001Thank you so much. This is the JDMS Chamber Orchestra, a new group that was formed this year, and we may thank the Holy Board of Education for this opportunity uh to perform for you guys. So, thank you so much for being a wonderful audience. That was wonderful. Thank you guys. Sounded great. I call to order the regular board of education school district number 40 at 6:01 p.m. on Monday, April 28th, 2025 at the Mullen Education Center. Uh, roll call, please. Audrey Adamson here. Chad De Smith here. Ramona Dixon here. Jason Frell. Hines here. Andrew Wer here. Aaron Raldron Smith here. Abigail Greenley here. Kumar here. All right. Uh we do not have any members attending attending remotely. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
002republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right. Approval of minutes. Uh I have a motion for approval of the regular the minutes of the regular meeting of the board of education of April 14th, 2025. So moved. Second. All in favor? Any opposed? I have a motion to approve the minutes of the close session of the regular meeting of the board of education of April 14, 2025. So moved. Second. Uh all in favor I opposed. Motion to for the approval of the minutes of the committee of the whole of the board of education of April 14th, 2025. So moved. Second. All in favor? You oppose. Communications public comment and participation. Add any none. All right. the consent agenda. 10 minutes. Recommend a motion that the board of
003education approve the actions contained in the consent agenda as presented. Second. Hi. Uh, discussion. All right. Roll call, please. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Aaron Ralden Smith. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chessa Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Frell. Hi. Andrew where I All right. Approval of the board of trustees of Illinois State University teacher education placement agreement pulse program. The recommended motion is that the board of education approve the board of trustees of Illinois State University teacher education placement agreement pulse program. You guys got that? Yeah. All right. Can I have a motion, please? So moved. Second. uh discussion. I just want to say I think it's wonderful that we continue to look for agreements like this that help um individuals, you know, reach that next stage and also continue to create, you know, pipelines and pathways
004for our district. So, it's wonderful. Anything else? Any other discussion? Roll call, please. Karen Waldron Smith. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chet Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Frell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Andrew Wear. Hi. All right. Reports, requests, and open discussion. Dr. Savage, look at us at reports already. I know you guys are just trying to rush it along. Trying to get your last meeting. All right, Lenny's at the helm. We got our flicker. So, here we are closing out our goals already for this year. I don't know how this has happened. So, we've got our uh process for opening our goals at the beginning of the year, our monthly monitoring, and then taking an opportunity to close them out sort of publicly, transparently in this format here with the board of education. So, thank
005you for the opportunity to share our work here. Just as a reminder, this is our very simple userfriendly process. Our goals are aligned to the acronym PACE, people, achievement, community, and environment. very user friendly for all of our stakeholders, our students, our parents, our families, our staff members, and our community partners and also very uniquely aligned to the Illinois five essentials, which we know are researchbased and really drives our school improvement process. So, people really align well with collaborative teachers and staff. Achievement aligns well with ambitious instruction. Community aligns well with involved families and community. An environment aligns well with supportive environment. We have some of our posters around. They are in our schools and it really has become embedded into our culture and how we drive the improvement process across our district. Ultimately the
006process is relatively simple and userfriendly and we have learned what gets on the poster becomes important and what gets on the poster gets done. Um, just to sort of refresh your memory as to our cycle, we introduce the goals each year to the board of education typically in July. Rol roll them out to our stakeholders in August. And then throughout the entire school year leading up to April, which is about now, we conduct monthly um monitoring with our uh district leadership and with our school leadership as well. We assign a point person to each of the goals. And each month we update the goal action tracker uh to make sure that we are keeping track and documenting each step that we are taking during the school year to achieve each of those goals. And we'll
007pull up the action tracker here in just a moment. So here in April, as you can see, um we um have completed already the first step. We completed our self-evaluation with the extended cabinet. I'm still trying to figure out where's a good place to stand here. We'll figure out what works. So, we did our self evaluation um last week with our extended cabinet um on April 22nd and then going through and sharing those results with you tonight with our board of education. in May. Uh on May 12th, our first board meeting in May, we'll take an opportunity to have some input from our board of education as we begin to look ahead and look at those new goal priority focus areas for the next school year and also review what's in a pay school, what
