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Virgil I Grissom Middle School Grade 6 Kirby School District 140 Board of Education met Dec. 12.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Opening of Meeting.

Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance. At 6:30 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, Mr. John Lutz, Mrs. Carol DeMicheal, Mr. Chuck Augustyniak, and Mr. Thomas Martelli; Board Members absent: Mrs. Deborah Kowalski and Mrs. Lisa Strand. Others present: Dr. Shawn Olson, Superintendent; Mr. Michael Andreshak, Director of Business Services and Mrs. Karen Jamraz, Recording Secretary.

Correspondence. Incoming: Thank you acknowledgement from Dana Boyer; Outgoing: None.

Approval of Minutes Summary of Previous Meeting - Regular Meeting of November 21, 2019. It was moved by Mr. Augustyniak and seconded by Dr. Kelly-McHale to approve the Minutes Summary of Previous Meeting - Regular Meeting of November 21, 2019 as presented. The voice vote was: Ayes: 5; 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. No one wished to be recognized.

Financial Report.

Monthly Expenditures Consent Agenda. It was moved by Dr. Kelly-McHale and seconded by Mr. Augustyniak to approve expenditures including payroll, accounts payable, procurement card in the aggregate amount of $3,737,614.00. The roll call vote was: Ayes: Dr. Kelly-McHale, Mr. Lutz, 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 stating that everything is going as planned, and nothing is out of the ordinary.

Administrative Reports.

Superintendent.

PRESS Plus. Dr. Olson talked about PRESS Plus. This service, offered by IASB, for an annual fee ensures us that we will always be in compliance by keeping our Board policies up to date. Dr. Olson reached out to Mr. Melody about PRESS Plus, and he also recommended this service. Surrounding school districts who are currently using it are happy with it. There was a consensus among the Board to move forward with PRESS Plus.

Parent Teacher Conferences. Parent Teacher Conferences were held on November 25th & 26th. Overall attendence by parents was very good with 99-100% at the Elementary Schools and in the high 90 percentile at the Middle Schools.

School Safety Facilitator. Dr. Olson stated our School Safety Facilitator retired at the end of last year and this position remains unfilled today. Central office has been trying to absorb some of the work for this position but are falling behind. This part-time position is already in the budget and Dr. Olson would like to post it externally. There was a consensus among the Board to move ahead and post this position.

Director of Business Services.

FOIA Request. Mr. Andreshak received two FOIA requests. The first one was from Smart Procedure Company who wanted invoices from July 15th-December 15th which we provided to them. The second one was from Contractors Adjustment Corporation. They are a sub-contractor working on the Bannes project, they wanted to know what has been paid out on this project so far. Mr. Andreshak provided them with this information.

Unfinished Business. There was no unfinished business.

New Business.

Board Reports. Mr. Martelli talked about the Illinois Association of School Board Conference that was held November 15th-17th. Our Board Members attended different sessions, walking away with important information about various topics.

2019 Real Estate Tax Levy. Based upon the recommendation of Administration, it was moved by Dr. Kelly-McHale and seconded by Mr. Augustyniak to adopt the Resolution entitiled,"Resolution Providing for the 2019 Tax Levy for the Educational Fund, Operations and Maintenance Fund, Transportation Fund, Municipal Retirement Fund, Social Security Fund, Working Cash Fund and Special Education Fund" and authorize approval of the 2019 Certificate of Tax Levy, as summarized in open meeting. The roll call vote was: Ayes: Mr. Lutz, Mrs. DeMicheal, Mr. Augustyniak, Dr. Kelly-McHale and Mr. Martelli; Nays: None; Abstains: None. The President declared the motion carried whereupon Mr. Martelli, as attested by Mrs. DeMicheal, affixed their signatures to the said resolution.

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. DeMicheal, Mrs. Augustyniak, Dr. Kelly-McHale, Mr. Lutz and Mr. Martelli; Nays: None; Abstains: None. The President declared the motion carried. The following personnel items were approved:

Maureen Berkheimer

Accept Resignation Due to Retirement as Registered Nurse, effective the close of August 5, 2020 – Millennium

Karen Calhoun

Accept Resignation Due to Retirement as Paraeducator, effective the close of December 31, 2019 – Bannes

Cheryl Reidy

Accept Resignation Due to Retirement as Paraeducator, effective the close of December 31, 2019 – Bannes

Emily Mikolajewski

Accept Resignation as Paraeducator, effective the close of December 7, 2019 – Prairie View

Labibeh Gheith

Employ as Supervisory Aide, effective December 5, 2019 at $10.25 per hour – Bannes

Joseph Robson

Reassign as Bus Driver, effective December 9, 2019 at $17.00 per hour – Transportation

Jamie Chmura

Grant Sick Leave Bank as Teacher, effective December 12, 2019 (30 days) – McAuliffe

Adjournment. It was moved by Mr. Augustyniak and seconded by Mrs. DeMicheal that the Regular Meeting be adjourned. The voice vote was: Ayes: 5; Nays: 0. The motion carried whereupon President Martelli declared the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education adjourned by 6:52 P.M.

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