001for April 21st, 2025 to order. Secretary call the role. Gillespie here. Schubert absent. Johnson here. Lier here. Sephuentes here. Olivas here. Moreno here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. States of America. Public comments. Do we have public comments? Okay. All right. Oh, okay. Well, I I did I said you didn't have to stand up uh sign up, but anyways, Mark and uh Angie with uh Easter Educational Foundation. [Laughter] I like to check. Hello, I'm Mark McIllin. I'm with the East Educational Foundation. I'm the treasurer uh my third year. Um we're here tonight to discuss our relationship with uh KTC, the Kai Teachers Credit Union. Um we have a had a wonderful relationship with many many years. We have a Tomcat affinity card. Now, hopefully everybody has one. And we also have the purchasing cards
002for the district. And I know you got those. Everybody's got those, right? Those are two wonderful programs that enhance the educational um programs here at East Aurora High School. Very proud of them. And tonight, uh we have Angie Diaz, a 2009 graduate from Eastora High School. and she's the branch manager of the Indian Trail office and we just met one of our customers out in the back there and she was just raving about the service out there. So you get a chance get out there. So tonight we're presenting you with a check for the East Educational Foundation $10,83400. And with that, of course, we've coded back into programs at Eastore High School, whether it be the um mini grant program or the scholarships. So, we're having great turnouts on all of our events the last
003two, three years, and we continue to grow in each of those endeavors. This year, we're giving out scholarships, $2,000 scholarships. So, this would be five scholarships. So, with that, we would appreciate a picture. Yeahard. to the golf golf is July 17th and hopefully I got a spot on it for you. Oh, turn this way. You got to turn. Is there a process for this? Okay, I'll stand here. Okay. Ready. All right. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So, uh so on to communications from the superintendent. Unfortunately, Dr. Halverson is not feeling well this evening. So, uh, he will not be at the board meeting, but, um, anyways, so student board member report. Okay, there we go. Hello board members and guests. I once again am thankful to stand up at this podium and advocate
004for Easter High School. Recently, there have been some great things happening at East Roy School District 1331. Across the board, we're seeing steady improvement from start stronger student engagement to more support systems being built for both academics and extracurriculars. The class of 2025 is proving to be a standout group with many seniors committing to top 20 colleges. I appreciate the recognition at the last meeting, but I also want you to know there are a bunch of these students going to amazing schools with great scholarship, including but not limited to Northwestern, Notre Dame, University of Michigan, and yes, two more Harvard students. This this is truly a generational year for Easter, and we couldn't be more proud. Looking ahead, the Fine Arts Festival is just around the corner, set to showcase our district's incredible artistic talent
005to the entire community. Immediately after, the Easter band plays performances and excites aspiring Tomcats to join these amazing extracurriculars. They will be hosting a car wash fundraiser, and we encourage everyone to stop by and support. We're also excited to announce this month's Tomcat shout out, Raul Garcia. Raul has stepped up in a big way this year. As captain of the varsity tennis team, Ro plays first singles and brings unmatched energy and leadership. Even though tennis isn't the most recognized sport at EA, Raul is changing that, putting Easter tennis on the map and showing that pride and excellence exists in every corner of our school. He motivates his team through every challenge. And although we have faced challenges early on due to new and experienced players that only leaves room for improvement for years to come,
006Raul has remained hopeful and driven. Now in his fourth year on the team, Raul's commitment speaks volumes and we're proud to have him represent us. As the school year comes to a close, there are tons of ex exciting activities to look forward to. So stay tuned and stay involved as graduation approaches. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve as a student board member and excited to spend the rest of the year continuing to represent our students. Thank you. Okay. Do we have anything with community relations tonight? Nothing. Okay. All righty. So on to the consent agenda. Motion to approve the consent agenda as listed. So move second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. Quentes. Yes. Yes. L. Yes. Olivas. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Okay. The finance and personnel report. That would be myself. So,
