Author: Debbie

Welcome to Rankin School District #98

Thank you for attending this meeting of the Rankin School Board. We appreciate your attendance. By attending meetings, you can learn more about the business of the District.
Typically, the Regular Board of Education meetings are on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Art Room (#212). Special or Emergency Meetings may be called for other times and places.
All meetings are open to the public. Meetings may include Executive (Closed) Sessions, which are permitted via the specific exceptions in the Illinois School Code (5 ILCS 120/2 (c)). All decisions, however, are made in public (Open Session).

MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS
Mission: Empowering all students to reach their Maximum potential and become productive, respectful, responsible, and well-rounded citizens.
Vision: Building the foundation of the future by engaging youth through rigorous and diverse educational opportunities.

Rankin School
District #98
Board of Education
Members

President - Debbie Lowman
Vice President - Tanya Simpson
Secretary - Lori Davis
Member - Nena Cox
Member - Leonard Kasinger
Member - Titania Vargas
Member - Brittany Webb

“Our School is a Great Place to Learn”
Rankin Rebels

Rankin School District #98

Board of Education Meeting

13716 5th Street
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: 309-346-3182
Fax: 309-346-7928

Addressing The Board
The Board of Education is not a forum; it is a deliberative body. Accordingly, it receives communications, both oral and written, as a medium of information. It does not debate the contents of such communications, but considers them in making decisions and in the establishment of policies.
Following Roll Call, the President of the Board will recognize members of the public and employees of the District who wish to address the Board.
The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow the guidelines listed below, which represent Board Policy 2:230.
Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when the person has given advance notice of the need to speak for a longer period of time, such person may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
The Board President may shorten or lengthen a person’s opportunity to speak.
The Board President shall have the authority decision to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board Policy.

Questions are to be directed to the Board of Education as a whole and may not be put to any individual member of the Board or Administrative Team. It shall be in order for Board of Education Members to interrupt a speaker at any time to ask questions as necessary to clarify the topic. The Board may attempt to answer questions regarding items on which they have reached a decision. The Board will not answer questions involving litigation, possible litigation or negotiations. If the topic allows a response, it will be given at a later date.
No person less than eighteen years of age may address the Board in a meeting unless accompanied by his or her parent/guardian.
Because all public meetings of the Board of Education are made a matter of public record, each speaker, when recognized by the President, shall give his or her name and announce the general subject before presenting his or her views.
Complaints or charges against individual students, staff members, or Board of Education Members, either named or unnamed, shall not be orally presented to the Board of Education. Such complaints or charges should be put in writing, signed by the person or complaint, and delivered or sent to the Board President who will deliver them to the Board of Education for consideration in private. Generally, the Board will refer such charges or complaints to the Superintendent for investigation.

Order of Business
The Board of Education follows a planned order of business in handling the number of matters coming before it.
Also, the business of the Board of Education meetings can be accessed online via the District’s website at www.rankin98.org.
Generally, the board meetings follow this Order of Business:
Call to Order
Roll Call
Visitors and Correspondence (1st Session)
Reports to the Board
Approve Consent Agenda
Action Items
Discussion Items
Information Items
Visitors and Correspondence (2nd Session)
Executive (Closed) Session/Return to Open Session
Adjournment