008where do they come from, what are all of those data points that we look at annually to develop our goals. Then we will have our principles synthesize that feedback and provide input. Um, and then we'll begin to draft those new goals over the summer and then repeat that process. So really our parents and our teachers give that input through our Illinois five essentials. Our students give input through the five essentials. So really each and every one of our stakeholder groups has an opportunity to give us important feedback and then we use that along with our achievement data to find out what our next improvement goals need to be. So that is just sort of a review of our goal cycle. And first and foremost I just want to give a heartfelt thanks to our district
009leadership and our school leadership for their collective focused work on this year's goals. And really every year, this is not just one person's job. Everybody sort of takes ownership on all of this. And I really am impressed with our school leadership as well. They have begun to align their school improvement plans using this framework as well, but making sure that the goals are very specific to them. And it really has sort of began to take root across our system. And it's been really neat to see how this process has grown. But it is a it is uh a collective effort and it doesn't happen with just one person. Everybody has a hand in it and I'm really grateful for everybody's uh work on this all throughout the year. As a reminder, our self-evaluation process again
010is incredibly userfriendly. We want our fifth graders as well as our high schoolers as well as our parents and our teachers and our staff to be able to understand what it means when we achieve a goal, when we're still working on it or when we've missed the mark. So, we continue to use a red light, yellow light, green light. It's something everybody can understand, something very transparent and userfriendly. So, we went through last week and went through each of our goals and rated ourself and we really continue to take on big rocks. We're taking on system goals, not just sort of oneoff, not just onesy twoosy goals, but really a lot of paradigm shifts. So this year we ended up with a lot of yellows. We still have a lot of um continued work in
011a lot of these goal areas. So we do this process openly and our goals really ended up with three possible ratings. Just as a reminder, this was our goal poster and I know you can see it around the room. Uh, but I really want to take you to the goal action tracker. So, Lenny, that's your cue. So, I don't know. Can you blow that up a little bit, Lenny? So, each goal has a point person. So, in the people goal, of course, uh, we had Mr. Day in HR. He was the point person for this particular goal. Not that he was responsible for it solely, but he was the one each month in our um district leadership meetings to make sure that he went around and captured what everybody was doing. So this is our
012monthly action tracker, something that we sat down once a month and entered in all of the pieces, all of the work that was happening for each of the goal. So we really wanted to focus on increasing the building the capacity of our para educators. They spend a lot of time with our students. they spend a lot of time supporting the work that the teachers are doing and supporting a lot of the work in the classroom and beyond. So, we um tried to kick that up a notch and provide them with more instructional strategies so that they felt a little bit more equipped and empowered that when they're working with students that they had a little bit more knowledge and tools in their toolbox to help students uh continue to grow. Um, we met that goal
013as it was written to increase their opportunities by a minimum of four. That happened and you can see the dates there. Um, so that was agreeing. Moving on down to people. This one was for me. We had a goal to really revamp our district mission and vision statements and this was a goal that um I took on as the point person. We worked with our partners at Battel. They helped us with our portrait of a graduate, portrait of an educator. So, they were great partners uh for us with this work. We had a couple of phases. It started with a stakeholder survey which was launched in November. We had two community nights. We had one in February and one in March. All of our parents and staff were welcome to attend. We had about 50
01460 people at each event and a great mix of students and parents and staff. We compensated our staff members that attended because we know their time is valuable and we wanted their input. Um, and so we we got their input and then we had an opportunity to go back to Battel and they took all of their input and ran it through our PACE goals and our portraits and sort of produced a couple of final options for a renewed district purpose statement, a set of community commitments, and some options for us for a new marketable tag phrase. And so I've got some final options that I'll share with you um at the end of the meeting. um and let you know what our last phase of this process is. We went ahead and rated it green
015because it will be done here um in the next couple of weeks. Um the goal really said we would end with um the last piece getting the votes and input of administration and we did that. But I'd also like to hear from you, the board of education, and see if we don't want to take it one step further. But the goal will be complete and we will be set to roll that out in August. The next goal is a yellow. This goal is really focused on our reading scores, focused on the Illinois Assessment for Readiness, and that data will not be available to us until mid to late summer. And so this goal will clearly be marked a yellow until that data becomes available to us uh later on. Um moving on, keep going. Mr.
