001It is now 6:31. I'm going to call to order the June 12th, 2025 meeting of the Forest Park D91 Board of Education. May I have a roll call here? Monique Cottoni. Uh, John Lions, Andrea Marlo, Marlo here, Jed Brewer here, Monik Angelo here, Steve Ruml, Shannon Woods here. Um, for all who care to join, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge 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. Mr. Brewer, could you read our mission statement, please? Our mission in partnership with home and community is to educate each individual child in a safe and nurturing environment. We will foster respect and self-worth, teach skills relevant to contemporary life, and promote academic success
002and creative expression. We will encourage an appreciation of the rich cultural diversity of our community and instill a sense of wonder for the future to enable our students to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens of the world. Thank you, Miss Mel. The vision statement. Sure. Forest Park Public School District 91 will be acknowledged by all as a safe, nurturing, and diverse learning community that establishes the highest standards for innovation and continuous improvement to achieve academic excellence and global citizenship for each individual child. Thank you, Miss Angelo. Equity statement. Recognizing that systematic thank you bias has plagued our education system. We commit to nurturing dialogue around all issues of inequal in inequity including cultural race, faith, social economic status, gender identity, social sexual orientation, and different abilities as they pertain to classroom practices, school and uh
003district structures and policies and procedures. We support actions removing barriers to opportunities that allow children to reach their full potential. Thank you. And Miss Cotton, the statement honoring Native American land, please. We Forest Park Board of Education would like to acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the traditional lands of the Peoria, Padawami, Miami, Sue, and Kikapu people, and pay our respects to elders both past and present. Thank you. Number four, consent agenda for the board. Is there anything anyone would like removed? Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve? I'll make a motion. Second. Seconded. Roll call, please. Monnique Cotton. Yansy. Yansy. I. Andrea Marlo. Here. Jed Brewer. I Monica Angelo. I uh Shannon Woods. I uh number five, correspondence. No, no correspondence. Okay. Number six, matters of consideration from the public.
004We have one. Okay. Have something to read real quick. The board of education welcomes public comments at its meetings. This is the official time devoted to comments by community members. Following the public comments, the board takes the citizens comments under advisement. All speakers who wish to address the board during this time must identify themselves before they speak. Comments are limited to three minutes per individual and the board asks that no specific names be mentioned. In order to allow for the most efficient use of the meeting time if there are several speakers addressing the same topic, the board president may set a time limit for that topic. Any citizen wishing to address the board on a public matter is encouraged to contact the district office before the meeting at 708-366-5700 extension 3301. According to the Illinois
005school code, items such as those dealing with personnel, individual student discipline, the purchase of land, security, and legal actions may be addressed in executive session by the board of education. Mr. Alawi, my name is Joseph. Thank you. Uh, good evening everyone. My name is Joseph Maui. I'm a teacher at Forest Park Middle School. I'm here in the matter of uh, Miss K. I would like to just talk do a quick talk about her impact. Uh all the kids and teachers love her. She's impacted kids so much. Kids that need a motherly figure but a stern educational figure. And she has definitely fit that role in so many years. Um kids always talk about her when they see me. The first one of the first people they always ask is Miss K. Um she's just a
006wonderful wonderful figure for our school. I feel she fits our mission statements very well at our school as well. And if you'd like further review, uh I do have pictures, videos that she's done, kids have done about her whenever you'd like it. Thank you very much. Maya Rice Um hello. Um we are graduates of FPMS in 2020. We are currently sophomores in college. So we came to support Miss K because the women at FPMS have done so much for us. Um they have always been there. um just like even after we have graduated as well, we would love for Miss Kay to continue working in um the school district, the school district 91. Um she has also done so much for our friends as well. Not only has she like been a shoulder to lean
