Marshall Community Unit School District C-2 Board of Education met Oct. 13.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Education met in regular session with the following members present: Mr. Crews, Mr. Cook, Mrs. Rayhel, Mr. Eitel, Mr. Gard (joined the meeting at 6:35 p.m.), Mrs. Hendrix, and Mr. Macke. Superintendent Mr. Ross and administrators Mr. Ritchey, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Lake, and Mrs. Morgan were also present.
Mr. Macke called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Cook led the Pledge of Allegiance.
During the open comment session, Brooklyn Bender offered a prayer. Mrs. Hendrix offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Cook, to approve the minutes, treasurer’s report, and the bills from the month of September. On roll call the vote was follows: Mr. Crews, aye; Mr. Cook, aye; Mrs. Rayhel, aye; Mr. Eitel, aye; Mrs. Hendrix, aye; and Mr. Macke, aye.
Mr. Ritchey told the board that there will be some Eastern Illinois University students coming to observe staff at the high school. It’s been several years since EIU students have been here and he’s glad to have them back. On October 18, Mrs. Frailey is having a FAFSA night with Lake Land College. On October 26th, Mr. Maxwell will have a digital safety day for Jr. High and high students. The Illinois Attorney General’s office is putting on the safety day.
The Marshall High School golf team finished the regular session with a 24-4 match play record. They placed 2nd place at the LIC. Will Ross and RJ Mattas were 1st team all-conference and Noah Tarble was 2nd team all-conference. Will and RJ advanced to the IHSA Sectional and RJ advanced to the IHSA state match. He advanced to the 2nd day and finished 36th overall in class 1A.
The cross country girls team continues to run very well and have won the LIC championship. All-LIC—Molly Farrell (2nd), Brooklyn Bender (3rd), Bethany Jones (5th). The boys team was 3rd at the LIC. All-LIC—Randall Robinson (4th) and Eli Hiatt (10th). The Jr. High cross country girls team was 2nd at the LEIC meet. Madeleine Fox won the individual championship. The team was 3rd at the IESA sectional meet and advanced to the State meet on October 15 in Normal, Illinois. This is the first time the Jr. High girls team have gone to state.
Mr. Ross and the board had a continuing conversation regarding the employee health insurance plan through the Egyptian Trust and the joint health insurance committee. Mr. Ross and the committee have been looking into other options and more discussion will be held at the next meeting.
Mr. Ross informed the board that installation of the new HVAC systems have begun. The heating and cooling units are in place at McNary Gym and should be in fully working order soon. The unit for Ross Gym should be placed with the next couple of weeks also. The jr. high units will be placed in December. The new fire alarm system should be installed in December also.
Mr. Ross submitted a Pre-K grant that will expand space at South School. This will allow Project Help to be moved to South School. We will be notified in November about the grant.
There was a discussion last month to replace the side basketball goals in McNary Gym. Mr. Ross recommended to the board that portable side goals would be the option to go with. They would be professional grade and would be adjustable. Mrs. Hendrix offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Crews, to approve the replacement of the side basketball goals at McNary Gym. On roll call the vote was follows: Mr. Crews, aye; Mr. Cook, aye; Mrs. Rayhel, aye; Mr. Eitel, aye; Mrs. Hendrix, aye; and Mr. Macke, aye.
The district’s phone and intercom system has been recently replaced; however, the phone speakers have not been loud enough to hear all call announcements and emergency announcements clearly. Mr. Ross asked the board for the approval of a change order to the phone/intercom system by adding an additional speaker in each classroom in the district along with new hallway speakers. The total for this addition would be $34,000. Mrs. Hendrix offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Macke, to approve the purchase of wireless speakers to be added in each classroom and in hallways. On roll call the vote was follows: Mr. Crews, aye; Mr. Cook, aye; Mrs. Rayhel, aye; Mr. Eitel, aye; Mr. Gard, aye; Mrs. Hendrix, aye; and Mr. Macke, aye.
Mr. Crews offered a motion, seconded by Mrs. Rayhel, to set the Marshall High School graduation date for May 26, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in McNary Gym. All present voted aye.
Mrs. Hendrix offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Macke, to approve the FBLA’s field request to attend the Covered Bridge Festival. All present voted aye. Mr. Crews offered a motion, seconded by Mrs. Rayhel, to approve a professional Meeting request from Lauretta Morris and Katie Dailey to attend the Illinois Education and Technology Conference. All present voted aye.
Mrs. Rayhel offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Crews, to go into closed session for the purposes listed under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1): The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. On roll call the vote was follows: Mr. Crews, aye; Mr. Cook, aye; Mrs. Rayhel, aye; Mr. Eitel, aye; Mrs. Hendrix, aye; and Mr. Macke, aye. The board went into closed session at 6:40 p.m.
Mrs. Rayhel offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Cook, to return to open session. All present voted aye. The board returned to open session at 7:08 p.m.
Mr. Macke offered a motion, seconded by Mr. Gard, to employ Chad Boatman as the high school JV basketball coach for the 2022-2023 school year. On roll call the vote was follows: Mr. Crews, aye; Mr. Cook, aye; Mrs. Rayhel, aye; Mr. Eitel, aye; Mrs. Hendrix, aye; and Mr. Macke, aye.
Mrs. Hendrix offered a motion, seconded by Mrs. Rayhel, to adjourn. All present voted aye. The board adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Adjourn
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