001Any The meeting of the board of education school district number 40 6 p.m. on Monday June 23rd 2025 Education Center 1952nd Avenue. I have a roll call with Andre Adam here. Jeff Smith here. Ramona Dixon here. Jason Frell here. Lindsay Hines here. Jeff Manz here. Laura Severson here. Abigail to the flag of the United States of America. [Music] Approval of rules. I have a motion to approve the minutes of the open session of the regular board of education meeting of May 27, 2025. Second. All in favor? I uh can a motion to approve the minutes of the closed session of the regular board of education meeting of May 27th, 2025. So move second. All in favor? Uh we do have one public comment. Um just like know we try to keep it to five minutes
002and we need to know your response but do the best place. We have a temporary I was prepared to have a stopwatch. Sorry. I apologize if I'm nervous, but my speakers nervous. Good evening, members of the board. My name is Jennifer Sery, and I'm here today as a parent, an advocate, and someone who deeply values the role of school nurses. I've had four children go through this district and one currently at Roosevelt Elementary. Two of them live with chronic illnesses, specifically juvenile diabetes. They were diagnosed while attending Roosevelt Elementary. That means every day they went to school, their lives depended on more than a good teacher's strong academics. Their health and their safety depended on those nurses. I would like to add a different perspective as a mom who depended on those school nurses. We
003do have some incredible nurses in our school district. I could send my children off each morning knowing that if something went wrong, which it usually did, if their blood blood pressure crashed, if they needed, if they were having unusual symptoms, or if they just did not feel well. There was a fantastic nurse, and I could say a few, but some of them have retired. Nelson, Patty Schaefer, Amber was still at the high school, just to name a few. and I did not have to worry about saying thanks to them. Every moment that they were away from me, I had peace of mind. That kind of peace of mind is priceless. But the reality, it's not free. And right now, we are not paying our nurses what they are for. These nurses are licensed medical professionals
004who have completed years of education, pass rigorous national boards, and carry burden responsibilities that most people have never seen or experienced. They are first responders, enlisted daily medication and respond to emergencies. They are crisis managers and in in addition they are lifelines for students and for primaries like mine. They also serve as a critical link between school physicians and families. And yet in many cases these licensed professionals are classified and paid as a repair professionals. That's simply not right. It's not unfair. It's disrespectful. The Rock Island School District has recognized this. They have changed the way we classify and compensate their nurses. They have chosen to lead with respect. So, I have to ask you, although I've been here many times, I know she can answer, but why what should m Why should Molen not
005follow suit and hopefully not wait till we are last? When we short change our nurses, we short change the health and safety of every child in this district. But if you ever had a child with benefitable need or watched nurse spring into action in a crisis, you know how invaluable they are. I can personally attest as someone who has lived it multiple times, multiple schools that those nurses are everything. Respect for school nurses must go beyond praise and gratitude. It must be reflected in their pay, their title, and the way this district chooses to invest in student health. We should stop asking them to do so much for so very little. Our nurses deserve to be recognized and renewated for the true scope of their expertise and responsibilities. And our children deserve nothing less. Our
006children, our nurses show up for our kids, not sub school district to show up for them. Thank you. And I would just like to say as having two children and some of them you all know who have had who have gone through the school district who have had those critical issues where we've had to rely excessively ones. I think it's time that we also take a look at view as how we uh refresh it and I'm five minutes. So thank you very much. Thank you. We have a single bit open transportation services administration uh would like to request the board of education to allow us to open the transportation services bid since we only received one. district. We will now begin the hearing of the proposed 2025 2026 school district budget. Um so this is
007something that I presented at our last meeting um in regards to the budget. This is just a summary report. Um it has each one of your beginning fund balances, the revenue anticipated revenues for the year, expenditures, um the expenditures over under in each fund, and then our ending fund balance. Um this is required by uh school code to show this to you before the uh budget hearing. And um if you have any questions, just let me know. Thank you. Questions. Uh, is there anyone who wish to speak in favor of the proposed 2025 2026 school district budget? Is there anyone who wishes to speak in opposition of the proposed 2025 2026 school district budget? Is there anyone who wishes to speak neither for nor against 2025 to 2026 school district budget but wish to offer
