Tuesday the 29th but before that they have a game this next Tuesday mhm and then Y deim at the middle school and the Saturday game the 20 yep Saturday that will be their home senior the senior game 530 not it's not a league game it's against Blackstone Valley okay here at the plateau yeah so if the season send ends on that Tuesday the 29th they might have playoff games that weekend yeah starting it's pretty quick turn around and it's been a fun fun weekend for us here at waa obviously we had the the triple header Thursday it was me and Josh doing the girls senior night yesterday it was you and your brother on the football yeah today me and you closing out this triple header some great games yeah it' be nice to uh end this one with a win get a clean sweep yep I heard uh Abby dver had a hattrick Abby dver hattrick pretty untraditional hattrick weren't only one normal goal was scored she kind of ran into the keeper no no foul was called but ball up in the back of the net and then a nice deflection went in so yeah Y and then the other was just a normal kick off a pass and then Sophie leeski had two goals another senior we were celebrating on senior night forget who scored the other one but a uh believe it was six 7 I think it was 72 I saw 72 a great game and did that get the girls above 500 it did for the first time I think this season yeah girls looking to get a chance at a playoff game yeah playing uh playing some good ball lately did that with a injury to one of their star players nor Cox got Jersey Mike Player of the week a couple weeks ago but sprained her angle she's in a boot hopefully it's not super serious and that she'll be back if there is a playoff game that's good to know I would think they were think they'd be right in line for playoff see if I can get the Mia rankings Andrade to KY Costa takes a long shot just over would have been a field goal do we know what division we're in in soccer I believe three don't see us in three I will try Costa to Costa both Brothers Costa the older one gave it away opportunity for Wayland Meg steps in on it Andre Costa division two ranked Enrique tried to find Noah Ramsey he got it gave it away but still possession to the clockers Andrade clal Costa gave it away and a deflection off of Thiago Jacob gives the Warriors a throw in so the Ashley and girls eight and seven rank 31 just in so far just inside y they'll need to close out the next couple games with some wins Costa and interesting uh sebran fenstra number one playing Striker now he played goalkeeper the first half now up top for Striker Mikey Flynn the senior in net for clockers as a senior Martin very patient with the ball as long as they have possession they can't lose he knows it oh and there's a little turnover they're just trying to get the ball to finstra they're not trying to really build up play that's what they they didn't do that in the first half when they scored the goal they decided to build up maybe a bit of a tactical change as they're down is this more like uh going the home run home Runner strike steal this style of what they're playing right now was more of what the girls did in their game it was most of the thre balls up to Abby dver at the top Vanessa Thompson curling balls in towards the box so the Ashley boys are actually in division two they are ranked 10th right now if the playoffs started they'd be playing the uh number 23 ranked seong team had a very strong season last year made the playoffs year before that they just missed it clock ticking down towards 11 minutes to go in the game just a little bit more with the stoppage time Ramsey looking to Chuck this one into the box no clocker could get ahead on it cleared away and Mikey Flynn way out of his own box there's no one on him though 10 minutes to play left in this second half clockers again need a goal to tie it up finra had trouble controlling it got stuck under his foot yeah so the boys are division three girls are division two uh whand is ranked 10th in division two so they're playing a 10th ranked team a division ahead and Flynn steps up clears that one far able to stay in bounds though Ramsey with it Costa has a man on heads it away quickly up to Martins good play by Hunter Megs oh just a little too physical that time gets the whistle yeah you have to really foul Hunter Meg trying to get the ball away from him he's so fast and so tall oh another good break up Ramsey keeps it in his possession here's Andre Costa they're just having trouble finding that number nine up top this time SE uh S finra I did find out before the game sebron didn't get his hash browns so like I like I told his mother he might be a little malnourished long shot oh hit the other cross Costa just over the net yeah hit both crossbars first it was the field goal but very very close opportunity Costa likes to take those long shots keeps the keeper that was a bullet yeah so again two Costa Brothers Cy with number 20 and his older brother senior Andre number 31 Megs heads it to vento and he'll just play it back to Mikey Flynn can't pick it up because it was a kick if you're wondering keeper can only pick up the ball if it's touched by the other player or indirectly pass to the keeper or a header but if it's a normal kick keeper cannot pick up the ball free kick for whan in an attacking opportunity very close to the uh the Zone yep it's pretty wide but it's still possibly a chance for a shot from this set piece if that were a a penalty would it would it be a penalty kick had it been on the inside of that that type of play if it was inside the yellow yeah if it's inside of the 18 yard box it would be a penalty kick anything outside is where the spot of the foul is Portage looking to cross it in good job Flyn yeah so Portage far away wide wise and went for a cross instead of a kick it's C trying to fight with it kicked out of bounds by Brady Babel again number two captain of this team another timeout this would be the other team I don't know who called the first one 640 to go yeah so right now if the uh start of the playoffs Ashley boys would be playing seeon so Rob you want to tell the listeners about the new waa radio you know I don't know much about it what do you know from what Josh told me a couple nights ago we uh it's just FM or AM radio listen to it in your car on your phone it's just so if you're not able to watch the game on YouTube you're still going to be able to listen to us okay listen to the Game Cast just so you don't miss anything in the car nice I didn't know what that entail and then as as you touched on earlier the podcast y equipment that is new to the station or at least this batch is so that's something that's going to occur more frequently there's a couple podcasts on there already I saw Yolanda Graves doing one and there was another produ don't remember the name and of course John featherston always does his uh politics I go to get the names of the shows I apologize I don't you can learn all about that if you go to the waa open house Tuesday what is it 6 to8 6 to8 Refreshments will be served it's open to the public light Refreshments by Marathon Deli six minutes left to play in the game clocker hoping to get something Costa will he take another long shot has a good bit of dribbling takes the shot got blocked by The Defenders it's funny unless you're down on the field it's it's hard to uh see how little room they have to actually get a shot on there with other the players here's Kean Graham takes the shot it was on the ground though and wide towards the left could not lift it up and now a player is down it's Yemen yep number 14 Yemen he looks okay he's up maybe cramping maybe got stepped on yeah he kind of threw his hands up like he wasn't happy with some contact that was made but good news is that he's up and he's okay did not have to get helped off the field playing Brady Babino takes the goal kick ball got deflected off of Noah Ramsey Walsh going for the hatrick keeps it good bit of space over a Portage down Wing someone's going to have to get on him centering pass just let this one out yep Jacob lets this one out substitution Enrique in for Costa Costa almost had that goal a long shot hit the crossbar just not the right crossbar and it's immediately played to Enrique so quick action off the substitution just like he's been doing all game Babino steps up under five minutes to play clock stops on the scoreboard again added time the clock on scoreboard is not official time the officials keep the official time so only they know how long is left in the game fight for the ball on that Left Flank Declan vento just trying to get his body in front he does no fouls being called but still in possession of Wayland can you see who that was pretty far yeah 29 yeah if it's 29 it's Martins yeah Riley Martins did a good job of just that's what he did shielding to Defender shielding the ball trying to just run as much time off the clock as possible Riley one of the senior captains for the Warriors The Warriors came out to play we are in crunch time now Kean Graham too big of a touch oh wow no Mikey's going to have no problem with that one clockers need to get going need a goal to tie this up Enrique chips it tries to find Andrade couldn't good slide tackle got all ball Andrade Ramsey oh out of bounds it will be clocker ball though Josh Steinberg playing up top on that rsh Wing position now heading towards the middle surprising they haven't put Arthur soua back in I know he has the the yellow card but in a need of a goal like this it's good to put in your Striker it is played Hunter Megs with it heck of a throw in huh yeah brilliant play it will be a corner kick opportunity here for goal on this set piece Andre Costa he's going to take the corner trying to bend it in ahead on it is Hunter Megs just two in front of him headed it towards the side that was a goal and opportunity right there just could not get the right accuracy on it it's funny the little strategies you see the whing guy was going to chase the ball down he realized why am I chasing it down the clock running is uh beneficial well in the end that probably will get tacked on added time with the referees but never usually his punches a possibility that it doesn't whan stays with it and that will just run time off the clock so once you notified me the clock had stopped I started the timer here I don't know how quickly you had noticed it but we got about three minutes in pretty quick okay so there's a couple minutes left of uh off sides oh little yep they just trying to waste time plays it to Jacob trying to find something but you just can't force it up the middle like that wide open Andre Costa to his left they can't even get enough pressure for Flynn to come up and help out might have about a minute minute and a half to go and if the score stays the same kesan Graham will probably be kicking himself for that golden opportunity where it just soared right past him brilliant cross from Lucas Arona yeah wide open just didn't get the touch and that's the end of the game fulltime a loss for this claer team that is not what they wanted trying to find a home game in the playoffs 2-1 goals from Victor Andrade and who had the who had the two goals Max Walsh both goals for warriors wh so 2-1 Walsh and Andrade the two goal scorers as the clockers a disappointing result yeah they played well they represented themselves well they were definitely they were playing a tougher team but uh it was marginal the difference you know I think if they had those two starters that they were resting might have been a different outcome yeah as we said before in late first half they were matching each other very well it just happened to be a unfortunate opportunity that led to a goal for the guests being the Warriors and just not the uh right and then that missed opportunity not enough opportunities so that will uh drop ashy to eight four and two on the season as you mentioned next game will be uh in Dam or is it here it's at the middle school it's at oh at the middle school so it's a home game walker field yep and and uh season's wrapping up but they're getting ready for the playoffs yep and um yeah should be exciting they'll have a home game most likely in the opening round and hopefully more than that but so the end of a triple header here at waca TV Thursday Friday and now this unfortunately no sweep it was a twoin one record overall girls won football one unfortunately a loss here but they're going to look to turn it around come Tuesday at the middle school hopefully get a win they lost against denim earlier this year but trying to fight back make it one-on-one on that record against their team y that's about it yep so uh just want to thank our crew one more time Mackie kotob Paul Bowden and Jeff Hall and uh I'll take us out on behalf of my partner and great job today Daniel thank you for uh joining me today I'm Rob silver Daniel vetstein 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e e e oh pleas Jo to the flag of the United States of America for stands one nation oh I certainly would love to do that Frost here no here benos here Gordon here oh here Tire here we're six tonight okay do we have any correspondents none with h none okay Student Activities so welcome to Rajan thank you we met him in May uh can I screen share yes please I'll stand over there like K used to do dust little it's it's okay stand where you're wherever you would like all right so first and foremost um this being my first meeting I want to formally introduce myself a little bit my name is rajin sakop I a senior um and I kind of I put four photos up here that have summed up how I've chosen to spend my four years here at Stevenson um primarily I'm the varsity Mach trial team captain here at Stevenson and so law in the legal field has a special place in my heart uh both my dad and my uncle um our trial attorneys and litigators and so coming from that experience and sort of having legal field mentor has been really empowering to me um I am the President of our fire club which is our fostering Intercultural respect and empowerment Club so in that role I work with like-minded student peers to Be an Effective voice for all students here at Stevenson um paralleling down the diversity role I'm the diversity director of the Statesman newspaper and so I get to do the talking aspect and the writing aspect of it with the Statesman and I think if I have one word to kind of sum up it's it's student advocacy and Leadership I love being able to empower my fellow peers um to to be their best self and to be a voice um within the Stevenson community and so I'm really excited to continue that path um in this new room so the big uh two events I think that I wanted to highlight this this month in August was just networking for our freshman um the big one was freshman orientation day fod uh the day before school started our freshman came all together with their their mentors and got to experience what Stevenson was like without like all the hassle of upper class and being around and this was a really cool experience I think for freshman to come together and feel as though they're one Stevenson Community right you're coming from six different seven different middle schools but now we are one Stevenson Patriot and so I think this was really fun for both the freshman and for their mentors same was the Freshman mixer you know one week into school to have like a mini freshman party I think was really cool for them to be able to experience that um along themselves and and to network with one another and get get to know their fellow peers and and the PPA put it like hoping that some of these people in here will be their best friends for years down the road and so building those connections early on I think was just a really fun and cool experience to see for our freshman looking back so in academic um a lot of our competitive based teams had successes over the summer and through August um on the top left our Environ Thon theme competed at a national competition in Geneva and so they were able to win out there in the bottom right the Stevenson's FCCLA which is family career Community leaders of America uh had their National Conference in Seattle so that was a really fun experience for that small group of girls to be able to go out to Seattle and have a bonding experience and really connect over that club in the middle our Science Olympia team competed at a national tournament at MSU so that was similar to Environ just being able to to put on their event on the top right our hosted team had their National Tournament in Houston this year and so that was really fun I think for Al inclined students to be able to to have that experience with with Healthcare Professionals in Dallas and then on the bottom left our orts team had a national competition over the summer in which they competed and the student perspective of this was from their coach that it was really empowering for for these students to feel like Esports is something that they can do competitively many students feel as though orts is something that can get forgotten about or not thought of as sort of a club or a competitive event um but this really went to show to them and and to to those in the community that you know you can get scholarships for Esports um it it involves teamwork it involves Community Building um it's a team-wide event and so that was I think really empowering for those students to be able to experience on a national level another big uh networking event was Street Fest which just happened on Saturday um put on wonderfully by NHS great Community Building event the weather was beautiful out all the like 60 plus booths that we had they had like a new stage design um that they had piloted this year the ceremony the fireworks it was a perfect Saturday night to come together as one Stevenson community and NHS did a fantastic job as they always Fine Arts was kind of light this month um they they're just starting to get going the band had their exhibition night prior to the opening football game two weeks ago and so they were able to put on for for some for themselves and for their families as well sort of what they'll be playing at the halftime show um and just to get back out there was I think really fun for them on the bottom right our theater had a National Conference in New York and so this was really cool I think for them to be able to experience theater live I andan I know our theater sponsor is just really passionate about giving them those real world experiences and so that was a fun event for them in August Athletics uh I broke Athletics down into two slides because there's so much that's been going on athletically um over the past two months and so I'll start in the middle both our boys and girls cross country team hosted a regional uh sort of like practice scrimmage event with other teams and so that was collaborative on their part they worked together both the boys team and the girls team um both did very well respectively in their events on the bottom left uh football had a great two night great to opening um home games they had the home opener two weeks ago against half and then um last week this past Friday against Libertyville great atmosphere I mean just for our freshman to be able to get out get together see what a Friday night light experience is like you know we see it at at College levels we see it in the NFL but being I think for a freshman to be able to see it at the high school level um the themes were blackout and then camo and just seeing a sea of Stevenson students in black t-shirts and then camo was just such a great Community networking events it was a perfect perfect night um and the the Pats won at their home opener so that just made it that much better on the bottom right pickle ball is sort of the intramural that I'm highlighting this month um and so I was talking to the pickle ball coach it's an IM club and the these two happen to be brothers I believe that that were running it uh pickle ball has really taken off at Stevenson I know I think we're all aware of how popular pickle ball is nationally amongst adults but even amongst students I was talking to the sponsor they have like hundreds of students showing up to these tournaments and to these practices for tryouts every weekend and so being able to see you know Stevenson students engaged in that and being able to do that at the intramural level um has just been really fun for them continuing with Athletics um bass fishing had a regional competition that they participated in in August and they did very well at that and then both of our golf teams um two weeks ago had a tournament against mundeline on separate dates but we had a photographer go out and take like professional shots of golf which was really cool to see um and both of them have started both teams both the boys and the girls versity team have started off very very strong so upcoming uh the big one next week is going to be homecoming and all the festivities that come with homecoming the assembly the football game and then the Ultimate Dance I know class board and student council have been working tirelessly to prepare their uh their assembly and they the spirit days that they're planning all week long and so freshmen especially are very excited for that experience and kind of getting to experience their first homecoming that whole week of Celebration um and then band play and the uh theater group will really be kicking it off in the beginning of October and so this is what I'm really excited about this is something I've piloted as my own little spin on this um I mentioned in my introduction that the Statesman has been a huge huge part of my experience here at Stevenson and I was told that board members do not actually get a copy of the states SP and so I have copy for all of you of my very very States love this thank you yeah IDE thank you so much thank you thank you and so my goal in this um going forward every meeting will be to kind of highlight one story within the Statesman that highlights a different perspective of Stevenson that we don't get to see through the photos of the daily digest or the photos of our Athletics and our and our competitions especially and so the Statesman has really over the years been able to Target select group of students that don't get to be seen otherwise and so we'll be picking um articles for you all to sort of Spotlight on every issue from here on out so that's all I got thank you so you so [Applause] much all right thank you so much perfect thank you grab a cookie underway I will all right you have any visitor statements tonight okay all right um we are always excited um to have our Student Activities report but then also the opportunity to honor some students so uh tonight Mark we have the opportunity to honor some students with the ambassador award yeah absolutely we've got three students who have earned a perfect score on the ACT thank you um and just puts this in perspective um that would be the top.
e e e Jo inedge of Al Al to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all pleas the oh I'm happy to Frost no no here here s here Bon here moons here TI here we six tonight where's Steve where's Steve vacation oh sorry good it's been two months um do we have any correspondence no okay and no Student Activities tonight get rolling and are there any visitors who would like to speak okay all right well um we are back uh one week under our belt it is we were just talking before the meeting how great it is actually have kids in the building um like the gears are turning it's awesome so it's good to have everybody back um we have a number of First readings for tonight um feel free to to um feel free to let me know if you have any questions about it uh we'll be bringing them forward for approval in September but the first is a first reading of our gpis for um this coming school year we had a chance to look over these at The Retreat um the first one is notable only because the state did make the Shi from the SAT to the ACT um I think uh although you know some would argue it's frustrating that the state kind of changes the assessment system I think there are a few of us here who actually prefer the ACT over the SAT so Troy talked about that the retreat Retreat we're a little bit more um act friendly here than I think the SAT so we're going to be okay with that the initiatives are the same the two projects for the year are there as well um really focusing on that act and then also exploring AI um because I think there's a lot of opportunities uh there to support the work of teachers so if we can save teachers you know time um in the work that they do that would be great so I know a lot of folks have already jumped into that so those are gpis Mark will bring um those back in August with specific action steps sorry that would be September which is the month after August um generally um and they'll have action steps tied to all of the gpis correct okay we also have curriculum um course course proposals for you uh you saw all of these in the spring as letters of intent so um Mark and Troy had a chance to review all of these uh over the summer and bring forward um this first reading of curriculum changes we'll have more time to talk about them in September but in the meantime there's some name changes there's credit changes um most of which are fairly minor there is a new course on intermediate Chinese um there is um also a change in the sequencing for science in the freshman year so we're going to give you a chance to look at that we'll talk about it more in September the goal is to really create more Pathways for kids to explore more of the Sciences from freshman year to sophomore year so Mark will'll give you a chance to dive into that a little bit more in September okay um so those are the course proposals first reading so please take a look at those and let let me know if you have any questions um each year we have a data sharing agreement with CLC this is just a first reading um CLC as you know is within the top three postsecondary institutions Troy that we send our kids to I think it's UI Indiana probably CLC it's something like that it's number two number two fantastic um so we have a data sharing agreement that we typically bring each year this just allows you know kind of that flow of information back and forth so thank you Pia for putting that all together we'll approve that uh in September and then um we have a first reading for uh board policy update so again Pia does an amazing job of pulling all these together level a level b c d and e um and Pia were there anything in here that was noticeable the board for this month no a lot of the press update is in preparation of the title 9 changes so it is just a lot of word smithing really the only notable one is policy 4 colon 80 press raised the maximum account balance from 500 to 1,000 for any of the miscellaneous bank accounts that we have we have a special uh policy that had it at 45,000 and we don't use the bank accounts and so the bank accounts aren't existing so so we're just dropping it back down to the Thousand we don't need all of that why do we have them if we don't use them we've just had these accounts and we've slowly been closing them I see um I think they are I'm correct me doing good you're doing good like PPA account type things that are closing slowly and R rolling into Student Activities so we tried to inor student funds correct so we tried to put all the student funds in there so we needed that balance we don't need that balance anymore ISB is putting it a thousand we should just put it at a thousand as well okay and if you've been paying attention um nationally there's some lawsuits regarding some of the title 9 changes so we're still trying to explore what that all means for Illinois we're one of the cases that um the Supreme Court is referencing so more to come on that it may not happen in September but all the other press updates would corre uh we had another kind of amazing year of summer school Mark is there any highlights that you wanna should I just say the introduction of a new course called project impact was a really interesting thing that sounded amazing yeah a group of our teachers have been interested in incubating a course that's interdisciplinary and um Works to build Partnerships between our students and Community organizations to solve real world problems so is it open to anyone or is it upper level only sophomore junior senior so I just as a total side note I'm always very excited to share and just remind the board if you go to page two just the um percentage of uh students in the ninth freshman sophomore and junior senior class that take summer school um and if you remember our summer unlike most schools we offer hardly any remediation classes in summer this is all enrichment um experiential opportunities for kids um opportunities to take required courses or elective courses so 60 n% of our incoming freshmen took a summer school class so over 700 kids Troy we're running around the building this summer as freshman just not a gobble just not a gobble um uh 400 sophomores 300 Juniors 300 sen I mean it's unbelievable you know the number of kids it's B number I mean our summer school enrollment is bigger than 90% of the high schools in in Illinois so it's just a weird thing it's so great so I appreciate it that social studies in particular and the course changes is going to allow freshmen to take more electives and social studies because large percentage of them are taking their world history in the summer so I think that's that's a great change I appreciate that yeah yeah if they have a great experience in world history why wouldn't they want why not try some other things you know it's great I think this this was also the first summer we sent any students to Japan well since 1998 oh yeah I took kids to oh my go it would be the second did you actually did they all make home last C so to be clear it was the first time in this Century that we thank you that obiously yeah um okay myself right into that um let's uh talk about enrollment uh you can see uh the most current enrollment report um we are at 4,7 1779 I think we got two more over the weekend kids um so yeah there's a lot um to be you know to be fair probably 50ish of those kids may be kind of outplaced um depending upon the day so I think that you know on any given day we we have about 4700 Kids on Campus so um without the new additions the the east building and then the PWC it would be really really tight so thank you for that um and even with all of that um Ted is quickly finding that um classroom space is a premium so I think there's some um kind of you know bargaining that's consistently going on to make sure we can have some space so but uh Sean just in terms of enrollment projections that's a project that you're still working on with your feeder District p and I have been um working on figuring out the we've been having some issues with our demographer um they were bought out and then they started treating us as a single um school as Oppo as opposed to a Consortium with our feeder schools um so we have since gotten that rectified and we should be getting both projection for last year um as well as a projection for this year so hope to have that shortly okay you'll see um some um administrative and faculty changes uh you'll see some addition of um looks like one10 or 210 uh FTE um that is primarily because we have teachers who are um going on a quote unquote overload so instead of teaching five classes they'll teach six um for one or both semesters and the reason for that is is we may have actually hit a record number of new movein this summer so the number um Troy that Ted gave me was well over 150 kids it's 160 160 something yeah so in any given summer sometimes it's 50 sometimes it's 75 every once in a while there'd be more than a 100 kids um but this year it was 1560 kids well that's a lot of kids that we did not bake into sectioning back in March so we had to you know alleviate some of the pressure on class sizes um by by adding sections and the easiest way to do that is by giving teachers who are interested in overload so we have to add any ft the last well though well that's what these are no I get but in actual position no well these all add up to more than one FTE but we haven't had to we didn't have hire a full have to hire one person right yep you'll see some support staff changes um and then uh some other items there as well so all of that is in the human resources report for um for the consent and then tonight Sean we have a public hearing for the adoption of the 2425 budget yep in June um the board uh at the June board meeting uh the board took action to set the public hearing for today um we also um published the notice in the paper um according to the rules that are put out by ISB um and it has been on display for uh the past 30 days um as well uh just a little refresher from our meeting in um June we are experiencing or we're expecting to take in about 8% more Revenue this year LED largely by uh property taxes uh because remember we're a year behind so we're still um taking a effect of the large cpis um and then the distribution from the ELC we're expecting to be over a million a half dollars um so our revenues will be about $12.6 million um our expenditures um are projected to go up by 6 and a half% again largely driven by our um labor agreements that are um in the middle of each of their contracts as well as the contracts um that we have with for student the ELC and some of our other purchase Services all in all we have a total expenditure budget of 150 um $154 million or just over $14.5 million um so that would be uh a budget deficit um of a little bit of um a little bit under $2 million however if we look at just our operating budget we are in fact fact balanced um so we expected this to be be the last year of a budget deficit before we start um balancing our budget on an annual basis so tonight we are going to need the board um to open up a public hearing um take any hear any take any comments close the hearing um and then lastly um the board will need to adopt the 2024 25 uh budget as has been presented could I please get a motion to open the public hearing on the proposal budget so second all in favor I okay we are in the public hearing do we have any public comments could I get a motion to close the public hearing on the 2024 proposed budget so moved second all in favor I iOS so now could I please get a motion to adopt the 242 District 125 budget as presented ter you please pull theard certainly Shia I gorson hi moons I Ty I no hi Ben ysph hi Carri six to zero okay Sean so emergency CAD repair yep so so unusual but yeah if you remember several years ago we had a situation and we had to bring before the board where we had what's called a ground F ground fault in the power lines that Runner our Stevenson and it was out in Port Clinton um the interesting thing about all of the power lines is when they were laid back in the day they were not in conduit they were just coated wires that are underneath the ground those erode over time as you can imagine and you end up getting ground faults and interrupt the power we've had several of those coms come out they've repaired it now they're looking at it and they're saying it needs to be fixed well they require it now to be in conduit and the Beautiful part about it is that we're responsible for the conduit the boring and the installation um so uh based on what we did about three years ago um we have almost 2,000 ft of cable um that needs to be replaced from the at electrical pole to two of our Transformers 4 B4 and B5 um based on what it costs us several years ago we think that it's going to be um in the neighborhood of about $1 150 to $200,000 um we don't have the exact quote yet because comad hasn't given us the drawings to give to the um various uh vendors or contractors that will bid this out to because it's an emergency we do not have to bid it out however we do seek three different quotes So tonight we are asking the board um to authorize the emergency repairs of the power Lanes power lines 4 B4 and 4 B5 at a cost not to exceed $200,000 and then we will bring back to the board the actual cost once it happens can we please get a motion so moved second okay my question is how how are you going to do this now that school has started and there's people like are we going to have to shut power off to the building I we will what what's good is we can bore we can directionally bore put in the conduit put in the wire and then connect it at the last time so usually we shut it off at like 10 or 11: at night and they work from 10 or 11 at night to early in the morning when we have to turn the power back on it's going to be difficult yeah yeah but the good news is also that this is from the ComEd line to the Transformer we can actually run on our beer plant and which doesn't pull from the ComEd power lines so it's t kind of in our Network and we should be able to run the our peer plants we interrupt we should not have interrupt Interruption we still do it in the middle of the night anyway is it the last one that you'll have to do or no it probably will not be the last one to do um but it's one that seems to be having the most problems um so we've done the one out in Port Clinton we have two out in the alley and then there's three other ones I think that are on the east side of our campus and just wait for those to yeah so that's going to be part of our master plan that we're working on determining like is it a waiting game like what happens um yeah fun stuff so Sean um the reason you're bringing this to the board is one you know it's needed but two it wasn't in the budget so um that's why we're asking the board for approval so we've been running fairly tight the past few years in the budget so do we have we have we have room in the budget for this we have I have an emergency contingency that we use that will pretty much eat most of the foll Year correct we had very little construction planned for this year anyway um but this definitely takes out of the equation any projects that we're probably we going to do so the hot tub that Troy wanted to put out on his patio Troy's hot tub the the treadmill walking desks are all out that we'll have to wait I put it in again every year keep trying keep trying um need go ahead nope you ready yeah any other questions for sure yes coron yes wounds I TI I no hi Vose hi so hi carries six to nothing okay I have a couple of first readings um there will be more information um in the mid meeting memos before we bring it to the board in September one has got to do with Event Photography services and the utilization of those Services throughout our campus it probably would not surprise anybody here how active our campus is and how many different events we have um and so that's kind of changed the way we think and Jamie will probably be providing some more information and for me in the mid meeting memo as we go through this uh the next first reading is the purchase of natural gas and electricity uh just as a reminder um we buy future contracts for natural gas and electricity it's time to renew those for another year um we have been on the right side or the good side of all of those purchases for the last four years to keep our Energy prices stable um even if it's um you know we look at the price and because it's a fiveyear lock we can then build a budget a stable budget for those five years we then do have um a couple of foyer requests and then I just want to remind the board that we include both June and July's um financials in here because uh we did not have a a board meeting in July and that's all I have for tonight I get a motion to approve the consent agenda please so moved second want to do it Terry can you please P sure moons I tyer I no ioseph hi s hi gson car six to nothing okay uh most of this we already talked about um but you can see a nice little picture of the team there so feel free to download that put it on your phone um there was an interesting article about uh grading practic assessment and Grading practices that are changing across the country um Wendy included some information about um the college board moving toward more digital AP um testing and I think within the next couple years Wendy almost every AP exam will be digital this year almost everything will be digital L of the math and science will be hybrid just because of like the formulas and some things so um they're going to be partly on on computer or tablet partly on paper so good luck to [Laughter] T I wish him well yes um very funny uh we talked about uh item D and the aroma projections Sean and P are working on those um we had a safety meeting last week uh that Eric Ramos did a great job with tomorrow Troy is our um what's that drill day yep so um information has gone on around that safety is obviously something we continue to pay lots of attention to you have a copy of the guide book P everybody got aop guide book so um that's great nighttime reading put that on your nightstand and then um some pictures of the trips that were out this summer so um very cool traveling to France in Italy and Japan and then last but not least congratulations Amy do you want to speak to uh oh yes the um board recognition we applied this year through very sort of long and tedious application for iasb board governance recognition just as a ton of questions in essay form about um how we monitor our superintendent performance how we decision make what kind of process is there for onboarding new members do we have a data deal do we have all that data do we have you know just all kinds of things and then with each piece of that you to write an essay and then provide backup links and data and all kinds of stuff so thank you to Pia first and foremost for all of the help with that because she provided all of that information to link into that application so yeah so they're we got the gold star we're doing a good job I think you'll be recognized also at the Joint annual conference yeah there's GNA be something some kind of a I don't know what it is so something we have to show I don't know if we all do but probably Steve or I we can draw St yeah I will go if there's a thing or you know Steve wants to go but well congratulations Weller well deserved and that's all we have for tonight oh Lord could I get a motion to adjourn so moves second all in favor did I didn't think you'd come I would have texted you
2% of test takers in the world of taking it's pretty extraordinary we've got two of them here tonight um the first um who was not able to make it um was Maas Park um but we do have fry sarker [Applause] turn this way congratulations and we also have lilan wag congratulations anybody have any questions pleas so was it hard it was long long yeah hour preparation but yeah it is pretty long was was this the first first my first w wow you're done took Mr mooka 37 times but I got there you got there you got there it's all about the destiny perseverance right are you both seniors I'm a senior yeah congratulations good luck and enjoy your senior year and congratulations it's an incredible accomplishment great [Applause] job awesome you're welcome thank you all right right um well being able to honor students is always the best part of the meeting but the second best part of the meeting is always our team presentation so thank you uh for being here and uh you know for the past couple years we've been exploring um the impact of oural initiative and the work that our amazing uh faculty and staff members have been doing so tonight we have representatives from the social studies Division and Brad I'll let you introduce your team and tee us up for the night certainly um uh it's exciting for me to have the opportunity introduce our AP US History team affectionately known as APUSH around the division around the school around the community because it's a team that were about 15 years ago I have been on for about 10 or 12 years myself so it's exciting for me to see the types of changes and evolution that has taking place with the activities students are engaging in the way they're working with history um and the way it's coming alive differently for students than it was back when I had the opportunity to teaching it a lot of technology has impacted but really um if you if you look at the tenants of transformative um how that really blends with inquiry the work that you do in social studies it's a very natural fit and has really pushed a lot of work that they're going to share and tell you all about in terms of students having greater choice and and voice in in the work that they're doing um culminating some really exciting things I don't want to to are head of them they have started last year continuing this year but really are are also taking us in a place that's not just about our social awareness of students and competencies relationship with but even starting to bridge more into intentionality and selfawareness self management I think those things you see really exciting and I will let Kristen our team leader take over from here I think we're all going to that's it's kind of an awkward personal stand up here if that's all right with you all um so hi I'm Christen Barrett I'm the team lead uh for apus history this is my 17th year teaching at Stevenson uh in addition to APUSH I also teach our AP uh US government uh and I'm a JB uh swim coach for our boy swimming and Diving tea hi my name is Kathy Swanson this is my sixe teaching at Stevenson it's my 20th year overall um in addition to teaching AP US History I also teach AP IM geography hi I'm Carolyn dun and this is my fifth year at Stevenson and also my 20th year teaching um and I teach AP with history and college PR with history um I'm Junior barj I teach American studies and apus history and this is my six year Stevenson and 10 years overall teacher um I'm Naomi Pier I have been here for nine years I like 15 or so overall um um I teach AP US History and AP Psychology I'm Paul mooka thanks for having us tonight uh this is my 26th year at Stevenson no excuse me 27 36 overall as a teacher um one of my proud students right here naom me be part of a team with one of students I also teach special ed US History coach girls black football all right so the APUSH team wanted to start today uh by kind of walking you through um kind of how we've been transforming the US History experience and we want to start with a shout out to buer um in that we're really transformed from this um okay that's why I don't use a clicker um to this um and so as you can see these are some photos of our aush students um in our class classroom um and the learning environment is a little different than your stereotypical uh US History classroom where for many of us that experience was a fact memorization and kind of student or teacher centered uh direct instruction whereas in these snapshots of students you can see that students are at the center uh students are using choice and voice in their learning process and so these are again just some snap snapshots for us to kind of highlight the Transformations that we've been doing uh in our courses over the last several years uh so some of these activities that you're seeing we do historical uh press conferences we're doing uh reform recruitment fairs historical figure dinner parties um and all of these activities students are highly engaged in their inquiry driven students are developing their perspective taking skills uh critical thinking skills um as well as their empowerment um and certainly this work that students are these types of activities that they're participating in throughout the year closely aligns um with our portrait of a Stevenson graduate and the skills that we're hoping that our students walk away with when they leave uh Stevenson so I'm going to pass the torch to Carrie who is going to walk through how the aush team has been using the student voice survey data to reflect on this transformation and how it's impacting our students so I think the activities Kristen was talking about have been really effective in fostering a positive classroom climate um learning strategies that are helping them to grow um encouraging belonging but one area that we looked at as an opportunity for growth was our valuing of subject and I think we really felt that in this ever stem centered World um that we really wanted to encourage our students to see the importance of History right where our our democracy is only as strong as it's active and informed citizens um and we want them to understand that history can help them make meaning of the present and help us hopefully have a more just and Equitable future shout out to v um so we decided what can we do to make history more meaningful um and we integrated a new project History Fair and we thought that this would kind of move us from the shallow end of the pool where the teacher is giving you a list you know for one of our dinner parties we give you a list of the formers you can do we tell you we're having a dinner party this is how you're going to present that information maybe you have a couple of days to do some research and then present we move on we thought we wanted to have a project where students could choose their topic so they could pick something that they're really passionate about and interested in personally um and we decided instead of having we tell you exactly how you need to present that information they would have choices in the format to show the skills that they excelled at a lot of these activities on the left are fairly shortterm um and in some ways Limited in depth right if you only have a few days in order to investigate and a short time to present um we wanted to do a yearlong project so that students would able to do intensive research of their own having to find sources which would more closely mirror a real college history experience um and that they would be able to go into so much more depth I feel like teaching especially in AP class is sort of a mile wide and an inch deep here they would really be able to drill down um over the course of a full semester and in the spring when we looked at our data again we could saw increases in the alignment with their values and usefulness to their daily life and usefulness to the Future um how their own personal interests have gone up and the only thing we saw go down was how much they cared about their grades and honestly if that's the one thing going down we're happy about that so we hope that part of this is a reflection of having the opportunity to really delve into a project of their real personal interest and to kind of talk a little bit more about that project in depth as M thanks Carri sure um so when the aish team kind of discussed how with our rigorous academic curriculum what Pathways can we actually allow students to choose and research the topic and along with coaching um you know flag and buling I'm also one of the history fav moderators so we kind of thought it would a perfect marriage of the parameter set by the National History Day then we can bring that into a push where our students like Carri said have the opportunity to want to have agency to pick a topic that they that speaks to them and also a collaborative aspect where them and peers are going to do college level research on the topic of the choice and so History Fair you have the opportunity to make a classic board the trifold board or create a documentary which is fascinating uh the skills our students have you know they're they're spectacular and creating a website so they have not only do they get to pick the topic they also get to pick the medum which they want to show their research and it is an entire year long project where we involve Librarians ilc teaching Min research skills that uh they can then carry on hopefully to the next level so it was a was a good Mirage I would like to show you guys some examples from our history Fair uh last May uh we were really fortunate to get a wide variety of different topics um as Paul as mooka just said right here it basically we had three different things that you could use as your medium to show your your knowledge and your learning so we had the poster board which is like the trifold um here in the middle you can see there's the little Champion uh thing there this group put in a lot of time and effort they started from just looking at the basics of feminism to really exploring it throughout um over a Century's worth taking it all the way to the modern day uh we felt they did an excellent job of really you know going to depth about this particular topic and um just talking to them they were able to stand before their their trifold and really share information that they they knew knew and they they were very proud of it and we're actually going to hear from them in a little bit one of our videos um other topics we had Harmony and Harlem for like the Harlem Renaissance um we also had topics related to immigration you know we are a very diverse School Community which is a wonderful asset here at Stevenson and I saw a variety of different topics related to immigration especially since uh we've seen immigration laws change since the 1960s and many of our students and their families came to this country as a result of that um we did have a wide variety of websites so students who like to use that platform um they were just able to take you know the ideas and and put it into a different form um here are some examples we have up here we had like the Space Race uh we had different social movements um that a lot of students did for their websites and then we also had documentaries we're not going to play any of them for you today but some of them were quite interesting like here we have hip hop Horizons from Street De beats um just like the wide variety of interests that these kids showed and then like just their personal talent in terms of making this I mean I don't think I could do that good of a job as they were doing um it was quite phenomenal so the the theme was turning points so that all these are revolving around Su depict as a turning point in history this year is rights and responsibility so that g will change these are these students feel these major turning points in history yep okay pass it over here to J um all right so over the next few slides we're going to look at how we related History Fair to the castle competencies very specifically social awareness one of those interpersonal skills in the green to self-management one those intra personals in the orange uh so our history fair day we have students explore different projects they even listen to some of their classmates presents and after that we ask them to a lot of reflection uh one part of this reflection we were really excited to include to like make That explicit connection back to that social awareness competency was a space to for the students to give a peer a shout out so you see some of those on the board uh we bolded some words that we thought really stood out but looking through all of their responses we saw students really acknowledge what they learned from their classmates as well as praise The Bravery creativity and Innovation that they saw in these projects uh we also asked we also wanted to give students a space for them to reflect inward on their own experience so we asked them a question on this reflection what did you find the most meaningful about the History Fair experience um so we had many students talk and Carrie kind of mentioned this earlier before of being able to choose a topic of their own interest and really study it in depth and go wherever it took them as well as we also had students really mention how important it was for them them to learn self-management to make their own plan to follow through so throughout the year we saw students kind of really learn that their success in the classroom was dependent on the management of themselves and the management of their time and so I'm going to pass it back to Paul um to introduce this next video so um we asked our four grand Champions if they make a little video uh kind of expressing their whole thought process of from beginning to end and you're about to hear over the next two minutes our students who uh get the pick thr on topics or definitely student agency will come out and their collaboration process is was wonderful and they start talking over each other too so they they really really got close actors and I love about it you're also hear that great teenage honesty they're going to tell they told us what they thought initially when the project was assigned to them and so you love the honesty of teenagers but then they wrapped up with advice to our students this year so the peers is giving advice to peers that's as a teacher there's nothing better than that super happy about that and we played this video for all of our classes this year when we introduced the project so they're really sort of giving to to the next year's group any question who won the grand champion award for History Fair I'm Cherry I'm B I'm Sophie I'm and we're going to tell you a little bit about history was turning the tides the second wave of feminism