001Mr. Bucher. Here. Mr. Herrera. Here. Mrs. Howe. Here. Mrs. Mayville. Here. Mrs. Reed-Niemiec. Here. Mrs. Whitcomb. Here. Mr. Zickert. Here. Do I have a motion to go into closed executive session regarding section 2, heading C, exception sub number 1 of the executive to discuss the appointment, employment compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or its legal counsel for the public body, collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, student disciplinary cases, and litigation when an action affecting or on behalf of the particular public has been filed and is pending before a court or a judge. Administrative tribunal motion to go into second second number her made the motion and member help seconded the motion to go into executive session Mr. Herrera, this is how fine
002mr. Booker. This is Whitcomb. All right, mr. Zuckert miss Mayville. Hi, mrs. Reed Neimach. Hi Holly's not back. Are we waiting? Good evening everybody, I'm Mark Miller from Bellevue High School. I'm here on behalf of part of the Wedding Singer Musical Directing Team. Our VHS Green Musical is coming up later this week, opening Thursday. We have shows Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. each night, as well as a Saturday 2 o'clock medley, all at the PAC at Bellevue High School. For a quick little sneak preview of what you'll get to see on stage if you have the time to come out. We brought four of our cast members. The rest of the cast is currently on dinner break for our 3-9 tech rehearsal right now. But we brought four of them tonight with three
003short songs to give you an idea of what this is all about. If you're not familiar, this is based on the Adam Sandler movie. It takes place in the 1980s. We're following the story of Robbie Hart, the wedding singer, and a bunch of other cool characters. So we're going to start with Julia Sullivan, who is kind of like... the romantic lead in the show currently in this song hopefully awaiting a ring from her longtime boyfriend. He's also kind of a sleazeball and she's maybe developing feelings for Robbie. So where are we going to end up? We'll have to come and check it out. This is called Someday with Emma Cordray as Julia Sullivan. It's a moment filled to say. They start to move across the floor. The room is frozen wanting more. The happy couple
004on display. Some people are that they've really appreciated at their high school, and they mentioned you. They said that you're super relatable, you care about your students. And at the IHSA competition, each choir you took down there finished in a Division I recognition. So outstanding. And we have some... For your students, right? We do have one for Mr. Miller as well. Don't worry. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Miller and VHS Performing Arts students. Go grab dinner quick. They're going to be expecting you. It is now 6.14 p.m. We are out of closed executive session, and at this time we'll reconvene the regular meeting of the Board of Education with the Pledge to the American flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,
005one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call, please. Mr. Booker. Here. Mr. Herrera. Here. Mrs. Howell. Here. Mrs. Mayville. Here. Mrs. Reid-Niemiec. Here. Mrs. Wickham. Here. Mr. Zickert. Here. Any items on the agenda any members of the board would like to amend or move? Hearing none, do I have a motion to approve the agenda of the regular meeting of the Board of Education on September 17, 2023, as presented? A motion to approve the agenda as presented. Second. Member Herrera made the motion, and Member Booker seconded the motion to approve the agenda of the regular meeting of the Board of Education as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mr. Booker. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Holt. Aye. Mrs. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Reid-Niemack. Aye. Motion passes.
006At this time, members of the public and employees of District 100 and those attending in person may make public comments. As a reminder, any person appearing before the board is expected to address the board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and follow the directives of the board president to maintain order and decorum, identify oneself, try to limit comments to three minutes. and conduct oneself and otherwise abide by Board Policy 830, visitors to and conduct on school property. We have some individuals that have signed up to speak this evening. Wendy Taylor, speaking regarding the BEA, who we are, and misconceptions. As you guys know, I'm Wendy Taylor, and I am a community member. I am a parent of four former students in the district. I'm a teacher at Elvendore North High School,
007and I'm the president of the BEA. As the president of the BEA, I am one voice out of 600 in the BEA. I would like you to be aware that we have 600 voices and 600 different opinions in the BEA. My opinion is one of them. In the community and online, we've had a lot of discussion about the woke unions and about where we stand in different issues, especially about the recent... I just want to share that of our 600 members, some live in the community, some do not. Some have children, some do not. Some are married, some are single, some are Republicans, some are Democrats, and others. Some are Christian, some are atheist, and some are other. Some have supported COVID measures and some have not. Some have supported PBG and others have not.
