CALL TO ORDER The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 1,
Adams County, Illinois, met on Thursday, February 10, 2011 in the Board of Education Office in Payson, Illinois. President, Dennis Huber, called
ROLL CALL the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. John Peters, Board Secretary, called roll with the following members present: Vaughn Flesner, Carol Means, Brent Speckhart, John Peters, Penni Ippensen, and Dennis Huber. Also present were Rodger Hannel, Superintendent; Jeff Zanger, Elementary Principal; Kirk Mosley, Secondary Principal; and Sally Kroner, Administrative Secretary.
Darin Edwards entered the meeting at 6:10 p.m.
VISITORS Visitors attending were Barb Speckhart and Janet Ohnemus.
CONSENT Carol Means made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda.
AGENDA Penni Ippensen seconded the motion. Flesner, aye; Edwards, aye;
Means, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
ENTER INTO Vaughn Flesner made a motion to enter into closed session for the
CLOSED purpose of discussing the employment of personnel, student
SESSION matters, and other items appropriate for closed session. Brent
Speckhart seconded the motion. Edwards, aye Means,
aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, a ye; Ippensen, aye; Flesner, aye; and Huber, aye. Entered into closed session at 6:15 p.m.
Vaughn Flesner exited the meeting at 7:05 p.m.
RETURN TO Penni Ippensen made a motion to return to open session. Carol
aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye. Returned to open session at 9:22p.m.
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RTI TRAINING Mr. Zanger reported Pat Heinecke will provide a half-day training
seminar for the whole elementary and JH staff on February 17th.
Each student will be receiving a binder that will have academic
and behavior goals for that student. Teachers will file documents in the binder to show the student’s work and progress. This binder will be used to lead the parent-teacher conference and to track his/her work throughout the year.
PBIS Mr. Zanger announced that Payson School was recognized by the
Illinois PBIS Network as achieving the “Start Up” level of implementation. The new check-in check-out system has been put in place and is currently serving two students.
TEACHER A committee has begun the process of developing a new teacher
EVALUATION evaluation tool. It is based on Charlotte Danielson’s book
Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Thursday, Feb. 17th RTI Early Dismissal 11:10 a.m.
Friday, Feb. 18th Teacher Institute
Friday, Feb. 25th Jump Rope for Heart
Thursday, March 10th Kenny Murfin Spelling Bee
GRANTS A $1,000 Penny Power grant was received for the “mobile RECEIVED computer lab” in the elementary library. We need $7,000 and are
still seeking other funds to complete the project.
A $3,500 mini-grant as received for the Healthier US Schools
Mr. Mosley exited the meeting at 7:00 p.m. No report was given.
SCHOOL Mr. Hannel will apply for Interrupted Days because of the 2
CALENDAR additional snow days we used on top of the allotted 5 days.
SENIORITY Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the certified and non-LIST certified staff seniority list. Brent Speckhart seconded the motion.
Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; Means, aye; and Huber, aye.
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DONNA VEILE Dennis Huber made a motion to approve a 3 year contract for
Donna Veile as the new superintendent of Payson Schools beginning July 1, 2011. Carol Means seconded the motion. Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; Means, aye; Speckhart, aye; and Huber, aye.
STUDENT C Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the suspension of
Student C for 17 days. Carol Means seconded the motion. Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; Means, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye; and Huber, aye.
BARBARA John Peters made a motion to extend the Technology Coordinator,
SPECKHART Barb Speckhart’s, contract from 9 ½ months to a 10 month
contract. Darin Edwards seconded the motion. Edwards, aye; Means, aye; Speckhart, present; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
CLOSED Dennis Huber made a motion to approve keeping the last closed
SESSION 6 months of executive session minutes closed, July 2010 to
MINUTES December 2010 closed. Brent Speckhart seconded the motion.
Means, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye.
JOINT Carol Means made a motion to approve the Joint Agreement for
AGREEMENT Special Education Association of Adams County. Penni
FOR SPECIAL Ippensen seconded the motion. Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye;
ED Ippensen, aye; Edwards, aye; Means, aye; and Huber, aye.
ADJOURNMENT Penni Ippensen made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Dennis Huber seconded the motion. The meeting
adjourned at 9:52 p.m.
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