001to the Harvard Community Unit, uh, school district, Board of Education meeting. We're going to reconvene back into open session with 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. >> This time we have some special recognition, uh, that students that we would like to recognize at this time. And our first one is Mia Martin, who is going to be an AVID national speaker. And she gets to go to San Diego, is that what I heard? COME ON UP. >> [applause] >> CONGRATULATIONS. AND I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO PRACTICE. >> Do you want to grab a picture first with me? Well, yeah, we're going to get a picture first
002and then we'll have you speak. Mr. Wilson, did you want to come up and say a few words? >> [snorts] >> Good evening. Uh, tonight we have our second, uh, AVID speaker series winner, Mia Martin. Uh, Mia is a, was a fifth grader at Jefferson. Um, and this year she worked really hard. Um, she worked with her teachers and instructional coach uh, to write a speech. Um, and she also submitted a video of about AVID, about how it's impacted her, what how it's changed what she's thinking about her future. Um, she submitted the video and the speech to AVID and over 800 applicants um, applied for it and she was a winner that we had one of two winners from Harvard this year. And so she gets to go to San Diego in August. She's
003going to represent Harvard on the national stage. She gets a flight, she gets accommodations, she gets a $500 scholarship and she gets a letter of recommendation from the AVID CEO for winning the award. So we're very proud of our AVID Speaker Series winners. And tonight Mia is going to share her speech with us. Thank you. >> Hello everyone. My name is Mia Martin and I'm in the fifth grade and go to Godby Elementary School. When I think about what I want to be when I grow up, I imagine myself as a nurse because I really enjoy helping people. On my softball team I often support my teammates by giving them pointers about fielding, batting, and throwing. When my team well When I grow up I will be able to help even more people with even
004more important life skills as a nurse. A few years ago I was sitting on the stairs to get a snack when I overheard my mom and sister talking about clinical practice. As I listened to them discuss their careers as nurses I thought to myself, wow, it must be really fun to be a nurse. I want to be one day I want to be a nurse one day too. Since I was curious about nursing I decided to take more time to learn about it. So I asked my mom many questions throughout the week. I had this notebook and I wrote what I wanted to be and wrote what I knew about nursing. For example, I learned from my sister that if you hold your sneeze it can pop a blood vessel in your brain and kill
005you. I would have added more to my wanted to learn but I lost motivation and didn't finish it. The thing Good thing I still have my notebook and I organized what I learned about being a nurse using bullet points. So I can always look back at get and add to them. Usually at school I'm organized and say hi to everyone. My mom and sister are nurses and I want to continue the family tradition. I want to help people live long, healthy, and beautiful lives. And I believe nursing is a meaningful way to make a difference. It is It is a super rewarding job and you can get a lot of money depending on what nursing job you take. AVID is helping me prepare for this future by teaching me how to manage my materials, take
006effective notes, and keep track of important tasks. Before AVID, I was unorganized and didn't know what I was doing. In first grade, I had a bin and it was very unorganized and it overwhelmed me. My erasers and pencils were everywhere and the papers were out of my subject folders. It made me feel so much more stressed. I felt like there were bricks on my head. With my desk and materials a mess, I felt like I had to rush and run work so that I could hurry up and clean my space. Since I felt anxious, my work wasn't my best work. My handwriting wasn't the best either because I wanted to write correctly. I was also pretty stressed over any test I would take thinking I would not do good. AVID has helped me become a
007better student by teaching me how to organize my materials and time. By fourth grade, I had organizational tools to help me organize my physical space at school. So I no longer felt rushed when doing my work. In my class, we used AVID binders with dividers to organize our papers. We also used folders for each of our subjects and this helps a lot when you have to get ready for a big test. For instance, I had to take a really big test and I was so worked up about it. But I stayed calm and placed my papers in my folders, cleared my desk, and took a deep and took the test. And then 15 minutes later, I finished and got a pretty good grade. Being able to keep my work space organized is really helpful because
008when you're a nurse, if you throw a very important paper anywhere and 2 days later you need it, it might you might not be able to find it. And you can get in really big trouble. Each day at school I work on my eyes. Each day at school I get to use my planner to organize my time and reflect on my day. For example, Monday fill out learning targets, Tuesday how are you doing on your learning targets, Wednesday how are you doing and what you're good at, Thursday how are you doing on your learning targets, Friday what thing you're good at, what thing you love, and what thing you're excited to learn. Using my planner each day will help me in nursing because I will I will have to make different notes and fill out
