| MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CARBONDALE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 165, CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS HELD JULY 18, 2013 The regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of School District 165 was held in the cafeteria of Carbondale Community High School, 1301 East Walnut Street, Carbondale, Illinois, on Thursday, July 18, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. Upon roll call, the following members were present: Kathy Booziotis Michael Neill Linda Flowers Francis Tsung Joe Hudgins Brian Woodard Vicky King Also present were: Stephen Murphy Carbondale Times Newspaper Represented Steve Kosco Daily Egyptian Newspaper Represented Daniel Booth WSIL-TV Represented CCHSEA Represented River Radio Represented President King declared a quorum present and the regular scheduled meeting of July 18, 2013 was called to order. Executive Session: Motion by Hudgins, seconded by Woodard, to go into executive session for the purpose of considering information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees. Roll call: Booziotis, Flowers, Hudgins, King, Neill, Tsung and Woodard voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Executive Session Adjourned: The executive session adjourned at 7:05 p.m. President King stated no action was taken while in executive session. Public Portion of the Meeting Convenes: The public portion of the meeting convened at 7:07 p.m. Minutes: The minutes of the regular scheduled meeting of June 20, 2013, were approved as presented. Old Business: There were no old business items. Recognitions/Correspondence: There were no recognition or correspondence items. Public Comments: There were no public comments. Payment of Bills: Motion by Flowers, seconded by Booziotis, to pay the remaining bills for the month of June, 2013; and, those available for payment for the month of July, 2013. Roll call: Flowers, Hudgins, King, Neill, Tsung, Woodard and Booziotis voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. 2013-14 Student-Athlete and Parent/Teacher/Student Handbooks: There were no changes to the 2013-14 Student-Athlete Handbook. In reference to the proposed handbook changes “Increasing the “cap” on which students can receive honors credit from 16 semesters to 22 semesters and changing the high honor roll from 3.75+ to 4.00”, member Hudgins asked if there had been difficulty with the GPA ranking in the past. Superintendent Murphy said that the change was due to students “gaming” the system and that the previous cap had punished some students. Superintendent Murphy said the best compromise was changing the cap from 16 to 22. Member Neill asked how many valedictorian students were affected by this last year. Superintendent Murphy said two or three. Member Neill said that a lot of schools give extra scholarship money to valedictorians and that when a student is designated a valedictorian it helped them to be accepted into schools. Superintendent Murphy said that some schools have designated as many as 60 valedictorians with this system and because of this, many colleges were moving away from this practice. Member Hudgins asked when honors credit started. Principal Booth said the sophomore year. Member Tsung said there was compromise on both ends and with this compromise students are given an opportunity they would not have with the current system. Member Tsung said he felt this was a pretty fair compromise. In reference to the proposed handbook change “Adding and updating final examination incentives and exam attendance policy”, member Hudgins asked if the PSAE incentive was new. Superintendent Murphy said that it was an existing policy and that the only change was the move from fall to spring. Member Hudgins asked what the students and faculty felt about the incentive and was the incentive a disservice to the students by not giving them exams like they would be receiving in their future schools. Superintendent Murphy said the kids feel that it is a big incentive and that the faculty preferred it be in the spring rather than fall for seniors. Member Hudgins asked who would be supervising the ACR classroom. Superintendent Murphy said that Mr. Smith would continue to supervise the class. In reference to the proposed handbook change “Homecoming Court eligibility updated” member Hudgins asked what the change was. Principal Booth said that the biggest change was that now students may only represent their class as a Homecoming attendant one time. Once they are elected, their name is removed until their senior year. At that time, their name will be placed on the ballot and they will be eligible to be nominated as a king or queen candidate. This change will allow more students to be selected. In reference to the proposed handbook change “Changing cellular phone policy to allow students to have them out until 8:25 a.m. and with teacher or administrator approval throughout the day”, member Hudgins asked why this change was being made. Superintendent Murphy said this was a change in evolution and was meant to teach the students responsible use. President King asked if the classroom use was at the teacher’s discretion. Principal Booth said yes that it was and that when the class was over the cell phone was to be put away. Member Hudgins commented that if the new change doesn’t work we can always change it. Motion by Tsung, seconded by Woodard, to approve the 2013-14 Parent/Teacher/Student Handbook with the proposed changes as presented: Key Changes: 1. Increasing the “cap” on which students can receive honors credit from 16 semesters to 22 semesters. This change will affect the class of 2017 (the incoming freshmen). 