001e e e I [Applause] spe [Applause] e for [Applause] e [Applause] e [Applause] e [Applause] e e e [Music] C [Music] [Applause] [Music] good evening welcome to the regularly scheduled Valley View 365 View School District Monday March 20 March 10th 2025 board meeting I would ask that you silence your cell phones and rise and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance led by member bedus it stands one nation under Gody and justice for all thank you board affirmation statement please our mission is to empower every learner to be college career and life ready and to develop grow and Achieve as productive citizens thank you moving down the agenda Dr Wood the agenda please yes thank you board president quickly tonight we are seeking your approval of the agenda as presented motion and seconded is there
002any discussion if not all those in favor say I I post same sign the eyes have it student staff recognition Dr wood if you would please yes tonight we are recognizing um Chris Kia Gonzalez a social worker at Tibet if we could play the video thank you I knew I was always going to be in the role of special education I grew up with my cousin my age who has autism and he taught me everything about empathy how to be kind and the importance of inclusion and I wanted to be someone who taught that to others and I thought the only way to work in the field of special education was to be a teacher and I started that path and then in the middle of that path I said I don't know if I
003could be a teacher so I took a social work class just to have a random class and when they spoke about school social work that's when I had my light bulb moment of that's what I want to do that's where I meant to be what are the values of a social worker the values of a social worker are and two of them are social justice and dignity and worth of a person and I knew if this district is promoting Equity then their values align with mine as a social worker and they value not only their students and their families no matter the culture no matter the race Financial standing but they also value their staff members of the different races different cultures and I wanted to be a part of that and I knew that
004they were going to Value me as a educator in order for you to do your job one-on-one with a student you have to have that student be able to trust you how do you get them to trust you and thereby communicate effectively with you in order for them to learn we have to model that's a type of teaching that we need to to do and you know modeling for them you know how to get your needs met how do I tell someone my feelings using those eye statements and you know even when they're engaging in a behavior they're communicating something to us and it's up to us as the adults and the Educators professionals to figure out what that is and once we do and sit them down we can teach there's a teaching moment
005once they're calm and regulated you know what I now that you let me know this is what it is let's work through this scenario again if this were to come up again how can we better communicate that so that we don't have to go through this long time period of trying to figure it out you now know a safe person to go to how to communicate that and then the next step is how do we problem solve take us back to your interview with Tibet principal Amanda Tucker when you were interviewing for this job because it sounds like there was one particular answer that very likely got you this job she asked me if you were to get this job what would be your goal that you would wish to accomplish in the first 3
006months of working and I said I want to be seen by my students I want them to know who I am what my purpose is and what they can come to me for growing up I can't even tell you any of the social workers that worked at my school and how I wish I did I would have even though I was an extroverted child was very much so an internalizers with my emotions and I feel like I didn't have that one safe person I knew I can go to and I knew that was going to be the difference that I make at the school that I work at I want my students to know who I am I want them to know there's someone at school you can go to that's going to be there
007to listen to you and help you and support you and I did that by making sure I was always a face at lunch I was always there at recess PE those times that are enjoyable for students the times where they feel the most out of their comfort zone I wanted to be there not only to introduce myself and what I do but so that they can get that comfortability with me and I didn't want the time where they first met with me to be the first time they're speaking to me I wanted them to know who I was and already have that trust built [Applause] in so board president quickly if I could ask or ask the first full week of March is National School social worker week and we' like to thank Miss Gonzalez
008and all of our social workers who help students and families identify needs in order to help them overcome the challenges that they face this work puts our students in a better position to learn and grow we truly appreciate all of our social workers thank [Applause] you moving down the agenda Romeo High School principal Kinder competitive cheer good evening president Quigley members of the board Dr Wood senior leadership members of the audience members of the community my name is jck Kinder principal at Romeoville High School it is my privilege to introduce our rhs competitive cheer head coach Tyler delose okay I'm just a little shorter than he is um all right good evening members of the board our president senior Administration superintendent audience and the whole Community thank you guys for being here tonight um special
009thanks to our families of these wonderful athletes and all of their friends they would not be able to have so much success if they didn't have them behind them so thank you very much to our families and friends up next thank you so much to our school administration Mr Derek Kinder Mr Mike stro wherever he is hiding somewhere um thank you to you guys both for always supporting us and making sure that we have all the resources we need to succeed and then finally thank you to my assistant coach Tia Martin she is not here tonight but a lot of our exess success stems from her creating a wonderful JV program and really making sure that they have the knowledge to come up to Varsity eventually couple highlights of our season this is our third
010year in a row earning our SP Conference Championship so that is something we are super proud [Applause] of and it was our third year placing at section or sorry it was our third place at sectionals that got us to our state series and we earned our highest placement yet earning 13th in the state job [Applause] all right and lastly thank you to my athletes I am so proud and lucky lucky to be their coach they are wonderful students they are wonderful athletes and I'm very very happy to been a part of their season so I'm going to say congratulations to our 2425 competitive cheerleaders and here they are Leslie Beal there Eleanor Brady Ty English Ella [Applause] Gage Riley headmark Vanessa Madison Lily Mesa Joselyn Miller Bella nardy Mia Ortiz Anila Porter Abigail Rolo Ashley
