Mt. Pulaski School Board renews
agreement with Lincolnland Technical Education Center
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[February 22, 2024]
The Mt. Pulaski CUSD 23 Board of Education
called their regular meeting to order on February 21, 2024, at 6 PM
in the MPGS Learning Center, all school board members were in
attendance except for Doug Martin.
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The
first item on the agenda was to enter Executive Session to discuss
evaluation of staff, employment and the purchase of property. The
Board returned to open session at 7 PM.
No attendees requested Public Recognition.
The first action item was the approval of the Consent Agenda. In
addition to the minutes from the regular January meeting, the
Consent Agenda included the minutes from special Board meetings on
February 1st and 7th. Superintendent Lamkey reported that there were
no questions to the district office concerning bills and that the
sales tax revenues totaled $32,415. The Board approved the Consent
Agenda 6-0.
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Under Reports, Mr. Lamkey first discussed the
progress on the MPHS Multipurpose Floor. All of the wood floor and
debris has been removed and it is now functional for the play
practice and baseball practice. The flooring project will resume in
April and should be done prior to the end of school. Next, Mr.
Lamkey explained that the IEPA extended the timeline to complete the
fill project at Veterans Park. Mr. Lamkey is in contact with two
local excavating companies and both will be able to complete the
task in March, weather permitting. ROE 17 Superintendent of schools,
Mark Jontry, announced that there has been some positive movement on
fulfilling the construction grants promised to our district in 2006.
If this comes to fruition, the district would receive over $800,000
in grant money for the construction of the 2006 MPHS addition. Mr.
Lamkey also took questions from the Board concerning potential
student dropoff changes at the Grade School. There has been some
concern that the current plan is cumbersome and could be more safely
constructed. In the last item, Mr.Lamkey reviewed a press release
prepared by ZeroEye that informs the public of our new surveillance
tools. After a few questions, the Board gave approval for the letter
to be released.
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In New Business, the Board
approved renewing the intergovernmental agreement with the
Lincolnland Regional Delivery System which operates LTEC, our
district's technical school program. We currently have six
students attending these offered programs. The measure was
approved 6-0. Next, the
Board discussed parent and coach communications. There have been
incidents in the last two years where parents have incorrectly
addressed members of the district coaching staff during game
responsibilities. The Athletic Handbook clearly states that parents
are not to contact the coach during the game, but rather wait 24
hours to speak or schedule a conference. The reason for this
handbook rule is to avoid distracting a coach while they are
responsible for supervision of students and also to allow emotions
to calm down so good discussion can take place. The Athletic
Handbook is set to be reviewed this spring, allowing Mr. Kavelman
the opportunity to review and recommend changes for next year.
The Personnel Report was approved 6-0 containing 4 hires and 1
resignation
● Hires
○ Jamie Anderson as MPGS Track Coach
○ Mindy Switzer as MPGS Track Coach
○ Isaiah Moore as MPHS Night Custodian
● Resignations
○ Ryan Deibert as MPHS Golf Coach
The meeting adjourned at 7:39 PM. The next regular meeting will be
held at 6:00 PM on March 18, 2024.
[Sarah Farris]
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