Galesburg Reporter

West Central Community Unit School District #235 Board of Education met Aug. 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by President Arnold at 6:00 pm in the  Elementary Cafeteria. The following board members answered roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye. President Arnold declared a quorum present. The following were in attendance: J. Kirby, J. Peters, K. Lafary, S. Tucker, A. Frieden, and S. Ayer. Also present were C. Smith, E. Klossing, P. Torrance, several community members, Superintendent Markey and N. Clark. Approximately 56 staff and community members via Zoom.

PLEDGE

President Arnold then led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.

GOOD NEWS ITEMS 

Under good news items the following items were highlighted:

West Central #235 received a $5,000 donation from the Twomey Foundation.

• The Fox Family donated the use of their skid steer to help with the installation of the scoreboard at the baseball field.

• The Board thanked Jaime Shultz for organizing the staff luncheon.

APPROVE AGENDA

Motion by Clark, seconded by Bigger to approve the agenda with the following deletions:

X. C. Consider Approval of Proposed Board Policy Revisions – 2nd Reading

X. H. Consider Approval of West Central #235 Remote Learning Plan 

Roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye. Motion carried.

RECOGNITION OF AUDIENCE REQUEST FOR PRESENTATION 

There was no one in attendance to address the board on any of the agenda items during the audience request for presentation.

CONSENT AGENDA Motion by Spence, seconded by Bigger to approve the consent agenda including the following items:

• The minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 15, 2020;

• The minutes of the Closed Session of July 15, 2020;

• The minutes of the Special Meeting of July 21, 2020;

• The minutes of the Special Meeting of August 5, 2020;

• The payment of all bills;

• The June and July 2020 activity account summaries for West Central Elementary School, West Central Middle School, West Central High School;

• The Treasurer's Report for July, 2020. 

Roll call: Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye. Motion carried.

DISCUSSION ITEMS 

The Board held a conference call with District Attorney, Brian Braun. Attorney Braun discussed his concerns with the district's Reopening Plan. His main concern is that it does not allow for six feet of social distancing. Attorney Braun addressed several questions from the Board.

REPORTS 

The Board reviewed and heard reports from the building principals; S. Tucker, Athletic Director and Shaila Ayer, Special Education Director.

ACTION ITEMS 

DIRECT SUPT TO WORK W/ COUNTY  HEALTH DEPT

The Board directed Superintendent Markey to work in coordination with the Henderson  County Health Department to make decisions regarding school closures and a switch to remote learning if the situation should warrant it.

FY21 DIST CALENDAR

Motion by Clark, seconded by Bigger to approve the West Central #235 2020-2021 School District Calendar as presented. Roll call: Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye. Motion carried.

ADMIN PROCEDURE 3:70

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Clark to approve the Administrative Procedure 3:70 - Succession Plan as presented. Roll call: Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye. Motion carried.

DONATION -TWOMEY FOUNDATION

Motion by Spence, seconded by Bigger to accept the gift of $5,000 from the Twomey Foundation as presented. Roll call: Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye. Motion carried.

TENTATIVE FY21 DIST BUDGET

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Lumbeck to approve the Tentative FY21 District Budget as presented and direct Superintendent Markey to place it on public display for 30 days. Roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye. Motion carried.

HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS

Motion by Arnold, seconded by Lumbeck that the Board do not permit homeschool students to participate in West Central athletics. Roll call: Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, nay; Spence, nay; Bigger, aye; Arnold, aye. Motion carried.

SEPT BD MTG CHANGE

Motion by Spence, seconded by Clark that the Board approve changing the September 2020 Board Meeting date from September 16, 2020 to September 23, 2020. Roll call: Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye. Motion carried.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 

Board members were asked to contact Superintendent Markey with any future agenda items.

CLOSED SESSION 

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Lenahan to adjourn to closed meeting pursuant of the Illinois Open Meetings Act - SILCS 120/2 (2)(16) at 7:40 pm to discuss the following subjects: A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity; B. Collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees; C. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

The Board took a short break and reconvened in the North Campus Library at 7:47 pm. Roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye.

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Arnold to return to open meeting at 8:36 pm. Roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye. Motion carried.

The Board took a short break and reconvened in the elementary cafeteria at 8:38 pm. Roll call: Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye.

PERSONNEL ACTION 

P.J. THOMPSON -LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Motion by Spence, seconded by Bigger to approve the request to take a leave of absence for the first quarter of the 2020-2021 school year from P.J. Thompson, West Central Elementary Teacher as presented. Roll call: Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye. Motion carried.

A FISCHER RESIGN DIST ASSOC

Motion by Clark, seconded by Lumbeck to accept the resignation of Amy Fischer as a.  full-time District Associate as presented with thanks for her service to the district. 

Roll call: Anrold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye. Motion carried.

C. DAVIS RESIGN P/T DIST ASSOC

Motion by Spence, seconded by Clark, to accept the resignation of Catherine Davis as a  strict Associate as presented. Roll call: Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye. Motion carried.

B. FERGUSON -VOL WCMS Sb COACH

Motion by Clark, seconded by Bigger to approve Brad Ferguson as a West Central Middle School Volunteer Softball Coach pending approval of all coaching and volunteer requirements. Roll call: Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye. Motion carried.

Motion by Spence, seconded by Lenahan to approve Garrett Fisher as a West Central 

G. FISHER -VOL WCMS -Sb COACH

Middle School Volunteer Baseball Coach, pending all coaching and volunteer requirements. Roll call: Lenahan, aye; Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye. Motion carried.

EXTRA DUTY ASSIGN

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Clark to approve the 2020-2021 Extra Duty Assignments as presented. Roll call: Lumbeck, aye; Schaley, aye; Spence, aye; Arnold, aye; Bigger, aye; Clark, aye; Lenahan, aye. Motion carried.

FUTURE MEETING DATE 

The Board was reminded that the next regularly scheduled meeting will be Wednesday, September 23, 2020. A public hearing on the FY21 District Budget will be held at 5:30 pm. The hearing will be followed by the introduction of new staff members to the Board. The regular September Board Meeting will begin at 6:00 pm and be held in the elementary cafeteria.

ADJOURNMENT 

Motion by Bigger, seconded by Lumbeck to adjourn at 8:40 pm. The vote wasunanimous. Motion carried.

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