009care plans for my patients and also keep up on them. In addition to organizing my space and time, AVID has taught me how to use my thoughts. In fifth grade in my fifth grade class with Ms. Grubauer, I used many different strategies to organize my thoughts in writing. For example, while reading a text, I write in the margins and write summaries. My teacher also had us take two column notes and fill out graphic organizers before writing an essay. Taking the time to organize information makes writing an essay easier. Taking the time to organize information makes writing writing an essay easier because I can look back at my notes and read through them. Also also as a nurse, it will be important for me to keep track of my tasks and new information. So I like
010that I get to use different types of graphic organizers that I might use one day as a nurse. Being an AVID student has also taught taught me how to work with others. Ms. Grubauer often gave me opportunities to collab with my peers to collab with my peers. We would use strategies like elbow partners, think-pair-share, and group roles during class. This taught me how to work well with other people and get better at social skills. Collaboration is an important for is important for nursing because you have to work together with other while at the hospital to care for patients. One benefit of working together is that you can make friends. So, you're not in a group full of people you don't know or like. And you can and get to work on assignments together. There was
011also this one time where I was working on an assignment and I didn't know the answer. I was really wanted to get a good grade, so I asked my group to help me figure out the answer. As a nurse, it is important that you feel comfortable asking for help from other nurses. Now as an upcoming sixth grader, I am very organized and work well in groups, even though I prefer to work independently. All of the writing I do in my planner using graphic organizers and making text annotations has helped me improve my handwriting. Not only has AVID helped me improve my handwriting, it has helped me become a great student and peer. AVID has shown me that if you work together and try your best in school, you can be whatever you want when you
012grow up. AVID has shown me that anything is possible if I keep the goal in mind and keep working towards it. I would like to thank all my teachers, family, and friends for making me who I am today. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU. WE LOVE YOU. >> HAVE FUN. >> Thank you. >> The next person we would like to recognize is Ella Martin as an IHSA state track and field qualifier. Also, an IHSA state track and field qualifier, Brian Hernandez. And an IHSA fifth place shot put state medalist, Braden Will. >> [applause] [applause] >> OKAY, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO A budget hearing. If you all don't want to stay, it's okay. We get it. It's all right. We won't be offended. But you're more
013than welcome to. Thank you for coming. >> Yes, thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right, budget hearing. >> I move to open the hearing >> for the amended 2025-2026 Harvard Community School District 50 budget. >> Second. >> Any conversations? Questions? Brittany? McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Perez? Vega? >> Yes. >> Careful? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Sterio? >> Yes. >> Okay. Budget hearing closed. >> I move to close the hearing for the amended 2025-2026 Harvard Community Unit School District 50 budget. >> Second. >> Any conversation? Discussion? Brittany? Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. >> Perez? McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Careful? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Sterio? >> Yes. >> Public participation. Public participation is a time for community members and district employees to express a point
014of view and or ask questions, not to debate an issue. Interrogation of district employees, the superintendent or the Board of Education will not be permitted, nor will any comment from individual board members in response to statements made. Consistent with district policy and practice, the superintendent or administrative staff may follow up with individual speakers after the meeting to address any comments and/or questions. There will be a sign-up sheet for the public to identify their name, address, phone number, name of organization, if any, and a brief description of the topic to be addressed. When called to speak by the board president, all speakers should use the podium to address the board and are required to conduct themselves [clears throat] with respect and civility towards others at all times. Consistent with board policy 8:30, no speaker may make
015statements that threaten, harass, and/or intimidate staff members, board members, or any other person. Comments are limited to 3 minutes for an overall maximum of 1 hour and/or 20 minutes for any one subject. See board policy 2:30. Brittany, do we have anyone signed up? And we have a new timer. >> We do have a timer and everything. >> We'll still hold that. >> Yes. >> Okay, approval of minutes. >> I move to approve the closed and open session minutes from the regular meeting of the board on May 20th, 2026 as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany? >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Careful? >> Yes. >> Frias? Gonzales? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Abstain. >> Theriault? >> Yes. >> Consent agenda. >> I move to waive the reading of and approve the
