CALL TO ORDER

The Southeastern Community Unit School District #337 Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, November 10, 2008 in the Board of Education Office in Augusta.  President Robb Wood called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Secretary Pro-Tem Lyle Paben called the roll with the following members present: Rod Bruenger, Mark Cox, Vice-President Dave Neill, Lyle Paben, Rick Ramsey and President Robb Wood.   Secretary Burdette Rosendale arrived at 6:01 p.m.

ADMINISTRATORS

RECORDING SECRETARY

Interim Superintendent Donald L. Daily, Assistant Superintendent/ Jr.-Sr. High School Principal Todd Fox and Elementary Principal/District Technology Director Nancy Akers were in attendance.  Recording Secretary Anita Marlow was also present.

VISITORS /PRESENTERS

President Wood thanked teachers Pam Jefferson and Connie Sellars for their attendance as visitors.

RECOGNITION OF STUDENT/STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Congratulations to the following students and staff members for their successful accomplishments.

·        Kaitlin Taylor – 2208-2009 DAR Good Citizen Award winner 

·        Alexis Slater – First Lady Suns golfer to participate in the IHSA Class 1A State Golf Finals 

·        Mrs. Cindy Twidwell and the following junior high speech contestants for participation in the county and state levels

·        1^st Place Improv at county went to Maddie Cox and Caroline Cramsey; Brandon Carl and Emily Miller; Lexie Cheney and MacKenzie Miller; Kara Twaddell and Kassie Henry; Kayla Twidwell and Monica Janssen; Bethany Tindal and Rachel Corrigan; Whitney Willard and Alex Thompson; Geoffrey Stout and Tristan McClelland; Claire Allen and Kara Jordan

·        2^nd Place Improv at county went to Ali Kerr and Kayla Peterson

·        1^st Place Duet Acting at county went to Whitney Willard and Rachel Corrigan; Kayla Twidwell, Monica Janssen, Randallyn Smith and Natalie Hester;  Claire Allen and Kara Jordan

·        3^rd Place rating at county went to Austin Myers and Brodie Eddington; Abbey Lantz and McKenzie Belden 

·        Mr. Robert Schieter and the FBLA students competed at the Culver  Stockton College’s “Dual on the Hill” and received 2^nd out of 10 schools participating – students will present at the December board meeting

TAX LEVY HEARING SCHEDULED

Assistant Todd Fox presented a power point presentation for preliminary discussion of the 2008 tax levy request for taxes to be paid in 2009.   On a motion by Paben and seconded by Rosendale, the Board approved the scheduling of a Truth In Taxation public hearing to be held on Monday, December 8, 2008 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Board  Room of the District Office in Augusta.  Roll call vote:  Rosendale, yes; Paben, yes; Ramsey, yes; Bruenger, yes; Neill, yes; Cox, yes; and Wood, yes.  7 yes; 0 no.  Motion carried.

APPLICATION FOR A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD FINDING REPORT TO IDOT

 On a motion by Bruenger and seconded by Ramsey, the Board approved an Application for a Serious Safety Hazard Finding Report for submission to the Illinois Department of Transportation for review and consideration.  Roll call vote:  Paben, yes; Ramsey, yes; Bruenger, yes; Neill, yes; Cox, yes; Rosendale, yes; and Wood, yes.  7 yes; 0 no.  Motion carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

Board Member Neill made a motion which was seconded by Cox to approve the consent agenda as presented:

·        Approved the minutes and closed session minutes of the regular meeting held October 15 , 2008

·        Approved the bills, financial statements, and activity funds

      Following is a listing of October 2008 bills by fund            

                     Education                             58,423.94

                       Building                                10,468.43

                     Transportation                        9,190.53                

                       Tort                                         1,209.55

 Total Bills                           $79,292.45

·        Approved the appointment of Executive Assistant Anita Marlow and Interim Superintendent Donald L. Daily as election officials for the April 2009 Board of Education Election 

Roll call vote:  Ramsey, yes; Bruenger, yes; Neill, yes; Cox, yes; Rosendale, yes;  Paben, yes; and Wood, yes.  7 yes; 0 no.  Motion carried.

PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS

Elementary Principal Nancy Akers reported:

·        Teacher Jarod Clark would like to apply for a Dept. of Natural Resources grant to create a “Prairie Habitat and Butterfly Garden” at the school

·        Upgrading of Internet service – Adams is changing the service at the high school from T-1 lines to DSL

·        Thank you to Mr. Jim Hurt, Mr. Gary Neill, and Mr. Carl Knight for installation of playground equipment

·        November Reaching for Success Award  given to Mrs. Janet Norris as a daily kindergarten volunteer

·        Parent/Teacher Conference attendance 93% - down from previous year

High School Principal Todd Fox reported:

·        Parent/Teacher Conferences up by 11% this year

·        Student lounge furniture has been ordered

·        Veterans Day Program organized by FCCLA members and Sponsor Karen Janssen involved all district students and was successful – thanks also to Mr. Paul Henry and Principal Akers for their help

·        Congratulations to Jr. High Student Ali Kerr and High School Student Adam Willard on their essays being chosen to be presented at the Veterans Day Program

·        Adams is providing eight Internet cable hookups at new building at cost of $10.00 each  

·        Implementing a Southeastern Alumni Tracking Survey for graduates to email comments/suggestions regarding preparedness for workforce/college

·        Distributed Teacher Evaluation Instrument to be used – met with students, parents and teachers for input in creating form

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

Superintendent Daily  reported :

·        Reviewed calendar events

·        Thanked board members for service to district – November 15 is Illinois School Board Members Day

·        Discussed the FY09 budget and compared revenues to expenditures

·        Update of progress on work at elementary building

·        Update of progress on completion of punch list to finalize construction of jr./sr. high building

·        Presented information related to the school district’s Educational Broadband Service currently leased to Adams Communications

·        Informed Board of a request from parents of a student residing outside of our school district for transportation to a private school also outside of our school district – transportation would be from student’s daycare provider where a Southeastern bus currently stops

·        Transportation Committee met prior to regular meeting to discuss bus leasing proposals – these will be presented at December regular meeting

·        No further communications have been received regarding the request to consider the swap of property

RESIDENCY ISSUES

Interim Superintendent Daily informed the Board that the Regional Office of Education had investigated the residency of students of a family living on the border of the Southeastern District.  The ROE then determined that the residence is at least partially on Southeastern property and that it is in the best interest of the students to attend Southeastern Schools.  The Board instructed Supt. Daily to check on other student residency issues.

WATER  DRAINAGE

Mr. Mike Carter of Klingner and Associates, PC is checking on concerns of water drainage from the new building site.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made by Neill and seconded by Ramsey to adjourn the meeting at 7:12 p.m.  Voice vote:  all yes.  Motion carried.