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Board approves personnel and program renewals; sets hearing on breakfast mandate opt-out
Summary
At the April 28 meeting Granite City CUSD 9 approved multiple personnel items, the Running Start dual‑credit renewal with Swick (parents pay $4,550 per student per year), an auditor contract extension, finance/HR system renewal (budgeted; transcript shows a transcription error on the amount), and authorized a June 23 public hearing on opting out of 'breakfast after the bell'. The board also approved staffing adjustments in special education and a new teacher mentoring program.
Granite City CUSD 9’s board voted on a slate of administrative and program items at its April 28 meeting, approving personnel recommendations, contract renewals and several program approvals.
Key outcomes:
- Personnel: The board approved recommended retirements and resignations and several employment actions, including extracurricular assignments and substitutes for 2025–26 and 2026–27, contingent on paperwork and background checks. The board also approved a one‑day unpaid suspension for employee Dina Busy and approved retroactive sixth‑hour assignments in special education (Kelly Wallace) to cover extended teacher absences.
- Bilingual paraprofessional: The board authorized posting/hiring one full‑time equivalent bilingual paraprofessional at the high school for the 2026–27 school year to support instruction and communication.
- Running Start dual‑credit renewal (Swick): The board approved continuing the Running Start agreement with Swick, a dual‑credit option active since 2013–14. The meeting record states the parental tuition rate will remain $4,550 per student per year, with the district managing the program while parents pay tuition for participating juniors and seniors.
- Auditor contract: The board authorized extending the district's auditing services agreement with Home PC for three years.
- Finance/HR system renewal: The board approved renewal of annual support for the Infinite Visions finance/HR system used districtwide. The transcript records a budget figure written as "118,81.60," which appears to be a transcription error; a precise dollar figure was not confirmed in the meeting record and will require verification.
- Breakfast after the bell opt-out hearing: The board authorized staff to notify the Illinois State Board of Education and publish notice for a public hearing on June 23 to consider opting out of the 'breakfast after the bell' mandate on grounds of physical hardship.
- Special education supports: The board approved adding two full‑time job coach positions at Granite City High School to expand transition programming and community work experiences, converting a halftime role to full time and adding a second full‑time job coach.
- Student leadership and mentoring: The board recommended Lily Booker as the student board member advisor for 2026–27 and approved a new teacher mentoring program that pays a stipend (stated as approximately $71 per new teacher under the negotiated extracurricular schedule).
Most items were approved by motion and roll call. In several roll-call exchanges the transcript records the individual verbal votes but does not provide a clear, attributable roll-call tally for each member; the record indicates motions carried. Where the meeting record included a dollar figure (for Running Start tuition) that number is reported above. Where the transcript shows a probable transcription error (finance/HR renewal), the board report or district documents should be consulted to confirm the exact amount.
Next steps: administration will return with follow-up details where required (for example, cost and bargaining impacts on the remote education program and precise contract amounts for the finance/HR renewal).