016consent agenda as listed in the board agenda. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany? McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Careful? >> Yes. >> Frias? Vega? >> Yes. >> Gonzales? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. [clears throat] >> Theriault? >> Yes. >> New business, personnel report. >> I move to approve the personnel report as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany. >> Vega. >> Yes. >> McKenzie. >> Yes. >> Gonzalez. >> Yes. >> Perez. >> Garifo. >> Yes. >> McMillan. >> Yes. >> Ferial. >> Yes. >> Community engagement phase two. Discussion only. >> [clears throat] >> Okay. All right. Uh my name is Ed Sullivan. I'm the owner of Ed Sullivan Consulting and I am your consultant. My company and team, I have Rich Miller on my team that's here. >> I'm Rich Miller. >> You know who
017he is. He's a killer friend of mine. >> [laughter] >> People who know him in the political circles know him as crazy. I guess that's the best way to put it. And uh Connor Quigley is our intern. >> I'm sitting here to >> observe. Um we are in as you know a four-phase process to engage the community on a path forward for the district. Um phase one was more of an open-ended broad discussion trying to see what the district feels on open-ended questions and really to see what their thoughts were and introduce the the the concept of community engagement. Um you will hear us talk a lot about community-driven data-centric and this is what phase two is the beginning of. Um and so I want to go through this report and really what is a
018menu of items that we're talking about. So to date we've had 512 community members. We had five public engagement sessions, one in Spanish, two community meetings, two online surveys, one scientific phone survey. When we talk about data-centric, we are asking questions of this community thing and you will the We will ask questions of people that come to a forum to watch a presentation about the needs of the district. And then we did online surveys and scientific phone surveys. This report will be the product of all those that took place. So, feedback form responses. In phase two, we received 191 responses to the feedback form. When we talked about a menu of items, we take 10 buckets, if you will, different ideas of what as a district and as a board, you know what you need
019to do for the district. What we're trying to do is go to the community and say, "Okay, what do you guys like? What do you think? What is your participation to help us move things forward?" And so, when we get the data from the public, we want to lead with our strengths, and that's what this is all about is the data that we're trying to get. And so, you can see on the right-hand column, those are the 10 buckets of questions that we asked. And we showed them different ideas through the presentation. And all the people that answered questions basically had the same the same questions, same presentation other than the phone survey, which they did not see a presentation. So, here's two areas of the data that we're talking about. The community committee, which
020is a broad section of individuals throughout the community that we have asked to see a little bit more of a higher level discussion, if you will. And so, they can ask questions, have a little more time. Um They're our more learned group, as we call them, that really is sets the basis for what we're looking at. We can track how they feel at the beginning to the end, and it really gives us an idea of where to go with some of these discussions. So, the the top community committee areas, and so, when you look at the numbers, just so you understand this, when we asked them to rank these different menu items, we gave them one through 10, and you can only use one number once. And so, you couldn't say, "Well, I like them
021all, so they're all going to be ones." Um we had to use them one through 10, and so the average of that is the the lower score more people ranked these items. So, the community committee really um pref- um preferenced uh parking, sidewalks, and student drop-off safety and security, and CTA spaces, and scientific labs. Um where the public uh talked more about alternative learning spaces, infrastructure, mechanicals, and accessibility. As we move on in phase three, we will take this data and then build out three different options. And I'm going to go into a little bit more of that now. I just want to give you the basis for what we're talking about here. So, um as we move forward, this really sets the tone for everything that we do from here on out. We also
022asked um all three data sets on funding. And so, the three funding levels that we had were $30 million, which is your debt that's rolling off. And so, that would be a zero tax increase. We had a medium funding level of $60 million, which is uh $60 million, which is a $98 um tax increase per year. And then a high funding level of $90 million, which is a $412 per year tax increase. And this is on an average home of $266,000. The last data set that we use is a phone survey. And so, we did a automated telephone to um landlines and cells that went out um between April 20th and May 4th. And what we tried to make sure we do here, uh and so we read 260 completed phone surveys, which is great.
