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Anna Consolidated Community School District No. 37 Board of Education Met July 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Approve the Meeting Agenda

4. Approve Consent Agenda

a. Minutes of the June 24, 2021 Regular Meeting

b. Financial Reports: Activity Fund, Community Activity Fund, Revolving Fund, Treasurer’s Report, Cafeteria Report, Insurance Report

c. Bills and Payroll

d. Approve the 5 year review of the following policies with no changes: 1:10 School District Legal Status; 1:20 District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements; 1:30 School District Philosophy; 2:220-E4 Open Meeting Minutes; 3:30 Chain of Command; 5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment; 6:100 Using Animals in the Educational Program; 6:170 Title I Programs; 6:315 High School Credit for Students in Grade 7 and 8; 7:220 Bus Conduct; 7:230 Misconduct by Students with Disabilities

e. Approve the first reading with updates to the following policies: 2:10 School District Governance; 2:120-E1 Guidelines for Serving as a Mentor to a New School Board Member; 2:120-E2 Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members; 2:125-E3 Resolution to Regulate Expensed Reimbursements; 2:130 Board-Superintendent Relationship; 2:240 Board Policy Development; 2:240-E1 PRESS Issue Updates; 2:240-E2 Developing Local Policy; 2:30 School District Elections; 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment; 6:145 Migrant Students; 6:160 English Learners; 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks; 6:255 Assemblies and Ceremonies; 7:280 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease; 8:90 Parent Organizations and Booster Clubs; 3:40-E Checklist for the Superintendent Employment Contract Negotiation Process

f. Approve the 2021-2022 Tentative Budget to be put on display for 30 days.

g. Approve the postponement of the August board meeting to Thursday, August 19, 2021

h. Approve the budget hearing for Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

5. Visitors, Public Comment and Correspondence

a. Scheduled Visitors

i. Lottie Smith

b. Public Comment

c. Correspondence

6. AEEA Report

7. Discussion Items

a. ESSER grant money

b. Return to Learning Plan for 2021-2022

c. Public Comment regarding these two items

8. Possible Action Items

a. Increase the pay for referees/umpire to $60 for baseball, softball, and volleyball and $65 for basketball

b. Approve the Return to Learning 2021-2022 Plan

c. Other

9. Superintendent’s Report

a. IASB Update

b. FOIA Request(s)

c. Anna Community Consolidated School District #37 Educational Foundation Update

d. Finances

e. Building Construction & Improvements Update

i. Summer HVAC and Roof Project

ii. Parking Lot

iii. Locker Painting

f. Other(s)

10. Building Reports

a. Mr. Laster, Mr. Lannom

13. Executive Session

a. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 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 body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

14. Possible Action Items to Follow Executive Session

a. Approve the Executive Session Minutes from the June 24, 2021 Regular Meeting

b. Approve the early tenure for Rebecca Yates

c. Approve Ruby Yates as a volunteer to help with softball and girls’ basketball

d. Other items resulting from executive session

15. Adjournment