions and the Policy

2:150 Standing Board Committees structure changes:

2:110 Board Member Conflict of Interest

3:40 Superintendent

4:60 Purchases and Contracts

5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria

5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting

5:125 Personal Technology and Social Media; Usage and Conduct

5:150 Personnel Records

5:170 Copyright

5:260 Student Teachers

6:135 Accelerated Placement Program

6:230 Library Media Program

8:20 Community Use of School Facilities

2:150 Standing Board Committees

On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Close Public Hearing

President Arns asked if there were any questions regarding the 2022-2023 Amended District Budget, 2022-2023 Amended West Central Regional Joint Agreement Budget, 2022-2023 Amended Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center Budget, and 2022-2023 Amended Special Education Budget. Hearing no further questions or comments, President Arns closed the public hearing.

Amended 2022-2023 Quincy School District Budget

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Ali to approve the Amended 2022- 2023 Quincy School District Budget (Doc. Reg. No. 3823). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Amended 2022-2023 West Central Region Budget

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Ali to approve the Amended 2022- 2023 West Central Region Budget (Doc. Reg. No. 3824). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Amended 2022-2023 QAVTC Budget

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Ali to approve the Amended 2022- 2023 Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center Budget (Doc. Reg. No.3825). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Amended 2022-2023 Special Education Association Budget

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member Petty to approve the Amended 2022-2023 Special Education Association Budget (Doc. Reg. No. 3826). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Resolution on Tentative 2023-2024 QAVTC Budget

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member Arns to approve the Resolution on Presentation of Tentative 2023-2024 Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center Budget and set hearing date as August 23, 2023 (Doc. Reg. No. 3827). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Resolution on Tentative 2023-2024 West Central Region Budget

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member McNay to approve the Resolution on Presentation of Tentative 2023-2024 West Central Region Budget and set hearing date as August 23, 2023 (Doc. Reg. No. 3828). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Resolution on Tentative 2023-2024 Special Education Association Budget

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Petty to approve the Resolution on Presentation of Tentative 2023-2024 Special Education Association Budget and set hearing date as August 23, 2023 (Doc. Reg. No. 3829). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Sale of 2909 Lind St, Adams County, IL

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Arns to approve the sale of 2909 Lind St, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois at a price of $136,000 (Doc. Reg. No. 3830). On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

2023-2024 School Handbooks

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Ali to approve the ECFC, K-5, QJHS, QHS and The Academy School handbooks with Discipline Committees revisions. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the Freezer/Cooler at QJHS

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member McNay to approve the Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the Freezer/Cooler at QJHS. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the HVAC System in Building E at QHS

It was moved by Member Ali and seconded by Member Arns to approve the Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the HVAC system in Building E at QHS. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the Fire Protection Main and Sprinklers at Baldwin

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Petty to approve the Health Life Safety Amendment for Replacing the Fire Protection Main and Sprinklers at Baldwin. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Executive Session

A 6:29 p.m., it was moved by Member Arns and seconded by Member Petty that the Board suspend the rules and go into executive session to discuss: a) the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the School District; f) emergency security procedures; g)student disciplinary cases; i) pending, probable, or imminent litigation; j) attorney/client privilege or other matters appropriate for a closed meeting pursuant to the Open Meetings Act. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Ali, Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following member was absent: Member Brock. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Resumption of Rules

It was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Arns to resume the conduct of the regular meeting under rules. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following members were absent: Member Brock and Member Ali. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Student Discipline

It was moved by Member Petty and seconded by Member Arns to adopt the recommendation made in executive session regarding the pre-expulsion agreements for two QJHS students and the expulsion for one QJHS student. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following members were absent: Member Brock and Member Ali. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Personnel Addendum

It was moved by Member Petty and seconded by Member Whitfield to approve the Revised Personnel Addendum. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following members were absent: Member Brock and Member Ali. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Parent Discipline

It was moved by Member Arns and seconded by Member McNay to adopt the recommendation regarding a parent suspension from school grounds. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following members were absent: Member Brock and Member Ali. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

Adjournment

At 7:48 p.m., it was moved by Member McNay and seconded by Member Whitfield that the regular meeting adjourn. On the call of the roll, the following members voted Aye: Members Arns, McNay, Petty, Sethaler, and Whitfield; and the following members voted Nay: None; and the following members were absent: Member Brock and Member Ali. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.

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