>> Okay. Uh this is $8,300 price tag. >> Any questions? Do we do we get bids on that or is that sole source for >> we're um in a contract with them because they do our inspections. >> Okay. >> It's a repair, not a new replace, right? >> Right. >> How much is a new lift? >> Um I think they're a lot. >> About 18ction. How long have we had that? >> I just want it might be get a new one. You get a warranty. >> Tim said it's been a long time. >> I was just talking to her. >> It's been there for a long time. >> How many years you've been here, Tim? >> A long time. >> Was it here before you or after? No, it's I would say it's been at least 15 years. >> How long have you been here?
>> It's just there's different components. Okay. >> So, I don't I don't know that the that the waiting changes per se. It's just elementary will be weighted on things like I read and I learn whereas ours is more >> SAT, PSAT, graduation rate, diplomas, those types of things. Okay. >> So, just different inputs. And then uh you were talking about the different I guess pathways uh graduation pathways. So um is there any that we currently have that won't roll over? I didn't know where my question was going was like a sophomore or a junior coming in and they're in already in this one pathway and it's like nope that's not allowed. Um >> all of ours are aligned well. Um and so really the pathways are kind of the process towards the end of a diploma or a seal. Um and so we have 19 and counting.
Any questions or No, I do um I do want to call out that uh it's been a commitment to make sure that we're getting as much input from the people that use the, you know, um the end the end user, I guess you would say. Um make sure that we're satisfying their needs. Um and teach and particularly union engagement and um so, it's been a very important strategy that we're using. So, it's it's not an option and I appreciate uh that everybody's, you know, going that extra stuff. Not that extra stuff, but that necessary stuff. So. All right. Amy, you're >> I'm good. >> You're good? >> Yes, thank you. >> Okay.
>> That's incredible. >> Okay. All right. Thanks, Chris. All in favor of AO for the wheelchair lift repair at the elementary school, say I. >> I opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. Okay. Uh we're all done with new business. Moving on here. Um, number nine. Uh, several donations here and thank yous. Um, I'd like to thank Carol White RMC for a monetary donation to the Deli High School band. Uh, Mayor Cameron Yates, the monetary donation to the math bowl. I think >> he keep so I'd like to thank him. Uh, Cabo Cappo monetary donation to the choir. Logan Bore Payer or better mother of twins monetary donation to Camden Nurse. Uh Mr. John Alred a monetary donation to the academic Super Bowl. Um Travis and Bobby Ellson monetary donation to academic Super Bowl. Uh Karen Sier monetary donation to the eighth grade ECA. The DCES PTA which I believe we have some members here tonight.
Um all of those align well with what the DOE has outlined as um certifiable credentialed pathways. Um and so we're in good shape with those. I don't like the fact that you have to pick your at seventh grade what you want to do the rest of your life. I know a lot of adults that still can't figure out what they want to do. Um I don't know any kids at seven at that age that are going to know it and stick to it. I mean, I'm sure there's a a few out there or something, but um I guess, you know, it's it's not a huge thing because, you know, as long as you're focused towards college or or not or whatever, but >> and that's our our middle school um administrators and counselors really worked with us because the last thing we wanted to do was make a seventh grader feel pigeonhold into one specific like job.
Um next item on the agenda is 10.4 photography services RFP recommendation. >> Same process. In the past, we we haven't used RFP. Each building just kind of did their own thing. Which is highly unusual for school district, especially a school district our size. So, we decided to develop an RFP process for photography, and we got some really good uh submission from there. I believe we had seven companies respond to to the RFP. We reviewed the RFP very thoroughly. And what we found out, we looked at the pricing of the end product that will be sold to our students and eventually their family, and the support they'll provide us with different level of photography. And at the end of the day, we found out that uh uh Lifetouch actually came in They have more experience with district our size. They uh They they do work with our neighboring district, Plainfield.
uh field trip donations for canal field trips, Colombian Park and shirts for the incoming kindergarten and prek. Uh also Mr. John Dunn a monetary donation to the rackettology club and one that's not on here. I believe Dr. Moore donated to the band. Is that correct? >> Academic Super Bowl. Sorry. Um so there is another donation there. So we definitely don't want to forget anybody that donates anything. Um we are very thankful for all of those. Uh so thank you again for that. Uh we do have a current future date here May 30th which is graduation. We are at that point and Laura looks excited. Uh what will you be wearing that day? What blow up do you have for graduation? >> Oh I haven't decided yet. I better get it on order. >> Okay. Okay. You don't have the 30th is right around the corner.