yes and we didn't start out with that topic actually we first started out with Roy way but since that was too small we had to think bigger and we got to fism but that was too big until we settled onto one era and then moving on to thesis and research so first we formed our thesis question about um our research question by stating what we really wanted to study and what we wanted to find out about the second W of feminism it's essentially a research paper on a trifold board a website or a video yes and moving on to research we cannot emphasize how important research is so when we uh did the research L we finished it but it was just not enough to make our project really like appealing and uh make sure you get research done um although it sounds like really boring Ando we actually started like an assembly line that [Music] before so um Sophie was working on the layout was working on like the modeling part andat yes and and were working [Music] on um so make it visually appealing like have lots of colors have lots of images and drawings um here's a picture of our poster as you can see we made the words really big soot so make it really visually appealing and then second of is don't procrastinate get your task done yes um and make sure when don't be like I have oh I have time no you don't a thing that you're really otherwise you won feel burned out so make sure you have the motivation to actually complete to complete this project and last but not least make sure you're checking with your teachers a lot um they're willing to help you and ask for help when you do need it yeah so overall we really enjoyed this project and we hope you have fun with have [Music] fun so cool so cute okay um so in allowing as you heard um some of the student agency that they really enjoyed um with some of that follow-up survey that we asked them um the number one thing that they said that resonated the most with them and that they found most valuable was being able to choose a topic of personal interest and also really enjoyed the idea of um collaboration and appreciated learning for learning the knowledge that they gained from actually doing the research um so we kind of used all of this information um in terms of being able to edit and add on to them what we moved on with for this year so we've kind of taken their feedback um to be able to improve um as we asked them what suggestions do you have the biggest thing was more class time as she said you think you have enough time no you don't um which I say at the end of every class period when I run out of time um but that was the biggest thing and so we really made a concerted effort as a team to build in extra work days both semesters um especially actually first semester when they're working on the research part as second semester is more the visual um and so really allowing them to to dictate a little bit and recognize um their time management and planning and what that actually entails to be successful when they are attempting to um turn in something that they are proud of and have enjoyed working on um I think a lot of them by the end realize they wanted more time um to be able to have a proud product that they were proud of um and so we've kind of taken this project overall to um allow for our students to help themselves um by building resilience um as a team we read the book never enough last year and really um tried to to pick some ideas uh that we could work on with the kids of time management and this idea of self-management um and at the end of the day realizing that when you are learning about something that you're interested in um that is going to infinitely help your ability to manage your time um and to come up with um something that you're proud of and be engaged and active in your so that's all we got so good so good questions well first of all love the shirts yeah sorry um first fantastic um the project is it's really impressive I have to ask you can you help me understand we often talk um about the the education process and how you're teaching how that's different than what it was when I was in school help me understand a little bit more about the day-to-day the check-ins the how did this obviously they weren't just running off and doing an independent study and then coming back how were you working with them how were they working together how were you setting the standards the telling them what they need can you fill in a little bit of the teaching element here I'd love to understand it better do you want to talk specifically like History Fair or just kind of some of guess we just STI let's let's use it I actually could spend all night and talk you about um no there's definitely supports Bill along the way and that's something like as it like we just started in the last week or to Rolling it out with our students for this school year um so we have like a assignment structure that kind of lays out with the students like gives them a timeline too so it's not just like hey here's we're going to give it to you just in chunks so they get to see the big picture and where we're heading with things and so that way too with that self-management piece of like them knowing okay when are my busy times academically socially things that I'm involved in um but like I said building in that class time is really important um we have time beginning with research where we're going into the ilc we're taking our classes in and we're having our working with our Librarians with us so that it's not just I'm the sole person they're trying to meet with and we have large classes you know so I have a class of 28 so being able to check in with each of those students but being able to have a librarian and even another additional resource in the rooms that we way we can be working with students more that kind of one-on-one because you're right it is kind of them doing like their own independent study um they also can work in a group which I think also helps because they have each other to kind of troubleshoot some issues um we provide uh research logs that they're filling out so that also keeps them focused in terms of the research that they're compiling and that they're Gathering um but it is a it is a lot of instruction teaching students how to do research how to create an annotated bibliography so we allocated a lot of our curriculum time we're taking away to invest in this because we think it's really important these are the skills that they are doing in college um that I don't unfortunately think they get a lot of in high school so that's why we've said it's really important for us to take multiple days a semester to provide students with that so can I ask a followup question to that so I know m is 27 years I think and yeah and and others 20 years teaching so 27 years ago like it was a race like to get through the a push curriculum right like it was I'm still trying to right yeah so how tell me how like that dissonance that you all must feel right like because this is so amazing right and I could see how for kids like yeah valuing subject sense of belonging probably those scores are going up does it create in I'm sure it creat anxiety for you but does it create anxiety for them like are we getting all the other content that we need do you know what I'm asking of course so um I'm G speak for myself but if I if you guys want to add in um two things have kind of allowed me to just I this is important one the 2015 college board kind of restructured that allowed us a little bit of we don't need to know you know every single you know the penelon Act of 1883 um which was one of Brad's favorite Acts I voted on it s he is so that allowed us to uh kind of play around with the with the curriculum and so the board knows they went from I think 80 question 80 multiple choice questions down to like 35 40 50 yeah so almost almost half the number they kind of scaled it down away from like a trivia Pursuit test to more of a skills based so we embraced that and um you know I from a personal standpoint if they see for me as a teacher that this is really important for like for us as they'll they're not going to get all stressed out about oh I need to know this I I have been teaching n psh since 01 the scores of the scores are always going to be the scores we have amazing children right um and so they there's that buy from our team like this is important to us we will get you to May 9th or 10th whatever the day is that's going to take care of itself just trust us and our our kids trust us we it's great we value that right great that's quite an evolution for the team because I think 21 years ago people would have been like go we can't take the timeout corre think right you mean absolutely but a lot of factors go into that so that's it's really really great we also make I'm so sorry a great use of the time after exam rather than just having you know movies for two weeks or something now we have a pro project that they can be working on since we have to have covered the content for the test but this is the time for them to collaborate and work together and then that's when we have our Fair as well awes so sort of making better use of that time we used to so having this Fair where did you set up in the Fieldhouse the wood Commons I mean where physically did you set up and then who came um so we use our awesome PWC uh classrooms so we set up in one that we would making a double but honestly we could last year was our first year running it was our pilot year if you will so we're already making adjustments for this year of wanting almost like a room for just the exhibits because most students do the posters and then a separate room for digital viewing for video documentaries and websites um and basically students attend um It's usually the the last day of regular classes for four final exams so it's after APS are over um it's that last week of school so it's really a fun celebratory event for our students so they attend during their a push class periods but we do open it up um and this year maybe we'll expand and who's coming and attending we did have I think a few Social Studies classes teachers that brought in their Nona push classes in just to see because again the as we showed with the exemplars the work they do is remarkable um and watching them teaching each other and taking this really informed about hey this is what I'm learning in US history and how something that I'm passionate about is really cool to see so yeah so it's a work in progress but it's yeah it's pretty neat so stuner in the school day who chose the grand Champions is that you guys or do they vote you all vote we did yeah we did um we did have students like some of like the you know they give shout outs but it's I mean we're talking four 500 400 at least 400 projects so to have students nail down pick one winner so we the teachers we kind of went through and so as like the students are in there we're also walking around and looking at each at other students work and evaluating it and give them little certificates and it's great and those skills are so you know thinking like historian developing those skills are just going to pay off in college no matter what they study I have a question little off topic but I've been wondering this lately with the with all that goes on in the world has it become more difficult to teach government and history and social studies and all of those things with the craziness or are the kids just it's just the world they know okay sure seen the evolution and such you know he can speak to it the best than your 93 [Laughter] IUS election back yeah you have to be you have to be sensitive um because youever the emotions are obviously running high and you don't know what's coming from home so this our whole department kind of delivers it an aspect of at least from Mar from historical right so if we can kind of teach about elections that have happened 100 years ago and how similar they are to right now that it really kind of helps put things in perspective without people digging in on their sides because that's that's no for anybody so we we kind of we allow to have the lens of History to really help give a greater context because unfortunately all this that's going on right now we've seen it all 100 years ago it's not so much what to think is like teach kids how to think so that's project that's what we're working on right they have to have they're sourcing information they have to be mindful of where they're getting information and reminding them that Tik toac is brain Rock and going from there um but like really helping them navigate different sources um and and recognize like where you are learning things in school we are hopefully being as right objective uh you know information givers um and that they can help to evaluate where that information comes from all right you guys thank you I didn't mean just so really really amazing thank you you you also can take cookies on the way out feel free feel free yep the government team oh the all right well absolutely amazing um thank you Brad we appreciate you thank you okay moving right along uh we have our approval of our 2425 goals projects and initiatives uh this is a voice vote we brought this to you as a first reading in August we talked about these at the retreat in early August and over the course of the last month Mark and Wendy have been working with the administrative team to get all of those action steps identified and thank you to Wendy who's kind of improved Upon Our processes and included that data piece to it as well so making sure that all of our directors are working with Wendy and Tony and their team to make sure that any evaluation of the progress that we're making is rooted in data so I I really appreciate that so tonight uh we're recommending that the board approve the action steps for the 24-25 school year uh as presented so move second any questions have a question about how this the big document comes about with all the action stuff do the directors they write their own and do they have some guidance Mark and Wendy they came up with the directors and work together to brainstorm ideas for each go projects and initiatives and then they spent time working with their core team leaders um to really bring that work alive into their discussions within their division so there's a lot of work that's done at the division level to generates good ideas to best guide their team a lot that it would be collectively hundreds of hours yeah like like seal obviously Lori um supports that work and suppored them with with those Le has um has talked to and worked with different directors with their action steps and now this year Tony um is with that that data piece his team is now going back to see like okay what are directors looking for what are they wanting and kind of making their priority list and then circling back with them on it okay and we and just so you know we do a pretty pretty good job of not allowing ourselves to get distracted you know throughout the year so like if this is what we said we're going to be working on this is where we come back exactly off come back so it's like we don't we're not going to chase the next shiny object you know like this is our work and then at the end of the year we report all that back to you in that big thick uh end of your report right so right anything else okay Terry could you please pull oh it's sorry all in favor I oppose well so far it carried okay um and then next item is approval of our curriculum course proposals uh for 2526 school year we've had a chance to go through these pretty extensively back in the spring talked about some of these things at the retreat um earlier tonight we had the opportunity to talk about the science proposal but there are also other changes including a new course uh intermediate Mander in Chinese um change in grade levels for some of our social studies courses some of these are just name changes Mark um the substantive ones uh are the ones that we that we've discussed so tonight we're bringing forward um recommendations for curriculum course proposals for the 2526 school year please have a motion to who Moved second one other quick thing I forgot to mention is we brought you the um the letter of intent in April and May course proposals now and then Jamie works with all of the directors over the course of the next uh couple months to develop our course book um that gets published in October and November November and believe it or not kids are already starting to choose classes in December or late November early December so that's the timeline so generally we're all kind of buttoned up for next year by the end of March so any other questions for Eric or Mark you ready I don't have a question I just I just have a comment I I had some extra questions about this and I I appreciated the time that Mark and Wendy Steve and Christie and ER spent with me um talking about anytime anytime okay Terry could you please pull the board benos yes I gon hi mo i Ty No frost I no I carries five to one okay the next item is our uh approval of a three-year data sharing agreement with CLC and and Stevenson um this is something that we bring forward uh how often be uh annually and we do it every year so let's do it again um uh this is a three-year term though this a a threee term so we won't do it again for three more years uh and this is just so that um we can share uh specific um data uh between CLC and Stevenson um CLC is our second largest feeder um trivia what is the first there you go uh and then CLC so it's nice to have this data sharing agreement with them so we can talk about individual students so bringing that to you for your approv can I get a motion to approve so move second any questions okay ter could you please pull the board gon wounds I TI yes Frost no I BPH I carries okay um next item is approval of board policy updates um thank you thank you thank you as always to Pia for putting in hours of work to um make this process uh easier for us to look at um and to review so we had a chance uh last month as a first reading um and we kind of pointed out at that time anything that um we recommended that you take a look at um but um those were the first um couple items um but P anything of note that the board should review nothing material this is all just a precursor to press 116 it's a lot of wordsmithing getting ready so remember P has identified level a b c d and e and I don't think there's anything that was level a orb and this one so so tonight we're bringing those forward for your approval could I get a motion to approve so moved second any other questions okay ter could you please pullard gorson hi moons I Ty hi Frost h no hi bosf hi carries six to nothing okay um our enrollment report just an update um the state's kind of moved away from that Old six day enrollment formula they they just asked for enrollment uh um and a nonspecific date I think um but regardless our enrollment changes literally every day so you may remember last month I shared with you informally that we were at about 4,775 kids now we're up to 487 kids um and uh some of those most of those kids are in the building some of them are out of the building if you click on the link you can see the enrollment report um it's just there for your information and review you don't need to vote on it just fyf can I but you can definitely ask questions about it um Sean have you um I don't know where we sit with the demographer um any where are we at in that proc so from the last projection we're still at the 48 to 49 um we should be getting an updated one here in the next month p and I just had a meeting with them earli or no last week um uh there was a little confusion about the accounts when they changed from when they changed ownership companies um but uh we have now straightened that out so that it's a seamless transaction we should have them shortly and is this tracking what our what their projections have been it is this was the big jump year um to the 4,800 and it's come to FR and I'm trying to remember basically we should be getting close to plateauing we should go up uh I think it kind of bounces a little bit um between 48 and 49 but then settle like around 4820 is well yeah let's start let's startop talk and hopefully we're going to get the report soon right yes sir okay but we are um just so you know we do have extra capacity in terms of we are very very very tight right now but that is because we have um three or four multi-purpose rooms that we are leaving open during the day as multi-purpose rooms we're kind of holding out hope that they can continue to be multi-purpose rooms but as soon as we're kind of busting at the seams we'll we'll be able to capture those spaces and and we'll be fine as far as space is concerned if that's what you were wondering yeah we'll be okay there's at least five rooms that we can convert into legitimate classrooms it takes away the ability to use them as multi-purpose rooms which is a different problem but you know you we will not come back to you and say we need more classrooms you got to build us in addition we're not we won't hear us say that thank you we get social no new taxes okay um so Personnel uh you can see all the normal um uh items in there including um the Personnel report uh which is part of the consent we will not need an executive session uh following the meeting and then Sean that takes us to your section and approval of contract for Event Photography Services which we shared last month but correct quick summary yeah um we basically um need to for our protection uh for the district's protection uh I think it's important that we actually go with a legitimate photographer that has the lure and the insurance that is necessary to um protect the district in case something happens um but uh we have so many events um and Jamie and her team do a great job of covering those and deciding which events need to have those Services we're in a very visual dominated industry right now um this is going to um pretty much be cost neutral um so really the the litness or the impetus behind this was to get that insurance and protect the district from a liability standpoint so we're we're codifying that with a contract now generally we were paying approximately the same amount of money correct CED together this provides us a layer of protection their insurance that's correct okay okay could I please have a motion to approve still move second any other questions for Sean or Jamie this is the guy that's kind of been doing it he is you've seen the website it's there good pictures does he also post on on Instagram under the what's the name like the but that's officially that's this guy right yes okay yeah they're good yeah he's good okay Terry could you please pull the board sure Moon hi tyer hi Frost hi no hi Ben yosf hi worson hi Carri six Z next one you're going to see is there's a little bit of a consistent theme which is risk management um so this next one um when we purchase uh electricity and gas we try to buy it on a Futures Market to um hedge our risk and lock in at a price that makes it stable for our budgeting processes processes um um we are close to uh the end of the natural gas and electricity pricing so we want to extend it for one more year um while we still determine whether or not um the current vendor is the vendor that we want to work with for a long term again they have met our needs um but we are doing our due diligence to make sure that they're still going to meet our needs coming forward um so tonight um I am going to be asking um the board to approve the purchase of natural gas um and electricity for a calendar year 25 um the one note is you'll see that there are ranges of pricing the the downside to um engaging in or buying on the Futures Market is the price is changing um so the price that we have been locked in um has been significantly low over the course of our four-year contract we've had uh the Ukraine crisis um that was uh skyrocketed natural gas prices and we were paying very little at that time um so we definitely hedged the risk um for the district and made our budget dollars go significantly further so I'll be bringing back to the board in our meeting memo exactly where we ended up on the contract could I get a motion to approve I'm mooving again second any other you kind of answered my question but I was wondering how long this one because it seems like this was a longer one yeah we're just doing we're like I said we're extending it just for a year while we ensure that um and do our due diligence that this is the best fund is this a bitable are there a lot of companies that do this yes and one of the vendors that we're looking at actually does a reverse auction um and we'll have the suppliers bid to them and they become basically a broker so over the course of the next year you go out to bid correct okay do most School District students show are like um some do a lot belong to cooperatives that do it on their behalf U Back when Mark bini was here my predecessor we were part of a co-op um but the co-op um had different needs than what we were doing and when we have because we have the natural gas beer plants it really is in our best interest because those can serve as backup generators for the entire campus in case we go out and when the price of electricity is really high we have a formula that we use uh based on the price of natural gas and we can actually run our peer plant um at a cheaper price than what electricity is and then we can sell the electricity that we bought on a contract back to the grid um to basically protect or take advantage of remates from comat as well so thank you Jim any other questions ter sure tyer I frost no I bosf I gorson I moons I carries last month we talked about uh the need to for emergency repairs for some uh ComEd cables that were underground uh unfortunately this year we're bringing to the board some emergency repairs for the storm that ripped through honestly I think it ripped through Lincolnshire the worst um I did talk to the Village of Lincolnshire they have on record that were there were 75 M hour winds that went through here um but uh we did um for the first time have some storm damage uh the wind got underneath a portion of the Eve on the roof and basically peeled the roof on the uh point the architectural Point uh it peeled the roof back like a film on a TV dinner if you're familiar with with those um so dating my age a little bit but um my God so it's what it did um so it it tore off about 60% of the roof um Gil Bane is helping us with the pricing um on this they're getting three quotes um the bids we due today they're going to go through um that process um we're going to go with the the lowest qualified uh vendor um Wan Roofing did uh in the uh meantime make the or put the roof basically back together to make it uh watertight um I will note that um our property insurance will cover the damages associated with less to uh $2,500 deductible so uh this is why we have that insurance um it's actually my first property claim um and then uh in case anybody's curious as long as we have a 34s or more for uh vote of the board um we can um go around and do not have to um go through the bidding process so this can be the lowest qualified bidder from just quotes that we've received because it was an emergency and because it was an emergency correct and that's that's part of the state statute so tonight we are uh uh recommending that the board of educ Board of Education uh authorize the emergeny repairs to building in campus as a result of the damage from the storm on August 27th could I please get a motion so moved second is that Frost yes so okay question I always ask so how is this going to impact school and students and so um we have uh an upcoming non-attendance day um so we have built that into um the work so that they can work longer on that day uh and finish it up uh the next day we'll come at be here at the same time no comat works at night thankfully um so they will uh we will turn off the power and we can always use our uh peer plants um as a backup so we can don't have to concentrate on combat power any questions good questions hey Terry could you please pull the certainly Frost hi no I bosu I worson I moons I Ty yes carries do we have any other like trees down we have have to do some of that kind of stuff oh yeah and that's included in the replacement we lost a bunch of trees we lost a circuit board on one of our air handling units um blew a shed over completely 16 panels on fencing it was pretty substantial I drove in that night huh right after it blew through because band was rehearsing that night I had to pick up so they kept going in the dark they had moved inside because of the weather but I drove on to campus and as it had passed through and it was I already left campus and and when I got the first call I'm like it's not even raining at my house um and I drove when I drove here I got off at 22 and I felt like I was driving on gravel with all the tree branches and debris on the roads it was quite fascinating um the last thing I have is the first reading tonight um we will be discussing this in more action or excuse me in Greater detail um at our upcoming finance committee meetings but the short story is that we will be asking the board for a resolution of reimbursement which gives uh this board and future boards more flexibility when it comes to cash management um as well as Bond management so and we have a meeting on excuse October 1 Finance meeting and we'll do a deep dive into all things yes and Liz he'll be there to um provide additional knowledge okay so uh we also have a couple items for consent uh and the Foy requests and that brings us to consent okay can I please get a motion to approve the consent agenda so move second um Terry could you please pull sure no hi Ben yoseph hi Bon hi moons I Ty hi Frost hi oh good cared all right um just a couple final items um we have included a uh just for your information a list of all of our core leaders and team leaders across all the divisions just so you can see among our faculty members who are teachers are who are stepping up into different leadership roles uh within the division so so um you can just take a look at that in case you're interested uh we also have included our class of 2024 um report um that identifies kind of where they ended up so to speak uh upon leaving Stevenson so 96 you can see 96% of the class is College Bound 85% attending fouryear schools um 70% attending a public school 29% private 36% plann to begin College here in Illinois which is interesting over 181 different campuses that our kids have gone to um University of Illinois um remains our top school um and then we have um University of Illinois Chicago Indiana Purdue Ohio State um CLC should be in there oh most popular foure schools yeah yeah uh clc's in there as well so we're covering the Big 10 pretty well it looks like and um I would hope so there you go some other statistics as well so anyway it's just super interesting um also included an update from the ELC as well so you can take a look at uh what's happening there um things are just getting started Terry for the school year they are and um they the ELC West has got more students this year than last year which is wonderful um and they are really just moving right along it's a great little operation Good Terry how how many of the um you see there's more kids are they all Stevenson kids are they from other schools Stephen I can't hear you what I'm sorry there the kids at at ELC from school they come from school from other schools they tuition tuition based tuition based tuition yeah in addition to ours yeah we we open it up to tuition based students because many school districts which are not as large as ours Fox Lake um Round Lake gra Lake gra Lake I have maybe three or four students that need this kind of education and they are unable to provide it and they then they they chose not to be a seed doll and they chose to be tuition students um at the uh ELC West uh so this is it's a high school and post High School uh grouping of students and they they really do exciting exciting things and it's a it's a very good place for for not only our students but for students in in the Lake County area the nice thing is the state is now reimbursing um districts for the cost of that tuition not all of it but most of it so not only do we get more re not only do we get reimbursed for the kids that we send to the ELC but other districts will be more inclined to send kids to the ELC because it's a better program and now they'll get funding from the state right so overall it's kind of a it's a great thing um but it's also a great thing for the ELC that they can continue to grow and expand their programs provide more opportunities for kids and it's a highly sought-after program in the community as well yeah many are looking at the great things as ter said that are going on there and want the requesting for thank you okay uh you also see um kind of an updated um schedule of meetings um and it looks like we have added an optional Finance meeting with the Auditors on Wednesday October 30th from 10: to 11:30 if you would like to attend in person um you are welcome to but we can also be sure that we can zoom that meeting as well so it'll be a hybrid meeting um if you are interested um and then um last note uh you should have received a paper copy of an invitation but um Trish is inviting all of us including our board members to uh the Hall of Fame induction celebration on Saturday September 28th at 10:30 uh in the PWC and uh it's always a great it's a nice event it's a very nice event um and it's always just great to uh see some of those old students and seeing them get recognized so I don't know if those any of those names sound familiar but he just said it's sounds familiar it's yeah it's a it's a really nice event but it's a really moving and emotional event people get up there and share stories of their lives and and their experiences it's really y it's really nice we're going good yep I'm going too all right all we have all right I motion tojn move second all in favor fun fun thank you everybody you going to pass
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tackle the play B by number 74 JJ Pro then number 78 Eon Rich following the play from the 27 yd line it's third down [Music] [Applause] [Music] there's an injury on the play [Applause] ball car with number 34 Milo Franklin pushed out of bound by number 86 Tom [Music] [Applause] boo play it will be first down and 10 IA from the 42 yd line ball here is number 4X chrison tackled on the play by number 22 Gavin Belcher and number 34 J Wilson [Applause] two yd gain on the play it'll be second down eight yds to go from the 44 yd [Music] [Applause] line4 Milo T along the play by number 15 Eli Thompson [Music] and number 74 JJ BR following the play from the 46 yd line it's third down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] some more recovered by number 34 Milo Franklin three yard loss on the play from the 43 yd line it's Fourth Down [Music] [Applause] ball down at the 47 yd line r the 47 y mine it's first down and 10 wild cat [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all to [Music] Bel and Y gain on the play first down Ro [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all carrier number 15 Eli [Music] to 43 yds on the play down for [Music] [Applause] wild oh there number 22 gav Bel two point conversion is no good your score Burlington wild pass Six must hero [Music] ladies and gentlemen on the north side of the stadium we do have concessions available we have P cor sandwiches P poror nachos chili dogs and other delicious junk food back to return number 15 number 20 K Murray and number 34 Milo Franklin set to kick it off for Burlington is number 7 or JJ Brock [Applause] [Music] get more [Applause] [Music] KCK off return by number 20 kage Murray to the 49 yd line first down and 10 Iola Mustangs defense [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all here with number 87 Thomas face down on way by number 22 Gavin beler down and 10 i w from the 13 yd [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] line all here number 15 Jackson mu touchdown Iola [Music] def [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] defense score Burlington wild cat six I must [Music] [Applause] [Music] on [Music] spe kick it off Rola is number 57 Michael Hancock back to Burlington is number 15 Eli Thompson and number 22 Gavin Bel [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] returners number 15 Eli Thompson ball returned in the 31 yd line it's first down wild cats [Music] [Applause] all carrier number 22 G Bel 59 yds on the play first down of wild cat [Applause] all car number 15 Eli Thompson 11 yards on the play first down wild C all carrier number 22 Kevin [Music] beler nine yards on the play touchdown Wild [Music] I [Music] Wasing B here's number 15 Eli Thompson twoo conversion is no good your score Burlington wild cats 12 iol must [Music] [Applause] over [Music] back turnas number 15 Jackson Mueller number 20 K Curry and number 34 Milo Franklin set kick off for Burlington is number 74 JJ [Music] r here's a flag on the play [Music] the [Music] there we go [Applause] [Music] first down Anda from the 43 Y Line [Music] [Applause] number 15 Jackson mu tackled on the play by number 22 Gavin belch one Y game on the Play it'll be second down and nine from the 44 yd line [Music] [Applause] pass from number 15 Jackson mu is incomplete on the play by number 78 Ty Le following the completion from the 44 yd line it's third [Music] [Applause] pass complete for number 15 Jackson to number 83 Austin Campbell first down Ina from the 38 yd line man is that your boying no he's corner but he he fell down on [Music] that was in good position fell off Sid on [Music] Burlington first down and five from the 33 yd line [Applause] B here number 34 Milo Franklin second down two y to go from the 30 yd line at the end of the first quarter your score Burlington wildcast 12 [Music] [Applause] [Music] Iola e Bo [Music] [Applause] second down Iola from the 30 yd line [Music] [Applause] [Music] ball cares number 40 Aon Christenson tackled at the 25 yd line it is first down and 10 IA [Music] [Applause] [Music] on the is recovered by IA second down and 10 from the 25 yd line [Applause] [Music] [Applause] B carers number 34 Milo Franklin tack on the play by number 74 JJ barck and number 86 Tom Bo I guess he [Applause] all here number 15 Jackson tackled on the play by number 22 Gavin Bel one yd loss on the play it is second down 11 y to go from the 14 yd line [Music] [Applause] pass complete for number 15 Jackson mu number 20 K Curry t on the play by number 86 Tom [Applause] boo following the play it will be third down 6 yd to go from the 9 yd [Applause] [Music] [Applause] line ball here number 34 Milo Franklin touchdown IA [Music] here number 40 Aon Christenson twoo conversion is good your score Burlington wild CS 12 Iola Mustang [Music] 16 e [Music] go red [Music] K off number 57 Michael hanock back to return for Burlington is number 15 Eli Thompson and number 22 Gavin Bel [Applause] off return to the 41 yd line by number 22 Gavin beler [Applause] first down and 10 wild cats [Music] [Applause] [Music] pass for number 15 Eli Thompson is incomplete intended for number 22 Gavin [Music] belard second down 10 y to go Burlington from the 41 yd line [Music] [Applause] ball cars number 22 Gavin Belcher 5yd gain on the play it'll be third down and five yds to go from the 46 yd line [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ball carers number 22 Gavin belur he'll be for down from the 492 yd line [Music] [Applause] all number 22 Gavin [Applause] Bel 17 yards on the play first down wild cats B number 33 Dylan Stewart four yd gain on the play is second downt from the 3 29 yd line [Music] there's a flag on the [Music] play it is a false start on Burlington it'll be second down 11 yd to go from the 34 yd line [Music] [Applause] all carriers number 22 Gavin beler yard G on the play first down sorry third down one y to [Applause] [Music] go ball cares number 33 Dylan Stewart time out Burlington [Music] ladies and gentlemen just remind we do have con sessions open at the north side of the stadium includes po pork sandwiches P pork naos chili dogs and a whole bunch of candy that'll make your dentist cry [Applause] [Music] all Piers number 15 Eli [Applause] Thompson Wilds [Applause] carries number 22 Gavin beler there's a Timeout on the field [Applause] [Music] following the 5 yd run will be second down five yds to go from the the 14 yd [Music] [Applause] line all car number 15 Eli Thompson [Music] [Applause] [Music] ball cares number 22 Gavin beler time out Burlington for the timeout it is second down go Burlington [Applause] up down [Music] [Applause] [Music] all number Point good your score Burlington wild pass 20 Iola Mustang 16 [Music] set to return F number 15 Jackson mu number 20 K Curry and number 34 love Franklin KCK off Burling is number 74 J [Music] [Applause] big return by Iola at the 45 yd line first down and 10 IA [Music] [Applause] [Music] pass number 15 Jackson Mueller is incomplete intended for number 20 Kade Murray defending on the play number 86 Tom L all we need completion it will be second down 10 yd to go from the 45 y [Music] [Applause] interception on the plan intered by number 15 Eli [Music] Thompson first down Wild [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] there's the flag on the flag [Music] [Applause] it's half time your score Earlington wild C 20 Iola 16 [Music] I [Music] sh that hard [Music] feel keep PR for [Music] de morning [Music] uh than [Music] know e [Music] J [Music] qu for me [Music] there [Music] for for [Music] SE like well [Music] let's go man up [Music] off for Iola is number 57 Michael Hancock back to return for Burlington is number 15 Eli Thompson and number 22 Gavin Bel [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all return by number 22 gaver first down and 10 Burlington from the 34 yd line [Music] B players number 22 Davin beler three yards on the play it'll be second down in seven Burlington from the 37 yd line [Applause] [Music] [Applause] number 34 [Music] [Applause] J following the 5yd gain it'll be third down two yd to go from the 42 yd line on [Music] [Applause] [Music] time out on the play for measurement [Music] let's go [Applause] [Music] R 44 yd line [Music] [Applause] number 22 Gavin beler 16 yd on the play first down Wild [Music] ball appears number 22 Gavin beler second down 11 yd to go from the 41 yd line let [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ball carriers number 22 Gavin Bel following the penalty first down wild pass all [Music] start first down 15 Ys to go from the 26 yd line [Music] ball carriers number 33 vill Stewart game three on play be second down 12 y to go [Music] let's go man penalty is off sides on Iola [Music] W by 15 Eli Thompson third down and seven from the 18 yd line [Music] [Applause] all number 22 K Bel [Applause] and your all to play first down wild cat Al car number 22 Gavin beler second down and goal from the 10 yd line [Music] [Applause] number [Music] 15 10 Ys on the play touchdown wild C [Music] twoo conversion is no good your score Burlington wild pass 26 Iola Mustang 16 [Music] [Applause] go [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] back to number 15 jackon number 20 K Curry and number 34 Milo Franklin al Burlington is number [Music] J for [Music] [Applause] am [Applause] return by number 34 Milo tack on the play by number 33 Dylan Stewart and number [Music] JJ first down and 10 Iola from the 26 yd [Applause] line ball car number 34 Milo Franklin tackled on the play by number 6 for Colt [Applause] Jasper 2 Y game second down 8 y to go from the 28 yd line [Music] [Applause] number 20 K muray tackled on the play by number 57 Bry Melton and number 74 AJ [Music] BR at the end of of the third quarter your score Earlington Wildcat 26 Iola Sun [Music] 16 for [Music] at the start of the fourth quarter it will be first down in 10A from the 45 yd line [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] pass complete to number 40 A Christensen tackled on the play by number 34 J Le Wilson and number 37 elij blaz [Music] what are you doing [Music] [Applause] result 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e e e all right Julie it's 6:30 would you mind calling the role please not at all sir Cara Caston here Ken Dawson here Christopher Espinosa here Terry pavisic here Don Runner here rayan Hashim here and Jason Trio here thank you all right having a quum let's stand for the pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for [Music] all all right our first item will be approval of minutes um can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve the minutes of the September 23rd 2024 business meeting the September 20 20 or 23 2024 closed meeting and the October 7th 2024 Workshop meeting so moved second Terry moves Chris seconds thank you very much Terry pavich I Chris resinosa I Cara Caston I Ken Dawson I and Don rener I motion carries you item number four Julie do we have any visitors no sir okay Hank I'll turn it over to you for item number five before we get into our uh our reports this evening and take the opportunity to recognize that it's Illinois principal week this week across the state of Illinois uh during this week we recognize uh a variety of individuals and Leadership roles at the building level so principles assistant principles activi directors uh and all of those across the state and of course here in District 99 our principles are at the Illinois principal Association conference for the next couple of days Courtney has a major leadership role in running that conference while there and Arwin is there being her best cheerleader for Courtney and they'll both be learning a lot over the next couple of days so we appreciate all the work that all of our building leadership puts in uh and this is the week to celebrate them very good all right uh other items for this evening this is the time of the year we bring uh medical dental and vision plan premiums to the board for approval um there was a memo provided to the board that that has all of kind of the details and also supporting artifacts uh which I'll kind of flip through a couple of those and or I won't flip through a couple of those I've summarized those for you here uh but I can answer any questions on any of those or Rob or JY and I can we all serve on the insurance committee but really there's some recommended changes within the plans uh one of the things we're trying to do in our uh manage plan is to increase reserves we started that last year um we're also increasing uh matching Federal requirements there's some deductible increases and we're of course always trying to limit premium increases you know the board pays the largest portion of those premium increases we all try to work to keep those contained as much as possible the board knows that increases have been really high over the last several years I hope you can see we've done a lot to contain those this year uh with an overall increase at 2.8% 1% in the self-managed plan that we have the most control over uh the HMO plan is uh outside of us so it's not managed by us but we still were able to make a couple of tweaks to bring that in at 5.8% increase you can see poo Dental 3.5 and the other two flat um so if the board has any questions I'll answer those now otherwise these are up for approval later this evening can you explain to me what the reserves are how they work and where did that funding come from sure sure I was not here when they first started with this self funding plan to know exactly where the reserves would come from but I would assume that it was just from the Ed fund um and right now our reserves well as of June 30th our reserves were just slightly over 600,000 they used to be up around 2 million the insurance committee thought that was really kind of little high uh for for the reserves so the intent was to reduce it some we did reduce the reserves however during covid when we did not have any premium increases our reserves um pretty much were depleted and so now we're trying to build them back up uh a little over a year ago they were a little over 300,000 we worked over the past year to up to 600,000 then by next June we're anticipating probably around a million and then the following June probably about 1.5 million and that's the amount that the insurance committee and um Hub our consultant FS is the right amount of reserves when do you tap into reserves oh how do you utilize the reserves sure they just at that pays for the claims so because we're self-insured yeah part part of the issue is we collect those premiums over the entire calendar year we could have higher bills earlier in uh the year before we've collected all so it's like a cushion account that we use to help fund the claims across the entire year okay if not part of this process also is making forecasts and uh educated guesses of what claims might look like next year in setting the premiums sometimes those are a little off and so we have to dip into those reserves because we didn't raise premiums enough and so in years like this when we've dipped into it in previous years we've got to backfill it a little bit so where does it come from it comes from the premiums of the members going back in because it was dipped into by the members so if claims remain kind of on Pace of what you're budgeting the increase of the premiums is going to create the reserve you're talking about right okay thank you any other questions all right this is up for approval later this evening thanks you uh the next one is just an update of the work uh I've been doing with the board's attorneys so at the last meeting uh I presented some initial ideas for revising all of our policies related to discrimination harassment and other complaints uh we uh Julie and I had a meeting uh with the board's attorneys last week uh after that meeting we realize that uh the changes will be more substantial than what were originally presented so we're going to continue to work on those and we'll bring them back uh at the November Workshop uh as the first reading uh we're not going to count the last one as the first reading cuz I think the there's going to be too many changes in those so but we're making really good progress uh in coming up with policies and procedures that both will support uh the person that's filing the claim and also make it manageable for the board and the administration to work through those those processes so more to come sounds good uh District 99 facility rentals this has come to you many times this fall it's up this evening as an action item for approval uh it's exactly as presented the last time except for one small change in one Clause uh a Community member uh that rents our space uh was facing challenges with the way that our insurance Clause was written it used to say a million dollars was needed for liability and then separately for damage damage to property but uh their policy didn't work that way and couldn't find a policy that worked that way um for their specific needs we contacted our insurer and they said that it the way our wording was written wasn't standard for the industry language so our insurer recommended that we adopt this language that makes it more in line with what insurers actually do uh it's at the recommendation of our insurance company so I trust that the liability is appropriate and our protections are appropriate this also will make rentals in the end more accessible to our community members which is our goal anyway so we appreciate it being brought to our attention and came in in the right window for us to make the tweak uh to make it uh in line with what our insurer recommends so that's the only change tonight otherwise it's everything that Travis is has been talking about all along this is the last kind of opportunity for questions uh before it comes up as an action item this evening are there any questions no all right hearing none this will be up later on this evening thank you for all the work that was a lot of work really it is thank you all right the last one is a board item this is from Ken as your resolutions delegate that will be at the delegate assembly uh there's three sections here uh the first one that he has to talk to you about is a proposed constitutional amendment I haven't had a chance to review them as of yet so we now have the book with the report yep I'll review them and uh report next time okay so um here's the first one for presentation so make sure you give that one a look and it's in your booklet then you'll also have a section of uh ones that your resolutions committee so this is representatives from boards board boards across the state that have come and recommended that you do adopt these and you'll see this in that booklet that you've received and then there's another section that they recommend that you do not adopt so uh you'll need to give Ken Direction at I think the next the November are both the next meetings before the they are this year yeah they're both before so we have two more meetings before that in which you can give uh Ken Direction uh so do your homework Freedom of Information requests we have uh received them and filled them as we always do they are listed publicly on our website and you can see them if you'd like to okay before the board votes on the consent agenda is there any agenda item board member would like to pull out of the consent agenda for further discussion okay hearing none can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve the consent agenda as presented which includes a Personnel report appointment classified B Personnel report retirement certified C September Financial Pages d student trips e adoption of new board policy 6.29 homework and 6.33 achievement and awards and F acceptance of donation Sharp Electronics Corporation so moved second Terry moves Ken seconds thank you very much Terry pavage I Ken Dawson all Chris Espinosa I Cara Caston I and Don rener I motion carries did you call shelle sorry I apologize I did not see when you came in I I do apologize thank you to Sharp Electronics for their generous donation yes very kind of them okay item number seven action items um can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve the calendar year 2025 medical dental and vision plans and premiums as presented so moved second Terry moves Cara seconds thank you Terry pavich I Cara Caston I Ken Dawson hi Chris Espinosa I charell fuller hi and Don Runner I motion carries you Item B can I get a motion from the Board of Education to approve administra regulations 8.20 ar1 facility rental fees and 8.20 ar2 regulations and general conditions for use of District 99 facilities as presented so moved second Terry moves can or Chris seconds thank you very much Terry pavich I Chris Espinosa hi cheral Fuller I carck Caston Ken Dawson hi and Don Renner hi thank you oh carries um Hank any old business no and or any new business no Julie any other receptions of visitors sir okay can I get an update from lend uh well Jenny is not here we meet on Friday okay um can I get an update on SD uh I I've been meeting we're just working through normal kind of stuff I've been appointed to their facilities planning Comm committee because the lease on their Administrative Building ends in 2 years they're trying to figure out what do what to do next so I'll be serving on that committee yeah I don't think I have another meeting until January I think you're right yeah unless they need you before yeah Terry can we get a report on the District 99 Education Foundation yes uh we had a lot of uh grants this this month which is good we're um we approved nine for about $122,000 in Grants so our our students will be reaping that benefit and um then we're we're working on uh what we're going to do for Mark McDonald I think it's we're looking into prices of benches maybe and putting a bench at South High for sure and maybe at North depending upon the price and have it a memorial to him MH so that' be nice so that's that's all I have can any report on iasp yeah the uh DuPage division meeting is finally here it's a week from Wednesday so hopefully we'll have a good turnout of board members for excellent networking opportunity for all of us so looking forward to that yes I hope you all um signed up because it's going to be a good speaker on AI so will be something that'll be interesting we from Wednesday it's uh next Wednesday October 30th 6: pm at the car I think today is the last day for registration if I'm correct Julie right yeah and you're all taken care of okay yeah I'm registered okay to be sure in my calendar you don't wear a Halloween costume unless you're administrator at schools yes okay um Charelle any report from the downers gr plan commission no actually the meeting was cancelled on October 7th because they didn't have a forum so they'll resume business in November okay for the members of the public uh our upcoming board meetings are um November 4th 2024 where we will hold a workshop meeting here at the ASC at 6:30 p.m.