007on. She's always been there for us to seek advice if we needed anything, especially regarding like like the big times like during the PSATs that all eighth graders like struggle with. She has always been there for us. So, we're coming to Sorry, I'm a little short. Um, but also on behalf of my younger brother who also attended Forest Park Middle School, he quote said, "Miss Kay was one of my favorite teachers as when he was in eighth grade, Miss one of the teachers was not able to teach for his eighth grade class and Miss K stepped in and my brother said that she is one of her favorite teachers and my brother is now I'm going to be a sophomore in high school. So, I know that this woman has done a lot because my
008brother doesn't really talk that much. So, let's let's let's be honest. So, um I could tell that she did a lot for us and she was always very kind to me, always greeted everybody at our sports events because I worked the concession all the time at the sports events and treat every single parent with a smile on her face no matter what and she would help me with anything I needed at the concession. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to number seven, superintendence report. All right, starting off with some recognitions. A huge congratulations to our boys on a phenomenal season. The middle Yes. The middle school got to celebrate them on May 15th. Our boys team consisted of Jimmy. I'm not going to prov uh provide the last names, but
009Jimmy, David, Oliver, Leiden, Kenny, Edward, Isaiah, Noah, uh Alvin, Michael, Jason, Roman, and a huge shout out to coach Miss T, and Miss K for an unforgettable season. I do have a little bit of the celebration here. Our conference champs [Applause] Okay. I want to [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Come on. Woo! [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] All right, just to give you a little snapshot of that. Um, also congratulations to our class of 2025, uh, our valid Victorian Zoe Giddings and Saludiatoran Edward Morales under May commencement. So, we'll give him a hand. [Applause] The class of 2025 asked that I share this video with the board as well as sharing their assignment from the trip. Um, the students had to write an essay and how does Washington DC tell the story of America? And but now
010please enjoy this message from the class of 2025. [Music] Hello, Forest Park District 91 Board of Education. My name is Edward Morales and some of my peers and I would like it to take a moment to say thank you for our recent trip to Washington DC. Thank you. I never knew the Pentagon Memorial has structures facing either towards the building or towards the sky depending on where the person in honors lost their life. Thank you. One thing I will always remember about our trip is the Arlington Cemetery. It was shocking to see how many lives have been lost in war. Thank you. I'm so thankful for being able to spend time with my friends, make memories, and experience all of this together before we graduate. Thank you. I am thankful for the people who made
011this trip possible. Thank you. The best part of the trip was the experience alone. Being able to go there and see these different historical monuments before my own eyes is a privilege that not many eighth graders or people in general get to experience. Thank you. Did you know that the Washington Monument was built in two different phases? Thank you. I learned so much that I can't even say it all. Thank you. The best part of the trip was spending time with my friends and my favorite teachers. Did you know that the Jefferson and the Martin Luther King memorials face each other to represent how far we have come as a country? Thank you. As you can see, you provided us the opportunity to explore our nation's capital, learn about our nation's history, and create lasting
012memories of our classmates. It was an unforgettable experience. Thank you for the trip. Thank you for the trip of a lifetime. Thank you for the trip of a lifetime. For the trip of a lifetime. Thank you for the trip of a lifetime. Thank you for the trip of a lifetime. [Applause] [Music] All right, moving on to priority number one, learning and achievement. I'm going to um hand it over to our assistant director, Gizio. Just make sure your mic's on. Perfect. Can you hear me? Okay. All right. Well, good evening board and Dr. Alvarez. I'm gonna Oh, oh, I was like, what happened? Um, just talk about what happened with PBIS this year in D91. I'm going to start with recognizing and thanking our leaders uh throughout the district at each building. Um they lead, coach,
013facilitate all of our PBS ensembles. Miss Alco, she's here. Big shout out. Um and then what each building is doing. So our Garfield, Betsy, and Field follow the three Bs, being respectful, being responsible, and be safe. um we they reward their students through either paw tickets or star tickets and then those tickets are used um for lotteryies and different rewards. Field Stevenson also follows those threebs. Um and at the middle school we have roar which is respect ownership achieve and ready. Um and at Field and Middle they use a digital platform to provide those points um PBS rewards and the next year Field is moving towards live school and their students are able to redeem those points for prizes in a store either virtually or in person. For goals, each building sets goals every year
