MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
August 17, 2005 6:30 P.M. Educational
The Board of Education of the
Ms. Marianne Clancy, Board Secretary, established a
quorum and the following Members were present: Mrs. Janet Smith, Mrs. Cheryl
Jackson, Mr. Keith Davis, Mr. Uvaldo Herrera, and Mr. John Dirks, Board
President. Mrs. Millicent Roth and Mr.
John Hanson were absent.
Present from the administrative staff were Dr.
Robert Nielsen, Mr. Barry Reilly, Mrs. Sally Tucker and Mr. David Wood.
Ms. Linda Aschenbrener, Public Relations Facilitator, was also in attendance.
Present from the news media was Ms. Phyllis Coulter,
The Pantagraph, and Mr. Erik Stock, WJBC Radio Station.
Mrs. Roth joined the meeting at 6:32 p.m.
Mr. Dirks stated "In accordance with Section
17-1 of the School Code, the Board of Education will now hold a public hearing
on 2005-2006 budget for the Area Vocational Center (AVC) and the Regional
Vocational System (RVS).
The
The tentative budgets have been on file for public
inspection at the
During the public hearing, Mr. Tom Frazier, Director
of the AVC and RVS, will summarize the budget and the Board and members of the
public will be given an opportunity to discuss the budget.
When all discussion has concluded, the public
hearing will be adjourned.
At this time, Mr. Frazier will present a summary of
the budget.”
Mr. Frazier
stated that we currently have 11 school district members in the RVS plus the
AVC, which participate in offering 19 State Board approved regional
career and tech ed programs. The total anticipated revenues and
expenditures for 05-06 at the RVS is $888,314. This is approximately
a 5.9% decrease from last year. Revenue funding sources consist of
two State and two Federal grants plus some local matching contributions from
member districts. Expenditures primarily used are 28% applied to salaries
for staff participating in the coordination and support of grant activities
along with dollars being applied to the AVC for program improvement and staff
development.
Mr. Frazier stated that the AVC is one of
24 AVC’s in
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combination
of the Career Tech Ed Improvement Grants, two Federal grants plus annual
tuition. Tuition is about 44% of our
total revenue, the Federal Career Tech Ed improvement grant consists of 42% of
our revenues, 14% comes from grants and other miscellaneous income. Tuition this year is $975 per student which
is the same as last year. Mr. Frazier
stated that 69% of total expenses is devoted to staff, administrative salaries
and payroll deductions.
Mr. Dirks asked “Is there any discussion from the
Board?”
Mr. Dirks asked how the projected enrollment for
this year compares to last year.
Mr. Frazier said it’s almost identical. He stated that September 15, 2005 is our
billing date so we will know a firm number on that date.
Mr. Dirks asked “Is there any discussion from
the public?”
There was no discussion from the public.
Mr. Dirks stated “The Public Hearing is now
concluded."
Mr. Dirks presented the Minutes for
approval. It was moved by Mr. Davis,
seconded by Mrs. Jackson, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Board of Education held on July
13, 2005 be approved. Upon a roll call vote all
Members present voted “Aye”. Motion carried.
Mr. Colin Manahan, Director of Facilities
Management, introduced the following custodial and maintenance staff who were
in attendance:
·
Mr. Jay Smithson- handles 75% of the day to day activities of the
construction done over the summer
·
Mr. Troy Fulks – Responsible for all the air conditioning and
heating that went on at Bloomington High School (BHS) along with
renovations.
·
BHS (night crew)- Mr. Jim Harvey, Mr. Jeff Langhoff, Night Leader,
Mr. Tom Givens, Mr. Ted Monninger, Mr. Mark Whiteside; Mr. Brad Johnson, Supervisor of BHS Custodial
Staff, also handled much of the construction work.
·
·
·
Sarah Raymond – Mr. Bob Kirk, Head Custodian
·
Educational
·
Irving – Mr. Shawn Milling, Head Custodian
Mr. Dirks stated that the District truly
appreciates all the hard work you do, especially with the additional work
necessary this summer.
Mrs. Vickie Slagell, Stevenson School
Principal, stated that everyone in this group that she has worked with have not
only been respectful, but they’ve been diligent in what we have asked of them
and she thinks this is a wonderful group of people. She wanted to thank everyone on behalf of all
the Principals.