order the asigo community Unit School District Board of Education meeting for October 21st 2024 can I have a roll call please Mr Cerone here Mr Gatewood present Miss Johnson present Dr Mario present Mr bloger Miss similon present Miss venoth present our student board members hope rier and C Parell present present please stand for the pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all good evening board uh this is uh one of those special evenings where we get to honor and celebrate the the hard work and impact of our Educators and all our staff in our district and we are thrilled this evening to start our pride Awards uh celebrations and so I'm going to turn it over to Teresa and invite the board to the center as we hear Reflections on some of these incredible uh staff members and all their hard work um in service of our students [Music] [Applause] tonight the Board of Education acknowledges Pride winners from the following schools Boulder Hill Long Beach Old Post and broa for the month of October Pride stands for proudly recognizing individuals demonstrating Excellence the Board of Education began the program nine years ago to recognize promote and celebrate the many contributions made by teachers and employees across our district we thank our generous District part Partners Chick-fil-A Culver's imagination Print and Design Huntington Learning Center serve bank and the scoop for helping make this program a success we'd also like to thank everyone who nominated individuals for consideration awardees after your name is called we ask you to come forward and be congratulated by our board and Dr katti and then wait there for all the individuals from your school to be called up so we could do a group photo we're going to kick off our celebration tonight with Boulder Hill Elementary School [Applause] schol we're going to invite up Miss Elizabeth Medina fourth grade dual language [Applause] teacher Elizabeth's nominator exclaims she constantly and consistently demonstrates her commitment to Boulder Hill the Dual language program the community and her school district District she co-founded the Bobcats celebrate diversity club which encourages and nurtures the identity of all Bobcats and all students in our 308 Community congratulations Elizabeth next we celebrate Heidi pazik lrc [Applause] director Heidi is described by her nominator as a student focused honoring the identities of all staff and all students as she advocates for all and brings Joy to the entire Boulder Hill population Heidi is noted as one of the best things that ever happened to Boulder Hill staff in the community she consistently educates and enriches herself and then shares that knowledge with the Boulder Hill Community to help it grow and Thrive congratulations [Applause] Heidi next we invite up Amy Wyland teaching [Applause] assistant to give us all hand in her nomination Amy is described as one of the most dedicated in versatile teaching assistants and as a prime example of what an excellent educator should be Amy advocates for students during the school day every day making sure that students succeed in and outside of the classroom when a classroom needs a last minute coverage Amy's ready to help in addition to her teacher Assistant duties she is also Boulder Hills social media contact runs maker space sessions creates Lego art for the display case and so much more [Applause] congratulations at this time we're going to invite up our building admins that are here from Boulder Hill to join us and we're g to do a group photo let's hear it one more time for Boulder Hill principal Toya and assistant principal Pete thanks guys congratulations our next school up for spotlight is Long Beach Elementary School [Applause] we're going to invite Ally quill instructional coach [Applause] forward Ellie's in her first year at Long Beach as an instructional coach and has already made such a positive impact she came in and had to tackle a new Ela curriculum and her nominator says she handled everything in such a professional way that you would have thought she'd been here for years she shows up works hard and is eager to help anywhere she can she's approachable inviting and helpful her infectious laugh and great sense of humor make her a pleasure to work with every day congratulations [Applause] Ellie next up is fifth grade teacher Andrea [Applause] Del Andrea's passion advocacy for all students and dedication to teaching makes her an ideal candidate for the pride award noted her nominator Andrea's students know that any space with her is a safe one where they feel a sense of belonging and can grow both academically and emotionally a former student stated Mrs Delon is one of my favorite teachers I've ever had she always listens to her students and always supports you when you try your hardest so you can excel at anything congrat [Applause] ulations ficia [Applause] Schuster she greets everyone with a big smile her nomination emphasized how she is there for every single student and staff member at Long Beach who enter the lunchroom every day she has hard working kind helpful and always ready to conquer the day one of the amazing ways she makes all the students feel so special is that she knows each and every one of them by name congratulations the students and staff at Long Beach are happy that you call the beach [Applause] home invite our administrators from Long Beach forward and air mark sorry let's hear it one more time for principal Phil in Long [Applause] Beach now we're going to celebrate Old Post Elementary [Applause] School we invite for award instructional coach Anna Gibson at the start of the school year Anna graciously accepted to temporarily teach the second grade asci position when there was no teacher or sub hired yet in addition to attending to instructional coaching duties her nomination says Anna puts a heart and soul into everything she does she goes above and beyond to make sure every student feels safe supported and welcomed at old poost she is a wealth of knowledge and always puts others needs before her own thank you Anna for always having a smile on your face and stepping in where needed [Applause] congratulations next up Carrie Jones second grade teacher her nomination states that she's the best choice in recognizing an individual for Pride recognition she leads many classrooms effortlessly even when students present challenges she is a positive role model always bringing out the best in others and lifts everyone up to do their very best Old Post is lucky to have an individual like M Jones congratulations [Applause] next up is teaching assistant Jessica [Applause] osar she assists daily with challenging student behaviors in both general education and stars classrooms at old poost she also substitutes as a onetoone ta a classroom ta and a classroom teacher in Stars she uses simple language and visual supports to assist all students in crisis at Old poost her nomination explained she is the member you want on your team no matter the goal congratulations [Applause] Jus we invite our old post admin to come forward yeah working check that [Applause] bag congratulations Old Post principal Mike miton and winners and our final building celebration this evening we will move to broa Early Learning Center intervention teacher Jalene front jene is a positive and supportive intervention teacher at broa our nominator says she supports every teacher and student at broa and very ious ways whether it be by Leading the mtss team bringing an element of fun and games through the social committee volunteering when needed or greeting and welcoming every student who enters through the doors every day her work ethic genuine empathy for others and team approach sets a positive tone for all others at broka [Applause] congratulations next is our Blended teacher Mary Beth Patrick [Applause] Mary Beth is described as an extremely dedicated and compassionate teacher always working with her students to help facilitate their learning and fully engage with her kiddos she is very patient giving students the time they need to calm themselves or process directions a parent said Mrs Mary Beth is an outstanding teacher who has already taught my daughter to love school congratulations [Applause] [Laughter] teaching assistant Randy [Applause] Reynolds described in her nomination as an unsung hero in the building Brandy does what is needed to support the students her teacher and the staff at broof she is the first to jump in and lend a hand where needed and if she sees a need she'll help Brandy is humble never asks for recognition and always downplays any praise sent her way but tonight we congratulate you [Applause] Brandy invite principal Groves forward and we'll do a photo snuck congratulations [Applause] fora let's all join in one final round of applause as we recognize and celebrate everyone [Applause] tonight honor we ask that you would proceed out into the hall and gather at the Landing there of the staircase so that we could do one group photo and we want to thank all the families and colleagues who joined us here tonight to help support our winners thank you um as for exi I just again want to congratulate our our families just let him go quite the crowd exciting stuff Madame President um I just want to take a minute thank our Communications Department Cindy and Teresa for really organizing and launching this this year so I know I know Cindy is exiting but uh Teresa if you just extend our appreciation to your team for organizing this evening's uh Pride recognition are they going to shut the door maybe we should okay we are moving moving on to 5.1 public comment so on behalf of the Board of Education I'd like to thank the public for attending tonight's meeting we value the feedback we received from our members of the public and encourage everyone to take an active interest in their Public School System residents interested in speaking to the board this evening are asked to have completed a comment card and presented it to the secretary to the board when the secretary calls your name I ask that you come to the microphone state your name for the public record and provide your feedback please note that comments are limited to five minutes per person and that no discussion of personnel matters State stating staff names or responses to your questions are permitted the board does not participate in discussion during public comment followup to your questions or concerns will be addressed by Administration through the contact information provided on the comment hard thank you Michelle trer District um Elementary High School outplaced dual language special education um first um I'm a band parent so I just want to say to both the marching Wolves of East and the panther marching band that they did a great job down at ISU this past weekend um so I'm I'm going to address like three things um first as I always do I'm going to um encourage our district to investigate approaches to work with our students with brain-based differences including fasd um as I've mentioned we probably have about 850 students um possibly impacted in a district this big by uh prenatal alcohol exposures but brain based differences for all neurod diversities um including trauma including ADHD including autism spectrum and someone did actually reach out to me from climate and culture and I need to get back to them so thank you for that um I just wanted to talk about mental health a little bit kind of having gotten into the high school rhythms a little bit now um because we talk a lot about concern for our mental health of our students and everything we do is basically reactive like we need to hire more C cers um partner with Community Mental Health agencies sometimes we have special assemblies and I I've had such great experiences with our counselors they have a lot of programs on so many different tiers um levels of intervention with our kids but you really start to see the root causes when you have kids going through the high schools and we have student ambassadors who might be able to speak to it a little bit and and by that I mean sleep and and we all know it you know if you're weightlifting you're at school at 5:30 in the morning or if you've got a club before school or you're just going in to get extra help then you've got something after school some of our students have jobs some of them have to take care of their family members after school in addition to carrying their case load they're just not getting enough sleep and that can go so far towards alleviating depression and anxiety there's also a constant barrage of information I have my Google Classroom notifications turned on and all hours of the day and night Google Classroom notifications um your coaches are posting your instructors are posting people that lead your activities are posting there's the remind apps going off there's the text there's the Gils um it it's constant and we we can Muse about whether or not they should have their cell phones at school but it's scan the QR code if you're going to fill out this Google form for this club scan the QR code to make an appointment with your counselor um get out your phone and pull up your power school app um we want them to be in constant contact so that constant barrage of information and that like that constant pace and I know it's the system it's it's the society and everyone does it this way and goes at this pace but I feel like we need to be really honest about that when we're talking about the mental health of our students because we're definitely looking to support them but we're not really able to address these root causes Power School alone gives you anxiety because if you have an assignment and it's only worth three points and you get one wrong that's a d automatically and a big old D shows up and you might have students with anxiety responding to that in a negative way and then I also wanted to address dual language um and I I don't know if you're aware of this and so I mean this completely respectfully because initially I was quite Furious and now I just feel disappointed last year a dual language Improvement committee came into being because parents refused to let the DL program at plank go down in flames basically not just parents but staff gave much time energy and dedication to meeting several times we had a list of concerns and needs signed by over a 100 dual language families and we didn't make it through that list now I hear rightful presence used a lot in these board meetings and it doesn't feel like that applies to dual language families because no one has if we're nine weeks into the school year and no one has reached out about continuing this committee why I know that we have new directors in place in this program but someone needed to communicate this to them they should have been asked when they were hired how do you plan to continue the work of this dual language committee because I can tell you I'm not the only one but people are mad people are hurt by this and so I I didn't know if you're aware of that and I wanted to make you guys aware of that I'm going to try to go to the bpack meeting tomorrow night and meet the new directors but I also wish that they would reach out directly to the families to introduce themselves I saw the letter they sent staff they have good experience I think our our families would like to know here's in who's in charge of our program now especially after the tumult that occurred last year thank you so much thank you thank you that it okay all right I'd like to move on to 6.1 and ask Dr kelti to provide us with his superintendent report well I'm on a high from that celebration from from our staff um uh recognizing so many of the faces of Educators and staff coming up here it was just really thrilling to see of the recognition and it's important um we know education is uh repeatedly Under Fire from our communities at large and it's good to know that in our community we take time to appreciate and be grateful for our front really our front and the core of our practice because outside of um our schools and the spaces and places where those individuals are working is there any more more any place more important sure is more important than us here it's important than our district work it's the most important place and we want to thank again those Educators and our and our staff for prioritizing that um you know really we're looking forward again to the next coming months the next couple months to really bringing in other folks to really speak to that and to nominate folks to that and so I just would encourage the community to speak and to submit those recommendations and those celebrations um and at the in our schools we have individuals who we often think of as the the selfless uh Giants of our school buildings which is our principles and our principles this month we are celebrating our principles for their leadership they carry a unique responsibility um in terms of balancing leadership uh prioritizing their school Improvement plans for Student Success staff development Community engagement and the list tying shoelaces I'm sure that was a priority for those of us who've served as Elementary principles making sure we took time to see um even in the Small Things um their efforts have really been um instrumental ensuring that our schools are safe welcoming and thriving environments and I want to thank and extend an appreciation to each one of our principles for their dedication perseverance and Leadership you embody the core values and hold that of our district and we thank you for really holding our staff and our students so dear to the work and especially our community members as we work together our schools are better because of you truly and I see our ambassadors are shaking their head so really echoed um yes that's a great moment to pass I could go on and on and not but I'm going to pause because I I'm so a part principles are important um in a couple weeks we want to invite our parents we've this year launched over the summer our parent University this is a unique opportunity we have a we are developing the kinds of structures for our parent engagement um we have successfully launched again this year our bpack which was really having a hard time last year and we've really successfully launched it this year there have been a number of events um another opportunity for our families is the parent University and this will be this coming Saturday at the Junior High um if if you are well sorry it got moved oh it's at Boulder Hill okay so it got to move got moved to Boulder Hill all right so not a plank at Boulder Hill um this is an opportunity to engage in conversations with other families around um trauma development U thinking about how trauma shows up in in our in our experiences in our lives and how that impacts our parenting or in schools um it's an opportunity to engage in uh reflections about healthy homes and school life uh safety and Technology usage um many uh area business will be there to offer many resources and so I would say that if you are interested in learning about these Partnerships that we're developing please come out we also have a raffle and a bag of goodies to win U uh through local businesses including laptops what okay um board members you cannot I'm just kidding um can attend of course uh Child Care is provided um and also breakfast and lunch will be available at no cost uh to learn more I invite you to our website where you can learn more about these opportunities and the way in which we are partnering and I want to thank our department for Equity engagement for their organization U of planning of this event um it's truly really a Wellspring of initiative that's uh really moving towards being parent L and we want to thank our families for their support on the student achievement side of things I want to congratulate both of our high schools for being named to the AP honoral the number of AP yes another round of applause let's do it the number of AP courses offered the number of teachers teaching AP courses the number of students enrolled the number of students who score well on AP tests and the number of tests AP stents take all way into this honor rooll placement not an easy placement we are very proud of our high schools and the effort of our Educators to really champion this and our leaders and thinking about how we strengthen this process and to grow their learning congratulations to OE for their silver distinction and O for their bronze with access uh distinction so again thank you to those um and uh also one of the wonderful practices that the board has really promoted over the last couple years is a public forum so Monday um November 7th uh November 4th at 700 p.m.
e e e Fulk present Hil Nolan Nolan yes papis here buy Here Gorman here first off we need a motion and second to allow member hemp Hill to join the meeting remotely per policy two call 220 she is traveling for work second aief yes vulk yes Nolan yes pepis yes fuli yes Gorman yes yes motion is carried next we need a motion in second to approve tonight's agenda second Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes buy yes aif yes Gorman yes the motion is carried please join us in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation God indivisible withy and justice for all like to welcome everyone for coming out tonight and those joining at home also um on our YouTube channel welcome Dr same yep thank you everybody for coming out looks like we've got a a good crowd out there so thank you guys for coming to the board appreciate it all right first up we have Mrs jurgenson fromion um she'll be reviewing the audit reports well good evening uh my name is Sheran jurgenson I'm one of the Auditors um audit Partners at exasan uh I'll just spend a few minutes going through the results of the audit for both Central as well as Northern cane so starting off with Central uh everything went very well uh we are actually here at an October board meeting instead of later in the year so we were able to get everything done and filed um a lot sooner than we did last year which is great uh Dana had just everything ready for us and was able to answer all of our questions and was available and so it just helps as well as getting the information we need from outside parties which unfortunately can delay the process as well so all of that came together nicely this year um just going into the audit report the first thing is the opinion uh your audit is on the regulatory basis of accounting which is allowed in the state of Illinois and so it's an unmodified opinion uh which basically says that based on the testing we did we feel the financial statements are free from Material misstatement it talks in there about internal controls and I probably say it every year but internal controls are very important and so while we don't give an opinion on them we do spend a lot of time looking at them not only to make sure that you have good written policies and procedures but that the people that are processing the receipts and accounts payable payroll Etc that they're actually following those we make sure that there's not one person that has too much control that there's proper approval and review processes in place and so there was no issues with any of those um walkthroughs and testing that we did this year for those areas in the audit report on page nine just gives a quick review or a overview of the Year you'll see that overall overall there was a decrease of about $1.5 million across all the funds you'll see the majority of that is due to the Ed fund which decreased about 1.3 and then onm decreased almost about $3 million and then the rest of them had positive increases to the fund balance for the year uh the next section of the audit report is the financial statements and there's really no changes there was no uh new standards this year for the first time in a long time so the wording is pretty much standard to what you've seen in the past couple years just gives you a lot more detail on your long-term debt fixed assets the pensions um and just various other information in there um on page uh starting on page 42 uh that is the report for a separate audit that we need to do for your federal grants and it's called a single audit and so as part of that this year we tested uh Your Child Nutrition grants as well as the eser monies that came in this year and so uh we're not only looking at the transactions and testing those to make sure they comply with the grant but also just all the various compliance requirements that the federal government has on those grants uh so we had no issues with those there was no findings nothing to report as part of that audit so overall the audit went very well there's no management letter so no internal control deficiencies or any findings uh there was also no uncorrected misstatements there was journal entries that we made but they all came from Dana um that we made because sometimes just takes a little bit more time to get those that information so we did those as part of the off but overall the financials were in great shape uh then moving on to Northern cane uh very similar uh the opinion is the same and uh same with your internal controls no issues there uh there were um no uh findings no internal controls deficiencies for Northern cane on page seven you'll see the summary of the revenues and expenses for Northern cane uh pretty much much broke even for the year there was a $9,000 increase in fund balance this year for them so that's just a quick overview for Northern cane I also point out for uh Central well for both of them we do file the AFR with the state uh for Central they calculate a financial profile it's on a scale of 0 to four uh this year you are at a 3.65 um you actually have fours in all the in five categories that there are the only one that is the three is your revenues to uh or your expenditures to revenue ratio unfortunately sometimes it takes a dip if you're spending down reserves or if you saved for a project and then that's being used during the year so but other than that everything else was out of four so overall just good news to report but I will answer any questions if you have any this remains consistent with past years yeah correct questions thank you very much okay thank you we move on to public comment U we ask that you keep it to around three minutes just so everyone else can have a chance to speak also uh first up is Sharon h good evening my name is Sharon haggy and we've had kids in the district since 2012 we currently have three daughters at pkms and our son Gavin is a junior at Central High School over one year ago on September 26th 2023 our son Gavin suffered what we now believe to be the first of several saccer related injuries that resulted in a concussion since suffering from this traumatic brain injury he has had daily headaches which bury in severity but never disappear alongside ongoing sensitivities to light and sound he has been under the care of a neurologist since last November and continues to see him at least once a week Gavin is not yet able to comfortably tolerate a full day at school and has missed over 105 days since the end of September 2023 his junior soccer season just wrapped up with Gavin unable to play soccer for the first time since he was four years old it's been a long difficult year different than any of us imagined for him but we are so incredibly proud how how he has handled everything and continues to handle things both at home and at school he went to summer school and works really hard on his schoolwork so that he doesn't fall even farther behind he wants to be in school every day there are so many teachers and CHS staff who have been wonderful at accommodating and supporting Gavin as he navigates the long term effects of his brain injury but unfortunately the district itself has not as we know parking spots at CHS are very limited and unfortunately Gavin was not one of the few Juniors selected for a parking pass at an appointment in August he told his neurologist that he would be unable to drive himself to and from school this year and his doctor urged us to get Gavin a temporary handicapped parking placard from the state of Illinois this way Gavin headaches and symptoms wouldn't be exacerbated every time he was on the bus he would be able to listen to his symptoms and arrive at school late or leave school early when his headaches were too severe and or the bright lights and loud noises that are constant in a high school setting became too much versus having to rely on parent availability or suffering through a bus ride Gavin has had a legally obtained temporary handicap parking placard valid in the state of Illinois since August 20th yet District 301 still refuses to let him park in the parking lot because he was not lucky enough to be picked in the parking lottery for 40 school days Gavin has had to take the bus or rely on us for rides I see at least eight empty handicap spots in the student lot and along the drive every single day when I drive him to school or pick him up we have hired an attorney to fight for what Gavin is legally entitled to have and the district is fighting back we've submitted extensive paperwork from his neurologist explaining the medical reasons why Gavin should not take a bus and should have the flexibility to drive himself to and from school as his symptoms dictate we have filed formal complaints against Dr Esther mongan and District 301 with the Illinois attorney the Illinois attorney general disability rights Bureau and the Illinois Department of Justice and office of civil rights for violating disability rights we've spoken with the Illinois disability leaon Secretary of State the K County Sheriff's department and the Great Lakes Ada office from our conversations with these officials we believe that Gavin's rights are being violated and Ada law is being broken by our district Gavin and I have been interviewed by nbc5 investigates and his story will be featured on the NBC 5 News everyone but Dr Mangan and District 301 seem to recognize how wrong their decision is to deny Gavin his legal right to utilize any handicap spot in the CHS student lot at our 504 meeting just this morning District staff confirmed that this decision to deny gav the use of his handicap spot is coming from Dr mongan I do not understand why she and the district would choose to use taxpayer money to fight against a valid handicap parking placard and against a kid who has suffered so much already versus following the law and doing what is right Gavin can literally Park in any handicap spot in the entire state of Illinois but somehow cannot park at his own Public High School I hope that by sharing Gavin's story we encourage the district to do their due diligence on how to follow Ada law for all students teachers and families within our boundaries I also hope that this situation among so many others encourages our school board to look and listen closely to the members of our community about why we do not trust or support the leadership of Dr mongan I believe the reason so many teachers and community members described the environment in District 301 as taxic starts at the to please keep this in mind when Dr manan's contract is up for Renewal and please seek input from the community and bring in others to interview for this very important position I would like to thank the entire 301 Community for all of their support for Gavin during our fight for what is right we truly have no words for how your support and encouragement have kept us going especially these last two months we are fighting for Gavin and also for every other student teacher and member of this community whose rights under Ada law are being denied past present and future thank you for your time thanks [Applause] Sher next up we have Virginia Romano good evening everyone um thanks for hearing me for what it's worth I guess because it everything seems to go in one ear and out the other it's like we're just here to talk and at least it's going on record because otherwise it just seems like you guys have your ears plugged and just La don't hear us at all so anyway um yeah I'm just here to uh reiterate my discuss and I have been um with what has been going on either with the referendum and then the things that are getting dug up through uh foer requests and things like that so um anyway uh what did I want to say the um yeah I've been canvasing the area I'm in Burlington Township so I've been canvasing the area and pretty much I think the silence is not acquiescence is pretty much all I can really say to the referendum and other things that are going on in the district so I that's about all I have to say thank thank you thanks vir all right Micheline Welch good evening the like Public Enemy Number One standing up here tonight but I wanted to take a moment to address the removal of critical details from our District's monthly enrollment report for years these reports have provided our community with a transparent and consistent snapshot of student growth and changes broken down by grade level by school including students that are out of District not housed in 301 and these details are invaluable for tracking Trends and should be helping inform decisions on resource allocation Staffing and facility planning this is a detailed report from 2012 it's been produced every month that we've had kids in school every year and the last one was May 2024 and it's been replaced with one that's just a summary of these details with the current removal of those specifics we lose an important tool for accountability and effective planning I'm curious how a board of education can make clear decisions with less information than they've had at hand consistently every month mon for over a decade further the analysis provided by rspn Associates was never intended to be a one-off review it was meant to guide ongoing evaluations of our District's progress and potential growth by incorporating their projections alongside the detailed data the community has seen every month for more than a decade we can better understand where we stand in relation to expected growth allowing for more strategic decision making restoring the detailed breakdown by grade level in the monthly enrollment report and add ing RP's projections as a comparative are essential to maintaining transparency I made a foyer request to obtain the details of the data we've seen every month for more than a decade and that request was denied leading me to file my third complaint with the Public Access Controller at the Attorney General's office as a taxpayer and particularly as a parent it's unfathomable to me that this is where I find myself while I stand here in urg the board and administration to keep these details in place as part of your commitment to making datadriven decisions and transparency unfortunately I find myself joining the Greater Community in the feeling that it's all for not and the words that I speak are falling on deaf ears even as I stand here before you the steps to rebuild trust with this community and increase transparency are so simple it is on you to take those steps forward towards the community the people you're supposed to represent in serve Why won't you take them thank you thanks Micheline sherel hello everybody thank you for letting me speak tonight my name is Sher musil I'm a fourth grade teacher at hbt elementary and have been for quite a while um I made making a statement tonight concerning the issue of compensation for teachers who have earned academic degrees prior to being hired by the district this issue has been before you before with me but apparently it's back in your hands again with a new staff member from the perspective of a classroom teacher there does seem to be some inequity regarding the concept of encouraging teachers to attain Advanced degrees after being hired by the district while at the same time failing to acknowledge and compensate teachers who have accumulated specific knowledge and background and skills in the form of an advanced degree or a Content degree that was attained before being hired every Elementary building has a cadra of teachers who have been encouraged to follow the course of obtaining an advanced degree in reading and Technology specifically at the elementary level and they work very hard to do so many of those teachers are incredibly valuable to our faculty because they can act as a resource for other teachers who have questions or need guidance regarding our reading curriculum or the science of reading or other reading questions this is a very positive benefit for that school's faculty and the district as a whole but consider the teacher who has earned her degree in a science field as part of her education in the process of becoming a teacher as I have in the course of my career I have developed units concerning the Natural Sciences in tandem with and supplemental to the district science curriculum units that are used by other teachers and enjoyed immensely by my students as an introduction to fields of study in biology botney anology physics chemistry you name it so is the benefit to the school district definably less because my degree wasn't obtained in the process of certifying to become a teacher rather than obtained after being accepted to work as a faculty member an objective clearly objective policy maker would have to say actually no we do have a huge push for stem programs and steam programs in our district and having a science background I'm finding I'm one of very few in our building I have worked in District 301 for almost 20 years and I think Perhaps it is time for the district to reconsider some policy as it seeks to Build a Better Stronger Staffing system one that the district should be encouraging applications from teachers with degrees in important subject matter areas like math physics science in general or psychology so and I want to speak to that as well we are not retaining teachers well in our district uh Mr Nolan Dr Nolan knows this firsthand his daughter's first fourth grade teachers are both gone it does seem to be like an issue in our district in the last eight years at hbt and this is just in one grade level we've had one at least one a year sometimes two teachers in our grade level leave every year why is this and why is it so hard to attract a pool of applicants which I have also witnessed for eight years of sitting in on interviews every every single year maybe we should abandon our Antiquated system and think about how to retain staff and also attract those new applicants maybe respecting and compensating their backgrounds and master's degrees would help as in districts such as barington shamberg and many many many districts I hope hope the board has seen and examined the data that shows who has left the district and the exact precise reasons why maybe recognizing expertise in different fields such as my Master's in science another person's letter in Psychology that was written to you math and others would help us grow as a whole as a community and is a group of teachers that could help each other and support each other in all these fields our staff is fantastic at hbt and their hard work shows every day I would just like to include more applicants of diverse backgrounds to add to what we already have thank you for your time thanks sure our next update Chatman all right uh there is a a data sheet being passed around so let you guys all get that in your hands before I start uh but I'm going to be addressing retention and a statement on retention from September's board meeting uh Dr Mangan discussed that the state includes when teachers move schools within their District impacting or lowering a District's retention number uh this is inaccurate as you see on your data sheet there is a statement on how it is calculated from ISB the data is based on how or on teachers staying and leaving a district not a school further in this issue is our retention rate overall compared to surrounding districts which you can see on that data sheet surrounding districts all sit around a 92% retention rate meaning 8% of teachers leave year to year meanwhile our District's retention rate is 84% meaning 16% of teachers leave our districts year to year so our retention problem is twice as bad as districts around us our retention rate is even lower than CPS uh which historically has issues keeping staff this is alarming especially since we're in a teaching shortage right now too we can't afford to lose our existing staff so as a board you you should ask yourself why is retention so low uh a pattern we're seeing over the years is that teachers are overworked and overwhelmed our workloads are high we don't have enough support or even time to get things done Staffing is another issue uh we've seen a high turnover rate in special education specifically over the years we're once again asking that you try to hire those five positions that we requested numerous times and post those so that we can help our most vulnerable students and support our existing staff and keep them here there will be candidates graduating college in December which can help increase our chances of hiring someone this year and helping our students and staff as soon as possible on top of that we've heard concerns on on valuing and listening to staff too many decisions are made without our input or our input is sought after the fact for example the teacher vacancy Grant the district's four goals the blueprints at the design dive with any of our input sought on this prior no as board members I would highly recommend you request the sac District committee survey results that we shared with Dr Mangan last May so you uh can see how people feel when it comes to input in this District especially those who sit on committies this District does at times step over dollars to pick up pennies too case in point is the fact that we are the only District in the area and as far as I'm aware in Northern Illinois that doesn't recogn I someone's Ms in education on the salary schedule if their Bachelors isn't in education instead we pay them thousand dollars less signaling to them that we feel they are somehow less than their colleagues why would you stay you wouldn't from our understanding over the past five years 19 Educators have been in this situation and only five remain including two new hires the board you received an email today from one of the new hires about this and there desire to leave if not compensated appropriately you just heard from a veteran teacher tonight who is impacted tell me how would you feel if you were in their shoes would you want to work for a company that sends that message to their employees adding on to furthering your education with Advanced degrees CA even had to take the district to arbitration over the district wanting to determine how accredited universities run their Blended masters programs let me rephrase that our district wants to tell the university how to run their programs a part of our settlement agreement with the arbitrator is that programs that are new this year can't have interference from the district which is how it should have been from the start the district can't call the University and tell them how to operate what our district did just doesn't happen in other districts our instructors have even stated how strict our District's contract was with their University and how that impacted trying to find instructors to run our course courses it just seems other districts don't put these roadblocks in place trying to control every little thing including trying to further your education for the betterment of our students in your own teaching again I ask you why would you stay these are all contributing factors among other things to retention issues so I'll end with this as a board of education our retention rate should be concerning to you you should be discussing this not just uh privately but publicly we are requesting retention of staff is placed on the November board meeting's agenda for you to talk about publicly the staff the community and the students deserve to hear how you will go about fixing this massive problem we need to hear how you plan to retain our staff thank you than right last is PK perk thank you good evening uh my name is PK um I prepared uh several comments and suggestions for uh for the board today but before I jump into my prepared remarks um my uh sympathies to to you and your family and uh your son Gavin for uh the difficulties endures result of his injury and uh I would encourage the the board and superintendent to consider uh making an exception in this case to avoid um all of the complications that will undoubtably arise if uh if the hegu family um pursues their their current strategy um I was listening to the people that uh came up here before me and I'm gonna reframe my comments uh in terms of what I heard from each previous presenter and and what I heard was distrust a lot of distrust and um I think that's toxic I think that's that's you know it's something that we need to work to change um when we consider the biggest issue for next month which is the referendum for the new high school and and by the way I happen to think it's a good plan I don't think it's a perfect plan I think it's a good plan I think it solves multiple problems I think you did a good job thinking it through right I think the communication recently over the past couple months from the district the Friday facts and Tuesday tidbits and other information was great I think that it's wonderful that you arrang two design drives which I attended both of them um I wish more people in the community came to participate um so you know I'm inclined to support the referendum um but I wanted to convey that a lot of the opposition in the community stems from that feeling of distrust that General feeling of distrust right the people who are overtly opposed and also many of the people who are undecided they're hesitating because of distrust and you know the way to overcome that distrust which does not happen overnight it takes a long time but the way to overcome that the way to win over the community on the next referendum or whatever we pursue in future years for the betterment of the community the way to gain that support is to build trust at every opportunity and and so you have a lot of examples from my predecessors in terms of things to consider um and and so I'm going to go through a few a few things that I prepared as well the first thing is that um you know last month in September uh Mr Chapman came up and um part of his presentation was to uh ask for uh your support in hiring five or so additional special education teachers it was a very modest request in comparison to uh his estimate of a 90 teacher shortage in the district uh which you may or may not agree with but it was a modest request in comparison to the problem that he stated and I would encourage you to reconsider consider uh and approve those additional Educators it's a it's a very small expense in comparison to other expenditures that the district is undertaking um it will certainly serve those students with special needs better and it also will iate the stress on Main classroom teachers which will help to improve overall teacher satisfaction secondly um I want to Second Mr Chapman's comment to um take up the issue of teacher satisfaction uh and the survey results at the next board meeting um every board member should read all those verbatim comments and understand the sentiment coming from the staff um it's important that you engage the superintendent and the union together to outline and execute a plan to improve teacher satisfaction and retention third at the end of the September board meeting uh superintendent mang Yen commented that there were a number of foyer requests and that uh if that Trend continued she may need to add a staff member to support fulfilling those requests reasonable um that led into a discussion between the superintendent and some of the board members about potentially charging for foyer requests I see that there's a discussion topic on that later in the agenda um I am hopeful that the board will not pursue the idea of charging for foyer requests as it would be illegal except in very limited circumstances and the board will be exposing itself in the district to um legal challenge um revenues from those limited allowable circumstances would likely be minimal and offset by additional administrative burden to track and justify those charges or defend them legally and um even if all that is resolved even even if it's not the intent right if the intent is just simply to pay for the the process um but even if it's not the intent it could appear to the community at large and this goes back to the trust issue that the board and the administration are trying to discourage the public from making foyer requests and I think that that's totally wrong um and so you know the board should be asking how can we make more information available to the public online so that some of those foyer requests which are ordinary types of things don't need to be made as foyer requests how can we leverage technology to you know make the process of fing requests more efficient so we don't have to manually scan and redact sensitive information there's lots of software that can do that um so those are the types of questions the board should be doing the principle should be how can we be more open and transparent with the community how can we facilitate information sharing how can we build trust in every interaction um we're at five minutes already so we have to wrap it up I will wrap up on teacher retention uh last time Mr faul asked the superintendent to explain how the retention metric doesn't necessarily convey the nuances of people moving around within the district I thought that was an aute question actually um Mr Chapman has refuted that today um I I think generally what I would say is that um when we think about the way the board interacts in these meetings right it's very mechanical there doesn't seem to be much substantive discussion among among the board when issues are introduced so we don't know exactly what you're thinking you know do you ascribe to the principle of Foya or are you trying to you know limit the information to the community nobody knows so you know people are making their own assumptions and those are usually going to be the worst assumptions we don't hear you communicating what you're thinking we don't hear you communicating guardrails the superintendent about what you want her to do and you don't react when people from the community raise an important issue in the public forum you don't react during the same board meeting you also don't take it up at the subsequent board meeting after you have time to think about it and form a position and and I think that that does not create trust right so my advice to you is you know people care they're coming up here because they care they're raising important issues they're expressing you what people in the community are thinking and please do take up those issues please respond to them during your time in the meeting or please take them up at a Subs board meeting thank you thank you move on action reports motion second requir to discuss and approve the consent agenda some second I'm included in your um packet is the revenue expenditure report reports currently revenues are at 29.
