January 22, 2018
The Board of Education of Community Unit School District #202, Knox County, met in a regular meeting duly called and held January 22, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. at 809 E Main Street, Knoxville, Illinois, which is within the boundaries of said District. The President called the meeting to order and directed that the roll be called. Upon roll being called, the following members were found to be present:
Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. McCracken,
Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
Absent: None
Also present were: Mr. Wilder, John Pulliam-Knoxville Bulletin, Nick Ischer-WGIL, Matt Maaske, Shane Gordon, Caden Ericson
Robert Connelly, The Register Mail arrived at 6:15 pm
4.0 Recognition of Visitors: None
5.0 Item #5 was tabled until the February 26, 2018 Board Meeting
6.0 It was moved by Member McCracken and seconded by Member Lenz to
Approve Consent Agenda Items 6.1-6.12
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
7.0 Public Forum
7.1 Public Comments: None
7.2 Good Things Happening for Kids – Mable Woolsey is above the
National average for Winter Reading Benchmarks. Mable Woolsey
Life Skills have started a “shop” and raised over $ 900.00. The
money from these sales is used to replenish supplies, purchase
classroom supplies and funded community outings. The community
outings teach the kids how to tell time, social skills and how to behave
in the community and how to be “smart” shoppers. Students at Mable
Woolsey will celebrate the 100th day of school on January 29, 2018.
February will bring many Valentine parties and students are asked to
wear red and/or pink for tuberous sclerosis. There will be a “Bully”
assembly on February 16, 2018; no school on Monday, February 19;
the 4th Grade Spelling Bee will be on February 20 and the Daddy
Daughter Sock Hop Dance will be on February 24, 2018.
Knoxville Junior High Student Council has 15 students that qualified
to go to the Illinois Association Student Council Convention; four
Executive Board Members will also be attending. Maggie Wilder,
7th Grade will be running for the Midwest District Representative position. 5th Grade has been busy with their Egg Drop Projects and
will start to present them these next few weeks in their classes. 6th
Grade Language Arts are super engaged and love working on
“Breakouts” per Miss Grohmann. The Junior High 7th & 8th Grade
Cheerleaders performed on Sunday, January 21 at Knoxville High
School and were awarded First Place for this competition. The 7th
Grade boys concluded the basketball season and 8th Grade IESA
Regional Game will be on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at United
District # 304 at 10:00 am. Girls volleyball is in full swing with home
games on 1/24, 1/29, 2/7, 2/15, all games start at 5:30 pm. Wrestling
home meets are on 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, all meets are at Knoxville High
School and start at 5:30 pm.
Knoxville High School students are taking advantage of AP classes
to help them get ahead with classes and earn additional credits. Film
Club is in the process of making short 15-30 minute comedy and
horror films, some may be silent. These films may have a secondary
focus on commercials and newscast. They want to learn how to
product quality pictures and there are 10-15 students involved. HOBY
Leadership recently conducted an activity that grouped different
personalities that tested with similar attributes, completing with a lot
of direction and asking themselves “how was it like to work with the
different groups?” Three high school students represented our
community well at the National 4H Competition. Case Hennenfent,
Andy Bates and Evan Link were among 102 competitors and earned
individual awards to include 6th in Goats for Evan Link, 3rd in Cattle
for Case Hennenfent and out of 26 teams they placed 5th in Goats,
and a Top 10 in Cattle with a 12th place finish overall.
Knoxville High School Dance Team has qualified for the IHSA
State Competition this upcoming weekend in Bloomington, IL.
The Dance Team will compete in a preliminary round on Friday,
January 26 at 1:19 pm. Girls basketball continues to dominate
with a current season record of 21-4. Lauren Kavanagh, a
Junior reached 1,000 points for her basketball career. Senior Night
will be on January 31, 2018 vs. Brimfield. Regionals will be held
at home the week of February 5 through February 9, 2018. Boys
basketball currently has a varsity record of 4-16, JV is at 14-2.
Senior Night will be on February 9, 2018 vs, Monmouth-Roseville.
Regionals will be at home the week of February 19 through
February 23, 2018. Wrestling has a record of 10-6, Senior Night
will be held on January 23, 2018 vs. Beardstown. Wrestling
Regionals will be at Eureka on February 3, 2018. Knoxville
High School Cheerleaders hosted a home competition on
January 21, 2018 at the High School and will compete in the IHSA
Sectionals on January 27, 2018.
7.3 Superintendent’s Report
7.3.1 Mr. Wilder updated on the Budget percentages for Revenue
vs. Expenses and explained that the District is still waiting
on payments from the State.
7.4 Board Committee Reports
7.4.1 Activities- Knoxville High School Dance Team to State.
There will be a fundraising dinner for FCCLA held at the High
School on Thursday, January 25, 2018.
6.4.2 Building-Committee will meet.
6.4.3 Curriculum-None
6.4.4 Finance-None
6.4.5 Transportation-Bus Lease specs are public
8.0 Old Business: None
9.0 New Business
9.1 It was moved by Member Myers and seconded by Member Johnson to
approve the 2018-2019 School Calendar (Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
9.2 It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member
Ericson to approve the Abatement of 2017 Alternate Revenue
Bond Levy. (Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
9.3 It was moved by Member Lenz and seconded by Member Shreeves
for the approval to maintain Closed Session Minutes as Closed
(Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
9.4 It was moved by Member Lenz and seconded by Member Myers
to maintain Closed Session Recordings as Closed.
(Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
9.5 It was moved by Member Johnson and seconded by Member
McCracken for the approval of destruction of Closed Session
Minutes for records older than 1.5 years (Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
9.6 It was moved by Member Lenz and seconded by Member Johnson
for the approval of destruction of Closed Session Recordings for records
older than 1.5 years (Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
9.7 It was decided to table Item 9.7 until February 26, 2018 Board of
Education Meeting (Discussion Only)
10.0 Correspondence/Other Business
Miscellaneous thank you cards were shown and discussion only about the
Board Retreat.
11.0 It was moved by Member McCracken and seconded by Member Ericson to go into Closed Session at 6:35 (Discussion & Action)
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. McCracken,
Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
Member McCracken left meeting at 6:50 pm
It was moved by Member Shreeves and seconded by Member Ericson to go back into Open Session at 6:57 pm.
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz,
Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
12.0 Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by Member Ericson and seconded by Member Lenz that meeting be adjourned
Roll call vote was as follows:
AYE: Mr. Ericson, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Myers, Mr. Lenz,
Mr. Shreeves, Mr. Callahan
NAY: None
Whereupon the President declared the motion carried
The President put the question to the Board and the meeting was so adjourned at 6:58 p.m. Whereupon the President declared the motion carried.
Approved
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President Secretary
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