Annawan Community Unit School District 226 Board met June 27.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
THE REGULAR MEETING of the Board of Education of Annawan Unit District No 226 was held at 6:00PM. President Shaw called the meeting to order. On roll call those present were Brian Childs, Jeff Gerber (Zoom), Jerad Heitzler, Kim Park, Dwaine Shaw Jr, Liz Wied, and Ted VanHyfte. Others present were; Superintendent Matt Nordstrom, Dawn Heitzler, Elementary Principal, Lana Wolf (Zoom), Chris Kidd, Erin VanUnnik (Zoom), Matt Huber, AD (Zoom) and Scott Reakes, AEA representative (Zoom).
CONSENT AGENDA – Moved by Heitzler and seconded by VanHyfte to approve Consent Agenda.Voting YES were Childs, Heitzler, Park, Shaw, Gerber, VanHyfte and Wied. 7-0 Motion carried.
• May 2020 Regular Board Meeting Minutes.
• May 2020 Treasurer’s Report
• May 2020 Investment Report, Activity Fund & Imprest Fund Reports
• April 2020 and May 2020 Bills and Payroll
• Henry-Stark Governing Board Agenda
AUDIENCE TO VISITORS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
• Representative Dan Swanson discussed state funding for schools and the budget.
SUPERINTENDENT COMMUNICATIONS—Matt Nordstrom
• Thank you and congratulations to Chris Kidd on her retirement after 30 years with the district.
• Received approval from Office of Emergency Management to move forward with graduation plans as long as Illinois moves into Phase 4.
• In the process of developing a COVID-19 committee to plan for reopening.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL- Dawn Heitzler
• Promotion plans are in place as long as Illinois moves into Phase 4.
• Completed District Consolidated Plan.
• YMCA After School Program will not renew unless 16+ will commit. Letters to be mailed out in the next week for enrollment.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL/LEAD TEACHER-Matt Nordstrom/Lana Wolf
• No test scores – State Report Card will remain the same.
• Juniors and Seniors will be offered the SAT in the fall.
• 2020 state guidelines for grades – no grade lower than 3rd quarter grade.
• All Seniors have met graduation requirements.
• Handbook changes for Student Handbook should be available by the end of June.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR –MATT HUBER
• IHSA Update – Phase 4 for Illinois will mean a move to Stage 2 Return to Play guidelines for sports.
• Change in number of summer contact days to 20.
BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS
• Special Ed- meeting June 18th.
• Building Committee- reviewed summer projects, crow’s nest, football field lights; TIF money from the village will be discussed at the village board meeting in July, Solar Project – on-site visit by Empire, waiting on proposal.
• Transportation Committee- signed new lease for current bus fleet.
• Finance Committee- discussed end of year budget, hoping for early tax payments, continue to hope for health insurance cooperative, renewed property/casualty/liability/work comp insurance policies.
• Better Together Committee- None
• A-W Co-Op- None – new track uniforms will be ordered, co-op renewal coming up at 1st of the year.
OLD BUSINESS ITEMS-
NEW BUSINESS ITEMS- Approve Tuition Waiver – Moved by Park and seconded by Childs to approve the Tuition Waiver. Voting YES were Childs, Heitzler, Park, Shaw, Wied, Gerber, VanHyfte. Motion carried 7-0.
Approve Final Calendar 2019-2020 – Moved by Heitzler and seconded by VanHyfte to approved the Final Calendar for 2019-2020. Call vote, motion carried.
Approve Non-Federal Funds for School Lunch Program – Moved by VanHyfte and seconded by Heitzler to approve paying $1,965.56 of non-federal funds to the school lunch program. Call vote, motion carried.
Approve Consolidated District Plan – Moved by Heitzler and seconded by Wied to approve the consolidated district plan for Title I, II, IV. Call vote, motion carried.
Approve Hiring of Coach- Jr High Girls Basketball – Erin Van Unnik - Moved by Childs and seconded by VanHyfte to approve. Call vote, motion carried.
Approve Hiring of Sponsor – Jr. High Scholastic Bowl & Speech – Melanie DeMay – Moved by Childs and seconded by VanHyfte to approve. Call vote, motion carried.
Approve Hiring of Media Specialist – Alta Courter – Moved by Childs and seconded by VanHyfte to approve. Call vote, motion carried.
Adjournment- 8:20PM- Moved by VanHyfte and seconded by Park to adjourn. Call vote. Motion carried.
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