001sh BYO Taylor here Wong here okay start off with the uh mission for district 15 by leveraging strengths and providing high quality support we will honor our diverse Learners in reaching their full potential I like to then uh start off with the Connor's Learning Academy broadcast Club doing the uh Pledge of Allegiance good evening everyone Dr Hines president chupai uh the rest of the board thanks for having us tonight uh my name is Matt star and I'm the principal of Conor's Learning Academy we're the home to the able en reach programs uh joining me is Christy Lo she's our assistant principal together we're honored to support a team that is deeply committed to the success of our students at CLA we firmly believe that every kid can learn and our students enable and reach work
002tirelessly towards independence in many ways academically behaviorally and socially uh each day they overcome challenges and make meaningful progress supported by a dedicated team of teachers clinicians and program assistants who are second to none uh together we create an environment where students feel heard understood and supported with the ultimate goal of transitioning them them back to their home schools along the way we show them patience and Care while maintaining high expectations for their success just to give you a small glimpse of some of the incredible work that we are doing at CLA we put together a short little slideshow documenting some of our adventures and achievements from this school year [Music] n [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] so that was a that was a quick 90 second slideshow barely uh scratches the surface of the uh
003surface of the growth that we see at CLA every single day uh one of the one of the things the new opportunities we're excited about this year is our broadcasting club uh so students in the reach program who have reached the enrichment or the independent level of our points and level system along with uh certain students in the able program who have demonstrated Readiness they get together once a week with Mr Quaker one of our reach teachers to create a news broadcast uh featuring the students and faculty at CLA they discuss current events they conduct interviews and they write record and edit their broadcast entirely on their own uh the club's entirely student L and it's been a really good way for them to build confidence they develop their communication skills and showcase their creativity
004we would have loved to have them all here with us tonight but logistically it's very difficult to get them all together and we didn't want to leave anybody out so we had the broadcasting Club record a broadcast uh of them doing the pledge so they're here with us via video so I think we can rise and get ready for the pledge I alce to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible Andy oh jeez okay everybody okay next we'll bring in the uh winners of the two ball competition for the district coming a little more two more team good evening Mr Anar Rino and members of the Board of Education and superintendent uh superintendent Dr Hines we very very excited to have
005our annual two ball uh competition that has been completed this is a district uh 15's annual two ball competition it took place on Monday February 24th for our fifth grade students uh we always have two divisions we have a large School Division which has Hunting Ridge Paddock Whitley Lincoln School Sanborn Central Road and Jane Adams as well as a small School Division Mary and Jordan Pleasant Hill Willow Bend Winston Campus Elementary Lake Louise Virginia Lake and Kimble hill our school divisions were based on our school's fifth grade enrollment we uh want to give some thanks so our first is that we are always grateful for our Community Partnership uh with the Palatine Park District um with their assistance in hosting the event at Falon Park Community Center um we'd also like to thank our many
006basketball inter mural coaches for working with our students and our supervisors for running one of the best L Traditions here in district 15 additionally we want to congratulate all participants uh in this uh we had awards given for first through sixth place in each grade level and division but tonight we have with us the winning teams from East each grade uh and division for our girls small School Division and I'm going to have you step up and wave all right when it's your turn so for our small School Division from Pleasant Hill with Coach drer we have Viv and S and EVN come on up and wave have to make sure we get the best picture possible all right uh boys small School Division for fifth grade we have Michael R and Mikey B from
007Virginia lake with Coach Rina step on up guys for the girls team for our large School Division from Hunting Ridge with Coach soel we have Ellie W and Emily K and Fin fin for our boys large School Division from Paddock we have Oliver and Bryce with Coach simonian if we can have all of you step up and a large round of applause for all of our participants and our winners here tonight parents if you want to come up now would be the chance your chance to come and get a group shot hey man what's going on good good good going good man yeah Middle School's all right yeah we to go Pleasant hell come on congratulations okay now i' like to move on to uh student recognition good evening good evening Dr Hines and board
008members uh Mrs burn and I have the honor of presenting Sienna CC IBA this month's recipient of the above and beyond student recognition award for going above and beyond in her leadership and empathy in welcoming students to the new students to the Thomas Jefferson family cc is a member of our principal advisory Council as well as our student ambassadors and is essential in welcoming new students to our school when they enroll typically in this role um students welcome incoming students when they come to the office they show them to their first period class give them the lay of the land go over their schedule with them but CeCe is not like every other student she took the initiative and went Above and Beyond in volunteering to walk the student to every class for 3 Days
009meeting them at the bus greeting them at the end of the day at the bus so that they saw familiar face and a welcome person every day as well as serving as their Mentor uh cc is new to our district and knows what it's like to be new to district 15 and her empathy and Leadership and kindness personify what it means to be a Thomas Jefferson Jaguar she exemplifies everything and is a testament to the uh skills and to the leadership that we hope to instill in in all of our students every day so it is great honor and great pride that we honor CC IBA congratulations CP if you could move to the Charlie and or Mr fabricants if you could move all three of you in front of our screen and then Miss
010Duncan will take pictures and I know moms and dads will want to as well give you thank you and congratulations he next is uh staff recognition oh wait sorry it's a staff recognition with regards to the transportation department y yes good evening uh vice president anino uh superintendent lorri Hines fellow board members and uh all assembled here this evening this evening uh I'm bringing two very very special uh employees from the Transportation Department to to you but before I go on to them I would just like to make a couple announcements for all the other people in Transportation uh I would like to thank every driver every bus Aid every mechanic and all the office staff that have gone all of them have gone above and beyond this year to get uh the fleet going
011and get all the kids to school as uh as quickly as we possibly can one lady who's behind me at the moment or at the side of me sorry uh is a lady called Jude gritter this lady singlehandedly has put in the new software for the buses the tablets and everything that goes with them and uh I would like to thank Jude for all her assistance with the Department moving forward [Applause] now we have the two stars of the show tonight I have two ladies Kathy pop and Sue May here they are our dispatchers uh within the department they put all the routes together the buses we swap them around swap drivers around is all down to these two ladies to get everything going for our department Kathy Pop um joined the district in 1982
