CHESTER – A regular meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Chester Early Childhood Center, 2319 Old Plank Road, Chester, IL. The regular meeting will be followed by a public tax levy hearing.
The meeting and hearing are open to the public.
The tentative 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.
2.2 Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.
- Regular Session – 7:00 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
8.1 Approval of Agenda
8.2 November 18, 2025 Regular and Executive Board Minutes
8.3 Bills & Payroll
- Financial Reports
- Departmental & Administrative Reports
- Old Business
10.1 Conduct 2nd reading and approve Press Policy Issue 120
- New Business
11.1 Adopt 2025 Certificate of Tax Levy for Chester School District as presented
11.2 Approve proposal with Security Alarm for the intercom system for the tunnel at the high school in the amount of $2,284.73
11.3 Resolution abating the taxes heretofore levied for the year 2025 to pay debt service on the District’s Taxable General Obligation Refunding School Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series 2022C
11.4 Resolution declaring the intention to issue not to exceed $1,550,000 Working Cash Fund Bonds of the District for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund of the District and directing that notice of such intention be published in the manner provided by law
11.5 Resolution abating the taxes heretofore levied for the year 2025 to pay debt service on the District’s General Obligation School Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), Series 2024B
11.6 Approve the change for the 2025-26 SY Calendar as presented
11.7 Approve shot clocks for the high school in the amount of $7,528.00
- Employment, Coaches, and Volunteers
12.1 Approve resignation of non-certified personnel
12.2 Approve resignation of certified personnel
12.3 Approve employment of coaches and volunteers
12.4 Approve employment of certified personnel
- Adjournment
A public hearing of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held on December 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chester Early Childhood Center located at 2319 Old Plank Road, Chester, IL.
The public hearing is open to the public.
The tentative agenda of the public hearing:
- Call to Order/Roll Call 7:30 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.)
- Conduct a Tax Levy hearing for Chester School District No. 139
4.1 Public hearing to approve a proposed Property Tax Levy increase for Chester School District No. 139 for 2025.
- Adjourn