001Heat. Heat. Good evening. Welcome to the January 12th regularly scheduled Valley View School Board meeting. I would ask that you silence your cell phones, rise and join us in the pledge of allegiance and uh please remain standing for a moment of silence. uh Valley View uh one of our teachers lost a child over the weekend, a very tragic uh situation and member Campbell's sister also passed away. Mr. Padurus, if you would please. Liz, you have my condolences as well as the Satchel family. We move down the agenda. Uh board affirmation statement. >> Our mission is to empower every learner to be college, career, and life ready and to develop, grow, and achieve as a productive citizen. You >> Dr. Dr. Wood, the agenda. >> Yes. Thank you, board president Quigley. Tonight, we are seeking the
002board's approval of the agenda as presented. >> There a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion and seconded. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Post same sign. The eyes have it. Thank you. Uh let's see. Student and staff recognition. Spotlight video. Andrew Deo, science teacher at Bowling Brook High School. This is our plan. We're going to come up with an experimental design that will allow you to determine the spring constant of a toy popper. And you have to use energy concepts. You can use other ones, too. There's no one right answer for this. Okay? There is no one right answer. You can use um any any way that you think you can do to solve this problem. So, we have this little popper and I push it down. Flies up in
003the air. Okay. Your goal is to figure out what the constant of this spring is. We're going to treat this little this little fabricy conic thing as a spring. And we're going to treat it as an ideal spring. That's the big assumption. So, that's one of the assumptions in the labs. We're going to treat as an ideal spring. And the key is what is the constant for this spring. I went to Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech. Uh graduated in 2006 with my PhD in uh in from the College of Mechanical Engineering. Uh and and then from there, uh I took on a a couple roles as an engineer. Uh I worked for uh DAO Chemical in Midland, Michigan as a research and development engineer. Um, and then after that I ended up working for
004SCA tissue uh in Alip, Illinois. And that's a company who uh was in the recycling industry. So I basically taking old paper products, mixed office waste that you would find in a garbage can and turning that into paper towels, napkins, and and toilet paper. You want to try to practice being consistent, right? Before you start collecting data, you want to just try to get a >> get some consistency. And then once you have that consistency, then you can start start collecting numbers. some of the things that most I most enjoyed when I was in graduate school was when I was a teaching assistant, uh when I was filling in for the professor and I just I just always had that teaching bug. And so when I when I started at uh my engineering job, you
005know, I had this opportunity to kind of make that jump and instead of moving on to the next thing, I said, "Hey, maybe I should give this teaching thing a shot before, you know, I I you know, I end up doing the same thing for the rest of my life." >> Another non-human source of error was definitely um friction for my fingers cuz once I let it go, it rubs against my fingers and it could definitely It's not It's not going straight up, right? It sometimes goes at an angle. So, it's never perfectly >> So, it goes at an angle because >> some of these properties >> Yeah. I guess I just love the those those aha moments or being able to just kind of get people ready for, you know, maybe college, but also
006career that I had. What you're trying to do is just relate the energy in the spring >> to the potential energy, >> right? Because then theoretically if it comes back down and it lands directly on that spring, the spring should recompress, which I'd like to see anyone try to make that happen, but that's what should happen, right? >> I said, what can I do to prepare uh those students for that next level? It's not just engineering, but um any career or any any college experience that students might have. What can I do to kind of help those students make it to the next level? >> Three, two, one. >> We got to reach >> So, I don't know where you want to set up. >> Yeah, you can probably set up right there. >> You
007want to go right there. >> You're not really launching it from a zero height either, right? Unless you assume that the bottom of the popper is zero, right? Which is why we could just do that is the bottom of the popper to wherever the bottom is to the top. >> Even though, you know, technically we probably should be looking at the center of the head as our reference point. >> Um, but that I think that would be kind of difficult to do even with the camera. It's all about discovery. It's all about asking questions and and then as soon as you answer one question, you have more and that's that's the goal of science, right? It's it's it's okay to be wrong and and the bad scientists are scientists that will never admit that they