016Lenny, the next one um is also an achievement goal. Steven Ethridge was the point person on this goal. I have to give a shout out to Steven for elementary and Dr. Debain for secondary. They ran they ran some pretty um comprehensive literacy committees throughout this entire school year. So, a large elementary committee and a large secondary committee. Um and they took a look at the new state um literacy plan that was rolled out by the state board of education. Took a look at our current practices and our current curriculum. And finally, just wrapped up uh some pretty um interesting and comprehensive uh presentations from about four or five different companies. And those uh stakeholders involved in that process are at the tail end of selecting which products and materials they're ready to pilot in the
017fall. And so that work is deemed as yellow because they I don't believe they've made their final selection. I think they have it narrowed down. Once they make their final selection for which program they want to pilot in the fall at each level, then that work will continue. Next goal u for achievement. Dr. Debbain was the point person on this one. We wanted to make sure that we had additional on-ramps for our students to access more rigorous coursework. We know that our students are uh grouped through the cluster grouping process. Um, and but we know that kids join our district at all different times. We know that we have students that are coming to our district that speak different languages and we might not always be able to gauge their true academic ability. And so
018we wanted to make sure that we had multiple different on-ramps so that we didn't miss any students in middle school that might not have gotten onto the honors track coming out of elementary school. So, we worked with uh our middle school principles and wanted to make sure that we had an alternative pathway for middle school students to access um more rigorous coursework so that they had a a secondary on-ramp before they got to high school. And so, um Matt worked with our uh middle school principles on that process and they're getting ready to roll that out in the fall. Uh so, that was a green next one. Um Trista and Candace were um involved in this and I know Erin was definitely involved. A lot of work with chronic absenteeism. This is a this is
019a growth opportunity for us here in Molen. This is a metric that has not quite uh bounced back post pandemic. We have uh a lot of work still to do in this area and it is clearly going to be a yellow. We won't get our report card data um unofficial until mid to late summer. It'll be public data in the fall, so we'll be anxious to see how our attendance data has improved. But they had run a very large comprehensive committee, come up with a lot of new strategies, tapped into a lot of community partners as well as worked with our principles on some new strategies as well. Um, also want to give a shout out to Aaron for our next environment goal. Uh, also focused on the Illinois 5 essentials. We had a couple
020of goals for our Illinois five essentials. We haven't gotten that data back. We've been really pushing uh the state board of education uh specifically Dr. Tony Sanders himself saying, "Come on, give us that data." But, you know, he's so far he hasn't called us back. Maybe he will. I don't know. But hopefully we will get that back soon. We know that we've had some great gains and we're looking to hit strong in all five areas. And so we hope to get that data back uh soon here in the next maybe month, maybe two. And so those are marked yellow until we get to that point. And then continuing on in our studentled uh portrait of an educator work, um we worked with a group of students in particular, a lot of our student uh leaders,
021Akquil was a big part of that group and I know Abby was a part of that group early on working on developing um microred credentials for our uh students that we could roll out as well as opportunities to recognize teachers for their um uh excellent um performance in the portrait of educator competencies as well and uh that work is still ongoing. So um that is still a yellow. So this is sort of real and raw. This is our action tracker that we've looked at every single month, but this is our goal closeout and something that we're um just really proud of and own the work that we still need to continue. We pop back to the other slides. Lenny, any questions so far? I know that's a lot of information. I think there's just two
022more slides on that deck. Lenny, go ahead. Oh, I guess I have the clicker, huh? Good thing I have it in my hand. Uh, we always strive to see what we can do better. Never doing anything just the same every single year. So, we're always looking to level up our leadership, leveling up. Some goals will continue to be quantitative, driven by data measured for improvement. Some goals will continue to be qualitative, designed to initiate new behaviors and procedures, paradigm shifts to impact the collective system. We continue to take on big rocks and so that's why we see a lot of yellow goals this year. We continue to be mindful of the timing of our data results such as our spring map window, IE. We want to provide more updates to the board of education, not
