Board of Education Monthly Meeting Summary: September 23

The Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 Board of Education met on Monday, September 23, 2024, in the Liberty Middle School Auditorium for its monthly meeting.  

These are not the official meeting minutes and do not include every detail from the meeting but rather a summary to assist the District #7 community. The official minutes can be found on the District #7 Board of Education Board Docs once approved by the Board. 

Superintendent’s Report  

• Future District 7 Discussions dates have been announced. For more information or to sign up for any of these sessions, contact Carey Francis at cfrancis@ecusd7.org or by calling 618-656-1182. Upcoming dates include:  

• Friday, Oct. 4 from 2-3 p.m.  

• Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 5-6 p.m. 

• Thursday, Nov. 14 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. 

• Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 7-8 a.m.  

• Parent-teacher conferences will be held November 1 (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) and November 4 (1-7:30 p.m.). More information will be sent to families in the coming weeks.  

• As schools across the country navigate school safety, District #7 continues to take steps to ensure our schools are a safe place to teach and learn. In addition to the use of the Crisis Go platform and reviewing district response teams protocols for crisis situations, the district has also entered a partnership with Siren GPS to adopt 911 RTA, which is an emergency notification that alerts school personnel when a 911 dispatcher identifies a threat at or near one of our schools. Once fully implemented, building and district administrators will receive immediate notification of any 911 calls that are made within a certain proximity to the school campus.  

• A 2025-2026 calendar survey will be sent to district families in early November.  

• 2025 graduation has been finalized for Sunday, June 1 at 1 p.m. Due to construction at EHS, graduation will be held at the SIUE Vadalabene Center.  

• District #7 staff and students will hold their annual United Way Campaign during the month of October with a goal of $15,000. In District #7, more than 21,000 people were directly served by United Way agencies last year, with almost half of those being children. 

In action, the board approved:  

• The budget resolution relating to the 2024-25 budget. This resolution is adopted annually and allows for the salaries of the maintenance, grounds or custodial employees and the costs of fuel, lights, gas, water, telephone services and custodial supplies and equipment or any one or more of the preceding items to be paid from the tax levied for operations and maintenance purposes. 

• The adoption of the 2024-25 district budget.  

• Domino’s as the food service pizza vendor for the 2024-25 school year. 

• The bid from Icon Mechanical authorizing an emergency health/life safety boiler replacement at Worden Elementary School in the amount of $139,570.00. One of the two boilers that heat Worden Elementary is non-repairable and needs to be replaced.  

Next Month’s Meetings:  
Tuesday, October 15 – Board of Education Work Session (6 p.m. at Liberty Middle School) 
Monday, October 28 – Board of Education Monthly Meeting (7 p.m. at Liberty Middle School)