008are wrong. >> And then you you all have number yet close.9 >> 82.9. So that's pretty good. So we have 70 74 76 83 85. That's pretty good for toys, right? They're not supposed to be consistent with each other. They're toys. So I think that's pretty good. All right, moving down the agenda. 5.2 to Ilmia All State Romeoville High School. Alex Tillo, sponsor Clark Anderson. >> Good evening, Dr. Wood, senior leadership, board of education, student ambassadors, and community. It's my pleasure and honor to introduce Clark Anderson, RHS band director, um, a colleague who I admire and appreciate more than words can say. After 35 years of service, he will be retiring from us this year. And without further ado, here he is to introduce his amazing young student. >> Thank you so much, Christa. Uh
009my name is Clark Anderson. Uh want to introduce Alex Truo this evening. He made the honors Allstate band. There was 23,000 students across Illinois that auditioned to be in the All State bands this year. So he'll be down in Peoria January 29th, 30th, and the 31st. Before we present the certificate, I just want to share some of the things that he does with our band program. He's involved in almost every aspect, including pep band. Uh he plays tenor sachs for that. Uh marching band, he was the center drum major. Uh he plays tenor sachs and jazz one, which he also made jazz district level on tenor sachs. He has played piano with our second jazz band. Um on February 7th, he'll be doing a Dixie Land solo with our symphonic band. He plays bass clarinet
010in our wind symphony and that is the instrument that he made All State on. Uh what else am I missing? Oh, pit orchestra musical. He's playing bass guitar. Uh so we'll be doing Mamma Mia at the beginning of March and he's playing bass guitar with that. So this young man is very talented. Uh he made all state on bass clarinet. Alex trio like a oneman band. All right, next up we have rise award nomination Jennifer Cooper. >> Good evening um PresidentWigley, members of the board of education, senior leadership, superintendent Dr. Wood, student ambassadors, and members of the Valley View community. Um, I am Marissa Troubla, the principal of Step Campus, and tonight we are proud to recognize Jennifer Cooper, a job coach in the secondary transition experience program for an extraordinary honor. Jennifer has been
011selected as one of only two individuals in the state of Illinois nominated for the 2025 recognizing inspiring school employees or rise award. A national recognition from the US Department of Education. The Rise Award honors classified school employees who provide exemplary service and make a lasting impact on students and school communities. Illinois State Superintendent Dr. Tony Standers described this year's nominees as powerful examples of how caring adults change students lives. Work that happens not only in the classrooms, but through consistent support, advocacy, and encouragement. Jennifer has dedicated more than 22 years to supporting Valley View students with disabilities. As a job coach at STEP, she's known for believing in every student, often before they believe in themselves, and for helping them build confidence, communication, professionalism, and independent living skills needed for success in the workforce and
012adult life. She also has played a key role in expanding the steps studentrun coffee shop at Joliet Junior College's Romeoville campus, helping to create authentic work-based learning opportunities and strengthening our community partnerships. In addition to her work with students, Jennifer serves on our building impact team where she champions inclusive practices and positive school culture. Jennifer's commitment, leadership, and compassion exemplify the very best of Valley View School District. We are incredibly proud of her recognition at the state level and honored to celebrate her this evening. So, please join me in congratulating Jennifer Cooper, Illinois's 2025 Rise Award nominee. Let's hear you Beautiful. Alrighty, moving down the agenda, treasur report. Mr. Ren, if you would please. >> Thank you. Um 6.1, the treasur's action report. 6.1 for the month of December includes the normal schedule of financial
013reports, balance sheet, summary of revenue and expenditures, income, interim obligations, and debt service payments totaling 10,932,137.37 for your approval. >> I have a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion and seconded. Is there any discussion? >> Madam clerk, roll call vote, please. >> Member Pipkin. >> Yes. Member Shrova, >> yes. >> Member Burus, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> President Quigley, >> yes. Mr. Rich, >> 6.2 schedule bills. The schedule bills for the month of January. We have six funds totaling bills payable of $4,913,8567 for your approval. >> Have a motion to approve the bills. >> Second. >> Motion and seconded. Is there any discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Shova, >> yes. >> Member Baduris, >> yes. >> Member Pipkin, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >>
014yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> President Quizley, >> yes. Mr. Renich, >> so in your packet you have 6.3, which is the summary of investments for the month of December, along with 6.4 state funding update, 6.5 property taxes received, and 6.6 Six all schools trust activity. This is anformational agenda item. >> You consented agenda items. Dr. Wood. >> Yes. Thank you, board president. Tonight we are seeking your approval of seven consent agenda items. 7.1 board meeting minutes December 8th, 2025. 7.2 Executive session meeting minutes December 8th, 2025. 7.3 student activity account Anderson's bookf fair Jamie McGee Elementary 7.4 resolution number 2611 2026 tax appeal 7.5 Romeoville High School trip 7.6 gifts for Jonas Sock Elementary School and 7.7 gifts for Romeoville High School. >> We have a motion motion and seconded. Is there
015any discussion? Seeing none, hearing none, roll call vote, please. >> Member Shrova, >> yes. >> Member Burus, >> Yes. Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> PresidentWigley, >> yes. Leaz on reports. Uh, start on my left. Any and all from the left? >> In all from the right. All right. How about student ambassadors report? Miss Lillian Shine, if you would please. >> Good evening, Valley View School District community members, board members, and senior administration. My name is Lillian Chan, and I'm a senior student ambassador from Bowling Brook High School. I'd like to thank the board and senior administration for allowing me to be here tonight. I'll try my best to keep this brief, but we have lots to go over. Over break, our boys Raider basketball team represented at the Lolani
016Classic with sophomore Brady Pedigrew winning the dunk contest. Following the start of the new year, both our boys and girls basketball teams have had big wins against Planefield Central and Manuka. Over at the lanes, Raider boys bowling team had a huge win over Planefield Central with senior Andrew Courtney having a record-breaking nine strikes in a row until there was an unfortunate lane malfunction. A huge congratulations to the team for finishing off strong. Moving over to the stage, the Bowling Brooks boys wrestling team had an explosive senior night victory against Planefield South as they competed on the stage. They also had big wins over Hinsdale Central and Planefield East at the Planefield East quad. Bowling Brooks Scholastic Bowl team won 4-0 at on last Thursday's quad and hosted a turnabout with one of our teams placing
017first. Making a huge impact, junior Reagan Brooks represented last Friday as she promoted the girls who lead conference on CBS News. Lastly, both Bowling Brook and Romeoville's theater programs made the trip down to Illinois State University to watch the Theaterfest Newsies production and had a wonderful time. Looking ahead, both Bowling Brook and Romeoville High School will be hosting incoming freshman nights to give uprising freshmen a look at high school life. They'll have the chance to talk to high schoolers and learn all about the two schools that they have to offer. Bowling Brooks will be on January 14th and Romeovilles will have theirs on January 22nd. Lastly, be sure to make your mark your calendars for February 5th for Bowling Brook's annual February concert. This year, the Bowling Brook band will be performing with Jane Adams
018eighth grade band as our special guest right alongside our wind symphony. I hope everybody had a great break and we're off to a great start this semester. To my fellow seniors, this is our very last. Make it count. Thank you for your time. >> All right, moving down the agenda. Audience participation. Is there anyone who wishes to address the board this evening? If so, please state your name and keep your comments to three minutes or less. Seeing none, moving down the agenda. Let's see. 10.1. Miss Donado, human resources assistant superintendent. >> Yes. Action for 10.1 is the consolidated action report for certified, classified, and administrative personnel. The administration is respectfully seeking your approval on all items as presented. >> We have a motion. >> Second. Motion and seconded. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, hearing
019none, roll call vote, please. >> Member Bader, >> yes. >> Member Pipkin, >> yes. Member Schroba, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> PresidentWigley, >> yes. 10.2, Job description. >> Action for 10.2 is for one job description that was brought to the December 8th board meeting for information for the itinerant ESL specialist. This posession, this position functions to support students whose first language is something other than English. And this specialist will work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure our English language learners continue to develop their proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing while also providing instructional support, professional learning, and coaching. >> We have a motion. >> Second. >> Motion and second. Uh, is there any discussion on job description? Apparently not. Roll call vote, please. Madam clerk.
