001Good evening. Since 6:03 three the Board of Education has been in closed session to discuss the appointment appointment, sorry, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees or legal counsel, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or legal counsel to determine its validity and collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or their representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. I will entertain a motion to come out of closed session. So moved. Second. Motion has been moved and seconded. Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Blastic Here. Aye. >> [laughter] >> Aye. Wolinsky Aye. Kelly-Black Aye. Kosminski Aye. McMillan >> Aye. Gerkey Aye. Kush >> Aye. The motion passes. We are in open session. Good evening and welcome to the Monday, March 2nd uh
0022026 Board of Education meeting. Our mission is to empower students to develop a learner's mindset, demonstrate adaptability, communicate effectively, think critically, and become global citizens. Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Board members present this evening, Charles Kush, Christine Gerkey, Amanda McMillan, Melissa Kelly-Black, Joe Kosminski, Holly Blastic, and Mark Wolinsky. All right, please join the Board of Education in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay, we have reached the uh so item four recognition item 4.01 good news. Okay, uh Neighbor Hill Central senior and varsity girls basketball player Trinity Jones was recently named as one of 24 girls nationwide on the McDonald's All-American basketball team. She'll
003compete in the McDonald's All-American games in Arizona later this month. Congrats and good luck to Trinity. Oh, that is awesome. Okay, some 203 students can now say that they were part of setting a new world record. Local nonprofit Kids Matter in collaboration with Sure Shot Pickleball in Naperville organized an event to host the largest pickleball lesson. One of the locations included in the lesson was through live streams across Will, Kane, and DuPage counties. It was in Naperville North High School. 446 people including some of our District 203 students participated in the attempt which was officially recognized as successful by the Guinness Book of World Records. Naperville 203 hosted a joyful community celebration of Black History and Culture through music, rhythm, and movement on Sunday, February 22nd at Naperville North High School. The event featured Ayodele
004African drumming and dancing, a performance by the Naperville Central High School step team Dynasty, Maze Music Vocal Musical Showcase, and Food from the Soul Spot. The event MCs were Dr. Leeks and Naperville North High School senior Brooke Welch. >> [applause] >> Naperville North senior Tavic Abragimov was the fourth-place finisher in the IHSA 3A State Wrestling Tournament. He earned IHSA All-State honors and closed out his career as a 100-match winner. Great job. >> [applause] >> Members of Naperville 203's Black and 203 Equity Affinity Group acknowledged Black History Month with a show of unity. We're grateful for their contributions, leadership, and commitment to our students and community, past, present, and future. We appreciate the meaningful impact and care they bring to our district every day. >> [applause] >> The finance and business services career conference was on
005Monday, February 23rd. Over 300 students from Naperville Central and Naperville North spent the day at the NIU Naperville campus hearing from industry professionals in accounting, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, and other fields. The students also participated in a college and career fair during the event. We are incredibly proud to highlight the work of Naperville Central's own Ashlyn Goldstein. By working alongside state legislators and health organizations, Ashlyn is championing a future where CPR training is equitable, realistic, and inclusive of female anatomy. A new bill spearheaded by Ashlyn would require both male and female mannequins to be available during CPR training. Ashlyn's courage to address this training gap shows Naperville Central is a leader, inspire schools across Illinois to follow her lead. So, join us in celebrating Ashlyn's vision and leadership. >> [applause] >> And finally tonight, the first
006installment of our new parent tech series core connections, navigation navigating the digital world for families, was hosted on February 11th. The first session explored District 203's beliefs around AI and how we can support students in developing the profile of learner competencies in a world where AI tools are increasingly common. We're also joined by an industry professional from the D203 Workforce Innovation Council who shared how AI is being used in his workplace today and what that means for the future of the workforce. Additional sessions later this spring will focus on balance with technology usage and online safety. That's our good news. >> [applause] >> Okay. Item five, public hearing for driver's education waiver. So, I would like to call to order a public hearing regarding Naperville Community Unit School District 203's application for extension of the
007driver's education fee waiver. Um the hearing will begin with comments by administration. Uh the administration's comments will be followed by a public comment. A sign-up form was available as you entered the building. Public comment will be made in the order the requests to speak were received. Individuals will be limited to 3 minutes. I do want to emphasize that the public comment at this time will only be in regard to the subject of the public hearing. Public comment regarding other matters will be heard during the regular portion of the meeting, which is agenda item seven. After public comment, the the Board of Education will be invited to comment. Um the hearing will then be closed. So, at this time I'd like to invite superintendent and his staff to make any comments. Okay. Um compared to typical
008public hearings, these will just be brief uh cuz this waiver was actually approved by the Board of Education on January 20th, 2026, 2026. However, it was deemed incomplete by uh ISBE due to a a technical omission as the time of the hearing was not included in the required letter sent to our local representatives. And I see three of the four of them here, so they at least know when this meeting was. Uh the Board of Education previously approved the administration's recommendation for application of this waiver, like I said, on January 20th by vote of 7-0. Administration recommends the board again approve this recommendation. We don't have any new information to present since last time. Happy to answer any questions. Questions from the board. Okay, seeing none. I will begin the public comment period for this.
