Rosemont Elementary School District 78 Board of Education met Jan. 10.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER
President Stephens called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
There was a motion made by Vice President Bailey, seconded by Member Balogh, to appoint Member Muszynski as acting Secretary.
ROLL CALL
President Stephens asked for a roll call.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Muszynski, Balogh, Price, Vice President Bailey, and President Stephens
MEMBERS ABSENT: Wilson and Monaco
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Superintendent Anderson
Principal Kovalcik
Karen Allen, Staff
Vanessa Cooper, Resident
Arielle Stephens, Resident
RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
At this time President Stephens welcomed the visitors and asked if there were any questions. There were no questions at this time.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
There was no Executive Session held.
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
There were no Additions to the Agenda.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
There was a motion made by Vice President Bailey, seconded by Member Muszynski, to approve consent agenda items 5.1 thru 5.3
A roll call vote
AYES: Muszynski, Balogh, Price, Vice President Bailey, and President Stephens
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Wilson and Monaco
Motion Carried
The Consent Agenda Items were as follows:
5.1 Approval of Minutes from the Levy Hearing held on December 13, 2021.
5.2 Approval of Minutes from the Regular Board Meeting held on December 13, 2021.
5.3 Approval of the Treasurer’s Report for December 31, 2021.
Education Fund 4,948,903.58
Transportation Fund 3,841.03
Building Fund 4,873,681.06
Municipal Ret. Fund (10,219.50)
Debt Service Fund 45,495.15
Capital Projects Fund 38,592,527.63
Working Cash Fund 581,103.12
Total All Funds 49,035,332.07
ADMINISTRATOR’S UPDATE
Principal Kovalcik welcomed those in attendance and wished all a happy and healthy 2022.
Mrs. Kovalcik spoke about the following events :
• Before winter break, we had a wonderful band concert to start our holiday season. Mr. Lindstrom and the Rosemont School Bands entertained us all with holiday music.
• Thank you to the Benefit Club for providing a wonderful let’s welcome winter break pizza lunch on December 21st.
• On January 5th, we had a Teacher Institute Day. The Rosemont Public Safety taught our new hires CPR. Joe Sanfilippo joined us for some motivational speaking, and Cynthia Church, from Consortium for Educational Change, helped us work on our school improvement plan.
ADMINISTRATOR’S UPDATE (cont.)
• Aimsweb winter testing has been completed, and we are moving on to MAP testing next week.
Superintendent Anderson stated that since school had to be closed, due to no power on Friday, January 7th, we will have to make up the day by coming to school on Monday, March 7th, Casimir Pulaski Day.
Secondly, Mr. Anderson informed those in attendance that Districts 62 and 64 have closed until January 18th due to staffing stortages.
CORRESPONDENCE/COMMITTEE REPORTS
Correspondence to the Board
There were a number of thank you notes from faculty and staff thanking the School Board for the holiday gift cards.
Special Education Report
At this time there was no Special Education Report.
Legislation Report
At this time there was no Legislation Report.
Voters’ League Assignment
President Stephens stated that he would do the Voters’ League Assignment with the usual back up.
Other Board Reports
There were no Other Board Reports at this time.
Board Calendar
There were no Board Calendar items at this time.
FINANCIAL REPORT
There was a motion made by Member Balogh, seconded by Member Muszynski, to approve the List of Disbursements for the month of December 2021 (reviewed by Vice President Bailey).
Education Fund 494,742.27
Transportation Fund 1,698.10
Building Fund 29,023.28
Municipal Ret. Fund 11,590.67
Debt Serv. Fund 0
Capital Projects Fund 965.00
Total 538,019.32
A roll call vote
AYES: Muszynski , Balogh, Price, Vice President Bailey, and President Stephens
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Wilson and Monaco
Motion Carried
NEW BUSINESS/DISCUSSSION ITEMS
There were no New Business/Discussion Items at this time.
OLD BUSINESS/ACTION ITEMS
There were no Old Business/Action Items at this time.
POLICY
Final Approval of Policy Items 11.1 through 11.61
There was a motion made by Member Muszynski, seconded by Member Balogh, to approve Policy Items 11.1 through 11.61.
A roll call vote
AYES: Muszynski, Balogh, Price, Vice President Bailey, and President Stephens
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Wilson and Monaco
Motion Carried
PERSONNEL
There were no Personnel Items at this time.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
President Stephens asked if there were any Questions from the Public. There were no questions at this time.
ADJOURNMENT
There was a motion made by Member Muszynski, seconded by Member Balogh, to adjourn this meeting at 5:38 p.m.
A roll call vote
AYES: Muszynski, Balogh, Price, Vice President Bailey, and President Stephens
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Wilson and Monaco
Motion Carried
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