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Kankakee School District 111 Board of Education met January 30.

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 6:35 p.m. in the Cafeteria at Kankakee High School, 1200 West Jeffery, Kankakee, Illinois.

Roll Call:

Members present: Mary Archie

Jess Gathing

Joseph Lightfoot

Angela Shea, Secretary

Barbara Wells, President

Darrell Williams

Members absent: Karen Johnston

A quorum was declared present.

Closed Session:

At 6:37 p.m., motion was made by Shea, seconded by Gathing, to adjourn to the Library for closed session to discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body. Roll Call Vote--Ayes: Archie, Gathing, Lightfoot, Shea, Williams, and Wells. Nays: none. Motion carried.

The closed session was adjourned at 6:58 p.m.

At 7:05 p.m., the regular session was reconvened.

Meeting with the Board were:

Dr. Genevra A. Walters, Superintendent

Robert Grossi, Assistant Superintendent

Felice Hybert, Assistant Superintendent

Dr. Kathleen O’Connor, Assistant Superintendent

Vicki Scott, Recording Secretary

There were no news media reporters present.

Pledge of Allegiance:

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Illinois State Scholars from Kankakee High School.

Superintendent’s Report:

The following information was reported: 1. Illinois State Scholars

Dr. Walters introduced the Illinois State Scholars and their parents. The 2018-2019 Illinois State Scholars are:

Ziyan Chen Lisa Martin

Leotis Davenport, Jr. Yvonne (Eve) Ritsema

Kyle DeYoung Jaylin Schreiner

Kaylie Eckhoff Celeste Shea

Tamia Eugene Elizabeth Springer

Alanna Glogowski Guadalupe Torres-Carmona

Kayla Johnson Devan Wilbur

Javier Lopez Sidney Winfield

2. Good News

School; Name; Explanation:

Mark Twain; Donations;

• Mark Twain received wonderful donations of coats, shoes, gloves, hats, and underwear from various community organizations including: o Telephone Pioneers o Faith Reform Church o American Federation of Laborers o Garden of Prayer

Thank you to all for thinking about the well-being of Mark Twain students in these cold times.

Montessori; Donation;

• The Lambda Tau Omega of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated donated fifty backpacks to the Lincoln Cultural Center Montessori Program.

Kennedy; Grand Opening; Donations

• Kennedy Middle Grade School celebrated the Grand Opening of their new library in December. Over 350 students, family members, and community visitors were on hand to be the first ones to see the long-awaited opening of this space! The design and furniture has transformed the way the library is being used. Thank you to everyone who helped support this project and made their vision become a reality! We invite all of you to visit for a tour.

• The following donations were received:

o American Federation of Laborers provided clothing and warm weather accessories

o The Kennedy staff and students collected 100 blankets for the Fortitude Canteen Outreach

o The Telecom Pioneers, KSD111 Community Foundation, and Dr. Brent Dunlap provided 24 pairs of shoes for their 4th graders

o The Kiwanis Winter Warmth Program donated 56 coats to boys and girls.

o Riverside Hospital’s Santa’s Sleigh provided gifts for 35 students and their families

o 1st Assembly of God Church provided five Thanksgiving and five Christmas dinner baskets for students and their families most in need o Asbury Church provided coats to those who were missed by the Winter Warmth Program

Proegler; Activity;

• This year 400 Head Start preschool students had the privilege of participating in the Gingerbread House Project. This project was started by Bob and Suzy Hoevet through the Dennis J. Smith Legacy Foundation. They received a $1,500 Community Works Grant to purchase what they need for the gingerbread activities. They had 23 community volunteers from People’s Bank, HomeStar Bank, Farmer State Bank, Kankakee School District 111 Board of Education, Lamore Realty, Kankakee County Auditors’ Office, Kankakee Aldermen, and 48 parent volunteers.

Donation ;

• St. John UCC Church donated $540 so that four Preschool for All classrooms at Mark Twain and Steuben could participate in gingerbread house making as well.

Good News

District; Donation;

• The Board of Trustees for Peoples Church donated $250 to be used by the school administration to purchase winter coats, hats, and gloves for students in need.

