001Lovely. Good to see everyone this evening. The May 5th, 2025 board meeting will now come to order. Mrs. Mo, roll call, please. Miss Rinman. Miss Manic, here. Mr. Darrento, here. Mrs. Butterr here. Mr. Rusty's here. Mrs. Hill here. Mrs. Sad. Mr. Lobach here. Dr. Mo here. Dr. Bruno here. Mr. Lobach, please lead the board 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. Should I have Evan do that? Okay. May I have a motion to adjourn to close session to confidentially discuss section 2C2, collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or their representatives. And section 2C5, the purchase or lease of real property for the
002use of the school board, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. and section 2C11, litigation, when an action against, affecting, or on behalf of the school board has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the school board finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. Motion second. Any discussion? Mrs. Mo, Mr. Yes. Mrs. Butterr. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Dr. Michael. Yes. Dr. Bruno. Yes. Folks, this should be brief. Please have some cookies. Yes. Well, we'll 655 and the board is in open uh session. Thank you. And we will turn to public participation. Roll call, please. We I thought
003that but roll call, please. Mrs. Butterr, Mr. Estes, here. Mrs. Hill, here. Mr. Robach, here. Dr. Michael here. Dr. Bruno here. Thank you. Uh members of the public who wish to address the board should complete a form and submit it to Mrs. Moch. We ask that speakers maintain a respectful decorum and limit comments to three minutes or less. Mrs. Moch, anyone interested in making public comment this evening? Absolutely. All right. Thank you very much. Uh we will move on then to um uh the meeting minutes. May I have a motion to approve the open and close session meeting minutes of April 16, 2025? Motion. Good job, Steve. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. Estes. Yes. Mrs. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Dr. MCO. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mrs. Butterr. Yes. Dr. Bruno. Yes. And that motion is approved.
004Uh, next up is the second reading. Board policy revisions. Approve and adopt the revisions. May I have a motion to accept the recommended revisions to board policies and procedures related to student use of personal technology to be implemented starting with the 2526 school year as outlined in the board report? Motion. Second. Any further discussion? I'm sorry I didn't hear who this Who was the second? Second. Thank you. There you go. Any further discussion? My appreciations again to the district and for its outreach with the community and to our students and board and parents for addressing this important topic and moving this forward. All right, Nancy, roll call. Mrs. Hill, yes. Dr. Michael, yes. Mr. Lobach, yes. Mr. Estes, yes. Mrs. Butterr, yes. Dr. Bruno, yes. Next item up is the cancellation of the June 2nd
005committee of the whole meeting. May I have a motion to approve cancelling the June 2nd, 2025 committee of the whole meeting? Motion. Second. There goes you. Any discussion? Roll call. Mrs. Mo. Dr. Mo. Yes. Mr. Lach. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mr. Estis. Yes. Mrs. Butterrime. Yes. Dr. Bruno. Yes. Next up is software purchase for K through8. May I have a motion to approve a three-year contract with a K8 digital licenses for $187,031 to be funded from the 2026 technology budget. Motion second. Any discussion? Roll call. Nancy. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mrs. Butterrime. Yes. Mr. Estes. Yes. Dr. Michael. Yes. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Dr. Bruno. Yes. And that motion passes. Hm. Materials and licensing extended contract. I have a motion to approve a five-year agreement with HMH for students K through8 print materials and digital licensing and
006approve the one-time purchase of Start Wright readers for K two students for an overall total one-time payment of $875,52 from the 2026 fiscal year teaching learning and accountability budget as outlined in the report. Motion second. Any discussion? Nancy. Roll call. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Mrs. Butterrimer. Yes. Mr. Estes? Yes. Dr. Michael? Yes. Mrs. Hill? Yes. Dr. Bruno? Yes. Motion passes. Next up, elementary social studies supplemental resource. May I have a motion to a six-year contract which studies weekly for print materials and professional development cost at a full cost of $134,771 funded from the 25 and the 2026 teaching learning and accountability budget as noted in the board report. Motion second discussion roll call. Mrs. Moch Mrs. Butterrime yes Mr. Estes yes Mr. Lobach yes Dr. Michael yes Mrs. Till yes Dr. Bruno. Yes. Motion passes. Next
007up, elementary AEC student workbooks. May I have a motion to approve the district to enter into a yearly contract with connected mathematics project for student workbooks at a cost of $12,882 supported by the teaching, learning, and accountability budget as presented. Motion. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Mrs. Moch. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mr. Estie. Yes. Dr. Mo. Yes. Mrs. Butterrimer. Yes. Dr. Berno. Yes. And that motion passes also. Um, and then finally, adoption of resolution approving real estate purchase. May I have a motion to approve the resolution approving the contract with Ryder for the purchase of the real property located at 23 West 345 St. Charles Road in Glenn Ellen at a price of $900,000 as presented. Motion. Second. Discussion. Roll call. Mrs. Voke. Mrs. Butterrimer. Yes. Mr. Estes. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Dr.
