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Anna Jonesboro Community High School District 81 Board of Education met Aug. 19.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Anna-Jonesboro Community High School held its regular meeting on August 19, 2024. Upon roll call at 6:03 p.m. the following members were present: Mr. Vosburgh, Mr. Houseman, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Plott, Mr. Mix, Mr. Mays, and Mr. Ford.

On motion by Mr. Houseman and seconded by Mr. Mix to approve the Agenda and the highlighted bills payable as written. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Vosburgh and seconded by Mrs. Plott to approve the Consent Agenda which contained the following items: approval of board minutes on 7/15/24; approval of closed session minutes; approval of payment for bills, acceptance of financial reports. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

Recognition of visitors and correspondence: Matt Denny

Items of Interest from Teachers: Mrs. Houseman is moving to include transfer goals for learning in all of her classes. Transfer goals indicate what students should be able to do with their learning, including applying it to new scenarios and applying the learning without prompting. These transfer goals are available for review on her website. On August 14th, the National Honor Society wrote welcome-back and inspirational messages in chalk outside the AJ doors, hoping to encourage classmates as the school year began. Unfortunately, rain washed away their efforts, but the positive intentions remained. Kristin Chamness created a beautiful Welcome Back balloon arch for students to walk through on Thursday. A mad rain cell came through early Friday morning, so Cham rushed over and with some great helpers they were able to salvage the beautiful arch.

Curriculum Director Finders presented on the transition from SAT to ACT.

Principal Rice spoke about upcoming dates, meeting with emergency services, chromebooks monitoring, online registration, SRO Officer, and first day of school events.

Superintendent Detering reported on summer projects, FY25 EBF calculations, Insurance meeting, grand opening of turf field, and school board elections.

On motion by Mr. Houseman and seconded by Mr. Mays for the Board to enter into closed session at 6:36 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) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(11) On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mrs. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Houseman to return to regular session at 6:49. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Vosburgh and seconded by Mr. Houseman to approve the Tentative FY 2024-2025 Budget. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mrs. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Mays to reschedule the September Regular Board Meeting to September 18, 2024. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Vosburgh and seconded by Mr. Houseman to set date for Public Hearing for adoption of FY 2024-2025 Budget to September 18, 2024. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Mix and seconded by Mrs. Plott to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with City of Anna – School Resource Officer. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Houseman and seconded by Mr. Mix to purchase a Utility Vehicle. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Ford and seconded by Mrs. Johnson to hire Alaina Johnson as a Part-Time Custodian. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Vosburgh and seconded by Mr. Ford to approve Jacob Wells as Volunteer Football Manager. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

On motion by Mr. Mix and seconded by Mr. Ford to approve Will Brady, Riley Klevorn, and Kalli Harris as Volunteer Band Personnel. All members present voting yes. Motion carried.

Soccer Field was discussed.

On motion by Mr. Ford and seconded by Mr. Houseman to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 8:12 p.m. On roll call, all members present voting yes. Motion carried.

Next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday, September 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Library. The Budget Hearing will begin at 5:45 p.m.

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