East Central Reporter

Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C Board of Education Met March 16.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

1. Roll Call __7:00_PM

ROLL CALL	Present	Absent
Tracy Gelb	X
Joe Hickox	X
Shawn Huisinga	X
Alan Hutton	X
Wendy Navel	X
Casey Overbeck	X
Jeremy Perie	X

2. Recognize visitors: Individual visitors are allowed to bring up topics for Board discussion, information, or consideration at this time and/or indicate agenda items they may be interested in addressing later in the meeting. Complaints or certain situations involving specific employees or students are not to be addressed in open session of the Board meeting. The Board may hear complaints or certain situations involving specific employees or students in closed session. The Board president shall determine whether a situation requires addressing in closed session.

Becky Clement	David Pistorius

a. David Pistorius, First Midstate Inc.

3. Approve Consent Agenda

a. Minutes of the regular meeting on February 22, 2021;

b. Destruction of closed session records 18 months and older as authorized by Board Policy 220 and 220-E1;

c. Current invoices for payment and review of the financial and budgetary reports; d. Course Description Book;

e. IESA and IHSA membership for FY22 and adoption of and abidance with their Constitutions, By-Laws, Terms and Conditions, and Administrative Procedures, Guidelines and Policies

http://www.iesa.org/administration/handbook.asp

http://ihsa.org/AbouttheIHSA/ConstitutionBylawsPolicies.aspx

f. Set date for regular April board meeting and board reorganization meeting to April 26

MOTION		YEA	NAY
1	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
2	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

4. Resolution providing for the issue of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2021A, and Taxable General Obligation Refunding School Bonds, Series 2021B, of the District for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund and refunding certain outstanding bonds of the District, providing for the levy of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds, and authorizing the sale of said bonds to the purchaser thereof.

MOTION		YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
1	Alan Hutton	X
2	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

5. Resolution authorizing and directing the execution of an Escrow Agreement in connection with the issue of Taxable General Obligation Refunding School Bonds, Series 2021B, of the District.

MOTION		YEA	NAY
2	Tracy Gelb	X
1	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

6. Discussion items:

a. Prom/Senior Trip/Outdoor sports procedures

The high school is planning to have a prom for juniors and seniors at Richard’s Farm Restaurant. It is planned to restrict outside guests and to have several rooms and possibly an outdoor area rented to help with distancing guidelines. A senior trip is not being planned at this time due to liability concerns. For football and track, attendance will be limited to 20% capacity but it is not anticipated that many patrons will be turned away due to the large amount of standing room space on campus.

b. Summer meal program – board discussed the option of extending the summer meal program into Summer 2021

7. Board and administrator reports

a. Monroe Principal discussed the amount of students who are struggling that are on remote learning. Summer School is being discussed for K-6 students that have struggled this year and would benefit from additional education before moving on to the next grade this fall.

b. Jr/Sr High Principal also discussed his numbers working to recover credits with additional training and/or summer classes.

c. FOIA Request: SmartProcure on 3/4/21 - for any and all electronic purchasing records from 11/30/2020 to present. Sent via email same day

8. Approve adjourning to closed session under c1 (employment), c21 (discussion of closed meeting minutes) of section 5 ILCS 120/1 et seq. of the Illinois Open Meetings Act _7:46_PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
1	Joe Hickox	X
2	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

9. Approve reconvening to regular session _9:15__PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
2	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
1	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

10. Approve consent agenda:

a. February 22, 2021 closed session minutes;

b. Support staff recommendations;

i. Accept resignation of Jerald Worthington, technology assistant - effective 3/19/21

c. Certified staff recommendations;

i. 4th year granting tenure—Sherry Lewis, Jay Bohner, Mallory Foster, Becky Lee, Hannah Todd, Maralina Elliott, Aaron Janssen;

ii. 3rd year to 4th year—Megan Parcel, Valentina Bohner, Kacie Rhoads, Ryan High, Tori Hale, Cassie Ramsey, Cayleigh Beeman, Amy Evans, Audra Taylor, Ashley Spittler, Kara Swingler, Val Miller;

iii. 2nd year to 3rd year—Nicole Huffman, Brittany Kibler, Kelsey Keller, and Naomi Ochs

iv. 1st year to 2nd year – Sarah Kusterman, Audrey Glidewell, Joshua Roberts, Melody Childress

d. Administrative staff recommendations;

i. Pay increase of 5% for administration (excluding retirement track), effective July 1.

e. Co-curricular recommendations; none

MOTION		YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
2	Joe Hickox	X
1	Shawn Huisinga	X
	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
	Jeremy Perie	X

11. Addendum

12. Adjourn 9:17_PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox	X
	Shawn Huisinga	X
1	Alan Hutton	X
	Wendy Navel	X
	Casey Overbeck	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X

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