South Central Reporter

Mt. Olive Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education met Oct. 16.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

I. Call to Order

A. Welcome

B. Roll Call

C. Pledge of Allegiance

II. Consent Agenda - One Motion Needed

A. Adoption of Agenda.

B. Approve minutes of the Public Hearing for the Budget on September 18, 2024.

C. Approve minutes of the Regular Board Meeting on September 18, 2024.

III. Recognition, comments, and correspondence from employees and public.

A. Board Norms: Follow chain of command, assume positive intent, mutual respect.

B. Board Values: Integrity, Mutual Respect, Excellence

C. Board Priorities: Culture, Academic Performance, Facilities (with focus on safety), and Finances.

D. FOIA Request from the Lake County Gazette dated September 19, 2024.

E. FOIA Request from Walz dated September 25, 2024.

F. Ellie Borrowman - National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student

IV. Consider approving the bills and the financial report.

A. Report of Bills – Mrs. Durbin

B. Financial Report – Dr. Kelly

C. Budget Report – Dr. Kelly

V. Unfinished business

A. Consider a motion to approve a resolution authorizing transfer from Operations and Maintenance Fund into Debt Services Fund.

B. Consider a motion to approve the contract with Journey12 to be purchased with Stronger Connection Grant Funding.

VI. New Business

A. Consider a motion to establish snow routes for South Panther Creek Road, Redwood Road, Hoefker, and Eilert Trail.

B. Consider a motion to approve School Maintenance Grant Application.

C. Consider a motion to approve Doug Becker as an unpaid volunteer junior high basketball assistant coach pending a successful background check.

D. Discussion regarding Litchfield Extracurricular Coop.

E. Semi-annual review of closed session minutes as required by the Open Meetings Act.

F. First Reading of the following policies:

■ 2:270 Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin Prohibited-New

■ 2:265 Title IX Grievance Procedure-Draft Update, Rewritten

■ 2:70 Vacancies on the School Board - Filling Vacancies-Review and Monitoring

■ 2:125 Board Member Compensation; Expenses-Review and Monitoring

■ 2:160 Board Attorney-Review and Monitoring

■ 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure-Draft Update

■ 4:15 Identity Protection-Review and Monitoring

■ 4:70 Resource Conservation-Draft Update

■ 4:80 Accounting and Audits-Review and Monitoring

■ 5:100 Staff Development Program-Draft Update, Rewritten

■ 5:130 Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information-Draft Update

■ 5:180 Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity-Review and Monitoring

■ 5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal-Draft Update

■ 5:290 Employment Termination and Suspensions-Review and Monitoring

■ 5:310 Compensatory Time-Off-Review and Monitoring

■ 6:110 Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation Incentives Program-Review and Monitoring

■ 6:140 Education of Homeless Children-Draft Update

■ 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction-Review and Monitoring

■ 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited-Draft Update

■ 7:170 Vandalism-Review and Monitoring

■ 7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited-Draft Update

VII. Principal’s Reports

A. Mrs. Scheller

B. Mr. Martin

VIII. Superintendent’s Report

A. Informational Items

B. State of the District Presentation

IX. Consider a motion to enter Closed Session for the following purposes as allowed under the Illinois Open Meeting Act (5 ILCS 120/1 et seq.):

A. Discussion of the appointment, employment and dismissal of employees of the public body and collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives.

X. Consider a Motion to come out of Closed session

A. Consider a motion to approve personnel as discussed in closed session.

XI. Adjourn

The next regular board meeting at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. The meetings will be held in the library at 804 West Main Street, Mt. Olive, Illinois.

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