moved. Second. I'm sorry, who moved? Me. Okay. Moved by Miss Galbreth and seconded by Mrs. Walsh. Are there any questions on the personnel report? Okay. Hearing none. Roll call, please. Dr. Hall. Hi. Mrs. Walters. Hi, Mr. Salish. Hi, Mrs. Galbert. I Brown is an I. Vice President Ru I. President Albert I. Motion carries. Okay. Next up, old business. I've got a couple, but does anybody else have? Yeah. Do you want to go ahead? Go. So, I just wanted to say something real quick that um it was the last I think it was the last Thursday in July and this year at the high school they they had a steam program and they invited I think it was 25 was it 25 uh eighth graders and they did some uh engineering. Uh so they invited us between 10 and 12. They invited us to come and take a look at it.
It was outside the auditorium. I got to tell you, it was fantastic. Um, they brought up stuff. They built like u drawings of biodomes and what the effectness is. Bill, can you can you let them know these were eighth graders that were coming Yes. into the high school. So, they had never been in the high school. They were offered the program for the summer to acclimate themselves to the high school and to get to know each other and involved. So, they had never set foot in the high school until this project began in the summer. And they worked together and the projects were excellent. Um, I just wanted to I don't know if anybody even knew that, you know, if they got the email or not, but we I went and I and I know Miss Galver went and it was fantastic. The students were there.
They built catapults. They built cars and uh it was just a lot of fun. That's great. Alternate uh energy. Alternate energy. They did uh wind farms and solar farms. They just did projects in that. Excited to explain. Was that the program that Miss Beverly Brown did the Yes. Yes. We all had the email. We got the Yeah. She talked to me at graduation about it and I was I was out of town, but it was really amazing to walk in and they were just the minute we walked in. They were so friendly and I and Miss Gbel, did I say that right? She said that the best thing of that whole program was that they they bonded already. So they knew 25 or 30 other kids walking in the door that they may not have known because not everybody comes from the middle school. We have a lot of kids that come to the high school fresh and um they learned how to work together and stuff and it was just one project was more impressive than the next.
I mean, I I was just in awe of the capability and and the the camaraderie they had with their teachers. They thrived off of showing you and and having the teacher be a part of it. It was it was really good. I'm sorry you guys didn't get to see it. They were eighth graders. Eighth graders. Had started high school yet, which we didn't find out till halfway through, which made it even more interesting. The the other thing I had is uh unfortunately it's Mr. Gary Thorsky's last year. He's retiring. So with COVID last year, there was no summer play. So Mr. Thorski invited, which I thought was really nice. He invited the seniors that graduated last year to have the opportunity to be in the play. So with last year's seniors and this year's, I got to tell you, they did another outstanding job. And the amazing part of that is that the sound, the lights, the backdrop, the stage, all of it's done by students.
And the play itself is done with students from 6 years old and of course this year because of last year's senior some of them were 19 years old or whatnot but it's unfortunate that uh you know he's retiring we understand why but amazing program that Cremon has and we want to try to maintain but it was just a very good opportunity for the seniors that didn't really have anything last year to absolutely go out and do one more show. So, it was really good. Really great. Okay. Thanks, Bill. And I do have one thing. Um I don't know if if everybody I think Dr. Cara sent it to everybody, but um I had messaged her asking if we had heard anything back from University Park regarding the letter we sent on July 13th, I think it was. And she responded that we had not received an answer yet.
So, I don't know if you guys all noticed that in the log that she sent, but it's this week. It was on the log, wasn't it? Uh, no. Oh, was that just me? You asked me. You asked me earlier this week. I responded to you, but not Oh, I'm sorry. Can I not talk about it or can I talk about it? Okay. So, so my question to the board is it's five weeks now and we haven't heard anything and this was supposed to be paid back in January, correct? This is the one that was April. Okay. So, we're now at the end. We're supposed to be paid back in January or they're going to issue bonds by April. April. So, you know, we sent the letter. We still haven't heard. So, I think as a board, we need to decide, do we want to go further?
Where do we want to go now? Because that money is is hurting the school district that we don't have. The money that we don't have that's to do the school district, we have to remember, is for our kids. So, I just wanted to bring that up because I had it on my little agenda that uh to ask Dr. Karen. I'm sorry. I thought it was in the log, you guys. So, um am I correct in saying though we wouldn't have that money yet, right? That that's just money that we won't have in the future if it's not in there going. No, I agree. I agree. And I do think we need to be it would be funds that should be it potentially could be excess funds in TIFF 5 when TIFF 5 is dissolved. It it may not materialize, but if they don't pay it back, it's not going to be Right.
