I think they need that background. Most kids that are in those programs have done that in their high school. So, there will be a a little bit of meat there, a little bit of teeth there that they can't just have never taken a welding class and go enroll in welding the welding program. There will also be some other requirements having to do with attendance here cuz I don't want them to not attend. They will have to keep their grades up here as well because we don't want them to not graduate high school because they're going to college. So, I just wanted to give you an update. I'm really trying to get this off and going. I know I've been talking about it for a while but we're kind of ready to pull that trigger. We visited with Jamie the other day and we feel like the transportation won't be an issue so students will come to the high school and then we will transport them over and back from those classes.
Keep going. >> So, Can I hook up my laptop or is that going to disconnect it? Yeah. Can't hook it up? No. Okay. Okay. I mean, okay. And you're learning can I send you a link to this slide? I'm sorry. Can I send you a link to this slide? Yeah, you can email to me. Okay. There's going to be a read this. This This just kind of super quick information about track and field and maybe you want me to go closer to you. Okay. Harris says I'll take it. Okay. Good evening, President, members of the board. Yes. Are we allowed to interact or is that public comment? Um well, it's an issue to the agenda. It's an agenda. Yeah, that's what we were told. It's an issue to the agenda. Yeah, that's what we were told. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today.
Any questions? >> No, but I love the party muffins. What a better way to describe [laughter] >> chicken. >> Thank you very much. >> Oh, that's it. >> That's it. >> How do you do, Julie? 1308, man. >> I blew it. That was way too long. Sorry.
You'll start seeing that come up specifically. I know Wakanda's got a group of parents. They're kind of leading the charge on this. Um so we'll see some of that. I have shared this with our CAC a little bit uh just to give them get them informed. My my role in this and Matt will be involved in some of this too. Our role is maybe just is just to educate people on what it is. So the information I gave you right here. So and our role tonight is you determine as a board uh if we're going to give the board if the board wants to support putting it on the ballot. That's really all you're deciding.
All right? So, what we're talking about co-ops, all all of these other programs have individual capacities. All right? So, boys and girls swimming and diving have individual capacities. Gymnastics, of course, have individual capacities. Uh girls golf individually saw Ally this past fall win the individual state title for that, too. So, uh boys and girls lacrosse is the only one up here that wouldn't have an individual capacity. Uh with this, uh what we're trying to do and ever since this really came to be in December about this is the final, you know, vote from the members. We've reached out to our SBC schools, which is our athletic conference, and we've reached out to Luda districts and and and other districts around the whole state of Illinois saying like, "Well, what are you doing?" All right? Cuz we want what feedback. Overwhelmingly, most schools are doing what we're going to recommend tonight is and that's continuing as a co-op.
Um, so thank you everyone for indulging me. Thank you uh uh to our um students and best of luck as we now go to nationals. Huh. Thank you. I'm gonna I I I I'm going to make three points and everyone who's on my speech and debate um coaching knows that I am a big believer in the rule of three. So, here goes. First, uh when Mrs. Langford reignited the speech team at Avon High School and we started the debate program six years ago, frankly, it wasn't to win state titles. It's nice when that happens. it was that we had a very large high school that was being underserved in this particular area. We had lanes to fill and we knew that we had talented students, but most importantly, we had students who needed a voice, right? And we started this very much in the heart of COVID in 2020.
So, these students will be here in the morning, the the first half of the day. we have capacity to then the following year go to a full day where you have a set of students in the AM set of students in the PM. So you know ideally I would think right up to 28 would be considered a full program morning and afternoon combined >> and the other part that which I know you guys know but um there's not daycare in our area. It's a definite need. It was one of the first things that was brought to my attention when I moved here. But starting next year, we will have an in-house daycare. It'll only be for employee kids right now, but with the early learning program, we hope to be able to secure a a site license so that then following year we can open it up to the community.
I know. We were there for you. Don't worry. We planned it out. We planned it out. I was there, too. Yeah, it was 50 or 60 bucks, so. No, it's always a good time. Always. Always. >> was great. So, um we finished up I learned checkpoint three and we just keep testing. Today we started the summative, so. This will be it. Mr. Bingham, you got anything to say since you're here for your You got to be here for a principal tonight. Yeah. She was interested. That's kind of my thing, too. Seems like it never stops, but yeah, we finished up checkpoint three in the middle school as well for I learn. We started the summative with the sixth grade today. Sixth grade will be all week this week and then seventh and eighth grade will pick that up next week. Um following that On the 27th I got it set up on this campus to do a two-hour delay schedule so that we can do what's called the ELA PT portion of the test.
You know, basically, what it comes down to is the research doesn't support anyone particular configuration for elementaries. The results are what you do should depend on your school district, very specific to you. And so, as we look at this, those are the factors that we're trying to consider to your performances and academics, your curriculum as it's set up, your facilities and building capacities, your staffing, your transportation, all of those things are the things that have the biggest impact on the decision for whether or not you should be your current configuration or reconfiguring to K-5. And so, we took a look by meeting with your instructional leaders and decision makers and collecting data and what we're trying to present to you are the advantages, disadvantages, potential roadblocks based upon what the needs of Kankakee Valley are. The first area we look at was demographics. Probably none of this is new information to anybody sitting in this room, all right?
Any opposed? They are approved. Next up, consider consideration I like caffeine today. Consider Forget it. Recommendation to approve >> [laughter] >> the following update to the LCSC health manual. This is the second reading. Is there a motion to approve? I'll make a motion. Motion by Becky. Is there a second? Second. Second by Mill. Any further comments, discussion, questions? All those in favor? I. I.
