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Massac County Unit School District #1 Board of Education met July 10.

Here is the minutes as provided by the board:

Roll call:

Present: Jennifer Larrison

Kathy Rushing

Larry Sommer

Mark Souders

Bobette Steele

Also Present: Jason Hayes, MCHS Principal

Lisa Monkman, Secretary to the Board of Education

Absent: Jeff Brugger

Don Koch

With a motion was by Rushing and a second by Sommer the Board voted to go to closed session

to consider information relative to employment, appointment, or dismissal of specific employees

or officers, collective negotiating matters between employers and their employees or

representatives; to discuss litigation – probable, imminent, pending or filed. Roll call: Larrison,

Rushing, Sommer, Steele and Souders voted yes.

Don Koch arrived 4:00 p.m.

Public Comments – None.

With a motion from Larrison and a second from Sommer the Board voted to Approve the

employment of the following teacher aides for the new Title 1 Plan: Melissa Griffith, Brookport;

Brandye Krueger, Brookport; Kelsey Weatherford, Brookport; Val Stephens, Franklin; Alicia

McNeill, Franklin; Penny Korte, Jefferson; Kandyse Travis; Leslie Armstrong, MES; Kandace

Foster, MES; Lori Gray, MES; Lynsie Jacobs, MES; Sherry Rushing, MES; Mike Woods, MES;

Danielle Walker, MES; Melanie Morris, Jr. High; Rene Neil, Jr. High; Courtney Clark, Jr. High;

Chris Kennedy, Multiple Schools; Mary Porter, Unity; and Deisha Giltner, Unity. Roll call: Koch,

Larrison, Rushing, Sommer, Steele and Souders voted yes.

The following Transfers were noted: JR Conkle, Franklin/Jefferson Principal to MES Principal;

Aaron Clark, Technology to MCHS Special Education; Heather Baumgart to Franklin/Jefferson

School Nurse; Karen Whitthorne, Brookport ABC, 123 to Mr. Ingram’ Independent Living Skills

Class; Amanda Klankey, Brookport EC to ABC, 123 Classroom; Teressa Newbold, Brookport

Resource to Brookport EC; Jason Neely, Unity Aide to Brookport/Unity, Sp. Ed. Aide; Tammy

Weatherford, personal aide to MES personal aide; Jose Rodriquez, MES Individual Aide to a Jr.

High Shared Aide between two students; Cheryl Hoyer, K, 1, 2 aide to Classroom Aide; Vivian

Scott, MES EC Sp. Ed. to MES ED Program; Angie Kennedy, Pre K Secretary to MES EC Aide.

With a motion from Rushing and a second from Steele the Board voted to hire Rebecca West for

Franklin/Jefferson Principal for the 2017/2018 School Year. Roll call: Koch, Larrison, Rushing,

Sommer, Steele and Souders voted yes. Motion carried.

With a motion from Rushing and a second from Steele the Board voted to Approve the Principal

Contracts of Parker Windhorst, MCHS; Rebecca West, Franklin/JJefferson; and Justin Kindle,

MCHS. Roll call: Koch, Larrison, Rushing, Sommer, Steele and Souders voted yes. Motion

carried.

At 5:08 PM with a motion from Sommer and a second from Koch the Board voted to adjourn.

Roll call: Koch, Larrison, Rushing, Sommer, Steele and Souders voted yes. Motion carried.

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