Centralia High School District 200 Board of Education Met Sept. 28.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Education of Centralia High School met in regular session in the board room at 7:00 p.m.
Upon the call of the roll the following were present: Mr. Keith Kessler, Mr. Tyson Coffey, Mr. Galen Mahle, Mr. Mike Neudecker, Mr. Rod Snow, Mr. Butch Border, and Mr. Mike Sutherland.
Others present included: Mr. Chuck Lane, Superintendent; Mr. Reid Shipley, Principal; Mr. Travis Cameron, Annex Principal; Mr. Bobby Brenneisen, Assistant Principal; and Mr. Jamaal Heavens, Assistant Principal.
A budget hearing was held regarding the 2020-2021 budget. With everyone agreeing on the budget and no public comment, Mr. Lane declared the budget hearing closed.
Bunny Garrett with CORRDE (Committee on Reducing Racial Disparity in Employment) spoke to the board on what the committee is trying to do in reducing and improving disparity in Education, Health Care and Law Enforcement. Being able to work with the high school, they would like to lay out a plan on how to increase the number of black educators and administrators in our school system. They would like to set up committees and job fairs that will positively influence a true representation of blacks who want to contribute to this society in professional roles.
A motion was made by Sutherland, seconded by Kessler, for approval by consent and acceptance of agenda items F-I as follows: 1) Minutes of the regular meeting on August 27, 2020. 2) Treasurer’s report, Imprest Fund expenditures, Activity Fund accounts, and cafeteria report for the period ending August 31, 2020, 3) Bills and payroll in the amount of $1,468,722.43 and 4) Staff travel analysis. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried.
Student Council President Jazmyne Myers gave a report to the board. Student Council has 12 new freshmen members and 36 members that were held over from 2019-2020 school year. Our executive board this year is President, Jazmyne Myers; Vice- President, Lauren Miley; Secretary, Leslie Enriques; Treasurer, Brooks Harlan; Parliamentarian, Tess Timmons; Historian, Emily Bain. Homecoming is going to be postponed until spring 2021. Even though homecoming was postponed, they still held a spirit week with dress up days. The dress up days were class color day, retro day, twin day, and red/white day. They also passed out dilly bars to students one day and the extras were donated to New Horizon School. They are currently selling CHS spirit wear and are hoping to be able to have a blood drive on November 5th.
Mr. Cameron gave the principal’s report for the annex. They are half way through the first quarter and have about 52 students enrolled at the annex. They have about 3 students on remote learning. They have 2 new teachers with KSED through the KEC program. He said so far everything seems to be running smoothly.
Mr. Shipley gave a principal’s report. The end of the first quarter will be October 9th. Information for remote learners for the 2nd quarter will be posted soon on the school’s website. Stud that want to come back, can and students that want to continue can. Columbus Day is October 12 with no school and a remote learning day for teachers will be October 13. On Wednesday, October 14, they will be giving the SAT to seniors and PSAT to juniors. Seniors are still required to take the SAT to graduate from high school so we want to make sure we get the testing done sooner than later. Freshmen and sophomores will not be in school on that day. Mr. Shipley said they will continue the remote learning days on Fridays for the 2nd quarter. Due to the circumstances with Covid-19, the CHS Alumni committee has decided to not host an induction ceremony this year and add them to the next year’s ceremony. The inductees are Dale Miller (class of 1970) and James Sumner (Class of 1965). This weekend the alumni association gave its first $15,000 installment payment for 10 years to the tennis court project. Next month, Mr. Shipley will be providing the board with a couple of curriculum changes for next year for the board to approve.
Superintendent Lane gave a superintendent’s report. He informed the board about a recent phone conference with Craig Anderson from the IHSA regarding sports for this school year. He said the IHSA’s hands are tied due to the Governor. Things are changing daily and really don’t have any answers. It’s very frustrating for the IHSA. There will be another meeting in October and will hopefully have some answers. Mr. Lane said we just came off a 2 week remote learning period and will be sending out surveys to students and teachers. He still feels that in person learning is best for everyone. Last Saturday was a great day for the first tennis match at the new courts. Mr. Lane said he is glad it is finally done and very proud of it. Everyone worked really hard to get it done. The first day for the school resource officer will be October 5th.
Superintendent Lane presented the budget for 2020-2021. He provided the board with a budget summary which shows the district in the black with a surplus of about $150,000. A motion was made by Neudecker, seconded by Coffey, to approve the 2020-2021 budget as presented. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried.
Mr. Lane updated the board on the tennis court project. There are just a few little things left to do with some fencing and a gate. They still need to add a wind fence on the south side of the court. Mr. Lane said there was a good turnout on Saturday for the 1st home match and check presentation from the Alumni Association. He thought the project turned out great and thought Shores Builders did a great job.
A motion was made by Neudecker, seconded by Kessler, to approve the sales tax agreement with the ROE. The sales tax collection started on July 1st and the first payment will be on October 25. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border; nays, Sutherland; absent, none; majority of those present voting aye, motion carried.
A motion was made by Kessler, seconded by Sutherland, to approve the School wide Title 1 Grant. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried.
A motion was made by Neudecker, seconded by Sutherland to approve the 2nd reading on the updated board policies. The policies updated are board policy 2:100 (Board member conflict of interest), 2:105 (Ethics and gift ban), 2:110 (Qualifications, terms, and duties of board officers), 2:20 (Powers and duties of the school board; indemnification), 2:200 (Types of school board meetings), 2:220 (School board meeting procedure), 2:70 (Vacancies on the school board-filling vacancies), 4:15 (Identity protection), 4:150 (Facility management and building programs), 4:30 (Revenue and investments), 4:60 (Purchases and contracts), 4:80 (Accounting and audits), 5:100 (Staff development program), 5:120 (Employee ethics; conduct: and conflict of interest), 5:200 (Terms and conditions of employment and dismissal), 5:220 (Substitute teachers), 5:250 (Leaves of absence), 5:290 (Employment termination and suspensions), 5:30 (Hiring process and criteria), 5:330 (Sick days, vacations, holidays, and leaves), 5:50 (Drug & alcohol-free workplace; cigarette, tobacco, and cannabis prohibition), 5:90 (Abused and neglected child reporting), 6:150 (Home and hospital instruction), 6:20 (school year calendar and day), 6:300 (Graduation requirements), 6:60 (Curriculum content), 7:150 (Agency and police I interviews), 7:180 (Prevention of and response to bullying, intimidation, and harassment), 7:270 (Administering medicine to students), 8:30 (Visitors to and conduct on school property). Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried.
A motion was made by Sutherland, seconded by Coffey, to employ Anggraini Aarons as a part-time cafeteria worker effective September 21, 2020. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried.
A motion was made by Sutherland, seconded by Kessler, to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: Ayes, Kessler, Coffey, Mahle, Snow, Neudecker, Border, Sutherland; nays, none; absent, none; all present voting aye, motion carried, and President Mahle declared the meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m.
http://www.centraliahs.org/index/pages/Offices/School_Board/School_Board_Files/Minutes/Board%20Minutes%20(September%202020).pdf
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