2. Changing the high honor roll from 3.75+ to 4.00. This change will go into effect during the 2016-17 school year. 3. Changing Senior Recognition to 4.00 and above. This change will go not effect during the 2016-17 school year. 4. Adding and updating final examination incentives and exam attendance policy. 5. Changing cellular phone policy to allow students to have them out until 8:25 a.m. and with teacher or administrator approval the day. 6. Addition of in-school suspension as a consequence for refusing to hand over a cell phone or electronic device. 7. Cleaned up “Classroom Behavior” and “Detention” sections. 8. Removed all PAWSE language from the handbook. 9. Add Alternative Classroom (ACR) language to the handbook. 10. Add social suspension as a disciplinary consequence. 11. Updated tardy to class consequences. 12. Homecoming Court eligibility updated. Routine Changes: 1. Update school information and demographics. 2. Calendar changes, phone numbers, etc. 3. Edited faculty list and all other areas as needed. 4. Updated regular school lunch fees. 5. Cleaned up wording throughout the handbook. Roll call: Hudgins, King, Neill, Tsung, Woodard, Booziotis and Flowers voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Bids/Quotes: There were no bid/quote items. Semi-Annual Review of Executive Session Minutes: Motion by Hudgins, seconded by Booziotis, to make public the executive session minutes of November 14, 2012. Roll call: King, Neill, Tsung, Woodard, Booziotis, Flowers and Hudgins voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. There were no public verbatim executive session minutes to be destroyed at this time. 2013-14 Field Trips: Motion by Flowers, seconded by Tsung, to approve the 2013-14 field trips as presented. Roll call: Neill, Tsung, Woodard, Booziotis, Flowers, Hudgins and King voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Member Hudgins commented that CCHS did a lot of good field trips. President King asked if coach buses were used on any of the field trips. Principal Booth said no, that yellow school buses were used on all field trips. Resignations: Motion by Booziotis, seconded by Neill, to accept the following extra-duty resignations as presented: a. Ben Campos (Assistant Football Coach) effective July 5, 2013. b. Dan Koester (Head Football Coach and Summer/Winter Weight Room Supervisor) effective July 8, 2013. c. John White (Assistant Football Coach) effective July 10, 2013. d. Michael Beckmann (Assistant Football Coach) effective July 12, 2013. Roll call: Tsung, Woodard, Booziotis, Flowers, Hudgins, King and Neill voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Motion by Flowers, seconded byHudgins, to accept the resignation of Dan Koester (P.E. teacher) effective December 15, 2013, as presented. Roll call: Woodard, Booziotis, Flowers, Hudgins, King and Neill voted yes. Member Tsung voted no. Motion carried. Employment Transfer: Motion by Booziotis, seconded by Neill, to approve the employment transfer of Heather Hines from the part-time Cook's Helper position to the full-time Cook position, at the rate of $12.67 per hour, effective with the 2013-14 school year as presented.Roll call: Booziotis, Flowers, Hudgins, King, Neill, Tsung and Woodard voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Employment of Personnel: Motion by Woodard, seconded by Booziotis, to approve the indicated employment action regarding the following personnel as presented: a. Joshua Taylor, Special Education Teacher--Employ Joshua Taylor as a part-time (1/6-time) Special Education Teacher for the 2013-14 school year. Mr. Taylor’s education and experience will place him at line 0, column BA/BS+12 ($7,186.00) prorated on the teacher salary schedule. b. Cook's Helpers--Employ the following individuals as part-time Cook's Helpers for the 2013-14 school year at the rate of $8.87 per hour:Joyce Mayer and T'Neesha Cavins c. 2013-14 Extra-Duty Personnel--Personnel as presented: English Department Chair: Justin Dennis (1/2 Stipend & Release Period) and Tarrie Dullum (1/2 Stipend) Head Football Coach: Nick Hill Roll call: Flowers, Hudgins, King, Neill, Tsung, Woodard and Booziotis voted yes. Nay, none. Motion carried. Back-to-School Luncheon: The Back-to-School district employee luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. August Board of Education Meeting: The August Board of Education meeting will be Thursday, August 15, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Executive Session: Superintendent Murphy advised that the public portion of the meeting was going to recess for 15 minutes and following the recess the Board would be going into executive session and that no action would be taken following the executive session. Member Booziotis made a motion to go into executive session and member Neill seconded the motion. Audience member, Dr. Carl Flowers, raised his hand to speak. Dr. Flowers advised Superintendent Murphy that the purpose of the executive session needed to be stated with the motion. Superintendent Murphy said the purpose of the executive session had been stated at the beginning of the meeting, but that he would state it again. Superintendent Murphy stated the executive session was for the purpose of considering information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees. Meeting Recessed: The public portion of the meeting recessed at 7:28 p.m. Executive Session: The executive session began at 7:41 p.m. Executive Session Adjourned: The executive session adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:21 p.m. MINUTES APPROVED: AUGUST 15, 2013 |