001[Music] All right. Hi everybody. Uh we are reconvening to open session the regular meeting of the Fairview District 72 Board of Education. It is April 16th, 2025 at 7:06 p.m. We have already established that we have a quorum. I'd like to ask that all members of the public be respectful of everyone at this meeting. Please ensure that you silence your phones and join us for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right, our first item uh may have an uh we are going to approve the minutes of the regular and close session meeting of March 19th, 2025. May I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of March 19th, 2025? So
002moved. I'll second. Any comments, corrections? No. Okay. All those in favor of approving the minutes of March 19th, 2025, say I. I. Anyone oppose say nay? Nope. Minutes are approved. Jackie, can you hear us? Okay. I'm sorry. I should have asked that. Yes. Can you hear me? Yes. Thank you. Great. Okay. Uh, next item is approval of the payments of bills. May I have a motion and a second to approve the payment of bills in the amount of $186,3510. So moved. I'll second. Okay. Any questions? No. All right. Board secretary, can you please call roll call vote? Sargon Goana. Yes. Raphael Kabor. Yes. Estero. Yes. Diana Diaakus. Yes. Jacqueline Bj. Yes. Christine, yes. All right. Bills are approved and next item up is our parent teacher association report. Do we have a member? Thank you.
003Hi Sylvia. We off last month with March Madness. We had early time with a few of the something dads versus the students. I do thank you to the teachers who come out to the event. It went well in big time. Um, our next few things we're going to kick off next week is teacher appreciation with support staff um lunchon and breakfast. So, we're excited to celebrate our campus um next week. We also have the end of May, which will be our eighth grade dance and eighth grade reception and graduation. So, we're excited for that. That's pretty much it. Just a huge thank you um to all of you guys. Um you guys approved camp Timberly. I think it was last month. Uh last Friday our kids went. Um a lot of painters were there. It
004was a blast. Um Jacob has a really hard time with um motion sickness. A long story for another short story. Uh but we he ended up going. He had a great time. He was very very hesitant but came back and said, "I'm so happy you guys pushed." Um it was great. A lot of parents were having a hard time without the phone thing. I think it worked fine. like someone and so thank you to that. It was a great a great good job to everyone. Thank you. I'll add to that. Gia came home. She was super she was so happy. They did the ziplining thing. She said because two weeks before that we had done ziplining in Mexico. It was her first time. So she was already very brave about it. She said it was
005actually higher than Mexico. It was so much fun. So she had a blast. And thank you to Mr. Lacad for attending and orchestrating and coordinating. I'm sure that was how you wanted to spend a Friday start to finish, but it was much appreciated. That's a good segue. Yeah, this is a great segue. We're going to go into school activity report. Does anyone from the board or administration have anything they'd like to share? at the primary level. Um we are having our concerts this week. We had kindergarten concert yesterday and we have our boys concert tomorrow. And for those of you who had kindergarteners before, they are just as affordable as they were when we were kid in kindergarten. Um we also have some fourth grade events coming up. We have the fourth grade concert coming
006and the Celebrate America uh presentation. So the students have been working really really hard on that um pretty much all year for a lot of the the last few um winter months here. So that will be happening in just a couple of weeks. I know I will see a few of them there I'm sure. Um also we have just lots of end of the year activities that are being planned. We are collaborating with the PTA on um field day and doing some like in a field day extension. So, we're excited about that to provide more opportunities for our kids to have activity, especially in those last few days of school when they're, you know, they're itching to get into summer, but also, you know, not be on devices and just be outside. It's nice fingers
007and it's not raining. Um, but just to be able to have more activities and do things together. So, lots of lots of things happening at the level. Any questions? Thanks, Hello everyone. This is going on stole most of my thunder, but um I did want to say thank you for also give a shout out to Mrs. Mass. Uh it was kind of like her swan song the last time that she'll be doing outdoor education. So we had a great time uh together. She's kind of reminiscing a lot of her experiences and knowing that this trip and whatever capacity we do it in has a huge impact on kids. So we look forward to continuing to do it together. Thank you to teachers you attended. uh a lot of staff went up and seeing them with
008the kids in that environment, not in school, uh is really really neat. Just seeing them come out of their shells with the students. Uh really a feel good feel good trip. So thank you. Uh similar to what Mr. Shoka said, uh April and May very very busy time. Uh a lot of exciting activities and specifically our students. So we spend a lot of time getting them ready for graduation ceremony, their end of the year trips. Um and so it's really a lot of time spent excited. So, uh, that starts right right about now. Today, they went to the to Black History Museum at High Park, which was a was a great experience for us. And so, they seem to really enjoy that and have heard all the stories, but, uh, seemed like a really neat
