Fairfield Public School District No. 112 Board of Education met Nov. 21.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education of Fairfield Public School District No. 112, Wayne County, Illinois, held in the District Board Room, 200 West Center, Fairfield, Illinois.
AGENDA #1 – Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M. by President Amy Sager, who directed the Secretary to call the roll.
AGENDA #2 – Roll Call – The Secretary called the roll and the following members answered to their names as called and were found to be present:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
There being a quorum present, the President declared the Board of Education to be in session for the transaction of business.
OTHERS PRESENT: April Smith, North Side Principal; Joshua Kissen, Center Street Principal; Rhonda Clark, Center Street Assistant Principal/Technology Coordinator; Tom Matthews, Jr., Wayne County Press
AGENDA #3 – Citizens Non-Agenda Items
None
AGENDA #4 – Approval of Minutes
4.1 A motion was made by member Jessica Oliver that the Board of Education minutes for the Regular and Closed Session Meetings held Monday, October 17, 2022 be approved as prepared and made available to all Board of Education members. The motion was seconded by member Shane Neuman, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
4.2 A motion was made by member Jason McCulley that the Board of Education minutes for the Regular and Closed Session Meetings held Tuesday, November 1, 2022 be approved as prepared and made available to all Board of Education members. The motion was seconded by member Heather Trent, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: NoneThe President declared the motion passed.
AGENDA #5 – Financial Reports
5.1 Treasurer’s Report – The Treasurer’s Report, dated September 30, was presented as follows:
Education Fund $3,587,779.64
Building Fund $814,459.14
Debt Services Fund $352,401.84
Transportation Fund $297,424.71
IMRF Fund $395,536.57
Capital Projects $ 16,335.20
Working Cash Fund $1,272,366.58
Tort Fund $471,551.81
Fire Prevention/Safety Fund $236,631.21
Total $7,444,486.70
There being no additions or corrections, the President declared the Treasurer’s Report will stand approved as presented.
5.2 Payroll – Member Dan Coomer made a motion that the salaries for the District for the month of November be approved and ordered paid. The motion was seconded by member Shane Neuman and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
5.3 Monthly Bills – Current bills, as listed, were presented for payment. After examination of the listed bills, member Shane Neuman made a motion to approve the bills for payment. The motion was seconded by member Heather Trent, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
AGENDA #6 – Superintendent’s Report
6.1 Revenue to Expense Report
6.2 Food Service Report
6.3 Transportation Report
6.4 Tentative Tax Levy
6.5 Immunization Report
6.6 Fire Marshall and ROE Compliance Report
6.7 Illinois Report Card
6.8 GFI Copier Lease
6.9 First Reading of Press Policy 110
6.10 FY22 Audit
6.11 Insurance Renewal
AGENDA #7 – Action Items
7.1 A motion was made by member Jessica Oliver to approve the Tentative Tax Levy as presented. The motion was seconded by member Shane Neuman, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
7.2 The Insurance Renewal was tabled due to missing bid information from Wright Specialty Insurers through CS Insurance/Gallagher.
AGENDA #8 – Principals’ Reports
8.1 Center Street
We went through a couple of our drills. We did a tornado drill on Wednesday, October 26, but I was not satisfied with how it took place. We met as a group and came up with a new strategy and did another drill on Thursday, November 3 and it went a lot smoother. We also did an active shooter drill on Tuesday, November 15 and everything went well with this.
We currently have 33 students participating in our after school tutoring program. We have about 100% of our students in attendance and it is running smoothly.
We held Parent/Teacher conferences on October 25-26, and the parent surveys were overwhelmingly positive. We also had positive remarks from the staff survey as well.
Boys’ and girls’ basketball games have begun at Center Street. The Center Street pep band has begun playing at our games. They recently performed at a boys’ basketball game and they were doing a fantastic job.
We have had several new students moving in within the past couple of weeks. Our enrollment was at 293, but we are currently at 303 students.
I would like to thank the school board for sending me to the IPA conference that took place in October. I really enjoyed this experience and I took a lot of information away from this.
8.2 North Side
The following field trips were taken: Pre-K to the Pumpkin Patch, First Grade to Cedar Hurst in Mt. Vernon, and Third Grade to the Evansville Zoo
We are currently participating in the following program: U of I Extension Nutrition Program, Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom, and ROE Truancy Grant
Christmas programs will be held on the December 5th, K/2nd; 6th, 1st/3rd; and 8th, Pre-K
Thank you to the District for sending me to the IPA Conference
Parent/Teacher Conferences, Teacher Survey Results, and Parent Survey Results
PTO Chili Supper/Book Fair/Open House was held on November 10. We served approximately 350 bowls of Chili and made $4,632.00 at the book fair.
Total enrollment 365. After-school program enrollment, 31.
All drills are up to date including the Crisis Drill with local law enforcement on November 15th.
AGENDA #9 – Board Members Request/Report
None
AGENDA #10 – Closed Session to Discuss Information Regarding Appointment, Employment, Retirement or Dismissal of an Employee (5ILCS 120/2a)
10.1 A motion was made by member Heather Trent that the Board enter Closed Session at the hour of 6:28 P.M. The motion was seconded by member Jessica Oliver and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
10.2 A motion was made by member Dan Coomer that the Board end the Closed Session at the hour of 7:08 P.M. The motion was seconded by member Shane Neuman and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
AGENDA #11 – Action Items
11.1 A motion was made by Shane Neuman to re-hire Lori Kovacich, Grace Pollard, and Kelsey Hall as Long-term Substitutes for the month of November. The motion was seconded by member Dan Coomer, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Angie Koontz, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed.
11.2 The Memorandum of Agreement to be added to the Certified Staff Contract was tabled for further review.
AGENDA #12 – Informational Items
The staff Christmas Dinner will be held on Friday, December 2nd at Center Street School in the new gymnasium at 6:00 pm.
AGENDA #13 – Adjournment – A motion was made by member Dan Coomer that the meeting adjourn at 7:11 P.M. The motion was seconded by member Shane Neuman, and on a roll call vote the following members voted yea:
Shane Neuman, Dan Coomer, Amy Sager, Angie Koontz, Jason McCulley, Heather Trent, Jessica Oliver
Members absent: None
The President declared the motion passed
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