023Um when I was running for office, when we did uh polling, if I had 150 responses and 106,000 people, uh I thought that was pretty good. We got good data on that. You're getting 260 responses from obviously a much smaller subset. So, um good data to to build off of. >> [clears throat] >> This is the uh summary and I bring this up just to kind of show you um the first two columns we will ask um demographic questions. We don't obviously want to um be calling people and over sample people that uh are part of the school or people that aren't part of the school or seniors uh or younger people uh more conservative folks versus more liberal folks. We want to actually have what Harvard represents and so that is a weighted and
024modeled survey um professional survey that you would see um in any polling company. We have our own polling company so we do hundreds of these every month. Um, so the front the first two um sections are your ideology, you know, your age, gender, ethnicity, ideology, and connection and then um we also ask an opinion of the administration and board and so I'll go into that a little bit more, too. The second larger section um you'll hear me talk about favorability versus priority. So, the middle section, once again, we're asking folks, "What do you think about these items? Strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, strongly oppose, unsure." And so that's favorability. Um, we really just ask them that. Do you like this? Do you not like this? The last column is rank and so we force
025folks on this survey, this phone survey, to then ask priorities. Pick one. Which one do you like the most? And so that's how we get a rank and we'll talk um when I go over the data here in a little bit, we'll go between the two um favorability versus priority. Um we start with favorability of the school district. So, obviously we want to see are people enjoying what's happening with the board, with the administration, what are their opinions? Um, here we have some mixed results. Overall, the um in this phone survey, they rate the school at 47% favorable, 39% uh unfavorable for a net 18% favorability. That's good. We certainly wouldn't want to see it negative. That would mean that we probably would have to do some things to bring up the favorability of the
026school district cuz you don't want to have net negative favorability going into a potential referendum. So, um when you look at the kind of sub Can you get the slide? Yeah, there we go. And I'm going to the next one. Wait. Yes. So, when you look at the subcategories of the data, so we obviously the first one I showed you was the summary. We also have subcategories that we can really kind of delve into and that'll be useful down the line. Um Hispanics are plus 35% um but whites are minus 20 24%. Residents 44 show up with strong favorability, 21% plus 21% while residents uh over 65 show a negative favorability. We I bring that up because as we move forward, we now know, okay, what are the subsections that we should probably be paying
027attention to that might have a negative opinion of the district and how do we approach that? And so as we move forward and I know we're going to have some time over the summer fall and we'll get into that um where we can really concentrate on these subcategories to improve you know, what people think about uh the district, the administration, or the board and we'll get more into that as as we move along. Uh and I know that we're going to have this upcoming strategic planning process um where we can really start to tackle that and we'll be here to help along the way. So, I talked about those 10 buckets, um individual projects. Um the good thing um all these projects receive support in the plus 50 to plus 40% 40s 50% and 40%.
028The average of all the projects was plus six 26%. That's good. You don't want to go in there with projects that are negative or if you do, then perhaps you pull those off of the overall plan once we go into phase three and four. Um well, all the projects or most projects that are supported, we do have some specific ones that are the communities' top three priorities. Safety and security, infrastructure mechanicals and accessibility, CT spaces and lab science labs. Safety and security has the highest net favorability of 50% and as a general public's top priority. So, remember favorability in the middle, priority at the end. When we had them pick them, the general public's top This was the general public's top rated. And that that gels. I mean, a lot of times we will see
029people want to know that their kids are safe and how are we doing that? And so, safety and security typically will rise to the top. And so, it's not something that um that we wouldn't see. Infrastructure mechanicals and accessibility, once again, third highest net favorability, second priority for the general public. And then CT spaces and science labs as a second highest net favorability and third in priority for the community. As we build out three options, you will have set dollar amounts. And when we talk about these, and I'm going to go on to the next level of the priority for the population of the the public. What can you get to get those first three? As it 30 million, 25 million, and then you brought more in. The 60 million, can you get all three
030and then the next batch? And we'll talk a little bit more about that as we build things out. The community's next two priorities are parking, sidewalks, and student drop-off and auditorium and performing arts spaces. The parking sidewalks, top priority for the community committee. So, those are the folks that really got to sit talk a little bit about, you know, what can be done and this and the other. And the third in priority for the general public. Auditorium and performing arts spaces top priority for those who provided feedback in the public engagement sessions or on the website and third priority for the community committee. So, once again, we're building an overall idea through multiple data sets. This is going to be very data-centric. We'll be able to really build The idea is to get as much
