Galesburg Reporter

Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education will meet June 20 

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 - May 15, 2024

a. Special Meeting Minutes May 20, 2024

b. Special Meeting Minutes May 21, 2024

c. Special Meeting Minutes June 3, 2024

d. Special Meeting Minutes June 5, 2024

6.2 Bill List

6.3 Treasurer’s Report

6.4 Financial Report

6.5 BCBS Health Insurance Account Statement

6.6 Intent to Retire for MCJH Counselor Donna Boswell in 2027-2028

6.7 Resignation of District Math Coach Dr. Amanda Carson

6.8 Resignation of Speech-Language Pathologist Kristen Adams

6.9 Resignation of PreK Teacher Aysa Fisher

6.10 Resignation of 7th Grade Girls basketball coach-Monica Dennison

7. Committee Reports

7.1 Finance Committee

7.2 Building and Grounds Committee

8. Action Items

8.1 Approve Property Casualty Liability Renewal

8.2 Approve Workers Comp Renewal

8.3 Permanent Transfer of $2 million Working Cash to Operating Maintenance Fund

8.4 FY24 Budget Amendment

8.5 2024-2025 Board Meeting Dates

8.6 Adopt Prevailing Wage Resolution

8.7 Approve BCBS Renewal

8.8 Approve FY 25 Handbooks

8.9 Approve purchase of Brown home at 1401 SE 2nd Avenue, Aledo

8.10 Sick Leave Bank for Non-Union Employees

9. Information/ Discussion Items

9.1 FOIA Requests

9.2 Annual School Board Convention

9.3 Bonds

9.4 5Essentials Survey

9.5 Looser Flake Charitable Foundation

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 Speech Language Pathologist

b. Hire cook

c. Re-hire JH Fall Sports coaches

d. Fall Hire 7th grade girls basketball coach

e. Hire 8th grade girls basketball coach

f. Hire three paraprofessionals

g. Hire Junior High secretary

h. Other Personnel

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

13. Adjourn

https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/61ee79_e0b46fc1bc2a442ea75c58096c2ff637.pdf