001Since what time was that? >> 7 o'clock. Since 7 o'clock, the board of education has been in close session to discuss collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or the representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. Uh I will entertain a motion to come out of close session. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion has been moved and seconded. All the please call the role. Mrs. McMillan. >> Hi >> Gerky. >> Hi >> Blastic. >> Hi >> Winski. >> Hi >> Kush. >> Hi >> Kazinsky. >> Hi. >> Good evening and welcome. >> Oh yeah. >> Good evening and welcome um to our board of education meeting. Our mission is to Oh my goodness. I don't have my seat but let me see if I can
002remember. Our mission is to uh empower students to have a >> our mission is to empower students to develop learn >> a learn mindset demonstrate adaptability productively think critically the citizens. Thank you. >> Good job. >> Demonstrating adaptability. Way to go. Um please collaboration. There you go. Um please call the role. >> Board members present this evening. Charles Kush, Christine Gerky, Amanda McMillan, Joe Kazminski, Holly Blastic, and Mark Winski. Thank you. Please join the board of education in the pledge of allegiance. Okay. Item 4.0, public comment. Do we have any slips? Would anyone in the audience like to say something? Okay. Moving to item five, uh, discussion with action, collective bargaining agreement between Neighborville 203 and NUA. >> Okay. Um recently, um the board of education and the neighborville unit education association reached a tenative
003agreement on a contract. Uh that tenative agreement has been presented by the NUA to its membership. Membership has ratified that. It now comes to the board of education for your action. I'd recommend you approve the contract the collective bargaining agreement with NUA uh as presented. >> Okay. Questions from the board? Joe, >> I'd just like to thank the bargaining team for uh the countless hours they put in uh working on this contract and uh coming to uh an agreement uh with the union. >> That's all I'll say. Mark, >> thank you, Charles. Um I just want to mention in full disclosure, my my daughter did apply for a part-time job with the district. uh she did not get it uh because she is not an employee of the district and I have no financial interest
004in the contract. Uh I'm still going to vote tonight. Um I also want to uh echo what Joe has said. I I do want to thank the negotiating teams uh from the NUA and from the district. Uh they did a tremendous job. A lot of hard work went into it. Uh and they were able to bring a contract forward to the NUEA membership as well as the board. Uh so I I really want to recognize the hard work that went into getting a contract and and also recognizing uh what makes this district great is really everybody working together at the end of the day in the best interests of the students. Uh so I just want to thank everyone for for getting that done. Thank you. >> Awesome. >> Anyone else? Christine, >> it's it
005it goes along the same lines um as my colleagues as far as wanting to thank um uh the the bargaining teams. Um I know um the the amount of hours that went into it, whether they were sitting at the table together or, you know, just the own their own work that goes into being ready for for some some of those meetings that were quite long. Um and I um very thankful um that I was able to sit in on some of those meetings. Um board leadership we we took turns, you know, we'd alternate and stuff um so that we could be there to listen and to understand um you know, just understand what was happening and and the different talking points and and concerns and things that were important to each side. Um I just
006I do I do need to just express that um it was a pleasure to sit there. Um it was reinforced how um how tirelessly um folks have worked over the last I think the demand to bargain came in December. So for about eightish months, maybe nineish, um just showing their dedication to the the students and to the community. So um and it it was um selfishly it was uh I was able to deepen and extend my relationships with quite a few folks in that room during that time. So um personally, I'm grateful for that. professionally. I'm grateful for um again what we're able to provide the students in this community. >> Okay. I will uh also take a moment to echo the the thanks that have already been extended and the the level of gratitude.
007I'm going to take it in a little bit of a different direction. Um because one thing that occurs is when um individuals from both both collective bargaining teams or both uh teams are negotiating teams rather are spending time late nights hours. Um there's also family members that they're leaving at home while that's happening. So, I just wanted to extend a thank you to the family members who uh lent their individuals, their their family members uh for those periods of time and the time and the sacrifice that they made um whether they chose to make that sacrifice or not, but the the sacrifice that they made uh for their loved ones being able to be part of the process um because um the work we do is great work. It's wonderful work. It's not always easy
008work. Um but just thank you to uh the members of both negotiating teams as well as their families. And with that, um, I'll entertain a motion. >> Motion to approve item 5.01, collective bargaining agreement between Neighborville 203 and NUA. >> Second. >> A motion and a second have been heard. Please call the role. Miss Patton. >> Cosminski. >> I. >> McMillan. >> I. >> Winsky. >> I. >> Gerky. >> I. >> Blastic. >> I. >> Kush. >> I. >> The motion passes. >> Okay. And with that, congratulations to the board of education and Nepal unit education association on a new contract. The agreement secures a four-year contract for the district. Uh addresses key terms over the coming year. So we're grateful for the stability that we'll have in the coming years. Series of communications will
009go out uh to media, staff, and community this evening. I'm sharing additional information about that. But again, congratulations to all parties. >> All right. Item number six, adjournment. Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Motion and a second have been heard. Please call the role. Mrs. Patton. >> McMillan. >> I. >> Kazminsky. >> Hi. >> Blastic. >> I. >> Kush. >> Hi. >> Gerky. Hi. >> Winsky. >> Hi. >> The motion passes. We are adjourned. Good evening everyone.