Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 Board met May 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Jack Ingram. Members present included Ben Bland, Steve Layton, Bob Blade, Pam Ross, Anita Hayden and Wes Chambers. Others present included High School Principal Kevin Maynard, Middle School Principal Stacy Keyser, Elementary Principal Daniel Huffman and Todd Butler, Superintendent. Visitors present were Mariellen Taylor, Jenna Young, Samantha Webb, Brenda Foster, Kourtney Smyser, Roberta Fritts, Gail Nelson, Rebecca Williamson, Leigh Staley, Blake Fairchild, and Stefani Robinson.
The Board and guests started the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
The President welcomed members of the audience.
President Ingram and the Board reviewed the Consent Agenda items:
a. Approval of the minutes: April 19, 2018 regular meeting
b. Review financial and budget reports
c. Approve current invoices for payment
d. Approve the Substitute List
e. Approve facility use application
It was moved by Ben Bland and seconded by Steve Layton to approve the Consent Agenda A-E. All members voted “Aye.”
Board Report
President Ingram had the opportunity to attend both the high school and middle school concerts. He applauded the organizations and directors, Mr. Ozier and Mrs. Nichols, for their outstanding work, sound, and entertainment.
High School Board Report submitted by Kevin Maynard
Building
Congratulations to Trevor Day. Trevor represented Cumberland High School at the Special Olympics on Friday, April 27th at EIU.
Graduation and Baccalaureate were held on Sunday, May 20th starting at 2:00. I would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2018.
Congratulations to the students and teachers of band, choir, art and industrial art classes on a fine performance at the Fine Arts event on May 8th.
Final exams for the second semester will be held on May 22nd and May 23rd. Dismissal on both of these days will be at 2:10. The last day of student attendance will be May 23rd with a teacher in-service being held on May 24th.
Summer Driver Education class will be starting on May 29th. Class times will be from 8:00 to 1:00 at the high school
Extracurricular Activities
Softball will be participating in the Dieterich Regional. The championship game is scheduled for Saturday, May 19th starting at 11:00
Baseball will be participating in the Dieterich Regional. The championship game is scheduled for Saturday, May 19th starting at 12:30
LOVC Track Championship was held in Arthur on Friday, May 4th. The Cumberland boys track team finished in third place. Boys Track Sectional is being held in Newton on Thursday, May 17th
Congratulations to the girls track team for winning the LOVC Championship. This is the second year in a row that the Cumberland girls have finished in first place at this meet.
5. Katelyn Yaw and Jasmyn Dittamore will represent Cumberland High School at the IHSA girl’s state track meet on the campus of EIU on Thursday, May 17th through Saturday, May, 19th. Katelyn will participate in the pole vault and triple jump with Jasmyn running in the two mile event.
Baseball Team defeated Martinsville in the first round of the Regional Tournament on Monday, May 14th. They have now advanced to play Dieterich on Thursday, May 17th in the semifinals of the Regional.
The softball team defeated Dieterich on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 and has now advanced to the Regional championship game to be played on Saturday, May 19th at 11:00.
I would like to thank the clubs, organizations, local businesses and others who donated gifts and other items to the staff in recognition of National Teachers Week. Your thoughts and recognition was greatly appreciated.
I would like to congratulate all the scholarship winners and thank all the presenters and donors of scholarships. This year the Cumberland senior class earned seven hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars in scholarship money.
Middle School Board Report submitted by Stacy Keyser
Congrats to the following students on their qualification for the IESA state track meet on May 11 and 12: 7th grade boys 4 x 100 relay team of Jaxon Boldt, Bryant Weber, Wyatt Jackson, and Colton Shobe, Wyatt Jackson in the long jump, 8th grade boys 4 x 100 relay team of Logan Thilker, Francis Stout, Wiley Peters, and Galen Martinez, 8th grade 4 x 400 relay team of Logan Thilker, Jerod Carl, Wiley Peters, and Iysten Syfert, Galen Martinez in the 100 meter run and long jump, Iysten Syfert in the 800 meter run and mile, Logan Thilker in the 110 meter hurdles, Katelyn Shoemaker in the mile, and Emilen Stierwalt in the pole vault. Congratulations to our athletes!
Thank you to the committee of Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Hall, and Mrs. Brown for helping with the organization of the THEMES family event on May 8! Thanks to the First Neighbor Bank, Mrs. Starwalt’s high school science classes, the parents, teachers, and students who supported the event and attended this fun evening of celebration! Thanks to the cooks for their cooking of the food items, as well! The Cumberland PTO hosted a great book fair, too!
May 7-11 was teacher and staff appreciation week. Thank you to Cox’s Body Shop, Dawn Peters and Haley (Wilson) James, Cumberland Middle School student council and the Cumberland PTO for their special gifts for the teachers and staff. We are blessed with wonderful individuals who devote their time, energy and talents to our students and each other! We are proud of you and are thankful for your hard work and dedication every day of the year!