008Some are male, some are female, and some are other. We have teachers, speech pathologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, instructional coaches, and more. We teach math, English, fine arts, social studies, special ed, science, career, tech, physical education, and more. We are early childhood, elementary, middle school, high school, and alternative education. This year we interviewed all of the candidates for the school board. We sent them all a survey. All of them responded and all of them were interviewed. Because all of them seemed to share values that we hold dear, all of them were offered a donation. The same amount. We expected nothing in return other than to uphold the values that they shared. Some of the donations were accepted and some eventually decided not to. The BEA did not endorse any candidates any more than this Board
009of Education did. Individuals may have had opinions, but nothing was ever posted about our opinions identifying us as BEA. The BEA represents teachers. We fight for our members and our students, and we will continue to do so. We hope to do it in conjunction with you to make our district stronger. Thank you. Hi, Misty Koryalchur. Everybody knows I just ran for school board. First, I'd like to thank all of my supporters. I had supporters across all demographics, right? Conservative, liberal, independent, and the like of all the teachers union, the variety of people ran my campaign with. honesty, integrity throughout. I did not waver on my commitments to deliver to this community what I had initially set out to do. The same cannot be said for the opposing side. I would like to say that I'm
010questioning how the incoming board intends to provide oversight and accountability when policy 2.105 was violated when petitions were circulated and signed on school district property by two current board members and then signed by the superintendent. I believe that that falls under the commitment to provide oversight and accountability. Evidence-based decisions. I have to question how we're going to make evidence-based decisions and provide that. when there was no data under the previous board leadership to stop the train that was going down the tracks that was extremely detrimental to a majority of our students. There was no data to support it, ever provided to state that it needed to continue going, and yet we kept it moving on. Had we not changed the board, we would still be moving down that track. So I'm really interested to see
011how they're going to provide evidence-based decisions. Fiscal responsibility, let's talk about that. I'm very interested to know how we're going to provide fiscal responsibility with an ever-expanding central office with more and new positions before we provide the teachers, the paras and the therapy providers the assistance and the support that they need. I hope that... the majority of members are able to become independent decision makers without needing to look across the table to gain approval before they speak or cast a vote. My goal will be to bring light to everything that will come to vote that goes against the commitment that the current incoming board committed to provide, which again, oversight and accountability, evidence-based decision making, and fiscal responsibility, because I still intend to keep... what I committed to provide to this community, even though I'm
012not sitting on the board that's coming in. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Correale. Are there any other members of the public seeing none? Public comment will be closed, and we will move on to our student council reports. First up is Rhea from North High School. Hi, everyone. I hope everyone had a good weekend, despite the weather. From Perry Elementary, a big thank you to Ms. Solomon for organizing and conducting their first music concert since 2018 in March at the BHS PAC. Fourth and fifth graders did a great job and had a high attendance of students and parents. Also, a special thank you to Ms. Thomas, Mr. Snyder, and Ms. Foltz for the extra supervision. Fifth grade students are getting prepared to have site visits to BCMS and BSC. Belvedere South Middle School for sixth grade.
013From South Whitman, here are some of the highlights. South Whitman Elementary, third through fifth, have been working through the IAR testings in the areas of ELA and math. Two of their dual language classrooms, Ms. Bickler's second grade and Ms. Lamone's fourth grade, have met their Spanish station goal of 80% completion for the month of March. Administrators will be delivering certificates to their classrooms dressed in their red station pants. They have had a lot of primary students coming down to the office and they have been receiving these referrals for meeting academic goals. From Belder Central, students will participate in math testing at the multicultural fair will be held in the CMS gym on April 19th from 4.30 to 7. Track season is also in full swing and Drama Club will have their performances at the VHS
014pad on the 28th and 29th. From Lincoln Elementary. There is not much going on this month, but they will have a site visit with Dr. Shug and have a PBIS celebration assembly for all students at the end of the month. From Caledonia Elementary, Caledonia has had a fantastic month. We had our fifth grade living museum, finished IAR testing, had a big teacher night, and are gearing up for some exciting activities in May. We are excited to show our skills on our math testing coming up in a couple weeks. As always, we invite any board members out to Caledonia at any time to see the amazing things that is going on. From Bellevue North, this month we have had the following happen at North. DECA hosts our annual staff versus student volleyball game with each team
015winning a game. We host our Aces Banquet at the Boone County History Museum where we honor 27 students who will be graduating with a 4.0 GPA and we selected honored educators that received awards with them. We host our excellent extravaganza for our community youth to play games before break. We had our Donut Day in March to recognize all students over 90 good standing points. And finally, last week, we welcomed in the class of 2027 with our freshman briefing. From Belvedere High School, Emma Cordray. So from Mekin Elementary School, they say our students have been focusing on the building goal of decreasing referrals of physical contact-aggression. Each classroom has created their own goal and has discussed during our morning mass. Last week we only had one referral with physical contact, which was a big celebration. Also,
016we have continued to grow our individual rewards. MVP is me hands very proud. This year, by having students use their MVPs to purchase rewards, such as basketball with the principal, lunch with a staff member, work with a custodian, window art with Mr. Beard, and more. From Washington Academy, we are very excited about our new Lou Playground system in our gym, and would like to... extend a big thank you to Joy Bauman for bringing this to our school board and a big thank you to Seen Winters and Mario Ortega for thinking outside of the box and installing it in the perfect location. Our students have been enjoying some unique and engaging learning opportunities in our building recently thanks to some of our ESSER3 funds. We had an amazing anti-bullying laser show the week before spring break.