008additional information? Hearing no public comment, I will now close the hearing of proposed 2025 2026 school district. On to uh number seven agenda. The recommended motion board of education approve the actions concerning containing in consent agenda item A through I and JT through R and T through O as presented. I have a roll call, please. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff Mass. Hi. Laura Severson. Hi. Audrey Adamson Dixon. Hi. Jason Farah. Hi. Check. Hi. Recommend motion. The board of education approve the action contained in the consent agenda item J1 as presented. Any discussion? I have a roll call, please. 10 minutes. All right. Laura Stevenson. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Ra Dixon. Hi. Jason Burstain. Lindsay Hines. Hi. And recommend a motion. The board of education approve the action contain the consent agenda item S as presented. So
009second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Laura Severson. Hi. Andre Adamson Dixon. Hi. Jason Thorough. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff. Hi. Jeff Smith. Hi. Okay. Moving on to number eight. Resolution to adopt school district budget for 2025 2026 school year. I recommend a motion. Board of Patient approved the resolution authorizing the adoption of the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. Second discussion roll call please. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Farah. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff. Hi. Laura Seerson. Hi Jeff. Hi. Okay. Approval of a consolidated district plan. Recommend motion of the board of education to approve the district's consolidated district plan for the 2025 school year as required by the Illinois State Board of Education. Second. Discussion. Please Nixon. Hi. Jason Farah. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff May. Hi. Or Seerson.
010Hi. Andre. Hi. Ch. Hi. Number 10, approval of clinical experience agreement for student teaching program Mont College. Recommend a motion that board of education approve a clinical experience agreement for student teaching programming pool district for 2025 2026 school year. So move second. Signing discussion. None. Roll call, please. Jason Terrell. Hi Lindsay Hames. Hi Jenn. Hi Stevenson. Hi Audrey Adamson. Hi Ramona Dixon. Hi Jeff. Hi. Number 11. Approval of the first reading of updated board of education policy section 4 operational services. Recommend motion that board of education accepts for first reading the updated board of education policies 415 and ending protection at 4120 food services as presented. So moved. I'm sorry. I would like to wait second reading allow the first second reading. Any discussion? Anybody else? Roll call, please. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff. Hi. Laura
011Severson. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Addiction. Hi. Jason Farah. Hi. Jeff. Hi. All right. Number 12. Approval of the first reading of updated board of education policing 455. Use of credit and procurement cards. recommend the motion the board of education accept for the first reading the updated board of educ education policy 455 use of credit and particular cards as present I'd like to wait for the second reading and allow the first reading to stand for both the first and second reading sir any discussion yeah I don't have any picturesed So, that's not part of the board policy change. This is an internal uh change that we would like to make because uh right now there's more and more vendors that aren't accepting POS and we're going to more credit card procurement process with those. Um so,
012we have a business office credit card now that we use uh for some of those. So, right now in our policy, it's 500 for a single purchase or a,000 monthly. Um so we just wanted to up that to 20,000 as a single purchase and that 50,000 uh and the reason is solely because of like for example triple I um booking all the hotels for that is about $9,000 um flights for British principles that's well over the $500 one time. Um and those are some of the examples that we have going forward. So is there any reason agenda versus policy? Well, it is a board policy that we're changing. It's not one with within press. Yeah. I'm not sure where where else would you give that. No, I'm just asking what's the process for bring like
013we don't forget stuff press we just wait until press time to bring all changes to the existing board. It just happened that way. Um I just wanted to make sure we got that in before the start. Thanks please. Jeff, hi Laura Cerson. Hi Andrea. Hi Dixon. Hi Jason. Hi Lindsay. Hi. Hi Jeff. Hi. Approval of the first reading of updated board of education policy 480 accounting and audits. Recommend motion board of education accept the first reading updated board of education policy 480 accounting and audits as presented. I'd like to move the second reading. Allow the first reading for both first and second reading. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Laura Se. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Dixon. Hi. Jason. Hi. Lindsay. Hi. Jeff. Hi. Jeff. Hi. All right. Number 14. Approval of first reading of the board
014of education policy board 150 facility management and building programs. Recommended motion that the board of education accept for approved reading or revised board of education policy 4150 facility management building programs as present. I like the way the second meeting allowed the first two stand any discussion on that one. I believe this was another one that was this is another one that is getting aligned with the other. Um so this one uh currently in our board policy 460 we have uh anything over 35,000 need for approval. Um and right now there's a conflicting um policy 4150 that says any construction project at 17,500. So just aligning both of those policies and making it $35 across the board. Thank you. Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Farah. Hi. Lindsay. Hi.
