Just just so you know, to be super sure. Yeah, that should become an education I'm just And if we're if there's still room or if we're still going to maybe edit it down again to kind of make it more readable, then let me get cut out some other words or anyways. Do you have a a recommend like a an example of something for Um for special needs students or special classroom or I mean, it already says support for. So if you put it as a separate bullet, then it's >> special needs then it becomes specific and so we have to we have to ensure that some of the funding is siphoned away from the other bullets to that item. So if we wanted to add that, I would add it into So could we add it to the opportunities and Correct. Yeah. Or I mean, gifted and high-achieving students seems to me redundant.
The board will go into close session. We will have action items after the close session. Those in attendance are welcome to stay if you'd like. If you did decide to leave, we want to thank you for coming out this evening. The time is 8:30 p.m. And I will entertain a motion to move to a closed session as allowed under the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of exceptions 5 ILCS 120/2C1. So moved. Motion by Raquel. Second. Second by Katie. Cindy, please lead us in a roll call vote. Arlandu? Yes. Gonzales Thomas? Yes. Gilbert? Yes. Slider? Yes. Dusicki? Yes. >> Mhm. >> All right, we are returning to open session. The night time is 9:13 p.m. and we have returned to open session.
Isn't a high-achieving a student a gifted student? So we could say opportunities for gifted and special or whatever. That's true. Cuz gifted is a is a specific identification. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right. Can you use an Oxford comma? Right, gifted {comma} high-achieving {comma} special education Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, that was a bad geek joke. I chuckled. Put it after high-achieving. >> [laughter] >> Not a Jason. Like that? >> [laughter] >> Opportunities for gifted, high-achieving Oh, I got the and. Oh, I Can we use an ampersand? No? Nobody? >> [laughter] >> I'm tricking It's a word count. It still counts as a word. It's not a character [laughter] count. Yeah. It's a word count. All right, let's just see where we're at. They They include all of it um and the board signature. So Does the space count at the end?
Cindy, will you please call the roll? Orlando Here. Garos Sasaki Present. Seiger Present. Gonzales-Thomas Present. Kilgore Present. All right, now we will move on to the action items on our agenda. We will start with 10.1, approval of notice to remedy.
No. Okay. 195. That's not bad. I know I know I know what you're going to say. Go ahead. Any other comments or wonderings on this so we can >> [laughter] >> August Well >> Yeah. >> We'd have to not approve it tonight then if you're going to continue to work on it. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. And we we we could choose to do that. We could choose to do that. I mean, that's >> reading. I'm just kidding. No, I mean, I mean, we could, but that's going to put the PAC behind and we don't want to do that. Does a disservice to our community. Yeah, the the county needs it by a certain date, but the PAC likes to have it like in late early May cuz they build their statements off of what the board And we build our fact sheets and our do's and don'ts from that.
Are there any questions or comments from the board on this item? There's no comments. I will entertain a motion to approve the issuance of a notice to remedy to David Kleinschmidt. So moved. It's a move by Raquel. Second. Second by Mr. Orlando. Cindy, please lead us in a roll call. Orlando Yes. Gonzales-Thomas Yes. Kilgore Yes. Seiger Yes. Sasaki Yes. All right, on to 10.2, adoption or amended amendment of board policy second reading. Brad, do you have anything to share on this item? Well, we didn't receive any feedback from the board. We've been I feel like we've been talking about this one for since October. Uh Yeah. I know. So, this is a a long time coming. We we took a careful look at this one just to make sure it was clear about the role of home school students, but also more importantly about part-time attendance for special education students.
>> is looking at it. after this I would I would guide that the board might want to approve it and pre-approve any changes request or any changes identified by legal counsel. Then that way those changes could be made without having to come back to the board. And I just make that within the motion? Mhm. I would just add it to the end of the motion. Yeah, okay. And um just a comment um in our departments, they are called exceptional student services student services. So, not special needs. Yeah, I understand and I was going to make that point and at the same time I don't know that people outside of the education world understand what exceptional students are. It is what it is. Yeah, I'm just going to keep harping on my heart tonight, y'all. >> Harping on the harp. [laughter] So, no takers for exceptional needs?