009experience. So, it's all for Thank you. I just turned Hello. Oh, good. I need it on. Um, so I had the amazing opportunity to go to Champagne um earlier this month to go to a preschool for all administrators conference. So it was targeted to new preschool for all programs across the whole state. So it was really cool. I got to collaborate and meet um some people within the township that also have new programs and then um other programs throughout the state of Illinois. So I got to attend some really cool sessions, learn a lot of information. It was really useful. In terms of preschool here, um the kids just finished their recycling and reusing unit and now they are starting their tree unit, which is perfect timing for spring. Um so the students have been
010going outside um looking at what they're learning in the classroom in terms of um all of the things around um our wonderful park and outside areas. So it's been really fun. They've been doing really fun experiments in the classroom and collecting things outside and bringing them into the classroom. I have to see. Thank you. Um, as you probably know, we had the IR and ISA test last week. Um, happy to announce it went off without a hitch. Um, around the state. There were a lot of problems with it. It's a brand new platform. Uh, but we saw virtually zero problems here. All the students tested, so it went perfectly. Um, and then tomorrow the community is going to get an email about Parent Square, which is our new way to communicate with Fairview families. So
011this is a screenshot of what you might see when you log in. Um whereas before you know communication with with with everyone came from kind of different sources. Well now everything will be right through the app. So all of the communications all the posts from the from the district will be here. We've got some important calendar events over here and then some important links that we'll be updating to right here. They are all in one spot because I know sometimes on the website some things can be hard to see. So, I thought, let's put the most important links right here for our families. So, we went through this with a staff member today and um it went it went perfectly. So, look for that email tomorrow and sign up. Thank you. It can be either
012this, it can be on the desktop, it can be on an app. No matter what, even if you don't have the app, you'll still get communications from the district. It'll just come to your email that you have through through P school. But the app just keeps everything kind of organized. This is just for communication, not changing the uh the other. What's the other one? School messenger. Oh, Power School. No. No. Yeah. Everything will still all the grades and everything will still be through through P school. Take that. That's awesome. I have one other bit of good news to share. Um, if Jackie were her here, I'm sure she would be speaking about this as well, but NTDSE has presented one of our teachers, Michelle Colts, who's an instructional classroom teacher at the primary level with
013a Friends of NTDSSE letter and certificates. So, um, basically, um, they award those to people who have collaborated and really gone the extra mile to support the NTDSC students that are here in our building. Um, so we're very excited for Michelle to receive that award. So, wanted to share that with the board. And I know I thank Mr. Alpaca for the um outdoor trip, but also um to Mr. Jim for getting the students there safely and back um because I he was absent and and Mark, sorry. I only knew Mr. Jim was gone because he's our bus driver and so he had mentioned it. So, thank you for that, but didn't want to overlook that um because that's a big factor as well. So, thank you. A I hope you got pictures so that I
014can safely. We need them to drive the bus. No zip lining. No zip lining. I mean horseback riding. Do you have a picture? We need to see that picture. There it is. Awesome. Well, thank you. All right. Next item is board discussion. would the superintendent please introduce the reports to the board? Yes, I'm very happy to introduce uh Miss Rebecca Hoffman as well as Briana An and Tamara Peterson who are here tonight to present the final recommendation to the board um for reading curriculum adoption for next year. This has been a lengthy project that Rebecca is going to kind of walk the board through. I know you've heard some updates over the last year and a half um and our progress here. Um but we just had hoped that you know we could have a
015couple of staff members who are part of the process alongside Rebecca um to present this evening. So Rebecca, if you'd like to take it away. Yeah, we find holding the mic is a little bit easier and can hear us better. Thank you. So thanks for having me. I'm excited to be back. I know I was here. It's a little too loud. Sorry. I was here a few months ago to share a little bit of an update and last week I got to meet with Mrs. Tmuda and Mrs. Sya to share a little bit of this information and I'm really excited to share it with all of you as well about some of the work that we've been able to accomplish the last few months. So the first first thing I wanted to do is share
