001Good evening, everyone. We're going to get started with the June 15, 700 p.m. public hearing. Secretary, call the role, please. >> Valencia, >> here. >> Johnson, >> here. >> Olivas, >> here. >> Lash, >> here. >> Reyes, >> here. Moreno absent. >> All right. Do we have any public comment for the public hearing? >> All right. No public comments. So, we'll move on to the discussion on the FY26 budget. >> Well, good evening everybody. We're going to bring up the budget, but I'm going to go through a couple of the highlights before we go into uh the actual budget itself. Um the first thing that we did to update in budget was the beginning fund balances. We got it off of the FY25 AFR. So now they're matching. The second part was the resolution that
002we needed for the journal entries to assign the capital projects um uh sorry to assign the capital project transfers. The third uh uh aotment that we did was moving the actual federal grants, the exact dollar amounts since they weren't known in the very beginning. So they're no longer estimates. They're actuals. And then the fourth uh the fourth thing and the last thing that we did was the evidence-based funding. Um at the beginning it was an updated uh with a a budget amount and then we became as you guys all know from tier one to tier two. We put in the actual amount. So, those were the four criteria for the amendment of this budget. And I'm going to go through um the slides here with you. This is the fourth time that we've seen this
003now. Um we did a presentation back in April. We did one on May 4th. Uh was published in the newspaper on May 5th and it's now uh for public hearing this evening. So, next slide. As you can see, this is the timeline of the tenant budget and what we went through. Uh next slide. So this is a summary by all funds here. So these are all revenues by fund. As you can see, it's 259,690,000. Uh as you uh the biggest fund that we have is the education fund. It makes up 77 a.5% of all of our funding goes into there. It's 201 million. Uh O andM at 20.7 million, debt service at 13.9, transportation at 12.4, IM ref and social security at 6.3, and capital projects at 5 million. Next slide. So this is a
004visual representation of that breakdown. As you can see the big blue pie there, that is our ad fund. Uh followed by BNG at 8%. Next slide. So this is the revenue broken down by source. Um as you can see, our number one largest source is the state. That's there in orange at 67.1% and a vast majority of the state funding is through evidence-based funding. Our second largest source is local funding which includes property taxes and other um and then federal made up at 27.3 million for a grand total of $259.6 million. Next slide. Here's a summary of expenses. Um again our largest expenses in the education fund. It's at 205 million makes up 76.3%. O and M at 20 million. Uh debt service at 13. Transportation at just under 18. Social Security, IMRF at 6.4
005and obviously capital projects at five for 269 million and total expenses. Next slide. This is again broken down as you can see threequarters of our just goes straight into the educational fund. Next slide. So this is the interesting slide because it's broken out by object. As you can see uh 50.3% of our all of our expenditures are for salaries. If you add up benefits uh combined it's a little bit over 63%. uh purchase services are 55 million, supplies, materials at 14, capital outlay at 6 and a half, other objects at 21 and then non- capital at 1.2 million. Next slide. Here it is. As you can see a little bit almost twothirds of our budget is salary and benefits. This is broken out that way. Next slide. So in summary, our revenues are 259 million.
006expenses are 269 with a $9.3 million operating deficit for FY26. Now, I know I've asked this already previously, but I I I want to be clear um just so the public community is aware. What was one of the main reasons of why this this happened? >> The biggest driver, 6 million of this is moving from tier one to tier two in evidence-based funding. Um about $2 and a half million dollars was reduction in federal funding and then the rest is just on made up of local a little bit less local funding if you will. CPPRT money was down as well which is the corporate replacement property taxes. >> And oh go ahead. I'll let you go ahead. What are we going to do for the FY2627? What have we been doing already? So um we
007have a lot of retirees at the FY26 uh ending this year. So we've done a lot of retirements without replacements. We've had resignations. We've consolidated uh FT and positions. We're also looking at um finding efficiencies wherever we can. Um at the last port reading we looked at um some of our insurance costs for collective liability, workers comp, and property insurance. And that was a half million dollars plus in savings right there. Uh on tonight's docket, we're going to be looking at a healthc care broker um and and looking for opportunities to uh to rightsize and to reduce our expenditures, but at the same time, we're also looking at new funding. Um we are applying for additional federal and state grants. Um that's been a big active one for this year. Um we're trying to find
008new revenue sources because right now, anticipated for next year, the federal sources are going to probably be reduced down again. So, >> two questions. So, didn't the feds cut 13 million from us as well? >> Um, if you look at the overall Yeah. If you go back from 2024 and 2025, yes, there was significant federal cuts. Um, >> a lot of that was the end of the the tail end of SR 3, if you will, because we had until October to spend down that money, then the the last and final by January. >> So, that was a little bit of carryover. Um but the actual if you look at what was um what we got in FY25 compared to FY26 without the ESRE funds uh it was just under $2 million less. >> Okay. >>
009And next year we're we're anticipating another reduction as well. >> Yeah. >> So hasn't the state gone back and replaced some of the funding with the new budget? >> No, not as of yet. And we won't have the evidence-based funding numbers out until that usually is that first second week in August. Um, I don't even know where we're going to be as far as tier wise. I would I'm assuming we'll probably stay in tier two. However, we were cusp we were close to the cusp. Um, for tier one, we're off by I want to say it was four or 510 of a percentage point. So again, um, no promises. We're we're hoping, we can be hopeful, but there's no guarantees of moving back into tier one. So, and it also it's not just us. It's
010also the relative comparitiveness of other districts and how well or how not well they're doing in comparison to us as well. >> Yeah. Dr. Gy said 78 schools went from tier one to tier two. >> 78 districts. Yes. >> 70 seven zero district. >> So when CPS went from tier 2 into tier one, it offset um the 78 school districts were displaced and we were one of those 78. And out of the 78, if I remember correctly, I think 46 or 48 of them were Luda districts. >> We're one of them. Those are the large unit districts. >> Didn't the state give some additional funding for the new bud to the categoricals? I think I read that. >> Correct. Yeah. Um C but again, it was just to keep up with the pration amount. Um
011and was it was a little bit of new money, but even if you add up all of our categoricals, they're still not touching anywhere near the evidence-based funding. No, I mean we'll be lucky to get two $300,000 of additional funding in categoricals right now. >> Any other questions? >> All right. >> We've got a motion to approve approve the FY2026 amended budget. So move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. >> Reyes, >> yes. >> Lier, >> yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> All right. Motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Secretary, call the role, please. >> Duentes, >> yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Lash, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Reyes, >> yes. All right, we're going to move on to
012the regular board uh of education meeting for June 15th, 7 p.m. >> Secretary, call the role, please. >> here. >> Johnson >> here. >> Valencia >> here. >> Sephuentes >> here. >> Moreno absent. Olivas >> here. >> All right, Mr. L, if you can uh lead us with the pledge of allegiance, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. All right, we're going to move on to public comment. In order to have uh to speak for public comment, you would have had to sign in before 7 p.m., respect the 3minut time limit, respect the confidentiality of students and staff, and keep comments appropriate. We'll start with Mark Mitchellini. Hello, I'm Mark McWany. I'm a 1977 graduate of Easter High School and I'm happy to be here tonight. and I'm representing
