Galesburg Reporter

Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education met Nov. 15.

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 – October 18, 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 Dave VanderHeyden

7. Committee Reports

7.1 Finance

7.2 Building and Grounds

7.3 Transportation

8. Action Items

8.1 Substitute Salaries

8.2 Approve High School Art Institute of Chicago field trip

8.3 Approve Asbestos Abatement Bid for Apollo Elementary with DEM Services

8.4 Health Life Safety Amendment

8.5 Approve School Maintenance Grant

8.6 FY23 Audit

8.7 Approve graduation date

9. Information/ Discussion Items

9.1 FOIA Requests

9.2 School Report Card

9.3 School Board Members Week

9.4 Levy Discussion

9.5 PRESS Policy Quarterly Updates/1st Reading

9.6 Move regular board December meeting to December 13

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 cook

b. Hire High School Paraprofessional

c. Re-hire freshman boys basketball coach

d. Other Personnel

11.2 Litigation

Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding must be recorded and entered into the closed meeting minutes. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

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

13. Next Committee Meeting Dates

Building and Grounds Meeting - TBD

Policy Meeting - TBD

Finance Meeting – 12/11

14. Adjourn

https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/61ee79_2576b51017ef4f649992e3b766e7f4d7.pdf