011Rolo deina s lonita Joanna Stacy Mark [Applause] Thomas and Ava Torres hunson and lastly we do have Michael chowski who couldn't be here [Applause] today all right one other group from rville high school tonight introducing our head girls wrestling coach Mr John Arles [Applause] good evening um like to thank uh Dr Wood School Board for uh honoring our student athletes um it's good for them to be recognized um our first wrestler henis [Applause] fil so henis this is her second time qualifying for State she's only a sophomore um so hopefully next year we can come home with some Hardware some metals uh she was also uh First Team all conference and uh we're looking for better [Applause] things right uh Daniela San Tander um is a junior and this year she set the record for
012most wins for the girls we only been around three years but she's going to break it next year again she had 36 wins and uh eight losses uh State qualifier one win away from placing um so she was also a conference Champion first team selection and I was notified today that she is Juliet Herald all area team so Danielle [Applause] Sant next up Bowling Brook High School Dr Pas cavage congrats again to rhs on their accomplishments good evening Community colleagues Board of Education senior leadership president Quigley and Dr wood as well as our rhs and BHS board ambassadors my name is Dr Jason pascavage proud principal of Bowling Brook High School today I get to present our chess coach who will recognize some of the best chess players in Illinois but before before I do
013that I would like to remind everyone to wear your purple because March is women's History Month on that note I would like to recognize one of the strongest leaders I have worked alongside for the past 20 years she's an amazing mother an amazing teacher an amazing leader an amazing board member Board of Education member Deb [Applause] sakur the national 202 five women's History Month theme is moving forward together celebrating women educating and inspiring Generations well that theme could not be more fitting for memb sakora so today bowling book high school and everyone out here celebrates what you've done educating and inspiring Generations thank [Applause] you we just want to recognize you before your tenure before the sun sets on your board so former Humphrey and Brooks teacher so congratulations and now while we're here now
014coach hinsman to introduce one of the best chess teams in the [Applause] state all right hi first I just want to say thank you for having us um I want to just do a quick little rundown of how how our season went this was our first year in the Southwest Prairie conference and we actually ended up placing second place which was a very exciting accomplishment and with that thanks with that there were a total of 112 players throughout the whole conference and for the top 20 players of the highest earned points we actually had six players finish in that so we had uh Jacob ranked first ferdos ranked third Kaden ranked fourth Carter ranked 11th Reed ranked 13th and then Aaron ranked 14th so of 20 we did very well with that which was very
015awesome to see they worked very hard which that success brought us to state where this year at State we placed 47th out of the8 schools that went which beats our highest record that was played 48th from 2008 so we got a new school record for [Applause] it while at state two of our players Jacob on board one and Aaron on board six medaled by winning six of their seventh g seven games which was awesome and they all worked really hard while there and I personally was really proud of them all right so now I'm going to kind of just go through and recognize all of them we do have them standing in our board order and I just want to say as my first year doing this it was a great time and I had
016a lot of fun with them and they were a great group of students and players to spend the year with I will miss them especially our four seniors that are graduating all right so first up we have Jacob leek [Applause] Carter Mitchell ferdos [Applause] nerine Kaden [Applause] Zoo Reed tabay [Applause] Aaron Quan Chase Lewis than thank you thank you John shoody and yesh Singh [Applause] uh next up you tell me we're bouncing around the agenda here all right good evening everyone my name is Patrick Woods I'm the assistant principal for athletics at Bowling Brook High School uh it's a beautiful day outside but even a better day in here to recognize all the students and their accomplishments tonight I am here to help recognize two of our wrestlers both with the boys program and the
017girls program and introducing them will be coach HOV I do want to note that coach HOV will be speaking on behalf of the boys team although he's actually the girls head coach coach hovo puts a lot of time effort and energy into all our students and here he is to speak about our state [Applause] qualifiers sorry all good evening thank you to the board for allowing me to come and speak um on behalf of both of these wrestlers um like Mr Woods said um I'm the girls head coach I started the program a couple years ago um unfortunately our female qualifier got sick this weekend um so she couldn't make it but I still want to give a little shout out to her um so Alejandra Flores was the actual first ever freshman to join
018our girls wrestling program prior to her all we had were sophomores Juniors and then kind of went through our program um so getting to be able to stand in front of you and honor her honestly is one of those like big coaches moments for me I never thought that i' get to be up here as many times as I have been and this one's a little different being again the first ever freshman we had now being a junior um Alejandra's been a team captain for us for the last three years she's been very close both years her freshman sophomore year qualifying unfortunately catching eventual state champions nationally ranked wrestlers who are going to be trying out for the Olympics here soon uh but something kind of clicked in her this year and she grinded and
019grinded and grinded and finished the season off uh 35 and4 winning the conference the first time we've ever actually been in a conference tournament was this year when we joined the SPC she bumped up a weight class looking for harder competition Tech pinned her way through the entire tournament again eventually taking first to becoming All Conference would do the exact same thing at the regional Tech pinning her way through uh winning this Regional coming in second at the sectional and finishing off for season um fourth place overall at 115 pounds which is the second highest we've ever had only to her former training partner last year her two third so we're super excited um again it's unfortunate she's not here because I know she was excited for this moment but I'm super proud of her