So, um yeah, I might suggest that we have um at a future meeting have John Ezo come and talk about our options. So, I just have a really minor thing. I I don't ever want to make a meeting go longer than it has to, but I honestly like just reading what the consent agenda items are before the vote. Oh, I mean, just just real quickly, you know, the minutes. I think that's a practice we've having Cara having you you read what they are. So, we'll get back to that. So, just like like for instance tonight there was one on where somebody's here for it and I know she's smart enough to read it and know that we voted on it but I don't know just that's fair. Yeah. I I have a question. Um there was a question presented to Dr. the cockline um from a resident in regards to um university well not university CSK's after school program and I just wanted you to speak on it just so the public can hear the answer because I I believe you sent something to that particular parent but I'm talking there's been some confusion out there um I uh I have spoken with University uh Park regarding um them offering the program I as I indicated to our families, we rent the fac that's the after school program before and after school.
We just rent the facility. We don't have a say in whether they run it or they don't run it. Um and we've reserved the room uh over at CSK for it to be run. Um from my conversations from University Park, uh they're working on some logistics internally and um that's where that's where it's at. Okay, I do have a Okay, go ahead. You finished, Doc? Yes, I am. Okay, doc. You okay? All right. Um, Bill, I guess this would be and I Excuse me. I apologize for not bringing it up in the consent agenda, but Bill, I don't know if you can pull that up. The the license for the pyro technic, I think I'm pronouncing that right. I just saw what I believe was a error in the license itself, the state license. So just a issue, it had a issue date and the issue date was like 2024 and then it had expiration date.
It had a OP. I can't pull it up. So I'm trying to use this as my mouse. It says, "Yeah, if you could help expiration date." That's renewal because I actually have the um I actually have the old one that said that it expired in 2020. It's a fouryear four-year license. Yeah. So, they might have put it on there. They said it's issued in 2024 and then under expiration. They had a OP. My memory serves me right. You know, I can I can uh I can remember some things like no tomorrow and some things I can remember where my where my socks are. The one that he has here listed. Yeah. So the state of Illinois when they this was the last one. It expired May 15th of 2021. So the expiration date was at the top and then it said classification on the bottom.
So, whoever issued this from the state of Illinois mistyped um they flipped them. Okay. So, the classification is supposed to be OP. And the expiration is the date. So, what they did is they flipped it there. They Yeah, they they worded this wrong on the bottom of their license. Okay. Cuz I have the one that has expired this year as of May 15th. Got it. Okay. All righty. Okay. And and uh one more doc. I had asked I believe uh with the handbook a couple meetings ago. I think it was at our last committee as a whole. I asked about the hoodies when we approved the handbook and I asked was it okay for athletes to wear hoodies with their warm-ups. I I don't think I got an answer back. It says no hoodies to be worn inside. And I said what about athletes that have warm-up suits that have hoodies?
Can they wear can they wear those hoodies during warm-ups? I've seen a lot of track athletes and warming up with their hoodies on and that's part of their outfit, right? I I thought we had some I think the Can you follow up on that? Well, I think the answer is that you know for those athletes that are outside and they're using their their I'm talking about inside. There's times where athletes warm up and are inside for whatever reason, but they're usually not walking down the halls and warming up. Not in a hall. But that's what I'm saying. Correct. I think it was differentiated. It was correct. I mean, there is no hoodies in the hallway. If it if an athlete is using their uniform as a warm-up outside, that would be appropriate inside. It says it says no hoodies are to be worn inside the buildings.
It was kind of a blanket statement. And that's when I brought up the scenario. I said, "What about athletes? I just don't want it to become an issue with a parent." Correct. for a kid or to get, you know, disciplined for wearing a hoodie as far and as it's part of his or her outfit for But they wouldn't put their hoods up. They would. Yes, they would. Walk down the hall. Not the hall, but in in in doing their after school after school. Yeah. Doing warmup in the gym or whatever. That's what I'm saying. And that and that that would be part of their programming. So that would be fine. That's fine. Yes. I think that was in an update. Yeah, that's Did you update, Miss It was in um the FYI. I didn't ask you. Titiated. I thought you had my back. The 15th of July.