013the Aurora East Educational Foundation. I want to do a brief recap on what we've accomplished this last year and a little projection on the future and then I want to end with a invitation to our golf outing of course. So, I'd like to recap this year. We've had a wonderful year. Uh we started out the year by awarding 35 mini grants to teachers that totaled about $30,000 in total cash. Then we went into the winter months and we solicited about 106 or 109 uh scholarship applications and we were able to award um 40 scholarships in the total of $90,000 to students. We have um three different buckets now. We have careers in education, academic excellence, and careers and technical education. So we're moving right along. This year we've already counted 44 scholarships for the 2027
014year. So, we're moving. Uh, years ago, we just gave one scholarship a year. Now, we're giving almost 40 every year. So, we're making great progress. And the last thing, the newest thing on our docket is um seed money for capital projects. So, um this year we were able to u set aside $125,000 and we talked to u Dr. Hverson and we identified the scoreboard as being an issue for the teams. um that we keep hitting it with the footballs, which is another problem, but we were more than happy to help out and make a change going forward. So, we've got some seed money. I drive by and look for the scoreboard every time I drive by the high school. So, for next year, again, we've got about 44 scholarships going. We we anticipate doing about
015the same amount of mini grants. And um we are prepared to provide or I'm going to ask my board, excuse me, I've got to ask my board to provide $50,000 of seed money for next year's capital outlay projects. So, um we've got a lot going on. I've got a great team on uh the U foundation board. We're looking forward to adding a couple retirees that are coming out and they still don't want to let go of their district 131. So, we're very excited about that. And so lastly, I'd like to invite you to our golf outing. It's going to be on uh July 16th. And if you're not a golfer, come to dinner. You know, we like to meet people. We like to see people. And we like to expand our circle of friends. So
016with that, I'll hope to see you on the 16th of July. Thank you. >> Sure. >> Any questions? No. >> No questions. Thank you. >> No problem. Thank you. >> All right. Next speaker, George Valenuel. >> Good afternoon. I'm Jorge Venola. I just had a comment because I grew up uh graduated from Mr. Aurora, grew up Waldo. My daughters are currently going to Bardwell and high school. And what I've noticed, I understand academics is the important part of school, but I've noticed that some of the kids that are into sports, we don't have the correct equipment for elementary schools. We don't have the correct uh sports teams. When they get to middle school, it's like they're learning in middle school when other districts are learning in elementary school. So, when our teams go against their
017teams, it's like we're learning and they already have it all down. Once you get, you can see it in the high school games, high school volleyball, high school soccer. It seems like some of those kids are just learning when we should be teaching them in elementary when it's easier for them to develop those skills. Softball, they don't have the cleats. We don't have we didn't even get anything to tell us this is what your kid needs for this sport. I think you guys should put a little more money into it because some of those kids do want to grow up and be athletes. So, it's kind of unfair to them to not have the right equipment, not have the right coaches. Some of those coaches are just an art teacher that doesn't even know the
018rules of of the game. I appreciate the teachers time, but I think you guys should actually put some money maybe into actually getting a decent coach. It just sucks going to other schools and seeing the other schools are geared up, everything perfect. The kids know how to Our high school kids some don't even know some of the rules. It's like, and I've been to elementary school games, middle school games. It's the coaches, it's the gear. I understand academics is important, but some of those kids do want to succeed in sports. East used to have a pool. I take my kids to other districts. How come we don't have a swimming team? Why don't we have a swimming team? Why don't we have other things that other districts have? We don't have balls. We don't have
019cleats. We don't have helmets for softball. Why? We go to other schools. They're all geared up. It seems like there's not a little bit of more money put into the kids that do want to maybe succeed in sports. maybe at least an actual coach, not just the teacher that for the love that the kids spends their time. I appreciate it, but it's not fair to the kids to not have actually somebody teaching them the actual rules and the sport. That's just my only comment. Just seeing them grow up and seeing other schools have everything in us is like we don't even have coaches for these kids. Sometimes it's just the art teacher that is willing to spend her time. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right, let's see here. So, moving on to communications from the
020superintendent, Dr. Halverson. >> Yes, I'm going to grab on to Miss Walker's community relations report. And, uh, this evening, I want to highlight for my first communication from the superintendent under the community relations report. Um, we have now got our our af Aurora, East Aurora African-American Parent Association, um, up and active again. Um, and I'm very excited about that. Um, we've got some parents and community members who have, uh, taken on the charge of taking on leadership with us. So, I just wanted to highlight that as we kick off um, because there is a great event this Saturday um, at the African the African-American Men of Unity are putting it on at Martin Luther King Park. Um, and we're actually going to have a meet and greet with our newly established board for our African-American
021parent association group there. So, I just wanted to make sure we got the information out there publicly and also recognize a couple of our board members who are able to be join us this evening. So, if I could have uh chair Miss Mary Folult stand up for me, please. Vice Chair Dwayne Wilson is not able to attend this evening. Neither is his wife, Secretary Lavannah Wilson, but let's give them a round of applause for volunteering. They're fairly new new to our school district and came from Rockford and they're very excited to be part of our uh African-American parent association. And then also we have our liaison, Miss Jeria Jeria Donaldson. And I want to make sure I get that right. And once again, uh we highlighted this during our curriculum committee meeting earlier today. Um
022I think it's a great opportunity for us to unite our parents to bring our African-American parent association group together with our BPAC association with our student services association that we've redeveloped. But we're also looking for our African-American parent association group to help drive us forward and help us identify opportunities to further connect with all parents in our community. So, we're very excited about that. Our meeting dates are up there and if you look at them, uh we'll begin in September with a AAPA meeting at Eastor High School and then every other month we're actually going to partner up with BPAC. So, it'll be both organizations together. We'll have some fellowship and food together that'll be held at Bellsal and then we'll have dual presentations ongoing where we'll have presentations in both rooms at Bell and
023we'll have both presenters bounce back and forth there. So just once again a good opportunity for us to make sure we're uniting our parents working together but also acknowledging our individual differences as well and looking to build on those and how we can look to build successful opportunities for all kids in East Aurora. So I'm very very excited and I want to thank both those ladies as well as the two individuals who couldn't join us this evening. Um, we've had a lot of meetings so far. Um, and we've had we've got some more planned this summer. Our next planning meeting is July 2nd where it's our board meeting together. We're doing that one virtually. Um, but we're going to have some great opportunities for our community. We've already started planning out our topics of conversation