009Oh, I did that in reverse order. Sorry. Public comment. Anybody in the audience would like to talk about this particular issue? Again, remember public comment for the rest of the meeting is at a different time. Okay. Seeing none. Now, I was supposed to ask for board comment. Still none. All right. Um I will entertain a motion to adjourn uh the public hearing. So moved. Second. Motion and second have been heard. Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Blastic. Aye. Kelly Black. Aye. Wolinsky. Aye. Gerke. Aye. McMillan. >> Aye. Kozminski. >> Aye. Kush. Aye. The motion passes. The public hearing on driver's education waiver is now closed. We will be voting on this item later in the agenda. Okay, item six, public hearing on the ASA waiver. Similarly, I would like to call to order the public
010hearing regarding Naperville Community Unit School District 203's application for waiver of the newspaper publishing of the annual statement of affairs. Um, the hearing will begin with comments by the administration. The administration's comments will be followed by public comment. A sign-up form is available to you as you enter the building. Public comment will be made in the order of the request to speak in which they were received. Individuals will be limited to 3 minutes. I do want to again emphasize that the public comment at this time will only be in regard to the subject of the public hearing. Public comment regarding other matters will be heard during the regular portion of the meeting. After public comment, Board of Education will be invited to provide comment. Um, the hearing will then be closed. At this time, I
011would like to invite the superintendent and his staff to make comments. Similar comments. This waiver was also approved by the Board of Education on January 20th, 2026, and due to the same technical omission, um, we've been asked to repeat this process. Um, so we recommend that you approve the recommendation as presented. And a reminder for the Board and community, you did previously approve the recommendation for the application um, on January 20th. Okay, thank you. Now, I would like to begin public comment. Anybody in the audience like to comment on this? I do not have any slips of paper, but if anyone would like to would like to comment. Okay, seeing none, I will close public comment. And now I will invite invite the board to comment. Anyone on the board have any comments on this
012one? Melissa. I just want to reiterate what I said at the last board meeting and just get a confirmation. Uh the this would remove it from the public newspaper, the um announcement. Um at I think it was a $3,000 reduction. Yeah, it won't cost us 3,000. However, my concern that I expressed was that um by putting it on the district's website um most people probably don't even know that this is something we put out there and I think most of our traffic to our website would only be um part of the people that use our district. So, my concern was for those that um do not in the community that do not visit our uh our website. So, we had discussed that. Um Mr. Bridges, do you have a Did you We talked about finding
013ways that we could try to reach out to the individuals in a way that doesn't cost money? Maybe on social media, some other way versus just the people that use the communications for our district. >> media and through our normal communications outward we can include this information for sure. Uh I Okay, so just to clarify, reaching out to the other means of social media or uh social media versus most of ours is all geared towards district families. For example, this is a year coming up that we'll be developing a report to the community that goes to the entire community. We'll include it in there. Oh, wonderful. Thank you. Any other comments from the board? Okay. All right. So, then um I will entertain a motion to adjourn the public hearing. So moved. Second. [clears throat]
014Motion has been moved and seconded. Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Blastic. I. Kozminski. I. Gerke. I. Kelly Black. I. Kush. I. McMillan. >> I. Miller. >> I. The motion passes. The public hearing on the ASA waiver is now closed. Again, we will be voting on that later in the agenda. We have now reached the point in our agenda for general public comment. The Board of Education welcomes comments from the public at its meetings. Citizens who wish to address the Board of Education should identify themselves by name. Comments by individuals shall be limited to 3 minutes. If the individual is representing multiple individuals or a group, they shall be allowed to speak for 5 minutes. The Board respectfully requests that speakers refrain from commenting about specific individuals. Uh okay. I do have one slip of
015paper. At this point, I would like to welcome Kelly Scotty to speak. Good evening and welcome. >> Thank you. I think I put individual, but I'm really speaking on behalf of my entire team. So, if I if you'll offer me grace if I go over 3 minutes, that'd be fabulous. Anyway, so um I'm Kelly Scotty. I am a Naperville resident and a District 203 employee. Um so, while dismayed by the District 203's present financial state of affairs and the inevitably challenging impact it will pose on students and staff alike, it is now gravely important to look beyond the foregone conclusion of staff reduction by analyzing and implementing best practice opportunities designed to meet the varying needs of our students and schools as we move forward. Specifically, District 203 students would benefit most from a plan
016that provides staff allocation based on each school's needs rather than each school's attendance roster. I make this recommendation based on the schools attended by my three children, my experiences as a District 203 employee, and conversations with colleagues and parents. I'm a 20-year veteran of Naperville 203 in being an employee at Beebe. I've worked as a classroom assistant, a leap tutor for 7 years and the last 12 years as an instructional assistant in first and second grade. I'm presently in second grade. Needless to say, I have witnessed a great deal of growth and change over these years. The last 5 years I've provided instruction to second graders for math and reading enrichment, math and reading support, and math fluency. I'm happy to report that our team has worked really hard to create a results-driven, well-oiled machine
017in that time. Our team's greatest desire is to maintain our current trajectory, but in order to best divide and conquer, we need hands on deck, small class sizes, and appropriately placed assistants for optimal differential learning opportunities. Um I wanted to give you a few statistics. I could only go back to 2024's map tests um and information about our classes. We have a very, very diverse population at BB school. Um so in 2024 to 25, we had four monolingual sections with 73 students. We had three 504 plans, 10 IEPs, seven behavior charts, and 10 ELLs in that capacity. And again, it's a very it's a great variety of students in that um setting. By 2025-26, we had still four monolingual sections, 79 students, six 504 plans, eight IEPs, 10 behavior charts, 11 ELLs, two uh dual
018language transfers because of behavior, and two exceptional needs students. In 23-24, we had three classes with 26 to 28 students. We were not able to do what we've been able to do in the past 2 years specifically. So, what I wanted to tell you real quickly was um when we look at the math growth, the uh mean writ score went from 189, 191, 193 to 192, 193, 195. And our reading went from 184, 186, 188 to 189, 190, and 192. So, some real great growth by having the smaller class sizes with the right people working with these kids. Um so, why size really matters. Um this year it we continue to grow with students with needs and be especially behaviors. With smaller class sizes, we're able to divide and conquer differently. Um In closing, well,
019I'll tell you a little bit more about that. We divide and conquer because we take the highest and the lowest and we provide them differentiated instruction that meets exactly where they are at the moment. It gives the classroom teacher more room to meet the middle, gives the classroom teacher more opportunity to see greater needs and be able to present those to team when necessary. Um so, in closing, our team has been successfully able to produce glow moments for an incredibly diverse and largely academically and financially needy population. And in order for schools like BB to continue meaningful growth in these demographics, we need our decision makers to both recognize and support a workforce distribution plan that is based on equitability and not equality. Certainly, it would be fabulous if each of our schools were equal
020in numbers and needs of population. In reality, they are anything but equal. Therefore, it would behoove District 203 to create and ensure the most beneficial learning environments for its most vulnerable populations. It is my sincere hope and that of my team that this board will be mindful of what is truly in the best interest of all its constituents and provide for everyone according to need using equitability as its compass. Thank you for the opportunity to share my viewpoint this evening. Okay. I do not have any other slips of paper. Is there anyone else in the audience who would like to address the board via public comment this evening? Okay. As a reminder, because the questions raised in public comment address district operational matters, the board has designated our superintendent as the spokesperson for the district
021as our designee to respond to public comment and he will apprise the Board of Education accordingly. This will conclude our public comment period. All right. Um item eight, action by consent. Uh I will entertain a motion for the consent agenda. Um move approval of items 8.01 and 8.02 in the consent agenda. Second. Okay. Motion and a second have been heard. Please call the roll, Ms. Patton. Wolensky I. McMillan I. Blastic I. Kozminski I. Gerke I. Kush >> I. Kelly Black I. The motion passes. Item nine, communications. Item 9.01, Board of Education reports. Is there are there any board members that would like to um provide a report based on their assigned duties as a board member? Mark. Thank you, Charles. Um we started in the good news, uh two things. One is the Black History
