CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 7:05 p.m. following a 7 p.m. bond hearing in the Chester Early Childhood Center located at 2319 Old Plank Road, Chester, IL.
Tentative Agenda
- Call to Order and Roll Call – 6:30 p.m.
- Executive Session
2.1 For the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body.
- Recess – for Bond Hearing at 7:00 pm
Regular Session Call Regular Session – 7:05 p.m.
- 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
6.1 Approval of Agenda
6.2 December 18, 2025 Regular, Executive, and Public Hearing minutes, and December 19, 2025 Special meeting minutes
6.3 Bills & Payroll
6.4 Financial Reports
- Departmental & Administrative Reports
- New Business
8.1 Approval of the project of Tuckpointing and Windows Phase 2 at High School for the School Maintenance Project Grant match of 50,000
8.2 Approve the Certificate of Payment for H&N Construction, Inc. Final Pay Application #6 in the amount of $103,743.06 for the Chester High School Tuckpointing and Window Replacement
8.3 Approve the MOU between the Board of Education of Chester High School and the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University for dual credit agreement
8.4 Approve Health Life Safety Amendment for use of maintenance funds and/or use of Fire prevention funds.
8.5 Approve updated mileage reimbursement form
8.6 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Chester Education Association to consider ELL endorsement for Lindsey Hargis.
8.7 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Chester Education Association to consider ELL endorsement for Jenny Krantz.
8.8 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Chester Education Association to consider Jr. High Science endorsement for Tonya Rodemich
8.9 Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established with Chester Education Association to consider Assistant Coach for HS Dance.
8.10 Approve facility use request form for the Kids for Christ after school program March 9,16,23,and 30 from 3 pm-5 pm at the Chester Grade School
- Employment, Coaches, and Volunteers
9.1 Approve retirement of non-certified personnel
9.2 Approve employment of coaches and volunteers
9.3 Approve resignation of non-certified personnel
9.4 Approve employment of non-certified personnel
9.5 Approve employment of certified personnel
- Approve reassigning certified personnel
- Adjournment
Bond Hearing Agenda
A bond hearing of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Chester Early Childhood Center located at 2319 Old Plank Road, Chester, IL.
- Call to Order/Roll Call 7:00 p.m.
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Public Comments (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.)
- Approval of Agenda
- Conduct a hearing on Chester School District No. 139 to sell bonds for school fire prevention and safety purposes.
5.1 Public hearing concerning the intent of the Board of Education to sell not to exceed $1,550,000 Working Cash Fund Bonds and not to exceed $4,750,000 School Fire Prevention and Safety Bonds
- Adjourn