Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 Board of Education met May 30.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the Board of Education of Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District No. 196 was held in the Sesser-Valier High School Library at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The meeting was called to order by President Jason Sample at 6:00 PM. President Sample appointed District Superintendent Jason Henry as recording secretary for the meeting.
ROLL CALL
District Superintendent Jason Henry called the roll with the following result:
Members Present: Barry, Garner, Lance, Menser, Packer, Sample, Spence
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: J. Henry, K. Jones, N. Page, R. Payne, K. Spotanski, T. Masters, L. Miller, R. Tinsley, S. White
Visitors Present: None
PUBLIC COMMENT & CORRESPONDENCE
No public comment was forthcoming. No correspondence was presented.
NEW BUSINESS
APPROVAL OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT(S) (SPORTS COOPERATIVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT-BENTON CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL- HS WRESTLING; SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE & FAMILY SERVICES): A motion was made by Spence and seconded by Barry to approve the following:
A sports cooperative intergovernmental agreement with Benton Consolidated High School for High School Wrestling, as presented;
An Intergovernmental Agreement with the Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services for reimbursement of expenditures for school-based health services, as presented.
Roll call voting was as follows:
Yeas: Garner, Lance, Menser, Packer, Sample, Spence, Barry
Nays: None
There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
CLOSED SESSION
At 6:05 PM, a motion was made by Spence and seconded by Menser to enter into closed session for the purpose of discussing the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act:
The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 93-57) b. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning the salary schedule for one or more classes of employees (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2))
Roll call voting was as follows:
Yeas: Lance, Menser, Packer, Sample, Spence, Barry, Garner
Nays: None
There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION: At 7:19 PM, a motion was made by Spence and seconded by Menser to reconvene from closed session.
Voting was as follows: All voted yea. There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Board Member Shane Garner recused himself from consideration, deliberation, voting upon, and any other matters regarding the next action of the Board.
EMPLOYMENT OF ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM TEACHER (1-6; GARNER, BETHANY): A motion was made by Spence and seconded by Barry to employ Bethany Garner as an Elementary Classroom Teacher (Grades 1-6), subject to and contingent upon her successful presentation of appropriate licensure/endorsement(s) for said position and completion of both a required, fingerprint-based criminal background check and a statutorily-required employment history review.
Roll call voting was as follows:
Yeas: Packer, Sample, Spence, Barry, Lance, Menser
Nays: None
There being six (6) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
EMPLOYMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL HEAD COACH (CLARRY, MARCUS): A motion was made by Menser and seconded by Spence to employ Marcus Clarry as High School Boys Basketball Head Coach.
Roll call voting was as follows:
Yeas: Sample, Spence, Barry, Garner, Lance, Menser, Packer
Nays: None
There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESIGNATION(S) AND/OR RETIREMENT(S) (PHILLIPS, KATIE; EVETTS, ANTHONY; LAMCZYK, MEGAN): A motion was made by Menser and seconded by Barry to acknowledge the following employee resignation(s)/retirement(s):
HS Library Secretary: Katie Phillips (effective at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 school year)
Junior Class Sponsors: Anthony Evetts & Megan Lamczyk (effective at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 school year)
Voting was as follows: All voted yea. There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Menser and seconded by Spence to adjourn.
Voting was as follows: All voted yea. There being seven (7) yeas and zero (0) nays, the president declared that the motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 PM.
The above-listed account of the special meeting of the Board of Education of Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District No. 196, held on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 6:00 PM, is, to the best of my knowledge, a true and accurate account of the aforementioned meeting.
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