Uh So, we will talk uh a little bit just about the curriculum review cycle, specifically the pre-K through 12 district mathematics review that's going to be uh starting um next school year. Um and so, we just want to start as we do uh with all of the important work that goes on in the district bringing us back to our strategic plan. Um you you hard to believe that we're already into year two of the strategic plan, um which we started in 2024. But uh at the start of our strategic plan, the very first initiative centers around teaching and learning. And that was um that was purposeful on the part of the uh strategic planning team. We wanted to make sure that we focused our work and grounded in the most important work that goes on in the district, which is the teaching and learning uh for our students.
Uh again, birth to age five. So, anyway, there's also some information there. Um one of my colleagues did some uh research and data gathering on certified and classified salaries and just information in general. This is not an all-inclusive list of all 206 school districts in the state of Kansas, but it it there was there was quite a few that did respond. I just give you some information there that you can look at and see if you're interested in. And then Christie and I are going to do a quick review of the S S N P, that's school nutrition program. And the C A C F P, which is child and adult care food program. Yeah, acronym world that we live in here. You'll have a couple of reports that you see. Um and again, big kudos go out to Christie and um you know, her and and then just our our staff in central office dealing with a variety of different things uh you know, with different reports that we're required to give uh throughout the year.
So, just kind of wanted to give you an update on that. Um you can see our next section is the numbers we have out for spring sports, we have lots of lots of kiddos out for lots of things. If you walk through on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, you probably won't see very many students here. We we are often very spread out all over. Um we did host the Euler relays in Ellenwood last week. We're hosting tennis on the 20th, and then we'll have the NHS induction on the 24th. And this was not on the calendar, so I wanted to make sure you guys were aware of this. We're going to do the CPS CPHS awards banquet on May 12th at 6:00 p.m. It's a Tuesday night. We're going to try to do a Tuesday. There wasn't anything else on the calendar. I don't So, [clears throat] if that doesn't work out, we'll go with the next day.
My name is Sarah and I'm here to respectfully request that the district consider opening the school's track and field facilities for supervised public use during designated hours. The track and field are valuable community assets, currently being remained locked and inaccessible outside of school-related activities. I believe that with thoughtful planning, these facilities can safely serve both students and the broader community without compromising school operations, security, or maintenance standards. Why does this matter? First, community health and wellness. Access to a safe, well-maintained walking and running space supports physical activity for residents of all ages. In many communities, school tracks are the only reliable, level, and well-lit places for exercise. Number two, strengthening school-community relationships. When residents feel welcomed on school grounds, it builds trust, pride, and shared responsibility. Opening the track signals that the district values community engagement. The third reason it matters is equity and accessibility.
>> Three minutes over. Three over. >> Three over, >> Miss Leah. He's a hard act to follow. Leah, sorry. [laughter] >> Do you need the podium or are you okay? >> No, it's fine. >> Okay. Hi guys again. So, some stuff that we have coming up on our campus is on April 20th, we begin our prom spirit week. Um, which will also include our SOA senior fundraiser that will be taking place on April 23rd at lunch. Um, the CBHS prom will be at the Windmill House this year from 8 to 12. We have food trucks and photo opportunities at the location starting at 6:00 pm as well for families and students who want to stay local. Um, we currently have five food trucks that are committed to attending and as of right now, we have 102 tickets sold. U, the last day for our pre-sale tickets will be this Thursday, the 16th.
So any questions from me? Try to rant through that kind of fast, but I know you're somewhat familiar with it. Yeah. >> Does the board decide what fund that money goes into? >> You decide how it's used. Yes. Yep. Yep. You It's a It goes into a separate fund and then from there the board decid >> it'll be its whole separate fund. >> Yep. And then you'll decide how it's used. Like I said, the only salaries it can cover are mental health and then school resource officer. So, but yeah, you'll have full discretion over how the funds are used if they get. Any other questions on that? >> All right. Uh item B is just uh my official I guess uh official letter. Uh the uh I guess I want to say two things. I what I have to say is in the letter. So, but 11 years ago when you guys hired me, like I didn't I will tell you like it's been this has been a highlight of my career.
There are some uh considerations that we need to to try to figure out as we go, but one of things that we'll talk about here in this slide is um is a concern of how it's impacting female athletics. That's one of the bigger concerns that we have. Four out of our six sports that are impacted are female athletics. And if you look across the whole state of Illinois, you see kind of the same percentage breakdown. Um we are in in working with our legal team here to to draft a letter uh and trying to see what that would look like to um just make the IHSA aware of what what they're doing potentially has a negative effect on female athletics. All right? We're not going to say um you know, that they would do something deliberately to do so, but any sort of bylaw change or anything else comes with consequences.
And if there was ever a time where students needed a voice that didn't involve screens, that involved interpersonal relationships and being out front, it was then. But it wasn't just then. It's each and every year that we put our hearts into this team. It's because we knew when we were high school students the importance of someone listening to us, treating us as if we had an adult, a voice to be heard. And maybe just maybe there's some things to be said by 16 and 17 year old and 18 year olds that are really powerful and they are. So that's the first thing I want to say. Isn't it wonderful when students find their voice? The second thing I want to say um is that and I I'm looking across and I know many people in this room have been coaches and one of former coaches, current coaches.
Um, and then we're for prek, we um have had a great number of people apply. We'll actually be offering an all day prek. So, prek plus extended day and then we have enough to have two sections of half day daycare as well. So, all of the kids that are in this early learning program will be able to go over and work in those classrooms and and get hands-on experience. So, we're really excited about that. So, >> do any of your southern schools have this program? >> Early childhood does not exist in the south. Okay. So right now we have education professions but none of them have uh really had a similar opportunity to create that early childhood programming down there. >> And the certificate they will have when they leave if they so chose would they could be a director of a daycare. They could open a daycare.