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From:
Kevin Craver- Crystal Lake < kcraver@shawmedia.
com>
Sent
Friday, March 13, 2015
3 :
02 P M
To:
Access,
Public
I
Subject
Fwd: OMA
Request for Review
Attachments:
D12 agenda.pdf; Coach
memo.
Importance:
High
1 3 March
2015
TO: Sarah
Pratt, Public Access Counselor, Illinois At torney General ' s
Office
FROM: Kevin P . Craver, Senior Reporter, Northwest
Herald
RE:
Request
for
review
Dear Ms. Pratt:
1iThis
is a request fo r review
of
a
public body' s interpretation
of
the
agenda requirements under the Illinois
Open
Meetings Act (
5 ILCS
120/2).
O n
March
10,
2015, the
Johnsburg
Schoo l
District 12 Board
vo te d a fte r
a
closed-
session
discussion
to
hire
a
new
high
school
football
coach.
While
the vote took place
in
open
session,
we are unsure
whether
the
agenda item
gives
an adequate description of
the vote under a
newer
provisionof
the
Act.
A
copy of
the
age n da is
attached to
th is ema il,
as
is a
March 6 me mo
describing the process and the potential hire' s qualifications and salary.
The
board entered
closed session for appointment, employment,
dismissal
an
empoyee
or
officer,
and
vo te d to approve
the
hiring
under
t h e
subsequent item,
Act
on items from Closed Session as
appropriate
and
necessary.
There is
no indication
anywhere
on the
agendathat
a
hiring
was
going
to
be made
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However,
a
provision of the
Act that
took effect in 2013, 5 ILCS
120/
2
1 0 2
c),
is me an t to ensure that the
public
has some idea ofwhat
public
bodies
intend to
act
upon
at
meetings:
c)
Any
agenda requ i red under this Sec t i on shall set forth the
general subject
matter
of
any resolution
or
ordinance that
will be
the subject of f inal actio n a t the mee ting [ emphasis mine].
I
argue that
a
catch-
all agenda
item that
tells taxpayers
that
some
sor t
of
action will
be taken
af te r a c losed sess ion does not
mee t
this new
requirement. Even though
the board states the
exemption under
which
it
is
enter ing closed
session,
the public
still
has
no
idea what
the
potential
acion, —f
any —
could entail, especially
given
that the
vast
majority
of a
school
district'
s
budget
is
related
to
personnel
i s sues .
Lawmakers who created this provision did s o in response to
meeting
agendas that
were
so vague tha t c it izens co u ld n ot
reasonably
deduce
what
b u s i n e s s
was
to be discusse d. (
A
news story
regarding
the
motivations
behind the
provision's
passage
can be found at
http://
shawurl.
com
gho.)
I
believe
a
rul ing
by the
Publ ic
Access
Counselor '
s
Off ice
is n ee de d
to
set
some
sort
of
standard for
what merits an
adequate description
ofan
agenda
item for action.
Regards,
K P C ( submit ted electronically)
2
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Athletic
Department
Memo
To:
Dr.
Johnson,
Kim
Giovanni
and
the
Johnsburg
S c ho o l B o ard
From:
Thomas
Ross,
Athletic
Director
Cc:
Kevin Shelton
and
Deb Fischer
Topic: Recommendation fo r Physical Educat ion Teacher/
Head
Football Coach
Date: March 6,
2015
A f t e r
a n
extensive application,
screening
and interview
process (
which
is
out lined below):
J a n u a r y 9 ,
2 0 1 5 — H e a d F o o t b a l l
C o a c h v a c a n c y
is
p o s t e d .
A p p l i c a t i o n s will b e a c c e p t e d f r o m
January
9— February 1 2015
W e e k
ofJanuary 1 2 , 2015
Def ine
an d Recru i t
members fo r
each
committee ofthe hiring
process
o
Commit tees requ ir ed for the
hiring process
Screening Commit tee
Interview
Committee
Presentation
Committee
o Screening Committee— members of this committee
will
review the resumes of
each
candidate
and will score each
candidate
bas e d
on established criteria.
Committee
members can review resumes at their convenience
but
m us t review all
resumes b y
February 6 ,
2015.
o Interview Commit tee— members of thi s commi ttee will
be
responsible fo r
interviewing
al l th e candidates determined by the screening
p r o c e s s .
Committee
members mus t be avai lable for interviews after school during the w e e k of
February 16, 2015
o
Presentat ion Commit tee—
members
must
be
available
all
da y
on
Saturday,
February
2 8 , 2 0 1 5
to lis te n to presentations from the four finalists
a n d
complete a
candidate presentation feedback form.