022Month event at Naperville North and uh myself and several of my colleagues were able to attend that and I I think that was a a really good event and there was a lot of community support there. So, I do want to recognize the folks that put that event together. Uh we also talked about the 203 Finance and Business Services Career Forum. I did have the chance to attend that as well. I spoke to some of the students and uh of the businesses and uh schools that attended. Um the the students were very excited and really appreciated the opportunity that they had to meet with folks in the business world and and learn a little bit more about uh what careers in finance and business are about. Uh and they appreciated the opportunity to actually network
023uh with each other and with folks in the business world. Um the folks from the businesses and schools really appreciated the questions that were asked. They they were very impressed with our students. Uh so um I I think that was great and I also want to thank Michael um and uh Meredith. Uh they were there and they presented uh with several of their team members uh and talked about potential careers within the 203 administration. So, that was something I've never been exposed to, quite frankly. Uh so, it was great hearing about the paths that Mike and his team and Meredith and her team uh has taken uh have taken to get to where they are today. Uh and also uh the folks from Ernst & Young who were there, not only in the capacity of
024being able to table uh and be available for the students, and believe me, they were mobbed by students, uh but they also took the opportunity to present. Uh so, I want to thank EY for doing that. Thanks. Fantastic. Anyone else? Holly. I had the opportunity to join Dan at Steeple Run for a visit. Um Ms. Malatia um and the whole team, it was just so such a wonderful visit to see what a family it is and people lined up for hugs and feeling welcome and warm. And you know, with all of our elementary schools, that's how how you want to feel when you enter the district and to see it throughout the entire building was just wonderful to see, so. Uh wonderful visit and glad that that's one of my adopted schools and that I
025was able to be there. Fantastic. Anyone else? All right. Thank you, everyone. Item 9.02 President's report. The only thing I would like to say is as as you all know and maybe the old members of the community may or may not know, I was not at able to attend last the last board meeting I do a due to a work commitment and I just wanted to thank Vice President Christine Gerke for chairing the meeting in my absence. So thank you for that. That's my only report. Anything else? Let's see. Oh, so item 9.03 Superintendent staff school report. >> Okay. We're going to move to the carbon action plan under our reports proceeding and I've been we've been joined by Assistant Superintendent for Leadership and School Services Chuck Front who will provide the update to the
026Board of Education. As you recall the board approved our carbon action plan back in March of 2025. This is simply an update this evening on some of the work of the committee in regard to the plan. No action necessary. So I will turn it over to Chuck now to give you that update. Thanks Mr. Bridges. He's already kind of taken a couple of my first slides here. So I'll just sort of roll through them. That was actually the memo that was in there too. So thank you. It has been as Mr. Bridges stated a year already since our carbon action plan was approved last March. Tonight is simply just a quick sort of progress update to the board. We do have a couple board members that sit on the steering committee but for the rest
027of the board as well as for the community we feel it's important that at least once annually we do an update on the on the work that we've been up to. Let me start tonight just by reviewing some background information related to the plan itself including why we developed the plan. That development process, our long-term goals in the areas of focus. Thought this would be important since some of us think about this quite frequently, whereas others probably maybe haven't thought about this since last March. Um so several years ago, the Board of Education set as a priority the creation of a plan to reduce the district's carbon footprint. This was communicated to our community through the strategic blueprint, uh which is shown on the slide here. Um it is strategic focus three, and it's actually
028the first commitment under that strategic focus area. To meet that commitment, we engaged with a sustainability advisory, uh which was called Keramida. It that was in March of 2024. Next slide, please. Uh with their expertise, an inventory of greenhouse gases was completed and is still available to the public on our district's website. Uh with this baseline data in mind, an advisory committee including students and staff developed a plan under the guidance of that sustainability advisor, and as previously mentioned, the plan was approved a year ago almost today. Next slide. The plan has a long-term goal of reaching net zero as a district by the year 2050. It also has a mid-term target in 2035 of 35% reduction as a benchmark so that we can make sure that we're keeping on track with that long-term uh
029goal in 2050. Aligned to the goals, reduction measures fall into three main sectors. We have buildings and energy, transportation, and waste. As a reminder, each of those sectors has multiple reduction measures and actions that guide the real work. With that background serving as a reminder, the remaining slides in today's presentation represent um some of the highlights of progress we've made over the past 12 months. One of the most important actions that we feel has occurred is the launch of a steering committee. The importance of this committee cannot be overstated as we believe this was a foundational step to ensuring success towards that long-range goal. We wanted to be certain that the plan actually leads to action rather than sitting on a a shelf somewhere. This group of students, board members, staff, and community members serve
030as as an accountability team by reviewing and setting priorities, navigating through unexpected hurdles, and reviewing progress, and much more. Simply put, the steering committee has defined its purpose as turning plans into progress. It's important to note that the steering committee does have a specific function. This slide represents the primary responsibilities, which are meant to support the work of the teams actually implementing the actions associated with those reduction measures. The steering committee doesn't really do the work, but rather ensures the work maintains momentum and progress is monitored given the plan spans a 25-year period. The steering committee meets two to three times a year. This is year one, so we have three meetings that we scheduled. Two have have occurred thus far, and I'd like to provide an overview for you tonight from those two meetings
031because I believe that also serves as a a purpose of of showing the progress that the plan itself has made. So, in our first meeting, the primary outcome back in October 1st was really to confirm the priorities for the next 12 months. Breaking that 25-year plan into 1-year increments, I think is helpful to make sure that that progress occurs. Through a collaborative process, the steering committee reinforced the focus within the buildings and energy sector on completing a solar feasibility study and designing, constructing a new transportation facility. Within the transportation sector, priorities that rose to the top included increasing electric charging capacity for our buses, procuring additional electric buses, and assessing the stadium area, which is where our buildings and grounds department is located, for electric charging capacity so that maintenance vehicles can eventually turn over
032from traditional to renewable energy sources. And last but not least, the steering committee placed a large focus on initiating a subcommittee this coming year to develop a district-wide recycling program. Uh moving forward to uh the end of January, the steering committee got together again and spent most of the time reviewing progress since that first meeting. After the October meeting, a recycling subcommittee formed and met to develop plans for district-wide recycling. Their progress was shared with the steering committee so additional guidance could be provided as plans are finalized. This slide actually shows the timeline found on page 27. I'm sure you have it up of the actual carbon action plan. Um as well as some of the actions that that subcommittee has already taken. Recycling is actually an example of a reduction measure that is being
033accelerated compared to what's in the plan, given that the steering committee felt it was important to do so. Back in November of 2025, the Board of Education was presented with an option to install geothermal wells and solar panels on the rooftop of the new transportation facility, resulting in projected energy savings of over four four million dollars over the next 25 years after the return on investment occurs in the first six years. Since the approval of the carbon action plan, this new facility probably stands as our brightest example of how investment can provide reduction in carbon emissions and provide financial savings at the same time. At our January steering committee meeting, engineers from Amsco were involved in the design of the new transportation facility also provided a a presentation focused on how the geothermal well system
