.	SHILOH COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.1 BOARD OF EDUCATION
	Special Board Meeting - 4:30 pm - Julyb 13, 2009 President Means called the meeting to order at 4:38 PM. President Means appointed Hutchinson to serve as Secretary Pro Temp. Present: Eads, Hutchinson, Kile, Means Absent: Freebairn, Hales, Young Others Present: Superintendent Hall, Principal Hettmansberger, Beth Harbaugh, Pam Kelly, Jacob Roskovensky, Terry Sullivan, Barb Board President Means welcomed everyone to the meeting. Discussion of Reduction-In-Force of Education Support Personnel: Superintendent Hall explained that last year’s expenditures exceeded revenue by $200,000. This deficit will carry over to this year’s budget. Add to that reduced state funding, the low interest rate, increase in the food service program cost, purchasing the new math series, and a retirement package and the number increases significantly. As yet the State does not have a budget and we don’t know the status of our state grants. Many districts are riffing staff to protect themselves in case the district doesn’t get funding. We may know the grant status tomorrow or we may not know for another month or more. At this time we are looking at the following programs: S.H.I.P. Grant Reading Improvement Grant PreK Grant We expect at least a $300,000 deficit in the education fund this year. If we fund the PreK program ourselves we will add on another $150,000 to that deficit number. Discussion continued with the following comments: Hutchinson – the smallest PreK children will have a hard time if we now drop the program. Means – would the Board be agreeable to cutting out the school board convention to save around $8,000 which could help with funding the PreK program. All were agreeable. Kile – looking at the uniform rotation – could that be put off for a year or two? Hall – there is not a lot of frivolous money in the budget to cut. Significant savings will only result when you cut staff. Means – asked Mrs. Harbaugh if the program could survive on $1500 for supplies. Her response was that they have done so in the past. Hutchinson – could we charge PreK a registration fee if the program is locally funded? Hall’s response was that as long as it is not funded by the government we can set our own rules. Means – willing to roll the dice this year, keep the program in place, and hope that funding comes through. Hutchinson – will have to look very hard at this program next year if the state does not provide funding. Kile – PreK is something that we can’t do without. Students get a major benefit from the program. One of the most vital and important programs we offer. If forced to choose one program over another would have to choose PreK over S.H.I.P. Hall – S.H.I.P. would cost $24,000. Reading Improvement would cost $15,000. Eads – need to look at anything we can cut to save money in the education fund. Pam Kelly requested to address the Board: Traci Pribble had called her about losing her job. Traci is the one-on-one aid for her autistic son. They have a beautiful relationship, which is often hard to come by with an autistic child, and she would hate for her son to lose that if Traci is let go. Eads – questioned if the Reading Improvement program was effective. Hettmansberger – the program serves about 10 students. Means – would like to have it on the agenda to consider the issue of a PreK registration fee at the July meeting. Board approved Reduction-In-Force of Education Support Personnel: Lynn R Holm and Penny L. Stewart. Board approved Reduction-In-Force of Education Support Personnel: Marcia L. Silver, S.H.I.P. Aide Board adjourned at 5:19 PM.