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Mr. Dirks asked the group to come forward
and receive congratulations from the Board.
Dr. Nielsen introduced Mrs. Connie
Mueller, Director of Food Services, who received the American Dietetic
Association School Practice Group Award of Excellence for Management Practice. She
will receive the award in
Mr. Dirks congratulated Mrs. Mueller and
asked her to come forward and receive congratulations from the Board.
Mrs. Jackson reported that she attended a
negotiations meeting last Thursday where a “tentative agreement” was reached. Details will come at a later date.
Mr. Herrera reported that he too attended the
negotiations meeting last Thursday.
Mrs. Roth reported that there will be a meeting of
the Sesquicentennial Committee in September.
Mr. Dirks stated that he, Mr. Herrera and Dr.
Nielsen met with The Pantagraph Editorial Board recently and that it went very
well.
Mr. Wood presented the
Tentative 2005-06 District Budget. The Board approved the Tentative
Budget, established September 28, 2005 for Public Hearing on the Budget and
approved publication of notice of Public Hearing in the Pantagraph on August
19, 2005. Mr. Wood outlined the Districts recent financial history to
provide an overall context for the 2005-06 Budget. He then discussed in
detail the revenue and expenditure trends and issues associated with each
District fund.
Mrs. Tucker reported to the Board of Education on
the Grade 1 and 2 Terra Nova results from fall and spring testing in the
2004-2005 school year for the cohort of students who took both the fall and
spring tests disaggregated by race and income.
Additionally, her report included the data on the achievement of all
students for spring testing from 2003-2005 disaggregated by race and income.
Mrs. Tucker reported the following conclusions from
the data:
·
In
comparable subgroups (all students, black students, white students, and
students by income), at Grade 1, 18 of 18 possible scores across the content
areas (reading, language arts, and math) were at or above the historical high.
·
In
comparable subgroups at Grade 2, 12 of 18 possible scores across the content
areas were at or above the historical high.
·
In
the cohort comparison at both Grades 1 and 2 all subgroups showed an increase
in achievement above what was expected for one year of instruction.
·
The
achievement in our disaggregated subgroups of black and low income students
improved at a greater rate than the overall population and our largest
subgroup. This indicates that we are
closing the achievement gap between our minority and majority students.
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It was moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Roth,
that the Consent Agenda (Personnel Report, Bills, Payroll, Treasurer’s Report,
Financial Summary, Resolution: Stevenson House Abatement, Construction
Agreement City of Bloomington/Community Development Division, and the
Bloomington Board of Education, Waivers: Parent/Teacher Conferences and School
Improvement Days and 2005 Health/Life Safety Decennial Survey) be approved.
Upon a roll call vote, all Members present, voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original
Minutes, Attachment 8-17-05/1
Dr. Nielsen stated that the All Staff Welcome Back Breakfast
for the District will be tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. at
·
Monday
is the first day of school
·
8/25/05
is the Elected Officials Reception at the
·
8/31/05
is the combined Board of Education Meeting with Unit 5
·
9/2/05
is the Sheridan Back to School Parade at 9:30 a.m. and everyone participating should be at
Dr. Nielsen stated that all
the buildings are in good shape and since all buildings are air conditioned, we
will not have any heat days.
It was moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by
Mrs. Roth that the Board approve the Tuition Based Enrollment. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present
voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original Minutes, Attachment 8-17-05/2)
It was moved by Mrs. Roth, seconded by Mrs.
Jackson that the Board approve the AVC/RVS Budget for 2005-06. Upon a roll call vote, all Members present
voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original Minutes, Attachment 8-17-05/3)
It
was moved by Mrs. Jackson, seconded by Mrs. Smith that the Board Adopt the District
87 Tentative Budget and Set Date for Hearing.
Upon a roll call vote, all Members present voted “Aye”. Motion carried. (See with Original Minutes, Attachment 8-17-05/4)
It was moved by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mrs. Smith that the Board go into Closed Session for the purpose of considering collective negotiating
matters between the
district and the Bloomington Education Association (BEA), or deliberations
concerning salary scheduled for one or more classes of employees. Upon a roll
call vote, all Members present voted “Aye”.
Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. Dirks adjourned the meeting.
APPPROVED: ATTEST:
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President Secretary