034will be installed and how it functions to reduce carbon emissions. This knowledge for the steering committee moving will help moving forward as the steering committee also sets other priorities in future years. This first year has been foundational to the implementation of the carbon action plan. While we haven't maybe accomplished a lot when you look at all the things within the plan, the first year is truly a year to get organized. We made progress in each of the sectors and believe momentum will continue as a steering committee continues to ensure priorities are identified, supported, and met year after year. We're thrilled with the launch of that steering committee. As previously mentioned, this group ensures progress is being made each year. As another highlight, earlier this year the board was presented with a facilities assessment, which is
035an important tool in developing maintenance and replacement plans for equipment throughout the district. And additional highlights include the site work at the transportation site, uh which has increased electric bus charging stations, as well as a new waste contract which has opened up the opportunity now for district-wide recycling. Finally, this slide uh provides a summary of the work we're expecting over the next year ahead. While it's important to note that priorities can shift and already have within the steering committee, this is our road map for 2026-2027 as of today. The steering committee will meet again in April. Excuse me. [clears throat] And then evolve as members cycle off and on due to student graduations, staffing changes, and other members needing to move in and in and off the the committee. But as you can see here,
036energy audits and solar integration will take priority in the buildings and energy sector. Construction of the new transportation facility will obviously be the primary focus in the transportation sector. While launching a district-wide recycling program, as I mentioned previously, will be the focus in the waste sector. That's our update for tonight. Happy to take any questions the board may have. Okay. Um thank you, Chuck, for your report. Prior to um asking the board for questions. Um just as a reminder to all board members, we will recognize each I will recognize, sorry, each individual to ask questions or or make comments. Uh as per our board agreements, we've agreed to share time with other board members. After each person's had a turn, we'll kind of go back around if necessary. Um if you ask a question, please
037state if it was one that you sent ahead of time. Um and as a follow-up to our most recent board uh self-evaluation, we've agreed to limit ourselves to 3 minutes per board member. Uh and in order and and uh we've rotated the timing responsibility. I believe, Mark, you have it this evening. Okay. Very nice. Um and in order to So, we we're doing that in an effort to facilitate efficiency and effectiveness during these meetings. So, um this is I believe our third meeting doing with this process. Second? Third, I think. Third, yeah. Third meeting with this process. So, um Mark, thank you for um in advance for for um your service in that regard. And with that, uh uh we will entertain questions from the board. So, Mark, make sure you time yourself. Yes. Yep,
038thank you, Charles. Uh I can't do two things at once, so this could be a challenge. Uh this this question was asked in advance. It it pertained to the metrics. And I I think if I looked at the response correctly and clicked on the link, it takes me back to the uh the study that was done on the um carbon that we're emitting based on our locations. Um but I think what I was looking for was something more uh timely and in uh as we go forward. So, um I I would imagine that we're not going to do an audit every year of our carbon uh reductions. But, we might have things that you had on the last slide as what's going to be next steps. Um that maybe we can capture some information and
039just kind of give us some sense that we are making progress. So, you talked about I think one thing was optimizing the bus routes. So, maybe we can look at that and say we we somehow have reduced the carbon emissions from the buses from X to Y by optimizing uh the bus routes. Uh so, this way we're not waiting until the next audit to be done, but we can kind of get a better sense of how we're going along. So, that that's not something I expect we we have right away, but something maybe to uh to think about and bring to the steering committee and get some input uh from community members and other experts. Yeah, I think that that's a great point. And actually, our intent is to update that the the metrics that
040are currently on the site about once annually just to show how we're doing site by site, but also I think the sort of narrative piece that goes with it so that the community is aware of steps that we've taken. Great. Thank you, Chuck. Amanda. I did [clears throat] send this question in advance, but I have a two questions and the other one I did not, so. Um the first question is uh and I just think it's important to kind of share with the community if you could remind us why the baseline for the carbon action plan is 2018. Yeah, we actually started with 3 years of data. So, um the the greenhouse gas inventory was completed in 2024. So, going back 3 years, uh we had to take out some of those years uh during
041the pandemic when our buildings were not used uh traditionally. Uh they were used kind of more uh unevenly, I suppose, throughout those years. So, 2018, 22 and 2023 were the three full years we had of data regarding greenhouse gas. Okay. So, that's why 2018 is our baseline of where we're kind of looking at. Correct. Um and I I love the website where we, you know, on our district that um tracks the carbon action plan and the dashboard that we can kind of look at. Um but I noticed that most of the data is the 2018, 2022, and 2023. And I'm just wondering how frequently are you planning on doing uh and maybe this is similar to Mark's question, but um how frequently between now and 2030 and then on to 2050 are you going to
042do um an assessment where we can kind of track those benchmarks? Is it uh planned out yet? It is. We're our goal really is to update that at least once a year. Uh >> so of course, we're already into 2026. Yeah. We do have the data from 2024 and 2025 in terms of energy use and in the greenhouse gases. Uh, so that needs to be added still. A couple things occurred kind of behind the scenes with technology. [clears throat] One being kind of a change in vendors with our website, uh, but also some of the mechanics with that tool itself. Uh, but we hope this summer to update that and have 2024 and 2025 data Excuse [clears throat] me. added to what's currently there. Perfect. Thank you. Other questions? You got it? Go ahead. Go
043ahead, Amanda. >> [clears throat] >> In those, uh, metrics in regards to that you're going to do annually, is there, um, is that going to include cost savings? Cuz I'm assuming a reducing a carbon footprint is saving money, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. Yeah, I We we haven't really had that conversation yet. I think that's a that's a good topic for the steering committee to talk through in terms of how we might show that because sometime like, um, transportation facility I think is a good example of there's an upfront cost and a financial savings long-term. There's other things like, for example, recycling program where there might be some some very low cost to get something like that going. Um, we might not necessarily be able to capture financial savings per se. There might
044be a way to do that, but not every reduction measure and action associated with it will necessarily yield cost savings. So I think where we can, that would be helpful to find a way to capture that on the site as well. Okay, I don't see any other questions. do have a question. I did Oh. Go go I can go last, it's fine. Melissa. Mine is is more of a statement. So, forgive me while I read it. And it's you'll see that it's in the lens of like what I'm really thinking about as a board member. Um our district adopted a budget with a $23 million deficit. We're now being told there's an additional projected $12 million structural short for fall. This is not an accident. This is a result of decisions. For several years, budgets
045that exceeded revenue were recommended by the superintendent approved by the board. Deficits were normalized. Fund balance was used to cover reoccurring operating costs. Spending commitments continued even as financial warning signs grew clearer. Now, we're being told that staff reductions are necessary. At the same time staff cuts are being proposed, we continued advancing long-term capital initiatives under the cap the carbon action plan and other expansion efforts. Environmental sustainability is important. But when a district is running structural operating deficits, leadership must prioritize stabilizing the core educational mission before accelerating additional financial commitments. Our first obligation is to balance the budget for responsibility. Stop reoccurring deficit spending. Protect the education fund fund from ongoing erosion. Preserve instructional quality instructional quality and student services. Our children only one education. Their academic foundation and future opportunities cannot be compromised because
046of a fiscal mismanagement. When enrollment shifts by a couple hundred students, but students' needs increase by 72% since COVID, the answer cannot automatically be fewer educators while capital initiatives continue moving forward. We can and should revisit long-term sustainability initiatives, but we must do so from a position of financial stability and not while cutting the very people who deliver education every day. We were elected to protect protect the educational interests of the children and to ensure responsible stewardship of of public funds. The education of our students must come first. The information used in this statement was taken from approved district budgets, amended district budgets, district budget reports, district treasury reports, district audits, and the Illinois report card. Thank you. Okay. Um, any other questions? Okay. Um, I do have a question. I sent a question ahead.
