Kankakee Times

Kankakee School District 111 Board of Education met Aug. 26.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

The regular meeting of the Board of Education of Kankakee School District No. 111, Kankakee County, Illinois, was held at 6:02 p.m. in the Library at Kankakee Junior High School, 2250 East Crestwood Street, Kankakee, Illinois.

ROLL CALL

Members present: Christopher Bohlen

Jess Gathing, Jr., Vice President

Deb Johnston

Angela Shea, Secretary

Barbara Wells, President

Members absent: Mary Archie (*entered at 6:09 pm)

Darrell Williams (*entered at 6:20 pm)

A quorum was declared present.

Closed Session

At 6:02 p.m., motion was made by Bohlen, seconded by Gathing, to adjourn to the Teacher’s lounge for closed session to discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of 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. ROLL CALL VOTE--Ayes: Bohlen, Gathing, Johnston, Shea, and Wells. Nays: none. Motion carried.

The closed session was adjourned at 7:08 p.m.

At 7:10 p.m., the regular session was reconvened.

Barbara Wells, Board President, led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Meeting with the Board were:

Dr. Genevra A. Walters, Superintendent

Robert Grossi, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services

Felice Hybert , Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum

Dr. Kathleen O’Connor, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources

Rachel Thornton, Recording Secretary

There were no news reporters present.

Superintendent’s Report

Good News:

School	Event	Explanation
Mark Twain	Donation	Mark Twain Primary School would like to extend our sincere gratitude to BSI Engineering for their recent donation of $3,500 to support math fluency proficiency for Mark Twain’s future engineers. They sponsored the Reflex Math Program last year which proved very beneficial in developing fluency for our students. The donation received at this time of the school year means we will be able to upload our new second graders right away and not have any down time once our last subscription expires! Thank you, Stephanie Chaplinski, for initiating this communication with BSI Engineering and soliciting their support.
Taft	Recognition	Taft would like to thank the building and grounds team for making the front hall and gym/cafeteria very warm and inviting. Taft has received very positive feedback.
Taft	Donation	Taft Primary school would like to thank Tywon Bender for donating a tote full of book bags and supplies.
King	Donation	King Middle school is grateful to Ms. Jennifer Johnson, a Kankakee community member who donated several bags of school supplies including, notebooks, index cards, glue sticks and paper to our students.

 Dr. Walters addressed rumor busters, structure and expectations for the high school. She reiterated that the expectations are not new and that the safety of the students is very important. Dr. Walters advised the students that were present to contact Dr. Demitrowicz to join the student advisory committee to voice any concerns.

Public Comments

The following public comments were made.

Name	Topic
Lavender Ashford	 Issues at KHS regarding uniforms and rules.

Consent Agenda

The following items were presented:

 The following Board minutes were presented for approval:

o Regular Meeting ~ August 12, 2019 (Closed and Regular Session)

 The Applications for the Use of Temporary Facilities were presented for approval.  The Overnight Trips Request were presented for approval.

 The Ellevation Subscription was presented for approval.

 The FOIA Officer was presented for approval.

 The following Personnel Items were presented for approval:

Staff Member	Position	Effective Date
Resignations (Licensed Educational Professionals)
Solymar Dowdy	Spanish Teacher at KJHS	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Lucas Dyschkant	Math Teacher at KHS	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Monica Garcia	Spanish Teacher at KJHS	August 15, 2019
Bruce Korensky	Co-Teacher at KHS	August 15, 2019
Roderick Whyte	Physical Education Teacher at King Middle School	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Resignations (Support Personnel)
Michelle Baker	Pre School for all Paraprofessional at Proegler	August 15, 2019
Naima Johnson	Paraprofessional at KJHS	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Nicole King	Paraprofessional at Kennedy Middle school	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Hollie O’Nions	Head Start Teacher at Proegler	End of 2018-2019 School Year
Annette Pancotto	Executive Secretary to the Superintendent at LCC	August 15, 2019 (Corrected

Motion was made by Gathing, seconded by Johnston, to approve the above listed Consent Agenda items as presented. ROLL CALL VOTE--Ayes: Archie, Bohlen (Abstain from F8), Gathing, Johnston, Shea, Williams, and Wells. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Information and Proposals

1. Corrected 2019-20 Building Schedules

2. Avis Huff Staff Handbook and Student Parent Handbook

3. FOIA Requests

At 7:32 p.m., motion was made by Shea, seconded by Johnston, to adjourn the meeting. All ayes; motion carried.

https://www.ksd111.org/cms/lib/IL01904746/Centricity/Domain/68/Aug26.2019Minutes.pdf