012Kathy um before she became the district was also a student of both district 15 and 211 Kathy went to Maran Jordan Elementary for kindergarten she Then followed that up by going to Hunting Ridge Elementary for first uh through third grade Stuart Paddock Elementary for 4th through 6th plumgrove jior high for 7th and eighth and then transferred to FR at District 211 Kathy as I say started working the district in 1982 as the youngest trained bus Aid at that time in February of 1984 C Kathy became a bus driver and stayed in that position for 14 years after moving from the bus driving position in 1998 Kathy moved into the office as a dispatcher and is still there to this date and all we can see is that we don't think she's passed her probationary period
013as yet her family uh came before her and after her Kathy's mom was is an employee of the transportation department her sister her son daughter and also her daughter-in-law have all worked for district 15 in the transportation services at various times Kathy comes to uh or or in front of you tonight with 43 years of service to this District secondly we have suir suir joined a little later than Kathy in 1995 uh again uh Sue was a student of district 15 and District 211 Sue attended Pleasant Hill for kindergarten then she went for eight years to Plum Grove and Sue was in the first graduation class from Plum Grove to be moved on to FR in 211 Sue started working as see in the district 1995 as a bus driver and moved into the office
014to be a dispatcher alongside Kathy in 2000 her daughter also worked as a bus Aid in the transportation services department so you can see these two ladies bringing their families along with them Sue's been with the district 30 years so if you look at these two ladies together they have 73 years of service between them for district 15 and I would like to thank them and put them forward for the above and beyond thank you I that's czy like where was I Junior hi me too does anyone want to get a closer picture now's your chance come on up come on up [Music] smile love you guys a feel like you should take a selfie and get in it on all the bus drivers get up there come on come on let's go let's go
015terrific thank you so very much it's wonderful okay we'll continue now with staff appreci recognition for Jennifer Kerry good evening esteem board members Dr hind I am here tonight to present Jennifer krey to you Mrs KY was awarded the meritorious service award by the Illinois State Board of Education a testament to her exceptional dedication and impactful contributions to our school Community Mrs Cary embodies the core values of Lake Louise School demonstrating a deep commitment to equity and the success of all students her classroom is a model of inclusive practices where she provides multiple avenues for student communication and a prioritized learning environment she takes a genuine interest in her students lives and supports their interest outside of the school day Jen cultivates a strong student relationship and Community by regularly hosting lunch Gatherings with students
016past and present these interactions are a powerful Testament to the positive impact she has on our students and contributes significantly to making Lake Louise an exceptional place beyond her classroom Mrs Cary has been instrumental in fostering a culture of respect and success through strong collaborations with colleagues students and families her positive impact is undeniable and extends beyond the classroom School walls into the broader Community this year for example Mrs KY exemplified her dedication by initiating a letter writing campaign for soldiers and Veterans overseas this initiative undertaken without hesitation showcased her proactive nature and inspired other staff members to participate she also guided her class in the plants the seeds of kindness campaign an interactive Pay It Forward effort that inspired students to share acts of kindness and experience their positive riddle ripple effect Mrs KY
017is a leader who works closely with her grade level team to ensure alignment and support and she prioritizes consistent and meaningful Communications with families to celebrate success and share progress her humble demeanor is equally remarkable Mrs car's positive attitude and unwavering commitment to the education profession make her a role model for students staff and the community we are incredibly fortunate to have Jennifer Cary on the lake Louise team her dedication Innovation and unwavering commitment to our students and Community are truly commendable she exemplifies why it's always a great day at the lake can come and get your photos too that blue steel of Mag [Laughter] anyway well T there which is amazing all right now we're going to move on to the public comment section um public comment is governed by board policy 2on 230
018please remember this is not a dialogue between you and the board if you have a specific issue that requires a response superintendent Hines or design will follow up with you as needed please state your name Andi and identify any group that you represent uh please limit your remarks to No More Than 3 minutes if someone previously has articulated something with which you agree please state that you agree rather than reiterating the entire comment we encourage you to avoid comments specific to any person student or staff member respect respecting the right to privacy this is not the Forum to comment on Personnel issues finally the board expects and appreciates mutual respect Civility and orderly conduct throughout the meeting okay so we gots yeah we got the first one here uh Christine I can't quite make it
019Zer is that Zera she's coming she knows who okay the the the m and the B kind of ran together she knows I'm say sure oh that's okay as long as you're not ripping on people what you're not ripping on people no hello my name is uh he's saying Mike's not on it should be a little green light is it working oh different brighter green okay okay just like your vest thank you okay all right so hello my name is Christine Zera and I'm a lifelong resident of Palatine I went to Pleasant Hill Plum Grove and graduated from from high school I now in my 22nd year of teaching Spanish at Palatine High School and have two daughters that have attended Virginia Lake Winston and Paddock and both will be graduating from paltin high school
020I have been in communication with Lori Lopez since September regarding what I feel has been an inequitable allegation of athletic sport programs and with that funding with the new boundaries the middle schools that were implemented this school year I would like to say that I greatly appreciated Lori Lopez in her willingness to speak with me and hear my concerns and find out information to report back to me as well the main concern I have along with many Winston community parents and students many of whom are here tonight is how Plum Grove was allowed four sport teams for each cut Sport with 48 spots for the athletes Winston middle school has two sport teams for each cut sport the same amount as Thomas Jefferson in sunling even though Winston has around 240 more students than those
021schools when I spoke with Lori in the fall she shared with me that when plung Gro went over a thousand population the district decided to allocate another sports team to that school but it was actually two teams added most people would understand if Palm grve had three sport teams due to their population but nobody understands why this number was doubled when pal grve does not have doubled the population of Winston Lori then explained that the committee would be looking at try out numbers this year and use that his data to make decisions for next year I told her that those data numbers would be skewed as a lot of Winston students are not trying out for cut Sports because they feel their chances aren't great one example is boy soccer Plum Grove only had three
