Macon Reporter

Decatur Public School District 61 Board of Education met Feb. 27.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

CALL TO ORDER

CALL FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Board of Education will meet in Closed Executive Session to conduct employee

discipline hearings and discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, and collective negotiating matters between the Board and representatives of its employees.

Roll Call

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF AGENDA FEBRUARY 27, 2024

DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS

• American Dreamer STEM Academy

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 

• Identify oneself and be brief. 

• Comments should be limited to 3 minutes. 

• Any public comments submitted to the Board Secretary will be included in the record.  

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS 

JUNIOR BOARD MEMBER’S REPORT 

BOARD DISCUSSION 

CONSENT ITEMS 

A. Minutes: Special Open/Closed Meetings February 09, 2024 and Open/Closed Meetings February 13, 2024 

B. Financial Conditions Report 

C. Treasurer’s Report  

D. Frontline Annual Renewal (Absence Management) 

ROLL CALL ACTION ITEMS 

A. Consideration and Action on Possible Suspension without Pay for a Custodian 

B. Consideration and Action on Possible Suspension without Pay or Termination of a Custodian 

C. Consideration and Action on Possible Suspension without Pay or Termination of a  Security Officer 

D. Personnel Action Items 

E. Employment of a Director of Teaching and Learning - Secondary 

F. Family Leadership Inc: Parent Engagement Programs 

PLEASE NOTE: The below DPS Resolutions (1-2) are pertaining to the Reduction in  Force regarding Honorable Reductions (restructuring and hours) 

G. Decatur Public School (DPS) District 61 Resolutions 

1. The honorable reduction of one (1) Educational Support Personnel responsibilities 

2. The honorable reduction of seventeen (17) Educational Support Personnel responsibilities  

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

The Board of Education and Administration sends condolences to the families of: 

Florence Beatrice Oliver Stovall, who passed away Wednesday, February 07, 2024. Mrs.  Stovall was the aunt of Michelle Mitchell, Care Room Teaching Assistant & DFTA  President. 

Dora (West) Miner, who passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024. Mrs. Miner was the  mother of Kathy Hanks, Registrar at MacArthur High School, and grandmother of Brian  Sugg, Custodian in the Buildings & Grounds department.

IMPORTANT DATES 

February 29 Principal for a Day  

March 04 Casimir Pulaski Holiday – SCHOOL IS IN SESSION 

06 Decatur Public Schools Career Expo 

– 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at MacArthur High School  

13 District-wide Half Day of School for ALL Students 

– Please call your home school for details, if needed 

22 Parent/Teacher Conferences NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS  

25 – 29 Spring Break Week 

– NO SCHOOL and District Offices are OPEN  

 29 Good Friday Holiday  

– NO SCHOOL and District Offices are Closed   

 Additional Reminders & Upcoming Dates 

Please see the attached Multicultural flyer with upcoming dates. If any questions  regarding the information, please contact Jeff Dase, Assistant Superintendent of  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at jdase@dps61.org and/or 217 362-3013.  

NEXT MEETING 

The public portion of the next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be at  6:30 PM, Tuesday, March 05, 2024 at the Keil Administration Building. 

Please note: Due to Spring Break Week, the March Board meetings are the first and the  third Tuesdays. 

ADJOURNMENT

https://www.dps61.org/cms/lib/IL50010903/Centricity/Domain/30/February%2027%202024%20Open%20Session%20Packet4%20-%20Web.pdf