Virgil I Grissom Middle School Grade 6 Kirby School District 140 Board of Education met Oct. 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Opening of Meeting.
Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance. At 7:00 P.M., President Martelli called to order the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education, Kirby School District 140, Cook County, led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Roll Call. Board Members present: Dr. Jacqueline Kelly-McHale, Mrs. Deborah Kowalski, Mrs. Lisa Strand, Mr. John Lutz, Mrs. Carol DeMicheal, Mr. Chuck Augustyniak, and Mr. Thomas Martelli; Board Members absent: None. Others present: Dr. Shawn Olson, Superintendent; Mrs. Michael Andreshak, Director of Business Services and Mrs. Karen Jamraz, Recording Secretary.
Correspondence. Incoming: Thank you acknowledgements from Carrie Drechny, Carol Ignatowicz and the Elementary Music Teachers; and a membership letter from the IASB; Outgoing: None.
Approval of Minutes Summary of Previous Meeting - Regular Meeting of September 19, 2019. It was moved by Dr. Kelly-McHale and seconded by Mrs. DeMicheal to approve the Minutes Summary of Previous Meeting - Regular Meeting of September 19, 2019, as presented. The voice vote was: Ayes: 7; Nays: 0; Abstains: 0. The motion carried whereupon President Martelli, as attested by Secretary DeMicheal, affixed their signatures to said minutes summary.
Public Comment.
Recognition of Public. A parent wanted to thank the Board for their consideration regarding an email that was sent to the Superintendent regarding recess.
Financial Reports.
Monthly Expenditures Consent Agenda. It was moved by Mrs. DeMicheal and seconded by Dr. Kelly-McHale to approve expenditures including payroll, accounts payable, procurement card in the aggregate amount of $4,111,670.00. The roll call vote was: Ayes: Dr. Kelly-McHale, Mrs. Kowalski, Mr. Lutz, Mrs. Strand, Mrs. DeMicheal, Mr. Augustyniak and Mr. Martelli; Nays: None; Abstains: None. The President declared the motion carried whereupon Mr. Martelli, as attested by Secretary DeMicheal, affixed their signatures to said expenditure report.
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures. Mr. Andreshak presented the report.
Administrative Reports.
Superintendent.
Graduation Dates. Dr. Olson reported that the Graduation dates have been set. Grissom will graduate on Monday, June 1st and Prairie View will graduate on Tuesday, June 2nd. Both ceremonies will be held at Andrew High School.
Attorney General. We have received a response from the Attorney General's office regarding an allegation that during the January, 2019 meeting the Board violated the Open Meetings Act and a FOIA request. In the response each of the violations were addressed and all allegations were unfounded.
Mission Statement. In response to a request from Mr. Lutz, Dr. Olson said that our mission statement has been reviewed with a few minor changes. It will be presented to the Board in February to adopt as part of the Comprehensive Plan. Dr. Olson asked that until then that the revised Mission Statement be informally adopted and displaying it in our Board Room. There was a consensus among the Board to move forward with this idea.
SROs. Dr. Olson recently met with Superintendents from surrounding Districts. The high school district have SROs present in their buildings, none of the elementary buildings have them. They do not like the message it sends. At this time our District will not pursue hiring an SRO, he feels that there is not a need.
Recess. In response to a letter received from a parent regarding the amount of time our students have for recess, Dr. Olson did some research on this topic. There are a few studies that show unstructured recess is beneficial to children. He has asked our Elementary Principals to look at their schedules to see if there is time available outside of the lunch recess to possibly implement more recess time beginning next school year.
School Report Card. Dr. Olson told the Board that the data for the annual School Report Card is embargoed and will not be made available to the public until October 30th. Because of the embargo, he is unable to talk about this data in open or closed session. What he can say is that our District is in a much better place than last year as far as our test results are concerned.
Tuition Reimbursement. Dr. Olson wanted the Board to be aware that our teachers are using the Tuition Reimbursement Program. The Board has a memo in their packet stating that 76 teachers participated and were within 91¢ of spending the total money allotted for this program.
Census 2020. Dr. Olson recently attended a meeting at the Tinley Park Village Hall. They are asking for support from us in getting the word out for the upcoming Census. We will be posting reminders on our website and sending home notices to remind parents to participate in the Census.
Vacation Letter. Dr. Roth has revised the Vacation Letter that is sent to parents who take their students out of school for extended vacations during the school year. The revised letter states that if a student is going to miss more than 10 consecutive days of school due to a vacation, that student will be unenrolled from our District. Upon return from the vacation, the parent will have to re-enroll their student. This revision is due to the fact that on the School Report Card our summative designation is affected by chronic absenteeism. If the student is unenrolled, their absence will not affect our summative designation.
Ivy League. Ivy League has asked if they can bring STEM trailers onto our school property to be used for STEM activities with our students. They are offering this at no additional cost to the District. Dr. Olson wanted Board to be aware if they see these trailers in our parking lots.
Director of Business Services.
Audit. Mr. Andreshak stated that the auditor will be at the November Board Meeting to review the report of our recent audit.