024for next year as well. Can I have the next slide, please? And this is just highlighting once again the African-American Men of Unity is having an event this Saturday, uh, 2:30 to 6:30 at Martin Luther King Park. Um, we've got our new t-shirts will be unveiled. Those are just our starting ones. Um, but we'll have our t-shirts there. We'll have some uh magnets that lay out all of the events we have. We'll also have some advertising materials. We'll have t-shirts to give away to parents. And we'll also have a drawing for some wonderful items as well. We're really just looking to um get our parents involved, gather feedback from them, and talk about next steps that we can have to support all students in East Aurora. So, once again, ladies, thank you for taking the
025time out of your evening to come in uh and volunteer. And thank you again for volunteering to be part of this movement for us. We're really excited about it. Um, I know that those meetings I've left very inspired, very tired because we've talked a ton. Uh, but very inspired as well. So, thank you very much for being a part of that. I truly appreciate it. And next on the superintendent report, uh, the first item we have is district updates and we have our operations district improvement plan. Board of Education, if you remember, not only do we have our school improvement plans now, but we have departmental improvement plans. And we wanted to save the best for last. So, we have Andy Allen from operations to come up and give his uh departmental improvement plan with
026his team there. In all seriousness, I think it's been a great step this year for us to be able to uh provide a model for how we want departmental improvement plans to align with school improvement plans. Um, and Andy is the final group that's going with his operations department. And this is something with the board's approval that we'll look to continue next year as well because I think it's a good opportunity for the board to hear from all of our departments there. And I'll turn it over to Mr. Allen. >> Thank you very much. He stole one part right away. Good job. Um, >> come on over here. >> Work with me. They act like they haven't seen this before. >> So, um, thank you very much, Dr. Ellison, board of education. Appreciate the time
027to present our opportunity or our operational plan for this past year. Um, want to intro introduce our team. We have Dr. Paula Cardona, executive director of information systems. Ashraf Kawash, better known as AJ, director of operations. Glattis Ducio, director of transportation, and Jeff Winsk, our safety and security manager. Um, starting this year, Dr. Halson challenged us with coming up with our goals. We came up with seven as department. Everyone has at least one. There's a couple departments that had more than one. Uh, and we took a little time as on our executive retreat. Spent a lot of time trying to debate what would be best for us. Make something that was attainable for us to get. So, we've had a very good year. We didn't make it everywhere. We are through all of them as
028good as we wanted to as well as we wanted to but we made significant progress on most if not completing many of them. So I'll take the first couple here. Goal one, this was a collaborative effort with uh school leadership, curriculum instruction, all the different departments here trying to make sure we're ready to open. The facilities are ready, they're safe, all the curricular materials are there, teachers classrooms are set up, and that was like the most important thing. The beginning of the day starts with students making it to school via transportation. The building's in good shape from operations. are safe from safety and security and then any more technologies integrated into everything we do. So all that was ready for day one. I think we had a very successful year is more successful than I
029say from the student academic side and the registration side than we ever have been. We had a lot more people and not doing late registration and piece like that through all the work that all of us had done. Goal two um I took this and we are going to make good progress on that coming soon. uh facility assessment uh as far as what we're trying to do as an overall district to make sure we know where we stand, what we're doing overall, what where we need to spend the money the at the get the most impact uh on our buildings and our programs. So, we are going to do a facility assessment. We've already been working with quarter and Clark to start that process very soon. It was just v voted last meeting. So, that's
030good progress for us to get a more depth and insight. We've also been working with commed to do some other high use electronic facility pieces to see if there's ways to for us to spend a little bit of money to save a lot of money over a period of time. But we've also done some simple things with the ticketing system with the uh maintenance maintenance staff wanting to see some some of the tickets better, make adjustments in their tickets, try to uh I know AJ has refined the practice of how we're assigning tickets and keeping notes and we keep getting better with it. There's always room for improvement. Um, otherwise it's just about seeing your minor flaws you may have and finding ways to improve it overall. So, we're going to continue to do this
031and this will probably a goal you'll see next year on us because we have lots of room, lots of other ways to make uh grow this and and get better at it. Goal three, I believe this is Paul's. >> Yeah. So, we were tasked to provide professional development plan uh for our second year of implementation with Synergy. We were able to provide over 40 years of professional development to our district um virtual and in person together. And we also were able to provide this professional development for any certified and classified um for example teachers and health staff, office staff, parent leaens, you name it. um some of and we have the breakdown of some of the uh professional de development that we were able to provide this year very heavy on the overview attendance and
032teacher gradebook. So we continue to um support the district and um in the operation pieces of the student information system. Um and we have more this year. We really want to have videos uh just telling everything that happens. Um there is an update that happens on a yearly basis. So we want to have a video just showing the enhancements for the student information system and continue to just build capacity at this point. Um pro providing just more professional development and for our third year we feel people are a little more comfortable using the system. We're happy to see the results. You have a quick >> I ask a question. >> Yes. So, I know synergy, you know, when you change systems, it's a big deal. The same thing with the city, but is it on
033track, it's finally like working pretty well these days? >> Um, we can see in our ticketing system, we didn't have as many tickets, meaning people get are getting more used to the system. Um, again, it's year number three at the beginning since we started with implementation. I said we have to give it at least three years for people to feel a little more comfortable with this system. We are building a little more. We're building more in analytics and MTSS and datadriven uh opportunities that we'll see in another goal. But um I feel like people are getting used to this system. Um and yeah, I mean it we had many um obstacles at the beginning, but I think we're get able to get resolve those and and um parents, we see engagement with the parent portal
034also in our um in our new student information system. So I think it's moving along the way we wanted >> at this point. Any other question? Real quick followup to that. Miss Cardonia touched on that a little bit, but one of the things we are looking to do moving into next year is really figure out how we can get our data dashboards in real time through synergy a little bit more. So it does have that capability, but we needed to get through the implementation stages etc. So that's one of the things we're talking about now on how we can use synergy more effectively for output data to get better return on our investment for it as well. >> Good evening. Okay. Uh let's talk a little 10-year health life safety. Um so the 10-year health