3. Honor

Dr. Walters stated that the District was honored to receive an award from the Kankakee Fire Department. She introduced Chief Damon Schuldt who spoke on the Kankakee Fire Department’s 2017 Community Partners award that was presented to Kankakee School District. Chief Schuldt explained that a program was developed where they go into all the grade schools and talk about fire safety and a home escape plan. The students take the plan home with them and if they get their parents/guardians to sign off and 100% of their individual class brings them back, they receive a pizza party. The Fire Department said the pizza parties would not be possible without their community partners. Dominoes supply the pizza, Pepsi provides drinks, and Jewel/Osco provides all the plates, napkins, etc. He said the fire department reached out to all public and private K-3 grades and 1,642 students received pizza this year. Chief Schuldt thanked the school district and the teachers for allowing them to come in and present the program.

4. KCC President and Honors Lists

Mrs. Shea reported that the Illinois State Scholars who are duel credit students at KCC received honors from KCC as well. Celeste Shea made the President’s List while Sidney Winfield and Devin Wilbur made the Honors List.

Principal’s Report – George Harris, Principal at KHS

Mr. Harris started his presentation with the introduction of his staff.

He spoke on the following during his report: the paradigm shift, competency based learning, levels of student engagement, KHS on track data, future KHS graduation recognition, the Freshman Academy, career choices, and interventions that are in place. His presentation concluded with the showing of a video highlighting the remodeling and new construction that will take place at Kankakee High School.

Public Comments:

There were no public comments.

Amendment to the Agenda:

President Wells requested to amend the agenda to remove Item G.8.

Motion was made by Shea, seconded by Gathing, to amend the agenda to remove item G.8. as presented. Roll Call Vote—Ayes: Archie, Gathing, Lightfoot, Shea, Williams, and Wells. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Consent Agenda:

The following items were presented:

1. The following Board minutes were presented for approval:

December 11, 2017 (Regular & Executive Session Minutes)

2. The Payroll and Related Bills were presented for approval. (See Insert A.)

3. The Regular Bills were presented for approval. (See Insert B.)

4. The following personnel items were presented for approval:

Staff Member Position Effective Date

Resignations/Retirement-Licensed Educational Professionals

Heather Fitzsimmons Business Teacher at KHS January 1, 2018

Resignations/Retirement-Support Personnel

Rhonda Ayala Library Aide at KJHS December 22, 2017

Jill Jenson Cafeteria Helper at LCC December 22, 2017

Amy Krasnichan Administrative Assistant at Proegler December 21, 2017

Shanon Lyons Head Start Assistant at Proegler December 22, 2017

Cheryl Smith Head Cook at Avis Huff March 14, 2018

Appointments-Licensed Educational Professionals

Jamie Duckwall Special Education Teacher at Avis Huff January 8, 2018

Reginald Payne Math Teacher at KJHS January 8, 2018

Appointments-Support Personnel

Dennisha Veal-Lowe Student Support Interventionist at KHS January 8, 2018

Internal Appointment-Support Personnel

Deanna Gaytan 12 Month Flex Office Secretary at KHS January 8, 2018

Appointments-Extra-Duty Assignments

Deena Cassady Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Williams Cummings Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Sean Dailor Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Candace Frye Student Lunch Coverage at KHS January 8, 2018

Jodette Giannakopoulos Student Lunch Coverage at KHS January 8, 2018

April Gross Additional Teaching 5 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Kelley Guzzo Student Lunch Coverage at KHS January 8, 2018

Kelley Guzzo Additional Teaching 5 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Guy Jasmin Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

David Knudson Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Patrick Lacy Additional Teaching 5 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Patrick Lacy Student Lunch Coverage at KHS January 8, 2018

Brian Mathis Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Heriberto Zavala Added Responsibility for Soccer at KHS January 8, 2018

Billy Havener Additional Teaching 4 Preps at KHS January 8, 2018

Brian Manering Additional Teaching 4 Preps (6 weeks) January 8, 2018

Motion was made by Gathing, seconded by Archie, to approve the above listed consent agenda items as presented. Roll Call Vote--Ayes: Gathing, Lightfoot, Shea, Williams, Archie, and Wells. Nays: none. Motion carried.

Old Business No old business was discussed.

Information and Proposals

The following items were provided for information:

1. Board of Education Policy Manual Changes (1st Reading)

2. Previous Bill Run

3. Budget Update

4. State & Federal Revenue Report

5. Staff Absence Report

6. December Suspension Data

Adjourn:

At 7:56 p.m., motion was made by Shea, seconded by Williams, to adjourn the meeting. All ayes; motion carried.

Appointments

https://www.ksd111.org/cms/lib/IL01904746/Centricity/Domain/68/BOE-Jan818.pdf