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Executive (KACC) Board Meeting

Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8:30 a.m.

KACC Conference Room

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Members Present

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Bradley:        &= nbsp; Michael Hogan, Chairman    &nbs= p;             = Beecher:        &= nbsp; Tami Roskamp

Central:        &= nbsp;  Tonya Evans&nb= sp;          &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;  Grant Park:      = John Palan, Vice-Chair

Herscher:         = Richard Decman      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Manteno:         = Dawn Russert, Secretary

Momence:       Phil = Smith        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;         Peotone:        &= nbsp; Dee Oliver

St. Anne:         = Rick Levek      &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;          Reg. Office:    Kay Pangle=

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Members Not Present

Kankakee:       Colle= en Legge

Minutes

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The regular meeting of the Kankakee Area Career Center Executive Committee, Kankakee County, State of Illinois was called to order on Decemb= er 15, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.

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PUBLIC COMMENT

On behalf of KARVES and = KACC, Mr. Fay expressed his appreciation to Dr. Kay P= angle for all her efforts these past twenty-three years serving the I-KAN Regional Office of Education.  Dr. Pang= le commented she has found this to be a difficult subject on which to speak.  “Over the past 23 years,R= 21; stated Dr. Pangle, “I have worked with a variety of people and administrators. This has given me great pride and joy and has been a fun ride.  I will miss the people.”  She further jo= ked she is not moving to Florida<= /st1:place>, nor dying.  Mr. Fay presented = Dr. Pangle with a Certificate of Appreciation and a few gifts to utilize as she begins her retirement.

CONSENT AGENDA

1= -3.      =       A motion was made by Dr. Smith, seconded by Dr. Dec= man at 8:36 a.m. to approve the consent agenda, minutes of the regular November me= eting, accounts payable and financial reports.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-ca= ll vote.  

DIRECTOR’S REPORT<= /p>

  1. Director’s Report:  Mr. Fay reviewed= the contents of his report highlighting the following:
    1. Workforce Development and Economic Alliance Committees:  Mr. Fay spoke about meeting = he has attended this past month with both of these groups.  He spoke to the fact that wh= ile our county has recently experienced good job growth (2nd in the State); we continue to have the 2nd highest unemployment r= ate in the State.  Mr. Fay mentioned the fact the job growth seems to be in low-skill, low wage jobs. On the bright side, the corporation which was purported to be closing has altered their plans and will be expanding their operations.  Dr. Avendan= o, Mike Van Mill and Mr. Fay have discussed opening KACC for some after hours training to assist people in refining their competencies in tec= hnological skills, in addition to reaching out to under-skilled workers around t= he age of 20 to offer some sort of training to improve their skills.  This will most likely fall m= ore within the realm of KCC, but Mr. Fay will continue to keep up to date= on potential plans.
    2. Life Safety:  Mr. Fay informe= d the board the Life Safety inspection completed last month with Dr. Pangle went well.  There were a couple of areas noted, on which Mr. Fay will follow up. 
    3. Ten-Year Life Safety and Triennial Life Safety Reports:  Mr. Fay contact JH2B Archite= cts to initiate this process.  = Both are due to be completed this year.&n= bsp;  
    4. RIF Meetings:  Mr. Fay reported the recent meetings with instructors seemed t= o go well.  Mr. Hogan questio= ned if any request for specific changes were made.  Mr. Fay stated there were not.  Mrs. Goodale state= d the meeting was short and it seems to be the consensus to leave things the way they are and see how things go.
    5. Curriculum Directors:  Mr. Fay repo= rted on a recent area-wide Curriculum Directors’ meeting hosted here= at the Career Center.  The 10 or 11 high school representatives who attended talked about some issues including the integration of academics.  There was some interesting discussion about utilizing math, sp= eech and science instructors from the districts.  Bourbonnais Elementary sugge= sted the junior high students may benefit from seeing how the higher level math and science skills are utilized, for example real world applicat= ion of geometry and algebra in Construction Technology.
    6. Improvement Noted:  Mr. Fay spoke of continuing meetings with personnel and union representative to contin= ue working on instructional and safety issues.  Mr. Fay stated improvement is being noted, goals have been set and they will continue to move forwa= rd, hopefully in a continuing positive light.
    7. Sub Committees:  Mr. Fay pre= sented his idea to utilize the Executive Officers of this committee as a sub-committee, meeting once per month, or every other month, dependin= g on events.  Mr. Fay believe= s this will provide him with a good sounding board and the ability to discuss ideas and activities in more depth prior to full board meetings.  Mr. Hogan, Dr. Palan and Ms. Russert have all agreed to serve on the committee.

