Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education met Jan. 18.
Here is the agenda provided by the board:
REGULAR MEETING
1. Call to Order & Roll Call
2. Additions/Deletions
3. Public Comment
The Board of Education welcomes public comment during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Those who wish to address the Board should state their name and limit their statement to five minutes. Comments are not restricted to items on the agenda; however, comments regarding specific student discipline cases are not allowed during Open Session. Generally, these types of comments should come to the Board only after they have been referred to the teacher, principal, or administrator who is closest to the situation. If all other avenues for resolving these items have been exhausted and the issue has not been resolved, you may request to address the Board, usually during Closed Session. In addition, please refrain from using derogatory comments about staff members at this time.
4. Board Comments
5. Correspondence
6. Approval of Consent Agenda
6.1 Meeting Minutes – December 21, 2022
6.2 Bill List
6.3 Treasurer’s Report
6.4 Financial Report
6.5 BCBS Health Insurance Account Statement
6.6 Resignation of High School Guidance Secretary Erica Biddle
6.7 Resignation of Math Interventionist Amanda DeFauw end of 2022-2023 school year
7. Committee Reports
7.1 Finance Committee
7.2 Wellness Committee
8. Action Items
8.1 Resolution to Abate Levies on Series 2022A
9. Information/ Discussion Items
9.1 FOIA Requests
9.2 Lowell Johnson Foundation
9.3 MCSEEF Grants
9.4 Facility Update
10. Administrative Reports
11. Closed Session
11.1 Personnel
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. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)
a. Hire High School Math Teacher
b. Hire New Boston Elementary Paraprofessional
c. Hire Bus Monitors
d. Hire Sophomore JV Softball Coach
e. Rehire JH Spring Coaches
f. Other Personnel
11.2 Review of Closed Session Minutes
The discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21)
a. Closed Session Minutes from July 2022 – December 2022
12. Open Session – Approval of Possible Action Items Resulting from Closed Session
13. Determine Next Committee Meeting Dates
Finance Meeting – 02/21 @4:30PM
Policy Meeting - TBD
14. Adjourn
https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/6b636f_350b9de995134c789fc2945d85310438.pdf