020and I I can't wait to see and hopefully be back again next year to talk about maybe a state championship next year so again that's Alejandra [Applause] Flores and now to speak on the boys behalf uh this is Tommy mcder Mr fr Mr Fry again I'm and not being the boy head coach I've only gotten interacted with Tommy a few times but I've actually known Tommy for a little longer um than I've actually been a part of the wrestling program I met Tommy when he was in eighth grade down at the boys ihsa state tournament where he was celebrating and uh hoping that his brother would end up placing Joe his brother ran into a tough bracket and the first time I met Tommy the first thing he ever said to me hi I'm Tommy
021McDermot I'm going to be standing up on that podium one of these days and I once I met him I once I heard that I knew this kid was probably the most confident eighth grade I've ever met in my life um telling a high school coach yeah I'm going to be standing up there it's you don't see that very often so and he he backed it up Tommy came in as a freshman 130 plus matches uh finished just outside of you know getting to the state tournament last year ends up hurting his knee and it ends his season before he even get to the postseason and he was an odds on favorite to get down the state tournament and this year comes around we didn't know what was going to happen with Tommy's knee but
022he did the one thing that all mcdermit boys do and that I've met Tommy and what he's done is grind and grind and grind and work hard and worked his butt off every day never missed a practice finished with the season record 36 wins um first at the SBC conference again our first conference you know jumping into new into the new group would win the regional um would take third at the sectional and he's at the toughest weight class in the state of Illinois with 10 of the 16 male qualifiers including himself self being future division one wrestlers um he'd catch a couple of good guys and you know but we're super proud of Tommy for everything he did again that's the toughest weight class in the state buddy I'm better men have tried and
023it's tough so we're super proud of Tommy and again we're look really looking forward to his senior year and again hoping to stand up here with with him besides me and being able to say this again but I couldn't be proud to be able to present this to Tommy in order of him as long as I have so Tommy McDermitt congratulations buddy I'll take the speech with [Applause] you spoken like a true enthusiastic wrestling coach uh where we at now State Board of Education those who Excel is that correct yes good evening we're going to round out our recognitions um ending with staff we have 19 Dynamite staff members um that were recognized in the state of Illinois of those who Excel um just to tell you a little bit about what that means the
024State Board of Education sponsors those who Excel it's a program to honor Educators across the state that do highlevel committed work in the public education system there are seven categories that you can nominate someone in and I will tell you we have someone nominated and recognized in every single category that just tells you how Dynamite this staff is here in valy VI so please join um me in congratulating all of our nominees this evening that are with us Virginia agular miam [Applause] alarz Nicole berro Michelle [Applause] Christopher Jennifer Cooper [Applause] Rachel delort kti [Applause] D Dina hasselberg conat Chrissy Kinder Alfred [Applause] Morales Erica Franco [Applause] Rivera Rebecca Robins [Applause] Gina Smith Abigail [Applause] tally Angelina Wells congratulations congratul congratulations Mary [Applause] wild so that what we just saw is part of the reason the
025stuff that we saw earlier happens too all the wonderful teachers that we have in our district and and the dedication that they put in so thank you all for that and all of the teachers in our district uh moving down the agenda Treasures report Mr renich if you would please thank you uh 6.1 Treasures Action Report uh for the month of February includes the normal schedule of financial reports the balance sheet summary of Revenue and expenditures interim obligations and Debt Service payments totaling 10,468 765 32 for your approval move second motion and seconded is there any discussion seeing none hearing none a roll call vote please member Campbell yes member H yes member suterland yes member Bas yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes Mr renich 6.2 schedule of bills for
026the month of March we have six funds totaling bills payable of 3,66 6,259 for your approval there motion so move motion and seconded is there any discussion if not a roll call vote please member H yes member suterland yes member Boris yes member Campbell yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes Mr renich State funding update sir in your packet you have 6.3 the summary of Investments for the month of February along with 6.4 State funding update and 6.5 all schools trust account activity this is just an informational report on the agenda thank you very much anybody has any questions talk to Mr renich moving on the agenda consent agenda Dr wood as tonight we are seeking your approval of 11 consent agenda items as presented 7 point .1 board meeting minutes
027February 24th 2025 7.2 executive session meeting minutes February 24th 2025 7.3 gift to BJ Ward Elementary School 7.4 gift to Irene King Elementary School 7.5 gifts for Romeoville High School 7.6 gift to Jamie McGee Elementary School 7.7 gift for Brooks Middle School 7.8 Bowlen Brook High School trips 7.9 trip for lanic Middle School 7.10 Illinois High School Association membership renewal and 7.11 resolution 2530 for the disposal of District Surplus personal property this there motion move we have a motion and we have a second do we have a second somebody Mr H made a second three anyway we have a motion we have a second is there any discussion roll call vote please member suterland yes member bis yes member Campbell yes member H yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes Liz
028on reports any and all from my left any and all from my right seeing none hearing none we'll move down student ambassador report Isabelle Scott if you would please hello my name is Isabelle Scott and I am one of the student ambassadors from BHS first I would like to humbly thank the members of the board and the administration for allowing me this time to speak I would also like to thank my mom and dad for helping me through navigating this role as well as giving two big shout outs to two of the teachers who helped me to get where I am today Mrs Broman and Mrs sterino I would like to start by telling you all about some of the amazing events taking place at both BHS and rhs I would like to give a
