August 20, 2026
A REGULAR MEETING of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held on August 20, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in the Chester Early
Childhood Center located at 2319 Old Plank Road, Chester, IL.
1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 5:30 p.m.
2. Executive Session
2.1 For the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public
body.
3. Regular Session – 7:00 p.m.
4. Pledge of Allegiance
5. 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.
6. Board Correspondence
7. Approve Consent Agenda Items as Listed
7.1 Approval of Agenda
7.2 July 16, 2026 Regular and Executive Board Meeting Minutes, and July 27, 2026 Special Meeting Minutes
7.3 Bills & Payroll
7.4 Financial Reports
8. Departmental & Administrative Reports
9. Old Business
9.1 Conduct second reading and approve Board Press Policy 122 updates
10. New Business
10.1 Approve the proposal with Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc. for an additional monitoring of the existing three
(3) inclinometers at Chester Elementary School in the amount of $8,400.00
10.2 Approve Pay Application #3 with GRP Mechanical Company Inc. in the amount of $1,055,614.40 for High School HVAC
10.3 Approve the proposal with Red Dot Construction and Equipment Rentals, Inc. for a 30×30 level pad for storage containers at the
Early Childhood Center in the amount of $20,569.00
10.4 Approve the High School Calendar for SY 26-27
10.5 Approve tentative budget to be placed on file for public inspection and adopt a resolution to hold a budget hearing on Thursday,
September 17, 2026
10.6 Approve the facility request form for Stingers to utilize the High School’s field, concession stand, old score board, and announcer
booth for September 13, 2026 through November 8, 2026 from 9am-5pm.
10.7 Approve Hazardous Transportation Resolution
10.8 Approve Pay Application #2 with Samron Midwest Contracting Inc., for the Chester High School Tuckpointing and Window
Replacement in the amount of $247,381.50
10.9 Approve athletic admission fees
10.10 Approve Individual Season Pass for Football and Volleyball
11. Employment, Coaches, and Volunteers
11.1 Approve employment of non-certified personnel
11.2 Approve resignation of non-certified personnel
11.3 Approve employment of certified personnel
11.4 Approve coaching and volunteers
11.5 Consider Approval of Administration Contract Addendums
11.6 Consider Approval of FMLA Absence for Certified Personnel
12. Adjournment