007we met on May 5th and uh we already um we already did approve a bunch of positions. Um basically at our meeting we approved the uh uh new beverage contract which we went out to bid on uh the band. We are shopping uh for new band uniforms, something a little more updated for our students. So, I know we're still working on the band uniforms. Uh we also um need to get a new uh grand piano for the high school because our current grand piano is probably from the turn of the century. So time to uh get a new piano. And then we do have food service renewals. And with the food service renewals, I did have some some questions with those. And I'd kind of like to turn that over to Mike Engel to um
008Dr. Engle to further, you know, uh talk about this. Sure. So this is uh year two coming up. So this upcoming year is year two for the Witson's and Sedexo uh renewals. We went out for RFP last year. So this is our first year. The RFP allowed us to do five years being the maximum and we chose to do uh five one-year individual contracts with each which each one of these vendors. Um and as part of it um within the actual RFP process, there's a renewal. Can you hear me? Okay. Okay. there's a renewal within there um for the percentage base. It's either based on the home away from food or food away from home CPI or a uh with a maximum percentage rate being at 3% and we chose to go with the maximum
009percentage rate at 3%. The food away from home was at 3.6% which would have been our renewal. Um, this is 100% uh reimbursed by the USDA by the federal government for both breakfast uh lunch, supper, and snack program throughout the district. So, any other questions? I mean, we do utilize the USDA commodities. Okay. Um, which there has been some governmental kind of changes within those. They're sometimes on the table, off the table, but for next year, uh, we're still going forward with the USDA commodities. Um, and I I can't guess or foresee what the US government's going to do in fiscal year 27 coming up after that, but as of right now, we are planning to use the USDA commodities going forward. Okay. All right. Thanks. Okay. All right. And we are, let's see, and
010we are continuing to shop for some drivers education vehicles. So, we've got all of that going on. I think we we did go ahead and discuss all of our overloads and our new positions at the last board meeting. So without further ado, motion to approve a one-year renewal for the Coca-Cola beverage vending for 202526 school year. So moved. Second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. Gillespie, yes. Stuentes, yes. Johnson, yes. Olivas, yes. L, yes. Moreno, yes. Okay. All right. The next one. Motion to approve the f food service contract renewal with Witson's for all elementary schools and Cowardd Middle School for the 202526 school year. So moved. Second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. Suentes. Yes. Gillespie. Yes. Olivas. Yes. La. Yes. Oreno. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Motion to approve the food service contract renewal with
011Sedexel for all middle schools in East High School for the 202526 school year. So move second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. Gillespie. Yes. L. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Suentes. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Olivas. Yes. Okay. Motion to approve the following revisions to the IASB press policies. Policy 460 operational services purchases and contracts. So move second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. LE. Yes. Yes. Johnson? Yes. Moreno? Yes. Suentes? Yes. Yes. All righty. And now we do have a couple of new uh staff member intros to read. So Dr. Bard, yes. Uh we do have one uh to introduce this evening. Um so uh we were pleased to introduce Mr. Daniel Olrich. Uh Daniel, are you here tonight? If you'd please stand. Thank you. If you'd remain standing while we while we read your bio. Uh so
012we're pleased to introduce uh Mr. Daniel Olrich as the new executive director of finance and grants effective July 1st, 2025. Mr. Olrich is an educational leader with over 15 years of experience uh bringing a wealth of expertise in fostering positive school climate, enhancing student achievement, and collaborating with staff, families, and community members to drive meaningful change. Mr. Dr. Olrich currently serves as principal of McCclary Elementary where he has had a successfully established or where he has successfully established a culture of thinking and learning, created a safe and productive environment for all stakeholders, and led the development and implementation of school improvement plans. His leadership has included facilitating professional learning opportunities, overseeing the multi-tered system of support process, managing building budgets, and mentoring assistant principles to grow further as leaders. Prior to his role as principal,
013Mr. Ol served as assistant principal at Goodwin Elementary, where he coordinated 504 plans, facilitated datadriven conversations, and collaborated with the principal to maintain a positive and safe school environment. His teaching exper his teaching experience includes middle school mathematics and technology where he developed curriculum aligned with state standards and supported diverse learners through differentiated instruction. Mr. Olrich holds a bachelor's of science and education from Aurora University with a mathematics endorsement, a master's in educational leadership from Aurora University, and he is currently on track to earn his chief school business official endorsement from Concordia University. again. Welcome. Curriculum and programs, Mr. Sublentus. Good evening, everyone. The Curriculum and Programs Committee met this evening here at 6 PM. Our next meeting will be on May 19th. And at the next board meeting on May 5th, we'll go over
