Wesclin Community Unit School District 3 Board met May 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
I. Regular Meeting
A. Roll Call
The Board of Education of Wesclin Community School District # 3, Clinton and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, met in a regular session at the hour of 6:00 p.m., at the Wesclin High School in said district.
At the above-named time and place there were present the following officers and members of the Board:
Members Present Members Absent
Aaron Hoerchler, President: ______x_______ _______________
Paul Josias, Vice President: ______x_______ _______________
Tina Litteken, Treasurer: ______x_______ _______________
Connie Elmore, Secretary: ______x_______ _______________
Matt Fridley: ______________ ________x______
Jeff Stroot: ______x_______ _______________
Zach Peters: ______x_______ _______________
A quorum of the Board members being present, the current president called the meeting to order and declared the Board to be in session for the transaction of business.
Administrators present:
Jennifer Filyaw, Superintendent: _____x________ ______________
John Isenhower: _____x________ ______________
Angela Woll: _____x________ ______________
Roger Freeze: _____x________ ______________
James Rahm: _____x________ ______________
Jamie Pence: _____x________ ______________
Matt Fridley joins the meeting at 6:04 pm
B. Approval of Minutes
Minutes of the previous regular meeting and of the executive session of April 19, 2021 and the special session of May 4, 2021 were approved on a motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Paul Josias.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
C. District Finances
Motion made by Tina Litteken seconded by Connie Elmore to approve The Treasurer's Report and payment of payroll in the amount of __________ and bills in the amount of _____________
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
D. Agenda modification
Motion made by Paul Josias seconded by Tina Litteken to approve agenda as presented.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
E. Superintendent Report
Committees – Board members will let Aaron know which committee they will be on.
Covid-19
ISBE/IDPH have not offered any new guidance. We are in the bridge phase with 35% capacity for graduation. The capacity could go up to 65%. At the moment each student will get 6 tickets for attendance at graduation. Masks are mandatory.
We will present handbooks at the June meeting, hoping to be able to include the COVID guidelines that need to be implemented.
Retreat
Looking to have the retreat this summer.
2021-2022 Class Sizes
TE Class Sizes: K-43, 1st-49, 2nd-37, 3rd-53, 4th-46
NB Class Sizes: K-61, 1st-60, 2nd-55, 3rd-52, 4th-52
Learning loss noticed with 3rd and 4th grade students. We need to keep class sizes small and looking to hire 3 new teachers for next school year. We will be using COVID Relief funds to pay for this.
F. Principals’ Report
WHS – Band and Choir had their concerts and it was good to have them in person! Our All Conference students are as follows: Basketball-Grant Fridley and Luke Serano, Football-Connor Bridick, Payten Mugele, Josh Serrano, Cam Brandmeyer, Josh Serrano, Soccer-Christian Gonzalez, Carson Spalding, Justin Weihe and Volleyball-Emily Ottensmeier. Seniors last day is Tuesday. Academic Awards will be on Wednesday and Senior Breakfast and graduation practice will be Friday. Graduation is Sunday at 2.
WMS – Held the Academic Awards ceremonies last week. Top winners are 8th graders will have a special day on Friday.
NB – PTO is providing lunch to staff from Red Porch on Friday. Want to thank all teachers and staff for organizing our field day.
TE – End of year activities are still going on, with some new changes that some actually like! PTG sponsored a Red Porch lunch also. We are working on our end of year party.
Special Services – Wrapping up all end of year meetings.
II. Public Comments:
A. Cassie Hund and Christie Jackson offered thanks for a job well done to all administration.
III. Celebration of Success
A. The Middle School Academic Award Winners will be announced at the meeting.
Armin Zurliene- Desiree Horstmeyer
Citizenship – Dylan Thole and Savannah Woods
Leadership – Chandler Mueller and Evelyn Yukna
B. Although end of year activities and awards ceremonies looked different this year, we are continuing to honor our phenomenal students.
