Oregon Community Unit School District 220 Board of Education met June 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
1. Meeting called to order by Dr. Wills at 6:00 p.m.
2. Roll call, present were Wills, Buck, Griffin, Haugh, Duke and Baker. Guzman was absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Motion by Haugh, second by Buck to go into closed session. All voted aye. Motion carried.
5. Closed session began at 6:02 p.m.
6. Closed session adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
7. Meeting called to order by Wills at 6:30 p.m.
8. Motion by Buck, second by Haugh to approve the following resignations:
a. Skylar Hall as OHS Cook.
b. Olivia Phalen as Assistant Softball Coach.
c. Steve Stender as Assistant Junior High Wrestling Coach.
d. Paige Samp as OES First Grade Teacher.
e. Philip Yordy intent to retire May of 2023.
f. John Zuber as the head of the English Department.
Motion carried.
9. Motion by Buck, second by Griffin to approve the following Employments:
a. Erin Herr hired as the OES First Grade Teacher beginning with the 2019-2020 School year.
10. Motion by Buck, second by Griffin to approve the following reassignments:
a. Logan Cann to DLR Eighth Grade Math. Effective August 14, 2019.
b. Jeff Needham to Bus Driver. Effective August 14, 2019.
c. Gretchen Nelson to DLR Seventh Grade ELA. Effective August 14, 2019.
d. Barb Holaday to Bus Driver. Effective August 14, 2019.
Motion carried.
11. The School Board Members stood and read aloud the affirmation followed by Dr. Wills who read aloud the district mission statement “Educate students to be to be lifelong learners who are productive, responsible citizens.”
12. Presentations:
a. Kelli Virgil and Amy Stephenitch presented. Dr. Mahoney provided a review of OCEC services to the new board members. Stephenitch reviewed the mission of OCEC. Programs include the Plus program, SOAR House, Transition Program for adults, Chana Ed. Center with Special Education and Safe Schools Challenge. Nine students are currently in Extended School Year. A list of services through OCEC was provided. A review of OCEC staff accomplishments and the Continuum of Service within a school was presented. Continued work to try to limit restrictions on students and place them in their natural environment. The number of students who currently have an IEP in the district was discussed along with the Graduation/Evaluation rates for the school year.
13. Motion by Baker, second by Haugh to approve the consent agenda as presented. Dr. Mahoney reviewed the reasons for the overage on expenses. The addition of the Blackhawk Center had some costs that were greater than originally planned for in the FY 19 budget. This in addition to weather related damage, snow removal and adding additional building access points resulted in Fund 20 being over budget.
Motion carried.
14. Motion by Haugh, second by Griffin to approve Food Service Bids for Milk for the 2019-2020 school year.
Motion carried.
15. Motion by Buck, second by Haugh to approve the renewal of Property and Liability Insurance for Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
Motion carried.
16. Motion by Buck, second by Haugh to approve the 2019-2020 Amended Calendar.
Motion carried.
17. Motion by Haugh, second by Baker to approve the renewal of 2019-2020 Medical and Dental.
Motion carried.
18. Motion by Griffin, second by Baker to approve 2019-2020 Student Handbooks.
Motion carried.
19. Motion by Haugh, second by Buck to approve a change in signer on the DLR Activity account
held at Harvard State Bank. Remove Sheila Calhoun who was reassigned to District Office and add Anna VanDyck, current admin assistant at DLR.
Motion carried.
20. Motion by Baker, second by Griffin to approve a change in signer on the District Office Registration account held at Stillman Bank. Remove Alexis Cook who has resigned and add Sheila Calhoun current admin assistant at District Office.
Motion carried.
21. Motion by Buck, second by Griffin to approve the use of DLR grounds for “Let Freedom Ring” fireworks.
Motion carried.
22. Motion by Haugh, second by Griffin to approve the closure of line Item School Community Connection in the Oregon Elementary Activity Account.
Motion carried.
23. Administrator Reports:
a. Mrs. Virgil updated the board on S.I.P. seeing increase in meets/exceeds, but not quite where they would like to be. Pacing calendars are being realigned by the teachers to improve standards. Mr. Huels is starting a Hawk Zone program similar to BOOST at OHS to make better connections with the students and provide more support if needed.
b. Dr. Mahoney reviewed the School Improvement meeting at DLR. Staff was very engaged and showed a willingness to lead the process and improve outcomes. The focus was in three areas, academics, professional alignment and social emotional learning.
c. Dr. Deininger thanked the board for a great first year at OHS. She reviewed data from 2018-2019. Attendance goal was met and freshman are on track with the goal. The S.I.P. team met for six hours and project “Lead the Way” will be introduced. Dr. Deininger is looking forward to the Graphic Arts Program with Mr. DeWilde on staff. Athletic action planning is underway for the upcoming school year. They are currently working on culture and climate and what it means to be a Hawk. Dr. Deininger attended a conference to work with other rural schools to give students more exposure to larger communities/schools. Social Suspensions were discussed so that students would not miss any academic learning time.
24. Old business: None
25. New Business: None
26. Other matters before the board:
Dr. Mahoney discussed a grant partnership with the ROE and Dixon for the potential of a school based mental health and medical treatment facility at OES.
27. President’s Prerogative: Dr. Wills noted that he was very pleased with the 7 Habits training and is very excited for Leader in Me. He also commended Alexis Cook for her years of service and acknowledged all of her great work.
28. Motion by Haugh, second by Buck to adjourn from meeting. All voted aye. Motion carried.
29. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
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