Executive (KACC) Board Meeting

Executive (KACC) Board Meeting Monday, April 9, 2009

8:00 a.m. KACC Board Room

Minutes

Members Present

Grant Park: Mike Nicholson, Chairperson Bradley: Michael Hogan, Vice Chair Beecher: Denise Brands Herscher: Bill Davison Kankakee: Randy Rose St. Anne: Kathleen Hickey Reg. Office: Kay Pangle

The regular meeting of the Kankakee Area Career Center Executive Committee, Kankakee County, State of Illinois was called to order on April 9, 2009 at 8:47 a.m.

PUBLIC COMMENT Mr. Doug Enz addressed the Board with his concerns regarding the potential changes in the Construction Technology curriculum. Mr. Enz shared his concern over the potential for not building a home in the future and stated he wanted to point out the fact that the homes built through this program make money for the Career Center. The thought of not building a house, he could not understand since everything the Career Center pays gets paid back. He stated he did not want anyone to think his concerns were just personal for his own job, stating he was a student here and firmly believes in the value of this program. Mr. Enz also pointed out, should a house be built without his involvement, KACC will need to subcontract for electrical work, basement, and rafters as those are his specialties. This can cost upwards of $49,000. Mr. Enz also stated his concern for student safety if there are not two pair of eyes watching students work in this type of setting. Mr. Enz stated he would rather be cut to 2/3rds time than see the program suffer and put the students at risk. Mr. Enz then offered his assistance and information to anyone interested to speaking to him about the options available to the Career Center to continue construction of homes in the future. Chairman Nicholson and fellow members thanked Mr. Enz for his comments.

CONSENT AGENDA 1.4. A motion was made by Mrs. Hickey, seconded by Mr Rose at 8:50 a.m. to approve the consent agenda as amended this morning, minutes of the March Open and Closed Meetings, accounts payable and financial reports, Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Chairman Nicholson gave a brief overview of this morning’s Finance Committee Meeting. He indicated the committee has looked at some early numbers and expects a preliminary budget to be presented in May so a preliminary adoption can be made.

DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS 4. Preliminary Budget: Mr. Fay informed the group of the Budget Committee having met 4 times this past month. Currently, we are approximately 80,000 from coming into a balanced budget. More adjustments will be made in order to arrive at a balanced budget. 5. Business Partner Day: Mr. Hahs stated Ms. Zurek invited several business persons from the local community to work with her students in the areas of customer service, interviewing skills, resume creation, extemporaneous speaking, and entrepreneurship, including fine-tuning a business plan and financial statements. This will help the SkillsUSA students with their upcoming competition in addition to being an added value for all the students who were involved. 6. Preliminary Numbers: Mr. Fay stated the numbers have continued to grow since last meeting. Currently, if we use the 80% rule, we are looking at a potential of having 740 to 750 students next year, an increase of 50 students. Health Occupations I have 160 students and Health Occupation II 60 students, both of which are way higher than previous years. Law enforcement has also grown in enrollment. Chairman Nicholson questioned when we can expect to have a good idea of what the actual numbers will be, to which, Mr. Hahs stated they will fluctuate all summer. Ms. Brands indicated the scheduling process does, in fact, become an ongoing process throughout the summer and early fall. 7. KACC Policy Manual: Mr. Fay stated Mr. Carey did respond to his email request asking for a volunteer to review the draft manual. Chairman Nicholson asked if anyone else in attendance wanted to volunteer. Mr. Hogan expressed his confidence in Mr Carey’s abilities to work with Mr. Fay and KACC faculty representatives to complete the process.

