.	SHILOH COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD OF EDUCATION
	Jan 19 - PUBLIC HEARING - 7:00 PM President Means called the Public Hearing to order at 7:00 PM. Present: Eads, Hales, Hutchinson, Kile, Means Absent: Freebairn, Young Others Present: Superintendent Hall, Principal Hettmansberger, Gary Henry, Jacob Roskovensky, Ashley Jamison, Jim Walker, Barb Board President Means welcomed everyone to the meeting. President Means asked for Public Comment regarding the Waiver or Modification of State Board Rules and/or School Code Mandates, Section 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a, Tuition for Non-Resident Pupils. Hearing no comment, the meeting adjourned at 7:02 PM. Jan 19 - REGULAR MEETING - 7:03 PM President Means called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. Present: Eads, Hales, Hutchinson, Kile, Means Absent: Freebairn, Young Others Present: Superintendent Hall, Principal Hettmansberger, Gary Henry, Jacob Roskovensky, Jim Walker, Ashley Jamison, Barb Board President Means welcomed everyone to the meeting. Board approved the following: Treasurer’s Report Activity Report Regular Meeting minutes of December 21, 2009 Strategic Planning Meeting minutes of January 9, 2010 Payment of bills Communications: Letter from Dr. Hall thanking the board for flowers. Jessica Richardson entered the meeting at 7:07 PM. Curriculum Presentation –Mrs. Ashley Jamison, grade one teacher, discussed the new Saxon Math series and provided examples of student worksheets. There were a lot of hands-on materials provided with the program and it’s a very organized program. The teachers love the series and the students like it. She has also implemented the same Daily 6 Trait Writing Program this year that has been used in grades 3-6 for the past few years. She has seen improvement in her students writing skills. The students like the program and it is working well. Administrative Team Reports Principal Hettmansberger: Elementary Honors Breakfast for first semester was January 15, 2010. Updated Crisis Management Plan. Eads had arranged a meeting with other schools (basically northern Edgar County) on January 4. We now have a Crisis Management Plan that is aligned with other schools and the Paris police. He will start instructing teachers on the plan at faculty meetings beginning tomorrow. All local emergency agencies will get a copy once the plan is complete and finalized. Lesliea Palmer and Amy Kincaid presented a program to 150 educators last week at the Florida Education Conference on how to use GPS’s in the classroom. Due to an IHSA clerical error we will have to co-op highs school track with Heritage again this year. Athletes will practice at their home school during the week and practice together once a week. Due to low numbers on the 5th/6th grade basketball team they have had to bring 4th grade students up to play. Discussion of whether to hold the 4th grades students to eligibility standards of the 5th/6th grade athletes with the consensus being to do so. The 5th/6th grade classes are doing a service project to raise money for the Haitian earthquake victims. Wade Hales recently provide CPR training to some of our staff. He has also volunteered to train and certify freshman students in CPR Attended an IASA Meeting on January 13 where the main topic of discussion was what schools could do to make the public aware that the State is not doing what they are legally obligated to do. As of today, Shiloh School District has not yet received $231,879.47 owed by the State. Superintendents are somewhat desperate about what to do. Discussion of how schools might put pressure on the legislators to let us know how much we will be shorted so we can start preparing locally. Thought is that we are probably in year one of a three-year problem. We can expect to lose 2 state aid payments this year and the rumor is that we will lose 5 state aid payments next year. Superintendent Hall: We are currently getting 1% or less on our investments. Three years ago we were getting 5%. This is quite a dramatic loss in revenue. We are also not getting the same Medicaid funding as last year. Expects $36,000 less this year. Some have asked why we are building a new bus shed since we are not getting full transportation funding. At the time the board approved building the shed we thought we would be getting the funding. When the State decided to withhold funds the materials had already been ordered and received. Board approved: Assigning Dick Wagoner for the application of chemicals to district lawns (Public Act 95-0434). Overnight Spanish Club field trip to Normal, Illinois, March 12-13, 2010 Overnight, out-of-state Spanish Club trip to Shades Park, Montezuma, Indiana, April 1-2, 2010 Application for Waiver or Modification of State Board Rules and/or School Code Mandates Section 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12.a Tuition for Non-Resident Pupils. 2010-2011 Public School Calendar Authorizing the Superintendent to let fuel bids for July 2010 – June 2011 Announcements and Discussion Teachers for first and second grades for the remainder of the school year: Niki Mazur has resigned. Considering moving Ashley Jamison to Mrs. Mazur’s second grade and combining the two first grade classes into one as their combined enrollment will only be 18 students. Will probably have one 2nd grade class and one 3rd grade class next year. Kile questioned if this would be an opportune time to ease another class to the Hume building since we have room in this building. Discussion of the original reason to split the grades into buildings they are might have been that ISAT testing starts in 3rd grade Drug Testing Policy: discussion was dropped from the agenda. High School Track: discussed using a mix of limestone and crushed brick to redo the track. This can submitted as a Life Safety Amendment and if approved will be paid out of Life Safety Funds. Surge Protector: Eads had talked with an engineer about a phase monitor rather than a surge protector. Cost will be $300-$400 per unit and should protect all 3 phase equipment. Ameren is to put a power analyzer on the monitor our incoming power and determine if that is the cause of the problem. Jacob Henry entered the meeting at 8:16 PM. Other: Eads suggested that rather then charging and entry fee for 5th/6th basketball games we accept donations at the door to purchase uniforms for the team. Consensus of the board was that this would be okay. Board went into Executive Session at 8:33 PM. Board returned to Open Session at 9:00 PM. Board approved the Executive Session minutes of December 21, 2009. Board adjourned at 9:00 PM.