022more boys come to try outs than Winston but yet they had 24 more spots available this example shows how Winston athletes are at a disadvantage for making teams we do not want students in our community to feel like they are getting less opportunities based on which feeder school they attend Winston's frustrations grew more when members of the cheer and dance team were told that it was a possibility that next year those teams would not be cut sport but rather a big Spirit Squad Winston is so lucky to be able to have coaches for these teams and both teams fundraised for years in order to purchase their uniforms there were over a 100 students that came to these triy outs when I emailed Lori Lopez about this situation she worked hard over the next couple of
023days to gather information and called me to assure me that there would be no changes to the cheer and dance teams at Winston next year she did say that the district might look into offering additional opportunities for those that did get caught from those activities the community was happy to hear that these two teams would remain as is because we understand that Equity does not mean everything has to be completely equal but there should be transparency of how students at different schools are allowed the same amount of experiences with that Lori L Lori Lopez told me at the end of our phone call that this is something she wants to do with the leadership at each building this school year sit down and see what is being offered at each school what is the same
024what are the differences but assuring that the opportunities based on the school's different enrollments are Equitable across the board and for that the Winston community is grateful I want to conclude by again thanking lus for putting up with me all year and taking time to talk with parents about their concerns I understand that the district's Focus for moving forward this year was to get the schools ready and open on time I do hope that now the district and the board will address concerns that they've been presented with this year and make any necessary changes going into the next school year thank you for your time thank you thank you okay next Kelly Brown hi good evening my name is Kelly Brown I'm a Palatine Community member and I currently have two daughters that are D15
025students um I'm present here tonight to raise awareness about the Middle School lunchroom issues which I'm not sure if you're even um aware of particularly Plum grve middle school where one of my daughters is in seventh grade when school started in early September they were required to sit with their home rooms for lunch during the entire period I imagine that this would be a month a month maximum but it was enforced through the end of November that is three long months finally they were allowed to sit with chosen friends and eat lunch and that lasted 3 weeks in December and 2 weeks after winter break when my daughter informed me that they were punished as a grade and back to sitting with their home rooms we are are now at mid-march so another long two
026months this total is 5 months of the year and these kids are losing the only 30 minutes of important socialization with friends especially the ones they don't have classes with with with which for my daughter is all of her friends I did email the principal in January to ask why provide details and ask her um when they'll be allowed to be back with friends she called me and said the lunchroom is very loud well yes it's not aive and that is very messy and yes they're 13-year-olds I additionally asked her why all of the kids are punished if it's truly not all of them I find that this punishment is detrimental to many of the rule following kids one of them being my daughter she assured me that this could be earned back very soon
027that was one and a half months ago as you are all aware junior high is a very difficult time for kids and they need to be able to sit with their friends versus being told who to sit with I hear that the sixth graders and it seems the eighth graders at Plum Grove are now back on Home Room seating also a friend of mine recently um emailed Plum Grove to find out when this will end and to note that her daughter's love for school is dwindling um due to this and all she got back was only two more charger Huds away from earning back not even a nod to the fact of the dwindling interest in school and that is a concern I am aware of the district's mandate to follow the mtss multi-tiered system
028of supports speaking to mtss 80% of the students at Plum Grove Middle School should be supported by the schoolwide behavior program that being said Plum Grove needs to either look at the schoolwide behavior program if more than 20% are not following Behavior policies or focus on the tier 23 interventions for the 20% who are not able to adhere to the behavior policies is this a schoolwide behavior program policy or is it a tier 23d problem that should be intervening with the kids that are specifically causing trouble um the one other thing I'd like to address is just the transparency and that there's been zero communication with any parents regarding this at all this all comes from the kids and I think that there needs to be some transparency from the school administration to parents thank
029you for listening and I hope that something can be done to let these kids enjoy lunch with friends and punish the ones that are acting out inappropriately thank you thank you okay next be uh Rick zakowski is that correct coration oh I guess I got lucky by a lot take good day uh my first public comment is that the recognition services and ceremonies were fantastic so nicely done thank thank you for uh going through all the effort to do that it's really nice uh good evening Dr Hines and school board members my name is Rick shakoki a Winston and Virginia Lake parent I'm going to read two excerpts from D15 Middle School Communications excerpt number one all sixth to e8th grade students are welcome to try out two teams per School 67th 78 emailed 95224
030boys soccer information excert 2 all sixth to eighth grade students are welcome to try out two teams per School 6th and 7th 7th and 18 emailed 1024 2024 on boys basketball as you may extrapolate from these two excerts cited I'm here to highlight and address a critical issue transparency specifically as it relates to our athletic programs parents are increasingly concerned about how opportunities for students are offered resources allocated and the current lack of clarity undermines trust and raises serious questions about Equity as you heard previously Plum Grove had two teams for 67 and two teams for 78 for boys basketball and boys soccer this is contrary to the messaging cited that has been communicated by the district itself as I understand it there are other sports where this is constant at P grow we have
031seen significant population increase across our middle schools given the boundary changes both Winston and Plum Grove have seen population size increase yet the allocation of athletic teams illustrates a clear inequity at present Plum Grove now has double the number of teams compared to other middle schools despite not having double the student population Plum Grove by itself also has as many teams designated for the entire paltin High School feeder middle school program let's be clear these aren't just statistics they represent real children and their dreams one Winston parent shared that their child a passate basketball player felt so discouraged by the Limited team spots that they didn't even bother to try out that's heartbreaking and with the added competition from sixth graders the situation has worsened we've also seen the inequity in sixth grade track where