014that focus on different aspects of PBIS. At Betsy Ross, theirs focused on students receiving ODRs and then if they did receive those off office discipline referrals, making sure that they were reducing the number from quarter to quarter and they did meet both of those goals. At Garfield, they had very similar goals, focusing on the number of office discipline referrals a student received and decreasing from quarter to quarter. They almost made their goals. They were on track up until the fourth quarter. So they're going to continue to focus on those next year. Field Stevenson had three different goals. Their first one was for attendance. Um their other one was for those minor infractions. And then their third one was for staff usage around PBIS rewards and increasing the number of points given recognizing those behaviors um
015from first semester to second and they met all of their goals. At the middle school, they also had three different goals for the year. Students with multiple minor infractions, decreasing the number of those fractions infractions quarter to quarter. Um, promoting parent involvement. And their last one was that everyone in the building would receive some level of PBIS training and ongoing professional development throughout the year. And they also met all of their goals. Every building has quarterly celebrations that all the students participate in. Um at Betsy for first quarter they had the pro kid show come in. Second quarter was their star leaders choice which was a pizza party with a movie. Third quarter they went bowling and then last quarter they did a party at the park which was moved inside due to weather. And
016here are some messages from each well this one's from Betsy but you'll hear from each student level PBIS ensemble. I'm Ry Cunnel. I'm a star leader at Betsy Ross because I am responsible, respectful, and safe. Star Leaders plan celebrations such as spirit days for students. Star Leaders and PBIS inspire students to do their best at Betsy Ross. For Garfield, their quarterly celebrations were a trip to the zoo, bowling, they saw the Jungle Book at Tivoli, and they had a beach blowout for quarter 4. And here's a message from the change makers. Love meetings. They had a pizza party that was fun, too. And the Super Bowl selection. Talking to the board and per person is very important and making big decisions is also a very important thing. Making Veterans Day class making choosing finds is
017making videos and of course our cool t-shirts. Field Stevenson had a Halloween celebration in quarter 1. They did guided painting. They took a trip to Sky Zone. And for quarter 4, they had Suns Out, Sharks Out celebration. Hi, my name is Janice. I'm Harper. I'm Sky. And we love PBIS. Sky Zone. Skyone. Sky Zone. What did you love about it? There was a trampoline park. Yeah, we were hanging out with my friends and jumping around. Yes. Yes. Um, what did you think about the giant shark that they had as a prize? That was pretty cool. I'm sad we didn't get it, though. Oh, that's very true. All right. Is there anything else you want to tell us about what you like about PBIS? Everything. Do you think it helps kids to make good decisions at
018school? Yes. All right. [Music] At the middle school, they had a Halloween Boo Fest celebration, Wax Museum, they took a trip to see a Chicago Wolves game, and then they had their end of the year extravaganza. Hello, Dr. Alvarez and District 91 Board of Education. We would like to tell you a little bit about what we've been doing at Forest Park Middle School. PBIS, PAG, and ABC have all worked hard this year to make positive changes within our FPMS community. As a result of our work, I think that the kids are more respectful to teachers and their peers. I also see people working together more and students trying harder not to get in trouble. As part of our work for next year, we would like to see more positive things for everyone in our school.
019Next year, I hope to see more trips for good behavior. I will also like to see students being able to let loose with their teachers and peers. I want to see students feeling comfortable in the environment. While we are ready for summer break, we are all looking forward to being a grade leaders next year at FPMS. Roar. and all of our buildings uh participated and took the tiered fidelity inventory which is a survey that goes through each component of each tier of PBIS within their building. They rate themselves and then use those results to guide their action planning and then Betsy Ross and the middle school also submitted and received badges for storytelling and action planning. Any questions? No questions. But I like um the addition of having the kids talk about the PBIS program.