029big congrat congratulations to our BHS Varsity Boys Basketball team who recently just became Regional Champions this past weekend our RC drill team also competed at a regional competition in Ohio where we had many individuals Place very well our mathletes also competed at an Invitational this weekend and came in second overall a big congratulations to Shawn Michael and Israel FNA who both qualified for Nationals for speech and our scholastic bowl is currently competing at regionals this week an amazing job to those who have competed and we are wishing all of those about to compete good luck in other news our BHS theater is performing their their spring musical into the woods for the next two weekends be sure to grab theaters at The Brook theater.com um this weekend Latin fever also took place and had a
030massive turnout rhs performed their spring musical Cinderella and had a fantastic attendance and this week for a women's History Month celebration we will be hosting a poetry slam and a spirit week to wrap this up there is something else that I would like to discuss and it's the reason that we are all here education the opportunities that we have at my school have allowed me and my peers to learn and grow outside of the classro however our ability to ensure that we are able to expand these opportunities to others is dependent on how we create an environment that allows for students to be able to learn and for teachers to be able to educate this environment one more I'm able to voice my op my opinion work to solve problems and work together with my
031peers is one that allows for the opportunities to be provided it helps to expand it to numerous other students as well in the end we all need this type of environment that allows for students to connect with their peers and their teachers it allows for us to be more engaged with what we are taught and allows for growth of all students at BHS and throughout our entire District however the only way that we are able to do this is by sub supporting the communities inside of our school additionally having this learning environment the learning environment that allows for our students to connect with each other and their Educators while being their true authentic selves our school Prides ourselves on our community and how we connect with each other and this allows us to provide the
032best learning environment for our children once again thank you for this opportunity to speak this evening and I hope you have a nice night [Applause] thank you very good uh moving down the agenda audience participation is there anyone who wishes to address the board this evening please state your name where you're from and limit your comments to five minutes or less if you have written testimony please provide it to the clerk good evening my name is Jim fiser I have three students two graduated Gavin played tennis at BHS Trevor played tennis swam and chess so it was nice to see you guys reward some of those folks today Faith plays volleyball she played all Varsity games this past fall and one of the board members Debbie probably saw her play every game that she played
033so I appreciate you guys take an extra effort to help in the community and see what's going on in the schools it's great to see uh the athletic trainers I do want to also give credit to athletic trainers I actually spoke to one today a lot of these folks need help with those folks and uh I got some really good help with faith today my pronouns as always Rose aart Mar s Dei destroys everything it touches no balls in the Stalls just a reminder that this board is woke weak hates women and is way past the time for replacement the past Dei director comments I have is Bowling Brook District Dei director resigned over one month before two neille Dei directors resigned another win for Bowling Brook against neille they say rats are the first
034to leave a sinking ship the election is on April 1st I would say thank you to the people who held that um Jared and I uh believe it was well attended on February 25th Bill Spangler stole the show he was was the most prepared for the event and he's a huge band supporter so all the band parents get out there and vote for this guy everybody should vote for this guy Jan troba is a parent of four students who graduated from this school she would be a great ad as well please vote for her Scott sitting on a board right now has multiple kids already going to to the school young kids he would be a great continuing board member please vote for him Liz and Victor unfortunately are anti-parent as they both lost lawsuits
035against District brought by the parents Saturday was an international women's appreciation day it was a big hit and Bowling Brook you know why because the schools were closed and 1,600 students were not forced to share their bathrooms with a boy on that day some predict that women are on track to achieve parody with men about 130 years from now but with the actions and inactions of this board I look for Bowling Brook women to get there probably about 200 years from now this this month per Jason pass scavage is women's month there's 21 days left in this month maybe you guys can figure out how to support the community and get that boy out of our girls bathrooms thank you thank you for your comments moving down the agenda oh one more sorry didn't see
036hi please Alison W um I spoke at last month's meeting I forget the dates but I also wanted to remind and everyone that uh um folks that are trans are people they're humans they deserve human [Applause] rights um as most of you know my child is a trans mail and um it's very discouraging to hear people speak poorly of the population um without the education of knowing exactly what's going on and I appreciate that the board and the school district uh supports folks that are trans so thank you very much thank [Applause] you one more yes all right gotcha come on my name is Sean Salsbury I live in Bowling Brook I've lived in the district years I'm here about taxes you guys are nuts my tax bill the entire tax bill is $7,881 I
037don't live next to the golf course I don't have a million dollar home but the taxes are nuts this taxing body out of the nine taxing bodies is 69% of my tax bill it's crazy you guys got to find a way to spend less money I don't know what you got to do I don't know enough about what you're doing but I'm telling you I'm screaming uncle my valy view portion is $1,685 I don't know what we're spending per student man that sure seems like a lot of money recently retired you're driving people out of the Community out of the state I will let you know I am visiting every taxing body I would suggest on April 1st for the election those who are running find a way to address the tax situation I get