015Hi. Laura Severson. Hi. And this number approval of first reading of updated board of education policy for section 7 students. Recommend a motion of board of education except for first reading the updated board of education policies 710 people educational opportunities 720 harassment of students prohibited 7180 prevention of and response to bullying intimidation and harassment. and section 71 185 teen dating violence prohibited as presented. I would like to brief allow the first three standing none. Ramona Dixon, Jason Car. Hi, Lindsay Hings. Hi, Jeff. Hi. Laura C. Hi, Andre Adamson. Hi, Jeff Smith. Hi. Number 16, approval of first reading of revised board of education policy 7270, administering medicines to students. Recommend a motion board of education accept first reading to revise the board of education policy 7270 administering medicines to students as presented. I would like
016to read the second to stand for both first and second reading. Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Jason Farah. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff Manis. Hi. Laura Secret. Hi. Andre. Hi. Dixon. Hi. Chad Smith. Hi. Item number 17. Approval of first reading of updated board of education policy 830 visitors to and conduct on school property. Recommend motion the board of education accept for the first reading updated board policy 830 mters to and conduct on school property as presented to the second reading and allow the first reading to stand for both the first and second any discussion hearing none Lindsay I Hi Laura Severson. Hi Andre. Hi Rona Dixon Jason. Hi Jeff. Hi. All right. 18 board transportation services. Do you have that? If you give me one minute I'm going to go. Okay.
017I am not perfect. certain mountain. Yes. Now It's something Set up. Fore That's very excellent. allowance Instruction. instead of pass. Wait, number 18, Board of Bed Transportation Service. Uh recommend a motion that board of education award the bid for transportation services for 2025 2026 2026 2027 and 2027 2028 school years to Johannes bus services with respect increase of 9% 5% and 5% as any discussion so when you say 95 what are those so 9% increase from this current year and then a 5% increase on the next school year and so on. There's just a lot of different rates in there to be able to tally those off. I think motion just a follow. So next year the current year bring another back always three years in advance or is this just No, it'll be a
018three. So, we're approving the three-year contract and then there's an option to uh extend that contract another two years but uh annual yes for a total of five years. Any other discussion? Hearing none please. Oh, sorry. Mask. Hi. Laura Stevenson. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Frell. Hi. Lindsay High. Hi. Check. Hi. All right. On to reports request open discussion. Dr. Sedman, are you there? Yes. Can you guys hear me? Okay. Yes. All right. Very good. Um, first I'd like to give a huge shout out to Dr. Pribble, Mr. Beam, and Mr. Ethridge uh this afternoon for sharing our story and our strategies of using the five essentials survey to drive improvement across all of our schools to a packed room here at the model schools conference. There's about 3,500 people at this
019conference. So, it was really exciting. They did an excellent job and they'll be repeating their session tomorrow. Also tomorrow, uh, principal Lindseay Oswald and a team from Hamilton will be presenting their pathway to becoming a 2025 model elementary school. They'll present, uh, two times as well. Um, they along with teacher teams from John Deere and Wilson are representing our district well and I could not be more proud. School improvement is never done. And while we've made great gains in many areas, there is still a lot of work to do. And we're looking forward to continuing this work across all of our schools this coming school year. Next, I would like to give uh many thanks to Mr. Gallow and Mr. Karsten's for their great work this summer in keeping track of all of our facilities
020projects. most notably all of the work taking place at Browning Field and especially the front entries at both John Deere and uh Wilson Middle School. I know for many schools and many departments, summer is a slower time, a time to take a break and step back from the action, but for finance and for facilities, there's much to get done in a very short period of time. And I'm grateful for all that they do. never taking their foot off the gas, making sure that our schools are ready for staff and for kids on the first day of school. I'd also like to give a big thanks to Mr. Day and the HR department for wrapping up nearly all of the hires for the coming school year. In fact, I think most of them, if not all
