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Dongola Unit School District 66 Board of Education met April 29.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order-Roll Call-Pledge of Allegiance

2. Open Session-Approval or Amending of Agenda

3. Public Comment/Community Sign-Up Sheet

4. Approval of Meeting Minutes-March 25, 2025

5. Appoint Individual to conduct Oath of Office and Election of New President

6. Adjourn Sine Die

1. Call to Order- Roll Call

2. Organization of the Board

a. Oath of Office

b. Nomination/Selection of President of the Board of Education

c. Nomination/Selection of Vice-President of the Board of Education

d. Nomination/ Selection of Secretary of the Board of Education

e. Time and Location of Regular Board Meetings

f. Adoption of Board Policies and Code of Conduct

3. Open Session-Approval or Amending of Agenda

4. Public Comment/Community Sign-Up Sheet

5. Reports:

a. Financial (Consent Agenda)

i. Bills and Payroll

ii. District Financial Report (Bookkeeper Report)

iii. Reconciliation Report

iv. Activity

v. ADA

b. Principal's Report

i. Academic Awards

ii. Sports Awards

iii. Important Dates (May/June)

iv. Spring Fling

v. Testing

vi. AP Program

c. Superintendent's Report

i. Triple I Conference Session

ii. Kitchen Project

6. Old Business-

a. Senior Trip

7. New Business

a. CEP Application (Joni Lewis)

b. Amended Calendar 2024-2025

c. Child and Family Connection Interagency Agreement

d. Head Start Summer School- additional space

e. Intergovernmental Agreement - ROE 21

f. Cope Agreement with ROE

g. Soar Agreement with ROE

h. Motion to Approve FFA Lunch for Farmers

8. Closed Session-

b. Exceptions 1, 2 10, 11, 21

Exception 1: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, or to hear testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity.

Exception 2: Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

Exception 10: The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.

Exception 11: Pending, probable, or imminent litigation.

Exception 21: Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06.

9. Action on Closed Session Items

a. Closed Session Minutes - March 25, 2025

b. Consider SLP Contract

c. Consider District Treasurer

d. Consider Teacher Hire

e. Accept Teacher Resignation

f. Consider Athletic Director Hire

g. Consider High School Volleyball Hire

h. Consider High School Softball Hire

i. Consider High School Baseball Hire

j. Consider High School Boys Basketball Hire

k. Consider High School Girls Basketball Hire

l. Consider High School Cheerleading Hire

m. Consider Elementary Track Hire

n. Consider Elementary Boys Basketball Hire n

o. Consider JH Volleyball Coach

p. Consider JH Softball Coach

q. Consider JH Baseball Coach

r. Consider JH Boys Basketball Coach

s. Consider JH Girls Basketball Coach

t. Consider JH Cheer Coach

u. Consider JH Track

v. Consider Elementary Girls Basketball Coach

w. Consider Elementary Cheer

10. Adjourn

https://dongolaschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Agenda-4-29-25.pdf