Congratulations to Claire Jackson, Kennedy Stults, Maggie Smith, Elijah McElravy, Griffen Dearing, Kaylan Finley and Jacob Wilson on their participation in the Johnston Music Festival at Lake Land College on Friday, May 4. These students were nominated by their director and chosen by a committee at Lake Land College for their outstanding talent and dedication to their Cumberland choir and band program.
The following are some upcoming dates and times for the end of the 2017-18 school year and the beginning of the 2018-19 school year:
May 14: 7:00 p.m. Middle School band and choir spring concert
May 22: Last day for 8th grade students, 2:20 dismissal, 6:30 p.m. 8th grade recognition
May 23: Last day for all students, 5th through 7th grade academic awards program at
9:00 a.m. in the new gym, 2:20 p.m. dismissal
May 24: Teacher in-service 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., report cards will be emailed
July 23-August 7: New gym will be closed for annual maintenance
August 2: Registration 12 noon until 6 p.m. (note: online registration will be available)
August 14: 5th grade orientation 6:00-7:00 p.m.
August 16: Teacher institute
August 17: First student attendance day for 2018-19, 2:20 p.m. dismissal
6. Thank you to the community and parents who donated time or resources to help our school year be so successful! It takes a village to raise a child and the Cumberland community is blessed to have so many caring individuals who invest in our students.
On May 11 and 12, the middle school track team competed in the Class A IESA state track meet in East Peoria.
The following are the results:
7th grade 4 x 100 team of Boldt, Jackson, Shobe and Weber 11th place 54.5 seconds
Wyatt Jackson: 7th grade long jump 12th place 16 feet 4 ½ inches
8th grade 4 x 100 team of Thilker, Stout, Peters, and Martinez 15th place 50.42 seconds
8th grade 4 x 400 team of Thilker, Carl, Peters and Syfert 40th place 4:18
Logan Thilker: 8th grade 100 m. hurdles 22nd place 17.34 seconds
Galen Martinez: 8th grade long jump 20th place 18 feet 1 ½ inches
Galen Martinez: 8th grade 100 m. dash 33rd place 12.73 seconds
Iysten Syfert: 8th grade 800 m. run 35th place 2:21
Iysten Syfert: 8th grade 1600 m. run 18th place 5:15
Katelyn Shoemaker: 7th grade 1600 m. run 26th place 5:58
Congratulations to all of our state athletes!
Elementary School Report submitted by Daniel Huffman
May 7-11th was National Teacher Appreciation week. Many special things were prepared for the teachers and staff. Cox’s Body Shop provided donuts and other treats, the Cumberland PTO brought Fillin’ Station pies for everyone, the student council provided treats, Haley (Wilson) James and Dawn Peters gave all of the staff a gift certificate for a 30 minute massage, and Stacy and I provided a Taco lunch. Thank you to Bob and Alene Blade for helping serve the tacos. Thank you to everyone for the acts of appreciation and donations that were sent to various teachers and staff members to show appreciation. All the acts of appreciation brightened the week.
During the months of April and May we have had numerous end-of-the-year Special Education IEP meetings. Our special education staff did an excellent job scheduling the meetings to accommodate parents and also to condense the meeting into allotted days to best use the roving substitute teachers. Overall, I am very pleased with the progress that we have made with the special education department in streamlining the entire process. Thank you to our awesome Special Education Staff for all your hard work.
The 4th-Grade classes had a beautiful day on Friday, May 4th, for their annual Conservation Tour around Cumberland County, and lunch at Fox Ridge State Park. Thank you to the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District for sponsoring the trip again this year.
The annual 2nd Grade Health Fair was April 27th.
Thank you to The Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District and employees, Randy Hurt and Judy Meislahn, for continuing the tradition of delivering trees to celebrate Arbor Day. On April 26th every 3rd Grader got to take home a Pine Tree. The students enjoyed the presentation and had lots of questions about planting trees.
The Preschool teachers hosted a Family Gathering with a Hawaiian Luau theme on April 26th. The event was very well attended.
Our final staff in-service was held on April 27th. We had a presentation on active shooter training. We gained a lot of valuable information that we hope to never have to implement.
On Tuesday, May15th, the Kindergarten classes presented two performances of The Farmer’s Hat play/musical. They did an excellent job!
Friday, May 11th, the 2nd Graders performed the play I Need a Vacation. The students did an awesome job!
The Accelerated Reading program will be coming to a close with a limo ride on May 22nd.
We are in the early stages of forming a Girls on the Run program for the fall of 2018. We are looking for volunteers to fill the various jobs that are needed to have the program. We are meeting soon with Sarah Dowell, from the Neal Center YMCA to learn more about what the roles of the volunteers will be. So far, I have had several staff members express an interest in helping.
Jeff Schrock hosted the Benchworx program at our school during the week of May 7th. We appreciate Jeff bringing this great opportunity to our school.