And so really those conversations are super broad right now. It's more identifying, hey, what do you think you want to do when you're done with high school? And so we talk about the three E here, you know, are you interested in maybe, you know, going to college or are you interested in maybe going straight in the workforce or does your family have a business or, you know, are you part of a military family and dad's your hero and you want to go enlist? And so it's kind of those conversations, but it's never we're never I know this as long as I'm at the high school going to say, you know what, in seventh grade you said you were going to college and I know you got in Mr. Murray's precision machining class and you love it and you want to go straight in the workforce, but in seventh grade we're not going to do that.
Which is, you know, a pretty good size district, and the pricing they provide was uh was competitive. And something else that was helpful is they were willing to share revenue with the district. Which uh they promised us uh over 3 years revenue sharing of 75,000 up front and some additional percentages of sales, which we intend to use to augment our services that we provide to our kids in the schools. So, which is why I mean, to be to be very frank, all the um the responders, they they they they responded with really good uh really good product. So, it was a tough call. But at the end of the day, when we reviewed everything, and we just Lifetouch came up and above the rest of the companies. And if you saw, we have a list of uh school districts where they work now. They work in 129 and neighbor 131 playing field.
>> Good idea. I was wondering what my outfit was going to be, but you just solved the problem. >> Um, and then, uh, any other future dates that the board may have that they may want to be on there. I know there's some award nights and things coming up. >> Senior trips Friday. Where's that to? >> Kings Island. All right. >> Wow. Lucky dogs. >> Anything else? Okay. Um, we are at the very end. Uh we do have uh patron comments now that we've got through everything. That would allow everybody to either have questions answered or unanswered questions. Uh I did not have anybody signed up for patron comments. Did anybody have one they want to add? Okay. Uh now we are to board comments and uh we will start with our class. >> I can Okay. So, I just want to say thank you to the advisory council.
And so it's very fluid. It's just starting the conversation, which for us will help some of those conversations with parents and families as they're scheduling some high school courses and exploring their interests. So, it's I I was with you um initially until I learned more about what really it entails. It's very broad. >> Well, and as you spoke about it, it kind of it all makes sense and it calmed me down a little bit, but but initially when I first heard it, I'm like, man, you know, there's nothing worse than telling a seventh grader, "What do you want to do? What do you want to do?" you know, or back years ago when we told everybody that they had to go to college and stuff and I just didn't like that. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> So, I want to flip Matt's question back to you, though.
Uh so, yeah. So, uh we checked their references. They came highly recommended. By the customers who used them now. So, we asking for approval of a 1 year with an option for two additional year options of renewal. >> Are we using them now in some capacity? >> So, >> we use uh I don't believe I think we use Van Gogh right now is who we use instead of uh Lifetouch. >> We've definitely used Lifetouch before. >> Yeah, we have Lifetouch. >> Yeah, but not now. Yeah. >> Okay. >> But they have a they have a good reputation and um check with them. And they uh they what we asking for is a year. So, we try them for year. If there any concerns from our customers, and then you'll be we'll do it again uh in the middle of the year. Another RFP. But if they do a good job as we expect that they will based on the uh references that we got, we'll probably renew for another couple of years and then do the RFP after the third year.
Obviously, they left, but they besides fell. Hi, girl. But, um, I like that they pointed out the trying to improve the career classes and I feel like we've really seen that this year with Mrs. Wagner. It's her first year the as a CNA teacher, but we've done a lot of great things in her class. Today, we did a teddy bear clinic with the first graders and I don't know, Miss Ken might be comment on this, but I think it was very, very fun and very educational for the first graders to not be like as scared of the doctors. And then even Miss Young, neither of us have had her, but she's been very like open to help us with fundraisers, making breakfast for the seniors, anything that we need. And then congratulations to the livestock team. That was amazing of them. Didn't know anything that they do.
