September 16, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Budget Hearing immediately followed by Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

Description:  During the public forum, comments from the public should be limited to only the 2021-2022 (FY22) Budget. 

The Board may address public forum comments and discuss the 2021-2022 (FY22) Budget during that action item during the regular meeting of the board.

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

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Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments at this time.

Description:  All items under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted by a single motion and subsequent roll call vote.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Description:  Regular personnel items.

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• The Board of Education is making a $200 donation to the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club September 25th for our 2nd Annual Clay Shoot Classic to sponsor a station.
• Eastlawn received $3000 from "VoluntEARS Disney" for materials, supplies, subscriptions, online resources and flexible seating.
• Mr. Fraga donated a used Mac desktop computer to Pleasant Acres for use in its technology class. Estimated value of $200.

Description:  Annually required and posted on the website.

Description:  The budget document for fiscal year 2022 (2021-2022) is attached for review. The tentative budget was presented to the Board on July 15 and made available for public inspection. Marcellos Gray, CSBO, will prevent a budget summary. Following the Board meeting, Mr. Gray will proceed with entering all budget information into the state budget form.

Description:  Northview elementary school was unable to fill its literacy specialist position for the 2021-2022 school year. The District is contracting with Cheryl VanHoy to provide literacy, intervention, and instructional coaching services at Northview.

Description:  The District is collaborating with the Village of Rantoul to pursue a Safe Routes To School grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation. The district is being asked to provide up to $8000 now for engineering costs. The estimated total cost, should we receive the grant, will be $120,000.

Description:  The need to update this policy was shared as an information item at the August Board Meeting. We are updating the policy for clarification and to place clearer limits on the use of Compensatory Time Off by non-exempt hourly employees. This policy change will not prevent employees from being compensated for additional work through either compensatory time off or overtime pay. This policy change limits the amount of compensatory time off an employee may accumulate at a given time to 30 hours. Existing accrued compensatory time off will be used or "paid out" during this fiscal year.

Description:  The District is leasing the southernmost Wabash Park tennis courts from the Rantoul Park District for $1 annually. This property is adjacent to RCS property. Currently, these tennis courts are not salvageable. Proposed plans for this property are addressed in the following action item.

Description:  The District is seeking a maintenance grant to partially fund removal of the fencing and southernmost tennis courts at Wabash Park, and to replace this space with District parking and access to existing District property. The primary reason for this is to move JW Eater staff parking off of Wabash to help alleviate traffic concerns at dismissal. The request is for the Board to approve moving forward with writing this matching grant.

Description:  The District is working to recruit additional substitute teachers as well as to allow some educational support employees to serve as substitute teachers on an as needed / occasional basis. Administration hopes that increasing the substitute pay rate and providing other incentives as outlined will increase and make more reliable our pool of substitutes.

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• August 27-SteepSteel. Copies of all active leases/licenses for cell towers, rooftop antennas, or other wireless installations on property owned or managed by Rantoul City Schools, Illinois along with 24 months of associated payment histories.

• SmartPocure. SmartProcure is submitting a commercial FOIA request to the Rantoul City Schools District No. 137 for any and all purchasing records from 06/10/2021 (mm/dd/yyyy) to current.

Description:  Congratulations to our Special Education Department for earning a perfect score on their annual review by ISBE!

Description:  The revision includes language authorizing the superintendent to make limited expenditures to vendors or service providers who do not accept purchase orders or credit cards when such products or services are needed prior to a Board meeting.

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The Board will meet in closed session regarding the following: Considering the employment, discipline, performance or dismissal of a specific employee, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against the employee to determine its validity.

Description:  Secretary to the Board will take attendance.