020>> Member Shva, >> yes. >> Member Vader, >> yes. >> Pipkin, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> President Campbell, >> yes. >> President Quigley, >> yes. >> 11.1, no report, Mr. Renich, is that correct? >> That is correct. >> Oh, wait. We got 10.3. I'm sorry. Action report for resolution number 2610. The authorization of dismissal of educational support personnel employees other for reasons other than reduction in force. The administration is respectfully seeking your approval. >> Is there a motion? >> So move. >> There a second. >> Oh, we got Jen got the second. All right. We have a motion and a second. And the microphone is fixed. So we're back to business. Uh, if there's no other issues, roll call vote, please. >> Member Schroa, >> yes. >> Member Burus, >> yes. >>
021Pipkin, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> President Campbell, >> yes. >> President Quizley, >> yes. >> Still no report, Mr. Renidge. >> Still no report. As I'm >> checking to make, sir. >> Number 12, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Dr. Pollson, you have no report either. Kind of quiet on that end of the day as today action reports. Dr. Wood. Yes. Tonight we are seeking your approval of student discipline cases A and B for um that's item 13.1 as presented. >> Motion second. >> Motion in a second. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. Member Badur, >> yes. >> Pipkin, >> yes. >> Robas, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> President Quigley, >> yes. Board policies, Dr. Wood. >> Yes. For item 13.2, the following board
022policies were presented to the board as an information report at the December meeting. Tonight we are seeking your approval of board policies 3 col60 7 330 and 8 col10 0 as presented. >> We have a motion. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? If not a roll call vote, please. >> Member Pipkin abstain. >> Member Schroa. >> Yes. >> Member Beris. >> Secretary Sutherland. >> Yes. >> Vice President Campbell. >> Yes. >> President Quickley. >> Yes. All right. Uniform grievance appeal. Dr. Wood. Oh. Can I get a motion to affirm the administrative's recommendation for the uniform grievance appeal? Motion by me vice president Campwolf, Secretary Sland. Got it. Okay. Motion and seconded. Is there any discussion? >> Roll call >> discussion discussion item that just what was discussed
023in executive session is noted. >> Noted. Uh, if there's no further discussion, a roll call vote would be in order, please. >> Trova, >> yes. >> Member Paduris, >> yes. >> Member Pipkin, >> yes. >> Secretary Sutherland, >> yes. >> Vice President Campbell, >> yes. >> PresidentWigley, >> yes. Superintendent information reports. Superintendent update. Dr. Wood, if you would please. >> Yes. Thank you, board president Quigley. I am happy to present. superintendent update for this evening. And continuing on with our theme of classrooms to community and what that looks like in and outside of the classrooms and all the people who play a part in making sure that we provide optimal learning experiences for our students at Oak View um elementary. You could see Principal Duffy um welcoming back students um to the new year um
024new semester. Um in the middle at Romeoville High School, you see our BBSD nutrition services staff. Um serving up a hot meal for students on these um cold winter days. And I would like to add that they do a phenomenal job. Um my personal favorite is orange chicken. And um it seems like students prefer pizza, but if you have not had the orange chicken, I highly encourage you to try it. And on the right, and sometimes we don't um think about just the little things that happen in terms of facilities and how that promotes learning um materials and supplies. Students at Jamie McGee Elementary School are browsing easily through the book selections thanks to new shelving that allows the cover of the book to be easily visible as opposed to traditional shelves that only display
025the spine of the book. So just a simple shift um making literature more accessible accessible um to our students and staff. >> All right, moving down the agenda. Well, >> oh, oh, you're still rolling. >> This is the time of year where many folks wonder um what it takes to um call an emergency day um or close the school. And so, just a couple of notes about um how we go about making um our decisions. And essentially, they're based on student and staff safety. and that is determined by the weather forecast, road conditions, air temp, windchill factor, etc. I would like to add though um the days leading up to it or even the hours a lot of people are wondering, you know, when's the announcement coming out? We try to make sure that um
026we send information by phone, text, or email no later than 5:45 a.m. the day of. However, backing it up as early as 6 or 7 p.m. as soon as we the night before, as soon as we know, we push out information. There's al also often a lot of questions. Well, um, are you going to say school is in session and we don't communicate when that is? If you don't hear from us, that means school is running. Hear from us, then we're providing some specific information. And uh what will happen if a snow day or weather day is called? E-learning um in most instances will take place and instructions and support will be sent by the schools that students attend. And if you want additional information, you can always go to at any time in real
027time vbvsd.org. Um closing will give you the information that you need. What does it take? How can you get that information in a very timely manner? Make sure if you haven't done so already to download the Parent Square app. That is the uh platform we use to push out information. Um in terms of some important upcoming dates, January 14th and 28th are early release dates. January 19th, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday schools will be closed in um observance of that. January 26 is our next board meeting. And pushing into February 16th, we have another day, President's Day, schools will be closed. And on the 27th, and this is always an exciting time, um kindergarten registration opens and over the next couple of board meetings, you'll hear reminders about that as well because we