038the sense that no one's on the other side of the negotiating table guys approved item number 7.9 tonight a band spring trip to Cincinnati Ohio for 32 males and 17 females and then chaperon three three females two males parents and one male staff member 55 people for $35,200 it's a boond doggle the agenda which is is on here unfortunately I didn't have a chance to address this before you guys all voted on it due to the agenda order fun at Kings Island Theme Park admission and performance at Cincinnati Zoo and botanical gardens two nights stay at a cincin hotel coach bus transportation all meals trip and t-shirt I don't know is this being being reimbursed by a booster group I don't know that detail wasn't in the documentation that was attached to the agenda did
039any of you know all this did you read it did any of you question it in the half hour that you had before this meeting started at 7 have to address the taxing situation it's ridiculous it's nuts could I ask real quick for those in the audience how many live in the district and pay taxes in the district thank you for participating I imagine that they're equally as dissatisfied on their tax bill guys were generous enough to lower the rate but the dollar figure went up dollar figure went up 8.1% for my tax bill from the previous year 2023 tax versus the 22 the 24s aren't out yet I would encourage you all to figure out a way to to tax less and start pairing down some of the spending thank you for your time
040thank you [Applause] anyone else all right moving down the agenda uh Human Resources Miss Dado thank you action 4 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 motion second uh any comments roll call vote please member Boris stain member Campbell yes member Hy yes member suterland yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 10.2 action for 10.2 is for a job description that was brought for review at the last board meeting for the community based itinerant speech language pathologist SLP position the itinerant SLP position is a new Grant funded position out of the community outreach Grant the administration is respectfully seeking your approval on all items presented there a motion second motion and seconded uh any
041discussion roll call vote please member suland yes member Hy yes member Campbell yes member bores yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 13 10.3 the next three items for Action are required resolutions as part of our annual Staffing process staffing needs shift yearly based on the enrollment of our buildings and educational needs of students additionally any temporary contracts are also non-renewed these are annual resolutions that occur and for those who are affected by a reduction in force or temporary contracts that are non-renewed it is our hope that we are able to call them back at some point before the start of the next school year action for 10.3 resolution 2526 authorizes non non- Reemployment of part time teachers and teachers hired under a temporary contract the administration is respectfully seeking your
042approval on all items as presented second is there any discussion if not roll call vote please member H yes member suterland yes member Boris yes member Campbell secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 10.4 action for 10.4 resolution 2527 authorizes honorable dismissal of part-time and temporary educational support Personnel the administration is respectfully seeking your approval on all items as presented there a motion motion and seconded is there any discussion roll call vote please member bis yes member Campbell yes member h yes member suterland yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 10.5 action for 10.5 resolution 2528 authorizes The Honorable dismissal of certified Personnel the administration is respectfully seeking your approval on all items as presented move second motion and seconded is there any discussion uh yes I have
043a question U Mr denado can you just clarify for us uh um we are somewhere between 2011 and today we're we are down around 3,000 students is that correct we are definitely down in enrollment significantly I don't have the specific numbers but that sounds about accurate and from that same time frame have we uh is our is our staffing is it increased or decreased from 2011 since 201 we have we have increased in staff thank you there's any other comments questions if not roll call vote please member Campbell yes member Hy yes member suterland yes member Boris yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 10.6 action for 10.6 resolution 2529 authorizes honorable dismissal of educational support Personnel employees the Administration is respectfully seeking your approval on all items as presented second
044motion and seconded is there any discussion seeing none hearing none roll call vote please member bedis yes member Sedin yes member H yes member Campbell yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 10.7 action for 10.7 resolution 2531 authorizes the extension of the employment contract for Dr keithwood second motion and seconded is there any discussion if not a roll call vote would be in order member suin yes member vurus yes member Campbell no member H yes secetary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes all right moving down the agenda Mr renic no administrative Services report correct making sure Dr pson Robin Schwarz agreement yes action 12.1 um the information was brought to the board on February 24th meeting regarding legal services for the district for special education services only the
045administration is respectfully seeking your approval as presented on this item for motion second motion and second seconded is there any discussion yes so Robin schz they do our special ed legal and that's all they do and they will never do anything else like it happened before correct we are using them for special ed services only okay there's no further questions roll Co vote please member badas yes member Campbell yes member H yes member suterland yes secretary sakur yes vice president Zach yes president Quigley yes 14 oh 13.1 no report is that correct no report thank you moving on the agenda superintendent's information reports superintendent update 14.1 Dr Wood all right thank you board president Quigley I have a few brief updates to share with the community this evening if we get that presentation going thank
046you very much I'm just very very happy to coming all right first up um just a big um congratulations to uh Woodview Elementary principal Miss Loretta fuit for being a 2025 Golden Apple [Applause] finalist um she is in the running um among a handful of principles to become the um Golden Apple um winner for school leadership of the year um she certainly has my vote if I could vote but she definitely has my um unending report and we wish her luck in the next round of uh what do you call that um competition so congratulations Miss fortu um next up it's just a quick uh reminder that five Essentials is um once again going on and essentially it is an opportunity for us to um obtain voice from parents from students and from staff that