035life safety is a inspection that we have done and it's just exactly what it sounds like. It happens once every 10 years. Uh the purpose of that is to ensure that the building stays safe, code compliant, and that they're capable of protecting occupants in the case in case of an emergency. Uh some of the stuff that they evaluate are our fire protection systems, exit lights, emergency lights, uh pull stations, building construction, and almost anything and everything that could be deemed as a potential safety hazard. Um the what the results help to do for us is that puts it into a prioritization level categorized in the three uh categories which is A, B and C. Um the best way to look at it is A is the most priority andor they're thought of to be the
036must do. Typically they would like to um so this uh gets done by the architect. The most recent one was done I think a little bit over a year ago um that we had it done. Uh so the guys have been working around to get to get a lot of the items done. So the A items they typically want done within the first year. Um the assessment that we got so essentially they'll walk every facility every outside in inside outside and they'll start to notate the deficiencies and with that what's a benefit to us is if they'll say hey for example this exit light is not working they'll give the cost for what a new exit light is and then what prevailing wage would be to replace it. So essentially with this with all the
037deficiencies they can give us a rough estimate which helps us to budget and be able to calculate how we're going to do things over the the upcoming years. Uh with that I do want to note for our a items we're very proud of our maintenance department for doing this because once we got this they were projecting about $150,000 just under $150,000 to complete everything. We looked at everything and almost every category on there we felt between the mixture of all of our maintenance mechanics they were capable of doing everything. Uh so we were able to successfully complete all the A items inhouse with our entire maintenance mechanic department team. Um it was about a hundred hours and uh we're still working through material but if they quoted us at about 150,000 we got that done
038for about onetenth of the price keeping it all in house. So we're very happy and proud of our maintenance mechanics and what we're able to do to kind of save some of those dollars going forward and being fiscally uh responsible. Um some so the A items are done. There's one item that isn't done and there's this discrepancy on some of the drawings that were used. They weren't really updated. We do have newer updated drawings. So, going forward, we should be good. Um, but we are working through one thing. So, I don't want to say we're 100%. We're 99.99% but that should be done soon. Um, the B items are could be the best way is the should do. Some examples of that it could be um a door that needs a closer, a damaged ceiling
039tile, or even stuff as uh simple as damaged asphalt or cracked concrete on the outside. Um so with that A is we have to do it. B and C are more of the recommendations. Obviously if there's something with B and C that comes to where it's safety related then we'll push it to the top. It actually becomes a A item with that. Um so with that it brings us to our C items and those are best looked at as the could do. Examples of that it could be we have a very old floor in here that it's still safe but you know what it could be due for an upgrade system. Another one and the biggest um expenses of what they projected from this was our HVAC equipment. It's still running but it's 17 18
04019 years old and it should be or could be replaced. Um some of the totals that we have all the A items totals for all of our buildings like I said for the district was around 150,000. The B items was about 3.2 million and the C items was 10.4 for totaling the health life safety inspection for and this is just estimates um 13.75 million with that we see that this was just a projection that was given to us of what it could cost we're very confident that we can do a lot of this in-house and then just a quick point before I pass on um the biggest items were Simmons um totaling 1.2 two item million high school totaling 5.5 and Oak Park totaling 700,000. A lot of these items were at the high school
0411.5 slated to replace the two boilers. Those are already being replaced and in the system. Um there was about uh 1 or 2 million for RTU units. Those are all have been replaced last year or being replaced right now. 500,000 for units. Again, those are all being replaced. Uh Simmons, the biggest thing there was 430,000 for two RTUs. One was replaced last summer. The other one's being replaced this summer. So, a lot of these C items, if this 13, if this is projected at 13.75 million after we start the next school year, I mean, that's probably going to be cut in half easily. And like I said, most of the items are just recommendations. They're not anything that needs to be done right away. The A items, which is the most important, was taken care
042of. Um, so with that, um, the 10-year health life safety is one of the district's most important facility planning tools. Like I said, it provides an objective and assessment for our buildings to ensure the safe the safety of our staff and students. Our main goal is a safe and conducive environment um conducive for teaching and learning. So that's our goal at the end of the day. So with that um like I said the last one was done I think in 2015. So we're very happy that when we were able to get this get in front of it that we're able to do stuff inhouse and that is our goal with always to bring all the work inhouse because it's obviously more cheaper or it's cheaper for us and more conducive for us to do it
043like that. Are there any questions? Good evening. So, transportation had two great milestones this year. The first one was we instituted our first view 1.0 app. Um that is the tracking GPS device for all parents, students, um or any caregivers that need to find out where the bus is. Um now students can't say, "Well, the bus never came. The bus did come." Uh parents are able to notice. um you set parameters on on the GPS of when they're 200 feet, 300 feet. You set those parameters so that they know the bus is coming, right? If the bus is running late, that's how they're going to get their notification. Before we really didn't have any way of notifying them. Um so this is a great thing that they get an automatic text that tells them whether
044it's 10 minutes late, 5 minutes late, so that they know whether to send their students out to the bus. Um, it also gives parents notification of when the bus arrives to the school so that they know that their student has been delivered as well. Um, same thing in the afternoon. It'll tell them when the bus arrives to the school and then when they arrive to the bus stop. So, they're able to always monitor the the bus at any time. Um, the only time that they may not is if it's a substitute bus driver, um, which we try to send a message out just indicating that the service is is downed. Um, so that has been a great response from parents. It was a learning curve at first cuz a lot of parents aren't tech-savvy. Um,
045so we did a lot of, you know, role playing of how to get in there, how to make sure that they know how to navigate. Um, and then also just the opportunity that it's also on the students phone, the parents phone, and or any caregivers's phone. So that was very exciting and it's been going phenomenal. Another thing that we instituted this year was the first student halo behavior which is our online automatic um student conduct referrals for busing. Um so that goes automatically electronically to the schools. Um we've designated principles, assistant principles and or deans um to get those reports and it's really nice because it gives the driver the opportunity to know what happens with those reports. Right? So many times they don't want to write up students because they feel like it goes
046on deaf ears. So, this gives them the opportunity to know that it's been delivered to the school and it gives them a a resolution at the end of what was transpired for that student. This is also beneficial for schools because they're able to pull reports if students have had multiple reports. Um, and it's not only for negative reports, it's also positive reports. So, drivers are always on there, you know, complimenting students if they do something great um or if ma um their behavior has improved because it's also a tracking device for that as well. So these are two items that we've instituted. Now this is just with first student this school year but this summer we've also started the piloting program for bus zone which is the Durham version of it. Um so special ed