023just at the end of the year. And so are looking to instill quarterly updates so that you can feel more informed throughout the school year. And definitely want to make our action tracker forward facing and not just our goals, but our action tracker throughout the school year forward facing as well. And lastly, um ultimately what gets on the poster becomes important. And once the goal is rated green, it becomes embedded into our system. Questions. Thank you. That's a lot of stuff. That is a lot. It's a lot of stuff. Very ambitious goals. Thank you for guiding us. Appreciate it. Thank you. I have a couple of other um Yes, Ramona. Yeah, in preparation for u May 12th u that the goal component if we could get that shared to I annotated yellow green or whatever
024but that will help inform our conversation there. Um and so one I would say like to say thank you for getting that done. Thank you for being forward thinking on some of the things that we discussed last year as we set those goals such as you know trying to be better with the metrics and targets understanding that I and some of those assessments are not yet readily available but you know knowing that you all are tracking them you know with the red yellow green stoplight kind of um data component um and then just continuing to try and associate like those theories of action and make us more informed as a board. so that when you guys are doing things, making purchases, curriculum and things like that, we can make those associations with these pace goals
025um throughout the throughout the year. So, thank you. All right, anyone else? Okay, couple of other um announcements. Um I want to thank um edtech department, Mr. Reid and Mr. Young and uh their team for their assistance in getting the technology set up in our new board of education room. Um I want to thank again the John Deere Chamber Orchestra, Miss Jennifer Morton. We certainly appreciate the talent of our amazing students and especially our middle school uh music directors for giving our younger musicians these types of performance opportunities to further develop their confidence in playing in front of other people. Um we had a great open house last week here at our new Molen Education Center. had a positive turnout and heard lots of great feedback from community members, current and retired staff as well
026as our parents and their families. It was shared that this place is a new source of pride for our district and something our taxpayers can be proud of and a place where new and perspective prospective employees can feel welcome and we're confident in their decision to choose Molen. Couple of upcoming dates and special of special events to remind the board. There's a welding open house tomorrow night at Molen High School at 6 PM. Our district retirement reception is next Wednesday, May 7th at the University Club. Our Quad City registered high school apprenticeship signing day is May 14th in Davenport. And of course, graduation at Vibrant Arena this year will be on Friday for the first time ever, May 23rd. And lastly, um you have flyers in front of you for our next um ISB Blackhawk
027Division event. It'll be over the summer on June 11th. Happy to get any of you registered. Just let us know. And lastly, we have a special recognition. Yes. Erin, why are you turning so red? Well, because I said recognition for the two people who caused the most trouble. Yes. I would like to take a moment to recognize the service and I want to certainly open it up to the rest of the board. Um, for our two outgoing board of education members, our board president, Andy Wert, and our board vice president, Erin Waldron Smith. If we could please just start off by giving them a round of applause. seated in 2017. You both have given eight years of tireless and often difficult and sometimes joyous and sometimes thankless service to your school district and to your
028community. It has been my honor to work for both of you um for the past six years. I'm grateful to both of you for not only giving me a shot to serve here in Molain, but more importantly to have a front row seat to witness how you both have carried yourselves and led our district in such a professional way, keeping the kids at the heart of every single decision through some pretty turbulent times. Thank you so much for your service to Molen Co Valley School District. Miss Aaron Wal, Mr. N where speech speech other they can't be speechless for the first time ever. Um, I just want to thank you too for your dedication, uh, your support of me, especially four years ago when I ran for the first time. Uh, for both of you
029stepping up into leadership roles. It's something that is not taken lightly, and I really appreciate both of you, especially, you know, a lot of service, a lot of dedication. It's it's it's been a pleasure. Yeah, I I agree. you guys have really set the bar high for um the level of service of this board, timely decisions of this board, and always acting in the students and uh staff's best interest. So, thank you for your service. Thanks, Hard for you. I was I was mostly making eye contact. I'll say I will miss your energy and banter at times. Um uh but always it's done with the intentionality of of serving our district and students. So, thank you. I mean, no one's gonna accidentally tell Annie to shut up anymore. We'll see. Yeah. So, I remember the