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:=

  1. Tuition Comparison Report:  Mr. F= ay presented a thorough report demonstrating the makeup of the per student cost to member schools to attend the Career Center<= /st1:PlaceType>, with a historical look back to the year 2004. Discussion ensued regard= ing the information and a look forward as to the impact of the bond being = paid off in another year.  Mr.= Fay highlighted and re-explained the impact of student enrollment reductio= n on the overall cost per student to the member school.  Following lengthy discussion,= a motion was made by Ms. Russert, seconded by Dr. Smith at 9:09 a.m. to establish out of district tuition for FY 2012-13 and FY 2013-14 to $2,= 100 per student.  Motion carr= ied by unanimous roll-call vote.  Mr. Hogan charged Mr. Fay with disseminating the board’s decision to= the out of district schools. 
  2. Proposed policies by PRESS –Second Reading.  A motion was made by Dr. Decm= an, seconded by Ms. Evans at 9:10 a.m. to approve the policies presented by PRESS. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

  1. Principal’s Report:  Ms. Goodale wish= ed everyone a wonderful holiday and then reported on the following:
    1. Parent-Teacher Conference Survey:  Ms. Goodale distributed a copy of the survey utilized at the conference a= nd an attachment listing specific comments made by parents.  The response totals were not= ed on the survey copy. Ms. Goodale expressed her happiness at the survey results and stated the survey is yet another demonstration of the good work being done at the Career Center.  Ms. Goodale also spoke about= how the students are developing the much needed and talked about “s= oft skills” which are very lacking in much of today’s workforce.  Students are “developing skills which will stay with them for life.”
    2. Discipline Report:  Mr. Hogan remar= ked at the low discipline referrals for KACC –noting only 2 this past month.  Ms. Goodale stat= ed she was grateful to the schools and students as we have a really good gro= up this year and do not seem to have a lot of issues.
    3. Tracking Post-secondary activities:  Mr. Levek questioned Mrs. Goodale if there are reports indicat= ing post-secondary activities for KACC graduates.  Ms. Goodale explained that w= hile KACC contracted with a company years ago for this information. With t= he advent of SIS numbers and parents being reluctant to share social security numbers, tracking where students are after graduation has be= come much more difficult.  Mr= s. Goodale mentioned there was a welding student who graduated in 2009 visiting this week.  This student is already earning $80,000 per year.
  2. Special Populations Report:  Mr. = Kelly thanked everyone for coming and spoke of the following:
    1. WorkKeys Post Test: Learning= Center is completing this process. Scores should be available in January.  Mr. Kelley reminded everyone= all students who did not attend the Learning Cent= er will take a post-test in order to help discern progress made following their year at KACC.
    2. LC Scholarships: Mr. Kelley reported the Learning Cent= er is taking applications for a $250 scholarship. A second scholarship w= ill be awarded at the end of second semester.  
    3. Sophomore Day:  Mr. Kelley reported there were 647 Students who attended this event.   In addition, Mr. Kelley shared results from student surveys completed after the event, showing 99% of students indicated their attendance was helpful in making a de= cision as to whether or not to attend the Career Center= .  Mr. Kelley also mentioned th= is year he tracked the number of non-traditional students who attended an orientation.  Dr. Smith questioned whether this was the first opportunity students have to co= me to the Career Center.  He is currently working on r= edoing his orientation to high school for the 8th graders at Momence.  Mr. Fay stated Bourbonnais Elementary is considering bringing their students to KACC= for a tour while school is in session.&n= bsp; Dr. Smith questioned if someone from KACC is willing to come to Momence Jr. High and did a quick 5 to 10 minute PowerPoint presentati= on on programs available at KACC.  Both Ms. Goodale and Mr. Kelley expressed their willingness to come and give a presentation. 
    4. 8th Grade Career Fair:  Will= be held at the Hilton Garden-River Stone Conference Center on April 11th and 12th.  Re= minder notices have been mailed and final details will be communicated to the schools.
    5. KARVES Advisory Board:  The next meeting will be January 19th at Brickstone Brewery.  The board, area-wide CTE Instructors and business persons from the community are invited to attend.
  3.  Other Business:
    1. Mr. Hogan questioned whether Dr. Smith has a legislative update to share = with the committee.  Dr. Smith stated most everything he is hearing about has to do with tax breaks.  Mr. Hogan spoke= of the $325 million in tax breaks approved.  This led to a lengthy discus= sion concerning proposals for zeroing out the transportation fund.  Dr. Smith spoke about California= and how transportation has been taken out of their budget.  Ms. Russert questioned why t= here is no transportation money in Chris Koch’s budget.  Dr. Decman spoke about the c= ost of transportation to his district and his believe they might be forced i= nto a referendum situation if they lose the funding.  Discussion ensued.  Mr. Hogan requested Dr. Pang= le ask her to inquire with her resources as to the transportation requiremen= ts for school districts.
    2. Dr. Smith requested Mr. Fay complete the male lower level restroom with n= ew lavatory stall doors.  M= r. Fay will place the order and have new doors installed.

ADJOURN:

There being no further busi= ness, a motion to adjourn was made by Dr. Pangle, seconded by Mr. Levek at 9:30 a.m= . to adjourn the regular meeting of the KACC Executive Board.  Motion carried by unanimous voice = vote. 

 

 

 

 

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Attested By:

 

 

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Michael Hogan, Chairman

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