032no sixth grade student students get to participate as Lori Gonzalez pointed out in a prior board meeting here we need to consider the emotional toll this is taking on our students in seeking data the district level budget is available however school specific budget allocations especially those for athletics are not readily accessible if it is available it surely isn't easy to surface on the website I've track as a community we need to understand how these decisions are made and ensure they are Equitable per student we need to know how Sports budgets are allocated per school and per student what is the plan and equity for athletic opportunities what data is being collected to determine the need for more teams we'd like transparency for these decisions to be data we need a clear accountable process that ensures
033every student has a fair chance to participate within the district we need to see the numbers understand the rationale and ensure our resources are being used equitably we urge the board to commit to immediate action on these issues thank you thank you thanks last one yep last one Kim keville didn't see you can I'm going to speak quickly so I've printed out my remarks for everyone I'm a program assistant in the extended day sip program at Conor in the past three years I've experienced the following in late fall leadership announces a sip program review without communicating any details about the process the timeline or its objectives as uncertainty grows leadership does not communicate about the review or answer questions about it well into the spring around spring break building leadership sends out a survey asking
034Pas if they intend to return to their post next year with without clarifying if the program they work in will exist or if its hours will significantly change as the end of the school year looms leadership extends no opportunity for feedback about the review then announces significant changes to the program leaving very little time to accommodate this process creates an environment Rife with distrust frustration anxiety and fear and if the district wishes to increase its retention of Staff it should treat staff better than this the district must ensure its review process lives up to the values it purports to hold to put those values into action moving forward the review process should satisfy the following there will be a representative of every building housing the program under review on the Review Committee including CLA if
035applicable there will be a variety of Staff represented on the Comm Review Committee including District admin building admin classroom teachers clinicians and program assistants if applicable the district will proactively communicate to staff and the public about the review process proposed timeline and objectives before the review begins there will be a meaningful opportunity for feedback for all certified and licensed staff associated with the program before the review is finalized the district will communicate the results of the review in a timely manner to all relevant stakeholders and strategic or operational changes resulting from that review must be made public and if the district Cuts programs or opens new ones entrance and exit criteria must be simultaneously reviewed ensuring students have appropriate options for being in the least restrictive environment possible I believe all staff want the best
036for students and by extension parents employees and the community and it is because of that that I know this District can and must do better you employ dedicated staff who want to work with District level administrators to make our programs the best they can be you serve devoted parents who should get transparent time ly information about the programs their children attend particularly those may be cut you serve students who are entitled to appropriate program placements as set out in transparent clear entrance and exit criteria that represents a range of supports from most restrictive to least restrictive environment I'm calling on the board to support Administration in creating a program review process that dignifies the students the parents and the employees at impacts and I would suggest these this be a topic for future consideration and
037be put on an agenda I'll leave these with your Communications thank you ready all right all right so next is a superintendent report okay Advance the slide for me see you uh one more thank thanks all right it's been another uh busy month since our last meeting we have I have two final hang with H's visits I will be at Plum grve and Pleasant Hill uh in March between now and spring break to engage with staff so the first 18 trip visits have been wonderful and very insightful and I'm looking forward to uh my last two um visits just a reminder catch up with Hines is an event for the community if you could Advance the slide please um this event will be at the Hoffman Estates library branch on April 3rd between 2: and
0383: and then at towards the end of April at April 23rd um we will have another catchup with Hines opportunity at the district office so we've done some during the day uh we try to we've done one at the lunchtime we've done one in the late afternoon and we'll have one in the evening to have any community members um come in and learn about what district 15 has been up to um this year coming soon will be my second round of superintendent and Middle School uh student advisory meetings where our kids will have an opportunity hopefully there'll be new groups of students to introduce themselves uh we will ask them to share their feedback on inter Scholastic Sports intramurals and clubs um we will talk about how what suggestions they have on preparing new students
039for middle school as we build towards um the transition work that has already begun but will continue into the spring and I will ask students to share anything else they would like to tell me and that's on their mind about their middle school experience so far uh these visits and these uh groups group group meetings with our students have been uh extremely insightful and quite a bit of fun the kids are um very articulate they know what they want um they're not afraid to share their suggestions and we really do try to apply um the information that we're learning at these sessions to make the student experience uh better this group will be very important too as we round out our first year of middle schools and we're going to any information that we're going
040to glean and by we I mean I have invited Dr Lopez to join me um we will apply things that we're learning from our students uh to the plans that we're making for next year um and then I will break down as I always do uh just a few highlights of each department from one month to the next so uh we would like to tonight have Dr Emily mcfaden approved as the new assistant superintendent for teaching learning and assessment that hiring has been complete and tonight in the Personnel report you will be asked to vote um on naming her our new assistant superintendent I'd like to thank the team of uh ESC staff as well as building leaders that helped us uh throughout the interview process and and selecting Dr mcfaden um I have completed
041principal Summit of evaluation meetings we've done a lot of Early Childhood planning and we've been engaging with legislators um around Senate Bill 17 1799 and ouros of it the administrative service department um has been working on change of placement for sunling and Winston campus graduation and we'll hopefully have something to report at our uh next Board of Education meeting we are having some um conflicts with typical space uh being available due to the June nature of our graduation based on our late start this year we're working with outside teams they're working with outside teams to plan our district relocation we have relocation sites every other year schools walk to their relocation sites but now we're actually doing the planning that has to do with what would we do and what are all the logistics should
042we really have um an emergency where we would have to relocate to another school and Carl Samberg is the school that has stepped up to to work with Dr lazor and an outside team um on this work and uh Dr lazor and as well as Tina Woods and nutrition services are working on updating our wellness policy um in the business department electronic time sheets are being uh tried out in nutrition services and we'll hopefully be able to move all departments to a more modern way of tracking time sheets planning for the FY uh 26 budget is underway as well as we're finalizing our summer construction projects communication rolled out parents square and as well as the training for staff and administrators um we have a new District Spirit Weare Hub so if anybody's interested in