So, we consulted both with press and tried to align there, but also with the board's attorney related to special education. Are there any questions or comments from the board for Dr. Newkirk? No questions? I will entertain a motion of the Board of Education to amend board policy 7.040 as presented. So moved. So moved. So moved by Mr. Kilmer. Second. By Danielle. Second by Danielle. Cindy, please lead us in a roll call vote. Carol Landow? Yes. Rosales Palmisano? Yes. Kilmer? Yes. Swaseki? Yes. Slyker? >> Yes. All right. On the item 10.3, authorization authorize the 2024 HLS survey amendment. Mark, I believe you'll be leading this discussion. I will be. Um, we have been talking about this topic, I would say, for a few months now. Um, I feel like I've been talking for a really long time since um, I've been talking to Rick about it as well.
I know that word's big. How how how many how many word What's the word count? >> Students with exceptional needs. And students with >> That will take us up to 196. That's going to put us at 209. Just kidding. How about I'm going to make the motion and approve it and if there's another word that keeps us within the same word count that our attorneys can figure out, then we'll do that at the end of the motion. Obviously, there's a conversation happening here. Something's going on over there. So, my question is is what is the suggestion? [laughter] Is it an Is it and exceptional students? Or what what's the wording? Does our Does our team have a recommendation from students Students with exceptional needs. Yeah, cuz then somebody might read that and be like, aren't they all exceptional? True story. >> [laughter] >> I mean, and I think if we're again going back to like who's reading it, who we're trying to get to vote for us, they know special needs.
You know, the next one. Tried to sum this up um, as simply as I could. Basically, what we're doing is for tonight, this is to preserve the option to apply for the HLS bonds in the future. It does not authorize us doing that at all tonight. So, that's kind of what I want to make clear. And then, these projects are required under the state's HLS health life safety framework. So, this is something that we are obligated to do. We we need to do this work. The other piece is kind of your control any any of this will come back to the board. Again, that timeline depending on the state, that could be 4 months, it could be 6 months, but it will come back to the board with full details about, you know, exactly what we will be doing for the HLS bonds. The other piece is kind of the broader piece of this is any referendum that's even talked about or discussed cuz I know that's been brought up.
They don't know exceptional so much in that context. I just think exceptional students, I mean that includes gifted kids, it includes like it includes all of those people. I just I don't I don't like how we're like changing all of this and just does it makes me feel uncomfortable. We could just put opportunity maybe for exceptional students. Done. Delete all the other stuff. If that's what we're saying, folks. And I think it's a conversation once again when we go out with a pack and we're talking to parents and we're talking to community members and and people like you know >> Because it is true that exceptional student services includes gifted talented and special ed. So, if we're doing that, then technically we're including everybody with that one statement right there. >> Right, that's why I just think we should leave it that way. We have some students who are twice gifted.
None of that work has really been completely defined. Yeah, there is pieces that we've talked about. There's obviously a large um scope of work that needs to be done in this district. Um but that is not really what we're talking about tonight. It's more about just taking the amendment of the health life safety survey. The other piece is the discussions at RAC kind of dates back, I would say not quite a year, but months. Really looking for options, you know, really financially. Um and the RAC voted to do this to amend the HLS survey to really see um you know, exactly what we can do and what the state will approve as far as amount. Um and really the amount that we're, you know, comfortable with. And if you want to just keep kind of keep going. Sorry. Kind of to clear this, there's These are kind of the paths as I I really see it.
>> Well, that's different than the original statement and it's shorter. Yeah. Yeah. Done. Okay. Perfect. >> It does broaden it, which is something that we always recommend. The broader is better. Um it just then it gives us the flexibility to help whichever I mean >> exceptional student needs the most help. If it's if it's really in our gifted program, we can lean there. If it's in some other one of our exceptional student programs, we can lean there. So, I I like it. Doesn't everyone love group word smithing? Isn't it so much fun? So fun. Got to read to it the same time. I love that. Okay, any other comments or Yeah. For the DA and then for the money and yeah. Okay. >> changed this one, so we only need the approved statement for this one. No, we need to approve both of them. No, I meant like we only need the future changes from the attorney for this one cuz we didn't alter the other one.