W e e k ofJanuary 19, 2015
Screening
Commit tee
Members begin
to
review resumes
W e e k
ofFebruary
2,
2015
L as t w ee k fo r
Screen ing
C o m mit te e M e mb e rs to rev iew resumes
W e e k ofFebruary 9 ,
2015
Candidates a r e contacted fo r interviews a s
determined
by
selection
from the screening
commttee.
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W e e k
ofFebruary 1 6 , 2015
Interview Committee conducts
interviews
and determines four finalists for the head
football coaching position.
Four finalists are contacted and
provided
with criteria for
presentations
Saturday,
February 28, 2015
Presentation Committee Members
attend
presentations
from
the four
finalists.
Presentation Committee Members complete candidate presentation feedback form.
Week ofMarch
2,
2015
Johnsburg
High
Schoo l administrat ion
an d Dr. J ohn so n me et to d is cu ss the
finalist fo r
th e
physical education
teacher/head
football
coach position.
Finalist
is
of fe red
the
position
pend ing Board approval.
March 10, 2015
Board ofEducation votes
on
the approval of
positions
for the
finalist.
Johnsburg
High
Schoo l
would
l ike to
recommend
the
following individual as a physical
education teacher
and
head
football
coach:
Dan
DeBoeuf
Physical Education Teacher Year
3
BA +
8
40,992
Head
Football Coach
Step
I Year I
6,645
Dan graduated from Lemont
High
School in Lemont,
Illinois
and then attended Carthage College
in Kenosha,
Wisconsin
where he majored in
physical
education and minored in health. While at
Carthage
h e
was a member
of the
football team.
H e
obtained
his
drivers education endorsement
f ro m Gre e n v ille
Col lege
an d his LBSI endorsement from the University ofPhoenix. Da n is
currently
a
physical
educat ion t eache r and
assistant football
coach/ s t rength and
conditioning
coach in the
R o u n d L ake S c ho o l
District. Da n
has
two years
exper ience
teaching physical
education/ health
educat ion an d one- year
experience
teaching
dr ivers '
educat ion. Dan
has
experience as an assis tant football coach, head
junior
high wrestling coach an d assis tant track
coach
I know that Da n will be
a valuable asset
to the
Johnsburg H i g h School teaching an d
coaching
staff. Please f ee l f re e to contact me with any quest ions o r concerns you have.
Sincerely,
Thomas Ross
Athletic
Director
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March
10,2015 7: 00 PM - Johnsburg Junior High School North
Learning
Cente
J O H N S B U R G
COMMUNITY S C H O O L DISTRICT 12
BOARD
O F E D U C A T I O N
MEETING
AGENDA
it
SCH(%
1 1 . DISTRICT
12
JOHNSBURG
INSPIRING
OUR
STUDFRTS
1 .
Call
to
Order
2. Roll Call
3 .
Topics
for
Consideration
to Add
to
Agenda
4. Approval ofAgenda
5.
Consent Approval for Minutes of:
February
24, 2015 Board
ofEducat ion Meeting
February
24, 2015
Board
of
Education
C lo sed Sess i on
Meeting
6.
Commendations
and
Recognitions
Mareike Western— McHenry
Coun ty
Spel l ing Be e
Champion
Kevin
Duffy, Dalton Lindsey
Shane Turner—District
Equipment Ass is tance
JH S Wrestlers Riley
Buchanan,
Branden Peshek an d Eric Wagner—
State Wrest l ing
Tournament
JHS—
Fied
ofExcelence
Award
Mareike
Western
and
Gabriella
McKenna-
Junior
High
School
Solo/
Ensemble
Contest
Jun ior High Play— C h a rlie a nd the Chocolate Factory
7.
Agenda Time for Citizensto Speak
8 .
Act on
Bills
9 .
Reports
f rom
Advisory Commit tees, S E D OM , PTO, Foundat ion, T e ch C a mp us
10.
Informational
Items
A. District Facilities Discussion
B.
Planning for the 2 01 5- 16
Schoo l Year
C.
High
School Donation
D.
Freedomof Information Act Request
E.
Diese Fuel
Supplier
11 .
Other
Business
JABA Expo,
Craft Fair and JHS Bowl
0' Arts—March 14th
Schoo l
Board Elect ion—
Tuesday, April 7 th
Finance Commit tee Meet ing— April 7 th
Pe rsonne l Commit tee
Meeting—
April 1 4 t h
Nex t
R e gu l ar B oard
Meet ing—
April
1 4 t h
StaffRe c o g n it io n D in n e r—
Saturday,
April 1 8 t h
12.
Act
to
go
into
Closed Session regard ing appoin tment ,
employment,
dismissal of
an
e m ploye e o r officer
13.
Act
to come out ofClosed
Session
14.
Act on
items
from C lo sed Sess i on as appropriate a n d n e c e ss a ry
15.
Adjournment