South Central Reporter

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

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

Call to Order

Welcome

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Consent Agenda - One Motion Needed

Adoption of Agenda.

Approve minutes of the Regular Board Meeting on June 18, 2025.

Recognition, comments, and correspondence from employees and public.

Reese Heyen- recognition MJM Electric Customer- Electrical

FOIA-

From CT Mills Public Info Access LLc

From Lake county gazette on June 23, 2025

From Concerned Citizen on July 6, 2025 concerning public records

These are being handled by administration with assistance from our School Attorney.

Consider approving the bills and the financial report.

Report of Bills – Ms. Durbin

Financial Report- Mrs Cann         

Budget Report – Mrs. Cann

Unfinished Business

None

New Business

Consider a motion to authorize the Superintendent to prepare the district budget for the 2025-26 school year.

Consider a motion to authorize expenditures for fiscal year 2025-26 funds prior to budget adoption.

Consider a motion to approve 5% of payment to Glandt Roofing. $90, 762.77 Additional 5% remaining. 

Discussion of the Superintendent moving custodial salaries and benefits from the Education Fund (10) to the Operations and Maintenance Fund (20) in the 2025-26 district budget.

Principal’s Reports

Mrs. Scheller

Mr. Martin

Superintendent’s Report

Informational Items

Remaining grant status for multi purpose room. $26, 685 was unfrozen and sent to the district.

Driver’s education- Behind the wheel instruction vacancy

Mr. Martin, Ms. Scheller, and I met with the Mt. Olive Educational Foundation on July 1, 2025. We will be meeting again August 26th to present several academically based requests including several assessment programs, and an elementary art-based curriculum.

IASB Scholarship for Janet Readenhour to attend the Triple I (IASA, IASB, IASBO) Fall conference in November for school Board Members and Superintendents.

Auditors were here July 14 & 15

New teachers are scheduled to be in on August 7 to fill out paperwork and have lunch.

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.):

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 representative.

Consider a Motion to come out of Closed session

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

Adjourn

The next regular board meeting will be at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The meeting will be held in the library at 804 West Main Street, Mt. Olive, Illinois.

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