028like to get our um littlest learners enrolled as soon as possible. That brings me to the close of my update. for President Quigley. >> So, just so you know, when when we do have snow emergencies, and I've I've had the phone calls, uh, and I've talked to superintendents, I've talked to the mayors, I've talked to the public works directors, it is about safety. It's about the weather. Uh, you have to keep in mind a good number of our our staff do not necessarily live within two or three or five miles of their school. They have to get from point A to point B and get home safely. Uh so it there's a lot of considerations that go into this. It's not something that's just done willy-nilly and uh we don't sit around and wait for
029other districts to decide if they're going to close their schools. We make those decisions wholly and solely based on what's best for the Valley View families and the kids and the staff. So just wanted to add that over the years. Uh, and by the way, the best one ever was when they we had a big snowstorm on Super Bowl Sunday and it was decision was made by about six o'clock that night to close the schools and there was a collective hurrah that I think I heard throughout the entire village of Bowling Brook. So, uh, but but it is something that we take serious because uh there's a lot of things that because we have kids who walk, we have all that stuff. So, anyway, that's that. Uh, moving down the agenda, district calendar. I don't
030know who has that. >> Oh, Dr. Pollson. This is the fun one. >> Yes. Um, good evening. So, information 14.2 is the district calendar for next school year. We are presenting it as a draft calendar for next school year, which was developed as a collaborative effort with staff. Um, we had two board of education members, families that who participated in it. Our primary focus throughout this time is how do we maximize instructional time as well in ensuring we have time for staff for learning and growing and professional learning themselves. The draft will be available on our district website following this uh board meeting and it will be posted for public preview and comment until our next board meeting where we will hold a hearing. um which is new for us this year because we are
031um per our collective bargaining agreement, we will no longer have early release days next year, but they will be shifted to uh full day school improvement days for staff. And from a a big overview, if you add up all the time from our early release time for students to be out of school, it essentially equals the same amount of time for a school improvement day. >> So, no, right? Ambassadors are happy. All right. And that that is it. So it will be brought forward at the next board meeting as action. >> So I highly recommend that if you have any comments, concerns, or questions that you contact somebody on the committee or a board member that's on the committee or anybody else that would like to have their two cents worth in. All right, moving
032down the agenda. Dr. Pollson, iPads. >> Yes. Information item 14.3 is related to assist of technology for our students um who require assisted technology for their voice, our students who have special needs. The request includes hardware as well as software for iPads um with the request amount of $110,000 which is fully funded through our um special education grant. So this is information and will be brought forward at the next board meeting as action. >> Thank you. Uh, moving down the agenda, legal services report, >> no formal report, >> Mr. O'Driscoll. Moving down the further down, association reports, Valley View Council 604, currently no report, Valley View Office Personality, Office Personality. How about personnel council? Uh, local 604, apparently no report. And Valley View Transportation, anyone? Nobody from transportation. Any old business before the board this
033evening? Any new business before the board this evening? As always, Freedom of Information Act for your requests are with Mr. Blay. He's in the back of the room nodding. I think he was. He was here earlier. There he is in the back waving. Uh those run through our website. Thank you. Any announcements by the board from my left, from my right? Any announcements by the administration? Dr. Wood? >> Yes, just uh one um announcement. The Valley View Educational Enrichment Foundation um holds a variety of fundraising events. One of the premier fundraising events of the season, which is u much anticipated, is their annual dinner auction that's coming up on March 6. It's a Friday. The theme this year is a night in Emerald City. And I can tell you for those who have um attended
034in the past, everyone will say it's a wonderful opportunity to have a night out, but also to um donate to a good cause, and that's to support um staff and students to provide um experiences and opportunities they wouldn't normally get um through traditional funding u mechanisms. And so just a reminder for those of you who haven't attended, this be a phenomenal opportunity for you to um experience what it's all about to come together as a community. And again, that's March 6 um on a Friday. And you can get additional information by going to Facebook, looking up Valley View Education Enrichment Foundation, and it's right there on the front page. Dr. would since you're talking about the Emerald City, not the Emerald Isle. What is the theme of Emerald City is >> help me out here.
035I haven't seen the invite yet. >> So, Emerald City is green and it could be >> Well, Mr. Emerald Isle in Ireland, but I don't think that's >> You could think the Wizard of Oz. >> Oh, Wizard of Oz. Okay, there you go. Follow the yellow road. Got it. There we go. >> Maybe I'll go as a flying monkey. All right. Uh, any other announcements by the administration? Hearing none, seeing none, I just want to wish, uh, everybody happy new year and welcome back. Let's have a great uh, successful, safe, and productive 2026 and spring semester. Uh, other than that, a motion to adjurnn would be in order. >> Second. >> Motion and seconded. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Oppos. Same sign. Thank you all for your time this evening.
036safe travels and go Bears.