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e e e band and e [Music] come in good evening everyone I'd like to call this meeting of the Dartmouth school committee to order for Monday October 21st 2024 would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance pledge allegiance alance to the flag of the United States of America the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all please be seated well happy Monday everyone welcome to the uh October 21st edition of the dma school committee meeting uh hope everyone had a fabulous weekend just a reminder before we get started to please uh for those of you uh in the audience please silence any cell phones or electronic devices a roll call please Chris Oliver here Elizabeth Coughlin here Kathleen Amaral here Mary Beck here John noones yep Thank you very very much looks like we are all here also just another reminder that this meeting is being videotaped by our Dartmouth High School media department for a re rebroadcast on Dartmouth Community television channels 9 on the following days Wednesday and Thursday at 5: Friday at 6:00 a.m.
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on Monday October 21st 2024 please stand fored Allegiance United States americe any public comment okay I can ask the committee to review the minutes of September 9th 2024 meeting make a motion to accept September second any questions comments all in favor y passes unanimously okay so new business a new text of recommendation of scts of human and adamine Physiology 13th edition Mayan Keller Dr Reed is going to present on this topic so Swit EAS so um for this course their current book expires this year so last year they started the process of reviewing um books they did a readability study um they evaluated the books and all the information you have here I'll just pull a few quick things out that stand out um they feel that the text best aligns with the skills associated with ngss um even though the course is actually beyond the scope of the NS the ngss content standards the online text supports elll students with the ability for students to translate the text into other languages and um the book encourages engaging in real world application problem solving the textbook itself is well organized readable authentic images diagrams provides appropriate levels of support the online platform is user friendly and accessible for um both students and teachers um and then the other piece the ability that the course is an honors course and it does start out as um like grade grade 11 and then it moves by the end of the book towards a college level like more you know like readers age like 20 so they do progress in the reading ability to kind of like the quick what was the um the textbook that you're moving away from what was the year the copyright of that one oh um 2 uh I think it was 2018 yeah 2018 I think no I have to look okay that's all right that's okay so when you said the textbooks expired you mean their contract yes for the online yes yeah y so the choice of the committee was not to renew correct to go to a different correct okay questions 2018 so this this resource we're talking about the online component and the textbook I see it's for 75 I'm just sort of looking at that and wondering is that because every student needs a textbook to go with the online component or is the textbook online and and Julie wants to have a class set of them in case any student wants to have one correct would be more than a class set I didn't know if there was anything we could do with the quote on that like we're buying the subscription but maybe less physical textbooks if we only need maybe 25 physical yeah I can ask her about that I think um they're preparing to for more than possibly more than one section students so that would be you possibly 50 right right but not every student wants to Lug the book back and forth all say maybe okay yeah talk to her that do we get um do we get to look at this us for it will be if if it is forward then it would be on review for two weeks we put it here at the office and then at the library yes did she bring those to the office okay and how does that get out how does that news get out to everyone so they know to come to the library and it is usually Word of Mouth we try but yeah it's put you know it's discussed here it's posted online you knowe I know that question came up with the last textbook that we approved last new textbook that we approved by a board of ed member so where was this book you know um just wondering if we can yeah facilitate more of them what are you thinking like an email to families letting them know or well one time I thought we were might a few years ago I thought we were using Power School to Le let parents owners book being reviewed I talk about that I if we actually execute I'll I don't know that we've ever used a blast email telling people about a book we had about seven or eight years ago we had TCI science that was only online and so we had really canvased the elementary schools and offered nights for them to come here and we showed showed it to the parent who came on those three nights so in the past unless a Bo M really went out of social media said hey we used to do this but no one really paid attention hey we got a new book usually there board members talking about it talk about the meetings trying to get out there we never I mean if you all think if you all think that you know you want to us to email parents about new books being Ming forward can't hurt yeah I I I would want that to happen I I mean why can't we have another textbook on display in the high school library even for students to take a look at we can get a third copy we have one here and one at the library um would be good which one of I'll talk to but in policy right now the way the policy is written we could try it and see if we get a different result and change the policy or we can do this without changing the policy from saying going forward if this is something that the board you know would really like to do then we should probably change that language so that I mean do we have any any data like how many people actually go to the library or come here to even look at the book the most I've ever seen probably one or two comments usually usually it's n usually and this is also an elective for too so it might not get as much interest it's an honors but it's an elective am what did you do in um in water what's the practice in Bloomfield for communicating that out in the library the central office the school yeah and a blast appearance if they want to come and see it yeah I mean some don't but just the idea that we've invited them we're changing uh yeah if there could be a copy available on it's ready board members just read the last paragraph I know a couple board members are going to want to the without issue we could put a copy in the CHS library and then we already have a copy to the library I mean then we can take a look at it if it garnered more people looking at it then it would probably make sense for us to look at the policy and change it but if not then I I just want to make sure that we have because a couple of weeks ago and months ago people were even talking about you know the copyright date of some of the textbooks I think we need to be thorough in how we're vetting this and um having it available to the public I will ask Carol to send something on parents Square okay any other questions assistant super update this does take a um motion to send it to the board of after two week um so when do the questions that we just put forth get answered that can happen after we you're asking about the copyright date well taking a look at the taking a look at the book itself it's usually my understanding what I remember is we usually have the books here when making this decision and then um there were those questions about how many how many copies we actually need to can get that information to us for sure about how many copies we actually need and the publication date and I can I can bring are we seeing each other Thursday no no THS November 7th is the so well off to me I can I can deliver it to you so you have it so is your recommendation not to hold it up for these reasons I mean is there like it first right before we is that going to cause a delay we can we can but I don't want to cause a delay that means we're not going to have it for but the copyright date is 2022 so it's a recent it's a recent text I think question so I think the question is should if we hel hold this up will there be any problem in ordering it and getting it in for next year thank you okay so I think that's our we'll table it we'll put it on the November meeting we're moving toast and maybe along with that we could also find out um over the last three to five years how many students took this course if you need to change that um 75 at all than and you would ask the copyright of the prior book is that corre 2018 the prior book the current book 2022 okay I wait okay so at our last um at our meeting last Thursday I think it was there were had made some comments about it was after the students presentation about not how College doesn't need to be for all and Sam had shared that we had bumped into each other at a of all places a manufacturing Summit meeting so I thought it would be a good time just to share a little bit about what we have going on with that because there have been some some significant changes in the district so uh the gentleman uh Sean m who used to run the CTE Department uh has left us and we are very excited to have Tom leok who you've all met who's been like a Cracker Jack and on the spot for our all of our computer and technology and data analytics needs and um he was interviewed and we felt he was the best person to take on that department so Tom is coming in at a time when we have a significant amount of manufacturing technology in our shop you remember I think an and Tony for sure voting on a Perkins grant to get some significant um equipment here in in our shop the ACC CNC machine coule years ago so a lot of investment happed yeah as part of that that sort of coincided with Co and Sean was supposed to go for training training on those kind that kind of equipment can't happen virtually so that was really halted and so so now Tom needs to get that training because we have this dual enrollment course um with the Community College we want to make sure that this is offered to students and in looking at that we don't feel like we have enough students with handson that equipment so we've done a done a few things um Jeff has convened uh local business and trades people in order to get more of our students visiting manufacturing companies here in chesher over the summer um Doug Johnson is one of our biggest supporters and we certainly go out to him we're really targeting middle school kids so that parents hear more about the options open in the manufacturing center so at the same time as we're trying to encourage more students to be aware of these opportunities at chesher high we've also got some changes happening within the department and so Tom and I were able to connect with um it's called and bear with me iwea which is the institute for real world education and curriculum advancement they're actually that big long title is an office that is in partnership with research and Innovation at Southern and and with the State Department of Education and I think of them as like a Matchmaker so we met with them over the summer and they will find us people to help train us and to guide us in any of that manufacturing equipment that they have when I show folks the list of stuff that we have they're very impressed and so they actually paid our way to go to this manufacturing Summit that was held um at in at the convention center in Harford and so we were able to connect with a lot of people there who knew how to use this machinery and what this organization the real world education and curriculum advancement organization will do because the distri doesn't have the money to pay someone in the in the in the real world to come over and train us they will actually pay for that training to happen so they'll find us someone in the field who can come out train people get kids up and running on this make sure that Tom knows everything that's going on they've done things like pay our pay our ticket to to attend these conferences and make some of those connections so um we've done that in that same Realm has gone over the summer and has participated and and she's gone to Jackson labs and um a company down in North Branford that produces light posts and is really these teachers have gotten tours of what all this looks like so that we can further internships and opportunities for our students so it was a it was a great day um we sat with the people from Southern we we met a lot of folks Tom is really feeling a lot more confident and feels really prepared to get our students running on this so it was a really it was a great opportunity it was nice to see Sam there Sam was working on some projects for her District as well so just wanted to sort of give you the lay of the land and what's happening when we're talking about you know what is cheser high school what are we doing as a district to support that pathway so that was one little piece of information you mentioned um starting in middle school so what will that look like I you don't have the the equipment in Middle School logistic so it's some of those pre-engineering Concepts so now that we have the two new science coaches they're teaching coding um they're teaching you know how to program those robots so when they get to the middle school they've got some engineering classes that students can take that we're trying to articulate some of how we can advance what those middle schoolers will be doing in two years because now kids will have had exposure to coding and Robotics they could do the next level of of those class at the middle school so we probably want to tweak some of that curriculum so that they can they're just going to be more prepared and then when they get to high school they could take some of those computer a drafting classes and continue to follow up Tom's also done an excellent job with really be bringing all those people together you know when they're talking about what they're doing at the high school this is what they're doing at the middle school and recognizing how how much our kids really do know I think that's great cor if I'm wrong I I don't remember this off top of my head but I believe at the high school I the CNC programing or C like isn't there something where they're either earning enough credits by taking other the courses to earn some level of certification can talk talk I remember this come up last year yeah there are two manufacturing coures that they can earn those credits awes and so we're in the next cycle where we graduated the students and now we're restarting with new you know younger kids coming in they they take those courses and then they can get get credit it's it really in a certificate we we just had n tuck and shared what we do and there get their program up and running and we talked about how it works with us and yeah so are there internships that go along with it too are we not there yet there can be not yet but there can be yeah and there but there certainly are some real world um incred skills that they can that they can go out and utilize this conference I mean electric Bo was there and you know sori was there but then there were just an incredible amount of um aerospace engineer engineering Aerospace manufacturing that is in that Corridor that are right around us that the more that we can connect with them and create these internship opportunities for our students the better off will'll be so that's what we're in the process of sort of reinvigorating and rejuvenating that to make it even more robust than it has been so I mean since treasure is the betting capital of the world um do we have anything going in that line because there's internships part of the coaching the science coaching that we're doing at the elementary school while they're starting off with robotics now the second half of that is really about Agro science and Jeff has had some good meetings with some of um the local agricultural wholesalers to talk about our greenhouse and what we need for that and what we would want it to look like and so trying to get those kids in fourth and fifth grade excited to see what we can do with the pathway is certainly something I know that's been on Jeff's mind and the science as around environmental Sciences yeah so the regional Water Authority we have a big um natural resource program okay and this last couple years been taking a lot of interns from sou who are in environmental Sciences track or live track and they getting drug exposure to literally working our Pathways and our property which is amazing it's all bi it's all some biology but um it's pretty immersive I I wouldn't be surprised if they wouldn't take some yeah inter especially summer mons l i I can send I'll send you the information but one of the things that the company also does is if you're an employee and the role in a public utilities management or environmental Sciences uh curriculum at Sun they pay for it for agree and the kids are getting a taste of that through the greenhouse excellent that's great and so that that's having implications for our culinary which our new culinary teacher is collaborating with Tom to really make those connections those cross disciplinary connections and real world application of skills um really come alive so that's great this is all all growing H is huge in this and they partner with lots of school district so the other thing locally that we've done is um Bill Stanley from the land trust has reached out to us a couple times that they're trying to redevelop and they were working on a grant for the IES Farm to con to build an educational center there as part of this and I know Kevin's had some conversations with them I've had some conversations now that we have the coaches that project is getting closer we'll be there's a lot of infrastructure there to really give our kids some real world hands on authentic experiences so Bill mve to South Carolina did he I haven't seen probably two three months ago no okay he recently sold his house uh and then moved down there but I mean there's a whole this was the land trust right there's other folks there I for to this place but I'll I'll get you contact I'll reach out to Bill and congratulate him on the move and see if he can hook me up yeah I I I I know so I'm not sure who took over this for him in case from that's why yeah and I know the soet group is looking for um partnering with the school district too on internships and um they're going to get in contact with Jeff at some point and just kind of flesh out what they can offer what we would want and how that partnership I think we had someone doing something and SOC I think the bus Department out teachers G to visit and discuss I mean those are all great things because they're right in our backyard so makes it sorry to no no this is great this is great um the other thing I wanted to let folks know about is um we are our iic planning initiatives committee this year in addition to looking at the book that we're all reading the anxious generation there's also a focus group that's looking at Ai and education both how how teachers can get up to speed on it how it could be a teacher tool and how teachers can lean into AI because it is infused throughout all careers at this point in time that we need to embrace that and make sure that we're creating durable Tas students using AI so this is you know a new territory for a lot of places um we have a really very interested group who signed up to work on this uh there was a small team that um attended uh the AI and education conference that they had up at Lichfield it was um almost standing room only at Advance did had a wonderful day showing us how to use it for curriculum and how to use it with middle school students and really introduced us to a wide variety of things there were a superintendent there assistant superintendent teachers it was excellent we had two teachers from the Middle School who were there as well just taking copious notes and um we're bringing bringing information back for their teachers and then um in addition to doing that there's um a gentleman who who works up there who's agreed to come and meet with this strategic planning committee but also to meet with the administrators when we had sent out what the topics were this year I think every administrator on the team signed up to say they wanted to be a part of it um as well as over 40 teachers so we're we're going to offer this and we've got some ideas on how we could stay ahead of it we also attended I attended a session on what this means for policy so I've shared that the same I shared that with Jeff um so it was it was good keep has a model policy use but it's it's going to have to be tail around the district so that's great this is awesome right I was curious the the Lichfield uh form was that Ed Advance Ed Advance okay great was excellent yeah they are you did a good job yeah so that was another um thing that we had going on um the other thing I wanted you to know about was we um got final approval for our educator evaluation professional growth plan just Thursday at 2:58 p.m.
followed later that month November 18th for regular business meeting again here at the ASC at 6:30 p.m. um now can I get a motion from the Board of Education to go into close session for a collective negotiating matters between the district and its employees or their representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees and B the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park recreational or educational setting or specific volunteers of the district or legal counsel for the district including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park recreational or educational setting or a volunteer of the district or assistant leg legal counsel for the district to determine its validity so move second Chris moves Ken seconds Chris renosa hi Ken Dawson hi charl Fuller hi Terry pavich hi Cara Caston I and Don rener I motion carries um for the members of the public uh the only action the board will be taking when it comes out of closed session will be to adjourn thanks we are in close session
we want to remind the community that we will have our public forum and all families and community members are invited The Forum will be held at plank this one will be held at plank Junior High and we invite staff students parents and commun members to join the board an opportunity to learn and engage together and the board does have meetings twice a month so you're always welcome to come make public comment um to the board but also this is a unique opportunity to go a little deeper into certain themes and topics and now I want to invite board members to join me as as our tradition additional comments because there are just so many good things happening around the district yeah thank you we're going to uh start uh on behalf of the board Echo some of Dr katti's comments about our principles we want to celebrate and thank the principles who lead our schools with dedication and care this weekend every week throughout the year we appreciate all they do to inspire students support staff and to and create a culture of learning and joy so happy principal's Appreciation Week to our incredible School leaders we really appreciate you it's national school bus safety week October 21st through the 25th the transportation department and many others in the district work very hard every day to ensure the safety of our students on and off the bus as a reminder when you're on the road please be observant and follow the rules about stopping for buses it's all of our responsibility to help keep our kids safe thank you to our hardworking staff keep up the great [Applause] work our District's food drive is in the final stretch we need a lower we need to break last year's totals and invite the community to join in this excellent giving opportunity please visit our district website ite for a link to the online donation page we look forward to announcing our winners at Friday night's 20th anniversary cross town football game again this makes a huge difference can can I expand on this and correct me if I'm wrong um but I believe for every dollar that we donate it's eight items so not only can you you know represent the school but you can do a lot with the dollar um so if you don't have cans of food in your pantry give a buck give five bucks 10 bucks makes a big difference so thank you thank you congratulations to asigo e Alum Ray J Dennis the Washington wiz Wizards announced Saturday that they are signing the guard to a two-way contract coming from the Los Angeles Clippers where he was on their training camp roster the Mac Player of the Year in he was Mac Player of the Year in 2023 his career continues to gain success congratulations Ray J we all love you and are watching you play and can't wait to see that all you will accomplish your ouro community supports [Applause] you oh wait there's more congrats to OS freshman Alie werel on her fourth place finish at the ihsa State girls golf finals at Hickory Point Golf Course IND decator on Saturday we look forward to officially recognizing your accomplishment in an upcoming meeting and on another speaking of sports um I I wanted to congratulate the um o football team for clenching first in their division with a uh 42 42 to 10 was it I think win on on Friday so um they are incidentally ranked number 10 in Illinois wow before you get started Dominic Kendall Grant also made it down in golf to to um our to the state tournament so I just want to recognize her as well K very good um one of our valued District Partners Chick-fil-A and asigo is hosting a Spirit Week competition today through Friday each time you visit the restaurant you can mention either ohos or oehs the school with the most mentions will be announced on Friday night at the cross toown game the winning school will receive $1,000 and the other will receive $500 so you're going to be there [Laughter] anyhow last Friday the Ascend event was held at Aurora University this incredible event included over 300 students from 11 Area School Districts The Learning sharing energy and hope that sprung from the Gathering helped equip and Empower students as they travel their educational Journey special thanks to Dr Waller for her leadership and helping to organize this fantastic event thank you Dr wer thank you board thank you Dr katti 6.2 student board member reports I don't believe we have any oh I'm sorry I'm sorry wrong nope nope student board member reports I was I was thinking about something else I know go go right ahead okay this is our uh brief summary on the SN program I would first like to thank Dr kagati and board members Miss W mouth Miss Johnson and miss Mr ploger for attending thank you Miss Shannon Gil from Ro University for hosting and Dr Evans from aond and Community College for creating the event alongside our very own Dr Waller thank you to the student District Coalition students and sponsors for their leadership and participation in the event thank you to miss Simmons Miss Anderson Miss Gelson Miss rocky rocky B Miss prior Miss Palumbo and several other Scholars from Au wans Val View and imsa for presenting sessions and thank you to the 300 students from 16 high schools and 11 school districts um and there were at least 75 adults who had a hand in making this event a success so now I'll talk a little bit about the Ascend program asent has provided valuable lessons on valuing others for their diverse cultures and backgrounds it has fostered an environment where individuals are encouraged to stand up for their rights while promoting rightful place in respect through a variety of activities workshops and discussions Ascend has highlighted the significance of embracing diversity and understanding different perspectives this program has shown that when we appreciate the unique qualities that each person brings to the table we create a more harmonious and productive Community by teaching the principles of respect rightful place and cultural appreciation Ascent has played a crucial role in helping individuals develop a broader more empathetic empathe empathetic view on the world these lessons are a essential in creating environments where everyone feels value valued heard and respected ultimately leading to to a more stronger and more cohesive communities um with this we aim to ensure that students can access more trusted adults within the district the ascent serves as an excellent opportunity for individuals to cultivate a broader empathetic perspective of the world leading to the classroom environment it enables participants to re to recognize differences and appreciate various viewpoints essential for the understanding understandment between students and teachers ultimately leading to a greater sense of trust also for a side note unfortunately I was not able to make it however I want to thank everyone that we just listed for making it happen because what I saw was a great opportunity and I hope to be part of it next time okay thank you very much thank you 6.3 board member comments any board member comments I have a few yeah we'll start over here with you go ahead um I've just been to a couple different events in the past couple weeks so I just wanted to give a really quick shout out um first of all I I was able to attend the Hispanic heritage presentation at Plank and um it was it was great students put in a lot of work there was lots of really good food which I I smelled but didn't taste but anyway take my word for it it was good um they also the students also put together little presentations on um uh Hispanic people in history that they admired so just want to say that my favorite was Roberto Clen because he's always been one of my favorite baseball players so anyway shout out to them they did a good job um Mrs Johnson I'm going to defer to you on the details but um I did spend a happy day um Distributing sorting through Distributing I think it was 3,800 uh Bunt Cakes uh that was done by bionic I'll let you elaborate on that later that was that was fun um I also I'm wearing this today uh stopped in at one of the robotics meetings uh last Tuesday there were a hundred kids there at robotics HQ um working amazing working on apps working on new robots working on all sorts of stuff uh fair amount of of women were there too which I thought was very encouraging so um those kids are always great um I wanted to add on Ascend um the one of the keynote speakers there was Lauren Underwood and um Miss Underwood was encouraging everyone that would be of voting age by election day to come out and vote and I would like to encourage everyone to do that whether whether you turn the appropr whether you turn 18 today or several years ago like some of us just go out and vote um um I already I already mentioned oh football um probably me um and I also wanted to reiterate too I I did get the opportunity to go to a couple uh couple band meets this year for both o and and OE and um another separate groups of students doing a lot of hard work so thank you everyone and I'm done okay anyone else um Ascend was wonderful thank you all so much uh there was just a lot of Joy there that day and it was nice to see Smiles on faces um and I've been to and done a lot around the Dei space and just when you think you have a grasp on it you still learn something so I also just want to give a shout out to aora University it was a beautiful day on campus they are incredibly gracious to um sd308 and I'm grateful for their partnership um it was a beautiful place uh to host Ascend um I also got a chance on Friday um and Maya force my husband who was leaving for a business trip to attend with me uh you can't take it with you at OS um I just want to give a huge shout out to them uh it was fantastic I these I sometimes forget um I've seen a lot of Broadway that I'm sitting in a High School production and it's absolutely phenomenal and also to watch um kids that you watched grow up turn into these you know incredibly um talented young adults so uh just shout out to the cast and the crew and the technical uh Team for you can't take away you everybody else was at the game I was like I need a little theater in my life um I knew the football team would take be taking care of it and I just want to suggest and I don't going to step over the line here from board member but we really need to look at the um o the pa the system the sound system in O I was in the fifth row I'm defin heart of hearing um and could barely hear them my husband who was fully hearing had a hard time hearing so if we could look into it and get these students um so we can ampli amplify their voices for real um in um but for whatever reason that we're in the um ohos Auditorium or OE Auditorium it would be great if the sound system could be as optimal as possible so thank you very much Amy oh no I was just gonna ask if um that would be part of the um comprehensive building facilities the building facil plan that could be an addition if it's not already included look at that sound system because I agree at o yeah Capital Improvements um but also really um upgrades to our technology um our those kinds of things can really be a part of that if anything they can be also part of kind of Staggering how we dedicate our resources whether it's a a soccer field or turf field or a PA system and thinking about how we balance our funds um or Transportation improving our transportation so these are all part of and the master facility plan definitely is really important and I would and our strategic planning process is also a really important part so these are both really important plugs and I want to thank you all for bringing those up I'm so sorry really quick Mary Mary Joe did a great job um I just want to congratulate bionic they sold a thousand more Bunt Cakes than they did last year um and so just so everybody understands these students sold $25,000 worth of bun cakes to make3 ,500 and so I'm just going to say this without Mary Joe we would have not made it because we still have to be ready at 226 when those kids line up to pick them up and with a thousand cakes more it was a little stressful so it's a lot of calories that room her there in a bun in 3,800 bun cakes yeah I didn't want to see another bun cake for a while all right thank you for that um 7.1 consent agenda can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda please I like I would like to make a motion to approve all items under consent including minutes from the Board of Education meeting on October 7th 20124 open and closed sessions and to acknowledge the foyer requests received by the district second are there any questions on the consent agenda Miss ven I Dr Mario I Miss Johnson I Mr Cerone I miss similon I Mr Gatewood I motion passes 60 action item 8.1 District Administrative contracts can I have a motion please I make a motion to approve the District Administrative contract as discussed and presented second Mr Cerone hi Mr wood I miss vmou I miss Simon I Dr Mario I you have a question I do have a question do we need to add as discussed in close session tonight I did oh you did I did I apologize I checked you I thought I checked you Miss Johnson hi motion passes 60 action item 8.2 Personnel report can I have a motion please I would like to make a motion to approve the Personnel report as discussed and presented second Miss Johnson I miss similon hi Mr Gatewood hi Miss venman hi Dr Mario hi Mr Cerone I motion passes 60 I acknowledge Dr wimy good evening board uh we're excited tonight to welcome two uh new administrators that you just approved this evening so I'm going to invite Dr dubiel from our diverse Learners Department to introduce our newest administrator congratulations welcome to the rec for the recommended candidate or the approved now candidate uh for program administrator interim is Mrs Flur pavela Mrs pavela has been in special education for over 17 years she has served as an lbs teacher teacher leader and coordinator of special education programming her strong background in therapeutic day school and working with all grade levels combined with her current graduate work to pursue the administrative endorsement which is to be completed by February 2025 makes her an excellent candidate for the program administrator interim to support East viiew Academy and ASO high school please join me in welcoming Mrs delela welcome welcome thank you Dr dubel uh Dr Paul from your department if you can introduce our newest member of learning and Innovation absolutely good evening everyone the candidate you just approved is our new Este steam coordinator Hano Becker he is currently leading a startup company Hano began his career as a high school chemistry and physics teacher and instructional coach at Indianapolis Public Schools through the interview process Hano strengths identified included his considerable steam background his knowledge of effective systems his considerable background and high quality instruction his appreciation for equity and engagement of all students and is working internationally his experience and steam our foundational practices and leadership are needed for this position please join me in welcoming Hana Becker welcome okay I'm going invite um Mr oemi regarding updates uh our financial statements and investment schedule so we lean it to the uh pull the mic forward I'm sorry we are sharing the monthly uh investment so a couple of things I'm going to start out by showing that we share this CPR um memo with you and the reason why we share CPI memo is because CPI is fundamental to the levy that we uh that we do for property taxes and the um the multiplier that we use for the levy is based on CP so we track that uh every month to see where we are so the last couple of months uh this is from the August CPI it's always a month behind so the August CPI comes out in September around the second week in September so it shows that uh in August the CPI is uh 0.2 same as it was in July and the next item that I would like to uh to talk about is the financial statement for uh for the year which is the the budget as it stands right now the uh the expenditures are in line with uh with what we'll expect at this time of the year and the last thing that I would like to point out is the financial statement if you've been uh someone who pays attention to the financial statement over the years you will notice that we have significantly more uh document in the investment report and the reason is uh in the past we only had a page on half and what we did is whatever money we collected we just kind of left it in the bank if you will what we're doing now we're doing more Investments we're looking for a way to leverage the money that we have in hand instead of it having instead of just the money sitting in the bank and I want to caution by saying that in doing this though we're still in compliance with illino Municipal uh investment policy which is to invest in conservative instruments that preserve the original capital that we're talking about so what you will see is we are invested in CDs and also in treasury these instruments are permittable under the Illinois Municipal investment strategy the upside of it is is that uh we know the feds have been lowering interest rates and that is impacting yield so we're trying to get in front of it and what we did we have a pretty detailed cash flow so what we've done is we' structured the investment to make sure that we're making some uh some yield before we need that cash as a way to help us financially can I just clarify prior to so prior to your tenure what we're what you're saying is prior to your 10 year we weren't making these Investments we were just having our money basically in a savings account yes it just yeah well it was probably something not we can be candid here not as coordinated as it is now yeah as fast one of the things being intentional I'm I'm only asking because it's just interesting to me um I see we're at uh $250,000 or below and that's to keep us at FDIC that's exactly we're investing in the banks I'm assuming these are CDs yes they are okay they are and then when we're at the higher dollar amounts it's because of we're investing in federal government or Freddy okay yes yes yeah no it's a I don't know that's that's are you working with like a particular company that's that's coordinating that or we work with PMA PMA is as our advisor so and the yield is a probably a little lower but we're staying FDIC um the yield is actually averaging about 4.5% which I'm say yeah if we were to go out and get A10 million non FDIC no we would never do yeah yeah yeah that's because but it's worth what I'm saying is then you're Insurance yes I don't know which is why we structure it so if anything goes wrong we we uh compensated by the FDIC Insurance you got a lading yeah that's exactly what we do that's think any other questions cool no okay thank you thank you board um next I want to uh invite Miss Mosley lesan is here this evening to speak about the for information the transportation hazardous route study should we do drum roll too for this one m m good evening it's very important and I want to just thank you for you and your team's leadership I know that as we enter the school year uh you were all but six weeks on the job and we went right into the fire of starting the school year and so I want to just thank you for your perseverance and your team's efforts throughout this period I know that it's very challenging we are very unique in that we have such a complicated system um and we want to thank you so you bring some recommendations this evening for the board um the recommendation that we have up can we can you guys hear me on here yep okay speak speak a little louder you're is the um hazardous study we haven't done a hazardous study in The District in 20 since 2015 and with all of the growth that we've seen and had in the district um we have a lot of hazardous um routes per se that could be changed to um areas where we can use Walkers or crossing guards and from a eon um Financial standpoint it would help our district tremendously with our financial budget so that is why we're asking for that Hazard study any questions board regarding this fud request I didn't I don't have any well I have one question on this one but I more have a comment the layout the presentation and the way that your memos are done should be an absolute template for this District when we get information when the board gets information to have the background the purpose of what we're doing um the scope of work the next steps and where the funding is coming from and what the fin Financial impact and the next steps are are critical to making decisions and to limit us then having to go to Dr katti to do follow-ups and stuff so I just want to commend you on the layout of this I had no questions that have anything to do with you other than that we do try to um extend our uh when we're looking for vendors out to have multiple vendors was this the only type of vendor that does this or did you have other vendors that could no we reached out to four vendors but they were the only one that could provide us quotes and that would take the bid perfect I appreciate that if you would just stick that in next time who you reached out to that would be great so we know that there was that due diligence but this was so well done thank you thank you so I just have a real why did they not want to come back with quotes well one couldn't meet um they said they couldn't do it I don't know if they didn't have the staff to do it um but they said they couldn't do it and then the two others didn't respond at all one of the key reason just to be blunt is that we're big District we have 68 square miles it's too much work and uh so you have to have the scale to be able to do the hazard uh study that we require in our district and we have firms they do smaller School District they just don't have the bandwidth is what we got to be able to do us we we just we will be yeah I was surprised by the $2,200 that we have a sense like a lot of work for 2200 hours yeah I agree do we have a sense of how often this should be done um like it seems like we should have been done it at some point prior to this but is this like usually in every fiveyear thing is it like when we have some new construction yeah we did a a study in 2019 but that was just the wolf crossing area okay and um and so we haven't done a districtwide study since 2015 it depends on the the growth that's happening in the district so each district is different yeah I would I would think you can correct me if I'm wrong that some of the some of this is construction areas that are now built up so do we have a can can we have a future plan where we have new stuff going up it's a hazardous route this year and then next year Market to like reassess to see so we can track it to point a district as dynamic as we are uh that is growing the way we are it makes sense to look at doing um hazardous route every couple of years because change happen very quickly now if you're talking about a mature District that is landlock where there's not that much in the way of growth you can probably go five years but uh definitely 9 years is too long for the the profile of I District not to have done a complete hazardous R go ahead go ahead um so can I think of this a little bit as a cost benefit so I want you know just making sure that this is easily paid for itself paying for itself you know about how many routes would need to be uh improved or you know like how quick could we recoup the cost of this St it all it all really depends yeah we don't want to go with any preconception what we're doing is we've been reimagining how to run Transportation efficiently I think I've mentioned this in the past that is one of the funds that's really really negatively affecting the bottom line of the district uh the the r projection that I did which I'll present to the board in February shows that if we do not do anything uh significant by 2030 we'll be looking at about $26 million in uh deficit just in the transportation fund which we cannot afford to do so what we're hopeful is that there's been significant change in the development of uh subdivisions in the district that some of the areas where uh students are being driven to school right now with the um with the Hazardous route they should be able to walk if it's within a mile and a half of their home school so to tell you what that impact will be right now I think that would be speculative I think I'm fine if you're looking at a trajectory like that and I my question was mov so yeah my question is really um if piggybacks on Dr Moro was saying what partnership or how are we partnering with the village in this is um because as I drive around and I'm looking I'm always looking do we have sidewalks and many of the subdivisions don't have sidewalks going in and so that's the part to me that I know that will impact Ian especially like right across the street from even where we are now um and so what partnership are we doing with the village in order to ensure that sidewalks are going in as they're building thank you for asking that question we've actually been working very closely with uh Municipal partners uh the village of asgo as well as the the road construction uh Township County of Kendall County and as a matter of fact there's a subdivision that's close to O OE right now yeah where we transport the students and it's actually close enough where it's less than a mile that if there's a sidewalk those students should be able to walk to school and we had a meeting two weeks ago where there was a commitment made by The Village as well as the county of Kendall where uh We've agreed to build the sidewalk I believe it's Brighton Meadows from Brighton Meadows all the way to O OE and the cost of it will be bor equally by the three uh Municipal entity 33% so that's an example of partnership that we're engaging in and we intend to continue to do that whenever possible so we're not bearing the burden alone because we know we all have responsibility to make sure our children are safe to R from school and I'm sure you'll figure this out but there's another subdivision going in at like 30 and half in Rector and I'm sure it's over 100 100 rooftops and so I'm sure it's a half mile down from the wheatlands but I'm sure that that's another opportunity but that's just my question yeah thank you oh I had a question sorry um I was reading the end of the like towards the conclusion and I'm guessing the total is $66,000 and 3,000 per school is this for the actual study like is a study that payment different from the actual like forming these sidewalks like or are they one like is this like assoc like little ericsen engineering ass are they paying for all of that like is this like one study is 6 to $6,000 3,000 per school and then plus paying for sidewalks like sidewalk is different that's something that we do separately with the village and that's like its own separate costs yes okay that my only question when you estimate 33% um of the sidewalks from here to without without biding it out we are we estimated it but I'm just I'm always reluctant okay without going to bed to share a number then it becomes a problem for say you said it was going to cost this much so we're going out to bed and whatever the uh the B amount is we agree to divid up by 33% so when a developer comes in and they build a subdivision um why are not sidewalks included in the the price or the cost or whatever it is the negotiate why is that not a part of the negotiations like we need sidewalks some developers will come in with mining a variance um they'll have unique product they'll say you know we need in order for it to be economically viable we need a certain amount of houses you know and a certain amount of space um kind of like the the rental unit that's up on the wolf there um speak Planning and Zoning but Rafael you probably no what I was going to say that's that's a good point is that uh one of the key thing that will