The Carmi-White County Unit 5 Board met Monday night for their June meeting.
The fiscal year 2018 budget was approved, with a balance of $1.7 million in receipts versus expenditures. The budget allows them to maintain the programs that are expected while providing dollars for facility upgrades to maintain the positive teaching and learning environment that our teachers and students deserve.
David Agee was announced as the 2018-19 school resource officer by Police Chief Jason Carter. Agee graduated from NCOE high school, went to Rend Lake College and SIU-Carbondale. He spent six years in the Army National Guard, spending 11 months in Iraq and six months in Germany. He has been a police officer since 2012 and is currently undergoing training and should be ready by the start of the next school year. Carter said Agee is very qualified and will be a good fit. Agee will appear at a future school Board meeting to speak with Board members.
The Board approved raising breakfast and lunch prices for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years in order to keep cafeteria losses as small as they can. Breakfast prices for k-12 will go up 50 cents and 40 cents for adults over the next two years. Lunch prices will rise 40 cents for k-8 students and 50 cents for grade 9-12 students and adults.
Also approved was a coach/sponsor handbook that defines policies and procedures in regard to student activities and coach/sponsor expectations.
In the Superintendent’s report, Brad Lee said the roof work at the junior/senior high school has been completed. Roof work at Jefferson school is scheduled to begin as the weather allows. Sanding, refinishing and restriping of the gym floors at the junior/senior high school is to begin this week, and light pole replacements at the athletic complex will be completed by august 1st.
Lee will work on a preliminary budget for July and they will hopefully receive funding amounts by then. If not, he will base the revenue off of this year’s figures.
The District has received a $283,000 grant to fund their preschool for all programs. The funds will be used for improvements on the playground as well as additional field trip opportunities for the students.
They conducted a technology curriculum study in January. In April they decided to use learning.com., which is a web-based program that provides vertical articulation and individual pacing for K-8 students. Grades 7-12 will supplement with an additional free online curriculum, code.org. Total cost of the program is $10,600 and they are extremely grateful for a donation of $5,000 from first bank to help cover some of the costs.
In other business, the prevailing wage act was approved.
Eleven Board policies were approved without changes.
Board Scholars for the second semester 2017-18 were announced. There were 13 freshmen, 11 sophomores, nine juniors and 14 seniors.
Low bids for cafeteria food, cafeteria fire suppression, milk, trash hauling, copy paper and fuel were approved.
The board accepted the resignations of Kate Simmons as junior high school girls’ track coach and Kevin Wolff as high school assistant boys’ track coach for the 2018-19 school year effective immediately and Donnita Smock as a cook at the Brownsville School, effective at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
And approved were $2,000 in donations to the Brownsville School Special Olympics and $8,000 to the District 2018-19 after school program.
The Board went into closed session at 7:33 pm.
In the closed session, the Board hired Amy Staley Burgener as a special education teacher at Brownsville school, Karen Stull as a part-time dishwasher at Jefferson, Angela Cole as a 5th Grade teacher at Washington, Heather Stubblefield as a secretary at Washington, Kelsey Rogers as a special education individual aide at Washington, and Eric Dixon as the 8th Grade boys basketball coach. Dee Stone was reassigned as a health aide and volunteer coaches Chris Lucas for volleyball, Matt Sneed for football, Patricia Trout for girls tennis, and Hillary Gee for girls golf were approved.