So you what I hear when I hear you say that and I think we need to do a better job at it is is you come to Huntington Community Schools and you come to Huntington North, we have 19 pathways for you to go where other people around us may not have all of those pathways. So I think that's again getting back to that story we're telling. >> Yeah. Well said. >> That's the story that we need to tell. Huntington North has 19 pathways and counting. If you're in middle school and and the where you're going doesn't have that, hey, by the way, 19 pathways in counting, we we probably have it. Come come take a look. I think that's part of the other reason of talking about >> Very well said. >> And and I would say too, keep in mind for the high school, so have little grace on on our staff.
It's the longest we'll go anyway. >> I'm glad we looked at the pricing to the to the guardians. >> Absolutely. >> And then um is there any significant shift in you know, how this contract is going to work compared to current? Is there a commission-based different or better or anything along those lines? >> We didn't the way things work right now, I don't think we negotiate anything. They did each of the school just got a good deal. So, that's that's what is different about. So, in a district, what you normally do, you do an umbrella like we doing right now, and you negotiate. So, it gives you a better leverage. It gives you a better opportunity to set standards that you would like to see and make sure it's implemented instead of each school doing it. >> All right. Thank you again. Um moving on to 10.5, our intergovernmental intergovernmental agreements for municipalities.
So that's really cool. And I just think it's very nice to have such good staff that makes us sad that they're retiring. Like especially Miss Bradshaw. Like I didn't know that. Makes me really sad. And obviously thank you guys very much for having us here this year. Um, I also want to kind of echo off her. So, thank you to the superintendent student advisory council. I think the presentation was really great and it was great to see all of the work they put in this year. Um, taking all the considerations from students um all that. Um, I like how they condensed the logo into one. That was really nice to see. And I just like love seeing student involvement and everything. It's super nice to see how everything that we're saying around the school is being heard and it's not just being listened to and nothing's done about it.
This accountability model passed in March of 26. In December of 24, we got new diploma requirements. Those are two massive lifts in close sequence. I started thinking I was kind of the bad luck guy when I came back. It was a new diploma requirements, new accountability model, what's next? And so we're positioned well in both. Um, but to your point, our ability to have those conversations with students and have the menu of options to say maybe not everything, but if you name it, we probably have it or at least a class to help you explore it is really powerful. I I'll just add I piggyback Mr. Wall here. I I think that just being very very consistent about talking about it a lot. We do a lot better job of that here the last few years. Uh the way that we've advanced our thoughts at giving as many opportunities as possible for kids.
Who is Mr. Bell? All right. Coming up. Welcome, Mr. Bell. >> Um thank you, board. Uh as you know, uh our intergovernmental agreements with our municipality partners, this includes our Oswego Fire Protection District, um Oswego Police Department, Plainfield Police Department, Montgomery Police Department, Kendall County Sheriff's Office, uh and Aurora Police Department, um all get reviewed on a regular basis. Um uh our Oswego Police Department um uh agreement is a 2-year agreement, um and that's due to the fact that we um uh participate uh in payment with the Oswego Police Department for the SROs. Um and those SRO uh union contracts are on a revolving um kind of cycle. So, um what you have uh in uh board notes here is a summary memo that kind of bullet points all of the changes for the linked resources. Um not all of them are linked um in terms of we're missing two currently, um and that's the Plainfield Police Department because um in working with our legal team, they wanted to make sure that it's representative of some of the services provided.
Um, and then also congratulations to the livestock judging team. I know they left, but I think those are really great accomplishments even though I don't really know much about that area. It's just nice to see all the things going on in our school and the success that they have had this year. And then also, I just wanted to shout out um Mrs. Wagner for the Teddy Clinic and the 16 students. Um I think that that was really successful and it was great to see all the first graders um really enjoy their day today. I know that they really enjoyed at least from my perspective. So yeah, and then thank you for allowing us to be here this year. It was really nice. >> Thank you, Mr. Schwarzoff. >> Thank you. I want to thank everybody that's came and attended, even though those who have left.
Um this has always been a really good place to go to school. Uh I think it's outstanding. We're in a great position right now. Um, I had a couple questions. I I wanted to make sure I understood that. Um, accountability is then the the grade is leveled for each building and then for the corporation as a whole. Is that the way that's set up? Is there any monetary value to that? So, does the state have anything attached? Is it or is it just we're going to tell you you're a A minus, so everybody should want to go there and if you get more kids, you get more money. Yeah, I ideally that part is um you know how this really plays out um previous existence when uh the school corporation that I had uh been involved with wasn't doing well. What did everyone market around me and know that became their marketing tool.