047parents as well as Benvitas parents as well as early um learning students will also have the ability to do this come fall. So that'll be something that we're going to tackle in the fall. So very exciting. Any questions? No. Perfect. All right. And on to some of some of the things that security's been working on. Uh from this point forward, we've been having a we we've implemented monthly meetings with the Aurora Police Department. Um it's with uh primarily our secondary staff as well as well as our student resource officers as well as our school security officers. This has been great in and achieving a a better understanding of of what each person can do, what what each per what each person cannot do. Um but also collaborating so that we can do more together. Um
048also uh now all of our security uh teams uh both our our retired staff as well as our onduty school resource officers, they are all certified in ALS. uh that that's been helpful in getting in getting out the ALS instruction to all of the schools. Um that's been done at the prek, the the primary and the secondary. But but this year, God bless you. Uh this year for the first time, um we we did Alice training with with the IT as as well as our building and ground teams. Uh realistically that if something does happen in school, the building ground teams are are going to be um among some of the most important people just because they know the background, the layouts of the schools. And then so that was done in both both English
049and Spanish for for their for our teams. Uh and then we've uh we have the the first couple schools, the first couple elementary schools that that now have uh cameras in in some of their hallways. Uh we we we wish that we had them in in all of our schools, but but again, we have to start somewhere. So we had to prioritize. So, uh, we prioritized with with a couple of the schools that that have the most, uh, vulnerable or or secous routes going to the going to the the main office area. Um, so those those ones that were chosen were both Oak Park and Brady School. So, there are cameras that are put up so you can monitor people when they come in the door and not only see when they come in the
050door, but also see where where they go after they come in the door, which is very helpful. Uh uh a lot of you people probably understand about what happened at at the Asiggo Portillos where where boy lost his life due due to a car accident. Um they the the city of Asiggo has they've created a law for uh for Ballards for all all new businesses over there, but also uh it was pointed out to us by by some of the Simmons staff that there are vulnerable groups of kids who hang out um after dances and in the dark and pe people come in uh riding pretty hot uh off of Sheffer Road. So So then uh what was done was uh safety ballards were were put up around there to help protect our our children
051as well too after the games and dances. And one of the reasons why that we had to put up the uh the the cameras in some of the schools is is because we don't have safety vestibules in in all of our schools like some of our like multiples of our surrounding districts do. So we're kind of working in in that to work in that to do that as fiscally responsible. Uh I know Dr. Engel was talking about our money woes but also we understand that that security is extremely important too. So we're trying to do what we can and try to do it as as as simply and safely as possible too. So a couple of the schools where we've started working on on on our vestibule project is both a cow herd and the
052Easter extension campus. Over here they they installed security glass as well as a glass a document port so you can start vetting people. Phase two of that process will be installing a locker buzzer system and then then after that putting up a s sh shatterresistant brake film um that would would be on the glass itself. Also uh last my last little point on here is that you guys probably heard I think I think it was was mentioned previously that uh that district 131 has gone to the seaag threat assessment model. um that that's something that we've now created a a training team here. And then so that will be that will be uh going out. We'll be training our admin staff at at every single school to help to help in decision making uh decision
053management and and the processes that that are involved when when student safety or crisis issues do come up. >> Any questions? >> Thank you. For our last goal, um it will be data and how we're utilizing the data. So some of the things that we the district wanted to do was like have real data at the fingertips and um Synergy offered three different modules um one being the MTSS um the multi-ter system where we can actually look into the early warning system a monitoring system that can show us attendance um behavior and grades or academic um yeah grades all together and it will provide us with kids that might be at risk based on those three different metrics. Um we partner with the data analysts to look into some of those dashboards that they have
054created but they also call it the ABC attendance behavior courses. Um and so we have been able to mimic some of the work that they did in uh synergy not only with the module of the MTSS but also with the analytics. And so with analytics we created what we call the principal essentials and it basically has those dashboards that they created in Excel but they have real data and they are embedded in uh synergy. We would love to expand on those uh the analytics at this coming year. We are trying to work on a data framework that will align what the district would like to see in their school improvement plans and the state report card. U not only that there were two of the main uh analytics um dashboards that were really used this
055year. The first one being eligibility. So eligibility was actually created for the high school and um Nerar and his team was uh was the number one dashboard that they used uh for of all the students athletes eligibility. The second one was online registration and with online registration we created different kind of um metrics to be seen not only who has completed the registration but what kind of uh programming they selected. So when we did the change with the elementary school that was kind of like the driving force of us being able to see what is the percentage of the students that have been asked for either English or dual language. So that was very important in the analytics uh piece. Now we want to put it take it to the next level and put a
056little more data into how is assessments going to correlate with all these um this learning. uh MT MTSS is not only looking into that monitoring system but we can also start working and align that with the MTSS practice is a huge module to actually keep building and so we just started with synergy people are getting comfortable but we actually now need to start working on all the things that can offer attendance uh we had attendance letters I know John worked really close with our team creating the attendance letters that the parents will receive every time that the students are missing a school. Not only that, if you have the app, one of yours may be a parent, you might know that if a kid is missing a period, you're receiving it um immediately a text
057message or a notification telling you that your kid is not in a school. So those are pieces of attendance that we have actually created um this year that will be more and more data um data that is meaningful because we have so many so many ways to get data in the district. But we really want data to be meaningful and that drive different initiatives. And so we think that with the data framework that we're putting together plus the tools, we can make synergy and a tool for actually being used and in that capacity. >> I just want to make a quick comment here. Sorry before you guys move on. Um you guys were talking about the attendance and I know I had a just comment when parents get a letter saying that their child has
058missed certain amount of days or whatnot and then when they reach to their school they don't know what letter they're talking about. So I just want to make sure those letters are being seen by admin people in the office. So when that parent calls they are aware of what those letters state just >> okay. Um yeah the letter is an automated letter. Um and it's a letter that was actually created based on um not we used to have letters of attendance had been in place for many years. Synergy being new that was last year was the first year that we actually did redid with the wording and everything um those letters. But I'm glad to know that some some people don't know what letters we're referring to. We'll make sure that they know. Thank you.