021of them, might have been in the consent agenda tonight. Um, our district, um, continues to remain insulated from the national teacher shortage and I'm confident that we will be starting this school year once again with every single one of our positions filled with highly qualified professionals. And that's a huge win for our kids and our schools. Um, and lastly, within the past few weeks, we have received the results from this spring's five essentials survey. We'll be digging into that data throughout the next month. And we're also looking forward to receiving the unofficial results of our other performance data from this past school year such as our AR data, attendance data, um SA uh ACT data, um eighth grade um passing algebra, our ninth grade on track data. most of our report card metric data will
022start to come in this summer unofficially and we'll have an opportunity to start to dig into that before our report card goes public uh this fall. So, we're looking forward for those unofficial results to come in this summer so that we can finalize this year's pay goals and we'll get those ready to wrap up and get them uh to you to the board of education um hopefully by the end of July if not early August. And that is all I have for tonight. Thank you, Brit. Um, financial report this. Yeah. So, if you see the large packet that I gave you at the beginning of this meeting, this is more of a year in review. Um, going through each month. Um, the main points to look at in each one of these packets, uh, is
023going to be your first page, uh, second page, and your last page. So, that'll just be year-to-ate revenue uh each month and year-to- date expenses each month. And then on the back page, you're going to be seeing uh your month end balances, those operating funds. Uh this year, um we've done very well financially. Um we've hit all of our targets. Um all of the revenues are coming in um on time. Um and all of our expenses are in the budget. Uh currently uh if you have any questions going through these packets, please feel free to reach out to us. Um and uh thank you. Um all right, we'll move on to do not have any speed board present. Uh board of education member discussion. Anybody has any? I said two quick things. One just related
024to the summer project. So I move about half a box in Logan. So I get to see the work happening there and it looks like you know a fun thing happening upon top and watching people. Is it exciting to see continued progress even if some of it is SCORM um you know sort of the big like you know projects that we see the results afterwards otherwise we don't get to see the actual result we know it so so thank you for keeping those things going and then I had a chance today to chat with our work at Western and WPT is housed there and uh so they do our summer of adventure and I know today they were over at Washington uh summer school program along with their carefa I don't have again enough children
025to know who those characters are, but evidently they were a big hit. So I just think it's wonderful that our district and summer school programs really partner with some other resources in the community to help create different and engaging things every day for the students participating. So shout out to all of the individuals out there. Um we had our was it a couple weeks ago our ISP blackout division meeting and uh is going to be hosting the next meeting in September in the fall. So uh I'll get with Dr. Savage who found hopefully more information about that next meeting and ideas and things we can do. Hopefully we can roll out the new football field some kind of exciting chance for us to show our district. So very excited about that. I would just like
026to say I don't know if this is your last meeting Dr. Dane but thank you for your service to the only valley school district and I just like to wish you well just best wishes on your next steps. Thank you. Mention Mr. Bob Bean. Um, I happened to be at the eighth grade recognition for Wilson here a few weeks ago and it was really nice to see uh that that building really honor him on his way out. You know, it was his last year he's been there for as long as most of us can remember. Um, it's clear that he really had a tremendous impact on that building and so for them to name an award after him and really set out in style, it was a it was a pretty cool thing to see.
027So I just want to share that it was it was it was nice that as well. She was like she she left. Uh, anybody else? I would entertain a motion to adjourn. So move second. All in favor?