Okay. What time? Oh, thank you, Miss Tobin. You do have a good memory. All right. Unfortunately, cuz I I thought we had addressed that. So, thank you. Yeah, I was at I was at a doctor's appointment doing it. So, they can wear hoodies, but they can't wear them on their head. They that well you know just just as you know with the high schools you know they don't have any hoodies on during the day in the classroom not on their head but if you have a hoodie on but the hood is off. Correct. Okay. But but I and I was saying I was saying during sports you know like wrestling or track or whatever. I've seen my my kids I've seen a track team here in indoor track meets or whatever at the in in the school property inside. They would have their hoodies on during warm-ups and that would be part of their programming.
So that would be a program inside the building. That's what it says because the handbook says no hoodies are to be worn inside the building and that's what I said. You know there there are some scenarios. Yeah, I think that would be confusing because you'll have that teacher that or staff member that will say it's always going to be that no hoodie like that. No, it when it probably should say no hoods can be worn uh like the hood itself but but not the actual hoodie. Mhm. So maybe the wording can get changed so that people can be worn in athletics, right? But the hood can be worn in athletic, but the hood cannot be worn in a building, but the hoodie itself can be worn. But I think it said I think it said the hood I think it says the hood cannot should not be worn inside the building.
That makes sense. I think that that verbiage was okay. Okay, that's awesome. Thank you. Um I have a couple. One is the um University Park back to school parade is this Saturday. I think you all saw an email on that. Um Janine reached out to me and and we committed to it. So looking for other volunteers to walk with us if you're available. So be this Saturday, this coming Saturday morning. If it doesn't pour rain, they're calling for thunderstorms. So, I think I think we was that last year a year before we did it. Yeah, two years ago. We did it two years ago and it was a lot of fun. I think it was good. Yeah. And Terry's getting some candy for us to hand out and um so I could do it, Nelson. Okay. So, just let me know and we'll coordinate probably meet there 8:30 or something like that.
I'll get specifics. So, I'll try I'll try to I can best I could. You don't get to eat the candy. I get through it. I'm good at that. Yeah. Um toss tossth tossth. So oh hands now. Well, yes. So and then the next item um is about board training. Hopefully you saw my email. I mean what we this is not mandatory. This isn't the you know that's the individual training that's required um for new board members etc. Um, so kind of want to know if board members still feel we should have it. Here here's what I'd like to get out of it if we do it. Just talk about some of the board agreements and and you know, for example, how we use say old business and new business. I'd like to carve out talk to with you about maybe carving out another something board updates or as part of new as a good news report when we want to talk about the science fair that type of thing and say limiting old business to things that have already been talked about already over in an FYI something that was already at a at a business that was voted out.
So we used to have board updates too. So well so those and then how do we you know new business should be something you want to see in the future agenda or talked about it a future committee the whole and then we not you know sometimes we've used I think old business new business has kind of been used an opportunity is for open mic and you know to talk about any topic or maybe address another board member and I want to have some I think we as a board need to have some understanding about how we use that what's appropriate and isn't appropriate. So, those are the types of things that um I'd like to spend some of that time on and some of the feedback um before we thought we were going to have it some um that I had provided to Lori. So, anyway, now Lori has a couple of dates if we want to move forward and uh yeah, she provided me uh September 21st, which would be the regular board meeting.
So, we would do our business first and go into close session after. So, uh, September 21st would be their regular board meeting day. So, we would do our regular business first. I think we have the budget hearing and so forth and then a regular business and then we would go into close session after that and it's an hour and a half training. Um, so September 21st was one date and then the other one was October 19th. That's another regular board uh meeting date. Those are the only dates that she had available. Do you want us to let you know right now or do you want us to email you? Um, I'm good with I'd like to know now. Is it something Do I have a consensus of the board? It's a training that we still want to do. I I would like to see us do the training still.
I would like to see it if it was really training, but I've been to numerous ones of these and they turn into a he said, she said, a pointing finger. Um, they get off track and there are many things said that leave hurt feelings among board members. I don't I if I get what you want to what you would like to accomplish, I don't know if that's always possible. It certainly the I've been to three or four of them since I've been on the board and sometimes we walk out of there feeling great and 30 seconds later we find out that it was all just a sham. So, um that's my personal thing. I would I would like to be I would like to believe that we could do this and do it for the good of the board in the in the district, but my previous experience with them has not been good.