008Michael. Yes. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Dr. Bruno. Yes. Motion passes. Here we go. Yeah. Here we go again. Two board meetings in a row. Um, the next item up is to recognize u a seating board member who will be stepping down uh after this meeting. And I'm going to turn to our superintendent for this recognition moment. Steve, I'll start off. I'm going to try to keep it brief because uh I have a feeling some other people might want to say a few words, but I just want to say thank you. You were part of the first board that hired me for my first and hopefully only superintendent job. Um I have appreciated your your calm, your um you're you're right down the middle all the time. You don't get too high, you don't get too low.
009thoughtful, your passion for this for this district. Obviously, your kids go here, but you're um you're you might have D87 on some of your pay stubs, but I look at you as D41 through and through. And while I'm sad not to look down and see you sitting on the board, I know you're going to stay involved in the district and just really appreciated all of your work on the board. So, thank you. [Applause] Okay. Okay. Well, we'll quickly move on. Do that. No, you're not getting away that easy. Bob's got to ask someone if we would like to say a few words. Would board me. Well, first of all, he's got a dissertation perhaps. Board members, are there some words that you'd like to express to uh brother Michael before we're done with him? Did
010Did he want to say a few? He's got a list, but I thought, well, maybe we turn to the board first. Yeah, sure. I will go ahead. How about you talk about Steve? Go. Go. I'll talk about Steve. Steve, my seatmate over here. Um, I have appreciated your kindness and your open-mindedness and your preparedness. Um, and your thoughtfulness and your work and your friendship. Um, and I'm glad I'm glad you were here. I'm sorry to see you go. Um, and best wishes for whatever wherever you find to donate your time next. Um, and keep in touch. Thank you very much. Yeah. And I just appreciate you just just taking the time to step up and volunteer or applying to volunteer fill the vacancy um that we had on the board. um the rest of us
011up here, we we we had to run and so we had that time to kind of prepare ourselves and you didn't have that, right? You you had that where I'm literally jumping in like I've submitted my application. What was it? A couple of weeks you were sitting at the table. That's that's a quick transition and I appreciated your thoughtfulness. You know, you reaching out with questions. you know, you a lot of people don't know that like the work here goes a lot further than this table and you took it as far as, you know, as as anyone else did and you know, like meeting with with committee members, what have you. Um, I've appreciated your candid, appreciate your perspective, and just thank you for stepping up and thank you for for your service. It was
012my honor serving with you. Let me go over here to this side of the table. Um, Steve, I did not know you prior to joining the board. Um, but I really have appreciated the opportunity to get to know you better and hear your perspective. Um, it's one I've very much respected uh for the the thoughtfulness that you put behind it as well as the way you pose it is such a um a really refreshing way to have a collaborative dialogue. and I really appreciate that and um it's just been really great to have you on the board and I know you have so much on your plate and for you to add this to it and do such a wonderful job is very impressive. So, thank you for your time. So, I think back when
013we were going over your application to fill the the position on the board and I'm looking it over, I go, "This guy looks pretty good on paper. Okay. Well, well, you far exceeded that in person. Um, I really appreciate that you did step up and I'm glad to have had the chance to know you and I hope to see you involved more in some way in in D41 business. So, thank you so much. You know, I don't recall whether when uh we did this previously with TA that I gave a chance to student board members to to say anything. You've served a bit of time and I don't know whether you want to uh or if I'm putting you on the spot, but I realize that maybe I over I am putting you on the
014spot, but if you did want to say anything, I didn't want to ignore you. Or you could say no and that's fine, too. That's very fair. I see. I'm kind of speaking for like the both of us, but um you've been like a really big inspiration. Like everybody said, you have just like a really calm like attitude and I feel like that's just a really refreshing thing just to like you're a nice person to like have a conversation with and your perspectives are always like very unique and it makes me think makes us think like of new ideas. So, thank you. Thank you too for serving on the board. Your time was very well spent. Isn't it a good thing I gave them a chance? Huh? We'll see before you uh you read your notes.
