BOARD OF EDUCATION School District No. 155 Calumet City, Illinois

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1 School District No. 155 Calumet City, Illinois Page 1135 August 21, 2014 REGULAR MEETING OF THE The Regular meeting of the Board of Education, Calumet City School District No. 155 was called to order by President Long at 6:00 p.m. On the Roll the following members were physically present and answered present: Brantley, Crull, Eveland, Oswald, Valle, and Long. Absent: Kic Also present were: Dr. Troy A. Paraday, Nancy Christensen, Julie Hassel, Ermetra Olawumi, Jim Safarik, Claire McIntyre, Michelle Hessler, Billie Jean Kelley, Shonda Russell, Darren Jones, Deborah Smith, Paul Czapkowicz, Dan Perso, Dana Berton, Mandy Graziano, Mary Ann Oswald, Attorney Sam Cavnar, Attorney Steve Miller, Mary Valle, Bill Manuszak and Jim Crull. President Long led the Pledge of Allegiance. Dr. Paraday requested the Board deviate from the set Agenda and call for a Closed Session. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board adjourn to Executive Session to discuss matters of appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, student discipline and litigation pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Open Meetings Act. Eveland, aye; Valle, aye; Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Oswald, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Time: 6:02 p.m. Moved by Member Oswald, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board return to regular order of business. Oswald, aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Eveland, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Time 6:25 p.m. MINUTES Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board approve the Board minutes for the Regular Board meeting, and the Executive Session of June 19, 2014, with any necessary corrections, additions, and/or deletions, and authorize the Board President and Secretary to sign the appropriate documents. Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried.

2 School District No. 155 August 21, 2014 Page 1136 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Carol Wilson, Wilson, Resignation Letter Betsaida Salas, Wilson, Resignation Letter Ingrid Ermon, Wilson, Resignation Letter Brittney Klemenswicz, Wentworth Jr. High, Resignation Letter Kelly Bourrell, Wentworth Jr. High, Resignation Letter Mark Foellmer, Wentworth Jr High, Informational Letter Pat Hoey, Wilson, Thank you card Moved by Member Brantley, seconded by Member Crull, that the communications be placed on file, and taken up during regular order of business. Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried. REPORT FINANCE Moved by Member Oswald, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board approve the gross payroll figures for the month of June 2014 in the total amount of $1,271, and July 2014 in the amount of $146, Oswald, aye; Valle, aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Eveland, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board approve the following pre-lists of invoices and authorize the Board President and Secretary to sign the appropriate documents: Pre-list dated 06/19/14 (Voucher #1306) in the amount of $45, Pre-list dated 06/30/14 (Voucher #1311) in the amount of $202, Pre-list dated 07/10/14 (Voucher #1009) in the amount of $15, Pre-list dated 07/10/14 (Voucher #1010) in the amount of $49, Pre-list dated 07/17/14 (Voucher #1018) in the amount of $418, Pre-list dated 07/28/14 (Voucher #1028) in the amount of $15, Pre-list dated 08/21/14 (Voucher #1036) in the amount of $670, Eveland, aye; Valle, aye; Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Oswald, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board establish a Hearing date of September 18, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. for the FY15 Budget with the Regular Board meeting directly following. Eveland, aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Oswald, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0.

3 School District No. 155 August 21, 2014 Page 1137 Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Oswald, that the Board adopt the Resolution to participate within the South Suburban School Purchasing Cooperative for FY15. Eveland, aye; Oswald, aye; Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board approve the Technology Service Contract with Net56 from August 1, 2014 through July 31, Eveland, aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Oswald, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. BUILDING AND GROUNDS Member Valle turned the floor over to Mr. Manuszak to discuss the completion of the work during the summer. Mr. Manuszak reviewed the 2014 Summer work completion list briefly. TEACHERS AND EDUCATION Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Brantley, that the Board accept the following resignation letters: Ingrid Ermon, Building Secretary, Wilson, effective August 1, 2014 Betsaida Salas, Building Secretary, Wilson, effective August 1, 2014 Brittney Klemenswicz, Health, Wentworth Jr. High, effective July 29, 2014 Kelly Bourrell, 6 th grade, Wentworth Jr. High, effective August 6, 2014 Carol Wilson, Reading Improvement, Wilson, August 30, 2014 Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Brantley, that the Board reassign the following personnel for the school year: Paraprofessionals Trinidad Conroy, Pre-K for All Aide (O Connor), Wilson Benigna Palacios, Pre-K for All Aide (O Connor), Wilson Mary Gadus, Pre-K at Risk Aide (Goines), Wilson Irene Torres, Pre-K at Risk Aide (Goines), Wilson Valerie Wilhoite, Pre-K at Risk Aide (Kolasa), Wilson Angelita Alvarez, Pre-K at Risk Aide (Kolasa), Wilson Toya Cook, 3 rd -4 th and 5 th Cross Cat Aide (Schmitz/Dahl), Intermediate Cheryl Jones, Early Childhood and 1 st -2 nd Cross Cat Aide (Simon/Ryba), Wilson Eveland, aye; Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Oswald, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0.