017and a few more events coming our way, including the Ripper Museum is visiting for the Ohio Show Dash Experience. Our Family STEM Night and Book Fair is on April 20th. This is an after-school event from 5.30 to 7.30. The STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Museum is coming May 2nd and 3rd. From South Middle School, SMS has completed IAR testing, except for a few students that need to finish due to an absence. The student effort was very good, and we look forward to seeing the results in the fall. Next up is our math testing window at the end of this month. Our track season is underway, with approximately 100 7th and 8th graders participating. Go Bucs! Finally, various clubs such as Girls on the Run, Games Club, Art Club, Drama Club, and others are
018in full swing on giving students the opportunity to stay involved in positive activities after school. Many students are utilizing the after school bus as a means of transportation. Thank you District 100 for that support. And from Belvedere High School, April has brought us into the full swing for spring sports. Over 95% of VHS student athletes... are meeting eligibility requirements as a result of their hard work. And supportive oversight from the athletic department and coaches. This month, so far, VHS has celebrated Assistant Principal Appreciation Week, National Librarian Appreciation Day, Paraprofessional Appreciation Day, and Hall Monitor Appreciation Day. We held Senior Class Appreciation Day, which included a special assembly, cookies at lunch, bingo, and a raffle. Our School Improvement Planning Day and Family Focus Group evening highlighted some of the initial efforts for what we are trying
019to get right in every classroom and for the 2023-2024 Go Bucks. Thank you, Emma. Next, we'll move on to committee reports. We'll start with Facilities and Long Range Planning Committee meeting that met on March 21st. Dr. Schell, do you have anything you'd like to highlight in regards to that meeting? We are going to be beginning, we have begun our facility needs assessment, and we are going to be looking to build a strong team to be a part of that process moving forward. So they're recommending 60 people, so reminiscent of the amount of people we had on our strategic planning team. So if you are listening, if you are here tonight, if you have an interest in our facility needs and what we might look like. as we continue to move forward. Please reach out to
020us, let us know. We would love to have you help us as a part of that study and we'll be beginning a meeting with that group in May. So look for more information to follow. Otherwise, our facility's long-range planning committee is continuing to rotate and visit different sites and taking the next steps for that facility needs project. Dr. Shug, what would be the time commitment people could expect if they are interested in serving on that? They are planning for three meetings that will be about two to three hours each. And we'll spell all that out in the future communications. Perfect. Not quite as long as the strategic planning. Not quite as long. Not quite as long. Does anyone have any other questions for Dr. Shug? Okay, moving on to the curriculum committee meeting that met
021on April 5th. Mr. Zickert, do you have anything you would like to highlight or share regarding? No, a lot of the stuff was from carryover from March that we didn't get to. Just two things I'd point out very quickly is that secondary intervention plan got a lot of discussion and a lot of things on there. I did not put all of it in the notes because if I would have, there would have been about four pages of it. I suggest if you're interested in that or looking at it, that there was an attachment to that on the agenda that talked about, excuse me, not only the proposals, but some of the questions that were generated by the proposals. I think those would be very, I mean, if you're interested to look at those, I think
022they'd be an important part of looking at that. The only other thing I'd want to say is that We had an update on the ISBE optional comprehensive health education standards presented by Mrs. Baumann. I think that's something that you all should look at and pay attention to because I do think that is going to be a big issue in the future. I mean, I think it's going to be for a lot of people for a lot of reasons. So I think the more familiar we get with it now, the better off we'll all be later. And I think that's it. Moving on to Business Services Committee meeting that met on April 11th. Mr. Bucher, do you have anything you would like to highlight or pull out of your committee notes? We're going to go over
023it later, I believe. And the compensation study is in the notes there in case anyone wants to reference that. And if there were any questions about that, we could certainly answer that now as well as we want to make sure the board has an opportunity to ask any questions. study before it comes up in the hall as well. Okay. We'll move on to the consent agenda. Are there any items on the consent agenda any members of the board would like to take out for separate consideration? Yes, the personnel report. Member Herrera requested to have item number three, the personnel report taken out under special consideration. Anyone else? Do I have a motion to approve consent agenda items number 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 as presented? Motion
024to approve agenda items number 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 as presented. Second. Member Herrera made the motion, and Member Booker seconded the motion to approve Consent Agenda Items 2, 4 through 15 as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mr. Booker. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Zicker. Aye. Mrs. Houck. Aye. Mrs. Maybel. Aye. Mrs. Riedenemick. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion to approve consent agenda item number three as presented? I'll move to approve consent agenda item number three as presented. Member Booker made the motion and Member Houck seconded the motion to approve consent agenda item number three as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Booker. Aye. Mrs. Houck. Aye. Ms. Mayville. Aye. Mr. Herrera. Abstain. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Zickert? Aye.
