January 24, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - Debbie Lowman, President

2. ROLL CALL - Lori Davis, Board Secretary

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

4.I. Student Council Report - Kyleigh Gardner, President

4.II. Other

5. REPORTS

5.I. PFK Report - Brittany Webb, President

5.II. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

5.III. Finance Summary Report - December 2021 (FY22) - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.IV. Principal's Report - April McLaughlin

5.V. Board Committee Reports - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.VI. Enrollment Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

5.VII. 2022 HVAC Renovation Project Report - Dr. Matt Gordon

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.I. Approve Minutes 

6.I.A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Board of Education Meeting - December 13, 2021

6.II. Approve Treasurer's Report Ending December 31, 2021

6.III. Approve Financial Report Ending December 31, 2021

6.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending December 31, 2021

6.V. Approve Bills for January 2022, Excluding Payment to Donnie Uselton for Plow Invoices #20220102 and 20220115

7. ACTION ITEMS

7.I. Approve Payment to Donnie Uselton for Plow Invoices #20220102 and #20220115

7.II. Approve Tentative Class Sections - 2022-2023 School Year

7.III. Approve School Calendar - 2022-2023 School Year

7.IV. Approve Financial Investment Plan via Purchase of 13-Week Treasury Bills 

7.V. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption of Policies and Exhibits from PRESS Issue 108 - November 2021, excluding 6:220, 6:300, 6:300-E2, 6:300-E3, 6:310, 6:320, 7:30, and 7:315.

2:20 Powers and Duties of the School Board; Indemnification (updated)
2:105 Ethics and Gift Ban (updated)
2:110 Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers (updated)
2:120 Board Member Development (updated)
2:150 Committees (reviewed)
2:220 School Board Meeting Procedure (updated)
2:220-E1 Board Treatment of Closed Meeting Verbatim Recordings and Minutes (updated)
2:220-E3 Closed Meeting Minutes (updated)
2:220-E5 Semi-Annual Review of Closed Meeting Minutes (updated)
2:220-E6 Log of Closed Meeting Minutes (updated)
2:220-E8 School Board Records Maintenance Requirements and FAQ's (updated)
2:250-E2 Immediately Available District Public Records and Web-Posted Reports and Records (updated)
2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedures (updated)
3:40 Superintendent (updated)
3:50 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent (updated)
3:60 Administrative Responsibility of the Building Principal (updated)
4:60 Purchases and Contracts (updated)
4:80 Accounting and Audits (reviewed)
4:110 Transportation (updated)
4:120 Food Services (reviewed)
4:150 Facility Management and Building Programs (reviewed)
4:160 Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds (updated)
4:165 Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors (new)
4:170 Safety (updated)
4:175 Convicted Child Sex Offender; Screening; Notifications (updated)
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment (updated)
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited (updated)
5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria (updated)
5:50 Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco, and Cannabis Prohibition (updated)
5:90 Abused and Neglected Child Reporting (updated)
5:100 Staff Development Program (updated)
5:120 Employee Ethics; Conduct; and Conflict of Interest (updated)
5:125 Personal Technology and Social Media; Usage and Conduct (updated)
5:150 Personnel Records (updated)
5:185 Family and Medical Leave (updated)
5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal (updated)
5:210 Resignations (reviewed)
5:220 Substitute Teachers (updated)
5:250 Leaves of Absence (updated)
5:260 Student Teachers (reviewed)
5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves (updated and specifically modified for District)
6:15 School Accountability (updated)
6:20 School Year Calendar and Day (updated)
6:50 School Wellness (updated)
6:60 Curriculum Content (updated)
6:120 Education of Children with Disabilities (updated)
6:130 Program for the Gifted (reviewed)
6:135 Accelerated Placement Program (updated and specifically modified for the District)
6:180 Extended Instructional Programs (updated)
6:340 Student Testing and Assessment Program (updated)
7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities (updated)
7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited (updated)
7:50 School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools (reviewed)
7:60 Residence (updated)
7:70 Attendance and Truancy (updated)
7:80 Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance (updated)
7:150 Agency and Police Interviews (updated)
7:160 School Uniforms (updated)
7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment (updated)
7:190 Student Behavior (updated)
7:190-E1 Aggressive Behavior Reporting Letter and Form (updated)
7:190-E2 Student Handbook Checklist (updated)
7:190-E3 Memorandum of Understanding (updated)
7:190-E4 Acknowledgement of Receiving Student Behavior Policy and Student Conduct Code (updated)
7:200 Suspension Procedures (updated)
7:200-E1 Short Term Out-of-School Suspension (1-3 Days) Reporting Form (updated)
7:200-E2 Long Term Out-of-School Suspension (4-10 Days) Report Form (updated)
7:210 Expulsion Procedures (updated)
7:210-E1 Notice of Expulsion Hearing (updated)
7:240 Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities (updated)
7:250 Student Support Services (updated)
7:260 Exemption from Physical Education (updated)
7:280-E2 Reporting and Exclusion Requirements for Common Communicable Diseases (updated)
7:290 Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention (updated)
7:310 Restrictions on Publications; Elementary Schools (updated)
7:340 Student Records (updated)
7:345 Use of Educational Technologies; Student Data Privacy and Security (updated)
8:70 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities (reviewed)
8:100 Relations with Other Organizations and Agencies (reviewed) 