016all of the members that were part of this committee. This was a group effort, a team effort. Each one of these members that was part of this group, you can see all the way from kindergarten to librarian to spinout teachers all throughout the building were a part of this committee and had an integral part of making these recommendations that we're going to make to you tonight. So I want to thank all of them including the two that we have here today who are going to share a little bit of information. So this is a timeline that I shared last time when I was here. So just a quick little review, we started this process last January in 2024 and we explored some curriculum options. We looked at I'm I'm not going to go through all
017the details cuz I did it before, but um looked at all different type of curriculum options and then the last part where we left off was we were piloting some information and some curriculum choices in the winter of 24 and 25. So today we're going to focus more on what the pilot revealed, what we learned, what it looked like, and what information we gained from that pilot. This was our vision statement that really drove us through this process. Um, we really wanted to focus on what is important for our students, what do they need to know, what information do they need, and what do our teachers need as well in order to prepare our students to be quality learners, writers, thinkers in this everchanging world that we're living in. So after doing all of our
018research, the primary students in and middle school students in kindergarten through fifth grade um in a few of the classrooms were able to pilot two different programs. The first one was into reading which is um published by Hooten Mifflin Hardcort HMH which is a very large publishing company that we have some we've have a lot of programs with. And then they also um piloted a program called ARC, which is the American Reading Company. And one of the things you'll notice on this slide right here is below it says Ed Reports rating. And Ed reports is a website that we use, many districts use to look at how curriculum is rated across the country, across the states, and they are very well received in places around the the country. So both all of the curriculum that
019we looked at was at the highest rated value. We did not look at any curriculum that was rated below meats, which is the highest level it could receive because we want the highest level curriculum for our students. So you'll see all of this this meets for alignment and usability because we we didn't look at any curriculum that was lower. Then in middle school, we looked at two programs as well. Common lit 360 for 6 through8 and study sync for 6 through8 from two different publishing companies. Same thing met all the standards, all of the needs that we had. So those were the four different curriculum options that we looked at and we tried. And the way the pilot works is different teachers were able to try out different lessons in their classrooms. It wasn't a
020whole unit or a whole month of one different activity. They would try some assessment pieces. They would try some spelling pieces. They would use different pieces of the curriculum that would be in their day-to-day lives that they would the students would see. How did they respond? Was they is it as usable as they say it is? You know, you can read as much as you want, but how does it actually work in the classroom? So, it it was a really wonderful process. Then, of course, you have to evaluate the curriculum that you're trying. So, we went through quite an evaluation process and we created here you'll see um a curriculum assessment rubric that I helped develop with our reading consultant Megan Hargrave. On the next slide, I have a sample of part of that rubric.
021This is just one section. We used all of the qualities and the criteria that we felt were important in a curriculum. gave the rubric criteria used this to help us with our decision-making process. So you can see this page is about instructional practices. There were also pages about types of text, assessment, differentiation, and [Music] writing. Teachers also um completed feedback forms. Students completed feedback forms. So there were surveys for students to complete and that all of that data was collected. We looked through it and we were able to make a recommendation for all of you tonight. So with that being said, based on the information from our teachers, our students, and all of the surveys we completed, we as a team reading DLT would like to recommend for the kindergarten through fifth grade students and
022staff to adopt the interreading version 3 curriculum and for common lit for the middle school 6 through 8 grade levels. We'll share a little bit more about why we feel like these programs are good fits for our students. So, I'm going to call Miss An to share a little bit about inter reading. Good evening. I'm Mrs. An. I'm the fourth grade teacher. Some of you may have seen me before for report cards. Um I just want to thank the administration and Rebecca for establishing a strong and robust um review of curriculum. It's been amazing to watch my colleagues look at the curriculum, test it out, and have um amazing conversations. I just wanted to highlight some of the things that the teachers noticed in this into reading curriculum that have helped us make this recommendation.
