CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held April 10, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Community High School Juergens Gym located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL.
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 Approve March 19, 2025 Regular and Executive board meeting minutes and April 3, 2025 Special meeting minutes
7.3 Bills & Payroll
7.4 Financial Reports
- Departmental & Administrative Reports
- New Business
9.1 Adopt a resolution to place the 2024-2025 Amended Budget of Chester School District on file as of May 16, 2025, and schedule a hearing to present said budget on June 17, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. to be directly followed by the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting
9.2 Adopt the 2025-26 School Calendar as presented
9.3 Approve the June 19, 2025, board meeting date to be moved to June 17, 2025
9.4 Approve furniture pricing with Stiles Office Solutions, Inc. for the Chester Early Childhood Center in the amount of $52,531.21 9.5 Approve quote with Rapids for Chester’s Early Childhood Center kitchen equipment in the amount of $86,226.62
9.6 Approve estimate from Germann Brick for the Chester Early Childhood Center in the amount of $1,342.87
9.7 Approve asbestos abatement with Owens Abatement, LLC for the Chester Early Childhood Center in the amount of $38,500.00
9.8 Approve Baysinger’s base bid with H&N Construction, Inc. for the Chester High School Tuckpointing and Window Replacement in the amount of $969,000.00
9.9 Approve Baysinger’s base bid with Samron Midwest Contracting, Inc. for the Professor Sharp Media Center Phase 3 in the amount of $338,600.00
9.10 Approve the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the Chester High School Roof Replacement Project, Baysinger Project # 24059, as identified and determined subsequent to the bid opening on April 10, 2025.
9.11 Approve the use of facility request for St.Mary’s Catholic School to utilize the High School’s track and facilities for a practice meet for Regionals on April 11, 2025, from 3 pm to 6:30 pm and for the Class “S” Track and Field Regionals on April 26, 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm 9.12 Approve Renewable Energy Lease Option Agreement with Chester CUSD 139 and Catalyze Gbh Developer, LLC, with annual revenue for 25 years at $102,000
9.13 Approve the quote from QNS for technology updates for the 2025-26 school year at $116,572.92
- Personnel
10.1 Consider Tenure for Certified Personnel
10.2 Consider employment of Non-certified Personnel
10.3 Consider Approval of Coaches & Volunteers
10.4 Consider resignations of Non-certified Personnel
10.5 Consider Approving Contracts for Principals and Curriculum Director
10.6 Consider approval of resolutions to dismiss and non-renew the employment of probationary teachers at the end of the 2024-2025 school year
- Adjournment