Colona School District 190 Board met Feb. 8.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
The regular meeting of the Board of Education was called to order at 6:30 p.m.
Present: Julie Wittenauer, Dennis Teichman, Lindsey Trickey, Ray Kutzman, and Julie Woods
Also Present: Carl Johnson, Mike Carlson, Chrissy Winters, Bill Rossow, and Ashley Erichsen
Absent: Ricky McClintock
A Motion was made by Dennis Teichman, seconded, by Lindsey Trickey to enter in closed session for Discussion of Appointment, Employment, Compensation, Discipline, Performance or Dismissal of Specific Employees Pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1); Filling of School Board Vacancy Persuant to 105 ILCS5/10-4, 105ILCS5/10-10
Roll Call Vote: Trickey – aye; Teichman –aye; Wittenauer – aye; Kutzman – aye; Woods – aye; Motion carried, 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent
The Board entered closed session at 6:33 p.m.
A Motion was made by Dennis Teichman, seconded by Lindsey Trickey to return to open session at 7:41 p.m.
Roll Call Vote: Trickey – aye; Teichman –aye; Wittenauer – aye; Kutzman – aye; Woods – aye; Motion carried, 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent
Present: Julie Wittenauer, Dennis Teichman, Lindsey Trickey, Ray Kutzman, and Julie Woods
Also Present: Carl Johnson, Mike Carlson, Chrissy Winters
Absent: Ricky McClintock
Mr. Johnson has not heard back from the Partner School Goals with United Township members about a future meeting. The United Education Foundation hasn’t met but plans to in February. The Board will talk to Mr. McClintock to see if he would like to be the Colona representative.
The PTA did not submit a report for February.
The Principal report noted the UTHS Fine Arts caravan visited with 8th graders. The Spelling Bee was held January 24th. Mason DeGreve finished 1st and Sergio Garcia finished 2nd. MAP testing is complete and results will be shared with parents at Parent Teacher Conferences. Mrs. Norville plans to open returning student registration for 2018-2019 in May and will host a new student registration in June. April 27th Professional Development will wrap up the Trauma series and student engagement topics: 7 ISS incidents with 4.5 days ISS and 0 OSS incidents with 0 day OSS.
The Athletic Director noted the girls’ basketball season has begun. The scholastic bowl season is also underway. Colona hosted the IESA boys regional tournament. Our boys ended their season in 2nd place at the regional tournament. Track season will start over break.
The technology report noted Mr. Taylor had several onsite and remote visits to fix issues including configuring and reconnecting the Mini Mac that crashed, set up Chrome cloud printing, MacBook support, uninstalled Mac lab Google software updater, 95 Chromebooks enrolled and 4 charging carts labeled and wired. Mr. Taylor noted that there are several future budget considerations to think about. First, we may need to purchase additional wireless access points. The system that was just installed isn’t working as well as we hoped. Mrs. Kurt has very unreliable coverage, 3rd grade seems to be doing better after installing the spare access point. Once the new Chrome carts are in use, we may see addional issues with 2nd grade. Each access point is about $450-$650 each. Second, replacing aging staff MacBooks. Most are 2011- 2012 models. There is an increase in hard drive failure rates. There are 3 options Mr. Taylor would like to propose.
• Replacement Option A - Stay with Apple:
o New 13” MacBooks are approximately $1,000-1,400 each (plus an additional $50-100 each for accessories/adapters to make them compatible with the older projectors, document cameras, etc.
o PRO - This requires little to no learning or adaptation by staff
o CON - This is likely the most expensive option
o PRO - This requires little to no change to your current network environment
• Replacement Option B - Migrate to ChromeOS:
o New 13”-14” Chromebooks are $250-350 each.
o plus an additional $50-100 each for accessories/adapters to make them compatible with the older projectors, document cameras, etc.
o PRO or CON - This requires a small to medium amount of learning or adaptation by staff. (this is greatly dependent upon Administration’s buy-in and Professional Development Time offered)
o PRO - This is likely the least expensive option
o PRO - This requires little to no change to your current network environment
• Replacement Option C - Pivot to Windows:
o New 13”-15” Windows laptops run the range from $250-1500 because there is such a variety of specs and options o plus an additional $50-100 each for accessories/adapters to make them compatible with the older projectors, document cameras, etc.
o PRO or CON - This requires a small to medium amount of learning or adaptation by staff. (this is greatly dependent upon Administration’s buy-in and Professional Development Time offered) o CON - This is likely the least advantageous option since it would likely require more network overhead and be more open to viruses, etc.
The maintenance report noted general maintenance was performed. Ms. Bizarri’s classroom had a new furnace installed. The second one from the emergency health life safety amendment.
Informational Items:
1. Gym Lighting is complete and we only have to pay for new bulbs for the gym. Rock River Electric installed at no charge.
2. HLS Progress. The LED lighting project is finished. Ms. Bizzari’s furnace is installed.
A Motion was made by Dennis Teichman, seconded, by Julie Woods to approve Consent Agenda, which included the following items:
5a/5b. Approve Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes from January 11, 2018
5c. Approve February 2018 Bills and Estimated Payments to be made prior to February 28th, District Treasurer’s Report and approval of the January 2017 Activity Fund
Roll Call Vote: Trickey – aye; Teichman –aye; Wittenauer – aye; Kutzman – aye; Woods – aye; Motion carried, 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent
Mr. Johnson presented the final draft calendar for 2018-2019 school year to the Board.
A Motion was made by Dennis Teichman, seconded by Lindsey Trickey to approve the final draft calendar for the 2018-2019 school year, as presented.
Roll Call Vote: Trickey – aye; Teichman –aye; Wittenauer – aye; Kutzman – aye; Woods – aye; Motion carried, 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent
Mr. Johnson suggested doing a cookout at the Memorial Day parade. The Board thought it was a great idea.
New Business or any Other Appropriate Business:
1.Colona Pre K - Mr. Johnson discussed the Colona School Pre K program and possible options if the grant does not get renewed.
2. Traffic Light Timer – It would cost the school $450 to have a timer added to the current cross walk stop light. 3. Board Member selection – The board discussed the two board candidates, Ashley Erichsen and Bill Rossow.
A Motion was made Dennis Teichman, seconded by Ray Kutzman to appoint Bill Rossow as the new Colona School Board Member at the March meeting.
Roll Call Vote: Trickey – aye; Teichman –aye; Wittenauer – aye; Kutzman – aye; Woods – aye; Motion carried, 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent
A Motion was made by Dennis Teichman, seconded by Ray Kutzman to adjourn meeting.
Voice Vote: 5 ayes; no nays, 1 Absent, Motion Carried
Having noted that all agenda items had been discussed, the meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
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