023So, we noticed that the curriculum was able to differentiate for all different students. we have um a population of diverse learners, EL stu learners and this um curriculum was able to meet the needs of small groups, whole group and even independent learning. And then it also had a writing curriculum where we can focus on the writing process and I know that we really want to make sure that all of our students are able to um meet the needs of our state standards and be able to be amazing uh community members in the future. And then this also aligns with the 2024 Illinois literacy plan, which is something new that's going to help us help guide us in um the future of Illinois literacy. So, thank you so much. And now I'll bring up Miss Peterson
024to talk a little bit about Common Lit 360. Um I also want to reiterate just a thank you to Rebecca and the board for letting us go through this process. It was a lot of fun um to sit on one of these as a teacher and not as a parent cuz I've sat on them as a parent before. Um the teachers took this very seriously and the Common Lent 360 especially for the uh middle school they haven't had a whole lot of um uh they've been able to have a lot of flexibility and this also allowed them to have a lot of flexibility as well. One of the things that they told me that they really enjoyed about this was the authentic differentiation of the materials and the stories that were brought out. Since we
025do have a lot of different learners in uh our school and they have lots of different backgrounds, one of the things that they really enjoyed was that the text itself um had a lot of diverse perspectives that matched what they were feeling or seeing at home and around their community. So it really helped them kind of get a hold of what they were doing and um understand it a little bit deeper than they would normally. Uh one of the other things they said is um the resources had a variety of nature allowing different modalities of learning. Um so all of the students no matter where they were coming from would be able to grasp this concepts. And one of the last things that the middle school teachers wanted me to make sure that you guys
026knew and one of the reasons why they were recommending this was um not only was everything available and um able to go into the Google platform that we use on a regular basis. The texts themselves were also able to be translated into 30 different languages. So then the students who may not have a um speak English as a first language, they were able to translate it into their own languages. So that again just helps them learn that much more. So thank you. Thank you. And um here we also have a few student quotes. So like I said, we had a survey and we asked this third graders and up. So, I didn't have the little ones do the survey, but they were encouraged to respond to a few questions. So, I included a few of
027their quotes that I thought were pretty cute. Um, one I'll read a few of them. One of them said, "I feel more confident as a writer. I feel more confident with my reading skills and how nice my imagination is and dreams. I'm starting to get more dreams of making books of volcanoes and traditional tales." So you could see that the stories they're reading, the experiences they've had are really expanding their imaginations and their growth in many different ways. And for Common Lit 360, I liked how the stories were more mature and realistic to believe and were more exciting. I learned how to pronounce new words. So all different things that we want our students to be able to do, they were able to express on their own, which was great in just a couple weeks
028of a program. So that was exciting to hear. Next, I'm going to bring up Jeff to share a little bit about the budget for this. So the budget up here is broken down into two different areas. We have the K through 5 program and the 6 through8 program. Um we when we did our last adoption back in 2017, we got essentially the extraordinarily robust package that was not um all components of it were utilized. So an important part of this that Rebecca has mentioned is to make sure that this whatever program is adopted that all of the different grade levels are feeling like they're going to be utilized every aspect of the program. So we feel like this is a pretty complete investment package here for this program. It's $183,000 total over the course of
0295 years. So what that means is that the only additional cost over the five years for anything is if enrollment goes up. So we can stagger or we can change the grade level allocations. Um but it also includes professional development, uh additional materials and books that staff may need and everything that goes into the programs that Rebecca's talked about. So $183,000 upfront seems like a huge number. uh two years ago when we did the math adoption was about 169. Um so to have something that's going to cover us for five years is is a pretty good investment and based on the response of from the program and the amount of time that was dedicated to exploring the different options we think this is a worthwhile investment. And that's all we have for you. But if
030there's any questions, I know Miss SA and Mr. Tamuda and I and the administrative team, we had a nice conversation, but I'm happy to answer any questions or any followup or ladies, if you have anything to add. Um the education committee had an opportunity to look at some sample materials and kind of dig a little bit deeper than we can get into at this um sort of meeting, but anything else? Yeah. No. So, first thank you um because the thorowness in which you and the team went through this um is has not was not taken lightly by either of us. So, it was much appreciated. Um any question I think that we had you were able to answer immediately um and you were very patient with us as we're a little un unfamiliar with some
