Galesburg Reporter

West Central Community Unit School District #235 Board of Education met Sep. 20.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Good News Items

a. Our partnership with the Farm Bureau is appreciated. They sponsor events such as Safety Day and Ag Days for our elementary students

b. Our partnership with the Stronghurst Lion's Club is appreciated. They provide vision screenings at our early childhood screenings

c. We had an anonymous donation submitted to ABC Containers to pay for moving the storage unit out of the greenhouse space as we prepare for that project to start.

d. Paige Torrance (School Nurse) wrote for a grant and our Elementary and Middle Schools have been selected as recipients of the Delta Dental of Illinois and Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation’s H2O on the Go Water Bottle Filling station grant.

5. Approve Agenda Items

6. 2022 - 2023 Board of Education Academic Excellence Recognition 

7. Comments from the Public

8. Consent Agenda

a. Meeting Minutes

i. Regular Meeting, August 16, 2023

ii. Closed Session, August 16, 2023

b. Financial Activity

i. Consider Payment of Bills (Enclosure)

ii. Consider Approval of Activity Accounts (Enclosure)

iii. Consider Approval of Treasurer’s Report (Enclosure)

c. Other

i. Consider Approval of 2023-2024 Bowling Agreement with Tombstone Bowl

Ii. Delabar CTE Agreement

9. Discussion Items

a. FOIA Requests

b. 6th Day Enrollment Update (Enclosures)

c. District Lunch Seconds Policy

d. Job Descriptions

e. Facilities Work Session

f. WCHS Bass Fishing Team

g. Student Attendance/Behavior at Athletic Events

h. Cell Phone Policy

10. Reports

a. Principal’s Reports (Enclosures)

b. Technology Report (Enclosure)

c. Athletic Director’s Report (Enclosure)

d. Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefit Report 2022 - 2023 School Year (Enclosure)

11. Action Items

a. Consider approval of FY24 District Budget

b. Consider approval of Board Athletic Committee

c. Discuss and consider approval of Updated District Response to Bullying Plan 

d. Consider approval of WCES School-wide Title I Plan

e. Consider approval of WCMS School-wide Title I Plan

f. Consider approval of WCHS FFA Trip to to attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN

12. Future Agenda Items

13. Closed Session - A Closed Session will be held pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act to discuss the following subjects:

a. 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.

b. Negotiations - 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.

14. Open Session - Possible Action from Closed Session

a. Volunteer - Lindsey Higgins - WCMS Girls’ Basketball

b. Volunteer - Nicole Ebert - WCMS Cheerleading Coach

c. Volunteer - Kim Thompson - WCMS Cheerleading Coach

d. Volunteer - BJ Kelly - WCMS Football Coach

e. Employment - Ariel Dillard - WCMS Cheerleading Coach

f. Employment - Nick Allen - WCHS Assistant Baseball Coach

g. Employment - Henry Sutton - WCHS Science Club Sponsor

h. Employment - Robert Fleming - WCHS Rotating Sophomore Class Sponsor 

i. Employment - Stephanie Allaman - WCHS Rotating Senior Class Sponsor 

j. Employment - Amy McGowen - WCHS Permanent Freshman Class Sponsor

k. Employment - Ross Parcel - WCHS Rotating Freshman Class Sponsor 

l. Employment - Tom Williams - WCHS Rotating Junior Class Sponsor 

m. Employment - Sara Dittner - WCMS Assistant Speech Sponsor

n. Employment - Jenny Ford, Emily Klossing, Laura Lewis, Julie Ricketts, Patricia Thompson, Jessica Winters, and Kendrah Ruebush - WCES SIP Team Members 

o. Employment - Judy Kelly, Laura Lewis, and Amy Wolf - WCES RtI Members 

p. Employment - Stacie Anderson, Dylan Brooks, Jacque Clark, Trisha Forquer, Loren Fox, Rhonna Hand, Michelle Johnson, Bonita Johnston, Kara Keating, Laura Lewis, Julie Ricketts, Karri Wallace, Jessica Winters, Amy Wolf, Jalynne Young, and Kayla Johnson - WCES After School Tutoring Members

q. Employment - Natalie Ensminger, Byron Helt, Ariel Dillard, Lisa Miller, Tammy Slater, Heather Davis, Sara Dittner and Lisa Lox - WCMS SIP Team Members 

r. Employment - Adam Boyle, Tiffany Ouellette, Thomas Williams, Stephanie Allaman, Robert Fleming, and Jackie Biggs - WCHS SIP Team Members 

s. Employment - Part-Time District Office Assistant

t. Resignation - Kim Thompson - WCMS Cheer

u. Resignation - Robert Fleming - WCHS Science Club

v. Resignation - Stacie Anderson - WCES Enrichment Sponsor

w. Resignation - Ross Parcel - WCHS Rotating Sophomore Class Sponsor 

x. Retirement - Peggy Shutwell - District Cook

Other

a. Review and Consider Action Relative to Release of Closed Session Minutes

15. Future Meeting Dates

a. Next Regular Board of Education Meeting, Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the West Central Elementary Cafeteria

16. Adjournment

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