1. Regular Meeting
2. Closed Meeting

VI. Approval of Treasurer's Report - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

VII. Approval of Payment of Bills/Payroll - The Superintendent asked that an installment payment of the emergency loan from ISBE be excluded and voted on later - that a payment had already been made in this fiscal year. He stated that he wanted approval to make the loan payment on July 15th. Motion made, seconded, and passed.

VIII. Informational

1. Summer Bridges Program - Program in operation servicing Pre-K through a 5th/6th Grade combination class. Program is to offer 90 hours of instruction with a goal of 85 students to participate.
2. Potential computer gift from Social Security Office in C'Dale - Representative called and said they were getting new computers...did Cairo want the old ones? The Superintendent stated that he answered in the affirmative...that the computers could be put to use in the alternative school.
3. Physical facilities:
   a. Grounds - New lawn service doing good job with weekly mow. Superintendent has asked that they go from mowing every 7 days to every 10 day and that they had agreed.
   b. Going to survey the track field to determine what needs to be done to make it usable.
   c. Going to get bid on baseball field - improve the field to include better drainage.
   d. Cottage - Putting it in livable state; almost completed.
   e. Putting together specs for new carpeting at Emerson. Needs to be done; was supposed to be done last year.
   f. Looking into replacing the high school scoreboard.
   
4. Junior High School Sports - Superintendent stated that he was in favor of reinstating boys' baseball and girls' softball.
5. Other:
   a. Black Diamond Conference - Superintendent stated that our time in the conference is limited...they are not happy with us. In fact, they want us to resign...but superintendent is not inclined to do that...feels that we have worked hard to satisfy their needs, but things cannot be done overnight. The Superintendent stated that leaving the conference would not be immediate, but that it would happen.
   b. Re-advertising for a boys' high school basketball coach/teacher. Sorry to see Sam Weaver leave, but his new job is a promotion at probably twice the salary. Do not feel that it is in our interests to stand in the way of someone bettering themselves.
   c. A survey of faculty, students, and community members has been completed as part of our school restructuring effort. A report has been printed and is available for review; has already been shared with the school support team.
   d. District has filed a report card for each of the attendance centers.
   e. The school reform grant is down to a total of $45,000, instead of the $45,000 per attendance center of last year. We will continue to use many of the services of Alliance For Achievement (AFA).
   f. We will also be involved with a mentoring program in conjunction with the Illinois Education Association.

   Checks Deposited - District Account

   $190,631.10 - State Aide 2nd Payment
   19,405.62 - Federal Lunch
   10,701.37 - Federal Breakfast
   10,000.00 - Title I Comp. School RE.
   8,228.00 - Title I Comp. School RE.
   2,716.09 - TAMES
   152.83 - Alexander County Mobile Home Tax
   50.00 - Rent - Laidlaw

IX. Requiring Action/Decisions By Board of Education:

1. Conduct Public Hearing for the 2005-2006 amended budget - The BOE voted to enter a "Public Hearing" for the 2005-2006 amended budget at 6:20 p.m. Superintendent Whitledge addressed some general items in the budget, explaining that the intent during the year was to spend down some of the fund balances in the various categories while putting state aid monies only in the Educational Fund...yet maintain positive fund balances in all funds. He indicated that the District had been successful in doing so. Superintendent Whitledge indicated to the BOE that the District was operating under a balanced budget and had finished the year approximately "$50,000 positive". The "Public Hearing" was adjourned at 6:28 p.m. and the regular meeting continued.
2. Adopt the Amended Budget for the 2005-2006 School year - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
3. Authorize the Superintendent to engage the services of J.T. Blankenship to survey High School Track - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
4. Place "wellness" policy on first reading.
5. Adopt resolution to pay prevailing wage rates as advertised by the ROE - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
6. Personnel employment, resignation, release, discipline, or compensation - Skipped until after closed session...
   

X. Closed Session - BOE voted enter closed session at 6:31 p.m. BOE voted to exit closed session at 7:53 p.m.

Superintendent Whitledge made the following recommendations:

1. Contract w/ROE for curriculum specialist services - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
2. Employ Dan Anderson as Federal and State Programs Administrator for 100 days - In the surprise of the night, the vote to hire Dan Anderson was split...3 YES, 3 NO, and 1 ABSTAIN. So...is he hired? We await legal review...
3. Contract with JAMP for District management services - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
4. Employ Rose Mary Kloss for a maximum of 60 days per year for Technical Services - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
5. Adopt revised language in Superintendent's Contract for 2006-2007 school year - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
6. Employ non-certified personnel as per attached list - Motion made, seconded, and passed. (Did not receive a copy of the "attached list", but I'm speculating that this is the annual "rehire" of ALL noncertified personnel who did not resign, retire, and were not RIFed.)
7. Employ Summer Bridges personnel as per attached list - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
8. Accept the retirement of Julie Newell - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
9. Accept the resignation of Sam Weaver - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
10. Employ Tommy Ellis and Nita Wilson-Posey for the Title IV Drug Free/Violence Prevention Program - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
11. Make the ISBE Loan Payment (excluded earlier) of $106,627 on July 15th - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
12. Authorize the establishment of Junior High Girls' Softball and Junior High Boys' Baseball in Fall 2006 - Motion made, seconded, and passed.
13. Schedule a Special Meeting for June 26, 2006 at 6 p.m. - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

XI. Old Business

XII. School Board Assn.

XIII. Adjourn - The BOE voted to adjourn at 8:03 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, PERFORMANCE OR DISMISSAL OF INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES WHICH MAY BE OF A TEMPORARY CONFIDENTIAL NATURE, STUDENT DISCIPLINE, PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, DISCUSSION OF LITIGATION PROBABLE, IMMINENT, FILED OR PENDING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OR RELATED ISSUES.