025Mrs. Reed-Niemiec? Aye. Motion passes 6-0-1. Next we'll move on to our roll call items. The first being transfer of interest. Do I have a motion regarding transfer of interest? Move to approve transfer of interest. Second. Member Bucher made the motion and Member Herrera seconded the motion to approve the transfer of interest as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Ms. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Houk. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mrs. Renimic. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion regarding the 2022 federal program single audit? Motion to approve the 2022 federal program single audit. Second. Member Houk made the motion and Member Herrera seconded the motion to approve the 2022 federal program single audit as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mrs. Houk? Aye. Mr. Herrera? Aye. Ms.
026Mayville? Aye. Mr. Bucher? Aye. Mr. Zicker? Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb? Aye. Mrs. Reed-Niemiec? Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion regarding reduction in force resolution for school health assistance and assistant to the school health coordinator? I move to approve the reduction in force resolution for school health assistance and assistant to the school health coordinator. Is there a second? Second. Member Bucher made the motion and Member Herrera seconded the motion to approve the reduction in force resolution for school health assistance and the assistant to the school health coordinator as presented. Any discussion? So we're moving away. I understand this is a process we have to do. Is there an intention to bring back any of these? Do we see the continued need for these in addition to the health care coordinator? Do you want to
027speak to that, Dr. A? Sure. I mean, there's a chance. I mean, I think we assess everything at the end of the year. Right now, we've just determined that because it's the end of the year and the grant fund positions, and we're not sure if we're going to need them right now, we don't. The need is not where it was, obviously, a year ago at this time and two years ago at this time. It's always a possibility that somebody could bring something back to business services and propose, but as of right now, no. And this becomes effective June 30th? Yep, just the end of the fiscal year. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Booker? Aye. Mr. Herrera? Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb? Aye. Mr. Zickert? Aye. Ms. Mayville? Aye. Mrs. Houk? Aye. Mrs. Riedenemach? Aye. Motion
028passes 7-0. We have a motion regarding the Kelly services staffing agreement motion to terminate Kelly services staffing agreement second members zikert made the motion and member Booker seconded the motion to approve the termination of Kelly services staffing agreement as presented any discussion Roll call, please. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Ms. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Houck. Aye. Mrs. Reed-Niemiec. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion regarding compensation study? To approve compensation study? Second. Member Herrera, may I ask a clarifying question regarding the motion? Your motion is to approve the recommendations coming from the compensation study. Correct. What we have here, yes. Okay. Thank you member Herrera made the motion a member booker seconded the motion to approve the compensation study recommendations as presented any discussion Yeah, very quickly
029After after reading a compensation study. I mean this is something I wish we would have done a long time ago For somebody who's taken a lot of abuse over two years about some of the items in here To find out we're the market leaders and almost everyone I talked about before does give me a sense of vindication Doesn't mean people didn't get what they deserve. It's just it was never how it was presented before and Now it's out there in print that we are the market leaders in certain categories. I Think that we should be one of that we need to attract good people We did that by, I think, giving the teachers a very deserved contract. I think the paras got a very deserved contract. I think we need to treat all our employees
030like that. I hope we do that in the future with the other bargaining groups we do. I think this puts us at... I think we have some decisions to make on how we move on this because we have some groups that obviously needed to be come up quite a bit and did, and they deservedly so. We've talked about assistant principals and deans as an example for a long time of people that weren't getting compensated, in my opinion, fairly. So I think as we look forward we have to decide where we're gonna be on that continuum I mean if we're gonna pay everybody else above market value in the top I think everybody else should be the same way including teachers paras and everybody else I think I think whatever continuum we use we need to
031do one for all and That we should treat everybody every category of employee is just as important as the other one So I believe that all of them need to be treated in whatever level we want to do that questions or discussion mr. Herrera mr. Bucher this is Wickham hi miss Mayville hi mrs. Hoke hi mr. Zicker hi this is reading emac do this I move to approve the strategic plan as presented second Member Reid-Niemiec made the motion and Member Zickert seconded the motion to approve the strategic plan as presented. Any discussion? Yeah. Under core values, where does diversity come into play? It's missing. It was deleted, diversity, equity, and inclusion. So as I'm looking at this perspective, a community member perspective, where is diversity? And I can speak to the work of the strategic
032planning core team that worked to take the input that they got from the board at the previous board meeting, from the curriculum committee meeting, as well as comments that were shared throughout, essentially, the planning process. And I know the strategic core team tried to take all of that into consideration and to bring to the board a plan that they thought would... Would be able to be approved this evening One of the questions was as diversity equity and inclusion that term Does that have the meaning that we want does that I think we had a parent here which shared you know is that language that might might cause conflict For us the team considered that but wanted to maintain some of those pieces, so changed it to collaborative and inclusive culture. They did also include under