047will inform our decision making as we move forward in terms of how each of our schools are um performing and just want to give a reminder um to our parents who are either present in the audience or listening um or watching a streaming portion of this we want to make sure that every School site has and meets that 20% threshold so that we can have access to um the student voice that I mean a parent voice that is presented so um just a reminder five Essentials is happening for our staff who are in the audience if you haven't um completed that survey I also encourage you um to complete it as well and we typically do have very high U response rates from our sites but we want to make sure that all voices are
048heard um just a reminder we're going to keep this rolling um kinder Garten enrollment is up and if you enroll now you don't have to pay fees um but after July you will so just um get moving and I got to tell you this next slide that I am about to put up it's probably one of my most favorite pictures of the entire year and you'll see why in a moment in a moment we need new batteries can we advance the slide please there we go our little Cairo Fraser is our first official member of the class of 2038 um he will attend Jamie McGee and we are so excited so just a big shout out to him and his family and we look forward to seeing um what the future Years bring and um
049look forward to seeing him walk across the stage um in 2038 at the promotion ceremony so let's give him another big round of app Applause [Applause] and um just a reminder about some important upcoming dates March 12th and 26th are our early release days March 31st through April 4th is spring break and and Monday March 24th is our next board meeting thank you that brings me to the close of my update all right moving BR down the agenda 14.2 school calendar this is always fun one yes so on the school calendar Remains the Same we actually brought it for Action in December of last um 2024 everything is the same with the exception of the Early Learning Center up um date for the start date has been updated to reflect past practice the new start
050date is August 18th which again as I said reflects um past practice we will seek your approval on the updated calendar at the March 24th meeting thank you uh job description 14.3 attached as a job description update for the director of multi-tiered support and Equity these updates to the job description ensure alignment to the continued needs of our multi-tiered system of supports to provide Equitable access e Equitable educational access to every Learner in valy view we will bring this for Action at the next board meeting thank you if you have questions on that look it over and talk to Miss Dado Legal Services report no report a Valley View Council report [Applause] thank you um appreciate that uh the good news is you know I'm I'm an educator so I got I got some notes
051Here added in here and unfortunately they all know how long winded I get but trying to keep it down here a little bit uh the goal tonight is to deliver a message from the union not from one individual in the union but from the union itself [Applause] they are here tonight and uh they are here to deliver a message of unity we hope you will hear and see that unified message from us because of that my brothers and sisters sit before you today because we support all of our brothers and sisters here in the Valley View Council that includes the following our members who delivered an award-winning proven reading recovery curriculum to some of our most at need students who now have seen the program cut it includes making sure we are advocating for an
052increase in the delivery of specials classes to our prek through 8 students so that their trajectory into high school does not leave them behind it includes advocating for our libraries and making sure they have the supports in place so that our students can not only build a love for reading but also develop high level skills to navigate through the age of information and disinformation it includes advoca for teachers uh with over a decade of experience in a building being moved either out of their building or potentially out of the district it includes advocating for staff who have been hurt on the job and now their benefits and retirement are affected costing them thousands of dollars moving forward for the rest of their life all because they were hurt on the job and people wonder why
053we demand a safer working environment for us [Applause] for us irrevocable means irrevocable it also includes another message we will not be divided if the goal notice I said if is to run a unit district as if it were two districts inside one then fine we will be the ones to unite here it also invi involves having to watch our members leave because of Cuts while we see more Administration added to the [Applause] ranks some of the most prized characteristics of leadership involve Integrity transparency and a good dose of humility as well this is the growing expectations of our society and larger Community these characteristics are unattainable without tough conversations I'm glad you brought up what you did the student population it's in my speech the student population of the district has fallen by over
0542,000 students since 2015 10 years ago we had an administrator for every 159 students and now we have one for every 128 I'll ask that question I'd like to get the whole story in fact our district has the fewest students per administrator of any of the large unit districts in this area in that same 10 years we went from having more teachers per student than the state average to below it we're not the only ones facing some of these things and that's part of the education that's missing but I'll help in addition the population of our students who need some of our most intense supports has grown I'll give you numbers there too as well we'll get to them we have seen a continued need thank you we have seen a continued need for our
055membership to obtain extra degrees certifications and endorsements to service that growing portion of our population accompanying that is a growing workload on all our plates and it is so very important that our leadership fight against becoming more insular in recruiting and retaining staff because we are not alone among districts facing many of these issues this is not the time to say if you don't live here you need not apply I'm going to go off script it's it's election season people come to your door a Bowling Brook graduate I live in Will County I pay some of the same taxes that you do I had a Bowling Brook graduate come to my door you know what I didn't say to him oh wait aren you you're not from Aurora I didn't say say that to him
056I said I was proud in fact the opposite I know how good of a job we do here don't divide the county don't divide the community don't divide come on the opposite is true the rhetoric surrounding this from some in leadership positions is is damaging our ability to recruit I'm going to share something in the name of transparency every November the school boards from across the state get together and discuss issues and go through training so that school school board members can and refi refine their craft do the work here's the dark secret for too many it's a free steak dinner on a Saturday night I am proud and I will say I have seen board members sakur Campbell and suland in some of these trainings some we even sat together in you're appreciated in