043spiritwear talk to Ahmad and we have completed a new dual language program promotion video so I'm excited to see that ed services uh gifted placement for the 2526 school year is already complete uh summer program planning uh is is part of what ed services is doing but you can see other departments are involved in that as well a lot of Summer programming is happening now across departments and they're working on broadening the district's suspension tracking and review process thanks Wenda for that suggestion and a productive meeting with Dr Edgar and I human resources we're really focused on Staffing hard to fill positions for the upcoming school year um we've replaced 20 contractual employees with District employees for the next school year which has has been a big area of focus for us as we've told
044you contract employees are quite expensive because we're playing contract agencies more um and our goal is always to have staff members be district 15 Staff first so we're well on the way of completing that commitment that we came to the board with um we're at 20 and I think we've got about another 20 to go um and then we've concluded DTU arbitration and we're hoping to have a decision by the end of the school year um in multilingual they're planning also for summer school as well as for the year Ahead Staffing they've hosted multilingual parent advisory committee meetings on summer activity opportunities for language development and are hosting multiple um registration support workshops don't forget to register if you haven't done so already uh student services also preparing for extended school year um and providing
045students that need uh esy as part of their IP we're we're making plans and trying to hire staff we're also recruiting and hiring for the upcoming school year school year um they were involved in professional development planning that was held on March 11th and they are also working on Early Childhood planning uh for next year and Beyond teaching and learning has been collaborating ac across departments for the May 2nd staff development and summer professional learning opportunities supporting teachers with the 6 through eight math pilot and the 6 through eight social studies uh resource review as well as exploring best practices in 3 through five grade level reading um reviewing mtss resources reviewing K5 Health Resources and they're updating School Improvement planning processes with their school partners and that is it for my report to 61
046I skipped one here yes presentation for the Illinois pce framework for career and College sure good evening uh vice president Anar Rino members of the Board of Education and uh Dr Hines and community members green light it's on is it there it goes I got thumbs up now did it catch it yep okay um well thank thank you for the opportunity tonight to speak with the board about um what's called the pace framework I want to start by introducing Britney Henry Britney is one of our instructional coordinators um in the department for teaching learning and assessment and this has been one of the many projects that she has worked on this year um the uh the Illinois postsecondary and career expectations framework is called pace for short um and it was really developed to provide
047guidance to um to Educators but also to families and to students about what experiences students should have and what um education they should have around uh uh looking for a career and planning for their postsecondary experience um so the pace framework was actually adopted by uh the Illinois state board of education but also by a number of um organization organizations uh for higher education and it's for students in grades 6 through 12 and the framework really outlines three priority areas um it focuses on Career exploration and development it focuses on your postsecondary experience so college or or whatever uh education experience you might pursue After High School and then it focuses on helping students understand financial aid and some pieces of financial literacy um so our framework in district 15 actually reflects the model framework
048uh from isby um and you'll see it's here and we'll have it posted on our website um but it really starts with our social emotional learning curriculum which focuses on character development but also focuses on having a growth mindset and then at each grade level we build in opportunities for students to take um personality quizzes and interest inventory um just to help them learn more about themselves um and to start thinking about what it is they might like to do in the future and then uh students take a deep dive into learning about all different kinds of careers um and at the eighth grade level specifically we focus on um what students might do after high school and we talk with them about how they might Finance those experiences and then finally a big piece
049of this framework is focusing on short-term and long-term goal setting so how do you set a goal and turn it into an action plan so to support learning we actually uh have used title 4 funds to purchase a digital resource that's called path full um and the lesson structure in this digital Resource as I said is that students um take some sort of survey to build self-awareness and then they use that information to take a deep dive into careers um and then uh at e8th grade again they look at some postsecondary experiences and then we spend some time uh working with them around how to set smart goals to create an action plan so students start off by completing a survey to help identify careers career clusters that would be a good fit for them
050based on their interest and personality traits in Sixth and eth grade they start with an interest survey and then in seventh grade they go to a personality survey and then over time students are going to be able to compare um their survey results and how their interests and their personality traits have either stayed the same in middle school or if they've changed as they start to think about their future uh this is an example of the results that they would get um you're able to explore the specific careers that the kids are getting based on the results of their surveys um they're going to learn about the career's responsibility salary required educational path and more and then as kids are working on this they can add notes to their career journal and then they also
051have virtual job shadows and q&as which is awesome so they explore these um with real professionals who work in the field and that they're learning about to get a better idea of those professions and then after they're able to look at all of those different potential career options students are able to to compare their top career choices side by side to help them as they make their decisions about what their future could look like so as I mentioned through um this program they can kids can also explore the eighth graders specifically can explore all kinds of postsecondary opportunities um so they can look at everything from um community colleges to uh four-year colleges to graduate programs to culinary school experiences um they can look at apprenticeships um and then another piece of this that's really
052important um is is helping them think about how we can finance that experience so they get introduced to the FAFSA um we talk with them a little bit about grants uh we talk about scholarships right uh what what a work study is or even what a what a student loan might be and then for each of the postsecondary experiences uh students can have uh there's information available so Brit and I put this up because of course we're we're in line I so but uh you can you can uh take a take a deep dive into what does the student population look like um what does admission look like what does tuition look like what can you major in if you were affiliated with this particular institution so students wrap up the path unit by participating
