November 2022 Special Board Minutes
Special Meeting
November 29, 2022
The Board of Education, Community Unit School District No. 1, 149 South Elm Street, Winchester, Illinois counties of Scott, Morgan and Greene, met in Special session on Tuesday November 29, 2022 at 3:45 PM in the Winchester Elementary School Library.
President Steve Moore called the meeting to order with the following members answering roll call: Ron Coultas, Bill Jacquot, Shanna Eddinger, Trista Freeman, Aaron Littig and Steve Moore. Molly Traw entered at 3:51 PM. Also attending were Superintendent Kevin Blankenship, WGS Principal Andy Stumpf and Administrative Assistant Becky Lashmett.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Jacquot motioned at 3:46 PM to enter into closed session. Freeman seconded the motion and roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Jacquot, yea; Eddinger, yea; Freeman, yea; Littig, yea and Moore, yea; there being six yeas and no nays, the motion passed.
Freeman motioned, with a second from Eddinger, to return to open session at 4:20 PM. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Jacquot, yea; Eddinger, yea; Freeman, yea; Traw, yea; Littig, yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed. President Moore announced the purpose of the executive session was for student discipline matters.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE ACTION
Freeman motioned, with a second from Coultas, to expel Student #2051 through May, 2024; to be held in abeyance providing the student successfully completes an approved alternative school program. Roll call vote resulted: Coultas, yea; Jacquot, yea; Eddinger, yea; Freeman, yea; Traw, yea; Littig, yea and Moore, yea; there being seven yeas and no nays, the motion passed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS / ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:26 PM.