057my seven years on my board I for those that don't know I serve on a school board in a district slightly larger my years on on on my board I have seen them and Diane Perell doing the work it's noticed it's appreciated I know board member sakur is leaving thank you for your [Applause] service I say this because for those of us who like to do the work we know we are not alone in what we are facing the need for educators has not decre inreased but the shift in demographics is forcing change and like it or not we are fighting for specialized groups whose numbers are not keeping up with the demand so here's some numbers here's an example in 2015 Brooks Middle School had over 12200 students today under 900 and yet let's
058have the whole conversation about how our special education dual language ESL departments feel they feel feel [Applause] overworked we want numbers give numbers that give the whole picture not only do they feel work overworked that's not surprising in 2015 133% of our students qualified for ESL services today it's over 23% our IEP population now accounts for roughly 18% of our population up 2% since 2021 let's talk about having to out source for some of these hardto fill positions which actually cost the district more money than my members would we have a building with a special program in it that program we have one very dedicated teacher from our membership the rest are outsourced that cost the district money do we think it will be easier to recruit realizing that planfield 202 is about to Ann
059act a 24% raise over the next 3 years that neille 203 is actually reducing their High School instructional day that 204 is about to go into debt for coming decades to move their facilities into a more state-of-the-art era when leadership of this Union receives messages indirectly from those who hold office that residency in this Township is the only thing that matters will any of those things help us did it help us to move move into the top three districts outside of CPS in regard to the amount of debt we hold just so we could make sure both high schools only had students from the community they are named after the town's worst kept secret as far as how that not only went down but continues to haunt us in being an actual Unified District where
060do your tax tax dollars you pay about $40 million a year pay off this to pay off the high school you're paying a mortgage why does it feel like less just so you know we spent about $20,000 per student in this District while a non-unit district next to us spends $24,000 per student but they're not paying $40 million a year in debt I bet you probably do look at your tax bill and wonder but where are these conversations did it help us to move uh I'm sorry does it help that instead of having conversations with the community about options we decided to build a new EC Center without factoring and Staffing which led to us needing to move which led to us needing to move approximately $3 million last meeting just to staff the new
061building it does little good to build something if you don't have staff financially accounted for was this the better option I would assume free money always is but in the CA in this case we didn't talk about matching grants we didn't talk about those 2,000 fewer students that the board memb brought up that we have could we have kept staff numbers and still had an EC Building without spending I don't know i' love to see that I would love to have had that conversation we know our EC population is growing we know having satellite EC centers in our elementary schools is not necessarily best I get that we also know we have elementary schools with hundreds fewer students than had attending than we had attending 10 years ago that was pointed out and yet we
062don't know we we what we don't know is how the dialogue would have gone elections are an opportunity for dialogue are all of us in leadership positions or seeking them willing to be a part of that dialogue actions indicate not everyone is there if the current trajectory of students continues by 2030 our district will look very different we are in track by 2030 for our student population in this District potentially to shrink by roughly the amount of students currently enrolled at Brooks if the current TR trajectory continues some of our middle schools will be half full if the current trajectory of students continues we will have a majority ethnic population in this District before 2030 if current trends continue we will have a majority of Latino students in this District if dialogue during an election
063is controversial we are in serious trouble facing these changes I am doing the work on my end I mean no disrespect to my predecessors none but the membership they wanted transparency out of me they demanded it I have delivered I would hope and will continue to deliver to them fear does not enter my mind when it comes to the arena of tough conversations I will continue to ask that we meet at a table that serves transparency integrity and humility my own grandson is part of this shifting demographic I watched my grandson navigate through two cultures as a biracial student I'd like to be able to look at him someday and know he knows I was on the side that prepared I was on the side that was not afraid of those tough conversations I want
064to make sure he says grandpa is invited to the [Music] [Applause] barbecue to this m membersip you truly are on inspiring I thank you for all the great things you do I'm humbled and inspired by the numbers you brought tonight and I'll end with a Captain America could do this all day long [Applause] okay six4 office Personnel counsel good evening superintendent Dr Wood senior Administration and school board members my name is Maria risis president of the Valley View office personnel building secretaries and office Personnel set the tone for every person that comes through the main entrance Administration Center and Department secretaries Provide support districtwide behind the scenes ensuring that the district is in compliance with countless state and federal policies procedures and mandates secretaries and office Personnel play such an integral role to our students
065their families and this community they should be Valu appreciated and recognized not just in April on in on secretary's Administrative Professionals Day but every day for every learner 365 days a [Applause] year in a message from senior Administration to all of my members I quote we appreciate the problem solving skills at the building you are are the window into the building and the Gateway into the culture and Community tonight I would like to congratulate secretaries and office Personnel who have recently accepted um internal transfers or promotions Virginia Aguilar executive secretary um from to application support specialist trainer in technology who also won the award tonight for those who Excel sulma Alvarez Mendoza 200 day professional secretary to Executive over at Bowling Brook High School and I might add that she just started in July of
