CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held February 8, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Family & Consumer Science Classroom (217B) located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, Ill.
AGENDA
- Call to Order and Roll Call – 6:00 p.m.
- Executive Session
2.1. For the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body.
- Regular Session – 7:30 p.m.
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Opportunity for Public Comment (please be mindful that these meetings of the BOE are required by the Open Meeting Law to be held in a public setting. Each participant will be limited to 5 minutes, which the board will listen to but will not respond during this time.)
- Board Correspondence
- Approve Consent Agenda Items as Listed
7.1. Approval of Agenda
7.2. January 11, 2024 Regular and Executive Meeting Minutes
7.3. Bills & Payroll
7.4. Financial Reports
- Departmental & Administrative Reports
- New Business
9.1 Approve Baysinger’s base bid with Samron Contracting, Inc. -Murphysboro for the Chester High Stage #1 of Professor Sharp’s Media Center in the amount of $44,744.74.
9.2 Approve Shivelbines additional proposal for sound and lighting for $20,418.96.
9.3 Approve Baysinger Architects LLC Certificates for payment for Zeller Construction of Marion, Inc. for Chester CUSD 139 Building Re-Keying Project for $53,906.80
9.4 Set Graduation dates for Grade School on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 6 pm and High School on Saturday, May 19, 2024 at 3 pm
9.5 Adopt the amended 2023-24 school calendar as presented
9.6 Approve facility request from Memorial Hospital to use the high school Cobert Gym for their Fun Walk & Run on March 22, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m as an alternate location.
9.7 Approve MOU between Chester CUSD 139 Board of Education and the Chester Education Association, IEA-NEA, for JH Golf Sponsor
9.8 Approve increasing pay for officials for the CIT 2023-2024 school year.
9.9 Approve Seniority List for Certified and Non-Certified Employees
9.10 Conduct 1st reading of Board Policy 4:80 Accounting and Audits
9.11 Appointment of Board Committees:
9.11.1 Policy Committee
9.11.2 Parent Advisory Committee & Behavioral Intervention Committee
9.12 Approve the following Scholarships
9.12.1 Anonymous donations
9.12.2 Leah Search Memorial Scholarship
9.12.3 Carolyn Schwent Scholarship
9.12.4 Women’s Club Scholarship
9.12.5 1st Lt. Bruce Welge Memorial Scholarship
- Personnel
11.1 Employment, Coaches, and Volunteers
11.2 Resignations
11.4 Retirement
Adjourn