make that happen is to maintain the professional cardio relationship that we have with tax uh all the tax and bodies now I think once we we make sure that we continue to do that when they need something we we try to assist them when we need something we work collaboratively with the recognition that we serve the same Master if you will we serve the children and the family of this community I think as long as we do that the conversation is easier to have and as long as we have that conversation it's more likely than not that we'll be successful in the partnership yeah yeah so when we start talking about our comprehensive Master facilities plan and is this these are the kinds of considerations that we have to think about right they're part would they be part of that it's like we will invite them absolutely that's a absolutely we will we will yeah and my experience we would always ask you know is the school district going to be fine you know and this and that if they said well the school district would want sidewalks you know that might have you know what I'm saying um so so being just having that communication um could have a lots of benefits the community at home yes yeah that was evidenced a couple weeks ago the village invited us to come present at their Village trustee meeting to talk about the expansion and what would be the impact and how they're considering those proposals um and what our thinking was around the demographic the the the kind of population Improvement in our area and how to balance the tension for them in terms of approval of Economic Development Ventures versus the impact it would have on us as a district and I thought that was a great example of that partnership coming out in the public I any Ventures like that um I think to your point Madam president that we have to think about um also the system's ability to manage itself I think Mr Obi and M Mosley are bringing a particular skill set and knowledge base around this work and so they're able to inform and make decisions tonight we have two proposals the the route study um the routing up upgrade to our routing software and as well as the study it's been nine years so the question becomes that as we strengthen and we provide coordination across the system we're able to take on bigger projects and big on and and that's the that's the result of the the board made last year let's just be very clear the investment of the board in terms of Staffing and supports are yielding the kinds of recognition of required improvements that we may have foregone not for anybody's uh purposeful fault but just because the system is now shifted one one other consideration excuse me one other consideration is I remember the village talking about roundabouts going all the way down uh 30 and if we start considering considering kids walking across those streets I would just ask that we also reconsider stop lights versus roundabouts it would be very hard for a kid to walk past a roundabout then it would be a stoplight and so those are the considerations that we should have with the village just to talk about um a continuous flow of traffic roundabout versus how will they cross the street right that's a good point thank you but I think and also I think all this is relevant but that stuff is another subject matter another agenda item this in front of us what this study will also do is give you an opportunity to just maybe move a bus stop from one cross street to another because of the results of this so I just want to make sure that we are staying in line with specifically what this is asking us for will give you you we hope the data that um if we have some bus stops that need to be reconsidered we can do so with this information and we know we've had Parents reach out to us and say we don't feel this stop is very safe can we look into moving it or something so well the reason it was relevant is because they're considering kids that can walk so if you're if you're considering them with this study if they can walk but there's no sidewalks then that's the reason why oh I agree but I know we started talking about the other sidewalk we're going to talk about that later right the inter intergovermental questions don't that's the same one yes I had a question I had a question sorry for you again my bad um in the introduction um you stated we're strongly um recommending hiring Ericson Engineering Associates to perform a detailed assessment of hazarded walking routes um I just wanted to ask a little bit in detail why you would want us to hire them and um how thorough they are with this study because I understand the purpose of the study but I kind of want to know a little bit more about what goes into study and why you would want to consider this specific Association good question yes um they are a leader in the um study a pitor studies and so they are one of the main um companies that do that that provide that but out of the four they were the only one that gave us a a quoteback um the other two did not respond and then the the third one that did not respond was not able to handle it so very good question um they they actually go out and they survey the areas to see if they're safe walk paths or patterns sidewalks like U Mr Gatewood mentioned some of those things that would um consider that would consider our routes safe um and then what what routs are or what paths are considered hazardous and so they go do a vast study of our entire dist district for that amount um I don't know if you ever know this but do you know what criterias they cover on whether or not uh location is hazardous or not so I can try to answer that okay thank you the uh the Illinois Department of Transportation actually have a guideline that uh that is huge that's the Benchmark So based on the expertise what is haard us what is not the volume of traffic uh the ability of uh students to be able to walk across uh safely those are the criteria that they will use in doing their study okay thank you um next on our agenda uh if you don't mind waiting staying for the next topic uh I know that you are bringing a recommendation to upgrade the service that we have currently with versatran so this would be an an upgrade to that current software so we are currently with versus TR so this would be expanding and basically bringing their software into the 21st century cuz right now I understand they are using a Dos system in the particular software we're using anybody remember the floppy discs that we used to use yes so Versa TR we have the older model so when we called for tech support a while back they said what version are you using turned out we were you we've been using for a long 20 years maybe uh the one that was the Doss version of it so their tech support had to call somebody in uh wherever they still use Doss and get for support so are you familiar with I can do it for you can do it in for so it was close to for so this is a true story so the vers the version that we've been using for our geom mapping and so we really need to urgently move to essentially move that and so we're bringing tonight so you want to talk a little bit about how that has hindered your ability recently and what has led that has led to us there's several things with that software that hindered our ability to efficiently route students um our maps are not updated um all the growth that we've seen over the years is not in our mapping system and so we are handrawing them in and they're not efficient um some of the uh programs that we've changed our system like power school with that was new over a year ago um we didn't do a proper uh migration with uh Bursa trans and that system being so old couldn't handle the lift and so this year we kind of went back to the old school days of manually routing with with the map um to can you remind the board how many students we we move on buses please we have over 12,000 on buses on buses okay yes so our that is just an update that software that we currently use is is old I used it in 2005 so it's the same system we've had for over 20 years um this system that that we're asking to upgrade it will modernize our system um that mapping will be updated regularly um so when there's growth in this and we're talking about all of this growth that we're doing in asigo that will be updated in our mapping system um and it's a web based solution so it will help us be more efficient over the years as we move and grow um as a district but yes it's just really outdated system a lot of manual work has to go into that system Bard I I want to say that this matter was brought with some urgency because of we are we are already planning our timeline for the start of the school year next year and so because we are in a position where we are currently partners with versatran that company this would really be a upgrade to that software application the the the we had the possibility of going to another company at this point would be to to turn the system around even currently with this opportunity we're really pushing the I guess it was even said to me we can't even do initially I was told we can't even potentially upgrade this dos system for next year and you can be candid I came back I said no I cannot accept that we have to change this now but that means the the window essentially to try to bring in other vendors we really needed to go with our current vendor because the the the opportunity to consider other opport options would have essentially made next year look like this year in terms of the software nobody would have been able to do that and so that's the why the recommendation from the Transportation depart well then we need to really work on upgrading this system not another one questions yeah I please this has nothing to do with you at all I am I'm so frustrated every year we go through some version of this and every year we hear that it's different which part the the routing system yeah okay and on April 11th of 2023 we put in Tyler Versa trans routing and planning we approved it and the acquisition cost was 320,000 with an annual service and Licensing licensing of 44 so I don't know if we're talking about different versions but we just did this in April of 23 and so to hear that we're doing this again or to see this I'm not saying it's not right but I would very confused because I feel like every year we're doing this and I'm must not be understanding something this is the f I I wasn't here in 23 so I apologize so thank you for that historical context historical context I think what I'm and I so I think in terms of a question to look into to is a great question so what happened then and so between now and the next board meeting we will definitely look into that and I appreciate the feedback and we can look into what exactly was purchased in and why what what account was not brought for it and let's let's bring it we'll bring it back to the next board meeting so I really think it's important to understand the Investments that we've made in the last couple years when it has come to us and been told that we have to do this and these were the reasons student um getting checked in on the buses Tyler Drive would allow us to check in and out through the software urgent route changes and additions and then it would help new and substitute drivers not familiar with the area so I just need to understand I'm not saying this doesn't need to be done but we literally have done this three times since I've been on the board this would be the third time and so I don't know how we can keep coming back to the drawing board every year um do we even know do we even know Teresa 00,000 was spent yeah on what so that was the acquisition of the what we kind of referred to as like the here comes the bus software yeah I was going to say that's not the routing software it's not the routing software it was the implementation of the GPS and the contracted bus routes and the ability to have like the turn by turn and the iPads on the bus and eventually be able to take attendance of students getting on and off the proximity cards that was what our approved in 2023 are we using it portions of it we do have implemented now not all of it yes yeah it was all done so there's two different tools part of the problem we're running into based on my understanding is that since the versitron software is uh it's a legacy system is uh outdated the architecture doesn't work well with the air comes to bus but but I'm what I'm saying is before we do something new we've already we already made an investment of close to $400,000 is all this stuff going to work together and can we just understand where we're at what I'm trying to get to is and you guys walk in you've walked into a system that was already set up and you've seen the chaos and the problems what where can we get to and what decisions can we make that honor both what we've already done and what we need to do to make sure we're getting to a better system and I just so this is part oh go ahead I'm sorry I can ask the direct based off of what I heard you say Tyler Drive in the system that has nothing to do with the routing software that is like Teresa said that is our um GPS system that was to purchase tablets and put them on our buses and those tablets would give you the ability to uh for the drivers to see their turn BYT directions as well as operate our parent app um check students on and off a bus which is something that's beneficial from a Medicaid standpoint that we need that um I will say that it's not fully functionable but we're working on getting that um product so that we can utilize those services that we purchased last year that's that's a question with our new routing software all right okay so would you and then I know this is probably water under the bridge but would you say that what what would if you were sitting there last year would you have said that the priority was the computers on the bus or was the priority the Versa TR updated software I would say the routing software would have been my first priority okay all right we yeah I remember a lot of these conversations and I remember we outsourced it remember that there was and we brought it back by the way there was a lot of we actually we came last year hold on raap can you just yes you were saying no no go ahead I'm sorry no uh Dominic said iour and I wanted to just clarify uh if you remember we came to you in the spring to our through rout it and the uh The Firm was having problem with uh with doing what they they sign up for y and we fir them right away you said we fired them we fired them and we negotiated uh an exit to the contract and of the 300,000 that they were hoping to get we negotiated that they get 8,000 and nothing more and they signed an agreement and we all walked away so what we're trying to do we're on it I mean if we if we agree to something if the vendor is not doing it we're very quick and saying we will not go for that we will hold you responsible for what you promised if you can't deliver what you promis we're not going to stick around and play with you so that's what we've been doing okay and so then I understand I do I hear that there's a time sensitive nature to this um request ver TR to ver to ver because we bringing it back internally we had outsourc and they didn't do a good job so we fired them we brought it there we we we're bringing it back in because the skill set of the person who is managing Transportation now feels comfortable and as experience in being able to Route internally understood yes I get it and this is an infrastructure upgrade one of the advantages here is that we're not talking about a purchase of a new system for 350,000 we're talking about 46,000 which is really going to be upgrade to the current system and we can move quickly because those relationships have established what we are doing and we weren't it is coming to your question about it may feel like sometimes peace meal yes you want to avoid that right so I can totally agree with that and so what I will I can assure the board that within the next two to three months we are returning to the board with a comprehensive review of the transportation problem we actually met with principles today and invited principles to join that process we're going to be inviting parents to join that process and thinking about how we can improve once and for all the transportation problems but it is to be honest with you there is a bit of a uh factor of like collage where we're we're we're working through like okay so there's an infrastructure issue Miss Mosley's been working with just getting it off the ground versus fixing it I talk to parents quite often why can't you fix it today what is wrong with you all you know and I totally understand that but when and I explained to them that we have an older system for routing and then they're like well this sounds like it's going to take a long time yeah we UND they're like well that's going to take for yes but no now we have the individual who understands the comprehensive nature of it and is working very closely with Mr oemi School leaders to bring it and we will bring that both a up update to the board about where we are and the future of thinking around how we will fix this permanently so and we know that financially the transportation department is in need of ideas and Creative Solutions to get us out of uh deficit but I'm wondering if in the past all these patchworks have created kind of the deficit that we find oursel in so I would rather take our subject matter expert that we have finally have confidence in and say this is what we really need this is what's going to be a game Cher for us so that we don't have to go into couple weeks of school in chaos like we always do so yes I'll give you an example um the union has been asking for a number of years for just some basic information around routing impact and busing fees so if there was a potential hypothetically we're talking about schedule changes right so I'm G these are all this is not a decision please anybody listening I am not proposing any chimer disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer however through transportation department has said okay so they said we'll get back to you right but then when you look at the software you look at the the erroneous uh routing structures or the the routes I I I apologize you can speak more clearly you know can you tell me exactly how much we could say by doing this and that it's really uh almost impossible task because you're talking about 12,000 writers and so to manipulate the system to give you a more efficient system is really challenging right am I speaking truth to you're absolutely right correct yeah so to say to the union here's what the cost saving would be you know the union has stories about like once we were told it was 4 million then we were told that if we do this it's 160,000 and then we were told it's this amount so now we understand why that was a challenge and I think that that is um I I I just want to say that we don't know what the conditions were that caused those challenges we weren't there right and those are real I believe in all my sincere of hearts that people do the best they can all the time and they were doing it back then with what they had well today we know that in order to do this well we need to upgrade this and we need to also start to pay attention and Dr dubiel has been thinking about this as well it's like how are we how are we thinking about our programming how are we thinking about our our Bell schedules how are we thinking about the way in which we are uh supporting writers who may not who may be with within the mile but they have the Hazardous routes which is why we brought to you so in order for us to even do the analysis right for a comprehensive plan so in order for us to even get to the point where we can do an effective analysis of what's happening with transportation we needed some basic things like let's put some so we can use this table of analysis we need some legs and the legs are a better improved routing system Hazard we need a baseline thank you and I and I'll be the one that steps in it with the disclaimer but it's something that Patrick and c will tell you that years ago we were really fighting hard for was to talk about maybe changing the Elementary and high school schedules to give our high school students more sleep because we know statistically that they need that sleep and so forth and we could never get past transportation that you're familiar with the conversation yeah and so it would be great if also when we know we're moving forward that this is what's been holding that up or challenging that and being able to have the opportunity to even have those discussions because Transportation will look at us and say we can't even talk about this right and I'm going to put a plug for our public forum on November 4th at 7 p.m.
53% compared to 27.9 a year ago expenditures are at 22.4 compared to 1754 a year ago um this past month we received impact fees for $93,700 for 12 home starts um transition fees came in for 3605 this month um bills payable for both Northern cane and Central are typical there is one construction invoice in there for sh um there's multip voices but a payment to shes mcnut for a little over $2 million um earlier this afternoon or this evening Miss jurgenson reported out the audit reports um basically everything in my memo is everything that she already reported out for Northern cane um all of our investments were fully collateralized there were no negative findings um no cash overdrafts um for Central revenues exceeded expenditures in all the funds except for the Ed in O andm and then in Northern cane um all the same positive things uh revenues came in over expenditures and then the actual expenditures exceeded the budgeted amounts just for timing purposes questions for data H yes Nolan yes pepis yes buy yes aif yes Hulk yes Gorman yes the motion is carried Motion in second to discuss and approve the skills USA leadership conference overnight trip to poror Illinois that occurred October 17th through 19th second we got through all that I didn't want to jump again um our skills USA team had a or some not our team I apologize some members of our skills USA group had the opportunity to attend a conference down in Poria through some various grants as we kind of further our exploration into CTE programs uh they went down there uh throughout the kind of convention and the conference they also competed in a few things like t-shirt design and different things within the business realm uh came back with a few award rewards for the nine kids and ended up going so uh it was a it was a good opportunity for that group and the EXP expanding of those opportunities for our kids any questions for Mr jisy all right Nolan yes Papas yes vuli yes aif yes ful yes Hil yes Gorman yes the motion is carried next Motion in second to discuss and approve the boys golf ight trip to the CATE competition in Bloomington Illinois that occurred October 17th through 19th second So Yesterday our boy or Saturday I'm sorry this past weekend our boys golf team brought home their first uh first state trophy uh after leaving normal um great group of kids proud of our coaches uh who are down there a big thank you to Dr M for coming down there and supporting those kids uh watching them bring home their best finish in school history and uh the first state trophy for as a team for that golf program yeah great awesome pepis yes buy yes aif yes ful yes Hil yes Nolan yes Gorman yes motion is carried motion and second to discuss and approve the softball team's overnight trip to Dustin Florida for the Florida softball beach bash event March 29th to April 5th second all right last year our baseball team did this uh successfully I know coach Morrow he's been in the business for a while and uh trusting him with this this adventure as well uh it will be funded by parents through fundraising and things of that nature and requesting the opportunity for him to take that group down there over our spring break this year to compete in some games down there as it's becoming increasingly more difficult trying to find some of that stuff around here are the boys going to alternate with the girls is that how this is going to work uh yeah the plan was originally I know in the past but as we come here the plan was to kind of do an every other year thing just to you know lessen the burden on parents and things of that nature and then just give time to kind of prep and plan um I do know not on softball or or baseball but any of you have kids in travel Sports you know trying to keep kids interested in different High School experiences when they travel all over the country I'm not saying we're travel sports but we have coaches that want to provide that opportunity again at at no cost to the district to to have these opportunities as team bonding um looking looking to give that option if we trust those coaches to do so thank yes aif yes Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes Gman yes motion is carried thanks Ted thank you need a motion second are required to discuss and approve authorizing an auction for electricity service and the execution of an agreement within approved parameters so move second so kind of similar to what we uh brought a few months back about our gas service we're up for electricity um so we're asking as I talked about last month for the board's approval for the rate our vendor um put together um a a soft um auction to kind of get a range of what we thought the prices would be um so we kind of have that range and we just want to get you guys to authorize us to be able to do that live auction tomorrow both day and I question that auction uh range is um is that lower than like what you would pay or we would pay if we continued with whatever the status quo is so we so we have we had to renew it because it was a it was a finite time frame of what we had so we had to renew it and energy prices are slightly higher so this range will be slightly higher and then it'll be from a a one to fiveyear term is this three year one that we recently that we finish yes yes that was the first time we had done it was three years ago correct and how would be fair better um the last round the last round excellent we we came out great as we could see from the way the rates are now rates are substantially higher so we're going to pay a premium but I think this auction this reverse auction process I think gets us the best the best opportunity and the best rates going longer probably makes more it depends we've kind of been tossing around those ideas there's some some pros and cons to that because then those rates do go up every year so trying to weigh those options and working with our our vendor to kind of try to predict that kind of time frame where where we could um possibly flatten out you know versus um seeing those giant rate increases towards the tail end of that term so that'll be something we'll be having a group discussion about after we get the final rates in tomorrow and it's and it's fluctuate so that was kind of what we talked about last month it's changes daily so that's why we're asking for the approval of the of the range and then we'll actually do the the live auction tomorrow do you have the option of doing three years or definitely doing five no we have the option we have the option to do from one to five yep yep questions anything El a yes yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes vby yes Gorman yes motion is carried any you didn't hear me we're going to move on information items director prob up again getting into steps has Ted first so she must have got the chocolate um so good evening again update time um updates are getting shorter and and less um high school that's our our big one that we're still wrapping that up working on finalizing hvc controls and that stuff we'll have some owner training um that stuff will be going on in the next week or so to kind of wrap that up working on all the closeout documents with King County and with the Roe and then if you've been by the high school we got the Landscaping done finally so we got our bio Swale in there to keep everybody happy and filter all that water and material that goes through that parking lot um so that's done so we should be in in pretty good shape there um the other thing I was going to talk about we completed our health life safety inspections with the Roe this past month a little earlier than usual usually we don't do them until November or December again our teachers our administrators do an awesome job the inspections go well the Roe thinks we do a great job you know our buildings are in great shape and that those went very well so I just wanted to give those kudos to to all of our buildings for for making that an easy process again this year it has been every year but I just wanted to make sure I mention that and that's all I have thank you right Athletics and activities director Dusky is going to give us an update all right good evening and I I know I kind of spoiled some of it but just uh as we hard to believe we're already transitioning out of fall into winter for a lot of our Sports our activities we were finally able to secure some uh NHS sponsors so that program is up and running and uh we've had a lot of great things going on the activity side I know at at some of like uh I know for example the CT literacy night we had a lot of our service member kids NHS kids there gaining some hours kind of giving back to the community so it's been great to see from that end again our our participation in our clubs and not just Sports is increasing as I know we're growing but we really have some sponsors doing some great jobs trying to get a lot more kids involved is because as you know kids that are involved in something you know they tend to have better grades and they tend to want to show up to school a little more so uh kudos to our to our club and activity sponsors there uh from an athletic standpoint I highlighted uh boys golf at the high school taking home third at state cross country has their regionals coming up this Saturday uh soccer has their first round of regionals Wednesday at Sycamore volleyball is next week at Sycamore um our girls golf team even though they were few had had a very good year and then of course as you know the football team first time in 10 years U clinching the playoffs but one more regular season game at Huntley that will decide a lot of the SE a lot of the seaing purposes so uh been a very very strong fall looking at to continue in the postseason and then uh hard believe we got a week here before cheer dance and boys bowling officially start and then another two weeks or so girls basketball and then we've got wrestling so uh come down the pipeline there and then finally not to forget about our our Middle School our Middle School girls cross country team was down in uh Bloomington normal which was I found out a block and a half you could actually hear the ear horn and the people like cheering from the golf course uh down there they took 14 as a group so I know there's a lot of excitement there and they're now transitioning into uh their second fall season which is basketball and uh cheerleading so that's coming up on the horizon as well and we've actually had the opportunity to uh kind of recognize and give kudos to some of our middle school teams at a few of our high school events as you saw with volleyball um football and we'll find a way to get that cross country team out at something to to recognize them and show them some love there so all all can't thank you enough for all your support uh it was great seeing a lot of you had a lot of the lot of the contests a lot of the events able to say hello and uh a lot of good things happening for our community because of that and hopefully that continues so thank you thank you all right next we're move on to AP honor rooll uh Mr pgori wasn't able to make it tonight so I'm going to present for him um so we were awarded for the AP access award a couple of honors um relevant to AP honor rooll we have the AP access award and the AP School honor rooll award um AP access award honor schools that encourage low income and underrepresented minority students to take AP courses um we also received a silver criteria for college board AP school honoral for 2324 school year that's based on three different classifications uh College culture college credit and college optimization um there are designations for C criter you have to get at least 50% your students in the College culture we received a 53% um for the silver criteria for college credit you need at least 30% we had a 39% so actually a gold rating there and then College optimization we got a 5% um it's 5% is the criteria we got a 16% of the class U the College culture is actually uh celebrates those that took at least one AP course during their High School career the college credit is actually students who earned college credit by scoring a three or higher on their exams and the college optimization are students who took at least five or more AP exams during their High School career so they should be commended a great score of a silver for high school move on to good evening everybody uh at September's board meeting the board had um proposed some questions that they wanted more information on foas and fees and allowables um I'm the active Foya officer for Central 301 and so I gathered some information and put it together a memo for you in your packet um section six of Foya outlines what are the permissible fees um I don't need to read the law to you but I did make a nice little uh table that is at the end of the memo that kind of breaks down some of the things so I'll just I'll kind of go through that breakdown and then answer any questions that you guys have um Foy has broken into two different types there's either a commercial foyer request from a company or a private foyer request from a citizen doesn't have to be a citizen of the district just the broken down between private and uh commercial uh for both print material for private and Commercial uh it is allowable to charge 15 cents per page after the first 50 pages and this is to black and white um ink currently our policy which is posted on Central's website is we charge 5 cents uh per page um and that is the same for both private and commercial for personal work time you guys had asked a little bit about like what about the time that's going into foas for private foer requests it is not allowable to charge for the hours the human work hours for Gathering and looking at the data and getting the foyers ready to go for commercial foyer request you can charge up to $10 per hour after the initial 8 hours so 9 hours plus we can put uh $10 an hour it needs to be communicated um to the requestor beforehand that that is possible um for private and Commercial there is some uh megabytes that's what that MV stands for so the amount of data that you're giving even if you give them an electronic PDF that you needed to create uh you could charge depending on the size of that PDF to give you an examp example last month we had a fo for some of uh looking at the rars and Road property we were able to find a binder from 2008 and I had to put that binder into a PDF format and then send that off that would have crossed over the $100 threshold we did not charge we had not had a conversation about charging but to give you an actual concrete example to the questions that you proposed that was a huge document to create a binder into a digital format which it did not exist um to break this down a little bit there was a little caveat in law that says if you provided both a PDF and paper you can charge for both depending on what the requestor is asking for there is no fee for an electronic when someone wants something in paper if they get it electronically this is the only thing depending on the size that's the allowables that exist by the letter of the law are there any questions that I can answer about that yeah um so for us are are we um when when residents of the district or or like even if they're not residents of the district if they're not commercial entities um are we contemplating charging them for the like the FTE time the like the time that we spend so that's not that's not allowable right okay so we're all in agreement that that's not allowable correct so the only issue is just um charging for the uh if it turns out to be um a frequent requester to charge for the cost of the reproduction of the materials it has nothing to do with if they're frequent or not it just depends on the on the element of the request if I were to send them a packet and paper let's say it was 150 sheets of the community's comments on the referendum after 50 sheets of paper I could charge it is allowable to charge for all the sheets 51 and Beyond the the ma maximum that you could charge is 15 cents currently our district policy is 5 cents a sheet okay I got it so my followup question is so we're thinking this is a something I missed the the September meeting so is this something we're thinking about implementing to increase the amount that we charge uh per page I wouldn't say we're thinking about it we asked to oh I got it okay got it got it okay because I think basically the gist of it was the amount of hours that was spent in in that month was like over 40 hours you know of work on this a lot of it on Dr mangan's part which I don't feel is probably a good use of her time in particular and so she brought up the idea of having a Foya office you somebody else can have helped doing that which you know I think is certainly more worth it than you know $5 or $100 I mean it really was just to understand the overall time that is being put into the requests whether there's one or eight I don't think it matters um was just kind of you know what do we need to do to help offset some of the costs and if the offsetting the costs is hiring somebody else to do it at a different hourly rate whatever that would be then maybe that's the offset of the costs yeah it wasn't my cost the cost of Mr or Mr roadal or Mr to who whoever's putting the effort in the team that works to the team that works to do it we'll say that right okay thank you for clarifying that so uh one one one input that I would give is um if if we if it's necessary for us to uh retain somebody to be a foer officer to address that is fo officer well well somebody else you know but who is not also an educator um then uh that's something we should consider what I would say is increasing the amount we charge per page um to the maximum allowable what I would do is I would crunch the numbers to see like how many pages uh of things that have we had to turn over and what's the cost differential between 5 cents and 15 cents and how much does that net I I think this is this is again we have no clue what we've been looking at I think it's silly to charge based on what we have here I think it's silly to do anything yeah and anytime that someone asks for something to be provided to them in electronic format it then you're not charging on the sheets they not I'm not sending any paper I think I think the one example that I gave where uh you know if I sent an email or a letter back to someone with a something that they asked that's little when we created a whole binder that is something that was that could fall into that and I wouldn't say that that's common but clearly it's happened just out of curiosity how how long did that take a long time so we have 32 foas that have been given to us for this school year so roughly three and a half months so you're averaging 10 a month I would say some foas uh don't take as long as others but if you just gave it an average of 3 to 5 hours at the low end you're talking about 96 hours into fo what does that look like is and again maybe it's this is just facts like people would be like yeah that's part of what looking into Foy is but just facts someone has to run through if it's request an email communication between the board and Dr Mangan or you know the board and someone else we have to download and search the email and then someone that's me has to look through and actually see what is um should be redacted for personal information whether it list a student's name or a teacher's name or something like that um some of these have resulted in hundreds almost a thousand emails that need to be reviewed and then redacted and then reviewed again and so like when I say some some may be an hour or two it might not be the end of the world some are several several several hours and then that's all those different eyes and Manpower um on those as well so I think that 96 hours is a a safe estimate on time that goes into foil that was just yeah I I've served as a Foy officer for government agen I I know how difficult that that work is so uh thank you for doing it and uh yeah it it it takes a it's a huge time suck yeah well I think I think I will state the obvious maybe I'll just state for me personally I mean having this conversation being concerned about the amount of time that it takes in in no way shape or form should indicate that I don't believe in the process I think that want to state that as obviously as possible right um but we can all be surprised at the amount of hours that it takes to do these I would never have expected that to be clear um and I think you know in some ways you search the emails you take care of them you put them all together and you just like you know you PDF it and you send it out right but that's clearly not the case and again I I don't think any of us would have really known what it takes to do that so I think that's just good information for us to have and I think furthers from my perspective a conversation of exploring you know what other area districts have you somebody like that what does a background have to look like for somebody that would do that you know what would that look like so I think just you know if that's you DRM getting Grady kind of talking about what that might look like if we went in that direction it sounds like that's probably going to be a good use of time and money to some extent but so in previous years how many hours did you put in for this is this is this is my first year this is my first year of doing it um interestingly enough I think that we have done some looking at some of the statistics and I think foas are up in the area like in in the whole state um I I think that that's it's just um the nature of the Beast a little bit in that regard so I can't speak to anything um in front of that and and same thing I'm not my I came up here to present to you today because of what you guys said last time exactly last month you said we can we get more information on that and so in that role I put it together it is the nature of the Beast and that's what I what it got to be done like we have to have a process that's the process that's the people that are in place I think that you know as you know the district we wear lots of hats you know we are still pretty small in what we do like I am not just the Foya officer and so like when you go to look and you're considering how much time it takes for all of the people that are involved there's only so many of us that are doing that on top of all of the other whether we're in curriculum or we're working on grants or we're working on technology like there's somebody's got their hands in that pot all the time is there software that can help re so we do have software that pulls that pulls our stuff down and then helps it so that it I can manipulate the documents it's not necessarily uh a quick fix button and nor would we want to do that because we don't want to make a mistake either I don't want to accidentally send something out that had sensitive information that wasn't you know so you still it you know you have to put your eyes on or on the other Spectrum redacting too much want give as much information as possible yeah yeah this the intent of this discussion was not to dismay people from submitting forers it was again just to get information because it seems like it's up you know we see all the foilers that come through we don't see the work behind those foilers that come through sure obviously there is distrust and there's a lot of division in the district so that just brings more and more foilers um that has to be why they're up um I don't know of any any other reason so we have not charged in the past for any fo whatsoever our Rue line is is zero correct we have not had we have not had a situation since I've been foil officer where we have asked where we have charged are there any other questions I can answer for you guys thank you you're welcome thanks go ahead I don't know you know I can get more information I I you know I'll I'll leave this meeting and gather more and maybe maybe Dr M won't make me stand up next month but at least get you some stuff what do think even some information about you know even if you think about everything that Grady puts into it how much needs to be done by him how much could even be given to another person and and you know what would that assistance actually look like um if it's going to cut down 5% of work time that doesn't seem worth it but if it's a substantive number to for redistribution of time and efforts on everybody's parts and you know it um building admin Grady then I think it's worth exploring right move on to potential issues of tax exemp bonds so included in the board packet as a memo um so in working alongside with um PMA we have the opportunity to sell some referendum bonds this calendar year um depending on if the referendum passes or not if it doesn't pass it's a mute point this conversation it's it doesn't matter if it does pass though um which is why I'm bringing it as information is to to get the ball rolling so you guys are not caught off guard next month um when or in December actually when we bring this forward for resolution so um if we if the referendum passes we could issue about $ 14.7 million um in December we would need a special board meeting to to be able to get it done by December 31st so we have the proceeds in our hands by December 31st um the IRS limits the amount of Interest earnings on any referendum bonds that you have so um anything above that bond is what they call Arbitrage and so as you have your interest you can only earn so much interest it's a protection so you don't just sell a bunch of bonds and then sit on it and let your interest grow so there are limits so there's some exceptions and the small issue exception is the one that that we would qualify for if it's less than1 15 million in a calendar year then you don't have to abide by these Arbitrage rules so essentially working with the timing of the bond um schedule and the construction schedule as we take out bonds so if we were taking just for example 50 million the first year then we could take 15 million this year or 14.7 to get the 15 and then that 15 would be deducted off the 50 for next year to figure out the construction thing and so the bond says we we're going to take these out because we're not going to spend all200 million in the first year we're going to do these in stages and it'll the interest will then in three years build up so we would just time the payments and bringing down this Bond over the three years to be able to capitalize on the interest on this and so then with that it' be a quick turnaround after we can't do anything until the results are official so that's where it comes in the beginning of December so if November 5th is election it takes 20 or 30 days to canas um so it'll be in the beginning of December and then we would have to do a quick or special board meeting to approve the parameters resolution what's the downside to this there is no downside it's it's just a financial thing it it could get you more interest earnings that you could use for the project um maybe be able to use it for something else that we may not have you know that if we cut down because we didn't have the money for this you know second baseball field that may not be part of the original we might be able to add those kind of features on said there's no cost PMA would charge us anything to start this no no so it's without a referend correct okay thanks I guess we can discuss why it was summarized rather than detailed as it has been in the past decade the board had at some point determined that it really wasn't that useful so we really weren't utilizing as a board it takes Mandy roughly two and a half hours every month to do it it's not an easy task to pull so because the board was not using it we decided to just give a summary we also have open as data dashboard that we have it gives us more details but she can't just pull those datas easily can't just like a print no and then it it takes about two two to two and a half hours a month to compile it so with this open architect you have a different software to give you those numbers for your data and for your research to figure out class sizes and what right we have an internal dashboard that we've buil that um allows us to see all the en bind things we see the the movement of people Mobility seein our district outside of our district all that that software versus US pulling it from skywards and putting into an Excel spreadsheet basically just for the work yeah right now I do like seeing the breakdown of the different grades myself too I don't know that we necessarily need to see it month to month but maybe being able to see it several times throughout the year to look at it maybe you know once a once a quarter or whatnot might be more benef official by yeah but do you want all the out placement in because that's part of this time consuming what's outplaced who is coming to our district from each building because remember we bring in people from u46 from D300 we send people to u46 D300 um we have placement you have kids that are coming from St Charles to here for our programs for special education because we're part of the mid Belling Cooperative so our student en Roman isn't just it's a mixed bag of different but we can show grade level the house stuff EAS it's easy easier much easier yeah I guess that's what we do is we utilize our software and see what we can get out of it right for more detailed view we can report report yep yeah if we took out all non-residents even right so you know I I think just looking it might be the simplest snapshot of who's in these classrooms in these buildings we miss of course some Valley classrooms uh in those you know that are occupied we might have a few you know some are all 301 students some are one 30 you know the class that were housing so you just had a footnote on there saying that it doesn't include those I think there's something to that yeah hopefully that'll be easier R it by well we talked about this we did talk about this because we said it's a lot of information and they just kind of like we glanced at it and we move on right and so to your point about utilization of time for the 8 seconds right that we were talking about it I mean you know so I'd be really maybe there's different versions of what's easy enough to select which things you want to include in that spreadsheet maybe different versions of thatch we can likely print off some pretty easily yeah the gra of some we'll at it perfect okay we talk next meeting yeah move on the four so uh Freedom of Information so we had Miss Welsh we received a request for the slide presentation and written report given by Ericson engineering at the October 16 2023 board meeting uh will a to comply with the request however there wasn't a written report uh Miss Curts we received a request for surveys and responses from the Special Education Association received by the board or superintendent between January 1st and June 30th of 2024 we a to comply with that request however personal names and contact information were redacted pursuant to for rules and regulations Mr Chapman you received a request for cost for retrofitting pkms CMS and CHS if the ref passes information regarding 2324 and 2425 teacher vacancy Grant including amount rece line budget actual expenditures and information regarding how unused funds were redistributed including District policy about how unspent allocations are handled we have to comply with the request Miss wel we received a request for information provided by gilan kellahan Nelson related to the roor RO property in 2006 through 2008 we're able to comply with that request M Martinez we received a request for all meeting minutes dictation contracts and internal Communications between Dr mgan and AR markest was denied uning Burson we invited Miss Martinez to reduce the scope of request we recently received a revised request miss Cameron we received a request for credit card statement details for purchases made by District credit cards for specific invoices between July and September 2024 we a to comply with that request Mr C we received a request for information rela to bid and permit documents for high school project from Larson Darby and for shels mcnut we were able to comply with that request and Miss wal we received a request for enrollment information including out of district and nonresident students broken down by school and as of October 1st 2024 we a to comply with this request because we did not receive the information compiled and we cannot submit any information for a specific date through our current software those were the fors we reive for this month any questions any motion second to adour an open session and move to close session for the following exceptions 2c1 2c2 2c1 and 2C 21 move second ful yes Phil yes Nolan yes papis yes buy yes aif yes Gman yes motion is carried thank you again for coming out tonight enjoy the rest