031of this. So, thank you um for that. I I will say just as as a parent, I was able to see some of the materials as Cindy pointed out and even just the extreme change in the in the journeys book that my son brings home today versus what um the curriculum is a it the proposed curriculum has is like night and day. Um it is vibrant and it is engaging. Um, I like wanted to look through it versus and not to call what he currently has archaic because it really isn't that old. Um, but it it really just was night and day to to see and and I think that um if I felt like that then the students and teachers who actually will be adopting and utilizing it um will likely feel far more
032excitement. Um so so that's all I just it was really big hats off to you all because um this wasn't a easy process I'm sure and so um thank you for for that and I believe I think one of the questions I asked too was um if there are surrounding districts that are also implementing this and I believe the answer was yes um as well or at least in the early stages along the same sort of timelines that we are um and it's there's been an uptick in these particular curriculums and util ization. So, um I think we're sort of on par with the other districts in our township. That was helpful. Exactly. You said it perfectly. Of course. Thank you. Thank you so much. So, in in the board packet, there's a complete explanation
033with a breakdown of um the the pricing on everything. Um a few more details than what we went into this evening. So, hopefully you've had a chance to take a look at it. Um, a little bit later on this evening, we'll ask for the board to um, officially adopt the curriculum, which will then allow us to begin the process of um, negotiating a final price and putting a purchase order in. We're hoping to be able to arrange um, uh, summer or I'm sorry, staff development for our staff prior to the end of this school year. Um, so if it is approved, we'll work really hard to try to get that scheduled so that our teachers can have sort of the basic training before they leave for the summer. Okay. Any other questions? Nope. Okay. The
034next report is the superintendence report. Um, I don't have a whole lot to add here other than along the same lines as planning for the end of the year events. Um, we're looking forward to the retirement tea that will be coming up in May. Um, Casio and Jeff and I have been talking a bit about our summer projects um, in terms of maintenance and building projects. Um, so we'll be updating the board on all of that next month as well. So, not much more to report than that, but if you have any questions, anything else you want to talk about, I'm happy to hear it. Thank you, Cindy. All right, next item is our board committees and representatives, Christine. Uh any edtech committee updates other than what we just went through? Nothing more. A large
035part was the reading curriculum. So nothing to add anything. Okay, perfect. Raphael, any updates for Ed? I don't have any updates. And then Jackie, any updates for NTDSC? No, no updates. And Christine, any updates for PTA? No. Thank you, Sylvia. All right, next item up is Freedom of Information. Regarding Freedom of Information Act, I can report that there was one Freedom of Information Act received since the last board meeting and that it was responded to as required. And we have one submission for information items and correspondence this month. Christine, can you please give us a brief summary? Sure. We received one item from tech director, Mr. Barry Corey. He thanks the board and the administration for the generous gift and support through the past few weeks. It reminded him of how special Fair View truly
036is. Right. Um, next item is public comment. I would like to invite the members of the audience to address the board and public comment. This public comment period is designed to gain input from the public and not for immediate response by the board to the question or comment if presented. If you wish to address the board, please come to the microphone, state your name. A threeminut time limit will be set and the board secretary will keep time. Okay. And I can confirm that there were no online comments as well. All right. We're going to move on to our action items. Um may I have a motion and a second to approve the following consent agenda items. First one is adopt resolution reaffirming transportation hazardous areas. accept results of the board elections of April 1st, 2025
037and approve the district's fiscal year 26 consolidated district plan. So moved. I'll second. Does anyone have any additional questions before Okay, we're good. All right. Will the board secretary please call a roll call vote? Diana Diaakus, yes. Sargon Gilliano, yes. Raphael Kabor, yes. Astera Tamuda, yes. Christine Sya, yes. Jacqueline Bday, yes. All right. Next item up. May I have a motion and a second to approve the recommendation to adopt the K8 reading curriculum? I'll motion. I'll second. Any additional questions? I think we No. Okay. Board Secretary, can you please call roll call vote? Yes. Astera Tamuda? Yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Sargon Gana, yes. Diana Diaakus, yes. Christian Sya, yes. Jacqueline Bday, yes. Right. Next item up. May I have a motion and a second to approve technology director contract renewals for the 2025 2026 school