020Um like you you hear the progression of maturity as you switch from the grade centers and I thought that was cute. I was like, "Oh, that's great." It was our next best when we couldn't get them physically here in June. But thank you Right, moving on to our spring data. So this is our spring fast bridge math and you will see from the various um schools that we have our growth hitting all in the 80s or above and then our proficiency our met is where you will see um uh some of our areas of still growth here um but much better than we have done the years in the past. I'll leave it there for a while so you could take a look at it. Right, moving on to math by grade from kindergarten all
021the way down to 8th grade. The first column there you'll see is growth as well. Um again some really nice um seeing like 91% for our first graders. um seeing 92% for our fourth graders. And then as you get into our proficiency, our MET area, obviously we want to be pushing a little bit further when we see our fifth grade at 51 or 59 and 8th grade, but much better than we've seen in the past. And this is math by student group. Some really nice numbers you see there as well. areas of still of growth. Um, students with IEPs, um, looking particularly at our black student population as well. And now, um, this was something that actually um, board member Brewer had asked for. So, we, you will see here our chronic absenteeism um, showing
022at a 39% versus students are just absent when they're sick. you know, not always absent having it 71% when it comes to um their areas of proficiency and then truency at 29% versus no truency at 69%. So being in school and attendance truly matters. Moving on to fast bridge reading, we have um our schools hitting in the 80s and Field Stevenson 78, uh Garfield at 76, and our proficiencies are in the 60s. Um really nice to see Forest Park Middle middle school at 68. And then by grade again you see some um nice 80s, 90% in seventh grade, 90% in eighth grade for growth. Um so really nice numbers there, 87 and fourth. And in our proficiency area, um if you look at our eighth grade at 78% so reaching some marks that we had
023not seen in the past. Shout out to all our teachers for this. Moving on to our student groups. This is our growth. I'll leave it there for a second for everyone to see. Similar as you will see in the math um with our IEP proficiency needing still to grow a bit and then our unhoused as well as our uh black student population. And now reading when it comes to attendance chronic absenteeism is at 46% versus the 69% and for truency you see 46% versus the 66%. We also received our five essentials of 2025. Some really nice green coming in that we had not seen. Um, so it gives me pride to share each of our schools with you today. Betsy Ross is well organized. Garfield organized, Field Stevenson well organized, and Forest Park Middle School
024well organized. So shout out to everyone. Nice job. As for our district, um, let's look at how we performed. The following shows areas where we increased. So we increase within parent influence on decision-making, teacher teacher trust, program coherence, quality professional development and instructional leadership. Areas where we most improved were program coherence, quality professional development, quality of student discussion, instructional leadership, and teachertoteer trust. It also shows the lowest areas like student teacher trust, safety, peer support, academic p personalism, and academic press. Although within this essential we either stayed the same or we grew and that's why at the very last one there is no data because we did not decrease. The one the third one is to show that those are our lowest ones but we did not decrease at all. Dr. Alvarez. Yes. What is
025academic press? This is um teachers providing um like hard questions um where students are really uh like this is really making my brain hurt a little bit. The productive struggle that needs to go with it. Um which we as we look at this we're like okay we're getting there because you will see that student discussion was a one that really increased and now getting to the right questioning will be there. Okay. And looking into ambitious instruction, which is one that we did not see the green in except in Forest Park Middle, um we also grew particularly in the quality of student discussion, as I just mentioned, which was key within our instructional core visits in all of our schools. Our teachers worked very, very hard to make sure that they are having activities where students
026were truly discussing one another. Um, and this was this was something that children even noticed, which is why the 5 is showing it. As for the district rating for 2025, as a reminder, districts and schools with three or more essentials that are strong are 10 times more likely to improve and reach their goals. And this is exactly what has happened. This is where we were um for last year, moderately organized and we were there for quite some time. Um when I first got here, we were partially organized and so we moved out to moderately organized and I'm proud to say that we are now organized district. So kudos to everyone. [Applause] And so you could see where we have come from. It's looking at some of uh the red and the brown moving into some
027greens now. Moving us to organized. And I'm proud to show you our big picture where we have reached um some key goals that we aim to reach in 2026. And this was done within the four years. And so those that are in green are those that we have already reached. some that we are secondguessing ourselves as kids because that data comes to us so late. Um we're still trying to get an understanding about kids as well. Um and then you will see we were very ambitious with our attendance looking at it at 98%. um hoping that by next year we could get perhaps a little higher to 93, but I will tell you looking at other districts that's most likely where many fall at 93%. But um happy to see what we have here already.