053and um a lesson about smart goals these are goals that are specific measurable attainable relevant and time bound and during this lesson oops sorry about that during this lesson students create both short-term and long-term goals and the primary focus is really to help kids make the connection between their goals and future success as we look at implementation uh we plan to introduce these lessons to eighth graders this spring and then next year uh we are going to have students in grades six seven and eight all participate in it and which these lessons are integrated into oural scope and sequence um and they'll be able to do these lessons before they uh pick their electives for the following school year so they'll be able to take that learning that they got and apply it to their
054future decisions and then uh Brit and I wanted to share this last slide because it's actually a student facing slide so it's one of the slides that we share with students while we're really excited about the content uh that that we're focusing on in these units uh we're equally equally excited about the message for kids so and and the message is that we want them to dream big but know that when you dream big you start small right you set small in incremental goals um uh we want them to know that it's okay to change their mind choose and choose again with your career and then the other message that that we're really focusing on with our middle school students is that they have support they can ask their families and their teachers and even
055other students um as they sort of begin this journey and that's that's it we're excited to launch this and we anticipate that we'll learn a lot from working with the eighth graders this year that will uh help us refine the units as we Implement them with sixth seventh and eighth graders next year Larry can I ask um I love this pace uh framework by the way I love that we're in introducing this to students early on and um ensuring that it goes on all the way through um to high school um just curious because technology is moving at a pace that um you know boggles my own mind and um and the things that I do in my career right now um is vastly different than it was um years ago um so just curious
056one thing I didn't hear is how Ai and how modernized uh technology may impact the jobs or the careers of these um students are looking for um is there a point in this um in this uh Pace framework is this is there a point where you're going to address that with students so that they can um actually understand that although you're planning for this in the near future it may um it may be vastly different and we have to plan for that as well yeah you know most of the career well that's an interesting point most of the careers that are embedded in the program are things that uh probably will be impacted in their day-to-day tasks by AI but may not um to totally transform because of AI I'm thinking about even my experience
057as an educator how is my day-to-day different because I have access to AI but there are still some things that AI can't replace right it's difficult with the kids to yeah yeah there it's difficult with the kids to forecast what careers will still be here or how they'll evolve um you know the goal of this program in particular because it's not uh Career Mentoring or even Workforce training is just to help the kids understand that that when you set a goal that's that's out here in the future there are small things that you can do to help you get there and I and also to help them understand that uh there are more careers than even you can think of right so because kids can name typically five six seven eight careers what their parents
058do right they know a teacher or a principal but they often times don't know about something like an urban planner right or they've never thought about uh being a chef for example or um you know they it's just things that they haven't had experience with yet so that's part of what this program does but I agree it it would be interesting to be able to forecast with them the impact of technology right and definitely just um if we can embed that into the program somehow whether it's an additional class each year to say okay um that may be um feasible but we have robotic um you know inventions that are coming up the pipeline so we may not need a 100 we may only need 10 right so um you all as students have to
059think about that as well let's um let's give them uh let's um think that the the world is is their oyster but let's also give them um reasonable expectations MH thank you you mentioned just quick question you mentioned being able to gather feedback um from the eighth graders that are participating in you know sooner rather than later but curious how we'll be able to get student feedback like is that built into the platform at all or what are going to be our mechanisms for student feedback our our plan is to use exit tickets with kids at the end of the unit um and then uh also with teachers as well okay I'll see you thank you all right thanks this a great addition thank you both can I get the item uh seven here is
060acceptance of the Mee minutes can I get a motion to approve them please I move to approve the minutes from the February 19 2025 regular Board of Education meeting and close session meeting as attached a second second R anino I hunt hi k i Taylor I long I AER I okay we on to the board reports so I will start off here with the Ed rad uh legislature is back in session they're furiously working away on all kinds of bills uh they've submitted 1,800 Bill assignments in the house since uh March 3rd and about 900 of them are being tracked uh uh with regards to education uh the deadline to pass out the bills from committee is uh March 21st uh and we've had a few of them here that are quite impactful um we
061have uh one of them Senate Bill uh 1672 which uh would require Universal dyslexia screening for K through3 students at least twice a year beginning in the 2025 to 2026 school year um it would mandate guidelines on screening Administration data interpretation and interventions within a multi-tiered support system so this is uh I think a fairly large mandate to be putting on the school so as of now the uh absolutely no funding or staff Ed is not supporting that because yeah we that takes a lot of time and a lot of money which the state is not giving us correct um and then another uh one that's got a lot of visibility here is the cell phone banss so uh that one is was introduced in the house by musman and in the Senate by Senator
062Castro so some of the uh some of the the items that edre brought up to the uh Representatives was that the local dis uh right now the local discretion over how devices are stored during instruction as uh many districts already have effective policies in place uh we need uh clear guidelines on the use of personal versus School provided devices especially in districts without one toone program prams where personal devices support both instruction and special education and then flexibility in device use should be left to school officials considering the different needs of elementary middle and high school students so granted on the face I think uh you know everybody can probably get behind some sort of cell phone ban but I think uh it may be best left up to the districts to better interpret how
063that should be implemented based on their student body unless the governor mandates for Illinois well right exactly but you know dead bill right agreed and that align with MJ warden's subcommittee on cell phones and we're going to bring that to the board April or May what April or May so she'll bring an update to the board just so you can all hear um in terms of the work that her subcommittee's been doing but we don't want to do that too early if the governor is going to mandate that we have it we do it as a certain way in schools so it'll just be another part of the subcommittee but at some point we'll bring you an update this spring hopefully so depending on when they actually vote on it so probably sometime in May
