June 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER - Debbie Lowman, President

2. ROLL CALL - Nena Cox, Secretary

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. PUBLIC HEARING AND OVERVIEW- 2025-2026 (FY26) - Amended Budget

4.I. Overview

4.II. Receive Public Comments

4.III. Approve (Adopt) Resolution - Budget Hearing Completion

4.IV. Close Hearing

5. VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE (Audience Participation)

5.I. Other

6. PRESENTATION, OVERVIEW, AND DISCUSSION - 2026-2027 (FY27) - TENTATIVE BUDGET - Dr. Matt Gordon

7. REPORTS

7.I. Board President's Report - Debbie Lowman

7.II. Board Committee Reports - Dr. Matt Gordon

7.III. Projected Enrollment and Tentative Class Sections Report - 2026-2027 School Year- Dr. Matt Gordon

8. CONSENT AGENDA

8.I. Approve Minutes 

8.I.A. Approve Minutes - Board of Education - Regular Meeting - May 18, 2026

8.I.B. Approve Minutes - Board of Education - Finance Committee Meeting - June 1, 2026

8.I.C. Approve Minutes - Board of Education - Policy Committee Meeting - June 8, 2026 

8.II. Approve Treasurer's Reports Ending May 31, 2026

8.III. Approve Financial Report Ending May 31, 2026

8.IV. Approve Activity Fund Report Ending May 31, 2026

8.V. Approve Bills for June 2026 - Excluding Payments to Donnie Uselton, HMH Education Company, Heart Technology, Inc., Hoerr Machinery, Inc., J.A. Fritch & Sons, Inc., Johnson Mechanical Services (2), Xylem Ltd, and Zeecraft Co. 

8.VI. Approve Dr. Matt Gordon as District FOIA Officer and Michelle Gaddy as Assistant FOIA Officer

8.VII. Approve Designation of Depositories, Signatories, and Preparers - Beginning July 1, 2026

9. ACTION ITEMS

9.I. Approve (Adopt) Resolution Authorizing the Transfer of Education Funds ($37,180.68) to the Capital Projects Fund

9.II. Adopt (Approve) 2025-2026 (FY26) - Amended Budget

9.III. Adopt (Approve) 2026-2027 (FY27) - Tentative Budget

9.IV. Approve Date, Time, and Location - Public Budget Hearing - 2026-2027 (FY27) - Original Budget

9.V. Approve 2nd Reading/Adoption - Student Handbook -2026-2027 School Year 

9.VI. Approve Memorandum of Understanding - Rankin Association of Teachers - Rankin Board of Education - Retirement Incentive - (1) One-Time Date Adjustment for Non-Revocable Letter of Resignation

9.VII. Approve Curriculum Quote, Purchase, Subscription, Payment, and Adoption - HMH Education Company - Social Studies Textbooks and Online Resources 

9.VIII. Approve (1) One-Year Contract Renewal - M.J. Kellner Co., Inc. - Food Supplier - 2026-2027 School Year

9.IX. Approve Linkage Agreement - Tazewell County Health Department - Rankin School District #98 - Spring Lake School District #606 - Extended Day Program - 2026-2027 School Year

9.X. Approve Payment - Application for Payment #3 - J.A. Fritch & Sons, Inc. - RTU-3 Replacement

9.XI. Approve Payment - Donnie Uselton - General Repair - Invoice #20260615

9.XII. Approve Quote, Payment, and 36-Month Contract - Heart Technologies, Inc. - Phone System and Lease of Phones

9.XIII. Approve Quotes, Purchase, and Payment - Xylem, Ltd - Mulch 

9.XIV. Approve Quote, Purchase, and Payment - ZeeCraft Co., LLC - Challenger III - Scholastic Bowl System

9.XV. Approve Quote, Purchase, and Payment - Johnson Mechanical Services, Inc. - Dishwasher

9.XVI. Approve Quote, Purchase, and Payment - Johnson Mechanical Services, Inc. - Convection Oven

9.XVII. Approve Quote, Purchase and Payment - Hoerr Machinery - 2020 Compact Track Loader (Skid Steer)

9.XVIII. Approve Bill of Sale - Rankin School District #98 - Pekin School District #108 - Equipment