033system portrait, value diversity and be culturally aware. So I do think there is some commitment still in this plan in terms of inclusion and value diversity and be culturally aware. I know Mr. Zickert has also been a plan of that core team, also Ms. Armstrong and Dr. Carson. I don't know that that is something that the team felt was something that they felt with a really, really strong conviction. If that was something that the board felt like we needed back as a core value, I think that the plan team would definitely be okay with that in terms of a modification that could be made at the board level, the recommended document. But that is the rationale again. Mr. Zicker, Dr. Carson, Mr. Armstrong, did you have anything you'd also, or yeah, anything you'd add to
034that? Well, I think having been one of the members sitting there, I think there was probably eight or nine of us there that day or whatever, it was an interesting process. I mean, there's a lot of things in this strategic plan I don't like, and I don't think are the greatest things either. But after a while, we were told. You have to look at red. You have to accept red. I mean, people can argue they want maroon or is it chartreuse or whatever, but you've got to take red. And, I mean, this wasn't a topic I had any input on at all at the meeting because from what I gathered from the board members, and I was just speaking just from board members, I reached out to the ones I hadn't already heard from and
035said, is there anything you want in there that has to be in there as a must-have? And I didn't hear back from anybody. I mean, I did give everybody the opportunity, and the people that I didn't ask were the ones at the meeting at the last curriculum one in the town hall when they expressed their opinions there, too. But this one wasn't one. I don't think that it honestly, it didn't come from me because I may get accused of it. It didn't come from me. I think there's things in there like the, you know, I had issues with the mission statement. I had issues with some other things in there. But at the end of the day, I accepted rent. And that was, I know that doesn't mean much to you guys. I understand that.
036That was what we were told at the meeting. Well, and I will own that comment. We talked about one of my colleagues who does some work training, and he comes in, he wears a tie, and he says, what color is my tie to the board? And they say, it's maroon, it's dark red, it's whatever. And he says, no, for the purposes of this meeting, my tie is red, and we have to be able to come to some point at which we are all agreeing that what we have here is... is essentially the same idea that we're communicating for. So at some point we need to recognize that we can't wordsmith a document that is saying some of the same sorts of ideas and thoughts to try to get it perhaps to exactly where we want
037to be. We might have to accept that the ideas are expressed there. Are the same ideas but perhaps stated a little bit differently so we had that conversation I did receive and I did want to share with you a few responses back from the strategic planning team so I shared this feedback back with the full strategic planning team And two of the team members did respond back with some feedback one was also about the diversity equity and inclusion and wanting to see that perhaps also included wanting to make sure that that we maintained safety in the plan because we did eliminate a line that said safety and we repurposed that sort of in some other areas. I think we maintained that piece there, but again, I don't think that, and then there was another member
038who responded to me with some question about academic and the conversation that we had as a team around academic. So I would share that that was some of the feedback we got back. I think the strategic planning core team. is very open to the feedback of the board at this point. And for myself, certainly, I'm eager to get a plan that the board feels good about that we can work towards. So how many people of color were part of that select group that made this final recommendation? I am not sure. I'm trying to think of who we had on that team. And I'm not sure if we had any people of color on that team. We had Matt on the team. Matt. Some eyes I don't count. That's who you asked. Then Mr. Zickert. I'm
039the only one that was close. But I can't think of anybody else. You want the answer, that's the answer. All right. Well, from my opinion, as a parent, as a community member, as a member of a minority community, Latina community, You know, diversity, equity, inclusion. Diversity would be a core value that I'd be looking for. It's also shared values within corporate America. And I sat in a training this morning with our own, my own bank, discussing diversity, equity, inclusion, among other things as well. I just, I don't know how we could get by with not having diversity in there. So I, you know, I would make a motion to amend the strategic plan to include diversity, equity, and inclusion. I think the problem we're going to run into is that, and I'm just voicing my
040opinion, is that... Just a minute, Mr. White. I'm sorry, I'm... You would like to make a motion to include it. Is there a specific place that you would like to include it? In the core values. Under core values. So include that and take anything else away. So remove collaborative and inclusive culture. If he's going to write it, let Jorge write it. I think he wants that out, but maybe he wants both. I mean, let's just give him a chance to say it. I agree. We can keep both. Okay, so keeping collaborative and inclusive culture and adding to core values. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. Diversity, equity. Is there a second? I'll second. Member Herrera made an amendment to the motion. to add diversity, equity, and inclusion under core values of the strategic plan. And Member Mayville
041second. Any discussion? Mr. Zickert, I'm sorry I cut you off. No, I'm not against including this stuff. I'm not against that either by any stretch of the imagination, being the only one that's kind of in the middle on it, so to speak. Don't believe I am, but some people do. I think the only problem we run into is that this... If we want to make it a board plan we should have made it a board plan to start with I don't think it's ever was a board plan and I don't I mean I I sat in and every I've been in a more of these meetings than anybody in this room besides miss shoggin dr Carson miss Armstrong because I was on the core one too is that This was a combination of 50 some
