WEST LINCOLN-BROADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #92 2695 WOODLAWN ROAD, LINCOLN, LOGAN COUNTY, IL 62656 REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION JANUARY 23, 2017
President Tom Kissel called the regular meeting of the Board of Education to order at 7:00 p.m. in the West Lincoln-Broadwell conference room. All members were present, except for Patrick Hake. Superintendent Climer and Principal Baker were also in attendance, as well as Adam Schmidt.
Mr. Kissel elected to deviate from the order of the agenda, whereupon everyone relocated to the Science room to watch a presentation by Mrs. Bowlby and students, Owen Joseph, Brenden Heitzig, Gracelyn Keith, and Shivang Patel, on their Mission to Mars.
Likewise, upon returning to the Conference room, Adam Schmidt gave his gas proposal presentation.
Brad Luckhart made a motion, seconded by Patricia Burge, to approve the Minutes of the December 19, 2016 Tax Levy Hearing and Regular Meeting. (Motion carried.)
FINANCIAL REPORT:
On a motion from Robert Henderson and seconded by Brad Luckhart, the financial reports were approved as presented. (Motion carried.)
On a motion from Scott Goodman and seconded by Patricia Burge, the January bills and December payroll were approved as presented. (1)
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
A. STUDENT SERVICES:
Members received a listing of the second quarter honor roll and bug club students.
Skate week is February 6 – 10, with PTO Skate Night being February 10th.
Family Paint Night is being piloted and will be held February 2nd at 6:00 p.m.
Our seventh grade boys’ basketball team won the Logan County tournament.
B. CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION:
Round two has been completed in RtI benchmarking in the areas of reading literacy, comprehension, math application and computation.
WL-B will field test additional math and ELA PARCC assessments in grades 3 – 8.
January 23, 2017 – Regular Board of Education Minutes – Page 1 C. BUILDING, GROUNDS & EQUIPMENT:
Superintendent Climer reported that per new law, we have to have our water sources tested for lead.
The boiler venting pipe on the roof was repaired.
We are due for our 3 year asbestos inspection.
D. TRANSPORTATION:
Both vans had repairs done.
All busses had fuel filters replaced and bus #2 had warranty work done on lights.
E. PERSONNEL:
Deferred to Executive Session.
BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:
A. Finance – No report given. B. Building and Grounds – No report given. C. Policy – No report given. D. Strategic Planning – No report given.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Robert Henderson made a motion, seconded by Mike Simonson, to destroy the July, 2015 executive session audio tapes, as the required 18 month holding period has expired. (Motion carried.)
NEW BUSINESS:
On a motion from Robert Henderson and seconded by Brad Luckhart, the 2016-17 School Calendar was amended to reflect our two ice days. (Motion carried.)
Brad Luckhart made a motion, seconded by Robert Henderson, to place the amended 2016-17 budget on the table, and set the date of February 23rd as the next regular meeting to allow 30 day display, with a 6:45 p.m. budget hearing ahead of the 7:00 p.m. meeting. (2)
Superintendent Climer reminded the Board that we will need to do working cash abatement resolutions per amended budget in February.
The 2017-18 School Calendar is being developed by LCHS with input from feeder schools.
Teacher Retirement contribution audit is being conducted February 1st.
The police directed school lock down was discussed, with the efforts of the police, students, faculty, staff, and administration being commended in securing the building.
January 23, 2017 – Regular Board of Education Minutes – Page 2 New Business continued . . .
On a motion from Robert Henderson and seconded by Mike Simonson, the Vanguard gas proposal was accepted, and Principal Baker was directed to contact Adam Schmidt to move forward. (3)
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Tom Kissel made a motion, seconded by Robert Henderson, to adjourn to executive session at 8:20 p.m., to discuss personnel matters. (4)
At 9:33p.m., Mike Simonson made a motion to return to regular session. Robert Henderson seconded the motion. (5)
Having no further business, Brad Luckhart made a motion, seconded by Mike Simonson, to adjourn the meeting. The time was 9:35 p.m. (6)
Respectfully submitted,
______Scott Goodman, Secretary
______Tom Kissel, President
A (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Burge P Y Y Y Y Y Y Goodman P Y Y N Y Y Y Hake ------Henderson P Y Y Y Y Y Y Kissel P Y Y Y Y Y Y Luckhart P Y Y Y Y Y Y Simonson P Y Y Y Y Y Y
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