047This isn't the question I sent ahead, but uh I did send one ahead. So, um one of the things that um I thought when we first approved this carbon action plan, I thought it was an amazing opportunity um and was uh re-energized around this when we made some decisions around the transportation facility in terms of using some um you know, newer technology that is very uh carbon-friendly. Um was uh the opportunity for there to be student learning opportunities uh as we install new technologies and things like that. Um where where are we kind of on that? Is that something that's still being contemplated and has any action been taken on that front? Yeah, I mean, honestly, most of what we have uh to date since the approval of the plan has been a lot of
048planning. Okay. So, in terms of implementation, like when the transportation facility is completed, there'll be some opportunity there for students to engage in seeing how the the systems there actually do save emissions and financial and and so on and so forth. Um we I do want to note that we have students on our steering committee. Uh so, that's an opportunity for for them individually, obviously, to be part of decision-making and review in progress, but but also specifically their role is to assist with ensuring education opportunities are um part of the planning as we think about, for example, district-wide recycling. Um so, it absolutely is at the heart of of the work. Well, well, thank you for that. Um and my just a quick follow-up question. Um you mentioned that as the committee, obviously, there'll need
049to be some turnover. Students are graduating, um different people will be moving on off. Um have you given contemplation to how that rotation process will work to make sure that there's continuity? Um because as people leave, you don't want the information void getting up to speed. So, um has there been any thought around how that process will work? Yeah, we we don't anticipate that there'll be a large turnover from one year to the next. Uh but it it may be as much as 25% of the committee. So, I think the remaining members will help with that continuity piece. Um our plan going into this year was to have some underclassmen and some you know, some potentially graduating seniors to be part of the work. Uh but in this first year, we did give some priority
050to those students who were involved in the development of the plan for continuity. Um but as we go forward, we're looking to balance that, potentially even add some junior high students to the steering committee as well, so that we have that continuity for students um built right in. Yeah, when the plan was approved one of my favorite things was when the students came. I think we were at Kennedy at the time that when yeah, when the students came and gave their presentation and talked about how energized they were about being involved in this plan. So, if you ever want to bring them back to have that conversation, I would gladly welcome that. >> Yeah, I'd I'd like to apologize to the board that you're hearing from me tonight. The plan actually was to have a
051couple of our students with tonight to do some of the presenting. They had some some conflicts. So, um you you were stuck with me. All right. Any other questions? Oh, Joe. Yeah, I just want to ask a couple questions to Really, I think there may be some misunderstanding about the deficit numbers and how this around the transportation facility and other things. Um So, the deficits that we've been running in the past few years have been deficits that are opted for by the board under policy 420. They're one-time expenditures on capital improvements to draw down our fund balance. So, the operating budget I believe has been fairly balanced and we've chosen to do things like build the transportation facility to and and um address some of the carbon action plan strategies and doing so through fund
052balance 420. So, Um, I think we have to separate out those one-time uh uh expenditures that were were we were doing to get back into fund balance policy. Um, the these are Is that correct understanding of the process? Yeah, Mike can add to it if um I I miss any of this or there's anything to add to it, but I think um when we look at um kind of our spending and we uh think about our budget and kind of some numbers that we're referencing. Those numbers include construction costs of approved projects by the Board of Education, not part of our structural deficit, okay? Uh we actually um haven't run an operational deficit to this point. Um we we will probably have one this year um for the first time um and obviously then that
053informs we have to look at what we're doing in the future. But Mike, I don't know if you'd add anything to that. Yeah, just to clarify where that information comes from. Um if you and this will be on our website, the the annual financial report, one of the pages of the annual financial report is the um uh Illinois State Board of Education financial profile score. And in the financial profile score, there are five different metrics uh that they look at. Uh the first one is uh fund balance to revenue ratio. Uh there's another one called days of cash on hand. And then there's one on short-term and long-term borrowing. The fifth one, it's actually the second one, but I saved this for last, is the expenditure to revenue ratio. Okay? And they're specifically looking at
054your operating funds. So and again, this is all public information on our on our annual financial report. Or on ISBE's website. >> [cough] >> The they're looking at specifically the direct expenditures of fund 10, 20, and 40, which is the education, the operation and maintenance, and the transportation fund. And then they look at the revenue, the direct revenue received in those three funds, plus the working cash fund. And then they do a comparison. And so, if you're if you're spending less, if your expenditures don't uh or exceed the revenue, then you get uh a a certain score. And uh our ratio was point our numbers are expenses of 300 operational expenses, 332.2 million, revenue 335.1 million, a ratio of 0.991, meaning that we have less expenses, and we've this has been ongoing. Less expenses for
055uh this again, this is for the most recent year, FY25, where we received a score of a four uh on that particular metric. And if you if you ever looked at the financial profile score, you get a a score for each one of those five metrics. We have on four is the highest score. We have a four on all five of those metrics, and an overall score of a four for a financial recognition. But, as the superintendent pointed out, we're looking at potentially for this year, and we're going to bring in an amended budget, as I mentioned many times to the board later on this year, um uh that may not be the case for this year. Uh we're we'll yet to see how how the year plays out, but I think for the first
056time that metric is going to change, where uh um expenses for the current FY26 year, again, direct operational expenses, will exceed direct operational revenue, meaning our ratio will not hit that score of a four, and we would get a score of a three. We'll still have a high uh uh financial profile score from ISBE, but that'll be the first time that we would have an operational deficit. So, that is at the actual truth and the facts behind the the district finances. Thank you. Okay. Other questions on this? All right. Um thank you, Chuck. Appreciate that. Item 10, discussion without action. Item 10.01, um EC 12 certified and districts bed staffing projection. Sorry. Sure. Oh. Thank you. Uh just before we get into uh 10.01, I I just want to say this. Uh I my daughter
