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Executive (= KACC) Board Meeting

Thursday, S= eptember 15, 2011, 8:30 a.m.

KACC Confer= ence Room

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Members Pre= sent

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Bradley:        &= nbsp; Michael Hogan, Chairman    &nbs= p;             = Beecher:        &= nbsp; Tami Roskamp (8:34am= )

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

Herscher:         = Richard Decman      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Kankakee:       Beth = Yacobi

Manteno:         = Dawn Russert, Secretary    &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Momence:       Phil = Smith

Peotone:        &= nbsp; Dee Oliver     &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            St. Anne:      &n= bsp;  Rick Levek

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Members Not Present

Reg. Office:<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>    Kay Pangle

 

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 Septem= ber 15, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.

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PUBLIC CO= MMENT

None

CONSENT AGENDA

1= -3.      =       A motion was made by Dr. Smith, seconded by Ms. Oli= ver at 8:32 a.m. to approve the consent agenda, minutes of the regular and clos= ed August meetings, accounts payable and financial reports.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-ca= ll vote.

 

Mr. Hogan requested everyone give a brief introduction= of themselves and welcomed the all the new attendees.

 

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

  1. Director’s Report:  Mr. Fay called everyone’s attention to his report presented with the agenda packets.  Of note, Mr. Fay informed everyone of a meeting he attended with ISBE staff, including Vicki Phillips from PEAC to discuss how CTE will be affected.  Mr. Fay also attended a Regio= n I meeting which also addressed potential changes.  Mr. Fay shared with the membe= rs comments made regarding various theories as to the intent and purpose instituting certain changes.  Mr. Fay stated he intends on making every effort to continue to= be involved and keep informed of the direction of ISBE/CTE educational matters.

 

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

  1. Audit Presentation/Approval:  R= ick Blanchette, CPA from Russell Leigh & Associates attended this morning’s meeting in order to review the KACC and KARVES Annual Audit.  Mr. Blanchette st= ated he was happy to report they found no problems during the audit, and everything was “clean and in balance.”  Following his overall remarks concerning the audit, Mr. Blanchette reviewed each entity’s audit package page-by-page, giving brief explanations where necessary.  Discussions ensued in the are= as of:
    1. Debt Service:  KACC Bookkeepe= r will bill all districts for the fees associated with the bond.  The billing will reflect the= same cost-sharing as the overall annual bond payments.  There are two years left.
    2. The fund balances have slowly increased over the past year.  Mr. Hogan questioned the nee= d for an annual assessment being paid by the individual districts.  The consensus of the group i= s to have six months worth of income as a fund balance reserve.
    3. Collateralization of Deposit Accounts:  Mr. Blanchette expressed a hesitance toward new regulations from the FDIC= and insurance on non-interest bearing accounts and the need for collateralization.  Mr. Blanchette acknowledged they did inivestigate the new regulations and KACC is well within the guidelines.  His concern is the December = 31, 2012 expiration date on the legislation.  Dr. Levek shared his thought= s on the value of FDIC Insurance and Collateralization and the risks to fu= nds associated in either instance if a major financial catastrophe were to occur.

A motion was made by Dr. S= mith, seconded by Dr. Palan at 8:39 a.m. to accept the annual KACC/KARVES Audit as presented.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.

  1. Approval to Hire New Child Care Teacher’s Aide, Amy Davis:  Mr. Fay stated Ms. Davis is a recent graduate of O= livet Nazarene University and has agreed to join KACC in the capacity of the Child Development/Playschool Teacher’s Aide and oversee the Playschool Lab.  A motion was made b= y Ms. Oliver, seconded by Dr. Decman at 8:56 a.m. to engage the services of = Ms. Davis.  Motion carried by unanimous roll-call vote.
  2. Reschedule December 2011 and March 2012 Meetings to the 15th of the Month:  A motion was made= by Dr. Palan, seconded by Ms. Levek at 8:57 a.m. to move the KACC Executi= ve Committee Meetings for December and March to December 15, 2011 and Mar= ch 15, 2012.   Motion c= arried by unanimous roll-call vote.
  3. Second Reading and Final Action on Policies proposed by PRESS:  A motion was made by Dr. Decm= an, seconded by Ms. Oliver at 8:58 a.m. to approve the following policies proposed by PRESS:
    1. Governing Bodies – Governance
    2. General School Administration – Goals and Objectives
    3. Administration – Succession of Authority
    4. General Personnel – Personal Technology and Social Media: Usage and Con= duct

Motion carried by unanimous= voice vote.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

