Board Minutes
by Linda Berry
August 22, 2006
The Princeton High School Board of Education, District #500, met in Regular Session on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in the Learning Resource Center. Board Members Present: Gary Coates, Jane Fredenhagen, Steve Gunning, Bob Jesse and John Young. Board Members Absent none.
President, Steve Gunning, called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. He welcomed guests and the media. There was no public comment.
Consent Agenda
The consent agenda included Minutes of the July 19, 2006
Regular Meeting, Monthly Bills and Treasurer’s Report. Jane
Fredenhagen made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda items as
presented. Motion was seconded by John Young. There was no
discussion. The motion passed on a roll call vote as follows: John
Young-yes, Bob Jesse-yes, Gary Coates-yes, Jane Fredenhagen-yes and
Steve Gunning-yes.
Education and Administration
Principal’s Report: Barbara Schmidt summarized the student
orientation schedule. She described plans for the new teacher
orientation and mentoring program. Teacher’s institute is scheduled
for August 25, 2006 and the first day of student attendance is
August 28.
Activity Director’s Report: Dave Smith reported preliminary numbers
are up in all fall sports. Rosters are being developed.
Personnel: The motion to approve resignations from Sharry
Taylor as Technology Assistant and Linda Tocarchick as Cafeteria
Server; employment for Tim Morris as Custodian, Steven
Morton-Technology Assistant, Beth Peacock-Girls’ Tennis; and
appoint the following volunteers: J.P. Aley- Girls Tennis, Dave
Armstrong-Boys Golf, Kurt Garvin- Boys Soccer, Nick Vujanov-
Football and Jason Burkiewicz- Football was made by John Young an
seconded by Jane Fredenhagen. The motion carried on a voice
vote.
Wellness Policy: The proposed Wellness Policy was reviewed.
Questions were addressed regarding the daily physical activity
component of the policy. PHS has the state waiver for daily
Physical Education. It was decided the policy would be changed to
state PHS offers the equivalent of daily physical education. It was
recommended the Wellness Committee meet annually to review and
customize the policy to meet the needs of PHS. Jane Fredenhagen
made the motion, seconded by Gary Coates, and carried on a voice
vote to approve the Wellness Policy as presented.
Finance
Tentative FY2007 Budget: Mr. Haring explained the Executive
Summary of the FY2006 Budget. It was noted actual balances were
better than anticipated. He described the tentative FY2007 Budget
and compared the line items to the FY2006 Budget. It was noted the
FY2006 Audit is being completed. The motion to approve the
tentative FY2007 Budget as presented and place it on display for
public inspection was made by Jane Fredenhagen and seconded by Bob
Jesse.
Roll call vote: John Young-yes, Gary Coates-yes, Bob Jesse-yes, Jane Fredenhagen-yes and Steve Gunning-yes; motion passed.
Bob Jesse made the motion, seconded by Gary Coates, and carried on a voice vote to place the FY2007 Budget on display and set the Budget Hearing for September 20, 2006 at 5:15 P.M.
Other Business
Dixie Schroeder, Yearbook Advisor, made a presentation to the
Board describing the IHSA Journalism Competition. She explained the
15 categories of newspaper and yearbook competition. She would like
to build interest in the program by developing the yearbook staff
to compete in six categories of two events. She has requested Board
approval with a cost of $75 per school fee and $5 per event
registration. The Board will take action at the September
meeting.
Mr. Haring commented on the new PHS web-site. Eight staff members recently completed training on the SOCS web-site program. The web-site is being tested and will be available soon. It will be a very useful communication tool.
Executive Session
There was no Executive Session.
Adjourn
John Young made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:05 P.M. The
motion was, seconded by Gary Coates, and carried on a voice
vote.