028Moving on to family community engagement. We had a another wonderful festival of the arts filled with families from all schools. More importantly, it was great to showcase our children's talent. Miss Leel, Miss Karini, Miss Berini, and Miss Fish put together shows and presentations so our families can feel pride and seeing the work of all of our children. We had our small but mighty band also perform. They also performed at our 2025 graduation. Um, so proud of them. They're good. Yeah, they are good. And then here is some of the art showcased. So very very much talented students we have and a little sample of the singing on that day. [Music] of my life. Just a little sample. Yeah. Uh moving on to priority number three, talent recruitment and development. Development. We received staff feedback. Let
029me move that. Uh during the end of the year celebration, the following questions were asked in groups and we are currently grabbing trends and patterns to add to the first town hall feedback from the community. Um the questions asked were what do you believe has been the greatest strength or success of our current strategic plan? Where have you experienced or observed the biggest challenges in the last few years? Uh imagine it's 2030. What does an ideal D91 school look like and feel like for students, families, and staff? What types of opportunities or experiences should D91 prioritize to prepare students for life beyond preschool through 8th grade? What's one concrete idea or recommendation you have for our next strategic plan? And how can teachers, students, families, and the community be true partners in the next phase
030of our journey? And some of the things that we were getting from our staff are pretty similar what our um what uh the community members and parents were saying, but we are still tallying those. And in here you can see our district staff and a beautiful cake for the end of the school year. And then finally um this past week uh we just had our district admin retreat um where they also had to present um regarding our district improvement plans and some of the questions were asked is what is working? How do we know it's working? Um so we spoke about our ELA looking at our tier one. it's, you know, pushing it up to 64% and in our growth knowing that we we made our 80% and want to go further beyond that. Our
031math at 64 and our growth at 84. We also spoke about our five essential movement and some key actions that um we are learning are really making that impact is the collaboration with school leaders, the collaborations from school to school and teachers to teachers. Also, the evidence-based literacy practices align to the um Illinois um state requirements to improve tier one instruction. So, that's the professional learning that was provided. The consistent commitment to grade level ensembles supporting analysis of student work and assessment data to respond to the needs of students and plan for re-engagement, not just reteing it, but re-engaging them in ways that perhaps we weren't thinking we were thinking differently. Um there's also the curriculum committees and you had a chance to see our curriculum committee. They met consistently throughout the year reviewing and
032revising. So they are able to choose a curriculum that they're going to teach. The curriculum maps u the response to the needs of teachers and provide ongoing communications. The updating of the MTSS document including intervention menus and SST guides. The update of the English language plans and documents. the support for English language teachers with EL compliance visits and the participation in our spring games, our Special Olympics. We know now we're getting more students wanting to join and um providing with deescalation and CPI training. So some highlights that were mentioned were like our grade level content ensemble meetings again focusing really on student work samples, our math committee work, selecting the right core uh resources, uh implementation of new resources and all the professional learning support, our mentor and protege programs still growing, still looking at
033the gaps but much better than it was when I first got here. uh building those relationships and stronger feedback, those partnership that we have made with the Peggy Noart, MCMI, West 40 and also inviting outside guests like Trey Baker. Um revamping of social science curriculum to include all mandated units. Um and then increasing focus and coherence of districts and school improvement planning process where it's actually transparent and everyone can see it. And then I mentioned already about the special Olympics. Um but streamlining protocols process the procedures for MTSS um the SSTs and IDMs. These are things that looking at data um that support us our principles and our coaches. Any questions? Okay. And finally moving on to FOYA. We did have two FOYAS. One came from Ababas Khan who requested electronic records for all purchases
