RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED

SCHOOL DISTRICT 230

Board of Education Regular Meeting

Wednesday, April 17, 20136:00 P.M.

Minutes
  1. Call to order- The meeting was called to order by Board Vice President, John Jones at 6:02
  2. Roll call- John Jones, Dan Wisneski, Janet Meyer, John Maynard, Marc Fogarty, and Mark Gualandri
  3. Approval and signing of minutes- Janet Meyer made a motion to approve the minutes for the March 20 meeting. Mark Gualandri seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
  4. Visitors: Tim Damron, Rod Brady, Amy Jimenez, Larry Duffell, and Lisa Feagin
  5. Treasurer’s report- John Maynard made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report. Mark Gualandri seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
  6. Payment of bills- Janet Meyer made a motion to approve the payment of bills. John Maynard seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
  7. Correspondence- none
  8. Destroy closed session verbatim record from August 2011 meeting and prior meetings.
  9. Administrative reports – Janet Meyer made a motion to destroy the closed session verbatim record from August 2011 meeting and prior meetings. Dan Wisneski seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.

Superintendent

  1. Budget update- The Education Fund is looking good. Mike Matteson passed out budget projections based on what the state has already given, if they give one more payment, and if they give all that they owe. The state owes about $20,000. Rutland received about $50,000 in April. Expenditures were up in March. Expenditures are up in April by 1.5% compared to last year, but due to paying the social worker this month.
  2. Tax Extension- Mike Matteson will get that to the board.

C. Graduation- Has changed to Thursday, May 30.

D. Maintenance/Life Safety Update- The blacktop on the north side of the building is buckling and Mike Matteson is looking for a grant to cover the cost of repairs. Rutland will also receive a partial refund from the insurance company since Rutland installed a fire suppression system.

E. First reading policies 2.250AP2, 4.15, 4.110 AP2, 4.140, 4.170, 4.170 AP2, 4.170 AP2, 4.170 AP6, 5.30, AP2, 5.50, 5.20, 5.260, 5.330

F. Reciprocal reporting agreement

H. Heritage Harbor- Owes Rutland about $400.

I. Resignation- Jamie Ballowe resigned for next year’s PE teacher.

Principal

A. Linda Loretta Herman spoke to our students on April 8th

  1. Graduation meeting took place on April 17.
  2. We have had a total of 16 students who took part in Young Rembrandts this year.
  3. Propose purchasing 5 smart boards with the help of the PTO.
  4. Propose student handbook.
  5. Propose faculty handbook.
  6. Scholastic bowl team placed 2 at FVC.
  1. Old business
  1. None
  1. New business
  1. Second reading policies
  2. Reciprocal reporting agreement- Janet Meyer made a motion for a reciprocal reporting agreement. Marc Fogarty seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
  3. Student Handbook- Marc Fogarty made a motion to accept the student handbook. Dan Wisneski seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
  4. Faculty Handbook- Janet Meyer made a motion to accept the faculty handbook. Marc Fogarty seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
  5. Promethean boards- John Maynard made a motion to spend up to $10,000 to help purchase 5 new promethean boards. Dan Wisneski seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.

11. Executive session:Discussion of the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)- none

12. Adjourn- Marc Fogarty made a motion to adjourn at 6:58. Mark Gualandri seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.

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Linda Backos, PresidentJanet Meyer, Secretary

Rutland Board of EducationRutland Board of Education

February 20, 2013

To: Rutland Board Members

Re: Preparing for February 22meeting

Visitors:

Treasurer’s report:The Treasurer’s report January is enclosed.

Bills:

Page 1: Cardmember Service: The Shell gift card was for Alaina Weatherford instead of sending flowers.

Page 2: Robert Crown Center: This is for speakers who come and talk to our fifth through eighth graders about growth and development.

Page 3: Wallace: We paid Wallace for the psychologist and the social worker. The lunch was for our staff who attended CPI training. CPI is takedown and restraint training largely for special education students. It is a full day of training and I tried to save them some time by bringing lunch in instead of sending them out to eat.

* I will bring the bills to the meeting for you to peruse before the meeting if you should be so inclined.

Superintendent’s report:

A. Budget updates:

  • The State owes us $23,763. We did receive our first set of mandated categorical payments in January.
  • Our investments earned 1.81% in January.
  • January expenditures were up 13% and February's look to be down 11.4%. We paid most of our yearly insurance bill in January. Our basic expenditures are down 11.1% per month this year.
  • I included a budget update sheet. The difference between the two estimates is that one estimate includes all of our mandated categorical payments from the state and the other omits the last two. Either way we look to be in the black for the year and better than I had budgeted. I estimated expenditures for the rest of the year to be down 4% over last year.
  • We received our second TIF reimbursement check from the City of Ottawa. It was for $7,151. Our total for the year is $19,117 and I had budgeted $20,000.

B. We have to replace the sink in the boy’s bathroom in the gym. A seventh grade boy broke it. He was messing around and did receive appropriate punishment. Julie spoke to the boy’s grandmother about restitution.

C. I have included the flyer for the new mandated board member training. It is required for anyone elected or re-elected starting this April.

D. Second reading policies

E. Review of the goals from September.

F. I will have copies of Julie’s evaluation for you to look at during executive session.

G. We need to talk about fees. Last year we raised lunch and milk fees but we did not raise registration fees. Currently registration fees are $70.

H. Other

Principal’s Report

A. Julie's report is included.

Old Business

New Business

A. Excellence in Education: It is time again to send in our nominations for the Excellence in Education banquet held on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

B. Rehire non-tenured teachers

C. Approve policy changes

D. Approve fee changes

E. Other

Executive session: We can discuss any of the non-tenured teachers if you like. We will also go over Julie’s evaluation.

After Executive Session:

Adjourn
Enrollment
2/15/2013 / 2/15/2012 / 2/15/2011 / 2/15/2010 / 2/11/2009 / 2/15/2008 / 2/16/2007 / 2/15/2006
K / 11 / 8 / 9 / 13 / 5 / 6 / 3 / 9
1 / 5 / 9 / 11 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 8 / 10
2 / 6 / 11 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 8 / 10 / 8
3 / 11 / 5 / 8 / 4 / 9 / 9 / 7 / 19
4 / 5 / 8 / 4 / 8 / 8 / 7 / 17 / 14
5 / 7 / 4 / 9 / 8 / 10 / 15 / 13 / 19
6 / 6 / 10 / 7 / 8 / 15 / 13 / 20 / 8
7 / 9 / 6 / 7 / 14 / 14 / 18 / 7 / 12
8 / 7 / 7 / 14 / 12 / 15 / 7 / 11 / 18
ood / 1 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 2
Total / 68 / 71 / 76 / 81 / 90 / 91 / 98 / 117
K 2013 / 7