059So, >> so in conclusion, thank you so much. We look forward to coming back here next year and doing this. We'll just cut it short now because I know we're over time. Thanks. >> Uh, we'll hold real quick. Let's give him a big round of applause for that team. But are there any questions from the board members for that team at all? >> Yeah, thank you guys very much. I just want to say that um typically in an educational setting uh the operations department is considered back a house. So if you're considering a restaurant to be back of house, but what I'm proud of with these five individuals is that they're always very customer service centric. Um so even though they're back of the house, they're the backbone supporting us. Um they're definitely very customer
060service uh centric. One other thing to highlight, um Dr. Angel, earlier we talked a little bit about the fiscal responsibility and trying to be fiscally responsible. One of the things the collaboration between the operations department um with Mr. Winsick and our uh grants department. we were able to secure a $350,000 grant um for the vestibial at the high school and that was through um state representative Barbara Hernandez. Um she had reached out to us. So I'm excited to let you know that we'll be bringing that back to the B&G committee um to move that forward now because we did just get word last week that we did get that grant. So something exciting when we look at how we're trying to be fiscally responsible and be safe at the same time. So once again, thank
061you to that team. I really appreciate it. Next on the um district updates from the superintendent, we have B2, which is the buildings and grounds site improvement update. So, we'll turn it right back over to Mr. Andy Allen. And this is for the hill um because we were doing some work there on the um lot and we've received some updates there. So, we wanted to provide two options for the board and see which direction we wanted to head. So, I'll turn it to Mr. Andy Allen. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Halverson. So part of that we went through bids to do the back parking lot at Hill Avenue buildings and ground site this year to repave and fix a lot of the holes and and try to get the drainage to flow the right
062way with new pavement and and grading. Um they conducted some tests which they do I guess when they remove asphalt and found a benzene in other words like a fuel type substance in there which is an EPA flag. So the the material has to be disposed of in a hazmat EPA type way and tested. Um, we got a quote from the company to complete that work. Uh, the information is your packet. So, if we want to move forward and continue the project, we'll have to do that cleanup at that $57,924.90. Uh, we could run into other small things there, but I don't think we will. That's taking all the surface out and trucking it away. If we don't move forward, uh, we still will know it's a problem. So, if we want to do anything
063going forward, we're going to have to budget for that or figure that out. or if we want to do any type of modification to that building in the future, we're going to have to take care of it. Um, if we do want to cancel the project, there still is a cost of a little over almost $12,000 because the permitting and the fees and all the stuff the company had to go to. We are on the hook for that. So, really, we're trying to gain guidance today and I needed really a motion tonight to either move forward or table the items so we can keep on track uh with the summer construction. >> Any questions for Mr. Allen about that or any feedback from the board at all? So it'll be one motion or the other.
064You'll either take action on one and leave the other. So >> I mean it's a safety hazard to have that environmental, right? So we really need to do it essentially. >> I mean it we've never had any tanks or anything there. So we do not think it was from us or any of our things. Um we did hear from a person from the community that said there was an old trucking firm at one time in that area that occupied the facility. I don't have that history, but that's the case. My guess if it was they had fuel and other things on there which benzene it's a byproduct of that or spillage of that. So >> my recommendation is from a safety standpoint that we just move forward with it um and continue and pay the
065additional amount to make sure we dispose of everything properly. We just wanted to make sure we gathered uh insight from the board because it was over the 10% um set aides that we would have there for that. So um that would be my recommendation but we wanted to bring it forward to the board. Did we get a couple quotes or do you have an >> It would be from the contractor doing the work. >> Okay. Oh, >> already. He's the he's he won the bid or the company uh Schroer asphalt won the bid already to do the job. >> Okay. >> So, this is we if we'd have to if we're going with another contractor, we actually would have to back out of that, pay the $11,000, rebid it, and do all that again, I
066believe. >> And there summer as well. >> Yeah, >> we got the money. we have the money for it. >> So the the way I'm looking at it is we either take care of it now or we postpone and end up actually paying more later on plus the $12,000 that we're already into it. So >> I mean it's some cost already. >> Got to do it. >> Yeah, I agree with moving forward. >> You want a motion now? I'm going to do it now. >> I agree with motion one. >> Uh board president, could you do the motion for me, please? >> Sure. >> Thank you. >> So section 8 point B.2A 2 a motion to approve the removal and remediation of contaminated soils at 411 Hill Avenue by Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc. in the
067amount of $57,924.90. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. Reyes, >> yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Yes. Valencia, >> yes. Motion carries on to uh 8B3, which is the motion to approve the three-year contract as presented for Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc., broker of record authorization for East Aurora School District 131. And I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Angel a little bit so he can highlight the joint committee process that we went through um as we were looking to get an RFQ and RFP out there for um insurance brokers. Um once again, we talked a little bit earlier about trying to be fiscally responsible, meet the need of the district. Um, and we wanted to make sure that we did go out to
068uh get other quotes and kind of see exactly where that took us. So, I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Angelo. >> So, the district went out for our request for qualifications. That was a joint effort, as Dr. Hverson said, between the administration and the union. Um, equal number of of folks on both sides. Um, insurance committee was comprised, like I said, of union and administration. And there um we had five brokers that submitted qualified um their qualifications based off of the RFQ that went forward. The RFQ was co-created by us and our attorney Robin Schwarz, which was uh nicely done. Um after two rounds of interviews, uh Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc. was selected as the committee uh to be the most qualified broker. um their experience in the school setting along with their
069uh options of their co-op uh made them really attractive. Um the next steps would be to enter into uh a contract with them being broker record and then they will go through our history um and solicit uh obviously different vendors at Blue Cross Blue Shield and give come back with pricing. Um the pricing will take a little bit of time here but this would be the next step in the process. So tonight, um, Gallagher is actually here tonight. They're in the first row there. Um, if if the board of education has any questions or anything else like that, they are here as well. >> Dr. Angel, just to clarify real quick, too, when we go out for the RFQ there, we're looking at both the self-insured model and the co-op model is what we're looking
070at both models. Correct. It's either going to be a standalone self-insured or looking at the co-op model. Um, and it'll be up to the committee to kind of decide which which avenue we're going to be going down. Again, the key thing is a joint committee and it's it's a nice working environment. Very collaborative process so far. >> Any questions for Dr. Angel or for Gallagher? Is there with us? Okay. Board pres. Sorry. Board member, do you guys do any school districts? >> Okay. >> Could Can you do me a favor? Can you come up to Can you come up to the mic? No worries. Just because we we have we're recording. No, no worries at all. Thank you. Thank you. Victoria Doling from Gallagher. Our the four of us who are sitting here represent over
071150 school just our team over 150 school districts in the state of Illinois. Gallagher as a whole. This is a a segment of the pop of just the industry um that we work very closely in. So we represent in totality close to between 35 and 40% of the school districts in the state of Illinois. All 89. It's a specialty for us. Yep. K through 12. That should be sufficient. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions at all? If not, Board President Squent, can I turn it over to you for a motion, please? >> Sure. Uh 8B.3 motion to approve the threeyear contract as presented for Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc., broker of record authorization for East Aurora School District 131. >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Quentes, >>
072yes. >> Valencia, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Reyes, >> yes. >> Thank you, board president. And that concludes my report. >> All right. Before we go into the consent agenda, I just would like to take a moment to recognize uh Lisa Morales on her final board meeting uh before retirement. Um for many years she has been a constant presence at this board table serving our district with professionalism, dedication and integrity. While much of the work happens behind the scenes, her contributions have have been essential to the success of this board and the district as a whole. Um, on behalf of the board of education, our administration, staff, students, and community, I want to express our sincere gratitude for your years of service and commitment to District 131. We wish you a happy, healthy,
073and well-deserved retirement. Lisa, did you want to say anything at all or did we want Wilson to come up and say too soon? >> I'm still in shock on that one. Um, I just want to say that it's been such a journey for me. I I've had the privilege of working with nine superintendents over 35 years and the first one being Dr. Pankonet and I've just been so lucky to have learned so much from each one of them and grow over the years and I've also had the opportunity to work with over 34 school board members um collaboratively and I just I've gotten to know each one of them on a professional and um personal level and I I do appreciate that. Um, Easter World will always be near and dear. And um, I just
074want to say to to the custodians, office professionals, administrators, I want to say thank you for always greeting me with a smile and sharing your stories anytime I'm in the buildings. And um, I'm going to take that always and remember that. And I'm I'm going to be around um, and um, just, you know, keep doing what you're doing because East Aurora, the families in East Aurora really um, deserve it. So, thank you. I appreciate all of you. >> All right. Thank you. Moving on to section nine. Motion to approve the following consent agenda as listed. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Fet. >> Yes. Valencia, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Fuentes, >> yes. Yes. All right. Moving on to uh >> Dr. Ballard, I believe.
