BOARD OF EDUCATION
COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS
Agenda for the Regular Meeting of January 21, 2015
Administration Building – 410 West Polk Avenue – 6:30 p.m.
Mission: Based upon the belief that all students can learn and with the understanding that students’
capabilities may vary, it is the mission of the Charleston Community Unit School District No. 1 to
provide learning environments that allow students the opportunities to maximize their learning
capabilities.
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
II. Focus on Students and Good News Reports
Recognition
III. Public, Staff Comments or Questions, Written Communications
Consent Agenda Items are routine, non-controversial matters and will be considered together and
enacted by one motion and one roll call vote. Any board member desiring to remove an item for
separate consideration should request to do so before approval of this consent agenda.
IV. Consent Agenda: Recommended Action Standard Items
A. Approval of the Minutes –
Regular Meeting – December 17, 2014
B. Financial Reports
1. Approval of the Bills & Payrolls, Community Unit District No.1
2. Approval of Activity Fund Accounts
V.
VI.
Consent Agenda: Recommended Action Old Business
Consent Agenda: Recommended Action New Business
A. Request/Gifted Sick Leave Days
B. Closed Session Minutes
C. Destruction of Closed Session Verbatim Audio Records
D. Revised Health Life Safety Amendments
Mark Twain Elementary School – Remove & Replace Booster Pumps for 3 Roof Top Units
Ashmore Elementary School – Remove & Replace Roof Mounted Heat Pump
VII. Consent Agenda: Appointment/Employment
Retirement:
LBS1 Teacher – Charleston High School, end 2019-20 school year
Resignations:
CHS Freshmen Boys’ Basketball Coach, effective immediately
Leaves of Absence:
Classroom Teacher – Carl Sandburg Elementary School
Transfers:
School Psychologist – Full-Time to Half-Time Status, Charleston Middle School
Title 1 Paraprofessional – Jefferson Elementary School
Employments:
Paraprofessional – Jefferson Elementary School
Extra Curricular Assignments
CHS Freshmen Boys’ Basketball Coach
CHS Flag Corps Coach
Employment/CUSD #1 Substitutes & Volunteers, 12/8/14 – 1/12/15
VIII. Superintendent’s Report
A. Update/CHS Girls 2014 Holiday Tournament and Future Tournament Planning
B. Fiscal Resources
C. Statement of Economic Interest Filings
IX. Recommended Old Business
X. Recommended Action New Business
A. Contractual Agreement/School Psychologist, for Remainder 2014-2015 School Year
B. EIASE Services for the 2015-2016 School Year
C. Establish Special Board Meeting/Interview Final Candidates for the Positions of CHS
Assistant Principal
D. New/Revised School Board Policies, Administrative Procedures & Exhibits on 1st Reading
XI. Closed Session:
Consider information regarding 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)
Evaluation/Superintendent of Schools
Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives,
or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.
5 ILCS 120/2/(c)(2)
XII. Additional Information
Building Newsletters
Enrollment Summary
XIII. Adjourn
CUSD #1 District Goals
1. Academic Achievement
The district will incorporate an aligned system for teacher selection, induction, development, and evaluation that is aimed at
providing research-based, effective instructional practices so that each student annually meets or exceeds learning standards.
2. Community Relations and Collaborations
Charleston CUSD #1 will collaborate with EIU, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Chamber of Commerce and City of
Charleston to strategically recruit professionals and families into the Charleston School District. CUSD #1 will also develop the
utilization of social media to provide district fact based information.
3. District Facilities
The district will develop a long-term facilities and capital improvement plan that ensures the safety of our school community and
supports the learning needs of our students.
4. District Finances
The district will commit to serving as responsible stewards of its fiscal resources and seek revenue sources that fulfill the
district’s needs.
5. Technology
Enabled by technology, communications, digital resources, and training, the CUSD #1 staff will prepare all to become productive
and digitally literate citizens through a variety of learning experiences. CUSD #1 students will utilize current and emerging
technologies which foster an optimal learning environment.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS
Attachment for Agenda- Regular Meeting of January 21, 2015
X. D Recommended New Business
Newly Established School Board Policies, Administrative Procedures/Exhibits
4:110-E
Operational Services – Contractor Services Agreement
7:140-E
Students – Letter to Parents/Guardians Regarding the Right to Privacy in the School
Setting Act
7:185
Students – Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
7:185-E
Student – Memo to Parents/Guardians Regarding Teen Dating Violence
Revised School Board Policies/Administrative Procedures/Exhibits
2:30
School Board – School District Elections
2:100
School Board – Board Member Conflict of Interest
2:110
School Board – Qualifications, Term, and Duties of Board Officers
4:30
Operational Services – Revenue and Investments
5:10
General Personnel – Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
5:30
General Personnel – Hiring Process and Criteria
5:30-AP2
General Personnel – Investigations
5:35
General Personnel – Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
5:35-AP1
General Personnel – Fair Labor Standards Act Exemptions
5:35-AP2
General Personnel – Employee Records Required by the Fair Labor Standards Act
5:35-AP3
General Personnel – Compensable Work Time for Non-Exempt Employees Under the
FLSA
5:35-AP4
General Personnel – Fair Labor Standards Act 12-Step Compliance Checklist
5:35-E
General Personnel – Volunteer Agreement Executed by a Non-Exempt Employee
5:190
Professional Personnel – Teacher Qualifications
5:190-E3
Professional Personnel – Letter to Teacher Who is Not Highly Qualified
5:200
Professional Personnel – Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
5:240
Professional Personnel – Suspension
6:20
Instruction – School Year Calendar and Day
6:60
Instruction – Curriculum Content
6:60-E
Instruction – Notice to Parents/Guardians of Students Enrolled in Family Life and Sex
Education Classes
6:65
Instruction – Student Social and Emotional Development
6:160
Instruction – English Language Learners
6:250
Instruction – Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
6:250-E
Instruction – Resource Person and Volunteer Information form and Waiver of Liability
6:310
Instruction – Credit for Alternative Courses and Programs, and Course Substitutions
7:70
Students – Attendance and Truancy
7:140
Students – Search and Seizure
7:180
Students – Preventing Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
7:190-AP1
Students – Student Handbook – Hazing Prohibited
7:280-AP
Students – Managing Students with Communicable or Infectious Diseases
8:30
Community Relations – Visitors to and conduct on School Property
8:80-AP1
Community Relations – Gifts to the District
8:95
Community Relations – Parental Involvement