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

INFORMATION ITEMS 8. Principal’s Report: Mr. Hahs stated the month of March, as shown by his reports, was pretty much status quo. As far as SkillsUSA is concerned, qualifiers will be leaving on April 23rd, returning the evening of the 25th. Mr. Hahs did remark that with the PSAE testing, there will be one early bus leaving at 10:00 a.m., and a 2nd at 2:00 p.m. on the 23rd. Mr. Hahs gave a quick reminder of the awards banquet May 13th at BBCHS. KACC final exams will be held May 5 & 6 considering students begin leaving for the year as of May 8th. Ms. Hickey questioned if Mr. Hahs informed the principals of this fact. Mr. Hahs will email all the principals to reaffirm the schedule. Mr. Hahs called everyone’s attention to some recent newspaper articles concerning Jen Miaczynski and KARVES activities. 9. Special Populations: Ms. Goodale reported WorkKeys post tests have been submitted for scoring. It is her hope the scores will be returned so the board may be informed at the May meeting. KARVES Regional Plan is typically due April 30th, but the regions have not yet been informed of their Perkins dollars as yet, so the timeframe may be extended past the end of this month. ISBE Perkins II Core Indicators of Performance Report was included in everyone’s packet. Ms. Goodale reviewed the overall region performance and the Career Center’s performance. Individual schools also received a copy of their school’s performance. As a region, Ms. Goodale stated she is required to present strategies for any indicators which do not meet the expectations. Ms. Goodale stated in the High School Completion area, KACC could not have done better, scoring a perfect 100. Ms. Goodale also shared with the group the state may be attempting to merge the PSAE’s with the ISIS information to hold CTE more accountable for academic success. Ms. Goodale stated she is not too concerned over this potential as the tutors do really well helping the students’ achievement levels and there is quite a bit of academics provided in our programs here at KACC. Ms. Goodale stated she does have a CD with much more detailed information by school and by program and welcomes to meet with anyone who is interested in reviewing the information. Dr. Pangle questioned how the ISBE can be tracking post graduation continuing education. Ms. Goodale stated some is done by social security numbers, and there is some talk about trying to use the SIS numbers post-secondary. Dr. Pangle questioned if the post-secondary level had accepted any of this as yet. In regard to nontraditional performance standards, Ms. Goodale stated she does not mind being accountable for the students’ success, but it is difficult to be responsible for which course a student chooses to enroll. Ms. Goodale shared with the group that when female enrollments increased in Law Enforcement, ISBE stopped considering the course as nontraditional. Her concern is the fact there may be funding cuts for schools not meeting expectations. Ms. Brands shared her idea of having Ms. Goodale provide counselors with the information as to which courses are considered non-traditional so they know when they are talking to students during enrollment planning. Ms. Goodale will follow up on this. 10. Internship Program: Mr. Hahs stated there are currently 48 students involved in internships. They last day for internships will be May 8th. A list was provided to everyone indicating where students are working.

CLOSED SESSION A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Mr. Davison at 9:11 a.m. to move to closed session in order to discuss and consider information regarding employment, negotiations and personnel issues, sale, lease and/or acquisition of land Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

REOPEN SESSION 11. A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, Seconded by Mr. Davison at 9:42 a.m. to hire Matthew Kelley for the position of Special Populations Coordinator/Assistant Principal as a 215 day employee, at a salary of $52,000 plus the benefits as outlined in the attachment. Motion approved by unanimous roll-call vote. 12. A motion was made by Dr. Pangle, seconded by Mr. Hogan, at 9:43 a.m. to provide a salary increase for the Learning Center Tutors and KACC support staff for fiscal year 2010 in the amount of 4%. Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote. 13. Construction Future Committee: Chairman Nicholson announced the creation of a Construction Future Committee to be comprised of Mr. Fay, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Smith and Mr. Enz. This committee has been charged to meet, review the options for the construction technology program and report back to the board in May with their recommendation. Chairman Nicholson stated if need be the May meeting could be held later in the month than normal to accommodate the committee. Chairman Nicholson requested the committee have their information to the Executive Committee in enough time to allow them to review and digest the contents of the information.

ADJOURN There being no further business, a motion was made by Dr. Pangle, seconded by Mr. Davison at 9:45 a.m. to adjourn. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

As Recorded By:______Kathleen Hickey Secretary Pro Tem