E.H. Mellon Administrative Center Dr. Susan Zola, Superintendent ______703 South New Street Telephone: (217) 351-3838 Champaign, 61820-5818 FAX: (217) 352-3590

December 31, 2020

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

TO: Members of the Board of Education

FROM: Dr. Susan Zola, Superintendent

RE: Special Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 4, Champaign County, Illinois, will conduct a Special Board Meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021 at the Hyatt Place Champaign/Urbana, 217 N. Neil Street, Champaign, IL 61820.

The Champaign Unit 4 Board of Education encourages public comment. Governor Pritzker recently extended the disaster declaration related to the COVID-19 pandemic for all Illinois counties. Based on the current public health concerns, the Board President of Champaign Community Unit School District No. 4, as head of the public body, has determined that it is neither practical nor prudent to hold an in-person public meeting. In compliance with the Governor’s recent proclamation regarding virtual meetings, it is not feasible for more than ten people to be in attendance at the meeting. This Board meeting will be remotely and in-person and comply with the procedures set forth in Public Act 101-640. As such, seating at the meeting will be limited for the public. All attendees will be required to maintain social distancing and wear masks at all times.

In-person public comment is at the end of each meeting, as noted on the agenda. Public Comment for Agenda and Non-Agenda Items: each person is limited to three minutes. Public comment represents the voice and opinion of the speaker. There will be no feedback from the board members during the meeting.

Public comments submitted in writing for Unit 4 School Board meetings are welcomed at [email protected]. Emails specified as public comments are posted in the public comment area of the agenda for public review and included in each meeting’s official minutes..

A closed session in accordance with the Illinois Open Meeting Act (5 ILCS 120/2c) will be necessary to consider one or more of the following subjects including, but not limited to:

120/2(c)(1) appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.

120/2(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

120/2(c)(3) Selection of a person to fill a vacancy in a public office.

120/2(c)(4) Evidence or testimony presented in Open Hearing or in Closed Hearing where specifically authorized by law, to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided that the body prepares and makes available for public inspection a written decision setting forth its determinative reasoning

120/2(c)(5) purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.

120/2(c)(6) the setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body.

120/2(c)(8) Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and

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120/2(c)(9) Student Discipline

120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students

120/2(c)(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.

120/2(c)(16) Self-Evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member

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