Band and Music Concerts in Person
Kindergarten graduation
Junior High Awards Night
High School Awards Night
National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
8th Grade Party
C. Luke Seranno was selected as the St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete.
D. Kudos to a group of faculty and staff from Trenton Elementary who volunteered to pack over 700 Snack Packs for students in Clinton County.
E. Thank you to Megan Kehrer and Jean Heier for organizing Be the Yellow! Day at Trenton Elementary ... a day to spread kindness and positivity!
F. Thanks to Katrina Hanke, Cathy Powers and Katie Wilke for assisting our students through this stressful and sometimes anxiety-filled school year.
G. Thanks to Shari Tockstein for organizing and all who participated for a very successful Virtual Book Fair. We sold $1,656.00 of books and received $440.00 of profit in Scholastic Dollars.
H. Dawn Musenbrock and Deanna Clossen for unbelievable PE activities that kept the kids safe and engaged!
I. Congratulations to our retiring staff members:
John Isenhower
Terry Howard
Matt Fisher
Rita Wuebbels
Dennis Hermanson
Tami Kleinhoffer
Janey McKillip
IV. Items Requiring Board of Education Action
A. Fees
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Connie Elmore to approve the fees for the 2021-2022 school year
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
B. Chromebook Protection Insurance Program
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Paul Josias to approve the Chromebook Protection Insurance Program for grades 6-12.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
C. School Bus Purchase
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Jeff Stroot to approve two new 71 passenger, air-conditioned busses for the total cost of $194,978 from Central States Bus Sales.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
D. Sodexo Renewal
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Jeff Stroot to approve the Sodexo renewal for the 2021-2022 school year at a 3.9% increase.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
E. Kindergarten – 8th Grade Math Curriculum Recommendation
Motion by Paul Josias seconded by Jeff Stroot to approve IReady Math for the math K-8 Curriculum.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
F. Final Calendar
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Connie Elmore to approve the final 2020-2021 school year.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
G. Consent Agenda
a. Resignation:
i. Jenaye Suever – Mrs. Suever resigned her position effective mid April.
ii. Terry Howard – Mr. Howard is resigning his position as Bowling Sponsor.
iii. Jenna Offerman – Ms. Offerman is resigning the position of High School Agriculture Education Teacher and the FFA Sponsor for the 2021-2022 school year.
b. Retirement
i. Larisa Kloeckner – Mrs. Kloeckner is requesting to retire at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 school year.
ii. Agnes Berkemann – Mrs. Berkemann is requesting to retire at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 school year.
iii. John Groennert – Mr. Groennert is requesting to retire at the end of the calendar year of 2024.
c. Hire
i. Ashley Galbiati – PALS worker
d. Leave Without Pay:
i. Stacey Leemon – Mrs. Leemon is requesting 2 days without pay that occur during the last two weeks of school.
Motion by Tina Litteken seconded by Connie Elmore to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
H. Closed Session for the purposes of discussing appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the Board or legal counsel for the Board, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the Board or against legal counsel for the Board to determine its validity pursuant to Section 2©(1) of the Open Meetings Act.
Motion by Connie Elmore seconded by Tina Litteken to move into closed session for the purposes of considering the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the Board or legal counsel for the Board, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the Board or against legal counsel for the Board to determine its validity pursuant to Section 2©(1) of the Open Meetings Act. 6:50 p.m.)
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
Motion by ______________, seconded by _____________ to return from closed session into the regular meeting. (_____ p.m.)
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
V. Adjournment:
It was moved by ____________, seconded by ___________ that the meeting be adjourned. Meeting was adjourned at ____ p.m.
Vote: Connie Elmore-aye, Matt Fridley-aye, Aaron Hoerchler-aye, Paul Josias-aye, Tina Litteken-aye, Zach Peters-aye, Jeff Stroot-aye. Motion passes 7-0
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