.	SHILOH COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD OF EDUCATION
	Nov 21, 2005 Regular Meeting BOARD SUMMARY OF REGULAR MEETING - 7:00 PM. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Patchett Present: Freebairn, Hutchinson, Patchett, Young Absent: Brown, Kile, Means Others Present: Superintendent Acklin, Principal Kittell, Terry Sullivan, Herb Dreier, Ruth Patchett, Martha Burris, Barb Board President Patchett welcomed everyone to the meeting. Superintendent Acklin presented the Friend of Education plaque to Mr. Herb Dreier for willingly volunteering his time and sharing his knowledge of fishery when working with our primary students during their annual fishing trip to Walnut Point and presenting for twelve years a learning station at Douglas County Environmental Stewardship ay which our sixth grade students attend. Board approved the following Consent Agenda items: § Treasurer's Report § Activity Report § 2006 School Library Per Capita Grant Application § HS Secretary as contact person to secure substitutes for Shiloh Elementary, Jr. High, & High School at pay rate of 30 minutes per pupil attendance day § Volunteer coach for HS Boys Basketball - Mike Newhart Board approved the Regular Meeting October 17, 2005. Board approved the payment of bills as presented. Correspondence: Thank you cards from the family of Jim Riddell, Louise Coartney, and Ryan Farris. Thank you card from Mrs. Belobraydic for the recognition and gift during American Education Week. Audience to visitors: Terry Sullivan - Informed the Board of recently released information for a competitive Title IID grant. Encouraged the Board to adopt a statement at the December meeting that they would make a commitment to support the grant. Administrative Team Reports: Principal Kittell § Physics team finished 3rd out of 10 schools at EIU on November 10. They were only 1.25 points away from 1st place. Mr. Kittell was also very impressed with the students' behavior; they were well mannered and responsible. § Shared a letter he received from the Illinois Business Education Association commending Sue Miller for volunteering to chair the session "Retire?....Who....Me?" at the 43rd annual Illinois Business Education Association Fall Conference in Springfield, November 2-4. § Student Council and National Honor Society are collecting non-perishable food items for Food Baskets for local families. § Student Council participated in a lock-in at Heritage November 10. 13 members and Ms. Boland attended. Discussion topics included ethics in the classroom and underage drinking. § Expressed his concerns regarding nicotine use being included in the current drug policy. Administration will rewrite the policy for first reading at the December meeting. § Would like the board to consider changing the Athletic Code. There has been an instance of students who were caught consuming alcohol served the 10 day requirement but because of the way the practice/game schedule fell, they did not miss even one game. Would like this to change from 10 days to 20% of the athletic season. § Worked with Douglas County Mental Health to put together a program of group counseling of students. 68 parents signed up their students - PreK - 12. They will meet once each week and discuss socially acceptable behavior including listening, manners, taking turns, acting out, problem solving, coping skills, peer pressure, anger management, and empathy. Administrative Team Reports: Superintendent Acklin § Title I Update - Carryover to the 06-07 school year combined with the retirement of one Title I teacher will result in enough Title money to hire a Title math teacher and maintain our current level of Title I services through the 07-08 school year. Board approved Final Reading of the following school board policies as amended: 4:170 Operational Services - Safety 5:30 General Personnel - Hiring Process and Criteria 6:60 Instruction - Curriculum Content 6:140 Instruction - Education of Homeless Children 6:170 Instruction - Title I Program 6:300 Instruction - Graduation Requirements 7:60 Students - Residence 8:20 Community Relations - Community Use of School Facilities 8:30 Community Relations - Visitors to and Conduct on School Property Superintendent Acklin discussed the FY05 Tax Levy, payable in FY06: District actually received $2,202,201 in Property Taxes for the previous year. Based on what the assessors are telling him about the Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) we will most likely receive $2,133,345. The proposed Tax Levy is for $2,311.389, which is a 4.96% increase over the previous year. The proposed Tax Rate of 4.33818 will not be the actual rate because the District will not get all of the money levied. The rate will probably be ~4.0040 Board approved the tentative FY05 Tax Levy. Board approved the Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator Contract for 2006 with ERH Enterprises. First Reading of the following Board Policies ensued: 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 7:240 Students - Conduct Code for Participants in Extracurricular Activities School Board Convention: Board members discussed several of the different sessions they attended and ideas they gathered including: pensions, legislature, wind generated electricity, school-wide night, dual credit courses and on-line dual credit classes. Library needs: Hutchinson has visited the Newman Grade School Library and found that they are in dire need of books for the lower grade levels. What they have are old, dirty and falling apart. A group of parents is working to gather parent support for a book drive for Newman Grade School and they would like the Board to earmark some of the library money currently budgeted for the Newman Grade School Library. They have already received a donation from Simonton Windows of over $700.00. Other: President Patchett asked that changing the board voting system from roll call to yea/nay for items other then financial be included on the December agenda.