015Uh like Ted, and I think I may have been the first person to recognize you out there uh in the community, your LinkedIn profile and what we saw on paper, um just seemed to be a perfect fit. and and I thought to myself, geez, I mean, this is a it looks like a wonderful uh candidate for the board. But that was our perspective. You still had to put your hand up and say, "Yeah, I'm willing to do it." And I know that you had to balance a lot of time restraints. There was things going on with your work at the university. You've got lovely kids who are involved in lots of activities. Uh Carrie obviously is very uh supportive of of you and what I came to realize was that you were epitomizing a public
016servant, right? And that you were in that role as a resource officer, uh which I thought brought brought a kind of steely um temperance, you know, moderation but confidence and strength in your own skin. And I always liked that about u about my interactions uh with you. And but then you've got to sort of balance it all out between work and family and you committed to doing the the two years and you served nobly in those uh two years and nobody has a right to expect anything uh beyond that. I do hope that you will stay engaged uh with the district in lots of ways. There's got to be committees in which people like, of course, that's the last thing probably your family wants to hear. You're going to jump back into committees. So, I'm
017not signing you up, but you hate to lose good talent. Uh and you really were a very friendly, kind, delightful person to have a cup of coffee with and to have a late night conversation with. So, with that, I'll give you the floor and you'll get the last word. Well, thank you very much everybody for that. I appreciate that very much. Mine is going to be very short. Um, I was thinking about what Taba said when she talked about why she took the position and I took this on because I thought it was a great way to give back, a learning opportunity, a good fit, and it was the right time. Sometimes getting out of our comfort zone, taking a little bit of a risk, and making small sacrifices of time is how we grow.
018that really doesn't encompass all of the intangibles and some of the other things like the friendships that you make, the cups of coffee and discussions, the fun times that you have at eye conferences, participating in district events, among many other great times. Most importantly, the memories that you make. As far as the district goes, I have seen firsthand how hard the teachers administrators work here and we are so lucky to have such amazing people as part of our district. I can't express that enough and the instances are too many to really describe. I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you everyone up here for choosing me and taking me under your wing, allowing me to learn until I become the seasoned veteran that you see before you. I'm proud of the work that we have done for
019the young people of the district and the community that I care so much about. We've always tried to make the best decision and we worked well as a team. I am certainly happy for Chris and Amy. They will be a great asset to the district. In closing, I'm leaving for now. Uh, but I'll be around. I'm always available for anything that you need, especially if it involves the students of D41. It's been an honor. Thanks sincerely to each one of you up here and in the back, and I would work with you any day. Thank [Applause] you, Steve. We have a small token of our appreciation from the board and the district. Hey Jeff, I think Eric's going to take Eric was going to take a picture. You might want to go back over there.
020Where would you like us? Pretend like I'm giving it to him again. Yeah, I agree. I was trying to Okay, we do have one uh additional uh item here and that's the acceptance of the DWP page county election authorities canvas of vote. I would like to recommend that the board of education accept the DW page county election authorities canvas of votes for the April 1st, 2025 consolidated election. May I have a motion to accept the canvas of votes for the April 1st, 2025 election? Motion. Second. All in favor say I. I. I. Motion passes. Yank. And with that, Dr. Michael, we are going to invite you to join your family. Sounds good. You I just see you later. made the switch pretty quickly there. Thank you, my friend. I didn't say that. I'm a hugger,
021I'm going tell you. You are too. You're honest. You want him to reenact it? React. Okay, you're up, Jeff. At this time, I invite Amy Becker, Bob Bruno, Jason Lobach, and Chris Martelli to join me at the front of the table for the oath. Do we go in front here? Do we literally go in front? Why don't we come in front? Mhm. I can sit. Do I stand? Why don't you face me? I'm gonna start you off. So, everybody has a copy of the oath. I'll start you off. And if you'll all read in unison. Iceelli swear that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of the board of education school district 41 in accordance with the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Illinois and the laws of
022the state of Illinois to the best of my ability. I further swear that I shall respect taxpayer interests by serving as faithful protector of the school district's assets. I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees. I shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be only by majority vote at a public board meeting. I shall abide by majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. As part of the board of education, I shall accept the responsibility for my role in the equitable and quality education of every student in the school's
023district. I shall foster with the board extensive participation of the community, formulating goals, define outcomes, and set the course for school district 41. I shall assist in establishing a structure and an environment designed to ensure all students have the opportunity to attain their maximum potential to a sound and organizational framework. I shall strive to ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children in compliance with state law. I shall serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students in our community schools to advance the vision for school district 41. And I shall strive to work together with the district superintendent to lead the school district toward fulfilling the vision the board has created, fostering excellence for every student in the areas of skills, knowledge, citizenship, and personal development.
024Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the board. [Applause] Chris and Amy, we have a small token to welcome you to the board. I was like, I can walk over there. Hold it. There we go. In as much as there is no further business to come before this board, a motion for adjournment sada is needed. Motion. I need all in favor say I. I. I. Motion passes. Been waiting for this moment all day. As president prom, I call the new board of Glenn Allen School District 41 to order. Miss Mole, roll Miss Mo, roll call. Miss Manic, here. Miss Rinman. Mr. Danto here. Miss Becker here. Dr. Bruno here. Mrs. Butterr here. Mr. Resties here. Mrs. Hill here. Mr. Lobach here. Dr. Martelli here. Keep rolling. Yep. I would like to call for nominations for the office
025of president of the board of education. I would like to call for a vote. I'll nominate. Let's get a nomination first. I say I'll nominate Robert Bruno. I accept. Thank you. It's an honor. Do we need a second? I don't think we need a second. No second needed. Are there any other Hearing none. State the member's name and you are voting for the office of Do we need to President? There's more than one. There's not of the Glenn Allen School District. State the member's name. That's me. So we have one member. One member Robert Bruno position board president. Nancy, will you record a unanimous vote? You did that. Well, no roll. No roll call needed. Correct. Nope. Is my term done? Your term? You're done. You're heard. It was short. Hope you enjoyed it. Oh,
026yeah. It's a good thing you're the superintendent and not the board president. It's a team of bait, Bob. I thought your job was hard. Okay, very good. I would like to call for nominations for the office of vice president and I would like to nominate brother Jason Lobach as vice president. Thank you, Robin. I'd be happy to. Been an honor working with you at my side. Any other nominations? No other nominations. Miss Moch, we have Jason Lobach in the position of vice president. Please record a unanimous vote. Okay. There is an additional um office to fill and that is for secretary. I would like to call for the nominations for the office of secretary. I would like to nominate Julie Hill. Okay. Accept. Yeah, you're good with that. Okay. Any other nominations for board secretary?
027Okay. Hearing none. Julie Hill will serve in the position of secretary. Nancy, please record a unanimous vote. Okay. Well, congratulations to to all of you. Um I do a couple of things. Yeah, just a couple of things really. I want to thank the board, the outgoing board, right? The current board, the incoming members. Welcome back, Chris. Thank you. It's great to be back. It's great to It's great to have you back. Uh you got some big shoes to fill. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Amy, it's terrific uh to have you join us. you've been active in the district uh and you've taken that next step and it takes some perseverance and courage and a willingness to serve. So, it's great to have you join us. We're looking forward to it. Thank you to to the
028families. It's a great Yeah. Yeah. and to the families that have agreed to lend these people to us for the next uh four years. Um we hope that you'll appreciate the great work that they've done and when we keep them a little bit longer than you wish we would and we asked maybe too much of them uh you'll understand the the cause uh is oftentimes greater uh than the individual uh interests. So thank you for being so supportive of them uh and having them join the the board. Uh you know we do take this work really seriously. I think you see that we enjoy the work we do. We get great satisfaction but we take it seriously. It's never unimportant. Even when it seems kind of tedious and routine, it's still always important because it's
029about the children of this of this district. Uh and it strikes me that it's a kind of a fascinating mix of things that are very sublime uh and awe inspiring and and at the same time can be awfully mundane, right? Um the mundane, for example, the you know, the extensive review of policy minutia. You know, I think brother Ted Estes can tell you about looking through those policies, right? the hours of meeting attendance, checking and replying to emails, raising and asking governance questions, and taking countless procedural votes. And that's just a small sample. It's work that has to be done, but it's also really sublime. It's really awesome um in helping to educate, right, and promote the welfare of children. Can anything be more important to us as a society? contributing to the creation of
030the conditions for a healthy culture and climate for our staff from the district into the schools to do their good work. This is pretty important and and pretty all inspiring. Selecting the district's leader, the board chooses one. It's pretty awesome choice that that we have and making decisions that empower the district's capacity to act in the best interest of all children today and and into the future. And one last thing, you know, we we do this collectively. Hopefully the community recognizes that we're very respectful of each other and we're respectful to our employees. We respect the governing process and to the community members that put us in these seats and I have no doubt that those behavioral norms are going to continue as we uh embark on our work. Um, I I did want to
031note uh to the community that um we we're beginning this new governance term very mindful that continued federal support for public education is not guaranteed and that some changes if implemented would impact our ability to provide students with the level of educational services, the law, good pedagogy and conscience requires. Therefore, our pledge to our students, staff, and community is that we will remain constantly vigilant and will, without fear or reservation, stand in defense of a public education that fulfills the duty we have sworn to uphold. And with that, I will put my notes aside and we will get into the remaining action items. All right. Um, under new business, we have to establish time, date, and place for regular meetings in the next uh year. May have a motion to establish 2526 schoolboard calendar as
032presented. Motion. Second. Any discussion? Thank you for the hard work on the calendar committee nailing that down. Next item up is the affirmation of treasurers. Can we take a roll? Oh, you need a roll call. I'm sorry. Yes. It's not just But it's not just Chad. It's Bob Ch. Was there any discussion? No. This is the board calendar. Just correct to clarify. Mrs. Beck, Miss Becker, yes. Mr. Estis, yes. Mrs. Butterr. Yes. Mrs. Hill. Yes. Mr. Lobach. Yes. Dr. Martelli. Yes. Dr. Verno. Yes. Uh motion passes. The second item is affirmation of the treasurer's appointment. May I have a motion to affirm assistant superintendent of finance facilities and operations Eric Deorter as a district 41 treasurer. And you're getting appointed too tonight, huh? There you go. I need a motion, please. Motion. Second. Someone second.