042people then it was a combination. I mean we had the core meeting It wasn't like the board had a bigger voice than everybody else It was one of eight sometimes wasn't as strong as everybody else there. So I think that the Opinion or the notion that this is going to be a board. This is a board document Which is what I would have liked to have seen from day one That's not a notion. That's really was is in reality of what we actually came up with. I mean, so, I mean, there were a lot of things a lot of other board members would probably liken this to, and I'm not saying we couldn't put those in. I'm not saying that shouldn't happen. I'm not saying you shouldn't put in what you want either, because I
043will vote for that. But I'm just saying that this notion that this is a board document isn't based on reality, in my opinion. No, I think it was a document created by the strategic planning committee, and I think including this language, this language came out of the committee. This isn't board language. This is the language that came out of the committee. So, you know, I do think it's important to have diversity in the document. Our district's 50% non-white, and we've got 22% non-English speakers. 40% low-income kids. We've got economic diversity. We've got racial diversity. This is a phrase that came out of the Strategic Planning Committee. I don't see any reason to remove it. Well, I would say two things. I think that the... After the last meeting, I know they said it was going
044to go back to the core team. I think that's what you called it. And I wanted there to be a broader representation at that core team. I guess at that point it was too late and I wasn't involved on the committee itself. But I think it's going to be powerfully important that those not just be words on a page. If that's a core value that we say, then we should readily know and have the inclusion of. diversity and equity and we should be having and developing an inclusive culture and I would look for the action plan to tell us exactly how we're going to do that. How are we going to increase our hiring from a variety of different ethnic groups? How are we going to look at all of those things? Because I think
045it's a necessary and important things. Kids aspire to be what they see. And my kids were students here, seven of whom are African American, biracial, Native American, or Korean. And with little exception, and again, that's nobody's fault, but with little exception, that is not something that they had the ability or privilege to see on a regular basis. And I would love for that to be truly a core value, along with all of these other things, so that the action planning makes deliberate planning. toward making these things we say that are core values, that we are as a board collectively voting tonight to say are core values, truly are core values. That we operationalize academic achievement, that we operationalize each and every one of these, accountability, service excellence, resource and financial responsibility, as well as the
046reintroduction of Mr. Jorge's Or Mr. Herrera's plan rather to re-include that language. So can't just be words on a page and that is my biggest fear is that it looks great and it's flowery and it's a book on the shelf. So action planning to me is going to be critical going forward. Yeah, I would concur with that. I think I think the The strategic plan is only as good as how it's implemented. You can have a framework that looks great and it's wonderful and it says everything, but it is really important how we implement it. And I agree with everything both of them said. I do think that as we move forward, we have to look at, I mean, the first goal was academic achievement. I mean, we have to be held to the fire
047by that, and all the rest of these too. I mean, unless people in the community really want to make sure we follow through on all this stuff, it may or may not happen. I mean, I'll just give you a quick example. I mean, 2010, we were over the state average in reading in third grade. Now, 2019, before COVID, we're 16% below. Those are things that we have to actually work on. I read the article in the Rockford paper about Mrs. Norris reading to me who said, If kids aren't at grade level in third grade and reading, they're going to have real problems later. The chance of them having real problems later are genuine. Well, that was third grade that was the statistics I just quoted. When it comes to the safety part, I think teachers
048and students and parents have to hold us accountable. to make sure that we take needed steps to make sure our teachers, our kids, and everybody else is exceptionally safe in our buildings. We need to do whatever we can to make sure we are at the height of what we can do for that. So, I mean, I think these things were all great, but I think, honestly, at the end of the day, it's going to come down to how accountable are we going to be held to this and how many people are going to tell us, hey, you said you were going to do this, do it. whether it be the diversity, whether it be the academics, safety, all that stuff, we have to get feedback and we have to make sure you guys are letting
049us know if you're not doing it, why aren't you? I think considering it came from the committee itself and then was removed after the last board meeting, I mean, yeah, I totally agree it should be put back on. So we're voting on the amendment to add diversity, equity, and inclusion under core values. under core values questions regarding that mr. Herrera hi miss Mayville hi mr. Bucher hi mr. Zickert hi mrs. Whitcomb hi mrs. Howell mrs. Reid Nemec I motion passes 7-0 we have an amended motion on the floor to approve the strategic plan with any questions regarding Roll call, please. Mrs. Reid-Numick. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Houck. Aye. Ms. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Yay. I am very, very, very, very, very happy to have
