For Immediate Release:
Friday, June 15, 2018
Frankfort Community Unit School District Calls Special Meeting for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A Special Meeting of the Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Board of Education will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in the Library at Central Junior High School, located at 1500 East Ninth Street in West Frankfort.
The purpose of the meeting is to interview candidates to provide for architectural and engineering services. A link to the agenda for this meeting can be found at the district’s website at https://v3.boardbook.org/compiler/CompilerHome.aspx?ak=1000301.
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Contact: Matt Donkin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: (618) 937-2421
For Immediate Release:
Friday, June 15, 2018
Frankfort Community Unit School District Calls Special Meeting for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A Special Meeting of the Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Board of Education will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in the Library at Central Junior High School, located at 1500 East Ninth Street in West Frankfort.
The purpose of the meeting is to interview candidates to provide for architectural and engineering services. A link to the agenda for this meeting can be found at the district’s website at https://v3.boardbook.org/compiler/CompilerHome.aspx?ak=1000301.
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Contact: Matt Donkin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: (618) 937-2421
2018-2019 School Calendar
Aug. 14 Teacher Institute Day – All Teachers Report to CJHS at 8:30 AM. (No Student Attendance)
15 First Day of Student Attendance / Half-Day In-Service (1:15 Student Dismissal)
Sept. 3 Labor Day (No School)
7 Last Day of Early Dismissal
14 Half Day School Improvement Program & Mid-Term of the 1st Quarter (1:15 Student Dismissal)
Oct. 5 Half Day School Improvement Program (1:15 Student Dismissal)
8 Columbus Day (No School)
12 End of the 1st Quarter (2:30 Students Dismissed at 2:30 for Record Keeping)
22 Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
23 Parent/Teacher Conferences (4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
26 Teacher Institute Day (No School)
Nov. 9 Mid-Term of the 2nd Quarter (2:30 Students Dismissed for Record Keeping)
12 Veteran’s Day – Observed (No School)
20 Dismissal at 2:30 for Thanksgiving Break
21 Thanksgiving Break (No School)
22 Thanksgiving Day (No School)
23 Thanksgiving Break (No School)
Dec. 19 End of 2nd Quarter and 1st Semester (2:30 Dismissal)
Dec. 20 – Jan. 2 Christmas Break (No School)
Jan. 3 School Resumes
18 Teacher Institute Day (No School)
21 Martin Luther King Day (No School)
Feb. 8 Mid-Term of the 3rd Quarter
11 Parent/Teacher Conferences – 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (No Student Attendance / (Teachers report at 1:00 pm)
18 President’s Day (No School)
March 1 Half Day School Improvement Program (1:15 Student Dismissal)
8 End of 3rd Quarter (2:30 Students Dismissed for Record Keeping)
29 Half Day School Improvement Program (1:15 Student Dismissal)
April 12 Mid Term of the 4th Quarter (2:30 Students Dismissed for Record Keeping)
18 2:30 Dismissal for Spring Break
19 – 26 Spring Break (No School)
29 School Resumes
May 27 Memorial Day (No School)
30 Teacher Institute Day (No Student Attendance)
31 Half Day School Improvement Day / Report Card Day (11:30 Student Dismissal)
For Immediate Release:
Friday, June 15, 2018
Frankfort Community Unit School District Calls Special Meeting for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A Special Meeting of the Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Board of Education will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in the Library at Central Junior High School, located at 1500 East Ninth Street in West Frankfort.
The purpose of the meeting is to interview candidates to provide for architectural and engineering services. A link to the agenda for this meeting can be found at the district’s website at https://v3.boardbook.org/compiler/CompilerHome.aspx?ak=1000301.
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Contact: Matt Donkin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: (618) 937-2421
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that Frankfort Community Unit School District No. 168 wishes to receive bids on Bread, Milk, Trash, and Pest Control Services for the 2018-2019 school year. Bid specifications are available at www.wfschools.org or contact Kevin Conaughty, Maintenance and Food Service Director, at the Unit Office, 900 N. Cherry St., West Frankfort, IL 62896 (618) 937-2421.
