Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 Board of Education met Aug. 5.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
1. - Operational Excellence
1.02 - Bus Safety Update and Discussion
The Operational Excellence Committee continued the discussion on bus stop arm violations. The meeting provided an opportunity for the community to ask questions or discuss any concerns related to stop arm violations.
District 115 remains very concerned regarding the continued number of stop arm violations that are occurring in the community. The district would like to see a reduction in the number of motorists who illegally pass stopped school buses when stop arms are extended. The solution to this problem will require the continued involvement and cooperation of many stakeholders to ensure that the law is obeyed, violations are reported, and the law is enforced.
District 115 Administrators and Board of Education members that were in attendance, as well as key members of the Yorkville community which included: Eric Weiss, Kendall County States Attorney; Yorkville Police Department; Chris Funkhouser, Alderman; Andy Reasor, General Manager of Septran; local media, and community members.
Septran outlined the steps involved when a stop arm violations occurs. One violation can take up to 2-3 hours to pull all of the information that is needed to forward to the State's Attorney's office. If Septran notices a particular stop having repeated offenses, they will send a safety person out to the stop with a video camera. If the district purchased more cameras with the current software, Septran would not have the resources to keep up with the violations due to the software is outdated and time consuming.
Eric Weiss, State's Attorney also outlined the procedures taken when a stop arm camera violation is received. The State's Attorney's office sends a letter to the vehicle owner to identify who was driving at the time of the offense. If the letter is not returned, it will result in a license suspension. It is very helpful if the pictures include a license plate number and a picture of the driver.
The Board and the key members discussed the option of purchasing more cameras and effective ways to communicate the awareness for school buses arm safety in school parking lots and in the community.
1.03 - 1115 Facility Operations Personnel Planning 2019-2020
Dr. Shimp provided the Board of Education Committee an update and recommendation for the oversite of the Facility Operations Department for the 2019-2020 school year. With the resignation of the Director of Facility Operations, District 115 has recently hired a part-time consultant to support the maintenance/custodial projects and operations. Dr. Shimp recommendation was to move Heather DiVerde up into role to work with the part-time consultant for the remainder of the year and to fill the positions of a maintenance and custodial supervisor and then post the position of Director of Facility Operations for the following school year.
1.04 - D115 Safe School Security Officers - Informational/Update
Dr. Shimp continued the discussion with the Board of Education related to the implementation of Safe School Security Supervisors/Officers in District 115. This update provided the Board of Education a final draft job description, an update on conversations with the Kendall County States Attorney Office, and the potential financial impact of adding security personnel for the 2019-2020 school year.
Dr. Shimp would like to hire 1-2 supervisors to facilitate a plan and develop the security structure. Dr. Shimp plans to review the job description with the new Chief of Police and work with Mindy Bradford to discuss the budget for these new positions and to bring a recommendation to the August Board of Education Meeting.
1.05 - FY20 Budget Update
Mrs. Bradford provided an update on the changes made to the FY20 Budget since the Tentative Budget was approved on June 24th, 2019 and also highlight areas that still need to be finalized prior to the adoption of our Final FY20 Budget on September 23rd, 2019,
As of August 5, 2019, the district is projecting an Operating Surplus of $380,726 and a Total Deficit of ($90,714).
Key Changes to be Finalized Prior to FY20 Budget Adoption: Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) Allocations; State Categorical Payment Schedule; Federal Grant Funding; and Special Education Cost Reimbursements; Salary & Benefit Impact of FY20 FTE Changes; Special Education Tuition Costs; Strategic Initiative Funding; and Capital Expenditures.
1.06 - Committee Information and Updates
Mrs. Bradford provided a residency update. At the July 29th Board meeting there were 256 families that have not provided residency, as of today there are 107 families that were cleared and 149 families that still have need to prove residency.
2.- Community of Learners
2.02 - Personnel Recommendations - YHS Computer Science
As noted at the July 29, 2019 Board of Education meeting, we have not been able to find a qualified Computer Science teacher. Because of this, we are recommending the following personnel changes:
1. Add a.2 FTE to Kim O'Connell teaching assignment (just hired at a 0.6 FTE) to support the AP Computer Science Principles course. This AP course is designed to be delivered by a non-Computer Science teacher and will follow the recommended curriculum developed by College Board/code.org.
2. Add a.2 FTE to Brianna Stallter (currently.8 paraprofessional/0.2 FTE Social Studies) in order to open one section of Sociology (1st) and one section of Psychology (2nd) to provide elective options for 10th – 12th students. This.2 FTE was originally allocated to support Computer Programming 2 for second semester.
3. Yorkville High School will continue to explore candidates to support the two sections of Computer Programming 1, which will be moved to second semester as well as continue to explore a dual credit option CIS 113 with Waubonsee Community College for second semester.
2.03 - Personnel Recommendations - Kindergarten Enrollment
Bristol Bay Elementary School has seen increased enrollment in their kindergarten sections pushing class size to 25+, District administration recommended an additional section to support the number of students enrolled.
2.04 - Personnel Recommendations - ACES LBS1 Teacher
Autumn Creek Elementary School is unable to fulfill all of the IEP minutes with the current LBS1 staffing. District administration is requesting an additional 0.5 FTE LBS1 teacher to provide the required minutes.
The district had 3 new students register that required a one-on-one paraprofessional. The district was able to transfer one paraprofessional but will need to hire one at GRES and one at YHS to meet the needs of the students.
2.05 - Committee Information and Updates
Dr. Baughman noted that the administration just concluded the interview process for the replacement of the TOSA position for Meghan Kerr. Dr. Baughman requested approval to post for the internal position for the employee that will be taking the TOSA position.
3. - Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m.
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