Anna-Jonesboro CHSD #81 Board of Education met Dec. 16.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School held its regular meeting on December 16, 2019. Upon roll call at 6:00 p.m. the following members were present: Mrs. Teske, Mr. Hughey, Mrs. Blakely, Mr. Osman, Mr. Partridge, Mr. McGrath, and Mrs. Ashby. Also present was Mr. Finders, Mr. Detering, and Superintendent Wright.
On motion by Mr. Hughey and seconded by Mr. Osman to approve the Agenda as written. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.
On motion by Mr. Partridge and seconded by Mrs. Ashby to approve the Consent Agenda which contained the following items: approval of board minutes on 11/18/2019, approval of closed session minutes’ approval of payment for bills and acceptance of financial reports. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.
Ryan Dodd with Baysinger Architects presented on possible renovations for the principal’s office, a new entrance, a new parking lot and replacement of lower gym roof.
Melody Thomas and Grace Darmour-Paul represented the teachers: FBLA will be traveling to SIU on January 9 to compete in the regional Southern Area Conference. Mrs. Stevens will be taking approximately 25 students to this event to compete in various events. FBLA students have gathered Angel Tree donations and will be wrapping them this week. The Art Club will be collecting toys for Toys for Tots. Each member should bring a new toy to the Christmas party on December 17th. The Culinary Arts classes have been busy. We made refreshments for Hadley’s Home Tour fundraiser, made fudge for all of the faculty and staff, and prepared Italian Beef for the CEO fundraiser. The students in Foods I have been making Gingerbread Houses. The profits from Wildcat T’s donated the ingredients for the Hadley’s Home Tour refreshments and all of the supplies needed for the fudge for teachers. Kerry Falkenburry, Morgan Moser, Natalie Miller, Lyndsey Walls, and Brett Detering attended the Transitional Math Meeting held at Shawnee Community College on December 13th. This meeting focused on understanding the background and rules associated with the state required implementation of the transitional math beginning in the 2020-2021 school year. The three pathways of implementation were introduced and discussions have begun on which pathway would be best for AJ. Spanish Club with Mrs. Darmour-Paul and Mr. Recuero had our annual December Banquet in the AJ Cafeteria on December 5th. Everyone brought a food item to share and we ate chicken tacos, had some music playing, sang some Spanish karaoke, played games, and did a Scavenger Hunt in Spanish around the school. Around 40 students attended, and they said they had a good time!
Mr. Finders reported on items as Curriculum Director: Mrs. Penninger has been awarded a $500.00 Classroom Empowerment Grant from SIEC. He also spoke about 2018-2019 SAT Data and a transitional Math and English workshop that some facility members went to.
Principal Detering reported on the enrollment, discipline, and the cafeteria.
Superintendent Wright presented his administrative report. The Shawnee Division Governing Meeting is scheduled for January 7, 2020 at Bennie’s Italian Foods in Marion IL. Mr. Wright updated board members about the Vision Team meeting that took place last Friday. He also let everyone know about the School Maintenance Grant Program, which is a matching grant up to $50,000. The deadline is Feb 14, 2020.
On motion by Dr. Blakely and seconded by Mrs. Ashby for the Board to enter into closed session at 7:15 p.m. for the following reasons (1) the purpose of appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employee of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public to determine its validity 5ILCS 120/2(c)(1) On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.
On motion by Dr. Blakely seconded by Mr. Partridge to return to regular session at 7:30 p.m. On roll call all members present voting yes. Motion carried.
Mr. Wright presented and distributed Superintendent Evaluation materials.
On motion by Mr. McGrath seconded by Dr. Teske to approve the Certificate of Tax Levy. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.
On motion by Mr. Hughey seconded by Mr. Osman to approve the FY19 School District Audit. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.
The First Reading of Board Policy Updates.
On motion by Dr. Blakely seconded by Mr. Hughey to approve hiring Brad Stamp for the Library Aide position. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.
On motion by Mr. Partridge seconded by Mr. Osman to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 8:10 p.m. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.
Next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday, January 13, 2020 at 6:00pm in the Superintendent’s Office.
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