030first time that I came my first board meeting. Um, I specifically remember uh Andy made some joke and and from that I kind of knew, you know, what type of energy he's brought. And I think throughout the entire year, both Aaron and Andy, I think, have definitely set the bar high. And for me as a student, you guys are role models for me. I come here every board meeting look up to looking up to each one of you and especially you too for the leaderships you guys have provided. So I think um I'm super grateful for that and I know the rest of the board and the bullying community is too. Okay. Yeah, I'm overly grateful for the opportunity to be at the board meetings and to learn from you guys. I've learned a lot
031and seen a lot over the last two years and all sorts of things I never knew happened at board meetings, you know, and I never knew what a school board was until I walked into the first meeting and you guys have been great role models as a heel said and it's been a pleasure to watch this board function and learn from you guys. You know, okay, because I'm not good at making stuff up, but you know, my hand. So, I roasted. Uh, it's kind of surreal to be sitting here tonight uh knowing that this is the the final word. Um, but serving on this board has been both challenging, rewarding, and a very meaningful experience, and I want to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity. I'm especially grateful for the trust placed in me
032to serve as the board president for these last two years. When I joined this board, I did so out of a deep commitment to our students, our schools, and our community. I believe then, as I do now, that a strong public education system is the bedrock of a thriving community, and we all have a role to play in that. Over the years, I've had the privilege of working alongside incredibly dedicated individuals. To my fellow board members, both past and present, thank you. We haven't always agreed on every issue, and that's all right. Uh healthy debate and diverse perspectives are crucial for good governance. But through it all, I've always respected your commitment, your passion, and your willingness to dedicate countless hours, often thankless, uh, to the work of board service. Thank you for your collaboration,
033your discussions, the shared focus on what's best for our kids. And I want to offer a special thank you to Vice President Erin Waldron Smith. Erin, your partnership, insight, dedication have been invaluable, particularly as my time as president. Thank you for your leadership and support. To Dr. Savage and the entire administrative team. Your leadership is vital. Thank you for your time, tireless work, expertise, and steady guidance, especially through complex challenges. To our ex exceptional teachers, support staff, and every single employee in this district. You are the heart and soul of the Mulling Schools. You show up every day and perform miracles big and small. Your n you nurture potential, inspire learning, and shape futures. Never underestimate the profound impact you have. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to our students. To parents and community members,
034thank you for your engagement, your support, your questions, yes, even your criticism. Uh your involvement has is essential. It keeps us accountable and reminds us who we serve. Please continue to advocate for our schools and our kids. And finally to my own family who skipped out on this for a baseball game down at polit league fields. Uh thank you for your patience, understanding and support through late night meetings, long hours spent on the phone talking about board duties and your encouragement has made this service possible. Looking back, I'm proud of the work we've done together. Navigating challenges, celebrating successes, striving for continuous improvement in student achievement, ensuring fiscal responsibility, and working to provide safe and effective learning environments. The work truly is never finished, but I believe we've made progress. As I step down, I
035have immense confidence that the future of the Malinko Valley School District is in good hands. I know the new and remaining five board members along with Dr. Savage and the entire district team will continue to lead with integrity, wisdom, and an unwavering focus on student success. Continue to collaborate, listen to one another, and always keep the needs of our children at the forefront of every decision. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve this community. Thank you for placing your trust in me. I wish the district, its staff, and its students, and this board nothing but the best moving forward. Mine is not that fancy. Um, but I do want to say that when I stepped on this board, I have been a molener my whole life. I went to schools K through 12.