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we were given final approval of the plan and everyone W with bed breath so that we can move forward with this so it's official we we now have our plan in place um another thing that's going on is the Connecticut Association of public school superintendents had reached out over the summer and asked myself and a colleague if we would run an ed leadership um cohort for assistant superintendence so we've been involved in doing that once once a month so we've met twice so far and the group was very interested um in the curriculum writing Institute and so I was able to present on that and showcase what the board has supported and and what people have done here over the past four years so that was a really nice way to highlight cheser and highlight the things that we've been doing and share that with other districts we're going to be um also entertaining um uh the gentleman from Ed advance to that group as well so got out there you can listen to if you are so inclined that I also chalk full of good information and the last thing and I won't go too much into detail on this but our um K12 group met last week this is all of the administrators come in first as the um Elementary group and then it's the secondary group and we've been focused having some focused meetings on math across the district and we've shared with you some of the plans that we had around what we're doing to improve students um just their their math skills and so I I wanted to share about some of the wonderful things happening related to special education so Robin KY has been in classrooms and at meetings with special Educators really helping them to sort of shift some of the the um the structures that are in place to really help students with the skills of math so that they can gain those skills as they go forward lots of our students are not cognitively disabled they are learning disabled which means they have absolute ability to handle that content so we just need to be thinking and be watching about how we do that so I know Robin has been doing that and Kevin and Kelly have been um going into a number of classrooms looking at how I ready which we implemented last year at seventh and eighth grade has been going so there's a lot of coaching going on and Dr Dr G and I just met with um Lisa bernabi today to talk about the needs at the high school so just wanted to share with you that no matter where you seem to go around the district there is um certainly a a focus on math and how we can help with a multi prompt approach and Kevin's going to talk a little bit about math um how often do you give the I ready Kevin will talk to you about the ready for sure three this year yeah we're going to talk about algebra one specifically but what I guess we can talk about about this part we gave it we gave it this part uh already this year I will say kind of our starting line for this year is ahead of where we were last year so that's anticipated um uh and in year two of using this resource we just have all the learnings that happen after a year of trying to figure out a program uh under the belt so teachers are much more comfortable with kind of the instructional design we we've obviously made the curricular changes to um have all of our seventh graders in a preber accelerated pathway so some of what Marlene was talking about with the special education Focus has really been to make sure all of our students inclusive of our special education students are successful in that pathway so that's been part of why R Cary Broadway um and killing myself have all kind of focused on that part of it very strong success with with kind of early Returns on curriculum implantation this year but also kind of this so how do you share that data with parents and your staff the data from I ready yeah so the staff has inant access to it so we're doing multiple levels of a review of that and I think parents is going to be through parent conferences and those kind those kind of things um we don't necessarily send home individual reports to everybody so we're doing that through communication conferences are you looking at that growth element I mean I know this is your second year now so how the students are growing I mean because that's always more important to me as far as not only we're looking at the growth element we're really ignoring the typical growth goals and focused on um focus on the stretch growth goals because we just found that that typical growth while that's statistically what students often do it's not helpful for us in advancing students so we are paying attention to that growth obviously we don't have we just have growth goals set for this year based on where they entered so our second run in January will give us more information on that but yes we'll pay we do pay particular attention to that growth um to summarize last year um there's a quadrant thing that has high achieve achievement from low to high and growth from low to high and all of our schools were in in the high achievement high growth bands last year to give you a relative idea of how we did last year on both achievement grow so in your data teams obviously you look at this data so and that's step five of the data team like so what's how do you work with your teachers to change strategies in the classroom that relate to what you're seeing in the data so from I'm going to back up one from uh from uh lesson implementation standpoint one of the things that we're trying to get teachers to do is to look across these lessons are like four or five days so they're Savvy enough now to know um to not just be planning a day in advance because they've had experience with this to really look at the total intent of that lesson and when you look across that lesson the teacher is very easily able to identify where's the sticking spot for for students where are they going to get stuck so they play with that in mind on the daily lesson piece and that's kind of whole class when we're looking at the I ready data um that'll give specific domain recommendations on here is your next up learning for each student so we've got multiple ways for teachers to support students with that so one we do use their platform for this individualized my path learning and there is research to shows that if students are on that between 45 minutes a week up to 50 minutes a week like they're going to see good growth on that you get too much past that um you're going to get diminishing returns on that so we're not recommending like a crazy amount of time on that um but also in sixth grade and also at the middle school this year um there is dedicated time where teachers can pull a small group and work on those specific skills not with a computer but in person live instruction and at the middle school level they're trying to be so cognizant of that on the team level they have this um time called Ram time where they're pulling those small groups and I'm watching Team meetings planned great who's up this week on Tuesday and Wednesday we're going to P amarine we're going to pull my I'm going to I like to come on my class I'm going to help work on that Wednesday and Thursday we're Pon and an I'm going to work on these school with B so that takes that takes a little bit of fangling through the Rhythm but I would say from what I heard from kind of late September to late October now they're getting their sea legs under them with that kind of process um so there's lots good lots of good things going on on the B does the scheduling that do support that this year it does they change tweak the schedule around to ensure that in addition to the the team that's pulling them we also have someone who's pushing in in the in not every class but in some of those classes to support so it's it's multi-layered we've got tier one we've got tier two and three which is pull out in addition to I I think the biggest change is there last tier one this year yeah that that already allows us to finally calibrate so that the teacher is doing that with the student rather than a push in rather than a pull out support rather than a intervention how many teachers does how many Math teachers does this affect yeah so there's eight Math teachers across that so this is so it's and then we have a s number of sixth grade teachers in the elementary the elementary structure is already a little bit more conducive to this yeah um but the practice is still one they're still in year two of I ready so they're you know they're able to use a resource in a better way than they were last year and they use it very well last year we know really strong results in sixth grade but can use it that much betteri no that was that was I think we covered it that's it okay thank you program studies go through to the changes so the first one is a new course that we have it's for cussion Ensemble and um it's currently the class is wood wins and percussion so they are moving to have a course with just percussion so that they can really work with them and that ties to a title change further down in terms of the um the woodlands so um that's the first one that's the only Chang that they're course it'll be full year 9 to 12 um and results from assessments will determine the prices and question so can I ask you something about that course um would it be like required for like say March and band profession students or I mean what which St what students going to take yeah what students are going to take that course okay so the ones that are in the the general band but they're now taking another course that helps them to focus specifically on percussions it's not like Advanced so no it's just to separate out so they can give the percussions to this more time so kids who are in marching band the kids who are in band right if you're marching you're in regular band they want to be able to focus the strategies and skill sets you the strategies the instructional strategies to improve the skill set of percussion because when you're working with the woodwinds it's a little bit different right and so they wanted to pull those students out they give them some direct some downtime for each set of students course title changes so I'm actually going to jump to the third one because it ties in that one the percussion so um symphonic band is now they're changing that to symphonic wind because the pression is no longer with them so they just making that title and then to go back to the other two in the CTE Department we have gra graphic design which they would like to change the title to digital design one um as you see it aligns with the connected career Tech education clusters and they the focus is more emphasizing technical aspects of design in addition to the art um artistic Concepts and Graphics the second course ties into that digital design the there are that um it's uh changing to a semester it was a full year and they've added in the grade levels nine and 10 to it so opening up to more students to be able to take and uh they did have no uh prerequisite formerly but they changed it to completion of digital design one so that first course that they're changing the title to will be the prere for um digital design 2 and that way they're tied a little bit together with their title changes and as you can see digital um design to um in terms of connected to um Community College so there's dual en the modified courses we have honor science phenomena and this was over the course of a year currently it's over the course of a year so they meet once every four days in the cycle it's being changed to a semester so they'll meet um every other day the time frame just better fits like a a spring or fall semester time frame so that they can do their projects within that time frame versus stretched over the year also changed from grades 9 to 11 to grades 9 to 12 to allow more opportunity for students what if I ask yes um what does that do to the high school schedule to go this one that this doesn't really change changing it from a full year course to a semester course is just the shift so that so instead of once every four days it's just to be a regular semester course so that you're not so because the amount of work was stretched out so it could be associated with something of interest within the course now it's each semester so that they can Target it and I'm going to take this it's my course for a semester and then the next semester I might take another elective so that it can be focused on whatever course they're in for whichever semester they feel they want to take it I guess I was kind of wondering where we fell on the scheduling the block scheduling with the high school but maybe this isn't the time to address I think Dr G will probably have an update for us on the school schedule next uh December December great thank you before we lose very bus was coming to Summer [Laughter] yes I see what you did there yeah finish all the next three courses are all in the music department also um you can tell we've had a change over in leadership and some of these changes that you know they want to make so these three courses are currently CP or you know like an academic level they are requesting they be changed to an honors level and really the reasoning is that the students um they kind of they they have auditions for this but it's kind of like a year-long audition they can do a videotape but the point is it's more select each of these three and the work that they do really is at that level always has been they just haven't been receiving the the honors credit for it so they put in for that and this came from students too were saying I'm put all this work can you please this and then the course honors bio prerequisite change so honors bio can be taken by incoming nth graders uh the prerequisite was always attached to the algebra one um grade or that they had prior to this so um Julie Barker asked to remove the algebra 1 prerequisite the focus that and it then becomes the focus replacing students will be more on Ela Ma scores and ngss scores so it's really kind of pulling apart the algebra the math component from that bio and the last course is a deleted course the honors modern media literacy course so these are the students who write our um newspaper the Rampage throughout the year the course hasn't run in two years but the students are still writing the Rampage it's a club and they would students again kind of student input they would prefer to have it and do the writing through a club format than to have that course put into their schedule replacing other things they can take they're okay with not receiving credit for the work that they're doing so we're going to remove that program studies can I go back to the honors bio yes what was the reason for having Al it was an advaned IDE that you know if you were if you were going to take that as a career you would would there be other Pathways that you would be in to move you with that course in other words so be associating you know a math advancement and a science ADV and we're not seeing that that's necessary and we want to open up opportunities for kids who might have a real passion their teacher might say they really have a passion for science let's provide that opportunity for them and may not be in algebra one well but also now they're taking algebra one in eth grade so so makes it a good point no so what you're saying is you don't really need algebra to be able to take actually prior to it was geometry that was associated with it and so they're trying to disconnect get so this was a big Topic at the science CCC meeting this year this was a problem of practice that the that we posed to the committee to say give us some feedback as teachers on this especially coming from the middle school and I don't think this is the last you'll see about removing math requirements to access science classes so this is this is just the beginning any other questions so old school math and science yeah that's back my time right is going to give us the multilingual learner report so what's being passed around is our um annual look at our October one PS PSIs uh ml enrollment data is a very similar report to ones that we provided this Committee in the past unsurprising Rec our multilingual plan of population continues to increase this is all anticipated um this is a trend that M State certainly Trend within our district and we have been very active in making sure that our support structures and our plans are going to continue to support our multi-leg Learners um in the classrooms um our mindset is really about kind of building the capacity our internal capacity with teachers to support Learners you've heard us talk about um kind of coaching opportunities through uh Consulting with cases um and that's has been effective uh but we're going to continue to search for ways to build our internal capacity because it's more and more likely that you will have multilingual Learner in your classes or multiple multiple multilingual Learner in your classes um and with a wider range of of needs and languages just a few highlights from from the report to note you'll see that Highland has our greatest number of MLS at 65 grade three has our largest concentration of MLS at 29 students and Spanish um continues to be our most common home language um so those are those are some of those are some of the highlights uh you'll also notice a new Bo report this year right next to the uh enrollment graph you'll see a clustered enrollment by language and building so we're just starting to pay attention to um there are kind of programmatic requirements if you get over 20 students in one home language in the building and yeah um so we we jumped up close to that this year um I think when all is said and done Highland will be redistricted before we get to that 20 or right around the time that we get to that 20 but we're going to start paying attention to that buing this is the first time we always paid attention to it but now we're knowing that we're at that threshold yeah so and our numbers are high enough to uh make it worth sharing with you that we're kind of approaching that 20 and at least the problem with that though Highland is being redistricted you need to make sure it's those kids right that are redistrict to a new school to be able to bring the number down so you don't need a buing the class what I'm saying is we may not be able to just count districting to address problem I mean I'm going to presume that we're down 200 students in the building one year that but there still be could be over time um again none of this is unanticipated It's been a big part of our work to make sure we have the right supports in place uh and I think we have to just continue to adopt the mindset we have to build our internal capacity to do this you know things like coaching um we want to be able to coach teachers on a regular basis so the more teachers that we want to be able to do that with want to keep on building so how do you service the Monte lingal now you have Tutors or yeah so most of uh the support at the elementary level is through our lsts all of our teachers are have support students in the classroom through an ml plan they work with the Rams and P Castle to develop that plan some of our students also have addition um additional time with lsts occasionally for our newcomers um who especially if we have a newcomer who hasn't had other schooling we also run a parallel curriculum and we do usually have certified staff who are supporting without parallel do you have t-a certification we do at the how we have one tsaw certified person that person is not usually providing the parallel curriculum but they're Consulting in the parallel curriculum currently self-certified person is is also our reading consultant so that's like shared responsibility on so what do we do with um a newcomer at the high school weol them in our ml support class first they get we assess where they are their language acquisition and then uh the teacher provides plans and meets with teachers to say here are some of the approaches that work best and then she'll meet with students regularly she's there part time but she does have groups that she meets with we have right now but that's that's been what we do with all of our incoming students and ensure that teachers understand the best tools and strategies as these kids are requiring language middle school has a similar um um support class to the high school sometimes that's integrated with the reading support class and sometimes that's separate separate but um there is that support class at the middle school level teachers at all levels are offered that coing and support and training many times from say acis have a grant um title three Grant we've also been eligible the last several years for the Immigrant supplement Grant so um and we will continue to be eligible for that this year we certainly need a 2% increase in thean population we're well above that 2% increase so that'll be um we'll be eligible for that that again the title three Grant is a set amount um The Immigrant supplement Grant is competitive and whatever you propose you usually get a proportion of what you propose but we've been successful in getting a decent amount of dollars to um support our MMO program so a lot of that goes to the coaching and professional development some of it goes to to um some supplies and other things but the majority of it is to help make sure we're getting the the training coaching the teachers done so with your title three do we get it all or is it through a consorti well no we're not in a Consortium we're we're relatively easily above the numbers to be a Consortium so we have control over that we don't have to do the Consortium work we also use it for a summer program so we enoll our who are mls in a summer program where it's really wonderful Christen um Castellano and Christen Shanley have run it in the past and now it's kind of past the church to others where they're taking walks to the post office they're showing them where that is they bringing them to the library getting them a library card um the fire department has been involved so they're seeing the community and really getting out there and understanding how how things work um trying to link the families at all to adult dead I mean I know it's in Wallingford but we have uh traditionally always made sure that those families are aware of the adult ed programming U which has been really nice and it's still offered here even though it's run by Wallingford we still offer it downstairs the other thing that Kevin um has been great at orchestrating is having ml parent nights both at the elementary schools and at the middle school and um they have usually a booth at the uh parent open houses as well so there's a lot of Outreach and those are really shifted from presentational to conversational and you find out the things that are really end up being the itches in um someone whose home language is different than English being able to interact with the school district so simple things like how snow day runs or as a parent in this District you fill out 10,000 975 forms every year so there are times when support for uh a family whose home language isn't English like they just need a little help with figuring out what these forms actually mean so um for example some of the conversations have resulted in uh Sharon Peele one of the administrative assistants at DOD had a table up at open house to like it was just support with filling out forms and it was open to everybody but it was spe specifically set up because in these conversations like I'm not really sure what this form is and we found just some small things that um that if you miss in reading the form or understanding the form you might not be able to do whatever that form has to participate in a club or get the service or those kind of things so having that individual support has been really helpful so the inant we shifted kind of those meetings from like here's what you need to know about our ml services to like you need like we really had a much stronger connection with and was I know that was me Amy Russell did that with a few people last year in high school I don't know if what happened yest she very hands on she makes that a serious Point those have been those have been really beneficial um do you want to talk a little bit too about the translation services that are offered that we put in place for all the families during a parent conferences I know Ryan was handling that but yeah so we do have line available um for anying conferences and that's on the fly it doesn't necessarily need to be prescheduled sometimes helpful to prescheduled but you can call that language line with a little bit of notice and um get uh online translation services for conferences and those kind of things um you know so I know that it's being accessed um and used well um sometimes that language line isn't always helpful for kind of larger group presentations so we're trying to still figure out ways to be supportive in those those scenarios but um so who accesses them the teachers or teachers yeah they they all know how to do that uh they do and when they don't they're really good about saying I know we had this language how do you do that so the office can help um connect them with with that so you've quadrupled if I did my math right thank you welcome we no just that we've talked a lot about the math plans and you all know that we've been looking over the past year or so at an algebra one resource when we came together with you know Kelly Gill and and Kevin and folks over the summer at curriculum writing Institute and we really talking about the algebra one book there was a desire by the teachers they're like can we please try I ready and so I'm G ask Kevin to talk about our our effort to be kind of coming Edge on this since the company is new to this so so I themselves are in the pilot year of their Al one program so they are um offering Up pilot based materials for districts to try out it seem to be a very good match for them we were looking um our previous resource was big ideas for Algebra 1 this was the same resource that we were using 68 before we moved to I ready and therefore had some of the same issues that we saw on the six through 8 resource um a lot of it has to do with rigor and Alignment to standards so um it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the algebra one pilot um in August for professional development they was teaching alra Juan got an orientation to those High ready uh resources through their professional development services um that was a good launch our kind of early experience is our grade eight teachers having had hands on um an i resource before they kind of know they have designed design of it instructional design of it so they've been able to pick up relatively quickly on implementing this resource our nth grade teachers are going through all the first year Paces of of um kind of adopting a new program and the lesson design and their feedback has been strong on the rigor and task design but they're trying to figure out how to navigate kind of the resource itself so things like the lesson design is meant to be multiple day sessions across the lesson design and now how do you do that 4 day lesson design on a box schedule so I already have some of those ideas and restructures but in the pilot phase of the program like they're they're helping us work through those things so they'll be back with us on November 1st for a second PD session um Lisa Babi and myself have been communication as well as Dr Dr kind of the impation of this um so I think you know we we'll certainly assess how the pilot is going over the course of the year we'll certainly also assess ir's Readiness to go from their you know fullon pilot we have access to all the textbooks and most of the online resources um but I think we'll assess their Readiness to be at full publication by by the end of the year um early returns are it's kind of it's meeting a lot of the needs but we're still at the learning pis of kind of going going through the resource but that main kind of what we identified as an issue with our previous resource the rigor of it and the alignment to standards I already early Returns on that both of those are very strong so there is a textbook there's a textbook in fact the textbook is in everybody's hands most of the online resources are are catching up up to the text so they're you know we're not going to outrun their ability to get all the online resources up but if you were to look at some of the later U chapters in the text they wouldn't all be up there fully but some of the the early um textbook pieces are and they don't have all of the kind of data on how students perform so emry was asking before about kind of the diagnostic assessment and growth goals they don't have that information on growth goals yet because they haven't had enough kind of experience with but um I have to say the Reps have been very good with us about the mutual feedback we're giving um and they're super responsive any time we have a question which is great good company to work with so it's considered piloting because we're new to it but what about on their end they're new to it to or is the pilot going from um the hard text to the online yeah maybe the best way to say it is they haven't put their full product in front of like an every reports yet and if you wanted to buy like I already algebra one as a just a stand alone you couldn't do that yet you have to do it as part of this pilot program because there so how many schools are doing the pilot progr that I don't know I mean I know every SCH it's Nationwide oh yes yeah yeah yeah we're not and the resources are certainly well developed it's not as if they're building it as they're fly they're just in that last phase of putting it together so anything else that I might have missed on the feedback on they're work you know there it's a new resource they're figuring out the best entry points for their students um and they don't have some of the resources but I think a key feature of what they've been talking about is to see mle that first year and what can we learn from their first year experience and comp not so are you using I ready are you using in our algebra one class because that's that's what it goes goes to and the algebra one uh curriculum is new so we're in the pilot so this is going to take us all the way from Level middle school high school through and ALB again like the standards haven't changed we're teaching the same content it's it's using different we were not happy with Big Ideas really not happy with it for the reason that Kevin said the alignment and the rigor so this certainly rigorous okay other questions no I'm just going to show that stud math being I yet but I well I think I think too you know hopefully we done a good job of pairing alls yeah in the past the PLS were the reg L curriculum but when curriculum reg is positive and students are learning yeah should be less complain okay parent letter sure you all are aware that we administer the path the people attitudes toward self and school and per the new legislation that came out over a year ago we always need to let parents know when we are offering our are requiring a survey and so we sent this back out to All Families K through 12 to let this is a just a revised copy of the letter that we used in 20 23 so now we sent it out in 2024 everyone is aware and we will be that that testing window closes um at the end of the month so we'll be sitting down and really analyzing what our students had to say we are glad to have last year's data so now we have a bit of a Baseline and can look to see what this tells us for where we need to focus our energies on soci social emotional learning and embedding social emotional learning into the academics Dr Gad at the high school is um working with a group of teachers who are going to be supported in a collegial coaching model with Mike Anderson on doing the Justice embedding social emotional learning skills into academics at the high school level so we're really excited about that because that's a you know elementary middle schools have done this before it's never been done the high school so it's it's an exciting first step and what is that was it the 18th 19th the end of 20 29th sessions yeah yeah so we'll get an update from Dr G on how that's progressing at these monthly meetings but that goes hand in hand with the results of this work in BO we'll be able to see the comparison the Baseline the results with the next next school year no I think we'll be able to show you probably December um I don't want to promise November 11th because we have stragglers and kids who are completing that so we will be able to show you what it looks like for students and and how they did and the actual questions um I can personally show you the actual questions the board has seen them before but they're proprietary so we don't put them out I think when I gave them all to collected them all um but I was talking about the results you know just like we show you the results curriculum committee meeting committe to see nice to do it in of the three of you then you ask all the questions we can make sure we got the full picture for everybody else yeah we we did see some of the questions uh last year so that leave any concerns with board members of public are there any you know intrusive questions on survey argu really like there might be with the the townwide uh behavioral survey no that they're very search perf the Switzerland of assassin love and the field trip pretty straightforward they hope be back next year it again were there many seniors involved in it um I don't know so because this is pushed off to the next spring yes so I was just wondering if there was any kind of makeup trip for At Any seniors if this was there isn't a plan to happen anything else motion to so mo i certain all in favor thank you thank you I do have Belgium
it's a great opportunity for families to come and speak to these kinds of concerns because at that night we will really think about our strategic priorities that we'll be launching in the spring not everything can be done at once so what comes first right so is it the bell schedule is it the transportation is it the right resources is it New Field what is it that's going to come first so we want to invite everybody on November 4th to our public forum will you the board will be there to engage in this discussions thank you Miss Mosley thank you miss m thank you so much talk about a master closer November 4th y'all November 4th I also just wanted to highlight real quick like this is like the third or fourth time this meeting that I can see the investment paying off in the human the humans that we put into the system last year um so thank you to my fellow board members obviously and um you know the team is doing a great job great job okay um I want to invite um Mr Obi to discuss the school maintenance project Grant thank you uh board around the same time last year we brought this uh to you the uh the state of Illinois appropriates about $48 million uh every year to be distributed to school district and uh this is in form of a grant and this is a matching Grant the uh if the district comes out with a maintenance uh uh project that is 50,000 the state will match it for the same amount it could be more than 50,000 but no less than 50,000 so what we're requesting is we are doing some uh some work in in gr Park the payment replacement project that uh we teed up is going to cost $1.4 million and we asking to use 50,000 in the uh School maintenance the managing Grant to pay 50,000 towards that $1.4 million in order for us to be considered for the award the board has to approve this in a in an open session that's why we bring it to you and last year we we requested the same amount we were awarded and we used that for the rtu at plank replacement I PL so just so I understand so it's it's potentially a $1.4 million project and the grant States the maximum that the grant will return is dollar for dollar up to 50,000 that's correct okay that's correct now there's a possibility if not all school districts apply for it then if there's extra money then the state may then inform the folks who' have applied for there's extra money and then we can apply for the second round but with 800 and something school district that is highly unlikely unlikely and the one go ahead no the 1.4 that we've already discussed that that's been yes that's part of our capital projects yeah no I think you answered just a question I had was so $50,000 per District basically and then the okay so it's the six biggest yes I mean this is in Li of the if you remember that a waited thing huh right a few years ago the state actually had a list the capital project uh grant that we still been waiting for we were top of the line we were looking to get about $42 million when the state stop appropriating that so we're still working to try to see if we can uh get that funding for the appro 50,000 is good though okay any final question thank you Mr uh next uh uh Dr concade and Mr Robi will be speaking to the Early Childhood block grant refund okay so this is an interesting situation that is not in my nature to do is to return money to the state uh oh so in this particular case the uh the district received a set amount uh of of $1.3 million through the uh preschool for all and then to in May you know the allocation the fiscal year starts in July then in May couple of months before the end of the fiscal year the state said oh we got more money and you all can get an additional 2.8 million and the year was almost over we're like we're game we'll try to see how we can use the fund to supplement our preschool program and as much as we try to we couldn't spend all of it because the timing was late and what we also have to be careful about we can't Supply which means we can use the money to pay for something that we should be paying for out of local funds so the the the limitations to how we can spend the money so we got $2.8 million we were able to spend just about everything 20 and 35,000 and that's a feel a good story I thought ready to say we got to give them $2 million 235,000 this was a right it's only a quarter of a million that's all the this situation normally you spend the money the state then you file for reimbursement in preschool for all they actually give you the money up from which we love and uh but we couldn't legally without getting in trouble spend all the money so the part that we couldn't spend because we try because there there's certain limitations to what you can use it for and we want to be compliant at all time and this is the amount that we have to give back to the state 235,000 so they called us last week uh they sent us an email said we want our money back it's not an issue for I but I will say that I think this uh again speaks to the importance of our strategic planning process because it's not what we will do and and and I'll bring more information as we move deeper into our strategic planning work is that what this will the tighter strategic PL then the more you understand what is being spent for what and we can better invest in those areas that become supplemental and not our required so and Mr beem is launching the budget process this evening so we will hear more about that tonight so other questions so if we all vote no do we have to send it back we still have to send it back by St actually it's more information yeah it's not because we owe the money we didn't spend it we got to give it back I'm going to right I'm not going to nobody including EF and everything else we got big money coming from the St I heard it was the the timing so our other districts in the situation as well that they also receive money see I don't know you don't know I don't know yeah okay um thank you uh next uh 2526 B budget calendar and design uh Mr oi uh first I'm going to just acknowledge last year when I did my own search and if anybody can find it I think last year was the first time that this was really brought as a item to the agenda for Board review and approval I had not seen it in Prior year agendas upon my review so I want to thank you Mr obafemi for bringing the board and um this process up to uh legal code requirements Mr so by state law and I cited the uh the school code and the state law there there a school district is required to designate someone to prepare the budget and also to have um a timeline of the budget development that's required by and that's essentially what this is so the board uh approving this today officially kicks off a budget development process for fiscal year 2026 I know when I tell folks that they look at me sideways they're like we're not even done with 24 you talking about 26 but this is the budget we always uh almost two years ahead of of the Cur okay all right thank you Mr oemi um next I want to invite Dr mudio uh uh and Dr K new I oh no this is Dr mu new aisb resolutions um so next so when I will be representing the school board at the delegate um uh assembly at um the triple I conference that's coming up during that assembly um there will be some resolutions proposed um and as a board we would like to hear uh or come to a decision on what my vote will be as a representative of the board uh just a little background um at the policy uh policy and legislative committee um Mary Joe myself and Jared uh looked at all of the resolutions um and have some recommendations but we also would like to hear from all board members about um how they would like us to vote or how they would like me to vote during the the delegation process um so all of you should have a sheet that lists the different um um resolutions um so I'm just going to read from that sheet at the top so that we know what that first section is and I'm I'm speaking correctly about it so it says all the below resolutions will be placed on a consent a consent agenda for a vote during the iasb delegate assembly if any are removed from the consent agenda what is your board's direction as to whether the following resolutions should be adopted by the iasb delegate assembly so for these resolutions uh we should determine whether or not I as the representative will be voting yes or no to these um resolutions I will say uh just a summary of of the policy and legislative committee uh for all of these resolutions both um Jared myself and Mary Joe agreed that uh we would likely be inclined to vote Yes to these um but I invite the board um to let us know if you want to talk about each one individually uh or what would be the best direction to take a little straw poll um so that I can vote in representative as a representative of the board I will say last year or and the year before we all voted individually and then consensus one and then first will put it on the website so I don't know if we want to do that as can do we want any discussion before votes or has everyone had an opportunity to review the resolutions well I've had an opportunity to review the resolutions um I agree with all except for number three so I don't know if I don't know how do you want to discuss or you I would like a discussion sure on number three or yeah number three well why don't we just start the top right let's start at the top and then go down and then if there let vote and then when we get to a no vote we'll yes discuss fine so the first one is a resolution uh related to dual language uh if we could we're doing a straw poll not an official you know vote so um I guess if you would like to vote Yes for this one you want to raise your hand and I think that includes everyone on the board so and Jared has also left me his suggestions here he's also like to vote Yes oh okay um it's basically just for the public it's affirming that the attainment of the Illinois sa seal by literacy satisfies the Illinois World Language requirement for graduation so we would like to support that yes uh the second res resolution uh resolution is about ebf authorized charter school funding um we also suggested a yes vote here um we can do a straw poll by raising our hands yes and anyos Jared also votes yes on that one so that'll be a yes so this holds private schools to the same account as public schools as far as how they are funded rather than an average of the public schools I wouldn't say private I would say Charter State authorized Charter yeah State authorized Charter School very specific yeah right now they get I wasn't reading it right now they get a per um head student fee and um it could be you know 12,000 or 14,000 or whatever this would basically show that they would get funded with evf just like the rest of the schools based in their population of students the third one refers to tax agrement financing or Tiff accountability um we had suggested a yes vote on this we can do a straw poll um before we do this dra poll can I hear what um oh oh sure yes please yes um you know I agree with create a tiff approval process and empowers taxing bodies to ensure fairness um this is kind of on the page 12 specific measures this is where I have kind of some of the problems authorize a joint review uh board to approve or disapprove the creation of a tiff uh ensure the voting structure reflects the proportional impact of a proposed Tiff um but then the next one require disclosure to taxpayers on the cost of a tiff to the community prior to its approval so Tiff to me isn't if a building is if something is built because of the Tiff what what is what is the cost what is what does that even mean I don't understand what that could even mean because we're we're basically you know would have getting let's say $1,000 for that property we could have gotten that forever but because it was built we're getting it $1,000 for 20 years and then a lot more after that so what's really the cost if it wasn't for the Tiff would that have been built so I don't really to me this is this is definitely has a slant to it um include information about the impact of a tiff on tax bills of all taxpayers impacted by a tiff to me this is kind of the same philosophy it's basically saying um and it's not even taken into account the impact Fe that are provided we there's per student you know fees that we get in from a tiff District there's per library card the library district gets so the cost part is kind of also very gray it but the cost part could also be the impact on your tax bill that's what I was so impact is again kind of depends on whether that would have been built without a tiff so if that would have been built without a tiff then yes but I think it's assuming that it's going to be because it's a tiff right so then there's no real cost transparency kind of so yeah maybe maybe cost is well it says cost but I want to ask an opposite question could this be because I read somewhere earlier where it was the potential loss of revenue for the district um and so could it be that this is really just to influence more transparency yeah that's why