057is a uh part-time teacher in 203, and after looking at the Illinois School Code and the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and also talking with our uh boa- board attorney, uh I am going to recuse myself from this discussion. Uh so, I will not be involved in it um as we go forward cuz I want to make sure that there is uh nothing uh from a conflict of interest perspective. So, thank you. Thank you, Charles. Thank you, Mark. Okay. Uh that being said, so item 10.01 Superintendent Bridges. >> Okay. Um welcome to the team. He's going to help support uh our presentation tonight. Uh tonight we do present to the board our annual recommendation uh for our staffing projection for the coming school year. Uh and this is an important part of our annual budget process,
058uh and this is a uh we give to the board every March. Our staffing recommendation uh is presented to the board this evening for discussion without action. So, no action uh will be taken this evening. We'll be asking the board to consider our recommendation for action at the March 16th, 2026 meeting. Uh administration is recommending a total certified reduction of approximately 95 positions for the 2026-2027 school year uh that will align the workforce with our current student enrollment and our fiscal realities. Uh in alignment with reductions at the certified educator level, uh included in that total number, the administration is recommending a reduction of seven administrative positions. This will ensure that the effort to right-size the district is reflected at all levels of uh leadership. We maintain a lean and focused organizational structure that prioritizes
059classroom funding. Good evening. As you can see on the screen tonight, a memorandum is loaded into BoardDocs outlining the district's licensed staffing recommendation for early childhood through grade 12, as well as for district student services for the 2026-2027 school year. As previously mentioned, the recommendation is being presented tonight for discussion without action, with formal board action scheduled for March 16th, 2026. As you review the memo, you will see a strategic effort to balance our commitment to instructional integrity while responsibly responding to shifting enrollment trends and fiscal realities. With the district facing a projected $12.4 million deficit, our goal has been to refine staffing recommendations so they more closely align with the current student needs and enrollment, and to return to sustainable pre-pandemic staffing levels where possible. Over the past 12 years, district enrollment has declined
060by approximately 875 students, while certified staffing levels have increased. Addressing this misalignment is necessary to ensure long-term fiscal stability while continuing to meet student needs. The memorandum before you outlines a recommendation for a licensed staffing level of approximately 1,477 FTE for the 26 2027 school year, representing a net reduction of approximately 90 FTE district-wide, exclusive of administrative positions. These reductions occur across all levels and are being addressed first through retirements, resignations, natural attrition, internal transfers, and the thoughtful use of certifications, rather than direct one-to-one personnel reductions. Therefore, it is not a one-to-one correlation of 90 positions equaling 90 people being reduced. Core class sizes will be adjusted to more closely align with the aspirational goals outlined in board policy 632, allowing the district to capture efficiencies while maintaining instructional integrity. Within student services, overall staffing
061levels will remain stable for the 2026-2027 school year through strategic shifts in resources across the department. In response to an increase in elementary students requiring a self-contained setting, the district will open two new elementary specialized classrooms. Staffing to support these classrooms, including related services, will be reallocated through a strategic shift of existing resources, resulting in no additional FTE required. Additionally, there are no new budget initiatives being proposed for the 2026-2027 school year. And then finally, I'd like to share some comments that were in a message that were sent to staff last week. Um just to emphasize the fact that I and this team knows just how heavily um this weighs on our whole school community. Uh and we all recognize that the strength of what we do comes from the people who serve our students
062every single day. And we recognize that discussions about staffing uh can create some uncertainty and stress, which I know they have. Uh the work our staff does for our students each day matters deeply, and the care they bring is what makes this district special. We'll continue to move through this process with transparency, professionalism, and respect for the people who serve our students. This evening, the assistant superintendents for each level, uh along with student services and I, are available to answer questions and provide additional clarity as the board considers the recommendation ahead of the March 16th, 2026 meeting. Ready for questions? Okay. Uh thank you for the presentation. Uh questions from the board. Holly. Um this is kind of separate from staffing, but on the same topic. Could we um Dan or or Mike talk about
063um when we were talking about needing to address the deficit um as a board, we talked about addressing other cost-saving measures first. Could you share some of the things that have been looked at and what's been identified before looking at staffing? Yep. Uh so, we have been really kind of looking at all of our expenses through uh three primary um buckets, I guess I would say. Um streamlining staffing, as we've discussed this evening, has been one. Uh other areas that we are looking uh is in the area of looking to maximize as much revenue as possible that we can that comes into the into the district. So, doing things like um we'll be advocating at the state level regarding uh funding for MCATS, as you know. We've talked about the evidence-based funding model, and we
064don't see a lot of new dollars uh every year uh out of that formula. Uh looking at our full reimbursements on Medicaid and other areas, as well as use maximum use of grant dollars outside of our local dollars as possible. And the other bucket, which which is actually where we started, uh is on an examination of discretionary spending and looking at areas where we can uh reduce our our discretionary spending. Uh and that's really kind of a a number that is, you know, there's you got some conversation about what's discretionary and what's not. Um as an example, we we talked about the communications department. You know, we have something like our website, which is a communication tool, uh the Let's Talk platform. Those are all things that you could identify as discretionary spending. We looked
065at fuel for diesel busing. That's discretionary when you really kind of break it down, right? But you have to operate the buses, right? So digging into then where we see redundancy and duplication. What are some things and where are some places that we can say we have this platform, we have that platform, we have other platforms that maybe instead of having three, we can reduce down to one. Um and so we have been working to maximize our reductions in that area and are looking at about 4 million so far as we work on preparing the budget that will come to the Board of Education in the May. So Thank you and I think I asked this ahead like one example um with looking at travel and those kind of expenses, but I understand there's certain