014the summary uh for the meeting that just happened this evening. We do have one action item regarding the Scholastic My Books summer kits. Um, and I don't know. I I think he's here, but if we don't have any questions, I'll move on to the action item 7. B.1 motion to approve the purchase of Scholastic My Book Summer Kits for Rollins School in the amount of $42,63018. So move. Second. Secretary, call the role. Yes. Moreno, yes. Olivas, yes. Gillespie, yes. Johnson. Yes. Yes. And that concludes my report. Okay. So, on to buildings and grounds. So, Mr. Schubert is not here this evening, so I am going to call on Mr. Magazini to give us a brief update on on these items. Okay. Thank you. We had our buildings and rounds committee meeting on April 7th. Our
015next meeting will be held on Monday, May 5th here at the administrative center at 6 PM. In our previous meeting, we discussed the career technical center. Uh we are back on track with that. We had both the architects and the construction manager work through some adjustments to the plan uh to really fall back into the budget range that we had approved through the the committee and the board of education. So, we're working through that. We had summer work bid results for site improvements, Bardwell flooring and the exterior doors. And two of those were brought last meeting because of timing, but we will have the site improvement bid results uh or going to the full board this evening. Custodial supply bid review. Uh we had the opportunity to extend our custodial supply bid instead of going
016back out to bid. And um we we find that it's going to be challenging with pricing with the uh tariffs and things that are are going on right now. So the committee had moved that forward. We reviewed student hotspots. We have a new uh company that is going to be supplying the hotspots for the students in the district uh in which we have a better better service as well as a better price for those. Uh and then we had uh sale of personal property and we have a number of action items. Okay, I will read the action items. So motion to approve the 2025 school district site improvements base bid number one, base bid number two, and base bid number three to ACUP paving company in the amount of $17,375. [Music] Salute. Second. Any questions?
017Secretary, call the role. Squentes? Yes. Yes. Moreno? Yes. Johnson? Yes. Gillespie? Yes. Yes. Motion to extend the custodial supplies contract through June 2027. So move. Second. Any questions? Secretary, call the role. Gillespie? Yes. Lashe? Yes. Johnson? Yes. Olivas? Yes. Sephuentes? Yes. Moreno? Yes. Motion to approve the agreement for student hotspots and related internet services with AT&T. So move second. Any questions? Secretary call the role. Gillespie. Yes. Johnson. Yes. L. Yes. Quentes. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Yes. Motion to approve the resolution authorizing the disposal of personal property non-operable van and East Aurora High School band items. A move. Second. Secretary call the role. L. Yes. Leas. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Squentes. Yes. Gleski. Yes. Okay. Motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing student discipline workman's compensation. the appointment, employment, performance, compensation, and
018dismissal of a specific employee. Uh, as well as pending litigation and um, uh, uh, property and land acquisition. So move. Second. Okay. Secretary, call the role. Sees, yes. Moreno, yes. Yes. Gillespie, yes. Johnson, yes. Yes. And we will have to reconvene from executive session. So move second. Secretary Goluentes. Yes. Olivas. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Gillespie. Yes. Liter. Yes. Okay. So be it resolved that this board of education after considering the evidence presented by the hearing officer hereby upholds the recommendation for alternative placement to core academy in lie of expulsion for student number 579509287 of East Aurora High School for one calendar year effective April 22nd 2025 through April 21st 2026 to include summer school 2025. Five. Should said student fail to attend alternative educational settings, an expulsion will immediately be enacted for the remainder
019of the expulsion term without further action by the board of education. Be it resolved that this copy of this resolution be sent to the parents of SID student and duly recorded in the official minutes of the board of education district 131 dated the 21st day April 2025. So okay. So motion to approve the resolution for student number 579509287. Su Secretary call the roll. Gillespie. Yes. L. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Olivas. Yes. Suentes. Yes. Moreno. Yes. Motion to adjourn. Call the RO. Gillespie. Yes. Johnson. Yes. Yes. Olivas. Yes. Moreno. Yes.