1. The Board accepted Troy Bierman's resignation as F/S Boys Basketball Coach, and the Board agreed to advertise for the position for the 2009-2010 school year.

2. The Board approved a contract extension of one extra week for Amanda Hazlett for the 2009-2010 school year to visit Diversified Occupations employers.

3. The Board agreed to hire: Dale Will as a part-time agriculture teacher, Mike Ziegler as high school girls golf coach, and Shannon Hinkle as a volunteer golf coach.

4. The Board approved the hiring of the following summer school teachers: Tie Chesnut, Michelle Mette, Wendy Kreke, Carmen Breer and Laurie Drees for the Grade School, Jordan Stallings for the High School, and Cathy Bloemer for the Junior High School.

5. Gene Niemerg will continue to be the EIASE representative, and Hank Koester will again be the alternate for the 2009-2010 school year.

6. The Board agreed to continue the membership to the Illinois School Board Association for the 2009-2010 school year.

7. The Board agreed to join the National School Board Association for the coming school year. The NSBA conference is in Chicago next spring.

8. The Board passed a resolution to continue paying prevailing wages for the 2009-2010 school year. Each year, the Board must pass a resolution to continue to pay prevailing wage rates on school projects.

9. Each summer, Doug Runde, our technology coordinator, submits his plans to upgrade our technology department. The District will be spending about $110,000 this year on technology.

10. The Board approved the holiday schedule for the coming school year.

11. The Board approved the purchase and replacement of the carpet in the high school office. Habing's Furniture will do the work for $9,478.

12. The Board approved the prices for basketball tickets for the coming school year. The district will be using the same ticket prices as last year.

13. The Board accepted a bid for replacing flooring, ceilings, and other work at the Grade School. The bid was awarded to Wohltman Construction with a bid of $299,000.

14. The Board adopted the amended budget for the 2008-2009 school year. The budget shows that revenues were at $14 million - while expenditures were about $13 million.

15. We are currently paying $8.00 per student which equals about $10,000 a year for the school resource officer program.

16. Last year, we received $120,211 for NCLB title one funds. This year, we are told to plan on the same amount. There is also $57,389 in ARRA Funds (Stimulus Money) that we can spend over the next two years.

17. The Board discussed the high school graduation ceremony at the meeting. About ten parents spoke about the graduation ceremony voicing their concerns.