033Thank you. Any discussion? Congratulations, Eric. It's close. You need a roll call. Well, we are going to get a roll call, but I think Believe me, nobody's gonna Mr. Lobach. Yes. Mrs. Hill, yes. Miss Becker, yes. Dr. Bruno, yes. Mrs. Butterr, I suppose. Yes. Mr. Rastis, yes. Dr. Martelli, yes. All right. Next item is to designate banks of depository for district funds. May I have a motion to designate banks of depository for district funds as ISDLAF Harris MBS 53rd Glenn Ellen Bank and Trust Motion. Need a second. Second. Any discussion? Mrs. Mo, roll call. Dr. Martelli, yes. Mr. Lobach, yes. Mrs. Hill, yes. Mr. Rusty's, yes. Mrs. Butterr, yes. Miss Becker, yes. Dr. Bruno, yes. And we also have the affirmation of the board of education code of conduct. Per board policy 2 colon H0
034board member oath and conduct. The school board must affirm the adopted board member code of contact. Conduct conduct contact conduct. The code includes the following. So bear with me. I'm required to to read it and I'm going to read it very slowly. Great as board member code of conduct. By the way, this appears in every one of our board meetings right at the very top as a reminder to the board of what it is and it starts every meeting in our board packet. As member of any local school board, I will do my utmost to represent the public interest in education by adhering to the following standards and principles. I will represent all school district constituents honestly and equally and refuse to surrender my responsibilities to special interest or partisan groups. I will avoid any
035conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriy which could result from any position and shall not from my position, excuse me, and shall not use my board membership for personal gain or publicity. I will recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by a majority vote at a board meeting. I will take no private action that might compromise the board or administration and will respect the confidentiality of privilege information. I will abide I will abide by my majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. I will encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and will participate in board discussions in an open, honest and respectful manner
036honoring differences of opinions or perspectives. I will prepare for attend and actively participate in all school board meetings. I will be sufficiently informed about and prepared to act on the specific issues before the board and remain reasonably knowledgeable about local, state, national, and global education issues. I will respectfully listen to those who communicate with the board, seek to understand their views while recognizing my responsibility to represent the interest of the entire community. I will strive for a positive working relationship with the superintendent respect respecting the superintendent's authority to advise the board implement board policy and administer the district. I will model continuous learning and work to ensure good governance by taking advantage of board member development opportunities such as those sponsored by my state and national schoolboard associations and encourage my fellow board members to
037do the same. And finally, I will strive to keep my board focused on its primary work of clarifying the district's purpose, direction, and goals and monitoring district performance. Now, may I have a motion to affirm the adopted Glenn Allen District 41 Board of Education Code of Conduct? Motion. Second. Any discussion? Mrs. Mo. Roll call. Miss Becker. Yes, Mr. Estes. Yes, Dr. Martelli. Yes, Mrs. Butterr. Yes, Mrs. Hill. Yes, Mr. Lobach. Yes, Dr. Bruno. Yes. And with that, I'd like to welcome the new board. On behalf of our administrative team, the staff, and the students of the district, can't wait to get to work. Welcome. Thank you. All right. Um, quick announcement about upcoming meetings. May 19th, 2025 is a regular board meeting at 6:30. And then Tuesday, June 16th, also a regular board meeting. Just
038to correct, that's Monday, June 16th. That was a typo on my part. Oh, I see. I thought maybe we had one of those days there. All right, correct that. That's Monday, June 16th. Thank you. All right, then. It is now 7. It's called 7:30 p.m. May I have a motion to adjourn the May 5th, 2025 reorganizational board meeting? Motion. Any second? Second. Yes. All in favor say I. I. Motion carries. We are done. Good night.