OBLONG COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL
DISTRICT #4
The
regular meeting of the Board of Education of Oblong Community Unit School
District #4 was held on April 20, 2009 in the Elementary Library. The meeting was called to order at 8:00
p.m. by President Poehler with the following physically present: Meese, Harris, Pinkston, Bailey,
Sparks, and Poehler.
Recognition
& Comments – Eighteen OES students were recognized through the
Character Counts Program for their outstanding character dealing with fairness.
Motion
by Harris and seconded by Sparks to adopt consent agenda items as
presented. Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston –
yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion
carried. Consent Agenda items: To
approve regular and closed session minutes of February 26, March 12, and March
16, 2009; financial report of March, 2009; payment of April 2009 board bills;
approve making applications for Title I, II, IV, V, Block Grant, Reading
Improvement, Pre-K Grant, and Birth-3 Grant.
Motion by
Bailey and seconded by Pinkston to approve departmental budgets for the
2009-2010 school year as presented.
Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris –
yea, Pinkston – yea,
Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea,
Poehler – yea. Motion
carried.
Motion by
Meese and seconded by Sparks to approve summer tutoring program as
presented. Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston - yea,
Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea.
Motion carried.
Motion
by Harris and seconded by Bailey to approve renewal of the Student Accident
Insurance with Crawford County Insurance for the 2009-2010 school year. Roll call vote: Meese – yea,
Harris – yea, Pinkston - yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea,
Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Pinkston and seconded by Harris to approve camp requests as
presented: High School Volleyball Team Camp; Jr. High Volleyball to host camp
June 8-11; Jr. High Cheerleaders to attend cheer camp at Eastern Illinois
University in Charleston, IL on June 18-21; High School Boys Basketball Team to
attend camp; Junior Football League camp July 30-31; High School Football camps
June 2-3 and July 27-29; and Band camp at OHS from August 3-7. Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston –
yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Meese and seconded by Bailey to approve the Senior Class trip to Cedar
Point, Sandusky, OH on May 29.
Roll call vote: Meese
– yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea,
Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea.
Motion carried.
Motion by Harris and seconded by Poehler to approve class and club trip requests as presented: Physics class to Physics Day at Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, KY on May 21; FCCLA and FBLA to Holiday World on June 4; Cultural Arts to Champaign, IL on April 24; and 8th Grade Class to Holiday World in Santa Claus, IN on May 20. Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Harris and
seconded by Bailey to go into closed session at 8:34 PM to consider information
regarding appointment, employment, or dismissal of an employee and student
discipline. Roll call vote: Meese – yea,
Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Harris and seconded by Meese to return to open session at 9:02 PM. Roll call vote: Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion by Bailey and
seconded by Poehler to approve closed session minutes of 3/26/09 and 4/20/09. Roll call vote:
Meese – yea, Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey
– yea, Sparks – yea, Poehler – yea. Motion carried.
Motion
by Meese and seconded by Sparks to approve Troy Jacobs as volunteer assistant High
School Football Coach. Roll
call vote: Meese – yea,
Harris – yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks –
yea, Poehler – yea. Motion
carried.
Motion by Harris and
seconded by Meese to adjourn at 9:05 PM. Roll call
vote: Meese – yea, Harris
– yea, Pinkston – yea, Bailey – yea, Sparks – yea,
Poehler – yea. Motion
carried.
APPROVED: _________________________
___________________________
President
Secretary