075Do we have an introduction or not yet? Not yet. Okay. All right. Moving on to finance and personnel committee with Miss Reyes. >> Good evening everyone. When is no toos? Uh the finance and personnel committee meeting uh was held on June 1st, 2026 here at the admin center and was called to order at 5:30. There were no public comments that night. Um Dr. Engel presented the district's donations, the April 26 financial reports, and the proposed finance and personnel committee meeting schedule for the fiscal year 2026 2027. Uh we all agreed that all items were in order. He also presented a lease certificate amendment that would allow remaining funds from the Career and Technical Education Center project to be used for phases two and three of the East High School HVAC project. This item will be
076brought forward for action um at tonight's board meeting. Uh we also reviewed the results of the district's request for qualifications for commercial insurance services and after evaluating three proposals, district leadership recommended the option that provides the best overall value. Approval of the recommendation is expected to reduce annual cost by approximately $400,000 while also lowering deductibles. discussion emphasized the importance of selecting the best value considering both coverage and service quality and establishing a regular review cycle moving forward. An update was also provided regarding the fresh fruits and vegetables grant application. The district has submitted its application and expects to receive feedback from the state within the next month. Dr. Dr. Engelen presented a proposed three-year agreement with NIU, Northern Illinois University for East High School graduation ceremonies from 2028 through 2030. The district is also exploring
077the possibility of aligning graduation dates with West Aurora beginning in 2029 and will continue evaluating other venue options. The committee reviewed a request to authorize payment of endofear bills on June 30 to ensure expenses are recorded in proper fiscal year in the proper fiscal year. Uh Dr. Dr. Angelo alo also presented updates to meal reimbursement rates to align with federal guidelines with the new rates taking effect July 1st. Dr. Ballard presented revisions to exhibit 8, which outlines conditions and benefits for administrators and department staff. The proposed changes align non-UN benefits with those negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement. He also presented the district's annual joint highnee positions list developed collaboratively with union representatives. The list identifies positions eligible for tuition reimbursement and potential recruitment incentives based on staffing needs. In addition, he also presented a
078proposal to update the student information system techni technician position to reflect expanded responsibilities related to reporting compliance and data management. He also recommended repurposing an existing counseling position into a college and career readiness counselor role to strengthen college and career ready readiness initiatives at the high school. The meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m. that day. And we do have some action items for tonight. 6B.1 motion to approve the NIU East High School graduation contract. >> So moved. Second. Any questions? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Valencia, >> yes. L. >> Yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Reyes, >> yes. >> Sorry. Yes. >> Got distracted. Sorry. >> 10.8.2. Motion to approve the lease certificate amendment. So move >> second. >> Any questions? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Duentes, >> yes. >> Valencia, >> yes. >>
079L. >> Yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> 10.8.3. Motion to approve the endofear bills. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any questions? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Lache. Yes. >> Yes. >> Valencia. >> Yes. >> Suentes. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Olivas. >> Yes. >> 10.4. Motion to approve the joint high needs position list. >> So moved. Second. Any questions? >> Secretary, call the roll, please. >> Deuentes. >> Yes. >> Olivas. >> Yes. >> Valencia. >> Yes. >> L. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Reyes. >> Yes. >> 10. B.5. Motion to approve the conditions and benefits summary for administrators and department staff exhibit A. >> So moved. >> Second. Any questions? >> Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. >> Johnson, >> present. >> Valencia, >>
080yes. >> Seuentes, >> yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> 10.6. Motion to approve the reallocation of one existing school counselor position at East High School to high school college and career readiness counselor effective for the 2627 school year. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? Secretary call the role please. >> La >> yes. >> Reyes. >> Yes. >> Olivas. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Stefentes. >> Yes. >> Valencia. >> Yes. >> 6. 7 motion to approve the meal expense rates as presented. >> So move >> second. >> Any questions? Secretary, call the roll, please. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Valencia, >> yes. >> Suentes, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. The next finance uh committee meeting will be held on Monday, July 6, 2026 at 5:30 here at the admin center. And
081that concludes my report. >> All right. Thank you. Moving on to curriculum and programs committee with Miss Valencia. >> Good evening everyone. Wastes to um the curriculum and committee meeting met today at um 6:00 p. p.m. uh here at the admin center. I will be providing the uh overview next at the next board meeting. Uh but we do have an action item for today. Uh we have a motion to approve the purchase of the curriculum associates I Ready English and Spanish benchmarking and personalized learning platform in the amount of 65,116.83. So moved. >> Second. Any questions? >> Board of President Suvententes, before we vote on that one, can I just have Dr. Angel provide an overview of the cost savings with the transition there just because we did go through that the curriculum meeting tonight.