9.XIX.  Approve 1st Reading/Adoption - PRESS Issue #121 - March 2026
2:200 - Types of School Board Meetings (Updated)
2:220 - School Board Meeting Procedure (Updated)
2:250 - Access to District Public Records (Updated)
2:260 - Uniform Grievance Procedure (Updated)
2:265 - Title IX Grievance Procedure (Reviewed)
4:40 - Incurring Debt (Reviewed)
4:165 - Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors (Updated)
5:30 - Hiring Process and Criteria (Updated)
5:50 - Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace; E-Cigarette, Tobacco, and Cannabis Prohibition
5:250 - Leave of Absence
5:330 - Sick Days, Vacation, Holiday, and Leaves (Updated with District Specific Edits)
6:50 - School Wellness (Updated)
6:65 - Student Social and Emotional Development (Updated)
6:100 - Using Animals in the Educational Program (Updated)
6:145 - Migrant Students (Updated)
6:170 - Title I Programs (Updated)
6:180 - Extended Instructional Programs (Updated)
7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited (Updated)
7:50 - School Admissions and Student Transfers To and From Non-District Schools (Updated)
7:100 - Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations: Immunizations; and Exclusion of Students (Updated)
7:185 - Teen Dating Violence Prohibited (Updated)
7:220 - Bus Conduct (Updated)
7:230 - Misconduct by Students with Disabilities (Updated)
7:240 - Conduct Code for Participation in Extracurricular Activities (Updated)
7:260 - Exemption from Physical Education (Updated with District Specific Edits)
7:280 - Communicable and Chronic Infectious Diseases (Updated)
7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics (Updated)
8:90 - Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs (Updated)

9.XX. Approve 1st Reading/Adoption - Policy 7:330 - Student Use of Buildings - Equal Access

10. DISCUSSION ITEMS

10.I. Student Behavior and Administration of Disciplinary Action

10.II. Solar Power Project - Update

10.III. Staffing - 2026-2027 School Year

10.IV. Special Board of Education Meeting - Self Evaluation - IASB - August 31, 2026 - 5:00 p.m. 

10.V. Attendance, Participation, and Planning - Triple I Conference - (IASB-IASA-IASBO) - "Lighting the Way" - November 20-22, 2026

10.VI. Election of Board of Education Members - 2027

10.VII. Other

11. INFORMATION ITEMS

11.I. Congratulations to Rankin Junior High School - 2025-2026 School Year - 4th Quarter - Honor Roll Students!

11.II. Gretchen Gaudet - Letter of Resignation - Dance Team Coach 

11.III. Michele Cleeton - Letter of Resignation (Retirement) - Following the Conclusion of the 2028-2029 School Year

11.IV. Marj Oesch - Letter of Resignation - RTI (MTSS) / Title I Teacher / Facilitator - Scholastic Bowl Coach - Literary (Speech Tournament/Speech Team Coach)

11.V. Online Registration - 2026-2027 School Year - Begins July 13, 2026

11.VI. 2026-2027 School Year Theme Announced - "The Rankin Difference!"

11.VII. Miller, Hall, & Triggs, Inc. - Fee Structure - 2026-2027 School Year

11.VIII. PRESS Issue #121 - March 2026 - Administrative Procedures (AP's) and Exhibits - Added to the District's AP Manual -  Excluding 4:140-E4 and 7:240-AP2, E1.

11.IX. Other

12. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (2nd Session)

12.I. Other

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION

13.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.

13.II. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases.

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

13.IV. 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.

14. ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

14.I. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Rescheduled Regular Board Meeting - May 4, 2026

14.II. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Regular Board Meeting - May 18, 2026

14.III. Approve Executive Session Minutes - Finance Committee Meeting - June 1, 2026

14.IV. Consideration of Student Tuition Application Requests - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V. Personnel Items

14.V.A. Approve Employment - Lauren Pierce - Speech and Language Pathologist - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.B. Approve Employment - Brady Neal - Split Stipend - Assistant Boys Basketball Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.C. Approve Employment - Darin Bowling - Assistant Softball Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.D. Approve Employment - JoAnna Andrew - Dance Team Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.E. Approve Employment - Amanda McGinn- Scholastic Bowl Coach - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.F. Approve Employment - Khristie Brooks - RTI (MTSS) Title I - Teacher / Facilitator - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.G. Acknowledge Informational Item - Khristie Brooks - Letter of Resignation - Paraprofessional - Effectuated Upon Approval of her Employment as RTI (MTSS) / Title I - Teacher / Facilitator - 2026-2027 School Year
 

14.V.H. Approve Support Staff Wage Adjustments - Beginning July 1, 2026

14.V.I. Approve Co-Curricular / Extracurricular Assignments - 2026-2027 School Year

14.V.J. Approve Substitute Positions Wage Adjustments - Beginning July 1, 2026

14.V.K. Approve Superintendent's Employment Contract Amendment #1-2026 - Dr. Matt Gordon - Salary - 2026-2027 School Year 

15. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, July 27, 2026, 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.