066this year less than six months [Applause] ago Kelly kasani executive secretary to the administration I'm sorry to Administrative Assistant fi in finances and lyette konz executive secretary to administrative assistant in Human [Applause] Resources it's wonderful to see one of our own advance to new heights although it is a little Bittersweet three out of these four rock stars accepted positions outside the bargaining unit in order to advance their career in most cases they're physically just moving down the hall serving as an asset to the Val View School District in their new role however they will be greatly missed amongst those who have worked so closely as part of their everyday routine as a union leader who advocates for equality for all especially my members I hope our Council has your support in maintaining if not growing
067the office Personnel support staff The valy View office Personnel values a positive approach through an ongoing Mutual commitment and trust you unified Labor Management Partnerships and collaborative e efforts tackling complex issues and brainstorming on strategies that benefit all stakeholders which includes the employees the district and the community this community that I've always looked at as a place to grow the slogan that helped encourage me to move to Bowling Brook in 2002 and the quote that inspired me to work for the district in 2006 we value open communication with management building Trust And discussing topics that Impact Office Personnel districtwide the Valley View School District students parents and community members I challenge you today to thank a secretary an office Personnel or Administrative Assistant because we matter too most importantly we're here to support you and
068our bosses of course um should you happen to run into Virginia sulma Kelly or please join me on behalf of the Valley View office Personnel in best W wishes and Pat them on the back as they transition into their new roles no one said it better than Serena Williams every woman's success should be an inspiration to another we're strongest when we cheer each other on thank you and good evening [Applause] uh valid view Transportation any report apparently no report all right moving down the agenda any old business before the board this evening seeing none hearing none any new business before the board this evening ditto Freedom of Information Act requests are with Mr blay and on our website and going down the agenda any announcements by the board from my left secretary scora I have
069a couple first of all thank you to everyone who showed up at our dinner Val ofie enrichment Foundation dinner Friday night this great time and hopefully next year you will attend also if you didn't this year and second of all thank you to Mr pascavage for the kind words that he had to say about me um I am truly at my happiest when I was teaching so for those of you out there this is a job that was hard for me at first and it's still hard for me sometimes to see teachers out there and for me to agree with you and yet have to sit up here and say nothing so congratulations you are the best you have a job that is one of the hardest jobs in the world to do and thank
070[Applause] you any from the right uh announcements by the administration um board president qu if I could a few words regarding um resolution 2531 um I'd like to say thank you to board president Quigley vice president Zach and secretary zor and other members of the Board of Education and the entire Valley View educational Community it has been an honor and a privilege to serve as superintendent of Valley View School District and I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to continue this work for another year this extension is more than just additional time to me it is renewed commitment to the mission we share which is to empower every learner to be college career and life ready and to develop grow and Achieve as a productive citizen when I first stepped into this role I stated that
071I have both the will and the capacity to make a difference that commitment remains unwavering over the past year I have seen firsthand the extraordinary dedication of our Educators staff and leaders across the district visiting schools and classrooms has reinforced my belief that Valley View is a place where learning thrives Innovation takes root and collaboration strengthens our Collective impact we have made meaningful progress in expanding Partnerships with Community organizations that enhance our ability to support students moving forward I look forward to deepening these relationships and forging new connections that will sustain our work well into the future education does not happen in isolation it is a shared responsibility and I proud to work along alongside so many committed individuals who make Valley View what it is this success is not the work of one person
072but rather the result of the collective efforts of our talented district and building leaders our dedicated Educators and Union Partners to include the valy view council local 604 The valy View office person council local 604 and Valley View Transportation local 3057 most importantly it is a testament to our students and families whose passion for learning feels everything that we do education is both challenging and rewarding Endeavor and as we continue this journey together I remain steadfast in my belief that Valley View will stand Second To None we will keep pushing forward lifting one another up growing gr stronger through collaboration and ensuring that every child has access to the learning opportunities that they deserve I want to express my sincere appreciation to the board of education for their trust and support in allowing me to
073continue serving this District this additional year is an opportunity to build Upon Our progress to strengthen what we have started and to ensure that we work the work we do today will have a lasting impact for years to come come thank you for your dedication your partnership and your belief in what we can accomplish together I look forward to another year of growth collaboration and success as we strive to provide a worldclass education for every learner every day thank [Applause] you uh thank you Dr Wood moving down the agenda if there are no other announcements by the administration a motion to adjourn would be in order have a motion and a second all those in favor say I I post same sign don't forget your sunscreen enjoy the warm weather while it lasts e e
074e how are you what's up how are you doing what's happening Marcy SN e e e