064but you know we'll see how it goes y all right and this is one that is uh impactful too sonate Bill 1799 uh in the Senate by Senator uh pH vill veum and uh House Bill uh 3 357 three by rap Sayad uh this restricts the use of the emergency provision for third-party contracts to 90 days with renewals up to the local unions agreement so only one time can it be extended uh 90 days um as an iea initiative they are looking to restrict the definition of emergency uh edre and other management groups opposed this legislation the bill did pass 13 to one out of committee and edre is meeting with the sponsors and uh Advocates continue to reach advocating to continue to reach a compromise on the language because uh specifically this would adversely
065affect district 15 being that we uh contract uh about 20 school bus drivers so that we can actually get our kids to school um if this actually happens then it could cause us real problems because we've had to use this provision several times over the last last what four years four years since 2021 so I mean this could impact students be able to get to school in a timely fashion as been demonstrated this last what five days four days three days yeah when we had the we had u a gap in the contract for um for bus drivers on a contract basis and then lastly here uh we have uh House Bill 1358 uh by rep Chong and uh it would limit p e waivers to a single three-year period and prohibit their renewal so
066um this could cause problems with uh students being able to complete graduation requirements and participate in other educational programs the bill was passed out along partis lines and uh heads to the floor for a vote so that could affect us too it could and gym space Master schedules the ability to have enough space in PE to do it every day CU right now we we' always submitted for waivers if I'm correct not at the middle schools but at the elementary at the elementary yes we have a pending we're waiting to hear on our latest waiver so and that's it but so a lot of impactful stuff though busy times for sure so next 155 yeah so5 right now the uh 50-50 raffle tickets are still on sale the drawing is on Monday at noon so
067if you haven't gotten your raffle tickets yet you should do so because right now the pot is $13,600 so um it's a pretty good deal right now if you win um tickets are available on the website at 1-5 .org um also then coming up in April the 15 will launch uh staff appreciation program more information will come on that I'll of course bring it to the I board meeting but check the website because it'll be on there before I'm here again so um keep your eye on the website for more information about the staff appreciation program as well and uh I just went on the website to get that updated amount so the tickets are still available so go on and get some all right thanks Jim trying right now Jim yep finance committee uh
068finance committee no new updates at this time I I know although we don't have any updates um I'm going to take this opportunity to um update you about the division um North cook division um updates so we had our North cook um meeting spring meeting which was held March 4th um at hton and um I represented uh district 15 as well as I serve as the division uh div a division officer um we had an excellent program actually we talked about Ai and the um and how it shapes uh the future of Education um so for those of you who are mostly familiar with uh uh chat GPT um they talked about Gemini as well and um notebook LM which were um new programs to me um and so it was a very interesting meeting
069um I I recommend that you guys go to the um next fall division meeting um and uh finally we talked about the um the resolution committee so the official resolution form um for 2025 will be available mid April and the deadline to submit a resolution this year is um June 25th 2025 um I think the last time I brought this up I um I heard that uh we were going to come together and figure out a resolution um to to submit as a board um I want to for all of you to look at your packets because we have the ISB position statements in there and review your packets before um I come back to every one of you to talk about the resolution that we will submit before the June 25th um deadline um
070the committee will um meet in August to hear the testimony um and make recommendations on the resolutions that are submitted so um make some space for you for me I will be for all of you thanks Wenda all right lastly here the equity committee you uh so Equity committee is uh closely monitoring changes that are happening very quickly at the federal level uh and any implications for Illinois as well as district 15 um of course as a board of education we are particularly concerned about recent announcements um at the Department of Education um and of course Federal funding and keeping an eye on any potential announcements around Federal funding as district 15 receives 11 million right 14 14 oh it's even okay 14 million um in federal funding any impacts to this funding would disproportionately
071impact the students that need that funding most um and so zuar and I are meeting on a monthly basis with Dr Hines um and are pretty much in weekly communication at this point as changes are happening um very quick and we want to make sure that we are um keeping an eye on any potential impacts uh to district 15 moving forward you anything to add no I think that's good thanks Sam okay action items 9.1 is a honorable dismissal of teachers motion please I move to approve the resolution for the honorable dismissal of teachers as recommended second discussion roll call Hunt I KH I Taylor I Wang i haer i anino i item 9.2 dismissal of first year probationary teacher for reasons other than reduction in force motion please I move to approve the resolution
072for the dismissal of firste probationary teacher uh Paulina Kos for reasons other than reduction in force second second discussion call k i Taylor I Wong I AER I anino I hunt I IEM 9.3 approval of personnel report recommendations for administrative certified and non-certified staff members motion please I move to go ahead go ahead I move to approve the Personnel report recommendations for administrative certified and non-certified staff members as presented second discussion uh congratulations in advance to Dr mcfaden R call Taylor I Wong I AER I anino I hunt I KH I item 9.4 approval of second reading of board policy 4 colon 080 accounting and audits motion please I move to approve the second reading of board policy for colon 80 accounting and and audits as presented second is discussion roll call Taylor I Wong
073I AER I anino I hunt i k i okay item 9.5 approval of bid 25-6 Conor's Learning Academy Mechanical replacements motion I move to award the mechanical Replacements project at Conor's Learning Academy located at 2800 Central Road to C acetel Heating and piping Contractors Incorporated of Villa Park Illinois in the amount of 1,138 th000 as presented second discussion so just uh for clarification because this is a quite sizable job what what exactly does this entail all the the piping is this we replacing reping okay okay all right Ste hence steam steam all right wow yep okay we call Wong hi AER i h Marino I hunt hi KH I Taylor I okay item 9.6 approval of bid 25- 007 Central Road Elementary mechanical replacement motion please I move to a uh I move to award
074for the mechanical Replacements project at Central Road ele School located at 3800 Central Road to see uh acell Heating and piping contractors in cavilla Park Illinois in the amount of $458,000 as presented second discussion I know I asked Diana this but um just to let you know um when you look at the bid there is a um sizable uh lower bid um and that will not be um it's and it's for Premier mechanical um and that was formally withdrawn from the due to clerical order um clerical sorry um and um just so that uh if you're tabulating everything and that's what I did with Diana and I said why why did we choose the one that wasn't the lower bid I thought she was going to tell me something interesting like it was um because