  1. Principal’s Report:  Ms. Goodale repo= rted
    1. Smooth Start to the School Year:  Ms. Goodale reported this is one of the smoothest starts to a new school = year she has experienced.  Bo= th students and faculty seemed to have settled right in and are progress= ing well. 
    2. Enrollment Projections vs. Actual:  Ms. Goodale called everyone’s attention to the report she submitted= in regard to enrollment numbers for KACC.  Ms. Goodale recalled the pat= tern of previous school years whereby the change in preliminary enrollment applications to final actual enrollment has stood at 90% or better.  This year, for some unknown reason, those numbers did not hold up.  Ms. Goodale stated she wante= d to call this to everyone’s attention considering there are so many decisions made at the time of budgeting for the upcoming school year which can adversely affect the school if enrollment drops by a large amount.  Ms. Goodale rep= orted the counselors were informed of this by Mr. Kelley at the Student Services Committee Meeting and she will share them with the Principal= s at her next Principal’s meeting.&= nbsp; Ms. Yacobi stated Kankakee High= School has had an unusual year in that their entire counseling staff but one= has experienced a turnover in personnel.   Mr. Hogan asked Ms. Ol= iver to explain how BBCHS summer staffing is done.  According to Ms. Oliver, in addition to the Department head, the counselors are staggered over the summer months so there is always a counselor available.  Ms. Russert questioned what = the counselors had to say when this information was p= resented, to which Mr. Kelley share some stated they thought it is due to paren= ts finding out the additional fees being charged and then are unable or unwilling to extend those funds.&nbs= p; Mr. Levek stated he has heard comments there were curriculum changes which may have affected student decisions.  Mr. Kelley addressed this concern.  Health Occupat= ions II curriculum did have mandatory Internship requirements 3 days per week.  This has changed = as internships must be earned and are 2 days per week.  There is also an online comp= onent to the curriculum.  Ms. Russert said this is good information for superintendents to know so = they can determine if there is a way to be more accurate in January.  Dr. Smith shared his opinion= by stating he is not too concerned with the June numbers because budget decisions have already been made by June.  Ms. Goodale stated there are costs, i.e.: textbooks, teacher’s aides, etc. which need to be finalized over the summer months so the numbers do have an impact on being ready and able to welcome the students in August. Again, this w= as a very unusual year, but Ms. Goodale stated she wanted everyone to be aware.
  2. Special Populations Report:  Mr. = Kelly spoke to the following topics:
    1. Student Services Committee:  Mr. Kelley thanked the Board for any encouragement they have given their staff to attend this meeting.  The turnout was excellent.&nb= sp; Mr. Kelley shared the purpose of these meetings being to foster communication between the counselors within our districts.  = Michelle Marcukaitis, the chair for the last two years, step= ped down.  No one wanted to = chair the group, so Mr. Kelley stated he has stepped in and will run these meetings.  Perkins Grant Performance Data was presented to the counselors, and they were remin= ded of the fact of I.E.P.’s of any KACC student needing to be turned in to him today.
    2. ACT WorkKeys:  Testing is ju= st about complete.  All stu= dents have been tested this year, and will be retested at the end of the year.  More and more, according to Mr. Kelley, proof of academic development within the CTE curriculum must be proven.  KACC curriculum must include weekly reading and writing assignments as well as proof of incorporating math skills.  The end of year post test wi= ll help prove the academic development gained throughout the school year. 
    3. NOCTE:  These tests will be done onl= ine this year, saving time and money.&nb= sp; This test measures occupational standards as opposed to academ= ic skill sets.  This test w= ill be administered as a pre and post test.
    4. Sophomore Day:  Sophomore Day at K= ACC will be November 15th.&nb= sp; On this date, KACC will hold NO REGULAR CLASSES here – o= nly visiting sophomores from the schools we serve. 
    5. Career Exploration Curriculum:  Mr. Kelley re-invited every district to take advantage of the career exploration curriculum KARVES has to offer, including personnel to co= me and work with their students. &= nbsp;
    6. Outreach Tutors:  Mr. Kelley repo= rted funding of Outreach Tutors for member district schools will continue.  Not all schoo= ls are currently taking advantage of this program and others are still tryin= g to identify staff.
    7. Career Portfolios:  Mr. Kelly s= poke about this program initiated this past school year.  All KACC students will work = to develop their career portfolio.  A typical portfolio will include such information as the stude= nt’s resume, ACT Workkeys and NOCTE scores, college level transcripts for = dual credit earned, letters of recommendation from internship sites, teach= er, SkillsUSA medals earned, academic and extracurricular activity certificates earned at the home school.  The portfolio will be a part= of senior students’ final exam grade.

OTHER BUSINESS:

  1. Mr. Fay asked those present if they have had to install a backflow prevent= ion extension in their facilities.  Mr. Fay stated he was recently informed by Aqua Illinois this m= ust be completed.  Mr. Hogan = and Dr. Smith both concurred this must be done, but said the installation = can be done by creating a pit outside of the building so as not to affect school in session.  Both recommended Mr. Magruder from Precision be contacted as a reliable choice.
  2. Entrepreneurial Course:  Mr. Hogan report= ed BBCHS is looking into adding this course in the next year of two as a = part of revitalizing their business curriculum area.  Mr. Hogan suggested conversat= ion with Helen or Bill to determine where we they are headed and timeframe= s.
  3. Superintendent Orientation:  Mr. Hogan o= ne again welcomed the new superintendents and stated Mr. Fay will be contacting them to arrange time for an orientation to KARVES/ KACC and= a tour of our facilities. Ms. Russert stated it is a good time to reassign standing committees (Curriculum, Building & Grounds, Finance & Budget).  This will be brought back to = the October meeting.
  4. Meeting Attendance:  Mr. Hogan ga= ve words of encouragement and stated the importance of attending the mont= hly KACC Executive Board meetings and Quarterly Administrative Board of Co= ntrol Meetings.  Mr. Hogan stat= ed everyone knows, in working with their own boards, how vital it is to have a quorum.  He stated it is incumbent upon this group to be sure a substitute is sent in place of = the superintendent/board representative at these meetings.  Mr. Hogan utilized Beecher and Kankakee<= /st1:City> as a good example of always sending a representative if a superintende= nt can not make the morning meeting and gave an example of how BBCHS reac= hes out for a board representative for the evening meetings.


ADJOURN:

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn w= as made by Ms. Russert, seconded by Dr. Decman at 9:15 a.m. to adjourn the reg= ular 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