Unfinished Business. There was not unfinished business.
New Business.
Board Reports. The Board scheduled a Committee of the Whole Meeting on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:00-8:30 P.M. This meeting will take place in the gym at Prairie View. The purpose of this meeting is to explain the tax levy. There will be an informative presentation followed by a question and answer session.
Closed Session. There was no reason to enter closed session.
Personnel - Consent Agenda. It was moved by Mr. Augustyniak and seconded by Mrs. DeMicheal to approve the presented items on consent agenda. The roll call vote was: Ayes: Mrs. Kowalski, Mr. Lutz, Mrs. Strand, Mrs. DeMicheal, Mr. Augustyniak, Dr. Kelly-McHale and Mr. Martelli; Nays: None; Abstains: None. The President declared the motion carried. The following personnel items were approved:
Jodi Ryan
Accept intent to retire under Teacher's Contract Retirement Incentive Program - Article XI as Teacher, effective the close of the 2022-23 school year – Keller
Wendy Maholovich
Accept intent to retire under Teacher's Contract Retirement Incentive Program - Article XI as Teacher, effective the close of the 2022-23 school year – McAuliffe
Denise O'Brie
Accept Intent to Retire as Physical Therapist, effective the close of August 17, 2020 – Special Services
Ty Devine
Accept Resignation as Building Support Secretary, effective the close of October 4, 2019 – Grissom
Francis Riha
Accept Resignation as Paraeducator, effective the close of October 2, 2019 – Prairie View
Olivia Dunaway
Accept Resignation as Paraeducator, effective the close of October 8, 2019 – Keller
Douglas Plaxico
Accept Resignation as Bus Driver Trainee, effective the close of October 3, 2019 – Transportation
Nicole Kozak
Accept Resignation as Supervisory Aide, effective the close of October 18, 2019 – Bannes
Michelle Roeder
Offer Revised First Year Probationary Contract as Social Worker, effective August 21, 2019, at Step 7, Lane 4, $58,829.00 – Fernway
Staffing Request
Staffing Request as Communications/Technology Specialist, effective as soon as possible, at $50,000.00 – Technology
Staffing Request
Staffing Request as Paraeducator (2), effective as soon as possible at $12.91 per hour – Bannes
Staffing Request
Staffing Request as Bus Driver, effective as soon as possible at $17.00 per hour – Transportation
Korri Kujawa
Employ as Paraeducator, effective September 30, 2019 at $12.91 per hour – Keller
Kimberly Zarobsky
Employ as Paraeducator, effective October 15, 2019 at $12.91 per hour – McAuliffe
Lindsey Maher
Employ as Paraeducator, effective date to be determined at $12.91 per hour – Bannes
Quiana Taylor
Employ as Paraeducator, effective October 9, 2019 at $12.91 per hour – Bannes
Nicole Hodges
Employ as Paraeducator, effective date to be determined at $12.91 per hour – Prairie View
Olivia Pierson
Employ as Paraeducator, effective date to be determined at $12.91 per hour – Grissom
Kristie Bagus
Employ as Paraeducator, effective October 16, 2019 at $12.91 per hour – Keller
Joseph Neubeck
Employ as Custodian - Full Time, effective September 30, 2019 at $10.60 per hour – Millennium
Brendan Galvin
Employ as Custodian - Full Time (249 day), effective date to be determined at $10.60 per hour – Grissom
Tyler Salamone
Employ as Custodian - Full Time (249 day), effective date to be determined at $10.60 per hour – Prairie View
Kelly McDonough
Employ as Bus Driver, effective September 19, 2019 at $17.00 per hour – Transportation
Stephen Terrile
Employ as Bus Driver, effective September 27, 2019 at $17.00 per hour – Transportation
Raffaela Riccelli
Reassignment as Building Support Secretary, effective October 7, 2019 at $14.50 per hour – Grissom
David Dannenberg
Reassignment as Temporary Manager - Custodial Services, effective October 18, 2019 at $31.23 per hour – Maintenance
Philip Bitzer
Reassignment as Assistant Supervisor-Transportation (Part-Time), effective September 26, 2019 at $30.00 per hour – Transportation
David Dannenberg
Offer Phone Stipend as Temporary Manager - Custodial Services, effective October 18, 2019 at $50.00 per month – Maintenance
Valeri Bergunder
Grant Unpaid General Leave of Absence as Technology Specialist, effective November 22, 2019 through February 13, 2020, - Technology
Michelle Maus
Request Unpaid General Leave of Absence as Paraeducator, effective January 6, 2020 through May 4, 2020 – Millennium
Robert Lipovsky
Request 10th Unpaid General Leave of Absence as Manager - Custodial Services, effective October 18, 2019 through January 9, 2020 – Maintenance
Adjournment. It was moved by Mr. Augustyniak and seconded by Mrs. DeMicheal and Dr. Kelly-McHale that the Regular Meeting be adjourned. The voice vote was: Ayes: 7; Nays: 0. The motion carried; whereupon President Martelli declared the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education adjourned at 7:39 P.M.
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