Board can preserve this option. They can move forward towards a referendum strategy. Or they can defer both. Okay? Tonight, again, this is really about the action item is just about amending the HLS survey. But really kind of moving forward, those are really the three paths that I kind of see really the board to, you know, think about. So, to wrap this all up, when you're amending the 10-year health life safety, because if you remember it's been a little while ago, probably a year ago, I brought the 10-year health life safety for your approval. Now you have to approve to amend it. We're talking about the different HVAC um areas, specifically unit vents in many of our schools that are dated. And you were from 1989 to 1995. Fire alarms that had been identified that are obsolete that need to be done, specifically the high school and the middle school.
Um the other one was altered based on board board feedback since [cough] it was put in the So, Vanessa just brought it with the changes, correct? Or was it posted in its final format? Um it was posted >> it was posted in its final format because the one that I have is separate from what's posted right now. I think it did have a minor change to it. Which was which may include Okay. Yeah. Do you have the attorney Just do it for both. Okay. All right. 10A, I move the governing board approve the governing board's argument in support of the special district additional assistance override election pro statement and any amendments per our legal counsel. May I have a second? I second. All those in favor? I. I. Any nays?
And then there's other code compliance items that need to get done, but not nearly at a a scope of the other ones. So, if approved tonight this will come back to the board at a later date with a full recommendation, so scope, cost, and the tax impact. Even in the board report, there was a piece and we've talked about this cuz we came with like 11 million and what that would do for a taxpayer. That's in there. That's what you know, meeting a house 440,000 it's $155. That's kind of the that they would see in their tax bill. Um if not approved tonight, basically this option kind of goes away because there's a timeline that needs to happen. So, we need to start doing this cuz again, we don't start this process to try to do work next summer, the summer 2027 gets very difficult just because of where we're at as far as meaning ISBE's approval and really starting the planning phase of, you know, construction.
Hearing none, motion passes. B. I move the governing board approve the governing board's argument in support of the special maintenance and operation budget override election pro statement with any amendments that legal counsel may have. May I have a second? Second. All those in favor? I. Any nays?
Now, no matter what, this work has to get done, so then, you know, then we would kind of go back and look at another funding strategy that would make this work. Again, I didn't want to shed light on this, make it too simple, but I think just to see it cuz the it is complex. There's a lot of different moving pieces and stuff, but I want kind of make it I guess clear that you're not voting on any, you know, a bond itself. You're just voting on to amend the 10-year health life safety sort of thing. And if Questions? Questions, yeah. >> So, I know you said, Mark, that the time timing could be 4 or 6 months, but is there a specific time you need to come back or have a recommendation? To get this work done in '27, um this would need to come back pretty early fall.
Hearing none, motion passes. Amazing. That brings us to 11A, which is the legislative political report. Do we have any legislative updates? I have a few quick ones. Oh, did you have one? No. Are you sure? I was just saying no. Oh, okay. Um I have a quick few ones. The first one that I want to do is that the city of Phoenix is in huge special trial budget negotiations right now. For the first time, they are looking at allocating $5 million to child care, specifically to help Phoenix residents. And another one to combat homelessness, our vice mayor Kisha Hodge-Washington, who is our council member as well, is beginning um I think what's called a master leasing, which basically would allow the city to be the sub hold sub holder lease holders of apartments and then the individuals would be a sub holder through the city, which would allow individuals who do not have their correct credit score or first month's pay rent or second month's, the city would take care of all of that and individuals would be able to have access to housing without all those additional barriers.
So, like the August, September time frame. So, that gives us about that 4 to 6 months range right there. So, we would need financing to do that work beyond what we can afford right now. So, that's where the bonds come in and then after we get theoretically that financing in place, then we would move forward with bidding out this these projects or dividing those scopes, all sorts of things. And so, fundamentally this is about preserving optionality at this particular moment. If board isn't interested in doing this at all, I mean, you have an opportunity to say no now, but you also have an opportunity to say no later. There's a couple more gates to get through though. The bonds themselves and then the actual work. But all that generally we try to have those bids out and let so that contractors have all their work lined up really before New Year's, if not right soon thereafter, so that they can plan for their all the projects that they try to get done in the summertime.