I like one two and three and six I like you mean as far as the bullet points yeah the bullet points publish annual tax revenues from the Tiff and make that information available to community ensure the voting structure it's these disclosures and it's only talking about the cost yeah and I don't know the answer but I'm assuming and I this is not a reason to vote yay or n to make an assumptions but when it when it was talking about transparency in my mind those three were to prevent something that had happened yes that they had that had happened and so that's the reason why I don't know how it would be executed but after since everything else was really talking about making sure there's more transparency around it my my assumption was that those additional bullet points was to cover what had happened that's a good point no yeah and I get that but I I feel like it's a lens no I I hear that it's not a story no I I hear it yeah I hear that they're asking for they're they had a problem this would resolve their problem exctly I agree you know it's not necessarily everybody's problem and this is this is uh um I mean I don't think we can Nuance right it's either yes or no yes no I don't so no and you so to me it would be a no because let's take the straw Po and I've done this before and those nuances cause these things to be voted no because yeah we're not voting we're voting for the entirety of the correct you know of it we're not we're not voting for bullet points one two three and six and and to your point and a couple excuse me a couple of the other ones that were recommended no it was basically no because of how it would be executed so I don't know how how you would calculate the cost if I could I could I could picture how they would calculate the cost but again it's dependent on whether or not something would have been built because of the Tiff or not these are it sounds like Sky I can't even imagine that there should be a tiff District in SK because it's so landlocked yeah um we're not Sky yeah and the Tiff district will be will be approved prior to possibly knowing what was going to be developed on it later so it's is that typically the case but I think this also helps us get to the point of we can have you weigh in you know that's that's why is it impacting the school district and I think that's the potential of what we need to know correct what is the spirit of this correct particular one what I would say is they're good Tiff and they're bad Tiff yes that's the thing and in my opinion having the school district weighing doesn't prevent a tip from taking place I think all it does it allows the district that depends in property tax to have a voice in the process because I've seen Tiff used just to be frank as a political uh give me to friends and people who are highly placed and that's what I to be able to develop property that will otherwise we this this this is us wanting to create a tiff approval process that empowers taxing bodies to ensure fairness so this this changes that which I love yeah it's like this is I don't know you should vote your yeah yeah I mean that's probably that's that's good I don't know man but but it feels like it's just it's designed to make tiffs good tiffs fail as yeah oh I got you all right St PA St straw straw straw Paul I got to get my bobles right uh yes for this one and no um the next one is uh regarding Faith laws centralized state agent Agency for ehrs uh or employment history reviews this would advocate for a centralized entity responsible for employment history reviews and streamline the process and allow for more accurate and consistent completion of employment history reviews any discussion yes straw pole yes oh yes yeah uh by the way Jared also voted yes on number four and or three and four uh number five healthare coverage is can I give a quick summary here sure um the committee determined that the high cost of providing high quality health insurance to District employees and The Limited availability of insurance plan for school districts in multiple counties throughout the state is a serious problem providing school districts with the option to join Central Management Services would allow more health insurance choices for employees while decreasing costs for school districts discussion straw P yes okay Jared was also a yes vote for that one and then number six is regarding polling place amendment to B to position statement 7.08 um so just a quick summary the committee determined that if a school is not being used as a polling place the safety of the students is not at risk therefore it should be left up to local control as to whether the school district observes election day as a des uned state holiday any discussion I just take first of all for voting I'm voting yes but it gives the school the power to refuse to be a polling place which is not there before I believe strongly in this because it represents local control and keep local control for our school districts so does it do that yes it does it says if it's not what did it say it said if it's to be used as a polling place during election for student safy reasons yeah if it gives the public access to the building or refuse to shut down if something if they're not a polling place if they're not a polling place corre to lose a day of instruction and and they are the ones that determine whether or not they're a polling place who gets to deter school no that your county clerk does well okay so then well the county clerk deter this would overrule that allegedly it would okay allegedly so that that first sentence is a change right allegedly I cover every so call you to say hey scho District they call you to say we want to use you as a holding Place yeah I mean typically that's there's a partnership between buildings and operations they'll put in a permit request and then they'll open PR request that'll be reviewed I've never heard it um it's often coordinated with the superintendent and it's really a Civic there's a Civic kind of uh handshake common courtesy if I say courtesy to do that I think um it does I I have observed and so it does require a lot of coordination which is why some districts have moved to that being a day of no school um across you know a lot of places to because it does create a burden for the school particularly with safety for our students absolutely okay but there are some districts don't have pulling places in their District so they're getting unfairly burdened by that all right uh straw pole for number six yes um Jared also uh Mark yes for that one as well he's coming he's coming um the next section on your document um glad you came back for this part are resolutions that received a do not adopt recommendation from the iasb resolutions committee so I'll just again read from the document so it's clear the below resolutions may be appealed by the submitting District any resolution that is appealed requires a 2third vote at the delegate assembly to be reconsidered if a do not adopt resolution is appealed what is your board's direction to its delicate as to whether the following resolutions a should be reconsidered by the delegate assembly and B if reconsidered should be adopted by the iasb delegate assembly so these uh most likely from my reading would not be called but in case that they are called we wouldn't want to um determine one if we would recommend that they be reconsidered and then if they are reconsidered and brought to the floor um if we they should be adopted so the first one is about cell phone us message and if that should be Rec ladies the first resolution on the do not adopt um item is about cell phone usage um and so we need to decide if that should be reconsidered um ex can you give a yeah I'll just read real quick the committee agreed that cell phone usage during school is a growing concern and that research shows that it can negatively impact instructional time and student mental health however the committee did not support a Statewide man mandate and found that cell phone usage is best governed locally committee members determine that cell phone policy should pose could pose sa safety student discipline and fiscal challenges for school districts given these challenges this is the is best left to each Local District uh last there is a current iasb press policy already available to districts press policy provides school boards with flexibility to create a cell phone usage policy specific to each district needs um so we need to determine if we want to reconsider that can can we just just can we just clear that in this category no means do not adopt right means because we had that confusion last year no means do not adopt do not reconsider well no I'm just saying overall but no it's do not adopt right and then the second no is do not adopt okay so so if we say Do not reconsider we would likely vote do not adopt right yeah no I'm I'm just saying for because never mind I remember last year it was my problem we want each of our we want to have local control over the policies on cell phone usage we want local control we want local if we would want that then we would vote no in regards to the reconsideration yes so no no no no but let's take a straw poll are we no no on the straw poll no no John yes she go ahead Sor that's why they're doing it I'm so tired all right the next one uh 8A office of Inspector General um I'll just do a summary again um while committee members agreed that oversight and accountability for public schools is of the utmost importance the committee identified many laws and pro processes currently in place that already apply thus legal remedies already exist to hold school districts accountable in expanding or creating a new state agency is not necessary the recommendation is do not adopt I'd actually like to talk about this one a bit um is that okay yeah yeah BEC yeah because um I'm a firm believer that any like election or or or a vote like this um I think sometimes we've we've lost sight of some of these pieces and I think this is a great opportunity to have this conversation I personally would be somebody who says you know yes let's reconsider but this going to sound strange but I'm a no vote in other words I want the dialogue because I think the dialogue is necessary for people on the local level there are too many instances of local level leaders taking advantage of gaps in the knowledge of those they serve and so I think this is something that they need to discuss this is not the right way to go about this but I think the dialogue is important and if it does get to that point Amy I would really like to hear uh from you how that dialogue went um I don't support the measure because of the way it's written and I agree adding another layer of government and all this but I do believe having the conversation is important because it acknowledges there is a problem out there I don't disagree there's problem I just don't think that that's going to be the solution that's why I'm a no for the solution but I'm a yes for the conversation yeah so we're going to vote as straw poll for 8A do we yes to be reconsidered yes sure reconsider yes okay three are you a yes L you are a yes so that's 8 B right no no 8A is reconsider so how many is that should be considered we lose it yes we are reconsidering do you want yes to be reconsidered okay raise your hand if you would like that to be reconsidered re if it's brought to that so yes to re reconsider yes to reconsidered based on what you just said yes reconsider but vote no but what if we haven't gotten to vote and no yet we're just reconsidering the measure right now I'll reconsider the meure okay so that's five considered ra rather considered now reconsidered is on the table five if reconsidered should be adopted by the delegate assembly that's where we are now yeah so if reconsidered should this be adopted no no I'm a I'm a no I'm a no no okay we're all KN that good point all right N9 a is Faith laws um committee me Members determined that um employment history reviews for current employees could cause confusion impose legal and collective bargaining challenges for school districts given these challenges these employment decisions are best left to each district do we want that to be reconsidered yes or no no yes why Recon reconsider okay but in the top one you voted yes for face law that was that was for something else two different things though yeah that's forting AG the top is about creating a centralized agency which I want them to do the bottom is about not only should new employees but old employees should know as well I'm a Hardline on faith law Brian don't kill me I'm sorry so is the word current that you're I know that it requires a lot of work but just because you're a veteran employee doesn't mean we shouldn't know that your you have information in your background that you should not be working with students so in other words if somebody got over if if the vetting process didn't produce or disclose discover something correct oh so prior to Faith's law it correct oh yeah I get that I I get that too I I want to hear from Dr zumy Dr swy Smiles so you're you're correct in the sense that prior to July 2023 no employees uh background uh goes through the process with the three misconduct questions that somebody that just got hired this evening okay so that was the cut from when the law was passed so if we have an employee that has been here for 20 years and got their background check and within the last couple years before pH law did something that should be reported and it hasn't been we're just going to let that go and I just reported or convicted of I mean and I'm whatever shows up in the history whatever shows up on a report so how does it get there if they're if they're convicted of a crime or if they're convicted or if they're arrested we wouldn't know that arrested don't we get that how do we get that be notified okay so wait a minute a minute they're convicted and arrest they convicted yeah we will know that how would we not know that if they come from how would we not know they're convicted if they come from another District I don't understand that we're talking about if they're I I understand that how would we not know if they weren't convicted of another no we talking about current employees not okay didn't we just have that it used to be uh Governor B passed this law back in 2003 I believe or there be so all employees who were employed before then they were grandfathered in so they didn't have to if they were continuously employed here since then they didn't have to go through a background check before Fate's law was passed so you say yeah I I so you're saying before 2003 or 2023 no it was 2003 okay before 2003 there was no uh we had no background check before 2003 we didn't it was when bovic was in office that he passed the that he signing into law the legislation that requir that anyone who was hired from that day on so I just background check right so so anyone who's B who is born anyone who was hired between 2003 and fai's law and has we're going to know if you were convicted of a crime so are we checking all those people who already passed a background check too I I'm just asking when it comes kind of the point is it becomes burdensome on the district right and you guys can I just don't 100% I I think I think I have a problem with Hey listen if if what you're saying and I don't know why you wouldn't be accurate right I mean this why you're here but if what you're saying is accurate I I understand the conversation about before 2003 but I'm I'm struggling with understanding why we're looking for 20 years of people who already had to pass a background check do you know how many how many people have seniority and it could be that's iess I don't I don't no I'm not following that I'm not I'm not understanding that like you're saying somebody before 2003 possibly okay I don't have a problem with that but that but then that's not what this reads is it it's not making the distin it's not making the distinction of before 2003 everybody yeah right well I'll I'll I will say that it reads to be granted the ability to require current employees so school districts wouldn't have to they would just have the ability so it kind of goes to almost a local control type thing I don't know just okay I'm just reading it everybody can have their own vote so let's just vote say you um all right 9A oh I'm sorry no so again the top resolution I I would recommend the centralization of of a database for the state so I I would agree with that um in terms of you know reviewing staff members for face law Mis cond those would be things that if we had found out um or an allegation had been posed we would be investigating through our due process with our collective bargaining agreement and our Union Partners okay uh is this would not be us reviewing people's cases for a DUI or for something else that unrelated so we have to stay focused on what facei law is for which is misconduct for sexually inappropriate behavior toward as an adult or or a student so um it's it's not fully flushed out yet um just being you know uh fully transparent in terms of post July 2023 but there's you know imagine there's a there's a teacher uh hired at this school and then the teacher that was there two year two summers prior has a different set of hiring rules so it's not ideal and that I believe was is Miss Johnson's Point um so I I agree with what your approach is in terms of the central a and then I think that this resolution is going to continue to get flushed out over um the time I think that some partnership and some good dialogue at the state level and with locals is necessary before making a recommendation to uh go much further at this point I really do hope that they take the centralization up the ladder and continue to go because I think that will be for all school districts the safest for our students okay so okay straw poll for 9A um are we voting to reconsider this reconsider are we talking about 9A 9A it means that this likely will not in order for this to be discussed at the assembly the district has to that that um submitted it needs to yes word I'm looking for two yeah and get third of the boat on the floor to re have it reconsidered so would you like it reconsidered yes so we have one two three four five okay and then if reconsidered should be adopted by the delegate assembly um straw poll yes ad four okay what you have Dr Mar yes all right last one criminal background check I didn't so uh just as a summary the committee agreed uh that this is a crit that it is critical that Schoolboard members maintain the highest ethical standards however committee members determine that background checks for school board candidates create a different election standard for school board members as compared to other elected officials also it could cause financial and procedural challenges for potential school board members MERS these challenges could deter qualified candidates from running for school board do we want that to be reconsidered I my stance personally is that the difference between us and other elected officials as we are involved with students we are in schools and for me I I absolutely think a background check is necessary Absolut The Village doesn't necessarily have students the uh Park District does like you know that's their business whatever but as an elected official who is who is in contact with not just students but students that may not have the ability to use their voice I absolutely think that board members should have a background check because what if what if they didn't and one of them was elected and they were they were you know and then they're in contact with all with students and just just so we're just so we're able to well just so we're clear if you're convicted of a felony you can't hold this office that's already a thing so if I but if you're not if you haven't been convicted of aelony and then you become convicted listen I I'm I'm in agreement with you I'm just I'm just saying like I I I just for full transparency I I just want to make sure because I've talked to the person who devised this particular one one-on-one and just so we're abundantly clear I want to make sure we're conveying proper information to the general public you can not be convicted of a felony and sit up here in in in this capacity right okay so let's let me ask you this so does that mean that every every board has to create their own policy around someone who is not convicted now but what if they get convicted while they are in off in this office you can't serve so okay I mean that's what and again I'm just going to keep look let's put a belt in sup around it that's what I say belt and suspenders like you might not need them but just in case I mean I I just think like one thing to consider here I just got okay and doesn't doesn't apply to me doesn't apply to me but one thing to consider here we're talking about criminal background checks on everyone like all of us were were young at one point I'm not talking about felonies okay that's a different topic but if you're convicted of something that's like a misdemeanor and and you grow up right uh like like is that what just just making sure we're looking at this from all angles I totally agree with Jen I I I don't I don't want I don't want people who um harm kids or or convicted of felony up here and walking around in our in in in our schools with without you know um you know the proper authorization and all the channels that that have to be and all that stuff I I'm I'm with you Jen but it just just okay that's my consideration how do they how do they know maybe somebody here knows how does how do they know now the criminal background check having a record doesn't actually preclude you from being a teacher or from working in a school they enumerated offenses whereby someone has hurt children someone is uh sold drugs someone is yeah so they enumerated offenses so having a criminal background in and of itself doesn't disqualify someone for working for a school district but let's also recognize and I'm going to really tread this line very carefully where you find yourself in a position that you don't have a policy in place and the situation arises did the United States ever you know consider um that potential presidential candidates could be um elected and be felonious so you know if I I'm going to every day for myself vote that I don't want unfortunately they're going to put Infamous crimes as bribery and forgery in the same place as a sex offender I can't change that but what I can say is I just don't want any sex offenders around schools so and if you if you you there are a lot of people that are certain ways that just haven't gotten caught so I'm always going to side on that for me unfortunately it's black and white hold on a second I I get your point and I totally agree but if they haven't been caught I'm not sure how this deals with that no I I'm just saying my whole point is is that if there's a situation where there's indicators or there's reasons that you might I want that information out for the public when they're running our campaigning go ahead you go ahead was thinking if if it's already in the statute right it's already in the statute we we had they can't sit on this they can't sit in this space or our committees we had that happen in this community where we had someone who was convicted of a felony it was a financial felony piece they could no longer sit on the committee here we had that situation occur can we be on the can we on the ballot with the felony who checked I don't know if I I don't recall anyone that checked ever that's why I'm wondering yeah I don't know I don't I just don't know listen hey I'm all for and let's look at the district rationale Juliet is saying there's a current law that states no school board member can be convicted of an Infamous crime and we've talked about this I was on the policy committee we don't have any way of knowing like you know what I mean Amy myself Jared if you've worked for latata we've all had background checks because we've worked at the school district but there's no mechanism in place on on the laws that say that you have to have a criminal background check so this does that this gives us that option I mean I don't see what the harm is I mean if if if everyone is clean then what's the problem with having a background check no I I um I lean into Jared's point that I'm one my I have the same consideration like I'm between like I have I have two you know shoulder opinions um is that I don't want this to negatively impact those candidates who might be ready able and willing to serve and run for a school board um spot um but they had something happen when they were 22 uh and they decide not to run because they don't want that out in the open which I would understand but I but I also understand this point so um all right I think we should vote our the okay kind of speaking from a student perspective how you guys are very like involved with our district and come to our schools and like very Vol volunteering from a student perspective if I were to be in contact with one with someone different and new and I were to form like a friendship with them just to later find out that they were a convicted felon or something of like a high degree I would feel that it would kind of make me mistrust you guys in a way cuz like why didn't you guys have a background check because if you guys did it'll kind of make me feel more safer but if I were a former like a friendship with them and would talk to them just to ler find out it would kind of make a student feel again like mistrusted and unsafe because it would be your guy I would think it's your guys' responsibility and and would be obligated to do that but I kind of see how um you guys were talking how someone doesn't want their business out there and I kind of understand how when you guys are younger you guys have your moments of doing whatever dly dling which I do understand but I feel like background checks are necessary when it comes to bigger higher higher roles because you just never know what someone is was doing or is doing and it's just like a big priority that should be you know I think it's very tricky I think it's a tricky wee I mean let's let's be real let's be realistic these are the ones that are probably not going to make the floor anyway yeah so yeah 66% is now the threshold so um 10 a should this be reconsidered do we have yes votes reconsider five five and I think that was I think that was six I was marking it was it six six okay now it's one um if reconsidered should be adopted by the delegate assembly two that's two three three it's four okay you guys are late voting I'm not got four yeah some of the things can be misdemeanors and Infamous crimes so it's one of those where the wording is not like but I'll say yes yes whatever okay let's vote let's let's like officially vote now I vote all right four two I was a yes put down a whole oh boy how long how did I don't know all right I will happily take these ideas as a representative of the board and I'll report back Mar it is kind of interesting and are we reporting obviously I mean we going to go ask you but like oneon-one oneon-one but but are is this maybe something we report back at the um policy legislative committee then it comes here yes and we can do it during board comments or at committee report all right thank you Dr muo uh next uh we have a Dr concade board policy first readings yep we have several uh board policies coming for your first read um and review most of the changes that are being recommend recommended is around um Federal changes to Title 9 um if you review policy uh 2260 2265 5100 720 and 7185 all of them are related to changes in Title 9 UM there are no additional changes above and beyond um what is being recommended by press uh plus related to again uh Title Nine changes also in 5100 there is some recommendations um to be in alignment with school code of the removal of some staff development some addition of Staff Development um which the additions are focused on trauma responsive environments um and then also changes in Title 9 and then the remaining policy 22 excuse me two 125 is related to expenditure reimbursement when we went through the Press uh policy alignment we wanted there to be consistency across our district in related to um per DM reimbursement um this is periodically reviewed in order to be in alignment with State guidelines we had set the threshold so that no matter the funding source um particularly our grant funding there would be consistency in our reimbursement so the level of which we are able to reimburse has risen the recommended value is uh $54 again to be in alignment across the district which would then be $13 for breakfast $15 for lunch and $26 for dinner are there any questions not going to get you much these days but we'll it's higher than the current yeah the current rate of 650 650 and 19 thank you thank you thank you okay any other questions okay um Mr Bei radio and repeater RFP I'm going to call uh Mr bran Kyer and McDonald to uh to speak to the board about the RFP process good evening guys good evening evening I'm just going to hit the highlights of this uh proposal um uh we are asking or reviewing the RFP for a uh radio and repeater refresh uh we're talking about over 1300 uh two-way radios in the schools and repeaters for all the buildings um these devices are vital to the day in day out use uh of the buildings uh whether it be at Athletics or emergencies or uh whatever constantly being used um uh the last refresh that we've had never uh as far as I'm aware uh everything's been uh Band-Aid on um and uh we have uh when something breaks or we need something new it's add another device to the system um it isn't uncommon for radios uh at multiple schools to be over 10 years old uh and a variety of different models um why now we've had an uptick of radio issues uh with braking um we've also had environmental issues causing interference with the current platform uh the refresh will move us to a digital platform rather than an Antiquated uh analog system um which will also give us uh additional capabilities uh the RFP process uh we released it originally on August 23rd uh the deadline was pushed back for a month due to incomplete and lack of bids uh so it was pushed back to October 5th uh since that time October 5th we had two submissions uh that were uh given to us and one uh that was disqualified because it was after the deadline um our recommendation we are recommending that abep be the choice vendor uh for this refresh uh not only because of the cost uh of the project but also they have been our U vendor uh for the last two to three years and we've had a very positive experience with them during that time um and as far as funding is concerned we know this is a significant cost 5117 we are not uh thinking about paying for that out of our regular operational budget what we are looking at is doing the lease uh a lease and uh three to five years uh we're talking to to a couple of uh Ling entity and after three to five years we'll pay a dollar to retain the uh the equipment you said a dollar to retain it so it's a lease for three to five years and then at the end of it it's a dollar to retain the Equip to retain it yes okay and where where this is coming from operations uh the the lease this will be it can you um um tell me what a repeater is I should probably know this sorry sorry yes a repeater is a device I think of it as a booster it will amplify a particular channel on the radio system so it goes further in the building oh okay okay what is do you have any is there any relation to this AB LLC company because they've come up before and I just wondered I I feel like every time they come up that this RFP process automatically pushes them forward and I just wonder what is the relation to AB LLC uh previously to choosing them as a replacement vendor two years ago uh we had no relationship with them okay now as uh Brent mentioned earlier we had another person who submitted but the person submitted late and by law even if a second late we cannot consider we didn't open it we didn't consider it because they were late it will be violation of the provisions of the RP and by law you said yeah we can if we set a deadline the a date and the time when the bids have to be submitted if it is a minute later than that by law we cannot open it yes um and why are we and I did hear I don't I'm not being koi when I say this but instead of just a huge amount of money is why are we not making this a part of our maintenance facil Master maintenance facilities plan why are we pushing this forward now uh I think Brent mentioned it before with as Spate of all the complications that we've been having in that building safety security our radios is the shortest way for us to communicate uh districtwide and the longer we wait with a a radio system that is not consistent reliable uh the more the more problematic it gets for us for daily operations can you describe what the alternate Transportation proposal is so what we had uh thought about is uh replacing the radios on the on the on the buses so when we ask for the regular bed if you asking for an additional Bay uh in addition to the regular Bay you call that an ultimate Bay so what we're saying is give us pricing on a on the radios and the repeaters in our building and we wanted to know what will it cost to provide radio just for our buses so that would be the additional 239 or 103 depending on okay thank you so we're only looking for the buildings though for right now yes okay for we may do the uh trans uh the transportation later because financially this is we think this is prudent to do the buildings now and consider doing the uh Transportation later on a a key function and of our safety approach is the fast and efficient communication and my understanding is that these will uh whatever we purchase eventually or these are the exact ones um in this solution have interoperability with police correct so they're able to work with police if not we need to really understand that because U being able to or at least give police access to them so that they can engage in our communication uh so far the uh plan has been that should we need to communicate with police or whoever shows on site um we would end up giving them a particular radio to communicate uh it's also our understanding that there's already some uh police configurations they have our frequencies and have pre-programmed them into their radio and and this is something that's gone on for a while so I I I would say that under Oma we are allowed to discuss some of this in close session around safety considerations and so there are some aspects of this that I'd be happy to bring the board at our next session in Clos session why this is a crucial ort so I think that there are important considerations that I want to discuss in Clos session okay thank you thank you gentlemen thank you thank you um Mr oi the next two are yours if you want to walk us through the next two right so this is uh the intergovermental agreement Uh Oh Land cash I'm sorry I'm jumping ahead of myself the the uh County of Kendall collects money from developers on behalf of uh of the district and after it's accumulated to a certain point the board has to uh approve a resolution in public in order for the funds to be transferred to us and the funds can only be Ed for hold on second Mr I asked them to stick around through the intergovernmental agreement okay so they could weigh in on that and told them they could be okay okay so uh so that's what we're bringing before the board the resolution to allow kendle County to transfer the 50 uh 56.99 that has been accumulated to us okay questions for Mr we saved we saved we saved yes it's nice to hear that thank you Mr oi next up we have 911 inter agreement this is the intergovermental agreement that I mentioned earlier that uh would lead to us cooperating with the uh the village as well as the uh the kendle county to build a sidewalk from uh on Arvy Road and bring it to OE what it will allow our students to do is to be able to walk instead of being transported and to do it safely now the one question I would have is if we were to put that there would that then satisfy the safety audit that we're about to do I'd like to know that you know what I'm saying uh hour Zone there the we talked during our meetings about the configuration right making sure we move it uh far away from the road so he's not sitting next to the road so we also talked about what side the engineers The Village talked about uh positioning and designing the sidewalk in such a way that is safe so the engineers would they would they would know that answer as well yes I'm good yeah we brought it up to them okay I'm good that's a concern I I wouldn't want to put the investment and then be told that that's not is it possible to get some advice or Council from the whoever is conducting our our safety or what do we call the uh he said that the engineers the engineer from the village actually we are yeah we had we had really really deep discussion with them okay and just reminding that we're in the business of children children safety so the placement of the uh sidewalk is such is got to be in such a way that it protects the health and safety of our kids so where they were going to pres uh uh located before they moved that to accommodate what we brought up with them there be like are they adding a curb are they one no no both they're far away from the road like a Parkway there so if you look at uh the road there's um there's a a real actually it it also involves getting easen from a firm if you there's a firm that's been there for a while and the owner of the firm is actually been trying to sell it to us except we we don't need the land so part of what we're doing is getting an easement from their farmer to be able to to locate that sidewalk through through the firm the uh the attorneys through wi actually had a compensation with the uh the attorney representing the owner of the firm but the placement of the sidewalk is such where we feel comfortable that it'll be safe uhuh with the traffic over there is it the east side of the street or the west side of the street I think is the side uh on the side of the high school the high school to that point when people have come to us yes I'm sorry I guess I'm just trying to understand like I want to be collaborative with our intergovernmental agencies what why is this in this subdivision our responsibility I yes our students I'm not questioning that I'm questioning that but this is off of our campus right but what it does is though the kids right now we have to transport them because there's no way from the Sidewalk Ends in the subdivision so there's no way for them to be able to make it to school without us providing Transportation because Harvey Road is a major road right and there's no sidewalk they couldn't walk to school by having this sidewalk constructed it serves all the the uh the municipal the tax body because the uh the county has an interest in health and safety of the resident The Village since the subdivision is located in uh iggo as an interest and we as folks who educate small children we have a and respons I agree with that I guess I'm really questioning the 33% I'm guess I guess I'm trying to understand the equality of what we're paying and is it a third of 360,000 no they just to be to be honest we don't know what the price will be until the uh the RP comes back but the estimate that we talked about ball PRK is about $100,000 so we what we talked about and then the ballpark comes back at 500,000 where I guess where are we and it says we are also solid soliciting cost to expend the multi-use path who's we us or they are the entity but we're cooperating together governmental group yes it's it well there's a cost Advantage because we are we are currently so to your point so I think one of the things that's been brought up in this meeting earlier is how do we think about these development properties economic development now because we've entered a new phase in these relationships with our entities I have a strong inclination to believe that that is not a bigger priority um and it's also something that is important to the Village as I think [Applause] but is is it going to be 360 or is it going to be 500,000 and that depends on the day that you ask because the cost of materials goes up and so forth so do we have an opportunity 3 of of 360 is 100 roughly 119,000 sounds great but if it gets to three or 400,000 then what I can assure you is that if you get no one wants to save money more than I do I wake up and go to sleep every day counting the I was just going to say Can Can I can I can I ask for this what's I think this would be good for us to see the offset so can you give us some figures on I understand that you're saying uh and I don't disagree with you okay $190,000 when need to be cognizant of the money that we're spending so we're spending it in the hopes that there's a savings due to the transportation so can you show that to us and then I think that would help sure yeah we does that make sense yes yes we can and do we but it it will be that one of the key thing will be looking at reasonableness if it gets expensive pricey we not we can't afford it but yeah yeah I guess I I think that you were concerned with capping the financial impact so by signing this are we saying that there is are we are we signing away that c it's not it's not Bing it's a it's an agreement that we reach and and every time we do something like this we are we are not doing something else and you know we all know we have a list seven miles long so that's why I'm trying to be cognizant about yes this is important I'm never questioning anything that has to do with the safety of children please don't think that want to make sure that we all when we go into an intergovernmental agreement we get what we think we're getting well that's why I was I want to make sure that it's does what it means to do yes and yes seeing the cash flows you know if it's got a year or two payback period then that's then I mean kind of it's no-brainer but um everything that we're investing in is for the public good so you you are correct yeah have to prioritize one or two year pay back would be very when we get the RFP we'll bring it to the board that's what I was going to ask to the is there a reason that we have to sign the intergovernmental agreement before we have the RFP I think the intergovernmental agreement is more of intention to cooperate and and get this done now if we if we get the RFP and if it's too rich and we can't afford it we can always say this is beyond what we had anticipated and it doesn't no Money's been committed because all all that would have happened is there were conversation that was held with the uh the attorney for the for the owner of the firm where we're requesting isman and there's going to be an RFP done and once we get the RFP we'll bring it to the board we would never obligate the board to expense it I agree with that without approval help me understand why we wouldn't complete our comprehensive facilities Plan before we did this I mean because if you think about it there's safety issues all over this community with that don't have sidewalks so why this one right now what I would say is that we have we have an opportunity to to cooperate with uh with our with our partners Municipal partners and not to often kind of school district say you have the county and you have the village where you're located they willing to pay 66% of the cost of doing something you know it's not something that happen after and I think all that speaks to is the ability to even develop a closer relationship and and do more partnership so instead of us paying 100% of things if we can find a way to only pay 30 30% of must stuff it just makes the leverage better so that's that's that's one thing you know it's like this is something that that didn't get done in the way that it should have been done but now we have an opportunity to get it done without having to incur the total burden of it we're also PL and I think to the question two question two points in terms of the master facility planning process we will also invite them to participate in our work as we go through that process which will also inform and we don't know what that will yield right so that's number one number two we are planning seeds for future projects that may also have significant support for us uh Mr ploger often talks about the infrastructure in the area whether it's writing grants for big projects I mean those require a deep level of shared commitment this is a to be honest with you in a construction project world this is a small small project right and so I do think that Mr be has been very clear and I appreciate that about this will come back to the board for full review regarding what the fin cost numbers are and the board will then at that point has freedom to say you know thank you very much but this doesn't fit with our potential cost what I'm hearing is that if it overburdens the district and takes away from our opportunity to do other projects it will do that there are there are this one is one of safety and there are other areas but I don't think there is one as pronounced as this one but can I can I just bring up uh because we had talked about signing this agreement I mean it says this agreement shall be in full force and effect beginning after all signatories have signed and accepted this agreement and shall endure through the completion of the project that seems to me that once we sign it we're we're in it now if the board doesn't feel comfortable signing the the agreement now we can talk to our partners and wait till till after the RP is uh received and then bring it back for Signature yes do vote for that I think that and again I'd like to see the transportation savings piece to Dominic Point like what is that like in year two years whatever so I like I'm going to differ where I don't know if there's a cap because I don't know what the savings are if you tell me we're going to save a million dollars then the cap to me is I know we're not going to I'm just throwing I know we're not but my my point is if you told me we're going to save a million dollars then my cap isn't 500,000 necessarily you know what I mean so I need to see that piece to I think as well is there a way to do an inter intergovernmental agreement so that we show good faith our partners that says pending finances or something like that because I don't want to I want to keep the momentum going with our partners in a way that says yes this is these are the types of things we want to do together but we're also you know cognizant of of finances yeah no I I like that signing it with the pending RFP you know outcome or whatever we'll go back to our partners and express the uh the will of the board that there's a level of uh of feeling that we're putting out the the cart before the horse and see what the RFP numers says before we we all put a provision in there that allows so we would do that we will certainly do that it's not un reasonable yeah I think they would understand that too this is not the first time we've been approached with something and then the costs have come in significantly different so I think that's where everyone's hesitation is certainly is understandable we would do that we'll take that uh Dom message back thank you all right moving on 10.1 action item approval of Paper Supply RFP may make a motion oh yes okay I make a sorry I make a motion to approve Veri of paper company to provide paper supplies to our district second Mr pler hi Mr Gatewood I miss venm hi Mr Cerone hi Miss Simon hi Miss Johnson I Dr Maria hi motion passes 70 action item 10.2 approval of game time playground Grant can I have a motion please make a motion to approve the playground replacement repair of Boulder Hill Homestead and Lakewood Creek with the grant support from game time I second Mr gwood I Dr Mario I Miss Johnson joyfully I Mr Cerone I miss similon I Mr pler ecstatically I miss ven I motion passes 70 action item 10.3 approval of board member travel expenses can I have a motion please make a motion to approve the board member travel expenses to attend the triple I conference in Chicago before we do roll call I just wanted to say something we we need to make the we need to Second and then we discuss oh did he okay S I didn't hear it s question um not a question more of a statement but I received some uh feedback from the community um and questioning why we needed to spend the night at the triple ey conference so I wanted to share the benefit of the answer for the community when we go down there people people said well I work in the city and I'm able to come home every night and go back when we go down there during the day we are in sessions all day learning sessions and at night we are all um either coming together to have dinner and working sessions or we are or or share what we've learned without violating om or we are going to meet with vendors Andor other people who are providing learning opportunities for us I also heard that they didn't feel that we um gained anything from triple I so I just want to be very clear that while it may not be something you agree with and that's fine you can agree disagree with it there are opportunities for us to learn where it may not have an immediate impact but it will have a long ter could possibly have a longterm or future impact so I just wanted to share with that I appreciate all the feedback we received from the community um but I just wanted to address that publicly um for for uh the comments that were made we have brought back many of the um learning tools um that we um were exposed to while at um triple I that have benefited our our Effectiveness and efficiency as a board um as well as um supporting and um helping um our superintendent uh to to be accountable to our board for us to be accountable to ourselves there's so many things that we we have implemented and so I would just say it's it's money well spent also I would say that we when when um when we are at triple I we are gaining um best practices around how we run our organization and uh that is invaluable that's not information that we can get being in a cocoon and not um networking with all those five or 600 uh representatives from all the other districts so that would be my thoughts and I'm GNA piggyback on that real quick just because of of um what Jen had mentioned just because the expenses are listed doesn't necessarily mean that board members submit those and collect there's been talk about um all of us getting huge amounts for travel expenses Etc um maybe I missed out last year but but you know it's the travel and all those things are are kind of are on us so um just because it's allowable doesn't mean that it's I've never submitted a reimbursement the the other piece too that I just want to touch on as far as the the the wealth of this when I came to the board in 2015 I remember going down and like nobody was even going to be the delegate delegate here to have a voice and and the mo was well they don't really come asigo doesn't really show up for that and I I I think as we look I'm going to try not to get out my soap box too much but as we look at the area that we're in that has all of this these um you know large unit districts connected to each other I think it's important for the general public to realize how much they've divided us um you know some of us are in Kish some of us are in Three Rivers some of us are in DuPage and and yet we are all this kind of area dealing with all of these pieces together and so I think it is also vital when it comes to talking to these other boards um that are in our area that do share kind of similar characteristics to us and and commonalities and so forth and so on we are in the business of Education if I may board and uh if the if the board of if the board of education is not committed to to invest in itself and its learning along the process then I have a lot of questions because we we invite Educators and this really represents 0.005% of our total budget so I would just invite um anybody who has questions I'd be happy to speak to that um I would say that having observed this board and its deep commitment to really learning bringing that learning back to this board and this community is crucial and there is nothing more important I remember last year sitting with board members from across the state and so both you're learning practical but you're also learning current trends in the field of Education our board member was invited to serve on a on a committee uh we have multiple board members who participate in panel discussions and so really being leaders of the good work in the community and so you know the learning does not stop um just because you become a board member in fact you model to the community in the small invest M that you are committed and you expect the staff to do the same for themselves so thank you and there is some personal development as well where you learn how to be a good board member to your cohorts and um I attended last year Breaking Down the Walls which is something very important that I needed personally to help be a better board member so I just needed to address it obviously um I was you know disappointed to receive it but everybody has their opinion you may not physically see it but I I know that the benefits outweigh the cost greatly no I was just on November 4th if you'd like to join us for um Dr katti just said it way more eloquently than I would than I was about to say it so I thank you for shutting my mouth never never Miss's let's business of educ in the business of Education I'm ready I'm ready to vote mrone I Mr Gatewood hi Miss venth hi Mr hi Miss Simon hi Dr Mario hi Miss Johnson hi motion passes 70 action item 10.4 approval of school year 26 new High School courses and title changes can I have a motion please make a motion to approve the new High School courses title changes and curriculum updates for the 2025 26 school year second Miss Simon hi Miss vmou hi Mr Gatewood hi Dr Mario hi M Johnson hi Mr Cerone hi Mr bler hi motion passes 70 ex I just want to say one thing I want to thank the team and the leadership team for their work on this and also to the committee um the teaching and learning committee for their work the other thing I wanted to and and as part of that commitment to continuous Improvement I know that they will be bringing to the teaching and learning Equity teaching and learning committee um a process to reflect on the learning for how we reflect on courses and we want to thank everybody for their feedback along the way and our Union Partners our Educators who've been a part of this process and we want to thank them and 10.5 approval of no trespass order can I have a motion please make a motion to approve the no trespass order as presented second Miss mmth I Dr Mario I miss Simon hi Mr Cerone hi Miss Johnson hi Mr bler hi Mr gate I motion passes 70 can I have a motion to adjourn make a motion to adjourn all in favor
