Princeton High School Board of Education, District #500 Met May 26.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
Princeton High School Board of Education, District #500, held a Regular Meeting in the Learning Resource Center. Board Members present: Gary Hanna, Terry Smallwood, Al Taylor, and John Young. Board Members Absent: Colleen Sailer. Also in attendance were Kirk Haring, Superintendent; Andrew Berlinski, Principal; and Jeff Ohlson, Assistant Principal and Activities Director.
Gary Hanna, Vice President, called the Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. There were no guests in attendance. The meeting began with the pledge of allegiance. There was no Public Comment.
Consent Agenda
The Consent Agenda contained Minutes from the April 28, 2021 Reorganization and Regular Monthly Meetings, Monthly Bills, and Treasurer’s Reports. John Young moved to approve the Consent Agenda items as presented, seconded by Al Taylor. The motion carried on a roll call vote: Terry Smallwood-yes, Al Taylor, John Young-yes, and Gary Hanna-yes.
Education and Administration
Assistant Principal’s Report – Mr. Ohlson stated there were eleven nominations for May students-of-the-month, and announced the following recipients: Sadie Thornton, Mariah Hobson, Brent Farrell, Kim Janney, Melany Arellano-Garcia and Ben Sousa.
Mr. Ohlson’s report was reviewed. The attendance rate for April 20th through May 19th was 90%; and 81% in 2020. There were 5 disciplinary write-ups during the same period, compared to no total write-ups a year ago.
Activities Director Report - Mr. Ohlson’s report summarized spring activities for baseball, softball, boys tennis, girls soccer, boys track ad TRAC Art Festival.
Principal’s Report –Mr. Berlinski expressed sincere appreciation to everyone involved in facilitating the in-person Graduation on May 22nd at Bryant Field. Many positive comments were received on the virtual Awards Program on May 17th, and thanked Elena Hilmes and Steve Morton for their efforts. The year-end Teacher Institute on May 28 will include staff/department meetings, CPR training and end of year finalizations.
Personnel – Terry Smallwood made the motion, seconded by John Young, to approve the following appointments and resignations as presented:
Appointments:
Jenna Grimmer Volunteer Volleyball Coach
Kaitlin Peterson Assistant Volleyball Coach
Lindsay Philhower Special Education Teacher
Resignations:
Abbi Bosnich Assistant Girls Basketball Coach
Aaron Christianson Assistant Wrestling Coach
Tiffany Gonigam Head Girls Basketball Coach
Alyssa Rose Special Education Teacher
Jesse Snyder Special Education Teacher
Roll call: Al Taylor-yes, John Young-yes, Terry Smallwood-yes, and Gary Hanna-yes. Motion passed.
Student Handbook 2021-2022 – The motion to approve the 2021-22 PHS Student Handbook as presented was made by Al Taylor, with a second from John Young. On a roll call vote, the motion was unanimously approved.
Transcript Change for Life Skills Program – John Young moved to approve the transcript change for the Life Skills program. After a second by Al Taylor, the motion passed on a roll call: Terry Smallwood-yes, Al Taylor-yes, John Young-yes, and Gary Hanna-yes.
Finance
Approval of Truck Purchase – The motion to approve the purchase agreement for a 2022 Ford F250 truck from Prescott Brothers for $27,556 was made by Al Taylor, and seconded by Terry Smallwood. Roll call: John Young-yes, Terry Smallwood-yes, Al Taylor-yes, and Gary Hanna yes; motion approved. It was noted this was the lowest bid after trade-in.
Executive Session
Al Taylor motioned to adjourn to Executive Session at 6:12 p.m. (for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A.93-0057). John Young seconded the motion, which was approved with a unanimous roll call.
The motion to return to Regular Session at 6:35 p.m. was made by John Young, with a second from Terry Smallwood. Roll call: Al Taylor-yes, Terry Smallwood-yes, John Young-yes, and Gary Hanna-yes; motion passed.
Other Business
No other business was discussed.
Adjourn
The motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:37 p.m. was made by Al Taylor, seconded by John Young, and passed on a unanimous roll call.
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