SILVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT #34 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

CONFERENCE ROOM

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

7:00 P.M.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Members Present: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer

Members Absent: TJ Taylor, Piper, Stone

Stone entered 7:01 p.m.

Motion by Rossmiller, second by Jecks to approve the minutes of the January 16, 2008 meeting and the February 13, 2008 special meeting.

Motion carried by voice acclamation.

Communication/Recognition

· Silvis Junior High won the America Recycles Day Textile Recycling Contest and received $500.00. The Builders Club was responsible for the coordination and implementation of the recycling.

· The Rock Island Regional Office of Education invited the District to participate in a grant program for a beginning teacher mentoring pilot program. Tamara Smith will be the district’s representative.

· The District is looking into subcontracting snow removal for next winter.

· The Governor’s State of the State and Budget address was today. Mr. Bergles shared copies of the speech and the PowerPoint presentation.

· A donor has established a fund in memory of Barb Miller to help students who might have financial difficulties pay for the band Disney trip.

· United Township High School is making some curricular changes. An informational meeting will be held March 12.

· Mr. Bergles informed the Board that over $4,000 was raised by United Township High School, with the help of the Silvis School District, for Becky Anderson.

· Mrs. Mileen McGee, PreK teacher at George O. Barr Elementary, has been nominated for the Dispatch Master Teacher award.

Mr. Michael Hughes, George O. Barr Elementary School principal, Jennifer Caldwell, Silvis School District counselor and Builders Club faculty sponsor, Dusty Werner, Silvis Junior High School student and Builders Club member, Josh Zeug, Silvis Junior High School student and Builders Club member, Doug Poling, Silvis Junior High School student and Builders Club member, and Dennis Kelly of Kelly and Associates were present.

There was no public participation.

Mr. Hughes gave a presentation on the math textbook selection committee and their recommendations.

Motion by Greer, second by Rossmiller to approve the Textbook Selection Committee’s recommendation for K-8 math as presented

Ayes: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Nays: None

Motion by Jecks, second by Stone to approve the February expenditures and Treasurer’s report.

Ayes: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Nays: None

Motion by Greer, second by Rossmiller to approve the employment of Michael Hughes as George O. Barr Elementary School principal and Art Byczynski as Silvis Junior High School principal for the 2008-09 school year.

Ayes: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Nays: None

Kevin Rossmiller, Building Committee Chair, gave a presentation on the architectural selection process.

Motion by Jecks, second by Stone to accept the Building Committee’s recommendation to approve BLDD as the District’s architectural firm.

Ayes: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Nays: None

Mr. Bergles gave a presentation on the potential uses of parental notification systems and some approximate cost figures.

Motion by Gary Taylor, second by Greer to enter executive session to discuss tentative personnel reduction for FY2009 (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)), pending litigation (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)), and collective negotiations (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)).

Motion carried by voice acclamation.

Executive session was called to order at 7:59 p.m.

Members Present: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Members Absent: TJ Taylor, Piper

Motion by Stone, second by Rossmiller to exit executive session at 9:15 p.m.

Motion carried by voice acclamation.

Meeting called to order at 9:16 p.m.

Members Present: Jecks, Rossmiller, Gary Taylor, Greer, Stone

Members Absent: TJ Taylor, Piper

Motion by Greer, second by Jecks to adjourn the meeting at 9:17 p.m.

Motion carried by voice acclamation.