082Dr. Angel, could you just go through that briefly, please? >> Yeah, absolutely. We currently use NWA map for uh our benchmarking assessment and we are looking to transition to i ready for our benchmarking assessment assessment in English and Spanish. We currently use them for mathematics in that purpose. Uh the cost savings actually would be a savings over that four-year period of $30,000. While we would still get the benchmarking assessment just like MAP would provide, we actually would get an additional personalized learning component that is not yet part of our other services. So we would have uh the same assessment provided for assessing English, assessing Spanish, and assessing math. >> Thank you, Dr. Angel. >> All right, any questions from anyone? >> Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. Reyes, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes.
083>> Seuentes, >> yes. >> Valencia, >> yes. >> Oliva, >> yes. >> All right, moving on to building and grounds committee with Mr. Loftsheet. >> Yes. Thank you. We had a meeting on June 1st, uh, 6 o'clock here. First, we talked about the facility assessment update. Uh, Mr. Allen went out and got three bids. We finally settled with Cortigan. Um, they were the lowest and they know the the buildings. Um, as far as transportation, the current under the Mckin Vento Act, um, our current provider cannot accommodate all of our needs. So, the district is recommending we use Everdriven for one-year trial contract, which the committee agreed to. Um, the repairs at emergency repairs at Fred Rogers um, have been completed. Summer projects have begun. Um, there's another project. Well, we talked about that. Forget about
084Hilly Avenue. Okay. Easter School Board District reached out to sell advertising on the new scoreboard. The person that was going to do it was a little the company's a little expensive, so we're trying to find other options. Um, installation for the new scoreboard is on time and should be ready for use in the fall. Uh, food pantry elevator update. Mr. Allen uh had it checked out by our company that services it. This is the one that um used by the Marie Woodson food pantry. Um it was inspected during the month of May. The total elevator reported that the elevator needed some realignment which has begun and that there will be need to do some training for the use of elevator to ensure proper weights are being transferred via the elevator to avoid more issues. The
085uh Eastor High School Freshman Center roof drains um are underway. Uh they're not complete, but they're on their ways. Underway. Um Mr. Allen reported the city of Roar notified the district that water testing will take place in eight schools uh with the districts with more being used. Um so the district decided, our committee decided we were going to test all the buildings just for safety. Um Mr. Allen reported that the district has worked with Common and Train to identify inefficiencies and potential areas of improvements to save money uh with the HVA systems. So, we're going to try with six buildings and see how much money we save. Um we talked about the meeting dates. Our next meeting date is July 6th. Okay. And we have a couple action items. One is the U resolution to
086dispose of old yearbooks. So move second. >> Can we read the exact wording? Um that's on the uh >> Yeah, >> I asked Mr. Allen to help us with that because it's not in the it's not in >> I can I can grab it. A motion to approve the resolution for the sale disposal of personal property. >> Okay. >> I thought you wanted to >> Okay. So moved. Second. >> Any questions? And this were for the yearbooks, correct? >> This is for the yearbooks. And we do have a plan for those 40 extra ones. Uh we're putting a social media post out there to make sure that our graduates of those years or attendees of those years have opportunities. So, we did take that into consideration. We're moving that forward. >> We're going to save
087we're going to give one to one of each that we have to the Aurora Public Library. Right. And then hopefully >> Yeah, that that list was developed out of the high school with Kevin Martin. Those are extras that we do have to allow them to start their collection. And then we have abundance of extras of other years. So that that's what the PR public relations is working on now to get in our community's hands so they can use it and enjoy. >> Any other discussion? Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. Valencia, >> yes. Johnson, >> yes. >> L, >> yes. >> Juentes, >> yes. Oliva, >> yes. And we need a motion to approve the transportation contract for Everdriven as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Secretary, call the role,
088please. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Lier, >> yes. >> Valencia, >> yes. >> Suentes, >> yes. >> All right. Moving on to section 13. um executive session for the purpose of discussing the appointment employment performance compensation and dismissal of a specific employee. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Secretary call the role please. >> Valencia >> yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Olivas. >> Yes. >> L. >> Yes. >> And there will be action. doesn't have to. >> No motion to reconvene from executive session. >> So moved. Second. >> Secretary, call the role, please. >> Yes. Valencia absent. Olivas >> yes. >> Lash >> yes. >> Johnson >> yes. >> Reyes. >> Yes. >> All right. Moving on to section let's see. Motion to approve the personal report as listed. So moved. >> Second. Any questions?
089Secretary call the role please. >> Yes. >> Johnson. >> Yes. >> Zuentes. >> Yes. >> Olivas. >> Yes. All right. We do have a >> Go ahead, sir. >> A couple of them. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> A few introductions this evening. First, uh we are pleased to announce Brad Weir as the new assistant principal for teaching and learning at Easter High School. Look at that applause at this late hour, Mr. Weir. Uh most recently, Mr. Weir served as division chair for reading and operations at East Aurora High School. He previously served district uh 131 as executive director of curriculum and instruction and director of literacy and interventions. Prior to joining district 131, he served as division leader for English language arts reading and library at Thornton Township High School District 205 and as
090district coordinator of English language arts reading and ELLL at Bloom Township High School District 206. Mr. Weir holds a master of arts and administration from Governor State University, a master of science and reading from the University of St. Francis, and a bachelor of science and English from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Congratulations on your appointment. Next, we are pleased to announce Nicole Grojine as the new middle school assistant principal at Waldo Middle School. Most recently, Miss Grojine served as the 6 through 12 curriculum and instructional specialist for Valley View School District 365 View. She previously served as intervention and enrichment coordinator at Romeoville High School and spent 16 years as a high school science teacher in Valley View. Miss Grojine holds two Master of Arts degrees from North Central College in curriculum and instruction and educational
091leadership. She also holds a bachelor's of arts in biology with secondary education also from North Central College. Please join us in welcoming Miss Geneas, the assistant principal at Waldo Middle School. Next, we are pleased to announce uh Megan Gaye as the new division chair for science, industrial technology, and family and consumer sciences at East Aurora High School. Most recently, Miss Gaye served as an instructional coach for science, CTE, and facts at East Aurora High School, where she has also taught advanced physics and served as a night school administrator. Miss Gaye holds a masterers of arts in educational leadership, leadership from North Central College, and a bachelor of science and chemistry education from Illinois State University. Miss Gaye, congratulations on your appointment. All right, moving on with the agenda here. We are not acting on the
092resolution on that one. So, we are moving on to 14.C approve the motion to approve the recommendation to terminate employment of support staff employee um terminate employment of Tiffany Honeywood, a support staff employee in the district. So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Secretary call the role, please. >> Yes. >> Olivia, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> Yes. Motion to adjurnn. The moved. Secretary, call the role, please. >> Stuentes, >> yes. >> Olivas, >> yes. >> Johnson, >> yes. >> Reyes, >> yes. Lash, >> yes. Return 23.