038year? So move. I'll second. Repeat. I'll second. Thank you. Will the board secretary please call a roll call vote? Diana Diaakus, yes. Sargon Gilliana, yes. Raphael Kavore, yes. Eststera Tamuda, yes. Christine Soya, yes. Jacqueline BJ, yes. Congrats. Next item. Uh, may I have a motion and a second to approve the director of student services contract extension for 2025 through 2028 school year? A motion. A second. Any additional questions? No. No. Board secretary, can you please call a roll call vote? Diana Diaakus, yes. Sargon Gayana, yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Astera Tamura, yes. Christine Sya, yes. Jacquellyn B, yes. All right. Next item is um for future consideration. Does anyone have any items that they'd like to share the next month? Oh, yes. We didn't. Yeah, we did. um for the June 16th. No, June June 18th,
039right? For the June 18th meeting. Um Would you all be okay with moving it to what did we say June 11th? So with everybody's summer schedules, the the last week of school is the week of June 2nd, ending at last day of school being June 5th. Um the board meeting is the third Wednesday, which would be June 18th, but from what I understand, there are people who are planning on starting some travels and whatnot heading off for the summer. Um, so the question was whether or not the board would be able to move that June 18th meeting one week forward to June 11th. So that would be something for you all and and our new board member to to decide, but we need to probably come to some closure on that so we can publish
040the new date. So So that's something I can follow up with an email tomorrow on if that's Yeah. Okay. You can let know that would be I'll send an email asking if that will work for you or not. So the next action item is to recognize our Sargon Guliana who's been our board member for the past four years. Today's his last day. Um we want to thank you for your last four years of committing to the school, the staff, the students, the community, volunteering your time, um having strong impact on things that we have done. Um, and I personally want to thank you for being my partner in doing this whole process. So, we're going to miss you. Um, anyone else want to say anything? I I'll jump in. Um, Sardon, thank you for your
041leadership on the finance personnel committee. Um, that has been an important committee for Jeff and myself um to have you a part of over these years. Um, we've negotiated a teachers contract. We have um done a 20 some odd million dollar construction project. um and maintained, you know, our fiscal responsibility to the taxpayers and you've played such an important role in that over time. Um you've also had some great ideas um that we've been able to run with that I think our school is better for. Um just one example being our advanced learning class um led by Renee Hannon. Um that has been a huge bonus um for our school. Um and that was entirely your thought. So um you know do know that you you've impacted not only the community but our students very
042directly um in so many ways. So we are happy that you still have uh you have two with us still um one one uh little Kayla um who will keep you close to our school for quite some time. Um but you know we are really grateful for your time. I think that's the most precious gift one can share with others is their time. um because we all know how um how stretched we all can be um and to find time to volunteer as a board member and a board member at the level in which you participate and engage um is significant. So we have a couple of small gifts for you um to thank you for your time which you have to open And and you have to read the the little coupon up top.
043This may be more for your wife than for you, but Oh, VIP graduation tickets. These are huge. Thank you. Yes. So, VIP tickets for graduation. not only for your your oldest um but also uh down the road for for Kayla. So hold on to that um so that you can cash it in at the appropriate time. But it's just a small way to thank you for all of the time. Um always hard to know what to do for someone um you know, but hopefully that's something that um is meaningful and uh really represents the Fairview spirit. So thank you. Thank you for the kind words. Thank you for the gift and the graduation tickets. I have to say this is a moment that's, you know, filled with gratitude for me. Um, you know, I moved
044to Skooki in 1989. I moved here after I graduated from CPS, uh, came to Niles West. My two siblings had the opportunity to come to Fairview. My closest friends that I made at Niles West were four lifetime friends. They're still friends today. They were also Fair View students. I found myself being left out of all the conversations that revolved around Fairview. But thanks to the teachers, the staff, the administration, the community, I had the opportunity to join the Fairview family. And for that, I have a lot of gratitude. And Fairview will always be within my heart. So, thank you everybody. Okay, so moving on. Um, and we are going to have a little break between meetings so that we can have some refreshments and just um celebrate Sargon service. Um, but next up on the
045agenda, we do need to administer the oath of office um to our newly elected board members. So, I'm going to ask that our reelected board members as well as our newly elected board member come forward. And if Mr. Guliana, would you do us the honor of reading the oath? Absolutely. Great. On the other side. And Mrs. Bouch Day, you can join us from afar. Thank you. You can just stand up front here. All right. Someone take a picture. Ready? I Jacqueline BJ I will encourage and respect expression of respecting the privacy. I shall recognize [Music] that only I still Quality education of every student, every district 72. I shall this I shall strike. I shall serve as education key advocate school district building division board has created. You did an excellent job of reading together.