036I chose to raise my children here. And so when I decided to run, I did it out of a deep love for being a Molina and a Mulling Maroon and wanting my kids to have the same experience that I had. Um, and it has been a deep privilege to serve this community and I thank them for their trust in me. Um, and voting for me twice. So, um, it's amazing. We're all still amazed. I know that. I'm amazing voting for you. But, um, in all seriousness, this this banter, this relationship, it has been it's a good thing. And for our new board members, I wish that for you too. this collaboration. Even when we don't get along, we've always been strong together in a cohesive ford. I want to thank Rachel, who has done nothing
037but be a good leader through some very difficult times. I'm sure when you first came on, you weren't expecting to deal with COVID first, but we um we weathered it really well. Um but I want to take a second to thank some people personally. Matt, when I first walked in the door and I had all these questions about data and I was like a total nerd about it, he listened to every single thing I had to say and walked me through it. Um, I don't know how many times Todd talked me off the cliff the first couple years when I was like really upset about something and um, Kristen and Dave aren't here, but they were amazing as well. Um, and I'm very grateful for that support. Brian for when I nag you. I want
038to talk about like reading and math and all of the curriculum. It was deeply. Thanks for putting up. Um I want to thank my fellow board members. Thank you so much. You've been a joy. It's been an experience. But I want to thank Andy the most. We came on together. We're going off together. And I've really appreciated the time that we've had to support each other the last couple years. And it's Thank you. All right. Now, we will I will take a motion to go into close session. Wait, hold on. Sorry, guys. Student uh board of education effort report. Yeah, sure. Sorry, guys. We're good. You have to follow us. I truly am great. So impressed with you guys. Uh it's really uh it gives you faith uh after looking at Tik Tok and then
039seeing you guys gives you faith in that future generations. So go ahead. Thank you. Um so starting a little bit about some of the things that are happening at the high school. Um so we have mural painting. Um so it's kind of getting you know into the art realm that's held at Roosevelt. So I'm pretty sure that's this Tuesday and this Thursday. So students can go over there and paint. A little bit about athletics that has been going extremely well. Um we have I think four sports that are playing just tonight. Uh tennis, I think baseball, track and field, girls track and field and softball. Um so pretty active on the sports as they're getting geared up for the Western Big S uh conference in the next couple of weeks. and Interact Club just started
040selling um some carnations for teacher appreciation week and u mother's day which kind of ties me into the next topic um which is our NHS or NHS board has been solidified new students have been elected to serve on that leadership committee and they have been preparing for teacher appreciation week so we have some or they have some things planned and the old uh team has kind of took a step back um and that's that's what I have so thank Thank you. Yeah. Um NHS last week on Earth Day, we had a campuswide cleanup. There was a lot of trash picked up. A lot of people got out and volunteered. There was I think four or five clubs that uh collaborated together on this to get all the work done. So that was fantastic to see.