and as always you can also watch us uh at youtube.com dhsv media thank you everyone uh at this time uh the school committee has allotted 10 minutes for anyone wishing to speak on any of tonight's uh agenda items yeah seeing no one approach uh the microphone uh we're going to uh move on uh to the next agenda item approval of minutes the regular session minutes of October 7th 2024 were included in your packets so moved second motion by Mr nun second by Mrs Amaral on the motion any further discussion chairing none all in favor I I opposed motion carries un unanimously uh next up would typically be our student representative report uh unfortunately our student rep could not be with us here uh this evening uh due to some other obligations uh so we're moving on into Old business uh continuing discussion of the FY 26 uh budget I'll turn this over to Dr sabba Maguire um thank you Mr Oliver and I'm going to turn it right over to Mr Kylie who I know has been putting in uh some uh really a tremendous effort in preparing the budget not only this one as you know but we'll continue to remind folks that we just closed out um last year's budget working on and working on this year's budget and the following Year's budget and so Mr Kylie is going to update you as to where he is thank you Dr sa McGuire so brief update um we've been working with our administrative staff in the schools um to help create the budget plan um for fiscal year 26 um we have a budget subcommittee meeting scheduled for Monday the 28th at 5: so um we will our plan is to have some preliminary numbers for you uh for discussion again really just as uh very preliminary and um not fully reflective of where the district is going to go but um enough that we can move the conversation forward and and begin to you know create a plan so um we'll be doing that Monday so and so just to add on to that as Mr Kylie mentioned we've been sitting with principles we've sat with every principal at this point we're also working at the central office level to talk about the needs of the district um obviously throughout is especially as it relates to curriculum and instruction what you're going to hear about uh us talk about where we are tonight you'll hear an update so lots of meetings going on so it's um not just Mr kyy behind closed doors although he does a lot of that uh kind of work that he needs to do but at the same time it's also about getting out and talking to folks in the schools to see really what the needs are so that when we present our budget it's definitely a needs-based budget and then we go from there so thank you thank you thank you actually thank you both any questions for uh Mr Kylie or Dr saber mgu and we'll be looking forward to meeting uh with the both of you at the budget subcommittee meeting on Monday yes thank you thank you uh next up under new business uh we have the superintendent evaluation and I will turn it over to uh Mr Nunes yeah thank you Mr chairman uh yes we've been talking about the superintendent's evaluation and uh unfortunately I think as your'll saying goes everybody's familiar with uh the the gentleman named Murphy and his laws and anything that can go wrong uh will go wrong um mine I had computer issues mine sitting in there type of deal um with the holiday and every you know people out of town in schedules that just literally got away from us and we were unable to to get the together nobody's fault nobody's issues it's just the way the schedules all work Mrs Amaral and I have been talking and uh we will get together this week and uh put it together and we'll have it for uh November 4th so my apologies to the committee to the superintendent but problem thank you I understand it wasn't ready and it's you know we need to make sure this is right because this is an important document so agreed we'll take care of it great thank you no thank you for that update Mr Dunes thank you both for your time uh I certainly understand that things can get away from you Mrs Amaral and I just want to thank the committee for submitting their um their evaluations to us very thoughtful based on the word count visually but when we get together we'll we'll mitigate put it together we'll modify excellent thank you thank you uh next up uh we going to turn it right back over to uh Dr s McGuire for superintendent goals so um hopefully you received the packet in your Friday update and at the same time we're going to put it up here for our present do I need to do something I do have this how how do you make a full screen it's the one I just put it on yeah where is that there is there you go this is what we call in the field quiet waiting wait time very important in the field of education so thank you you did a really nice job school committee um so uh again it says goal setting an evaluation I look forward to the November fourth meeting but at the same time I thought it was important that we move forward with having an opportunity to present to you what goal setting looks like for the 2024 2025 school year um so as we've discussed in the past goal setting is meant to be a collaboration with the school committee and it's to develop goals that are based upon our core values our vision Our Miss Mission and the long-term needs of the district and so hopefully as we go through this this evening you'll see that those um items are those very important I think the the focus of our work is reflected in the goal in my goal setting now the goals are meant to serve as a starting point for the evaluation process and what I'm excited about if you can say excited when you're connecting it to evaluation is being in this place um this year as opposed to last year where I was putting up goals and not really sure where I was going with them and at the end of the year when I looked at them I thought oh wow well we really did have a road map to to meet those goals and again in collaboration with our school committee and the successful attainment of goals really does depend upon collaboration between principles our central office our district leadership team and our Educators in the field so all of those are important folks that contribute to the realization of goal of actually meeting goals um so for goal one for this year I am proposing that by May of 2025 the Dartmouth Public Schools will be fully engaged with implementing the 2025 through 29 District strategic plan and that will be in alignment with the proposed timelines that are outlined in the published plan we actually had a meeting today with the folks from TLA who are putting together the final touches on our plan and we expect to have that ready to publish by mid November making a few small tweaks uh to things like the letter and actually some other uh some other just additions that we wanted to make for instance we wanted a photo of the school committee so we have a photographer here this evening thank you Miss Dr t-bo and we're going to get some photos so that we can make sure that the that you are reflected throughout the uh District strategic plan as well so the plan itself will be presented to the one Dartmouth community in variety of forums to build a CommunityWide understanding of the Mission Vision core values theory of action Focus area objectives initiatives and action steps and we'll talk about how we're going to report out to you on an ongoing basis as we get further along in the superintendent's report um so next we have the implementation of high quality instructional materials and so this is one of our priority go goals if you remember and it's about increasing access for all students to high quality instructional materials and alignment with the district strategic plan and this should result in growth and achievement for all students using multiple measures and at some point as we start to talk about those measures we'll be introducing you to the different the various measures that we use whether those be formative or summative assessments and talking about what we mean when we use that language um so for goal three I have the participation in year two of the new superintendent induction program um this year I have to say I'm happy to see that part of the work that we're doing together is around data analysis we have a very clear focus on instructional leadership strategy development and it's about engaging in the work with other superintendant new superintendents and experienced superintendent it's a nice balance in the space and it's really uh important I think an important part of the work for me has been the opportunity to collaborate with my superintendent coach as you remember Dr Marin lacroy who's been a wonderful support and just this past week she was with us at our principal's meeting and so she does spend time in the district and does have a good understanding of the work that we're doing here um so next again like I said to you earlier a little bit different from last year um when this wasn't part of my um introduction to the superintendent goals but this year as we put our packet together for you as school committee members we did look at the ratings for each one of the standards and what I've done is similar to what I submitted to you uh for this year's evaluation and that is just in red I've taken certain uh certain indicators and I've just made the font red so that you could could see that that this was would be a focus for us for this year and hopefully what you you'll see is that these uh highlighted indicators are well aligned to the district strategic plan and so the very first one is ensures all instructional staff design effective and rigorous standards based units of instruction consisting of well structured lessons with measurable outcomes that's directly connected to the idea of bringing in in high quality research-based resources that allow teachers to do that and to have that type of curriculum at their fingertips to help to assist them in their instruction um next I have for standard two again similarly environment if you look at one of I'll just pick one out it's about developing and executing effective plans procedures routines operational systems to address a full range of safety health emotional and social needs and so I ask that as we're presenting through the superintendent report and you'll hear us actually chiming in saying this is an example of this so we're trying to make those really direct connections to the work we're doing to the not only to the evaluation process but more importantly to the standards that we all recognize are the standards that do in fact represent the work that you want to be happening in your school district um next we have St standard three which is around family and Community engagement again one of our clear Focus areas um and not something we lifted from this page just something that came up organically as we did this work with our district strategic planning team that this was an area of focus aligns perfectly here and here we have um again sharing responsibility I'll just choose one of those that I've highlighted and read continuously collaborates with families and Community stakeholders ERS to support Student Learning and Development at home school and in the community and again as we're talking about this you'll hear us referencing referencing these standards um and finally standard standard four which is around professional culture um I just would I pick one out and I'm going to go to 4E shared Vision successfully and continuously engages all stakeholders in the creation of a shared educational Vision in which every student is prepared to succeed in postsecondary education and become a responsible Citizen and Global contributor um hopefully as you and I know that you've read through the district strategic plan again a few of you participated in its development this language aligns well with the language in our district strategic plan and making those very again clear connections I think is is really important as we move through this work and so that is it for the this year's um proposed goals and focus indicators and so I think the committee does take a vote on this Mr Oliver if I'm not M yes that is correct so thank you very much thank you Dr Sab Maguire uh questions comments from my colleagues Mr n yeah thank you Mr chairman uh thank you Dr saber Maguire these are very concise and uh accurate you know things that we have talked about you know and Mr TBO and uh Miss poo have talked about you know especially with the uh curriculum you know bringing new math new you know Elementary items into into it type of deal in the high school so this really starts bringing it all together great so thank you for that you anyone else no I will I will just uh share my thoughts in which um I think this is very well aligned um I appreciate how it's been broken down and the indicators that you shared with us um and I appreciate moving forward how it work to tie in uh when you're presenting and at different points in time uh that this is an example of such and such an indicator so I have no concerns I'm excited to uh continue moving forward great thank you Mr chair will entertain a motion to approve the superintendent's goals for 242 school year 2425 so move second a motion by Mr noon second by Miss Beckwith on the motion any other discussion J hearing none all in favor I I opposed extensions motion carries unanimously thank you for all your work on that thank you all right next up we have the MC a resolutions discussion so if you remember everyone at the uh last school committee meeting I I asked if the committee would be interesting first of all we could have get a volunteer to represent the dart school committee at the uh annual uh Convention as well as the delegation assembly and uh Miss Beckwith uh she uh respectfully accepted the requests or volunteered so uh we certainly appreciate that so what I'd like to do is first of all did everyone have a chance to look through them uh for the most part notes at home okay you know so there there is obviously a lot of wording on this um so if the committee is okay with this I I really don't want to read the whole res resolution for each one of them um I we can certainly discuss I obviously have a discussion if you'd like the uh for those of you watching at home for those of you in the audience this is where um the Massachusetts Association of school committees each year uh at the annual convention they put together uh they have a resolutions committee and they will uh put forward resolutions to all of the uh districts in the state that are part of masc which is I think just about all of them with the exception of maybe a half dozen districts that are not part of masc in which uh the districts are then they bring it back to their to their committees we the Committees have a discussion across each City and municip uh Town municipality in the um in the state and then we elect uh a delegate which we did and they will uh take that back to the delegate assembly where they will um vote on our behalf um and have conversations uh at that assembly and then the idea is masc is a uh Advocate they Advocate on behalf of um School committees across the state on Beacon Hill and they will uh they'll certainly uh do that on our behalf to try to get the the uh House and Senate and all of our elected officials to uh hopefully take a take a stance on some of these actions one way or the other so with that any questions all right right resolution one development of of an alternative to the high stakes mcast test this this resolution was sponsored by the m masc board of directors and my understanding is the way it's read and please jump in if you feel differently is that this is a resolution that's looking to completely uh dismantle the mcast and come up with a different assessment tool does anyone understand that differently than what I just stated yeah so this is a little bit different than the article that's out there right now because the article one of the questions I forget which question number uh but the question actually says thank you uh Dr tibo is uh for making uh the mcast requirement for graduation so for those of you watching that question has to do with the mcast requirement for graduation all this is is this is a resolution that uh School committees across the state are are just voting on to see if they can uh move it forward one way or the other uh for Advocate policy advocacy at the or law advocacy up at the State House questions thoughts comments I guess I'll that uh first and foremost from the get-go I have been one who uh for the most part has been opposed to the mcast okay from you know to make it a requirement for graduation uh I remember having a very serious discussion at a school committee meeting with uh Mr King and Dr Kelly when he was superintendent Mr King was the principal and just saying no you know I do away with it because you know I think of in all seriousness I think of myself personally and I'm a lousy I know the material I'm a lousy test taker always have been type of deal so to make a test the wherewithal for somebody to graduate and and something of that nature no you want to leave it in there as a base and such I'm fine with that but not as a graduation requirement if they're looking to revamp you know and change the tests around I'm all for it okay so my understanding is that this would just put another St they would develop another type of tests or another type of way of of assessing the students uh this has nothing to do with the graduation requirement because that's already on the ballot yeah um so I'm unclear I I agree with Mr Nunes that um it should not be a requirement for graduation but that's not the point here um could there be a better test I mean it's just a a data point um what do they think they need to improve on maybe I didn't read deep enough but um how did they think that they were going to make it better and I'm sorry I didn't do enough research on that did anybody else get um um understand what they hope to improve certainly it's not going to replace a graduation requirement but no is it going to capture uh gained knowledge better so so one of the things on I'm go ahead Mary I'm sorry no I'm I'm still reading through okay again one of the pieces that I will say that's in here is that it urges the state this resolution would urge the state legislature to launch a comprehensive evaluation to investigate the extent of biases pertaining to mcast testing and make those results public so that is part of it as well um there also suggest testing the mcast has restricted the curriculum and narrowed the focus of Education yeah you're teaching to the test versus teaching exactly that's that's my interpretation so they want to create a test that's going to be broader broader um less biased yeah I could live with that um and more considerate of all types of Learners that's my interpretation see I could live with that me too okay so unless there's any other discussion I would just add um I don't I don't think I've ever been unclear about my dislike for I don't think I've ever been unclear about my dislike for mcast however um an alternate test right um is an alternate task with its own with it with its you know since this this is SE separate from the discussion around having it be an additional competency determination and I guess it does include the assessment of uh the study we all like studies right um of any potential biases of biases but it it does also sort of talk about the purpose of this to um to really redefine what the what a successful system looks like like here in Dartmouth one Dartmouth it really talks about public education nurturing and supporting students from once they enter our doors at three years old in preschool up through uh graduation and and and that isn't necessarily what mcast does currently and again separate from the discussion of it being the ballot question um you know my my apprehension is that how long is this study I don't know if you have more to share on that and and um just the reality that another formal test is is going to be the same sort of nature of having its flaws and its and its benefits um what it doesn't suggest a timeline it says put a moratorium on immediately and the second thing is it doesn't say another test it says alternative so again it's it's fairly vague as a lot of resolutions are to make things a little more complicated she thanks my my other cons my concern I'm not a big mcow fan uh but my concern is it will we're just coming we're finally out of the pandemic a couple of years we're finally getting solid data are starting to get solid data and if we were to put a moratorium on the mcast and they do studies that's going to put you know will that stop progress in districts as far as reporting out reporting those reporting that those data analytics so I'm ahead Mr n yeah just to to to follow up on that and I understand where you're coming from with that uh Mr Oliver but I think you know it would then behold uh behoove uh desie to uh to come up with something or to work with you know Mas and the superintendent Association to see what they can come up with for some type of test and or testing that is still going to keep you know tabs on how all our students are doing type of deal I mean you have to you have to challenge the students I totally understand that and and such but you can't have them and again just me uh you know thinking about oh my God am I going to you know what happens if I don't pass this test you know and how many times am I going to have to take it and such so that that's that's my concern okay so what is the committee's pleasure do we want to officially vote on these or do you we just want to I don't know because I've this is the first time that I'm in my memory that we're doing this and I agree with you there because we've never done this we've never never done this before to my in my knowledge so and and I hate to say I'm not as prepared as I should for this discussion um and if indeed it means that we would not use mcass in the interim while they're developing other things I would be I would be against like stopping mcast tomorrow because I agree with you Mr Oliver that um we need to see where we've been and where we're going I'm all for them developing a better test with less biases but um we need something to use in the inter room does anyone know if U while we're I'm I'm there if we can offer an amendment to any of these resolutions I believe I would assume you could at the assembly that you can yes so I'm happy to offer a resol uh an amendment that says we don't want to enact a more atorium but we are for looking into Alternatives I would support that that' be fine yeah I would support that yeah I'm good with that okay I'm just think Mr chairman I'm just thinking uh if we put a call into you know if if Miss beckworth is able to or somebody puts a call to Glen coocher and that and just see what the what the process is for putting amendments on the floor with these resolutions sure that'd be great you know just okay so do any need for an official vote here or no didn't think so I don't think so okay I'm good so we're we're good with that okay so vote Yes if there's an amendment if there yes yep to amend the moratorium so there's no moratorium no Amendment vote no or abstain choice is yours no seriously give me too much power John yeah okay yes yes because things could change on the floor y yeah things could change on the floor so and you're representing us you're representing us and however however it comes out okay yeah I'm good all right if you read these and have other thoughts just email me and let me know all right thank you uh resolution two increase compulsory attendance age sponsored by the Brockton school committee so it is my understanding that currently and you please correct me if I'm wrong uh the current age to sign yourself out of school is 16 it is it is 16 years of age um this resolution would increase that minimum age to 18 so whereas a growing body of Research indicates that increasing the minimum School Leaving age to 18 not only increases High School graduation rates but also significantly improves the life outcomes of students who otherwise would have become dropouts comments questions uh everyone has it as well in front of them that's the I'm I I think you should be in school until 18 unless you've tested out yeah agreed I support that agreed agreed we're all good on that we're all good on resolu simple we're all good on resolution two uh resolution three safe storage of firearms sponsored by the Framingham school committee so this was an interesting one essentially the way I understand this and please anyone uh interject is that uh they're looking that uh uh where is it it's a long one too it is so it looks like the district they're looking for a resolution that will allow the district to the districts to have to put out some kind of um notice to parents about uh safe Firearms firearm storage practices is that correct yes M yes superintendent and principls would communic Comm unicate to parents Guardians of the importance of securing firearms in the home certainly couldn't hurt sounds like it would help okay so correct me if I'm wrong this is this would be like for at home this has got nothing to do with in okay nothing in school nothing in school okay no that's yes the answer in that case yes so just I'll read the first one uh whereas safety and well-being of our students teachers and staff is a top PRI priority in schools and keeping them safe from the threat of gun violence should be the responsibility of all adult stakeholders at each of our school sites and then it goes on whereas whereas whereas um so but that's that's the gist of it what Miss Beck what Mrs am there there is noting um and I think it's like the last paragraph before the reference um yes data that says that talks about um gosh okay getting old my eyesight is terrible uh collaboration with uh law enforcement I I just I put forth like what what if for our district this looks something like um something embed into our already occurring natural collaboration relative to school safety perhaps it's could it be something that we um document within our plan in add addition to maybe there are other things that we want to remind folks about that might be helpful relative to family and Community engagement um you know as opposed to just this letter from the superintendent talking about I don't know yeah just wondering if when we put when central office and the schools put their student handbook together there can be a reference in there to it uh you know more so as as a reminder to parents and Guardians about you know gun safety and making sure they're they're locked they've got the trigger locks etc etc that would be something that we can work together on for sure you know with the you know with with the help of the police department and you know that I'm sure they they would jump on that in a hotbeat y just so the way this resolution is written right now are we in favor of it or are we thinking it needs to be amended or against it I think I think it's okay where it is my personal opinion I'm in favor I'm in favor as well I mean I I am in favor of it it's it's just as someone who if you have a firearm safety if if you have a Firearms identification card you have to take a firearm safety course these are things that unfortunately like really people should already know it doesn't hurt to reinforce it doesn't hurt okay and some of our families may have illegal firearms and they haven't taken the course and they don't have their whatever you know let's it's we're just educating the families I I don't think it can do any harm no because it's just another message it's just another source sure and I think most parents would not be offended that they're being told to do something they know they're supposed to do yeah yeah and it's encouraging encouragement yeah I I don't disagree I just also think that for us to think about it it sort of opens the door for us to think about other ways to document different things within our health and wellness or within our safety planning such as this Firearms reminder if you do this is what you need to do if you have prescription drugs you this is what you need to do so health and safety Wellness sort of remind ERS it just inspires for me like thinking more globally about ways in which we can help communicate to our families and our community um some good information okay I'm I'm fine with that y okay uh resolution four school bus stop arm surveillance act and enforcement Penal penties sponsored by the PE school committee essentially uh I'll read a few of these whereas it is against the law in Massachusetts to pass a sto school bus with a stop AR extended in flashing lights while student passengers Embark and disembark on the bus unless witnessed by a police officer the penalties for passing a sto school bus are minimal the danger of the passengers is extraordinary and can prove fatal so at the end of the day uh we are looking therefore be it resolved that the massach masc calls on the Massachusetts legislature to enact legislation to pass into law the ability for cities and towns to install on all school buses Live digital video detection monitoring systems for the purpose of enforcing violations against the owner of a motor vehicle whose vehicle failed to stop for a school bus from required to do so by law I'm in favor of that yes I am my only my only thought and I'll put my finance hat on for a second here is what's the cost per a bus and here you know yeah when the bids come back you know oh yeah and by the way we have however many buses and it was $500 a bus so is you know an extra charge sure but the overall concept is perfect I don't have a problem with it and I I don't have a problem with it ex except that as long as it's clear that it's for this purpose and not used you know we're collecting information that should only be used for this purpose and and I would add I am in support and I and I do like that and I also would add um and I because I don't see it in here um Public Notices that this is an effect and what by that I mean um I do not have off street parking in my tiny little postage stamp property in Dartmouth uh and uh a nice young man sideswiped my brand new car and came to the door my husband on a Saturday morning and let us know and while I like to presume that he his intent was to that he felt compelled I also do realize he probably thought we had a door camera um and so knowing that those cameras are there would also deter the bad activity not just catching them after the fact sort of prompting them by um that accommodation to know we're watching you you need to abide it's good for the safety of our students but also there are cameras on you and we'll get you for this purpose for this purpose for specifically purp yeah so are we so so does that need to be an amendment is that clear that it is just for this purpose or does that I verbiage have to be added yeah it does say for the purpose but it doesn't say the sole purpose it doesn't say the sole purpose now I could yeah I would be all for it if it was clear that somebody couldn't request the footage for to use for some other reason well I think it goes under the same circumstance I don't know where it is with uh Freedom of Information Act request maybe Mr Kylie can help us out with this can anyone request video just anyone request video um off any of our uh Transportation Fleet um good question I I don't know if any of that would fall under the freedom Freedom of Information Act it may um we already have video cameras on the buses and obviously we utilize those and we have a system in place to address folks who pass school buses um pretty effective one I think I mean there is already a fine for passing a school bus um up to $22,000 and and you can lose your driver's license um so I mean I'm going to say I mean this may improve things I I don't know um we don't get a lot of cars passing school buses but the darmouth police are um excellent at uh typically when folks will go to the extent to pass a school bus it's not the first or only time that they're going to do that it's a usually a pattern it's usually in a specific location and somebody who is anxious about getting to work on a daily basis or something and uh pretty typically they can the the police department enforces that um and can can catch them um if you have a repeat offend there which so um you know just so you know we we are uh actively enforcing enforcing that rule I don't know I suppose that it may be public information okay I'm fine I'm good I'm but I'm good with the resolution as it stands as it stands yeah I can offer the amendment of sole purpose yeah and and I agree also again with Mr Nunes the cost is an issue of course there should be no cost that we should be worried about and we're talking about the safety of our students right um um no I'm it I'm not did I that part you're absolutely right it's but it's just in this day and age of budgets it's one more thing it's one more thing you know that and such so that's again my my sense I'm for it just so it's clear for it's only for that purpose okay agreed resolution five aligning taxing Authority with the required local contribution would you like me to read this out this one's confusing it is a little confusing and um and we can certainly if there if they're too confusing we can just certainly skip over them and we don't you don't vote on them um take a look did you have any no I and again I you know I've got to go back and reread it okay so where we can talk about it whereas Massachusetts General law uh Chapter 70 establishes a required local contribution which defines a minimum appropriation for education and whereas one element of determined the required local contribution is local effort from property wealth determined using municipalities equalized valuation and whereas the ability of municipalities to raave revenue is constrained by prop two and a half which limits the increase in Levy limits by 2 and A2 plus new growth and whereas the state the total Statewide required local contribution in fy22 was six uh yeah that's 6 B 827 m673 657 and it goes on um and then in uh FY 23 it was 7,166 7 bill1 166 M 74429 ultimately a 4.97% increase whereas the total Statewide local contribution in FY 23 uh was in all right I've already I'm going to skip over that whereas the total Statewide required local cont contribution in FY 26 was 7 bill 566,000 y25 preliminary chapter 78 and net School spending requirements released by desie is projected to be 7 million 7 b969 m443 1892 an increase of 5.3% so whereas increases in required local contribution in in excess of 2 and a half% strains the budgets of municipalities without excess Levy capacities I think we can all agree on that therefore be it resolved that the Massachusetts Association of school committees calls for the enactment of legislation that would increase a municipality's levy limit by the amount of increase of the required local contribution in in excess of 2.5% granting the municipality the ability to raise revenues mandated by Chapter 70 so confusing but okay so they're looking they're looking for a they're looking for a way to get around two and a half for uh for the uh for the for the uh tax limit yeah the the uh local contribution increase that's what they're looking for can I defer to to Mr Kylie it's a pretty complicated proposal and this is not even though it sounds um quite specific it really isn't um so in terms of its impact on us I don't believe it would have any impact on us um anytime soon at least probably the next 10 years or so at least um what they're talking about is districts that are at the levy limit which we are not um so I I think there's no impact for us um I mean looking at prop two and a half um sure that's I mean that that could have an impact but this actual change would not have a direct impact on us in the short term and I if you mentioned that I I miss it who Arlington School Arlington Arlington Arlington's good mind what's hell doing now okay so I so the way this is written right now to the best of your understanding Mr Kylie without putting you on the spot this would not affect darmouth in the short at least the you know next I don't know probably 10 years or so at least we it it should not yeah but in 10 years it may benefit us may maybe maybe there a lot that yeah who knows um good Lord what's the committee's pleasure it would be an exception to prop two and a half um how about let's just abolish prop two and a half put a resolution forward can we do that 5921 would go bu eyes thank you I I understand where they're coming from type of deal but I also wonder how many communities this would impact or would be able to take advantage of it type of deal okay uh me personally I personally I'm going to you know abstain on that one I would try to spend a little more time on it and talk at our next school meeting on it I because I I am not clear on this one at all yep okay we can time so yeah we we can take it back and if we want to you know do one or two more and then take the rest of the next meeting you know because there's a lot here yeah well I mean it this is the toughest one yet for sure Mrs ameral yeah I what what I think of when in reading this is you know yes it it's not going to affect us um right now but is it going to hurt us eventually and but what I mean by that is all of the work that we're putting into collaborating with our town and seeing us as one Dartmouth and part of the bigger picture and recognizing that there are real other issues going on in our town is this would this hurt us um and put us in a position that uh requires the town to yes fund us at a higher level that's great but at the cost of something else that's really important in town as well I think we're doing a great service by bringing everyone to the table engaging folks within our strategic plan and letting them see themselves in it Council on Aging other entities um and town Administration we've got representatives from our finance committee here who are really invested in in what we're we're um in our in the content of our meetings and what we're doing as a body um and so that just is my concern is while there isn't an immediate impact it could it it it may impact so I would just concur that um perhaps his dialogue that Mary hears that can inform how she approaches it or we bring it back okay I further disc I would say let's decide on November 4th meeting okay yep that's fine so we'll take resolution six back we'll take that back up that's five I'm sorry five six is the next one we will take a resolution five thank you Miss Coughlin all right resolution six support of legislation to improve the physical health of rural School Comm uh districts whereas rural school districts in Massachusetts face daunting threats of their financial sustainability and thus their ability to provide rural students with the same quality of educational uh opportunity enjoyed by students in other parts of the states I should mention this is sponsored by and makes sense the community the districts uh the school Committees of deer Deerfield suterland Watley and Frontier Regional School uh whereas the Commonwealth has rightly touted the state's significant increase in funding educ uh following the passage of the 2019 student Opportunity Act however the most needy Rural and declining enrollment districts have received less than 1% of that increase in funding so uh uh therefore be it resolved that masc urges the legislature to pass comprehensive legislation encompassing all recommendations from the legislative legislative Commission on the physical health of rural schools report sustainable future for Rural schools thoughts comments questions there was a number of things that in the middle of that but I don't want to bore the committee that's going to come back to number in my opinion comes back to number five with the uh the levy limit in the cont the local contribution to the budget that's what that's how that I think is coming into blade those are all and Al you know those are all small towns out in West and pot out you know Amherst Springfield way so it seems like everybody is hurting financially Y and some schools are pushing for how they can help themselves right whereas we need uh a comprehensive solution that can help all schools in the Commonwealth um I'm not saying that the rural schools in our Commonwealth don't need help I'm just saying that there really needs to be uh a change in the way we fund schools Sy across the board systemically um because we're just going to have more and more resolutions that are certain school districts are going to be asking the state for more money for this because of their particular AB issues you're certainly right because I how much money has the Dartmouth School District received from the student Opportunity Act since 20 essentially none right that's what I mean right exactly L we're not that we we're you know we're a suburb um I was going to make a joke about I think parts of Dartmouth could be classified as rural Ral oh absolutely yeah I mean we are a big town for sure we are yeah and um and you know this sort I I wish this was broader to to include um was a student Opportunity Act a move forward and a good step sure yeah did it hurt us sure um and so I I I just don't feel inclined to support this resolution unless it included other elements of those that were left behind because of the student Opportunity Act who have real pressing um issues yes we have a low tax base yes to a lot of different things but we also are in need and um we have high needs and uh um I just don't I just I feel like this is too narrow of a FOC Focus to the point that you just made everyone's going to be coming to the table me no me that's they' they basically I think they have to get their legislative their legislatures you know to work you know to get the state to to help them out type of deal I agree I yeah that's above our pay grade that would be a no vote for no no yeah no okay almost there all right we're going to do one more and then our student rep has arrived okay very so we're going to do just one more and then we'll we'll call a quit for tonight on the resolutions we'll take the rest back up next week this is a big one this next one uh resolution 7 fully adjusting chapter 78 for inflation sponsored by the Everett school committee uh so at the end of the day uh if I look at this correctly whereas a legislative change is needed to one fully reflect recent inflation in the Chapter 70 definition of the foundation in inflation index and two eliminate the cap in future years so as to restore the purchasing power of District Foundation budgets to reflect the intended resources allocation of the student Opportunity Act therefore be it resolved that masc calls on the Massachusetts legislature to advance legislation mandating inflation index catch-ups to Chapter 70 Foundation Aid that fully accounts for realized inflation that has occurred since the passage of the S SOA be it further resolved that masc work with the Massachusetts legislature to ensure in future years where realized inflation is above 4.5% annual inflation cap in subsequent years inflation index catch-ups are made to chapter 78 and that realized inflation is used in the formulas to calculate chapter 78 in perpetu uh perpetuity perpetuity peret perpetuity that's a tough one perpetuity forever forever that's right forever um so it's my understanding that we don't get a lot of help from Chapter 70 minimal I mean it's so it's $10 million it's not insignificant um that the town receives but um I mean in in terms of this uh adjusting Chapter 70 for inflation makes a lot of sense um my guess is that the the legislature would then just distribute the funds differently but that would benefit us in that um we would at least get it adjusted for inflation as a oppos to the 1% or so increase that we've averaged uh you know over the last 10 years so um it's something be better than what we've gotten yeah okay sounds like a Yes sounds like a yes I mean I I my only concern is we become dependent on the legislature with the distribution of funds and how they're making you know so well we're we're relying on the law they passed for prop two and a half for how we can raise funds so we're kind of stuck with that and yes if we can get more funds from the state yep I'm for it I would I would maybe like to see next year a resolution to strike down prop two and a half okay maybe we the Dartmouth school committee could sponsor sponsor an our resolution amend I like that it's not drafting but okay all right I'll put my lawyer had one there you go thank you everyone for your time and consideration for those resolutions uh we'll take resolution five back and we'll continue on at the next meeting to finish those off uh next up we are going to go back to our student representative report and my apologies I do not have your name in front of me so if you could introduce yourself tell us a little little little bit about yourself and what is happening at dmouth high school all right my name is Elizabeth O'Neal and I am a senior at Dartmouth High I am vice president of student council and I play sports and I'm involved in clubs and a little bit that's been going on with Dartmouth is the upcoming trun or treat that student council is hosting it's on Saturday from 3:30 to 5:30 all is welcome we have advertised it to the elementary schools middle school and we're hoping it's a good turnout it's our first one and second we have a 5k for the class of 2025 on Sunday at 10: a.m.