046That's wonderful. Wonderful. Okay, so Hbert, we're going to let you sit back down in the audience for a moment and we're going to close this part of the meeting. We only do this every two years, so we have to kind of roll with it. So, would you like to call the meeting to a German? All right. Okay. Um, all right. In as much as there is no further business to come before this board, a motion of adjournment C die is in order. Can I have a motion and a second to adjourn the April 16th, 2025 meeting Cena Dai at 7:48 p.m. for the last time? So moved. I'll second. Will the board secretary please call a roll call vote? Diana Diaakus, yes. Sargon Gilliano, yes. Raphael Kabore, yes. Astero Tamuda, yes. Christine Zya, yes. Jacqueline
047BJ, yes. meeting has been adjourned. Thank you. We're going to take a 10-minute break. Jackie, if you can come back and or just stay on. We'll be right back. And All right. Thanks for sticking around. Jackie, are you here? Yes, I'm here. All right. We're going to get started. I'm calling to order the special meeting of Fairview District 72 Board of Education. It is April 16th at 8:07 p.m. And our first role this evening is to establish if we have a quorum. In the absence of an elected secretary, I will call the role. Jacquellyn B. Yes. Here. Rapha Raphael Kavor here. Diana Diaak is here. Christine Sya here. Aar Tamuta here. and Hbert Witworth here. Yay. Welcome. I can now establish that we have a quorum. At this time, we'll appoint a president prompor. The
048usual procedure in this case is that the previous president of the board continues as president proemp for the purpose of the election of the offices. If there is an agreement to that around the table, I will continue to conduct the meeting. Any objections? Are we okay? Yes. All right. Okay. I'd like to also appoint a secretary prompor. As stated previously, it is the usual procedure for the secretary to continue as prompor. If everyone agrees, Christine Soya will continue to take notes until a secretary is appointed. Right. Yes. Okay. Yes. All right. I will now proceed with the guidelines as to how to elect the officers of the executive board of the board of education. By board policy, the offices of president, vice president, and secretary be to be voted on. Each of those items are
049elected for the next two years. The order of the election will be president, vice president, and then secretary. The newly elected president will conduct the election of the vice president and the secretary. Nominations of candidates can be made by the candidate themselves or by another board member. The nominations do not need to be seconded. A motion and a second and voice vote are required to close the nomination. Christine will keep recording. If only one person is nominated, the president will call for a vote. If more than one person is nominated, the president will call will then call for a roll call vote for each candidate in the order of the nomination. The voting continues until one member receives a majority of the votes. Upon the conclusion of the election, the newly elected president resumes the
050direction of the meeting. Any questions? All right, we will continue. The first position will be board president. Are there any nominations? I nominate Diana Diaakus. Thank you. It's okay. Do I need more than one? Okay. Any other nominations? All right. Can I have a motion and a second to close the nomination? Sold. I second. All those in favor of closing the nomination say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Perfect. Thank you. Um I will call a roll call vote to approve the nomination of myself. Diana Diaakus is the board president. When your name is called, please respond with a yes or no. Jaclyn BJ, yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Christine Sya, yes. Astera Tamura, yes. and Hbert Witworth. Yes. And Diana Diaakus. Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. Up next is the election of
051the vice president. Are there any nominations? Yes, I will nominate Christine Suya. I will also like to nominate Christine Suya. Any other nominations? No. Okay. May I have a motion and a second to close the nomination? A motion. A second. All those in favor of closing the nomination say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. I will now call a roll call vote to approve the nomination of Christine Soya as the vice president. When your name is called, please respond with a yes or a no. Jaclyn BJ, yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Diana Diaakus, yes. Christine Soya, yes. Eststera Tamuda, yes. And Hbert Witworth, yes. Great. Congrats. Thank you. All right. Lastly, we will conclude with the role of the secretary. Are there any nominations? I'd like to nominate Jacqueline Boug. I would like to