There are several field trips coming up:
PK- am Class- May 14th- Phoenix Elite (gymnastics)
PK- pm Class- May 15th- Phoenix Elite (gymnastics)
3rd-Grade- May 16th- Ballard Nature Center
2nd-Grade- May 17th- Aikman’s Wildlife Adventure
Kindergarten- May 21st- Train Ride from Effingham to Mattoon & Douglas Heart
1st- Grade- May 21st- Decatur Children’s Museum and Scovill Zoo
The 2018-2019 Shoe Tree program is once again being sponsored by the Town and Country Women’s Club. Shoe forms are currently being collected. The tennis shoes will be distributed at Meet the Teacher Night in August.
There will be early dismissals at 2:20 p.m. on May 22nd and 23rd.
The last day for preschool will be Friday, May 18th.
The last day for Kindergarten will be Tuesday, May 22nd. The teachers will be conducting screening and registration for the 2018-2019 school year on the last regular school-wide attendance day.
The last day for 1st-4th grades will be Wednesday, May 23th. Report cards will be issued that day.
We will end the school year with an institute day on May 24th.
Best wishes to Jordan Shore as she moves to Texas to raise her family and continues a career in teaching. Also, best wishes to Andria Verdeyen as she pursues other career paths. Their hard work and dedication to our school has been greatly appreciated.
Our third and final family night was held on May 8th. We had an Art Show that was planned by the 4th Grade teaching team. We had a great turnout. Every student had a work of art on display for the community to see and to be judged. Awards were given to the best of each class, and over all winners. We had cake to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary. Stang Arts was in the cafeteria and some families had the opportunity to paint a special project. I appreciate all the work that went into preparing for and carrying out the event.
I am very grateful for another very successful school year. It is hard to believe that my third year as principal is coming to a close. Our school is very blessed with hardworking and dedicated staff members. As the year is wrapped up, everyone can look back and be very proud of their accomplishments. We have made so much progress in many areas this year, next year will be even better.
Superintendent Report from Todd Butler
The activity van arrived this week. Graduation reminder: Baccalaureate begins at 2:00 with Graduation starting at 3:00. We will meet and line up in the HS cafeteria at 2:45. If you would like to present a diploma to a family member or family friends child please let Jack and Kevin know prior to the ceremony.
We are in need of new bus radios and handheld radios. Our current radios were purchased over 15 years ago, they’re analog, difficult to reach the outskirts of the district and parts are beginning to get difficult to find. New stationary radios will be 40-45 watt digital and will give us better coverage. We have nursed them along through the last several years. I would like to replace them with our new bus fleet this summer. If there is any concern please let me know.
Asphalt sealcoating is scheduled for June 11th and HS Tuckpointing is scheduled for the week after (June 18). Gym floor refinishing is scheduled for July 23rd. The security system installation project will likely take place in June.
Action Items:
A motion was made by Anita Hayden to approve HS basketball camp trip to Wisconsin Dells on June 19, 20 and 21, 2018. It was seconded by Pam Ross. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Bob Blade to approve the second reading of updated policies as listed 2:260, 4.40, 5.20, 5:200. It was seconded by Pam Ross. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Steve Layton to approve the Neal Center YMCA before and after school program agreement. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Wes Chambers to approve a $12,500 credit limit for the district Visa credit card. It was seconded by Anita Hayden. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Steve Layton and seconded by Bob Blade 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 at 6:17 p.m. All present voted “Aye.”
The Board entered into open session at 7:04 p.m.
A motion was made by Ben Bland to accept the resignation of elementary teacher Jordan Shore effective at the end of the school year. It was seconded by Steve Layton. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Steve Layton to employ Kourtney Smyser as an elementary teacher. It was seconded by Wes Chambers. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Anita Hayden to employ Rebecca Williamson as an elementary teacher. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Pam Ross to employ Leigh Staley as an elementary teacher. It was seconded by Steve Layton. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Bob Blade to employ Brenda Foster as a middle school teacher. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Wes Chambers to employ Stefani Robinson as a guidance counselor. It was seconded by Anita Hayden. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Steve Layton to employ Greg Boldt as the middle school boys assistant basketball coach. It was seconded by Bob Blade. Wes Chambers voted “no” with all other present board members voting “Aye”.
A motion was made by Ben Bland to employ Tyler Pikowski as a high school boys assistant basketball coach. It was seconded by Wes Chambers. Anita Hayden voted “no” and all other present board members voted “Aye”.
A motion was made by Steve Layton to employ Logan Boyd as a high school boys assistant basketball coach. It was seconded by Bob Blade. All present voted “Aye.”
A motion was made by Anita Hayden to post coaching job openings HS head and assistant baseball coach and HS head and assistant softball coach. It was seconded by Ben Bland. All present voted “Aye.”
Steve Layton made the motion to adjourn with Ben Bland seconding to the motion. The meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
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