075we have um we have recommendations from is for if it's if it's a a a minority based business or it's a um it's a women's Business um to actually utilize their programs but no she just told me they withdrew and and I'm okay with being a little bit more if we can support um a woman own business or minority based business just to let you know so was there a misunderstanding of the scope of the project yes okay that's what I thought when I looked at it I was like hm I don't think they understood what they were getting into that's why it was so lowly yeah cuz it was it was like 150k versus 450 8K here so I'm like yeah that's that's like a yeah it's like about a third of the cost
076so I think you may missed something okay uh roll call Aer I Hino I hunt I KH I Taylor I Wang I okay item 9.7 approval of bid 25-10 ESC parking improvements motion please I move to award the Joseph M kiss Kisa ESC parking improvements project to Everlast black top for the base bid of $39,375 AER I okay item 9.8 approval of bid number 25-11 Central Road Elementary Paving improvements motion please I move to award the central road paving Improvement projects to tros mcnail Paving Company for the base bid of $1,210 as presented second discussion roll call Hunt I KH I Taylor I Wong I AER I anino I okay item 9.9 approval of bid number 25-12 Stuart R Paddock Elementary Paving improvements motion please I move to award the steart AR Paddock uh p
077improvements project to manav all construction for the base bid of $259,000 $21 as presented second discussion roll call KH I Taylor I Wong I AER I sorry anino I hunt i a all right item 9.10 approval of bid number 25-13 Plum grov Middle School parking improvements I move to award the plum Gro parking improvements project to truck mcneel Paving Company for the base bid of $13,250 as presented second second discussion just curious um you know uh Diana um I think I I mentioned this before but if you um solidify all these bids into one maybe couldn't we get a better um like a better rate um we did these we did get great rates and this is everything went out and we got nine about nine biders they all bid all nine bid um for
078each one of these jobs so it was kind of one big group um release or whatever of the bids but I you know when we're we are going through engineers and I think the protocol is more to go individually because they're going to have to bid each job anyway but price the the bids are coming in way under budget and that's good news and that's partly why when we presented um last month I believe it was we're we're able to pick up more con more Renovations and improvements in our in our buildings because of these bids uh coming in under and also of course moving 15 forward so it is good it's good right now that's why we're also ramping up these asphalt improvements cuz we're getting good bids on these nice thanks thank you
079roll call Taylor I Wong I AER I Hino hi hunt hi k i item 9.11 approval of bid number 25-20 transportation services I move to approve the first student transportation bid for up to 10 drivers and zoom Elite bid for up to eight drivers in accordance with the agreement for unassigned school bus routes as presented second discussion this is the one where um there was an overlap and we weren't allowed to um get emergency transportation services for like at a 90day period because we have unassigned unfilled routes yes and than the last few times we've done it no one company has been able to send us enough drivers because they even have a shortage of drivers so we're having to use multiple driving multiple supplemental driving companies to have enough drivers because none of them
080have drivers to spare either let alone you know being fully staffed yep roll call Aer I Taylor oh i w I Hino I hunt i k i item 9.12 resolution abating the working cash fund of the district motion I move to approve the resolution abating the working cash fund of the district as presented second second discussion I'm so sorry I didn't really understand this working cash fun so this one I didn't understand either so I did call the attorney and it is just a formally formally because when you sell a bond which I want to put in the plug the bond closed today everything went really smoothly and the money transferred so we got the $4 million Bond um sale went very smoothly today um this is just moving because when you get the bond
081it goes into the working cash fund but we don't want it there then it has to go to the onm fund which it says details in this thing and then it goes to the capital projects so this is just a formal resolution showing the transfer between the three funds thank you MH all right roll call Wang I AER I anerino I hunt i k i Taylor I okay item 10 is the consent calendar does anybody want to remove anything from the consent calendar okay motion please I move to approve the consent calendar items as presented second second discussion V call can I sorry stop apologizing um you know the the approval for the L safety um amendments for um Conor it sort of just bothers me that it says um there is some right there
082in the um in the article that says it's uh there there's something wrong with the Conor's um life safety now so what we're going to do with that is so this there's about $90,000 left in fund 90 in the health Life Safety fund and that's left over from 15 million the $15 million Health Life Safety bonds that we sold back in August 20 I started here in 20 2020 so we have $90,000 left and the improvements that we're doing at CLA the HVAC that qualifies under Health Life Safety so I want to use up those funds they've been sitting there and so how we're going to pay for the um 1 1, 138,000 uh dollars at CLA we're going to use some of that $90,000 okay so the um this the application says building not
083in compliance so not in compliance means that um it's what part of the building well I'm not I mean the non-compliance is probably just meaning that we need to upgrade our HVAC to be more you know um energy you know better you know offer have a better bring it up to bring it up to current regulations it's also Beyond its useful life I'm [Music] sure there okay it's still a safe building to be in right it's a safe building but again that's why we're we're doing a lot a lot of our you know even our parking lots some of them are beyond their useful life that's a common phraseology that we've had to use um but we keep band-aiding we keep band-aiding you know we have we have that's why the next round of a
084lot of our construction projects our Capital Improvements are going to be HVAC projects because we keep banding them we keep repairing them it's expensive and um um I mean I will put in a I'd like to say too that we have some money uh carryover and idea funds that I we've discovered we can use them for construction so we're going to apply and hopefully get approved for um from isby for that too so got a lot going on okay thank you um thank you for clarifying that it's you know those that verbiage is just is so unsettling so I just wanted to make sure that we address it should anyone else read that and wonder um uh why the building is not in compliance I can get clarity on that that this is written by
085our Architects we can we don't apply for um amendments to the health Life Safety we go through um W Architects is doing the work for us um I did not catch that verbiage so I can I'll ask and get clarity on that okay appreciate all right okay I'm done any other items otherwise do roll call Aer I anino I hunt i k i Taylor i w i okay item 11 notice to remedy approval of a notice to remedy for a 10e teacher I move to approve notice to remedy for Jeremy HRI as presented second second discussion roll call Hunt I KH I Taylor I Wong I AER I anino hi okay correspondences any Freedom of Information stuff you'd like to I'm sorry I as usual in correspondence I have many for we received does anyone
086have any questions about any sub no okay can I get a uh motion to adjourn I move to adjourn second all in favor hi hi meeting adjourned Le at least I missed a short one I'm T her right now e e for