Bids on the above items must be submitted according to the bid specifications by July 2, 2018. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids
Bread Bid Specifications
Milk Bid Specifications
Trash Bid Specifications
Pest Control Bid Specifications
For Immediate Release:
Friday, June 08, 2018
Board of Education Changes Date of Next Regular Meeting to June 25
At a Special Meeting of the Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Board of Education on Thursday evening, June 7, the members of the Board voted to change the date of the Regularly Scheduled Meeting of Monday, June 18, 2018, to Monday, June 25, 2018. This was in order to place it closer to the end of the Fiscal Year and to ensure that a Quorum would be present.
In other actions on Thursday night, the Board Voted to:
- ‒Call for Bids for Dairy, Bread, Trash, and Pest Control Services;
- ‒Hire Danny Wilson as an English Language Arts Teacher at Frankfort Community High School;
- ‒Transfer Special Education Teacher Betty Riley to another classroom position;
- ‒Hire Renee Snell as a Special Education Teacher at Frankfort Intermediate Schools;
- ‒Hire Lora Briscoe as Special Education Teacher at Denning Elementary School;
- ‒Name Doug Corzine, Principal at FIS, as District Title I Director;
- ‒Accept Letters from Retirement under terms of the contract for Pamela Jones (2021-2022 School Year), Mike Karoski (2022-2023 School Year), and Dawn Melvin (2022-2023 School Year);
- ‒Accept a Letter of Resignation as FCHS Scholar Bowl Coach from Tara Sullivan;
- ‒And Table the Hiring of a Person to fill a Custodial Position until the next meeting.
Thursday’s actions followed those at the Regular Board Meeting held on Monday, May 21, 2018, where the Board voted to:
- ‒Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOE) with Regional Office of Education #21’s Community Prevention Resources Grant Program for work with students at Central Junior High School;
- ‒Approved a Contract Extension with Illinois Central Bus for two years with rates raising at the minimum contract among of 3% each year;
- ‒Hire Andrea Francis as a Full-Time Music Instructor for FCHS and CJHS for Band at both levels and Choral programs at FCHS;
- ‒Hire Cheryl Russell as Secretary at FIS;
- ‒Accept resignations from David Chick as Elementary Sports Coordinator, as well as Donellyn Dean and Kelly Webb as FCHS Beta Club Sponsors.
The Board hopes that by hiring a full-time band instructor that the rebuilding of that program can continue.
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Contact: Matt Donkin, Superintendent of Schools
Office: (618) 937-2421
For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Foodservice Program is pleased to announce that the federally-funded “Seamless Summer Feeding” program will be offered to students in the community from June 4 through June 22 at Frankfort Intermediate School. Only breakfast will be provided, Monday through Friday, from 7:55 am to 8:30 am. There are no income requirements for registration. Any child under 18 will be served. The school is located at 800 North Cherry Street in West Frankfort, Illinois. For more information, contact Kevin Conaughty at 618-937-2421
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Contact: Kevin Conaughty, Director of Maintenance and Food Services
Office: (618) 932-2421
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2018 Boys and Girls Summer Basketball Camps
Registration Forms
Boys 3rd - 8th Grade Basketball Camp
The Chute - Girls & Boys 4th - 12th Grade Offensive Skills Camp
Lady Redbird 2nd - 3rd Grade Basketball Camp
Lady Redbird 4th - 9th Grade Basketball Camp
2018 Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Meeting Schedule
The regular scheduled meetings of the Frankfort Community Unit School District #168 Board of Education will be held on the following dates between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018:
Monday, January 22, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Monday, March 19, 2018
Monday, April 16, 2018
Monday, May 21, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Monday, July 16, 2018
Monday, August 20, 2018
Monday, September 17, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
Monday, December 17, 2018
Unless otherwise notified with the proper timely notice, the meetings will be held at 6:00 p.m. in the Library of Central Junior High School, located at 1500 East Ninth Street in West Frankfort, Illinois. Meetings are generally held on the Third Mondays unless there is a holiday. Any adjustments of the Regular Meeting schedule with a change of venue, date, time, or location will result in specific notice to our partners in the media in the proper time frame.