050an approved strategic plan. I think I know that this has been a long process with a whole lot of consternation about did we get it all exactly right? Putting it in the hands of our action planning team and really starting to see the process and progress that we're going to be able to make I think it's going to be an outstanding next step. I appreciate some support for this. I know it wasn't really my turn to speak, but I just had to say I'm really, really, really excited for the opportunities. Next, do I have a motion regarding the Lincoln Elementary School Assistant Principal? Motion to approve Elementary School Assistant Principal. Second. Member Herrera made a motion. And Member Howe seconded the motion to approve. Carmen, and I'm so sorry. I'm going to have Dr. Ady
051do that. Syragusa. Thank you. To approve, Carmen Syragusa is assistant principal for Lincoln Elementary School, effective July 1, 2023, as presented. Any discussion? The salary information is not included on the contract. That is correct, because we were concluding the compensation study. So now that we have concluded that compensation study, we will use the new assistant principal range that we have identified to determine those. Those were very recently added. And those were on that adjustment screen. They were highlighted as not filled positions, but what we were going to put aside. Okay, let me go back. Yes. Thank you. They are in there as vacant, but they have the salary listed. Yes. So the contract itself, they won't be signed by anyone tonight? Those will all be amended prior to signature by anyone? Yes, we can do
052it that way. We had previously also given Ms. Hornbeck and Ms. Getty also contracts with a to-be-determined amount because we were in the middle of this process. All of those contracts will be now added with the... Well, shame on me for not seeing that, but I did not see it before. But I don't feel entirely comfortable with... I mean, I can see the number, so I'm going to go back and get the number right now. But, you know, I think we should have contracts signed that are complete without information that's going to be amended later. I mean, we know the number, so it's just as easy to fill it in, right? We can easily add that. That is not going to be a problem at all. Elementary. Okay, got it. Okay, I see it. Middle
053school or middle school one. Got it. Okay. Discussion? I don't believe we have any of our assistant principal hires here this evening. Do we? Nope. We have one. All right. That is Liz Sherman, who is coming up. Roll call, please. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mrs. Hout. Aye. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mrs. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Renimac. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion regarding the Belvedere Central Middle School Assistant Principal? Move to approve the Belvedere Central Middle School Assistant Principal. Say it with gusto, Mr. Bucher. No, sorry. She's right here. I move. I second it. Thank you, Holly. Member Bucher made a motion, and Member Houck seconded the motion to approve Sean Numis. Oh, sorry. Yes. As assistant principal for Belvedere Central Middle School, effective July 1st, 2023, as presented.
054Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mrs. Hout. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Mayville. Aye. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mrs. Reed-Niemiec. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Do I have a motion? Belvedere North High School assistant principal. Motion to approve Belvedere North assistant high school principal. I emphatically second that. Member Herrera made a motion and Member Bucher seconded the motion to approve Elizabeth Sherman as assistant principal for Belvedere North High School effective July 1st, 2023 as presented. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mrs. Hoke. Aye. Mr. Zickert. Aye. Mrs. Mayville. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mrs. Renimac. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. Ms. Sherman, would you like to stand? Not to put you on the spot, but would you like to say anything? No, I'm just really excited to serve in
055this new role. I've been in the district for 10 years, so I'm really excited to be doing something different. Thank you. Moving on to board discussion. There are upcoming contract renewals and reports. Does anyone have any questions or discussion regarding those? Okay, moving on to administration reports. Dr. Shug, superintendent comments. All right. This screen is so tiny. I keep making mistakes up there, but I think this is, yes, my superintendent comments. So I wanted to start by recognizing our board president, Allison Reed-Niemick. Allison has served the district for the past eight years as a board member, including this past year as board president. She has been a leader in our strategic planning process and on our early childhood research study team. She's been an active participant this year on all of our board committees, and
056she has had years of service on the policy committee, and she's most recently also been a very active member on the facilities and long-range planning committee. Allison personally has been a mentor to me as I came into this new role, her knowledge around board policy, her incredible attention to detail, and her incredible work ethic. are unparalleled and have truly helped me in my transition to my new role. She has been patient, as I have learned about the laws here in Illinois, as well as the school code and all of our policies. And she has truly helped me with all of that and all of that transition, and I absolutely appreciate it. I know that she is always striving to help us all move on our journey towards excellence. I know she cares very much about
057the students and the staff and the community. And we are fortunate to have had... her here in the district and her years of service and I hope that she will continue to serve in the future. We have all sorts of opportunities to do that and in honor of her years of service we have this which will look lovely in your home I am sure for to honor your service to the Board of Education at District 100. Thank you. And registration is up and running. Get registered. All returning students, we have worked very hard this year to set up a system where all returning students to the very, very best of our ability will be able to be placed as long as they registered by May 4th into their home school. So it's really, really, really