041Um this week we have Interact Club doing their exec board elections. Women in STEM is doing exec elections. And I think also uh student congress is electing their new exec boards for next year. um this week. So, all of that will be happening and we'll be getting some new leaders in the district and then everybody is getting ready for those AP exams, cracking down on the studying. Uh that's next week and the following week. So, all I have to share. Thank you. All right. Um, now can I have a motion to go into close session to consider the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the district and to consider the lease or purchase of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of
042discussing whether particular parcel should be acquired. So move. Second. All in favor? Any opposed? All right. Can I have a motion to return to open session? So moved. Second. All in favor? Any oppose? All right. Uh recommended motion uh is that the board of education approve the appointment of Mr. Ste Steven Gamut to the position of bsentennial elementary principal effective for the 2025 2026 school year. So moved. Second. Discussion. All right. Uh, roll call. Ramona Dixon. I. Jason Frell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. I. Aron Walden Smith. I. Audrey Adamson. I. Chad Smith. Hi. Andrew Wer. I. All right. The recommended motion that the board of education approve the appointment of Mr. Dan Coin Logan to the position of John Deere Middle School principal effective for the 2025 2026 school year. So move. Second discussion. I I
043just want to throw it out there. Last board meeting in this one, Rock Island has a lot of, you know, turnover and I know a lot of the administrators that are coming here. So, I want you guys to know that I am abstaining from this vote because I have some fond memories with the candidate and I'm super proud of him. Otherwise, if it wasn't an integrity thing, I would vote. But I'm gonna remove myself from the process. Bittersweet. Thank you. Appreciate the information. Anyone else? Right. Roll call, please. Jason Ferrell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Aaron Waldman Smith. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chad the Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. I abstain. Andrew W. Hi. All right, here we go. This is the fun. Here we go. Okay, so uh I will read it first and then Okay.
044Uh approval to Canvas, the board of board of education election results. Dr. Privile. Yeah. On September 20th, 2024, notice was given in the dispatch uh concerning the availability and filing of nominating petitions. I wish to report that I've received from Rock Island County Clerk Karen Kenny, the Rock Island County election official certification of the election results from the election held on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. I ask the board of education to approve a resolution which summarized states. Therefore, be it resolved that the board of education, school district number 40, Rock Island County, canvas the results of the election previously approved by the board at its meeting held April 28th, 2025 and set election held on April 1st, 2025 in and for school district number 40, Rock Island County. Okay. May we have a motion to
045canvas the results of the April 20 April 1st, 2025 election to elect three members to the board of education as presented. So moved. Second. Uh discussion. Roll call. Lindsay Hines. I. Aaron Waldron Smith. I. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chet Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Frell. Hi. Andrew Wear. Hi. Okay. So, approval um 11 approval to adopt the board of education election results that the board of education find the following summary of ballots used and unused and votes cast for the candidates for the full term. Lauren Severson 3,352 Chestn Chat Desmet 2671 Jeffrey Maynus 2498 Sarah Alvc 2245 and W. Wayne Marlo 1,278. All right. Oh, and declared that Laura Severson, Justin Cet Desmid, and Jeffrey Mayus are elected as the members of the board of of members of school board for the full term of
046August. Okay. May we have a May we have a motion to approve the adoption of the board of education election results as presented? So move. Second. Discussion. Good job, guys. All right. Roll call, please. Aaron Waldron Smith. I. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chad Des Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. I. Jason Ferrell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. I. Andrew W. I. All right. I declare the motion carried and the resolution as here in be for set out adopted. Approve the same in the open meeting and direct the secretary to record the same in full in the minutes of this meeting. All right. Now we're on to okay of elected board elected board president prom. I don't know. The recommended motion is that Andrew Weard, board president, appoint a board president, a board president promporary for the second regular board of
047education meeting uh on April 28, 2025. I would like to make a motion to nominate Lindsay sign. What? Nothing. You were nominated as board president. Do we have a second? Second. Uh discussion. So the board, given that Aaron and I are leaving the board and we are the board leadership, this is why this is necessary because Lindsay will then uh uh conduct the next meeting. She'll gag it to order and do the things. So all right. Um roll call, please. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Chad Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Frell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi, Erin. Walden Smith. Hi, Andrew Wear. Hi. All right. Adornment. Because this board of education has concluded the business before it and there is no new business to be heard, new officers need to be elected and the board be seated.