8. DISCUSSION ITEMS

8.I. School Plan for 2021-2022 School Year

8.I.A. COVID-19 - Mitigation Strategies, Requirements, Mandates, and Legal Guidance

8.I.B. COVID-19 - Testing Services - Update

8.I.C. Other

8.II. Staffing at Rankin

8.III. Intergovernmental Agreement with Spring Lake Consolidated School District #606

8.IV. Study of Space (Facilities) -  Future of Modular Units - Update

8.V. Monetary Staff Pandemic/Appreciation Bonus (FY22)- All Individual Rankin Staff Members

8.VI. Dates, Times, and Location for Board of Education - Regular Meetings for the 2022-2023 School Year

8.VII. Other

9. INFORMATION ITEMS

9.I. Rankin School District #98 - Junior High Honor Roll - 2021-2022 School Year - 2nd Quarter - Congratulations! 

9.II. Rankin School District #98 -  Letter of Appreciation - Jay and Kristi Fitzanko - Donation for Classroom Supplies for Individual Teachers

9.III. Barb Walker - Letter of Resignation - Food Services Director/Cook 

9.IV. Spencer Vetter - Letter of Interest - Food Services Director/Custodian - (Pending Hire) - Letter of Resignation - Assistant Food Services Director/Custodian 

9.V. Other

10. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

10.I. Other

11. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11.I. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity.

11.II. 5ILCS 120/2/(c)(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees

11.III. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

11.IV. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

11.V. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.

12. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

12.I. Personnel Items

12.I.A. Approve Job Description & Evaluation Template- Food Services Director/Custodian (Full-Time)

12.I.B. Approve Employment - Spencer Vetter - Food Services Director/Custodian (Full-Time) 

12.I.C. Approve Employment - Hunter Lamberson - Custodian (Part-Time)

12.I.D. Approve Employment - Chris Booher - Girls' Softball Coach - 2022-2023 School Year

12.I.E. Approve Wage Adjustment - Vivian Pham 

12.II. Approve Updated School Plan - 2021-2022 School Year

12.III. Approve Contract Agreement - Rankin Association of Teachers & Rankin Board of Education School District #98 - 2022-2023 School Year 

12.IV. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - November 15, 2021

12.V. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - December 13, 2021

12.VI. Consideration of Release of Executive Session Minutes - Six Month Review

12.VII. Consideration of Destruction of Executive Session Recordings - 18 Months or Older

13. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, February 28, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. 

Rankin School District #98 "Our School is a Great Place to Learn"

Mission: Empowering all students to reach their maximum potential and become productive, respectful, responsible, and well-rounded citizens.  

Vision: Building the foundation of the future by engaging youth through rigorous and diverse educational opportunities.