Members of the Cumberland CUSD No. 77 board of education met Thursday, Aug. 18.
Here are the meeting minutes as provided by the Cumberland CUSD No. 77 board of education:
Minutes
Regular Meeting
Cumberland CUSD #77
August 18, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. by President Jack Ingram. Board members present included Ben Bland, Steve Layton, Kim Starwalt, Anita Hayden, and Pam Ross, Student Representative Josie Brockett and Administration Todd Butler, Superintendent; Kevin Maynard, High School Principal; Stacy Keyser, Middle School Principal and Daniel Huffman, Elementary Principal. Board member Bob Blade was absent.
President Ingram welcomed the visitors. Visitor present was Roy Clapp.
President Ingram reviewed the Consent Agenda items:
a. Approval of the regular meeting minutes from July 21, 2016
b. Review financial and budget reports
c. Approve current invoices for payment
d. Approval of the Substitute List
e. Post the budget for FY17
f. Approval of the Recognition of Public Schools application through ISBE
A motion was made by Steve Layton and seconded by Ben Bland to approve the Consent Agenda A-F. All members present voted “Aye”.
President Ingram said that the district looks great and that we are ready for school. It’s refreshing to see all of the activities beginning and the readiness for school.
High School Board Report submitted by Kevin Maynard
Building
Thank you to the summer maintenance and janitor crews for their hard work in preparing the grounds and building for the upcoming school year.
Thank you to all the individuals who helped with student registration on August 9th.
Freshman Orientation was held on August 18th. This was something new for this year’s incoming Freshman and something that we hope will help make their first few days of High School a little easier on them.
First day of teacher attendance will be August 25th with meet your teacher night planned that evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Students will be returning on August 26th with a 2:09 dismissal. High School picture day will be Wednesday, August 31st.
High School students are scheduled to have a guest speaker on September 14th at 8:30. Mr. Adrian Branch a former NBA world champion will be here to discuss with the students the importance of making good choices in life.
Freshman class: 72
Sophomore class: 72
Junior class: 75
Senior class: 64
Total enrollment: 283
Extracurricular
The first home football game of the season will be held at Pirate Field on August 26th as the Pirates will take on Decatur LSA starting at 7:00.
The Cross Country team will run their first meet on August 27th at Paris in the Paris invite starting at 8:30.
Volleyball will open their season at home on August 30th as the Lady Pirates will host Charleston for a match starting at 6:00.
Fall athletic numbers:
Cross country: 9 boys and 5 girls
Volleyball: 13 athletes
Football: 50 athletes
Middle School Board Report submitted by Stacy Keyser
Athletics
We have 15 athletes out for baseball and they opened their season on Saturday, August 13 at the Sigel St. Michael Round Robin Tourney. Softball has 17 talented young ladies out for the team. They have played in their own Raider Tourney on August 6 and have traveled to Bridgeport-Red Hill, Paris-Mayo, and have hosted Jasper County and Altamont. Cross Country has been running to prepare for their first meet on August 20. We will be hosting a twelve team invitational on Saturday, August 27 and would appreciate any and all help anyone would like to provide that morning.
Coaches Princko and Carr hosted a girls basketball camp with over 25 athletes participating during the week of August 8-11.
Middle school cheerleading tryouts will be held as soon as school gets started. Information will be provided via the school Facebook page, website, local newspapers, and at school for interested individuals. Please contact Coach Scales with any concerns or questions.
Please see the school website for an athletic calendar so you can see these teams in action this fall.
Middle School Quest
This semester, Mrs. Carr and the quest students will be partnering with Evapco to build two independent businesses that will culminate in a final project of the production of a Cumberland Unit #77 Christmas ornament highlighting this year being the 60th anniversary of the county school. Quest students and parents will be receiving a letter from Mrs. Carr outlining this semester’s changes to the quest program and highlighting the project.
Custodians, Maintenance, and Secretaries
Thank you so much to the custodial, maintenance, and secretarial staff for their hard work during the summer! The work is greatly appreciated! We are fortunate to have so many caring, compassionate individuals working behind the scenes to give everyone a fresh new start to the school year.
Projected enrollment (as of August 11, 2016)
8th grade: 77
7th grade: 73
6th grade: 83
5th grade: 80
Elementary Board Report submitted by Daniel Huffman
Our secretaries, Diana and Janel, did excellent work in preparing for registration. The registration process went very smoothly. Thank you to everyone that contributed to the success of registration.
Thank you Roz Gresens and the Town and Country Women's Club for organizing the annual Shoe Tree Project and distributing shoes and socks to many of our students. Your donations and efforts are greatly appreciated. There were a lot of smiling faces as the kids picked up their shoes.
The janitors are wrapping up the summer cleaning. Susan, Carol, and Emily have done an outstanding job. They completed the normal cleaning plus did extra deep cleaning, moved several classrooms to new locations, and cleaned the rafters in the entire building.
The drive and parking lots look great after being relined. We also added a fourth spot for parent pick-up/drop-off that will hopefully help speed up the process.
Nearly every teacher has been out working in his/her classroom in the last few weeks. Our district is blessed to have so many teachers that put in extra time getting ready for their students, and using their own resources to make it a great year for the students. Thank you teachers for your dedication and outstanding efforts!
Several classrooms were relocated this summer for better flow and to better utilize the different areas of the school. I would like to thank Wendell Kemper, George Hensley, Steve Wheeler, Susan Ingram, Carol Weiscope, Emily Ervin, and the teachers and staff members that were moved for being supportive and helping to get the huge task completed. The move is a great improvement for our school.
There are 20 students that attended last year that have not registered as of 08/12/16. Those students may register at the grade school office Monday-Friday from 8:00-1:30 p.m.
Enrollment Numbers as of 08/12/16.
Grade # Class size
K 70 17.5
1st 85 21.25
2nd 83 20.75
3rd 85 28.3
4th 78 26
PreK 11 5.5 (and project help students)
Total: 412
Superintendent report from Todd Butler
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard during the summer on many different projects! There was a great group effort this summer to ensure things are ready for our staff and students this fall.
A motion was made by Anita Hayden and seconded by Pam Ross to accept the Prairie Farms bid for milk for the 2016-2017 school year. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Ben Bland and seconded by Steve Layton to accept the Greenup IGA bid for bread for the 2016-2017 school year. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Anita Hayden and seconded by Pam Ross to accept the fuel bid from Bolin’s Transport for the 2016-2017 school year. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Ben Bland and seconded by Steve Layton to adopt the district concussion policy in accordance with SB0007 and Public Act 099-0245 that is also referred to as the Youth Sports Safety Concussion Act. All present voted “Aye.”
At 6:20 p.m., Steve Layton made the motion to move into closed session for the purposes of the discussion of employment, appointment, resignation, evaluation of personnel, matters relating to an individual student, and negotiations, it was seconded by Anita Hayden all present voted “Aye”.
The Board entered into open session at 6:56 p.m.
Steve Layton made the motion to approve the 2016-2019 contract with the Cumberland Education Association. It was seconded by Pam Ross. All present voted “Aye”.
Anita Hayden made the motion to approve the letter of retirement from Gerald Stewart effective September 1, 2016. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye”.
Steve Layton made the motion to post the position of custodian. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye”.
Kim Starwalt made the motion to extend the superintendent’s contract to expire on June 30, 2020, keeping all of the provisions of the current contract except salary. Beginning July 1, 2016 the annual base salary will be One Hundred Eight Thousand One Hundred Fifty dollars for the period from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020. It was seconded by Anita Hayden, all present voted “Aye”.
Steve Layton made the motion to adjourn. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye”. The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted this day August 18, 2016.
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