March 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER (Please silence cell phones)

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

4. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA

5. GOOD NEWS ITEMS

5.A. Recognition of IHSA Boys Individual Wrestling State Final Qualifiers

5.B. Recognition of IHSA Girls Individual Wrestling State Final Qualifiers

5.C. Recognition of IESA Individual Wrestling State Final Qualifiers

5.D. Recognition of IKWF State Qualified Wrestlers

5.E. Building Reports (Enclosure)

5.F. CHS Student Report (Enclosure)

6. RECOGNITION OF AUDIENCE REQUESTS TO ADDRESS BOARD OF EDUCATION

7. CONSENT AGENDA (All items marked with an asterisk (*) are consent agenda items)

8. * MINUTES

8.A. Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting, February 19, 2025 (Enclosure)

8.B. Minutes of the Closed Session, February 19, 2025 (Board Table)

9. * FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

9.A. Consider Payment of Bills and Payroll (Enclosure)

9.B. Treasurer's Report (Enclosure)

10. * PERSONNEL

10.A. Retirements/Leaves/Resignations

10.A.1. Leave of Absence, Certified Staff Member, Effective Beginning the Start of the 2025-2026 School Year and Returning October 14, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.2. Medical Leave of Absence, Non-Certified for Two Weeks, Effective Beginning March 12, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.A.3. Resignation of Teresa Kleiboeker, Paraprofessional, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning March 4, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.B. Employment

10.B.1. Employment of Autumn Demler, Paraprofessional, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning March 10, 2025 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.B.2. Employment of Michelle Munton, Paraprofessional, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning March 14, 2025 (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.C. Transfers

10.C.1. Transfer of Tamaney Giddens from Reading Aide at Ingersoll Middle School to Paraprofessional at Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning March 3, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.C.2. Transfer of Amanda Sipe from 2nd Grade Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School to 4th Grade Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, Effective Beginning August 11, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.D. Extracurricular

10.D.1. Resignation of Chancy Whittington, Head Track Coach, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning March 3, 2025 (Board Enclosure)

10.D.2. Employment of Josh Bundy, Assistant Varsity Softball Coach, Canton High School, Effective Beginning Immediately (Pending Background Check and Required Paperwork) (Board Enclosure)

10.D.3. Resignation of Christy Semande, Scholastic Bowl Coach, Canton High School, Effective the End of the 2024-2025 Season (Board Enclosure)

10.D.4. Transfer of Natalie Liewehr from Track Coach at Canton High School to Track Coach at Ingersoll Middle School, Effective Beginning Immediately (Board Enclosure)

11. ACTION ITEMS

11.A. *Consider Approval of Destruction of the Audio Recording of the Board Meeting Closed Session Held on July 17, 2023

11.B. *Consider Approval of Continued Employment of Canton Union School District #66 Licensed Staff (excluding retirements and resignations previously or currently approved) (Board Enclosure):

Fourth Year Teachers: Anthony Davis, Kayla Elam, Kelsey Emberton, Christine Engel, Blythe Fuller, Lorna Haschemeyer, Sarah Keck, Miranda Ludlum, Cole Schrodt

Three and a Half Year Teachers: Courtney Yocum

Three Year Teachers: Victoria Albanito, Britani Baker, Victoria Christensen, Cloe Churchill, Bethany Freese Herink, Julia Haines, Trey Harrison, Katelyn Henson, Lani Kauzlarich, Mary Kochanski, Sarah Mulholland, Dawn Murphy, Quinn Murphy, Jennifer Nichols, Shyanne Thomas, Mica Van Amerongen, Wendy Walker

Two and a Half Year Teachers: Delanie Breese, Barbara Mills, Jordyn Rhodes

Two Year Teachers: Britney Conover, Sadie Dabney, Jacqueline Demler, Jacquelyn Duvendack, Avery Efnor, Sarah Farber, Christopher Franzoni, Courtney Goodwin,  Kylie Guyton, Sonia King, Shawn Larkin, Natalie Liewehr, Megan Owens, Melissa Perrine, Shana Rudd, Amanda Stewart, Samantha Strode, Kelsey Trainer, Savannah Yurkovich

One and a Half Year Teachers: Samantha Jackson, Derek McCoy

One Year Teachers: Paige Burklund, Bernard Chapin, Tiffany Contreras, Cienna Cooper, Nicole Cremeens, Anne Fox, Nicholas Jackson, Blair Jacobus, Amy Lair, Tiffany Mayberry, Nicholas McCormick, Heather Medina, Meredith Milleson, Delany O'Brien, Lauren Oldfield, Anja Olsen, Cailey Platt, Paige Rossell, Stephanie Spangler-Buswell

Half Year Teachers: Victoria Oaks
 

11.C. *Consider Approval of Continued Membership of Ingersoll Middle School in the Illinois Elementary School Association

11.D. *Consider Approval of Continued Membership of Canton High School in the Illinois High School Association (Board Enclosure)

11.E. Consider Approval of Alice Ingersoll Gym Basketball Goals to BSN Sports in the Amount of $108,562 (Enclosure)

11.F. Consider Approval of Canton High School and Ingersoll Middle School Plumbing Repairs Bid in the Amount of $738,000 to Kemper Construction (Enclosure)

11.G. Consider Approval of Eastview Elementary and Westview Elementary School Flooring Replacement Bid in the Amount of $161,430 to Tiles IN Style LLC (Enclosure)

11.H. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Elizabeth Arvin, Middle School Assistant Principal, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 (Board Enclosure)

11.I. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Wes Calvert, Transportation Director, District, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

11.J. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Mark Gregory, Middle School Assistant Principal, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 (Board Enclosure)

11.K. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Rodney Harris, Director of Buildings and Grounds, District, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

11.L. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Caitlyn Leingang, District Bookkeeper/Payroll/HR, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

11.M. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Ashley Ball, Director of Student Services, District, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

11.N. Consider Approval of Employment Contract for Kenneth VanHouten, Middle School Assistant Activities Director, Ingersoll Middle School, Effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028 (Board Enclosure)

11.O. Consider Approval of Amended Employment Contract for Alexis Maxwell, Athletic Trainer, Canton High School, Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 (Board Enclosure)

12. REPORTS

12.A. District #66 Metrics Report (Enclosure)

13. DISCUSSION ITEMS

13.A. Discussion of Board Meeting Times (Board Enclosure)

13.B. Discussion on the Proposed 2025-2026 Student Handbooks for Canton High School, Ingersoll Middle School, and District #66 Elementary Schools (Board Enclosure)

13.C. Update on Home School Students Participating in Athletics/Extracurricular Activities (Board Enclosure)

13.D. Building and Grounds Committee Meeting Update

14. INFORMATION ITEMS

14.A. Freedom of Information Request from Allium Data (Board Enclosure)

14.B. Freedom of Information Request from Miller, Hall, & Triggs, LLC (Board Enclosure)

14.C. IASB Western Division Dinner on April 3, 2025

15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

16. CLOSED SESSION

16.A. Discuss Student Disciplinary Matters and/or Educational Matters Relating to Individual Students [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (9) and (10)]

16.B. Discuss the Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance, or Dismissal of Specific Employees of the Public Body [5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (1)]

16.C. The Purchase or Lease of Real Property for the Use of the Public Body, Including Meetings Held for the Purpose of Discussing Whether a Particular Parcel Should Be Acquired 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

16.D. 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 shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting [5 ILCS 120/2 (11)]

17. ACTION

18. ADJOURN