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Amboy Community Unit School District 272 Board met February 18.

Here is the agenda as provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

      1.A. Roll Call

      1.B. Open Forum

2. Action: Consent Agenda Items

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the consent agenda, as presented: Minutes of the January 21, 2021 Open & Closed Regular Board Meetings and Delete audio recordings dated August 15, 2019. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

      2.A. Minutes

      2.B. Audio Recordings

3. Action: Financial Reports

      3.A. Review of Financial Reports

      3.B. Current Expenditures & Payroll

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the current expenditures and payroll. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

4. Discussion: Reports

      4.A. Principal Reports

      4.B. Superintendent Reports

5. Discussion: First Reading of the 2021-2022 School Calendar

6. Action: Drug & Alcohol Testing Services

Recommended Motion(s):  To accept the proposal of OSF Saint Paul Medical Center, Mendota, IL, for provision of Drug & Alcohol Testing Services for the 2021-2022 school year, as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

7. Action: Chromebook Lease

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the lease agreement with CDW-G for Dell Chromebooks, as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

8. Action: Whiteside Area Career Center Health/LIfe Safety Amendment Approval

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the Whiteside Area Career Center Coop Health Life Safety Amendment for $27,216, as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

9. Action: Executive Session

Recommended Motion(s):  To move to executive session for the purpose of discussion of: 1) appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance and/or dismissal of specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting or specific volunteers of the public body and 2) student discipline. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

10. Action: Return to Open Session

Recommended Motion(s):  To return to open session. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

11. Action: Student Discipline

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the suspensions of students 2-18-21-1 through 2-18-21-6, as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

12. Action: Personnel

Recommended Motion(s):  To approve the employment of Tonia Warner as Health Aide at the High School, effective February 1, 2021. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

Recommended Motion(s) #2:  To approve Kennedy Dinges as Freshman Volleyball Coach for the 2020-2021 school year. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

Recommended Motion(s) #3:  To approve Joe Heavner as Freshman Boys Basketball Coach for the 2020-2021 school year. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

13. Upcoming Dates, Miscellaneous Items, Board Remarks and Adjournment

Recommended Motion(s):  To adjourn the meeting. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.

Description:  Board of Education Retreat-Saturday, March 6, 2021, 8:30 a.m., Central School

Regular Board Meeting-Thursday, March 18, 2021, 7:00 p.m., Central School

https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1276?meeting=455928