Governing Board Meeting

James Hixson Board Room
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 7:00pm

    1. Pledge and Welcome
    Dawn Downer, Board Vice President

    This meeting is a meeting of the Governing Board in public for the purpose of conducting the Career Center's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.  There will be time for public participation as indicated by a specified agenda item.
     
    Mission Statement:  To engage, support, and empower students by providing active, career-based learning in an experiential environment.


    2. Board Reorganization
    • Board President
    • Board Vice President
    • Board Secretary
    • Corporation Treasurer
    • School Attorney

    3. Appointment of Board of Finance Officers

    4. Request Approval of Governing Board Dates and Times

    5. Program Showcase - Auto Collision Repair
    Jon Keen, Instructor

    6. Discipline Data

    8. Old Business

    8.1 Update on Building Project

    9. Items of Action - ACTION

    9.1 Request Approval for Out of State Travel
    • ACTE National Policy Seminar, Washington DC - March 19-22, 2023
    • All costs are covered by IACTED

    9.2 Request Approval of Overnight Travel

    9.3 Request Approval to Remove Fixed Assets from Inventory

    9.4 Request Approval of Board Policy Revisions

    9.5 Request Approval of Perkins Reserve Grant and I-CAR Grant
    • Perkins Reserve Grant = $150,000 for Cobots
    • I-CAR Grant = $5,000 for Auto Collision Supplies

    9.6 Approval to use cash balance to pay for equipment for the building project:
    • Welding Machines to Equip 20 Welding Booths (Sutton Garten)
    • 40 Welding Booths (Lincoln Electric)

    10. Director's Comments and Items of Information
    Dr. Kovach, Director

    As president of IACTED, I am working with the executive director and other CTE directors to help improve HB 1002.  This bill is intended to run parallel to CTE programming, but there are a couple of items included in the bill that are detrimental to our schools.

    1. The 30 day window for a student to elect to enroll in a career scholarship account from count day

    2. Every student to engage in a 30 minute required meeting with an outside intermediary 


    10.1 February Students of the Month

    10.2 Upcoming Dates and Events

    February 10, 2023 - Valentine's Day Luncheon - To The Nines
    February 20, 2023 - Presidents' Day - No School
    February 23, 2023 - Career Day
    March 16, 2023 - NTHS Induction Ceremony - GHS Auditorium - 7:00 p.m.
    Next Governing Board Meeting - March 9, 2023 - Program Showcase:  IT Software Development 
     


    11. High School Division Update

    12. Adult Education Division Action and Items of Information

    14. Public Comments

    15. Board Member Comments

    16. Adjournment

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