048Recommended motion that this board of education sit. So moved. Second. Uh, roll. Okay. Roll call. We can we do all favor. All in favor? Any opposed? We're done. Hey. Hey. All right, ladies and gentlemen, you are hereby notified. There will be a second regular meeting of the board of education, school district number 40, um on Monday, April 28th at the Molen Education Center. Roll call, please. Audrey Adamson here. Chad Smith here. Ramona Dixon here. Jason Ferrell here. Lindsay Hines here. All right. So, we're going to recite the oath of office. So, if you guys want to please stand. I'm just going to stay back here. All right. And we're all just going to say this together, so no pressure. All right. Ready? I, Linda, do solemnly swear that I will basically discharge the duties of
049the office of member of the board of education of the Moly Co Valley School District number 40 in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois and the laws of the state of Illinois to the best of my ability. I further swear that I shall respect interest by serving as a faithful protector of the school district's assets. I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees. I shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by majority vote at a public board meeting. I shall shall abide by majority decisions of the board while retaining
050the right to see changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. As part of the board of education, I shall accept this responsibility for my role in the equitable and quality education of every student in the school district. I shall foster with the board extensive participation of the community, formulate goals, define outcomes, and set the course for the Mulling Co Valley School District number 40. I shall assist in establishing a structure and environment designed to ensure all students have the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework. I shall strive to ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children in compliance with state law. I shall serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision
051for the Molen Valley School District number 40. and I shall strive to work together with the district superintendent to lead the school district toward fulfilling the vision of the board has created fostering excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills, knowledge, citizenship and personal development. All right, you can now congratulations All right, we'll do an honorary roll call for the new board of education member. Jeff Mayus here. Laura Sebertson here. And now we will do the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. So now we are going to move on to the election of officers and I will explain the voting process. So, I will ask you
052for nominations. Each officer will serve a two-year term. A board member can nominate themselves for an office and vote in favor of their own nomination. A second is not required for a nomination. A board member should not be allowed to nominate more than one person until other members of the board have had an opportunity to nominate a candidate. A person can be nominated for multiple offices but can only hold one office. For example, a member nominated for board president who is not elected may be nominated for vice president. Nominees are not required to leave the room during a vote or deliberation. The presiding the presiding officer, even if nominated, can continue to act as the presiding officer until a new presiding officer is elected. After all nominations are received, we will vote by roll call
053and we will now conduct our elections for president and vice president. Unless anybody has any questions that I will direct towards Rachel or Brian. No. Okay. All right. So, I will now take nominations from the board for president. I would like to nominate Chad Smith as president. Okay. Is there a second? Second. Are there further nominations from the board? All right. So, hearing none, the nominations for president are closed. For president, Chad Smith is nominated. Roll call, please. Audrey Adamson, I. Chetta Smith. Hi. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Ferrell. Hi. Lindsay Hines. Hi. Jeff Mayus. Hi. Laura Sebertson. Hi. All right, congratulations. All right, so I will now take nominations for from the board for vice president. I'd like to nominate Audrey Adderson, vice president. Right. Is there a second? Second. Second. Any further nominations from
054the board. All right. Hearing none, the nominations for vice president are closed. For vice president, Audrey Adamson is nominated. Roll call. Ch Smith. Hi Ramona Dixon. Hi Jason Ferrell. Hi Rosie Hines. Hi Jeff Mayis. Hi Laura Severson. Hi Audrey Adamson. Hi. All right here we have ourselves. So we have to reorder. We're going to get up to um So, you're gonna come here. And chair's action. I believe Oh, to the right. Okay. All right. Um item three, uh communications, public comment papers. We'll move on to number four, approval of the updated 2024, 2025 and 2025 2026 board of education meeting locations. The recommended motion is that the board of education approve the updated 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 board of education meeting locations. Second. Uh any discussion? Roll call. Ramona Dixon. Hi. Jason Ferrell. Hi.
055Z Hines. Hi. Jeff Mayus. Hi. Laura Severson. Hi. Audrey Adamson. Hi. Cha Smith. Hi. Okay. Um, can I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Second. All in favor? I motion carries.