034from our recordkeeping system uh vendors purchases for this year. Uh he is a CEO Civic IQ located in Hoboken, New Jersey. And then the second one was a uh requesting current staff contact directory. We get this every year for the for the district seeking a list of all of our school and district level administrators. This was the CT Mills public information access. Um, and that's it. Excuse me. Uh, number eight, committee reports. We have Citizens Advisory Council. Is that you again? Yep, that's me again. Um, so we we did not uh assign a board member at the time, so I sat in and I'm glad I did. So, this is the last picture that we just took. Um but they wanted to share with the board some thoughts that they had. Um so community and
035district identity was one. The CAC appreciates district-wide events, noting that there these gatherings encourage greater family engagement and provide opportunities for families to visit schools they may not be familiar with such as Forest Park Middle and Field Stevenson, particularly um parents who have children in primary grades. Members expressed concerns about frequent transitions between schools. They feel many families choose to leave the district in hopes of a more cohesive K8 experience. They recommend highlighting the district's grade level center structure in a welcome packet for new families. They also suggest promoting how seamless school transitions really are and can be within a small district um emphasizing this in a marketing efforts. The CAC recommends connecting with local realtors to promote the strengths and offerings of the D91 schools. They suggest publicizing how many graduates are accepted into
036prestigious schools such as PMSA to build external confidence in district outcomes. And then the second one was parent engagement and communication. Members feel their voices are heard and valued. They recognize that their input leads to visible actions and that the district is responsive to family needs. They love the afterchool program options, but note that students are often forced to choose between overlapping programs. The quick sign up process can also be stressful with some families missing deadlines. Parents would like advanced notice, ideally in printed form of which afterchool programs will be offered so they can plan accordingly. Field trips are highly appreciated. Families would like more advanced notice and communication about upcoming trips. Members would like to see more outdoor learning opportunities integrated into the curriculum such as through steam science or school garden clubs. um
037they expressed having children outside more. Um the third one was student experiences and enrichment. The CSC encourages opportunities for students to engage with the local community such as visiting the village hall or holding a mini board meeting. Uh they also uh are excited to see students applying their learning to real world context um when they went to the um cemetery. Um, and then they want to see more experiences rooted in Forest Park's local history. They recommended inviting more guest speakers and cultural partners like Trey Baker uh from the po poetry poetry slam to expose students to diverse experiences and voices. Um, they want the board to continue support for the eighth grade Washington DC trip. Uh, it is important uh to the CAC. They view it as a valuable and memorable experience for students. And
038then the last thing they spoke about was the new meeting format and feedback. The CAC is very pleased and with the new quarterly meeting format. They found that the planned agendas, advanced scheduling, and consistent follow-up helped increase member attendance and engagement compared to the previous monthly structure. Thank you. Um items for discussion. Uh first one we have is our board meeting dates for 2025 and 2026 was in our packets. We meet the second Thursday of every month with a few exceptions. Uh no meeting in July. Um and then December and February have been moved. Um one the December to comply with the county deadline for filing the tax levy and February to so it doesn't conflict with the AASA educational conference. So, um you can put these in your calendar. Second Thursday of every month,