052nominate Jack Limber's date as well. Any other nominations? No. Okay. May I have a motion and a second to close the nomination? A motion. I'll second. All those in favor of closing the nomination say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Okay. I will now call a roll call vote to approve the nomination of Jaclyn BJ as a secretary. When your name is called, please respond with a yes or a no. Jaclyn BJ, yes. Rafael, yes. Diana Diaak is yes. Christine Sya, yes. Sarah Tamuda, yes. And Hbert Witworth, yes. All right. Congratulations everybody. All right. Now that the executive board is established, we'll discuss committee and representative assignments of the standing committees. You should have received a Google form from Danella requesting your interest in committees. There will be two board members in each
053committee. One is a chaper chairperson and one is a member. It is expected that the chairperson will report to the board following any meetings from their selected committee. The president, vice president, and secretary are automatically members of the executive committee. If you have not completed, please do so this week and we will send out an email communication assignment for next week. Okay. Just confirming everybody got that email. Okay, perfect. Um, appointment of recording secretary. It is recommended that Miss Dianiela uh Termini be appointed to continue her role as recording secretary for the board of education with remineration and reimbursement for expenses incured in connection with the exe execution of her duties as per board policy to semicolon 110. So moved. We have a motion and a second to approve the appointment of the recording secretary.
054Can I just make one comment? Yeah. Um because Daniela does not attend these evening meetings, there's no renumeration associated with the position. She does the work within everything's recorded. She doesn't need to be present to be taking minutes. She writes the minutes based on the recordings and your notes. So, um it's it's there for future people who may need to be attending these meetings, but just so you know, there's no cost associated with it. Okay, perfect. Uh, may I have a motion and a second to approve the appointment of recording secretary? So moved. I'll second. When your name is called, please respond with a yes or a no. Jaclyn Bush, yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Diana Diaakis, yes. Christine Sya, yes. Tamura, yes. And Hbert Whitler, yes. All right. And then we're going to discuss regular
055meeting minutes. In front of you, you'll see um a page with the dates. The school board is required to establish the date, time, place for regular meetings. Currently, we have been conducting the reg regular meetings on the third Wednesday of the month. Should the board desire to change the day of the week or time, the notice can be adjusted accordingly. The only consideration would be any problem in coordination with the township treasur pertaining to the pro processing of payments of bills and possible conflicts with legal and or religious holidays or breaks in the school calendar. Um, if you guys want to take a look really quick. Is everyone still okay with Wednesdays? Hbert, does that work for you? Yeah. Correct. Everyone's still okay with Wednesdays. Jackie, are you okay with Wednesdays? Yes. Okay. Okay. Perfect.
056May I have a motion and a second to establish regular meeting dates, times, and place? So moved. A second. All those in favor say I. I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Okay. Perfect. We have established our dates. Finally, we're almost there. At this time, I'd like to invite the members of the audience to address the board and public comment. Public comment period is designed to gain input from the public and not for immediate response by the board to the question comment presented. If you wish to address the board, please come to the microphone and state your name. A threeminut time limit will be set. The board secretary will keep time. Sorry. And we can confirm that there were no online public comments received. All right. It is May I have a motion and
057a second to adjourn the regular meeting of the Fairview Board of Education at 8:16 p.m.? So moved. A second. And uh we'll do a roll call vote. Jaclyn Bush, yes. Raphael Kavor, yes. Diana Deakis, yes. Christine Soya, yes. Esther Tamura, yes. And Hbert Whitworth, yes. Great. Thank you everybody.