McHenry Times

Richmond-Burton Community High School Board of Education met November 15.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Education, District #157, Richmond-Burton Community High School was called to order by President Steve Holtz at 7:30 p.m.

Members Present: Thomas, Gough, Graham, Keim, Highley, Alvarado, Holtz

Members Absent:

Also Present: Dr. Lind, Superintendent; Mr. Enright, Principal and Mr. Nolen, Assistant Principal

Consent Agenda

• Regular Meeting Minutes October 19, 2017

• Closed Session Minutes October 19, 2017

• Board Bills: $2,936,761.92 and Extra Bills $218,845.73

• Payroll: October $550,261.81

• Treasurer’s Report

• Employment of Staff

• Resignation of Staff

• Leave of Absence

• Discard Closed Session Audio Tapes from April 20, 2016

Motion by Gough and seconded by Keim to approve the Consent Agenda items as submitted.

Roll Call

Ayes: Thomas, Gough, Graham, Keim, Highley, Alvarado, Holtz

Nays: None Motion Carried: 7 – 0

Public Input:

None

Reports:

The following Reports were reviewed:

• Fund Balance Report, Interest Report, Fund Comparison Report, Imprest Account Report, Activity Account Financial Report

• Principal’s Report – Mr. Enright reviewed the current SAT scores with the Board. He stated that they have added “levels” that could be revised the more information that comes through about them. The SAT is a more rigorous test than the ACT. Mr. Enright also updated the Board on the SIP team and what the committees have been working on. The Curriculum and Instruction and Resource Allocation teams have updated their goals and they will be shared with the Board next month.

• Assistant Principal’s Report – Mr. Nolen informed the Board that Operation Click is underway. He also expanded on the SIP team’s Behavior goals by saying that they have gone above and beyond what their goals were. All teachers were contacted so they could get a list of students that could be a concern but did not fit into the goals that the Behavior team had. The Health Life and Safety inspection was conducted recently. Mr. Nolen also shared the list of Honor Roll and High Honor Roll numbers.

• Curriculum Director’s Report – Mrs. Vellion explained how to navigate through the School Report Card data. She showed that there are numerous tabs and important tools such as drilling down to specific data. She also explained that there are videos on John Baylor’s webpage as well as our own to assist with SAT test preparation and the teachers are finding ways to implement this into their classrooms.

• Student Services Report

• Activity Director’s Report

• Lunch Report

• Transportation Report

• Technology Report

• FOIA Request – A request from American Watchdog was responded to accordingly.

Old Business:

None

New Business

• Facility Use Requests – Village of Spring Grove Easter Hunt and Richmond Burton Jr. Rockets Boys Basketball

Motion by Keim seconded by Highley to approve the Village of Spring Grove Easter Hunt and Richmond Burton Jr. Rockets Boys Basketball facility use requests

Voice Vote

Ayes: 7

Nays: None

Motion Carried: 7 – 0

• Facility Use Request – Wisconsin Lightning Fast-pitch

Motion by Holtz seconded by Gough to approve the Wisconsin Lightning Fast-pitch facility use request

Roll Call:

Ayes: Alvarado, Highley, Holtz

Nays: Gough, Thomas, Graham

Abstain: Keim Motion Denied: 3 – 3 – 1

Board members had discussion on how the facility use policy online is different than what we potentially have been doing. The facility use request form that is being used doesn’t reflect the current policy. Board Member Thomas and Secretary Graham were under the impression that this facility use request should be only for Richmond Spring Grove community clubs and that an out of district clubs could use it only if their rosters were a majority of our students. President Holtz was under the impression that language was in there so that priority could be given to our community clubs but outside clubs could use it. The policy and the form need to be reviewed again by the Facility Committee.

• Ruck Pate Agreement

The Ruck Pate Agreement was presented to the Board of Education. Dr. Lind explained that there was an update in language of the contact but there was no change to any of the fees.

Roll Call

Ayes: Thomas, Gough, Graham, Keim, Highley, Alvarado, Holtz

Nays: None Motion Carried: 7 – 0

• Report from Athletic Committee

Current non-public homeschooled policy was reviewed for changes as requested by a community member. Principal Enright informed the board that the committee was in agreement that the language for the policy is accurate and fair to the students that attend Richmond Burton Community High School. Mr. Enright said that the committee went through many different scenarios to see how this could be accomplished but in the end he recommends keeping the policy language as is. Board Member Keim agreed that there is not a way to compare the homeschool curriculum standards to those at Richmond Burton Community High School. There is no clear way to judge those classes or credits.

• Report from Finance Committee

Dr. Lind explained SB851 which is a property tax freeze, the 10% voter petition referendum and the uncertainty of the new funding formula. Board Member Gough explained that in the past five levies the District has abated twice, flat levied twice and only requested an increase once, he felt that we have been good stewards of the tax payers money. Board Member Holtz asked what the figures would look like if we just asked for the increase that McHenry County has informed us of. Board Member Gough also mentioned that they are looking to implement long term goals.

• Board Policy Update – First Reading

These policies are recommended by PRESS and reviewed by IASB attorney. Policies are updated per revisions in the law and stands as first reading. Final approval will be requested as the December Board Meeting.

2:210 Organizational School Board Meeting

2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure

4:70 Resource Conservation

6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues

6:180 Extended Instructional Programs

6:210 Instructional Materials

6:290 Homework

6:330 Achievement and Awards

7:80 Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance

7:160 Student Appearance

8:70 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities

• RBCHS Curriculum Guide Changes

Principal Enright and Rebecca Botts outlined the changes for the new curriculum guide. Most of the changes were cosmetic but courses added were: Bakery and Daily Life Skills to FCS, Algebra 1 Honors to Math. Courses deleted were: QWERTY Keyboarding from CTE. Also a NCAA precautionary statement was added and a clarification was added for Driver’s Education courses regarding the students permit tests.

• Estimated 2017 Levy Amounts

Mrs. Levendoski explained that two estimated levies have been prepared, a flat levy and an increase levy. The flat levy shows the figures for a flat levy, which only would allow the District to receive the same amount of tax levy money as last year. The increase levy, based on the preliminary figures from McHenry County would allow us an approximately $360,000 more than last year’s levy collection. The Board discussed the Finance Committee items and with the uncertainty of SB851, the new funding formula and pension costs shifts it would be the time to increase the levy.

Adjournment:

Motion by Keim and seconded by Gough to adjourn the Regular Meeting at 8:42 p.m.

Voice Vote

Ayes: Thomas, Gough, Graham, Keim, Highley, Alvarado, Holtz

Nays: None Motion Carried: 7 – 0

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