Hiawatha Community Unit School District #426

Hiawatha Community Unit School District #426

Kirkland, IL 60146

Board of Education Regular Meeting

February 23, 2015 6:30 P.M Regular Board Meeting – Hiawatha Elementary LRC/Open Session

Agenda

A.  Call to Order

B.  Pledge of Allegiance

C.  Roll Call

D.  Public Comments/Communications

1. Sarah Ziegler

2. Amy Stott

E.  Added Items/Approval of Agenda

F.  Consent Agenda

1.  Approval of the Minutes of the January 26, 2015 Regular Board Meeting and February 9, 2015 Special Board Meeting

2.  Approval of the Closed Session Minutes of the January 26, 2015 Regular Board

Meeting and February 9, 2015 Special Board Meeting

3.  Approve Destruction of Verbatim Closed Session Recordings for July 2013

4.  FOIA Report – No New Requests

5.  Elementary Revolving Fund Report

6.  Elementary Activity Fund Report

7.  High School Revolving Fund Report

8.  High School Activity Fund Report

G.  Action Items

1. Financial Report for January 2015

2. Approval of Bills and Payroll for February 2015

H.  Introduction of Guests/Presentations

1. Illinois Youth Survey Results – Casey Blum, Elizabeth Hoerchler

I.  Reports

1.  PreK-8 Principal’s Report

2.  9-12 Principal’s Report

3.  Special Education Director’s Report

4.  Superintendent’s Report

a.  Happenings At Hiawatha

b.  Enrollment Update

c.  2015-16 Calendar

d.  School Psychology Services for 2014-15

e.  School Psychology Services for 2015-16

f.  Two Rivers Head Start Agreement

g.  Sports Boosters

h.  Sports Shirts

i.  2014-15 Calendar

j.  Foreign Exchange Student

k.  School Board Governance Recognition 2015

l.  TIF Update

m.  Article 13.5 Committee

n.  Library – Policy 8:25

o.  Use of Building Policy 8:20

J.  Old Business

K.  New Business Recommended Action Items: Consider Motions To:

1. Approve 2015-2016 Calendar

2. Approve Addendum to Agreement with the Ogle County Educational Cooperative (OCEC) for

School Psychology Services for the 2014-15 School Year

3. Approve OCEC Agreement for School Psychology Services for the 2015-2016 School Year

4. Approve Two Rivers Head Start Agreement for the 2015-2016 School Year

5. Approve Foreign Exchange Student

6. Uphold Community Use of Building Policy 8:20

L.  Discussion Items

M.  Closed Session – For the purpose of:

1.  The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students;

2.  Student disciplinary cases;

3.  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;

4.  The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 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 body to determine its validity;

N.  Return to Open Session

O.  Action(s) from Closed Session

1. Employment

a. Approve Re-Employment of PreK-8 Principal

b. Approve Re-Employment of 9-12 Principal/Athletic Director

c. Approve Re-Employment of Special Education Director

d. Approve Superintendent Evaluation Document

2. Discipline

a. Uphold Out of School Suspension of Student 2232015A

b. Uphold Out of School Suspension of Student 2232015B

c. Uphold Out of School Suspension of Student 2232015C

d. Uphold Out of School Suspension of Student 2232015D

P. Other / Comments / Announcements

1. Next Regular Board Meeting is March 16, 2015 at 6:30 PM in the Elementary LRC

Q. Future Agenda Items

R. Adjournment