058critically important if your student is returning that you get in and register. so that we can make sure that we get that spot for you at your home school. As of this morning, 3,126 students are registered, which is, I think, 44.6%. I rounded up to 45, because that, Dr. Carson tells me, is where we were last year at this time. So we are right on track. We have two more in-person registration events tomorrow night and then Thursday, May 4th, which, again, is that deadline for those returning students. Please get in and register. Really, really, really important to get that done to guarantee your space again. Are we allowed to make any comments here on that? Because there's a particular issue I wanted to bring up as it relates to that, not that anyone's intending to
059do this, but it's creating a significant amount of confusion surrounding those non-graded students, such as my son Jackson, who is one of several between both of the schools, who are receiving registration invitations for documents for next year, and they are not entitled to return. Because they're aging out. It's no one's issue. It's not that it's a problem. But it is a problem because there are parents who are becoming very confused by it. I've gotten several calls from parents saying, well, as they send us paperwork, we can register and they can go back. No, they can't go back. So talk to your guidance counselors, talk to your, you know, et cetera, et cetera. But I think that's just a point of. It's just a rarity, right? It's just a niche little situation, but it is affecting
060a population of parents who are already overwhelmed with the idea of a transition. It's a very overwhelming, daunting place to be as you know that your child will be done with school and what will come next for them and what will their life look like to think, they must have changed something, I'm getting registration, I can send my child back. So I think we want to... address that for now and in the future so that we do not have parents who are holding their breath thinking this must mean something's changed and it did recently change right so there were you know we could have go to school to the day before we turned 21 now the state of Illinois has said the day before you turn 22 But that's it. There's been no additional revision.
061Sorry to interrupt that. Nope, that's good feedback. Dr. Carson does an excellent job of collecting all of that. Yeah, and it's such a small number of cases. I seriously thought about just registering Jackson and sending him back because he so desperately wants to go. He's every day fighting me on the back that he couldn't possibly be done. And then he got paperwork to the house or something in an email, and I was like, Oh, no. This is not helping either. And I did not register him, so we're okay there. Thank you. Thank you. His teachers would catch it, for sure. They'd probably notice if he came back. All right, thank you, and we will take that feedback. And, again, register your students, please. We are also working on, I should say, while I have that
062slide up, we are working on specific parent communications around. Early childhood registration, as we know, we're offering an additional 110 spots to early childhood. There will be some family communications that will be going out. There will also be transportation provided. We know those spots are going to go really, really quickly. So we will be getting some specific information out about that. But if you have a child who is eligible for early childhood, please go ahead and get that child registered as well because there is a screening that needs to be completed for that process. a return to field trips. As you know, this year we've returned to field trips. We still have some... stipulations in terms of what sorts of trips can take place and when they can take place because we still really do
063have a sub shortage but we feel like these field trips are really important experiences for our kids and we are now at a point where some of our students haven't been on any field trips. They've been with us maybe two, three years and have never been on a field trip. This was one of the field trips that we ran with our ABC and EE classrooms. They attended the new Mario Brothers. Mario Brothers, right? Yeah, Mario Brothers. movie together. For some of them it was their very first field trip and for many of them it was their first time in a theater. Just really heartwarming and so glad that we've been able to return to that and so grateful to our teachers for making those experiences resurface for our students to have. And you probably saw
064this out on social media, Isaiah Lopez has been accepted to Harvard to begin working on his PhD in chemical biology. And we just wanted to again shout him out, way to represent BHS and District 100. We have people out there doing really excellent things with their education from here in Belvedere. We might have work to do, but we have some really great celebrations and some really great students. We are very excited about that. And speaking of great celebrations and great students, get out to see the wedding singer. You have the wonderful display from our students today. That is going to be this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And from all accounts, promises to be a fantastic show. And I think you will have many opportunities to laugh. So get out there and enjoy that. Any questions?
065That's all I got then. And I don't think I have anything else on our other reports unless there are questions about our other reports. I'd like to highlight the upcoming district event, Facilities and Long-Range Planning Committee meeting on April 24th. Business Services Committee meeting the next one being May 2nd. The next Curriculum Committee meeting is scheduled for May 3rd. Parent Teacher Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for May 3rd as well. Does anyone else have any questions or comments at this time? Do I have a motion to go into closed executive session regarding Section 2, Heading C, Exception Sub-Number 1 of the Open Meetings Act to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body? Motion to enter into closed executive session. Second.
066Member Herrera made the motion, and Member Houck seconded the motion to go into closed executive session. Roll call, please. Mr. Herrera. Aye. Mrs. Howitt. Aye. Ms. Mayville. Aye. Mr. Bucher. Aye. Mrs. Whitcomb. Aye. Mr. Zuckert. Aye. Mrs. Riedenemach. Aye. Motion passes 7-0. There will not be action to follow closed executive session. Good night. Good night.