0396:30 here. Please look forward to seeing you guys there. Here, not there. Um board member committees, um I will email them. You can write them down, but in case anyone forgets, for teacher negotiations, I have myself and Miss Angelo. For board policy, I have Mr. Brewer and Miss Cotton. Finance, I have Miss Mel and Mr. Romo. Superintendent Evaluation, Mr. Lions and Mr. Brewer. PPC, I have myself and Miss Cotton as an alternate if I can't make it. CAC, Mr. Ruml and Miss Angelo as an alternate if he cannot make it. And IASB delegate is U. Miss Angelo. So, um, we will share out especially for Mr. Brewer and Miss Mel, um, what those committees are and when you meet, make sure you're up to date. um appreciate your participation as they're all very important. And
040then the third item is our retreat that we're having on July 31st. Um we will talk about um I opened some we come up with board goals. I think let's see I wanted to find what they were before we will talk about also um expectations of the board what the superintendent expects of the board of what the board expects of the superintendent and I'm sorry I can't find my bear with me oh um some of the goals that we had had from last year is to adhere and hold each other accountable um to continue reviewing our evaluation of the superintendent to make sure it is um useful and giving us all the information that we need. So, um we will be at the district office at 6:30 Thursday, July 31st. And I think that's it
041for that. All right. Um we'll move on to Dr. Hubard for the FY2025 endofear financial projection. Good evening board and Dr. Alvarez. Um as Dr. Alvarez mentioned um when she shared that big picture the foundation of all that is our finances because if we don't have the funds to provide all these activities then we can't give those experiences to the children. Um so at this time you know at the last board meeting you approved for um us to start planning for the upcoming fiscal year and at this time I share with you where we're at projected to end this fiscal year does not end of June 30th and then we get all these nice reports from the Treasury Department and see where we end up. It does look like we will end up with a
042surplus um for this year. for the past three years really managed the budget and added new activities for students but also made sure we came in a little bit under budget um than what we plan to project. So we really keep an eye on those expenses uh right now we may be looking at like a surplus of about $300 to $400,000 um so that that's good um that helps us plan for next year as we move into plan for new activities. Um and as the board always likes to see in the blue column over there to the far your far left um you the months in reserves we have if we did not get any additional funding from the state because there have been times where we have not received our revenue from the state
043I think the longest we were in the rear was about 8 to nine months. Um so if we did not receive any revenue we could still make sure we keep our lights on and pay our bills. Any questions about the finance? One question, Dr. Hbert. Sure. Are there any coming events that give you pause or concern or do you feel confident about the future in regards to the finances in the district? Not at the moment. Um, most of our funding, about 87% comes from local funds. So, we're not a district that heavily relies on federal funding, so we don't have to worry about that. Or other sources of funding are grant funds. That only accounts for about 6% of our budget. Fantastic. Thank you. Any other question? That's all I have. Thank you. Um, may
044I have a motion to invite Amy Mills on behalf of the FPA into close session? So moved. May I have a second? Second. Roll call. Monique Kanye. I. Andrea Marl I Jed Brewer I Monica Angelo I Shannon Woods I um may I have a motion to invite Megan Leel on behalf of the FPA into close session second. Second okay roll call. Monica Monique Cottony. Hi, Andrea Morel. I Jer I Monica Angelo I Shannon Woods I And then the last one may have a motion to invite Joy Kabir into close session. I'll make a motion. Second. Second. Roll call. Monique Kansancy. I. Andrea Marllo. I. Jed Brewer. Hi. Monica Angelo. I Shannon Woods. I um and then may I have a motion to go into close session to discuss the employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal
045of employees and collective negotiation matters? I'll make such a motion. Second. Second. All in favor? All right. We are now in close session in open session. Sorry about that. Um, number 11, approval of personnel items. Um, number one, may I have a motion to approve the June personnel board report? I say I motion. Second. Second. Okay. Um, discussion is as discussed in close session. May I have a roll call? Mooney C. I. Andrea Morell. I. Jed Brewer. I Monica Angelo. I Shannon Woods. I um B. May I have a motion for the recommendation to employ up to two part-time summer technology helpers? So moved. Second. I second discussion as discussed in close session. May I have a roll call? Monique K. I. Andrew Morel. I. Jed Brewer. Hi. Monica Angelo. I Shannon Wood. I uh
046C. May I have a motion for the recommendation to approve the amendment to the contract for the superintendent of buildings and grounds? Submit. Second. Second. As discussed in close session, may I have a roll call? Monique Cotton. I. Andrew Morel. I. Jed Brewer. I. Monica Angelo. I Shannon Woods. I. Number 12. May I have a motion to consider non-renewal of youth intervention interventionist coach Joy Kabir for 2025 2026? So moved. Second. Second. As discussed in close session, may have a roll call. Monique C. Nay. Andrea Morel. We're voting on the intervention. I sorry uh okay I'll say it again. So the motion we've a motion in a second to consider nonrenewal of youth interventionalist coach Joy Kabir for 2025 2026. Yes Jed Burer. Madam President, as a point of order, just to confirm, a vote
047in the affirmative is a vote for non-renewal. Correct. Correct. Correct. I Monica Angelo I. Shannon Woods I. Number 13, items for action under Dr. Hubard. Um, may I have a motion to consider to approve the recommendation to approve the District 91 consolidated district plan for federal grants? Okay. Second. Second. discussion. So each year in order to apply for federal funding, we have to complete our district consolidation plan. So this is an annual thing where the board approves it. Then we're able to submit it. This allows us to get title one funding, title two funding, title three funding, and IDA special education funding from the federal government, which accounts for about 6% of our budget. May I have a roll call? Monique Cotton. I. Andrea Mel, I. Jed Brewer, I. Monica Angelo, I Shannon Wood, I.
048Uh, number two, may I have a motion for uh recommendation to approve the Golf Mill Ford bid for $54,641.70 to purchase a 2024 Ford F250 with a plow. So moved. Second. A second. Discussion. I don't know where the 70 cents comes. That's a weird number to be, but that's it came in in the bid. Um, and a couple board meetings ago, we retired some of our older vehicles that were about 25 years old. Um, and our custodians need a new pickup truck to plow and remove snow. Um, because the current one that we still have to retire is very rusted out and it's about 15 years old, 10 years past the normal life of keeping it. U, we did go out to a formal bid. in the newspaper u and it was sent to multiple
049dealerships. We only received two bids back. Um this was the lowest bid uh that we did receive out of the two. Dr. Hover, is this technically a new vehicle? Yes. Okay. As such, does it carry any foreign manufacturers warranty with it? It does. Yes. Wonderful. And the price includes the addition of the plow and everything which is about 44500 adding on to the vehicle. Wonderful. Pure curiosity diesel engine. No. Okay. Any other questions? Question. Okay. Roll call. Monique Cotton. I. Andrea Mel. I. Jed Brewer. I. Monica Angelo. I. Shannon Wood. I. Number 14. Additional matters for consideration from the board. Oh, I'm sorry. We have Um, sorry. Um, Junth pole party on Saturday. Monique, it's a is it from 7 till 10? 6 to 9. I was so close. Looks forward to seeing you all
050there at the park district. Um, I just want to share some of the things that I was able to attend uh in the last month before school since our last meeting was the festival of the arts, the NEHS and NJHS ceremonies, sports board banquet, the PTO appreciation party, graduation, and then the Forest Park Pride event on Friday. Um, I think all of these make us make me feel more like a family. I really enjoy being allowed to attend these events. um especially graduation is that's a very sacred space and I cry every year. I have this is my eighth year and I did this year. Um we as a reminder we do not have our regular meeting in July. Um so we will see everyone back here in August. Have a good time. Make sure
051you hydrate when it's hot. Um and have fun and be safe. May I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. A second. Second. All in favor? I. It is now 9:08 and this meeting is adjourned.