066categories where these are grants grants limit and and fund only certain sources for >> Yeah, so we've looked at things that like, you know, the reduction in spending on things like conference attendance, travel, food at meetings and things like that. And in a lot of ways some of that can be completely eliminated, but a lot of it just is going to have to be reduced. As an example, we look at if we have a new project lead the way teacher, that teacher is going to require travel for professional learning to deliver that type of a program or course. So we have to continue to do that. There are learning experiences that we find that will be useful to advancing the work that we do in the district. We want to continue to get better at
067what we do. And it may be a conference where in the past we've sent make up a number five maybe only one now, right? We must the best that we can do to reduce that. We could eliminate all travel and expenses and our 12 million plus deficit will still be a still be a 12 million plus deficit. So it's doing the best that we can to identify multiple buckets where we can reduce. We've also looked at department-wide spending building spending of being reduced between 15 to 25%. That's the area where you'll see a lot of the discretionary spending. Thank you. Those numbers are really helpful and I think I'm just going to finish with comments. Um, you know, looking at this memo, I think it's something every every position, especially, you know, student-facing our schools,
068but every staff member we value and appreciate and I know I'm up every night thinking about this um, because we value everyone and, you know, in my comments leading up to this and I recognize that we do have to do something. Um, we don't want this hanging overhead year after year. That weighs on families and that weighs on um, staff as well. Um, but I appreciate and my biggest concern was that we're turning over every rock um, and looking for every single dollar um, before we get to staffing. So, I appreciate that those steps are being looked at. Um, And I just want to just kind of respond to that cuz I know how it can feel like that's what's happening. Uh, and part of it has to do simply with timelines on when um,
069we're legally required to notify staff of of return or or rehire no rehire and then our budget cycle, which we typically begin in May, right? In terms of presentation to the board. So, um, know that the administration is continuously working on identifying those areas to to to um, maximize our our ability to be efficient. Yeah, then in that vein I would just like to say thank you for everyone who's working together. One of the things, you know, we have an an MOA coming up later in this agenda and we've already had one with NUEA and having the option to incentivize incentivize when someone is ready to move on from the district at their own choice and they're they're ready, um, we're offering flexibility to them and flexibility to the administrative team to in making these
070decisions. So, I just really appreciate the collaboration um, as much as this can um, happen through attrition, but that is being looked at and the part, you know, um, unions and staff are coming together and administration coming together to work on those kind of collaborative solutions. Other questions? I just in response to that, I got I think another important point to make, honestly, is just it's um we think about um as we look at this, we are we are doing our best to work at areas of attrition first. So. Other questions or comments? Melissa. I have another statement. I do want to say that I spent a tremendous amount of time reviewing the the sources that I said. It is frustrating when people make comments that have not maybe reviewed these resources. So, anything that
071I state, I'm willing to provide verifying documentation. So. Since 2021, the overall enrollment has declined by 205 students. However, during the same period, students in high need categories have increased by 72%. Advanced academic coursework participation has also increased from 37% to 45%. Students student need has grown and the demands of our staff have increased. The number of full-time teachers increased modestly from a thousand 1,155 in 2021 to 1,177 in 2025, an addition of 22 teachers, full-time teachers. And the student teach teacher ratio that our dis district has that is um remains consistent with the the average. Staff salaries and benefits represent 76% of the district spending before COVID. And remain at 76% in the current 2025-2026 budget. At the halfway mark of the current fiscal year, salaries are at 41% of the budgeted funds. Benefits
072are at 38% of the budgeted funds. However, capital outlay and supplies are already over 50% of the budgeted funds. The adopted 2025-2026 budget included approximately $22 million in capital project spending. The actual capital spending has reached approximately $48 million this year with an additional $6 million anticipated for the transportation center center and any additional expenditures proposed under under the carbon action plan. This deficit pattern budgeting did not begin this year. The 2021-2022 budget was approved with a planned $7.5 million deficit. On the same day, the prior year's budget was amended from a balanced budget to a budget with a $3.5 million deficit. The 200 the 2023-2024 amended budget ended with a $12 million deficit and included a transfer of $10 million to the capital projects fund. The 224-225 budget year included approximately $50 million in
073transfers to the capital projects fund prior >> Time. I can post the rest online. Um that way people can review it and fact-check it. Thank you. Okay. Other questions? I just wanted to um reiterate something that uh that that that Holly said and um and that is the the amount of thinking, effort, and energy that's going into leaving no stone unturned in terms of uh really combing through and determining what uh can be done in prioritizing, making sure that our kids are continuing to get what they need uh in the levels that they need it um and really being uh judicious. So, I just wanted to thank the the team, the committee for all the work. Again, as Dan mentioned, I know that these are not easy um things to kind of go through. Um
074but the collaboration, partnership um that has been displayed and the level of thinking and the level of energy that's being put into this to make sure that um we're able to do as as much as we can and and and still make sure that we're correcting our budget situation um is very commendable. So, um I just wanted to uh personally say thank you to each and every one of you. Okay. Seeing no other comments. Um item 10.02, debt service levy. Okay, this is an annual review that um administration brings to the Board of Education in consideration of uh the decision to abate any uh or all of the debt service levy. Uh this has to be done and filed prior to the end of March, which is why we typically do this during the March
075meeting. It is the recommendation of the administration to not um uh abate the 2025 debt service levy and fully collect uh on this levy. Obviously, as we've talked about, our financial situation, uh lessening or reducing um our levy in any way right now uh is not something we'd recommend. Granted, albeit it is a it is lower this year like it was last year. Remind the board that you did not uh abate last year. Uh and you did collect that money. Um so that's the recommendation. Uh if the board chooses uh to abate, um we would need to bring an action item back uh on March 16th with the resolution to transfer uh funds from the Ed Fund to the Debt Service Fund. Um but it's our recommendation to not abate. Happy to answer any questions.
