Galesburg Reporter

Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education met Aug. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

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 – July 19, 2023

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 Special Education Teacher Jill Hofmann

6.7 Resignation of High School Paraprofessional Kaitlyn Ward-Marceleno

6.8 Resignation of High School Assistant Baseball Coach Anthony Ruggles

6.9 Resignation of New Boston Elementary Teacher Megan Sywassink

7. Committee Reports

7.1 Finance Committee

7.2 District Goals Committee

8. Action Items

8.1 FY24 District Goals

8.2 Treasure Bond Renewal

8.3 High Roads Advantage In Kind Support

9. Information/ Discussion Items

9.1 Music Boosters

9.2 FOIA Requests

9.3 Tentative FY23 Budget

9.4 Transportation Resolution

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 New Boston Elementary 5th Grade Teacher

b. Hire Apollo Elementary 3rd Grade Teacher

c. Hire New Boston Elementary Paraprofessional

d. Hire Apollo Elementary Paraprofessionals

e. Hire Apollo Elementary Paraprofessional

f. Hire Apollo Elementary Paraprofessional

g. Hire District Office Secretary

h. Hire Bus Monitors (2)

i. Hire High School SpEd Teacher

j. Hire High School English Teacher

k. Hire High School Paraprofessional

l. Hire Apollo Assistant Principal

m. Hire Apollo Elementary Paraprofessional

n. Hire High School Custodian

o. Re-Hire Kristina Snowdon- Assistant Golf Coach

p. 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 January 2023 – June 2023

11.3 Other Student Matters 

The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10). 

12. Open Session – Approval of Possible Action Items Resulting from Closed Session 

13. Determine Next Committee Meeting Dates

Building and Grounds Meeting –

Finance Meeting -

14. Adjourn

https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/61ee79_8093f1c0d546455f9dba7b230be8b04e.pdf