Goreville Community Unified School District 1 Board met Feb. 27.
Here is the minutes as provided by the Board:
The President of the Board, Steve Benard called the meeting to order at 7PM in the District Office. Roll call showed the following people present: Steve Benard, Jeff Maze, Scott Patterson, Judy Billingsley, Mark Shumake, and Brad Trovillion. Michael Cloud was absent
Visitors: None
No one was present to address the Board during Public Hearings and Petitions.
Motion by Judy Billingsley, and seconded by Scott Patterson, the Board voted to accept the consent agenda items including: minutes of the regular meeting, and closed session minutes on January 30, 2017, payroll and district bills, and school district financial reports. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Scott Patterson, and seconded by Jeff Maze, the Board voted to go into closed session at 7:05PM to confidentially discuss information regarding the employment of specific employees. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Jeff Maze, and seconded by Judy Billingsley, the Board voted to reconvene the regular meeting at 7:29PM. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea, no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Brad Trovillion, and seconded by Jeff Maze, the Board voted to employ Abbey Fischer as High School Head Volleyball Coach for the 2017-2018 school year. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Judy Billingsley, and seconded by Mark Shumake, the Board voted to approve the JAMP tentative policies as proposed. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Mark Shumake, and seconded by Scott Patterson, the Board voted to renew our membership in the Johnson County Chamber of Commerce for the 2017-2018 year. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Jeff Maze, and seconded by Judy Billingsley, the Board voted to approve the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement with Joppa High School for the 2017-2018 year. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Motion by Jeff Maze, and seconded by Brad Trovillion, the Board voted to approve the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement with Dongola High School for the 2017-2018 year. On a roll call vote: Benard, Maze, Patterson, Billingsley, Shumake, and Trovillion voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
Informational Items:
Principal Miller and Principal King gave their report, which included the following:
1. PARCC testing will start Monday, March 6th. All students have been entered teachers are in the process of looking over testing materials and getting themselves familiar with the procedures.
2. Dr. Seuss Day is this Thursday.
3. Congratulations to Brenni Jo Tripp for advancing to the state tournament in the three point shoot! She competed last Friday. Also congratulations to Peyton Massey for advancing to the sectional 3 point shootout this Thursday.
4. The Science Fair was last week. The grand prizes winners were 7th grade – Landon Geyman, 8th grade – Kanon Webb, and 9th grade – Andrew Manier.
5. We had a group of students from Panama/ SIU Carbondale that visited last week. They had a wonderful visit! They shared about their culture and took back ideas/materials from our school to use in their schools in Panama. It was a great experience for all!
6. The grade school musical, Peter Pan, will be on March 17th and 18th .
7. The WYSE Team will be competing at the Sectionals on March 15th at SIU Carbondale.
8. The third quarter ends next Friday!
Superintendent Webb gave his report, which included the following:
1. Enrollment – 85 new students
2. Construction
3. Legislation
Motion by Jeff Maze, and seconded by Brad Trovillion, the Board voted to adjourn the meeting at 8:11PM. All voted yea; no nays and the motion carried.
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