076Mike, anything I need to add? Questions from the board? Mark. Thank you, Charles. Just for clarification, when we have to vote on this because it it's recommending we don't approve it. So, no would mean we're agreeing with the recommendation when we vote next time. That's correct. Thank you. Okay, I thought I understood it before you asked your question. So, theoretically Okay. >> Mike, correct me if I'm wrong. Technically, if the board chooses to extend the levy and not abate it, they don't need to take any action whatsoever. That's correct. The our debt service is already on file with the county. Typically, anytime you sell bonds, any school district or any government sells bonds, that bond schedule goes to the county and is automatically added to the tax levy. It's unique here that we actually vote
077on a resolution to abate a portion of that levy, which is the bond and interest levy. If we take no action, and if there was no agenda item, that levy would just extend like it does in every other school district. So, another approach simply is if if I hear from four people five people, majority of the board in your comments here that we don't need to take action on this, we won't it won't even be an agenda item. If the board wants to discuss further, we'll bring it back with a proposed resolution. We'll recommend you reject the resolution. Okay. Is there a way to write the resolution to say to a >> The resolution is only necessary to transfer the funds from the fund into the debt service fund. >> Okay. All right. Um so
078um Well. Well. You can go ahead. Go over Yeah. One of you go. Amanda, go. All right. So, hearing this, obviously, I I really hate, you know, raising any kind of taxes, but also knowing that we are in a position where we really need to collect every since source of revenue that we can. I would be in support of the recommendation. Um uh so that we can just remove it from the agenda item and um make sure that we're cuz to me this is a couple staff, right, you know, so we want to save as many people as possible, so. >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Melissa? I just want to clarify cuz I know that people sent in messages and there were some clarification. So, um as a agenda item, it said So, basically, saying
079it did say that the it's the abatement resolution. Um so, if we don't vote for it, we don't have to bring it up. I think that was some confusion. People sent in questions. Um I did have a question. Says this abatement has not been accounted for in financial projection projections. Um I had a question about that. I noticed in reviewing the previous budgets that on some of our previous budgets that we had contingency funds there. Um do we ever put the abatement into the fund so we know about it in the very beginning when we're passing the budget as as like a contingency so we're aware of all the funds. If the board adopted this a baby would affect the FY27 budget, not this year's budget. So but what I'm I'm saying for future reference
080Kim we in the budgets if if this is going to come up again is there any way to notify us ahead of time what that amount would be or does it have to be calculated? Well, it is a known amount and it is for the 98,150 this year. It'll be 98,150 next year. It'll be 3.1 a little over 3.1 million in the final year of the abatements. It is the administration's recommendation that we not abate any of those moving forward due to our our financial situation. Okay and then for clear clarification maybe you can help me is so this is not referencing in the budget book where it says debt service fund. That would be debt service. Debt service, I'm sorry yes. And what say that again? What's your question? It that's not referring to
081this correct? That would be the debt service fund is where is the fund that those payments are made from yes. Oh okay cuz okay then I do have questions. Um so how long is is this bond for? The bond was issued in 2009 and and has as the superintendent said goes through what year is that FY 28 29 29 It's in our financial reports too. All of our debt service will be found in our annual financial report. Okay cuz I noticed it must be getting near the end because it's typical and I also just to say that we have the we have the revenue coming in. I noticed that the federal subsidy that's been decreasing. The amount that the government kicks in, is that going to decrease as the bond m- matures? That amount goes
082down based on appropriation from the federal government and also based on the interest that is still left. Those bonds in 2009 were sold as Build America Bonds. If you recall if you can think back to 2009, that program that the Obama administration outlined. And so there was a federal subsidy that off to help offset interest costs for any government that sold bonds during that time to to I think it was like 35% of the interest. And as those bonds get paid down the interest gets less and less. So therefore the amount of federal revenue goes goes down. Okay. Cuz I did notice us paying that down um the bond. However, I noticed though is it accurate that right at this point we're just paying the interest? The way that the bonds were structured, yes. Those
083are interest payments only for the next 2 years but with one principal payment as the superintendent mentioned with of 3.1 I think it's 3.1 million in the final year. It's our last principal payment. >> a big if I may really quick before you yeah, there is the as I said there was a 98,150, 98,150, 3.1 million. Um we also had 2008 bonds that we the Board of Education at the time about 7 or 8 years ago uh paid back early at a savings to taxpayers. Unfortunately, this bond is structured in a way that could not be paid back early. So we have to make these final payments. That's correct. Okay. Yeah, I see that we're just paying the interest. Um and then it doesn't seem to make much sense to it says the fund balance
084at the end of the year will be $560,000. So we might as well keep it since we get the money and we need it. So, that's it. Thank you. Other questions from the board? Mark. Yeah, I just like to say I agree with Amanda. Um I think if if uh we have a consensus that uh we want to accept the recommendation from the administration, then um and we can avoid having this on the agenda by just allowing it to happen normally. Uh that seems to be more efficient to me. Holly. Yeah, I agree. We don't need to bring this back for action. Joe, I think >> Yeah, I agree. Don't need to bring it back. Christine, you are I'm yep, we don't need to bring it back. Okay. Yeah, I I I would concur that
085um if it's if no action gets us the direction that we are looking for, seems like my consensus, then no need to put that as an agenda item on future board meeting. So, superintendent, you will Given the direction we have, I will not put it on the agenda. >> Not have it on the agenda. Thank you very much. Okay. We are on uh item 11, discussion with action. And um this is where we are uh uh going to act on first the uh result of the public hearing that we had earlier on the driver's education waiver. Sorry, that's item 11.01, driver's education waiver. Uh I will entertain a motion. Motion to approve item 11.01, driver's education waiver. Second. Motion and second have been heard. Any discussion? Seeing no discussion, please call the roll, Mrs. Patton.
086Kosminski. I. Kush. I. Wolinsky. I. McMillan. I. Plastic. I. Kelly Black. I. Gerke. Hi. The motion passes. Item 11.02 similarly, the ASA waiver. Um, I will entertain a motion. Motion to approve items 11.02 ASA waiver. Second. Motion and a second have been heard. Any discussion? Seeing none. Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Wolinsky Hi. Gerke Hi. Blastic Hi. McMillan Hi. Kush >> Hi. Kosminski Hi. Kelly Black Hi. The motion passes. All right. Um, that is our Nope, sorry. Item 11.03, consideration of Board of Education expenses. Okay. Nope, sorry. No, I was just going to say what I normally say. Board of Education policy 2125 requires all board member expenses for travel, meals, lodging be approved by roll call vote in open meeting of the board. Uh, variety of expenses in here related to board self-evaluation,
087IASB DuPage division, ISA advocacy, and President's Academy. Okay. All right. Um, I'll take a motion. Motion to approve item 11.03, uh, Board of of Education expenses. Second. Motion and a second have been heard. Any discussion? Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. McMillan Hi. Gerke Hi. Blastic Hi. Kelly Black Hi. Wolinsky Hi. Kush >> Hi. Kosminski Hi. The motion passes. Um, item 12.0, old business. We have no old business. Item 13, new business. We have no new business. Item 14, upcoming events. Item 14.01, schedule of upcoming events. >> Uh, March 5th and 6th of this week, parent-teacher conferences. Uh, next Board of Education meeting is Monday, March 16th. Reminder that March 17th is an election day and it will be an e-learning day. Thank you for that. All right. We are at the next agenda item,
088which is item 15, adjournment. Item 15.01, motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Motion and a second and a third have been heard. Um any discussion? Please call the roll, Mrs. Patton. Kozminski. Aye. Kelly-Black. Aye. MacMillan. >> Aye. Wolinsky. Aye. Gerke. Aye. Blastic. Aye. Kush. Aye. The motion passes. We are adjourned. Uh please everyone drive home safely and uh thank you for joining. Bye-bye.