Summary of The September 10, 2003 BILT Meeting

Members In Attendance: Ms. Brown, Ms. Link, Ms. Monks, Ms. King, Mr. Heisel (chairperson), Mr. Mendenhall, Mr. Noonen, Dr. Nelson

Agenda Topic: Budget - Beginning balances for the '03-'04 budget have not been approved by the Board of Education. Once the beginning balances are established Dr. Nelson will make the allocated budget available to teachers and teams. Kelly is the "Keeper of the Sunshine Fund." She will contacting teachers for a generous contribution to establish a positive Sunshine Fund balance.

Agenda Topic: BILT Purpose - Questions arose over the purpose of BILT. The suggestion was made to meet with Dr. Baker and discuss his role in facilitating an activity to clarify purposes. A suggestion was proposed to use the Interest Based Bargaining model to further understanding.

Agenda Topic: Office Copy Machine - Stan asked in the event of a copy machine breakdown, could staff make one copy in the office for the purpose of making a ditto. Jeff agreed that this is a reasonable request and in emergency situations the office copy machine can be used to make a Master Copy.

Agenda Topic: Confirming sick and personal day requests - It was agreed that a confirming email from the office is a reasonable response to a sic/personal day request.

Agenda Topic: Attendance policy - The city of Pekin and the Juvenile Probation Office was awarded a $90,000 truancy prevention grant. It will provide services for up to four students and their families from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The program will be housed at the Boys' and Girls' Club. We will work with Trena Sparks and two volunteers to examine our truancy policies, make recommendations and monitor the success of the truancy grant.

Agenda Topic: Dismissal Rotation - It was suggested that children in the locker area would experience less congestion if Mrs. Wicker, Mr. Jones, and the four science teachers would dismiss their students immediately after the afternoon announcements. Mr. Fogal and Dr. Nelson will assess the impact of this dismissal plan and report back to BILT.

Agenda Topic: Laminator Film - There is no provision for replacing laminator film. It was suggested that we budget for the film. It will become a line item and we will purchase from the allocated budget sufficient film to replace the number of rolls used this year.