4 School District No. 155 August 21, 2014 Page 1138 Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Oswald, that the Board employ the following personnel for the School Year pending receipt of the required documents which include the Illinois State Background Investigation Report and placing them on the appropriate Lane and Step of the Salary Schedule: Certified Personnel- Contracts Shonda Russell, Librarian, Wilson, to be placed on Step Three (3) of the Masters Lane replacing Shirley Gross and Patricia Hoey Daniel Perso, 4 th grade teacher, Wentworth Intermediate, to be placed on Step One (1) of the Masters Lane replacing Amatullah Robinson Rebecca Coulson, 5 th grade teacher, Wentworth Intermediate, to be placed on Step One (1) of the Masters Lane plus Ten (10) replacing Lisa Stuart Ashleigh Pieniazek, 6 th grade Cross Cat teacher, Wentworth Jr. High, to be placed on Step Two (2) of the Bachelors Lane replacing Courtney Matulis Billie Kelley, School Nurse, Wilson, to be placed on Step One (1) of the Masters Lane replacing Grace Zehme Julie DeRuiter, Girls PE teacher, Wentworth Jr. High to be placed on Step One (1) of the Bachelors Lane replacing Brittney Klemenswicz Monika Kwak, 6 th grade Math teacher, Wentworth Jr. High to be placed on Step One (1) of the Bachelor Lane replacing Paul Kristopaitis Glyniss Boney, 6 th -8 th grade Spanish teacher, Wentworth Jr. High to be placed on Step One (1) of the Bachelor Lane, filling a new position Colin Doyle, 6 th grade Social Science, Wentworth Jr. High to be placed on Step One (1) of the Bachelor Lane, replacing Kelly Bourrell Re-Employ: Raquel Salazar, Bilingual Pull-out Teacher, Wentworth Intermediate and Wentworth Jr. High to be placed on Step Five (5) of the Bachelor Lane. Eveland, aye; Oswald; aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Dr. Paraday invited the new teachers in attendance to stand up and introduce themselves to the Board. Teachers, Daniel Perso, and Billie Kelley introduced themselves to the Board. ENROLLMENT Dr. Paraday indicated the August 14 th enrollment figures were under 1,000 but an additional students had enrolled since the beginning of the school year. SPECIAL/POLICY SCOPE

5 School District No. 155 August 21, 2014 Page 1139 TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL UNIONS UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS Moved by Member Oswald, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board approve the Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement with the Board of Library Trustees of the Calumet City Public Library. Oswald, aye; Crull, aye; Brantley, aye; Eveland, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Moved by Member Brantley, seconded by Member Oswald, that the Board approve the Recognition of Schools Application. Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried. Dr. Paraday presented the idea that the District should purchase a new vehicle for the District s use since the present 1998 van was rusting away. Discussion centered on purchasing this vehicle through the State of Illinois Central Management Services (CMS) Procurement Program since the bidding for this purchase has already been done by the State of Illinois Joint Purchasing Program. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board authorize the purchase of a new vehicle (pick-up truck) allocating a ceiling price of $30,000 or less for this vehicle. Eveland, aye; Valle, aye; Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Oswald, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. COURTESY EXTENDED TO THE PUBLIC Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Valle, that the Board open the floor to the public for comments concerning the District. Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried. Moved by Member Eveland, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board close the floor to the public for comments concerning the District. Unanimous voice vote. Motion carried. DISCUSSION FOR THE GOOD OF THE DISTRICT Administrators, Deborah Smith, Claire McIntyre, Ermetra Olawumi, Michelle Hessler, Nancy Christensen, Jim Safarik, Julie Hassel and Darren Jones were asked to stand and be recognized by the Board. The Board extended their welcome to all and anticipated a successful year. Dr. Paraday also welcomed everyone and was looking forward to working with everyone through the learning process that would be occurring as a result of the changes in scheduling and Special Education changes this year.

6 School District No. 155 August 21, 2014 Page 1140 Member Eveland informed everyone that the School had been asked by the City to help with the School supplies distribution which was scheduled for August 30 th at 12:00-2:00 p.m. Dr. Paraday indicated the teachers and students have been made aware of this program and the Building Principals were asked to send out an Instant Alert to the parents reminding them of this program. Moved by Member Brantley, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board adjourn to Executive Session to discuss matters of appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, student discipline and litigation pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Open Meetings Act. Brantley, aye; Crull, aye; Eveland, aye; Oswald, aye; Valle, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Time: 6:42 p.m. Moved by Member Oswald, seconded by Member Crull, that the Board return to regular order of business. Crull, aye; Valle, aye; Brantley, aye; Eveland, aye; Oswald, aye; and Long, aye. Motion carried 6-0. Time 7:07 p.m. Moved by Member Valle, seconded by Member Eveland, that the Board adjourn. Voice vote. Motion carried 4-1 nay-1 abstain. Adjourned: 7:08 p.m. Stanley Long, President Nick Valle, Secretary