.	SHILOH COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD OF EDUCATION
	Dec 19, 2005 Regular Meeting BOARD SUMMARY OF REGULAR MEETING - 7:00 PM. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Patchett Present: Brown, Freebairn, Hutchinson, Kile, Means, Patchett, Young Absent: None Others Present: Superintendent Acklin, Principal Kittell, Terry Sullivan, Gary Henry, Barb Board President Patchett welcomed everyone to the meeting. Board approved the following Consent Agenda items: § Special Meeting minutes of December 2, 2005 § Executive Session minutes of December 2, 2005 ' Treasurer's Report § Activity Report Board approved the Regular Meeting November 21, 2005 Board approve the Executive Session minutes of October 17, 2005 There were no Executive Session minutes to be released. Board approved the payment of bills as presented. Correspondence: Letter was received from Dave Love, IASB Director of Field Services, thanking Superintendent Acklin for the District's panel participation in "Issues in Rural School Districts" at the annual conference. Audience to visitors: There were no requests to address the Board. Administrative Team Reports: Principal Kittell § Pointed out that the artwork on display in the Board Room was from the Newman Grade School kindergarten classes. Board members enjoyed seeing the students' work very much. Work of the Newman Grade School first grade classes will be on display next month. § Students of the Month were: Senior of the Month - Tommy Elliott Freshman of the Month - Dustin Culpepper Most Improved Student - Nick Biddle § Had attended the Raising Student Achievement Conference, December 5-7, and commented on two topics from the conference: Why are you teaching what you are teaching? and Curriculum Mapping. § Reported on an athletic conference meeting where the members of the conference discussed Tuscola's dominance of the conference. § Winter concert programs were held December 5 and 7 and were both well attended and exceptional programs. Discussion of having both programs on the same evening at the Shiloh gym with an intermission between the lower grade and upper grade programs. Administration will discuss this with the music director. § Discussion of ball games being scheduled on finals nights. Principal Kittell will address this with the Athletic Director for next year. § It is expected that Dee Brown will return to visit Shiloh Schools in January. Administrative Team Reports: Superintendent Acklin § Five Shiloh students, Maranda Stappenbeck, Alex Dunn, Emily Joines, Hannah Julian, and Emily Partenheimer, recently participated in Science Showcase 2005 at EIU. Working under the direction of Mrs. Carroll and Mrs. Akers, the students presented their studies in the form of a poster describing the math and science of activities that have been conducted this year. Shiloh has received $2000 thus far for the purchase of science/math equipment through Projects TEAMS and STAR § National Secretary of Education Spellings has announced that some states will be allowed to measure student progress by tracking students over time as opposed to the current method of comparing one group of student scores with another group of student scores at the same grade level the following year. Terry Sullivan discussed the Title II-D Grant. This is a competitive grant to develop technology rich classrooms. Grants will range from a minimum of $200,000 to a max of $800,000. Board approved the Resolution in Support of the Title II-D Grant. Board approved, with regrets, the resignations of Sarah DeLong, English Teacher, and Martha Burris, Reading Improvement Aide. Board approved Final Reading of the following school board policies as amended: 2:40 School Board - Board Member Qualifications 2:200 School Board - Types of School Board Meetings 2:220 School Board - School Board Meeting Procedure 4:10 Operational Services - Fiscal and Business Management 5:180 General Personnel - Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity 6:130 Instruction - Program for the Gifted 6:340 Instruction - Student Testing and Assessment Program 7:100 Students - Health and Dental Examinations, Immunizations, and Exclusion of Students 7:170 Students - Vandalism Board approved the FY05 Tax Levy. First Reading of the following Board Policies occurred 7:240 Students - Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities First Reading of Revised Extracurricular Handbook occurred. Only those pages affected by the change to Policy 7:240 will be changed. Education Foundation Update: Currently the Foundation is inactive. A new Foundation Board needs to be put in place if the District wants it to function again. Brown and Young were Board representatives to the old Foundation and will begin work on reviving the Foundation. Changing Board voting system from roll call to yea/nay for items other then financial: Board consensus is to try this method on a limited basis. Board entered into Executive Session at 8:40 PM. Board returned to Open Session and adjourned at 10:15 PM