031data that as the board and as administration you feel very comfortable with the decisions that you may or may not make, you know, come down the line. Next in priority are the early Sorry. Um next in priority are the early childhood spaces and student experience. Early childhood spaces fourth highest net favorability, fifth in priority for those who provided feedback in the public engagement sessions or the website, and student experience was the fifth priority for the general public. And the lowest in priorities are um athletic facilities, collaborative learning spaces, environments, and the field house. Um a lot of times you'll see athletics fall off towards the end because a lot of people go like, well, let's you know, let's focus on student, you know, education and so forth. So, sometimes we do see this. Uh in
032a rare occasion we've actually had um districts where, you know, a field house has risen to the top um because various reasons. Uh and that's more that we can get into as we move from phase to phase. Um the athletic facilities are the sixth priority for the community committee, but has the lowest net favorability of all the um individual projects. Collaborative learning environments sixth priority for those who provided feedback in the public engagement sessions, but ninth priority for both the general public and community committee. And the field house was sixth priority for the community committee, but ninth for those who provided feedback. So, we're starting to see a trend of um the different projects the menu of options the 10 menus um starting to fall out. And so, once again, we'll be able to build
033out or help the administration at us. Um between the data that we're getting working with the administration, we can build out um potential next uh levels that we'll we'll go back out into next year. We also tested potential funding levels. Um the good thing is the public shows um support providing additional funding. We have 72% supporting one of the funding levels and only 19% said no funding at all. So, one of the options we had um low, medium, high, unsure, but then one of the options was no fund. And so, it's it's good to see that you're under 20% of people that said no um no funding at all. So, that's a We like to see that. That's a a positive going into next stages. The one thing that we did see is the high
034funding level really was kind of out of the range of folks. Um pretty universally, and if you remember that was $90 and about a $416 um annual tax effect. And so, we know going into the next phase that we're going to have to reduce that and have uh further discussions about the high funding level. Um the community's top choice unanimously across all three data sets uh was the medium funding level, which would provide $60 million in funding for projects at $98 per year. Um net favorability of 27% is the top choice for, as I said, all three data sets. So, that's good to see that we have some pretty good cohesiveness across the data sets, something to build on as we move forward. Uh the next level was the low funding level, um $30 million,
035no taxes, very high net favorability at 57%. Obviously, when you're talking about getting $30 million and not having to pay any more taxes, obviously we know that this is tax swap. Um and so, uh it's gives you as a board options, um depending on the direction you want to go. This is the second choice for all those that provide feedback. And really the last one that we want to talk about is a high funding level um net negative uh negative net favorability minus 24%. So, you're already going in there where people are are have a negative view of this. Um and that's that's based on the cost. 400 12 this one is 416. $412 per year. So, um we know um it's notable for us because typically your community committee because these are individuals specifically
036picked by the administration um to come in, give their ideas. A lot of them probably are well known in the community and maybe have a good attachment to the to the district. Maybe they're teachers. Um so, for them to rank this as third, that's pretty telling. And so, it really gives us the data that we know that it's just not going to be the way that we're going to go as we move forward. Developing options for phase three, um overall the feedback's been positive. Uh we've gotten good data so far. Uh we hope to get another 500 some responses uh as we go in phase three. Um as we move forward, we need to construct three options uh as I said. And then we will go back out and do the same thing that we
037did before. Uh option one we think should be the low funding level. >> [clears throat] >> We already uh have good data. So, obviously $30 million. Option two should be the medium funding level. Uh it's $60 million. And option three, another high funding level, we think it should be somewhere between the medium and high. And so, somewhere between $70 and $80 million. And so, when we think about these options, we're thinking about remember you have the options that we're talking about and funding levels we want to backfill those with all right, for $30 million, what are the top three, four projects could we get put in there? And so, for the next level for 60 million, we're obviously taking 30 million and adding another 30 million. What more projects can we get? And we're driving
038this off of what the public has told us are their priorities. Now, listen. You're the administration. You're the board. You know certain things that you just have to do. And they might not be one of the top public's picks. Doesn't mean you don't do it. But if we're having a vote for a referendum, we want to lead with our strengths. And so, we want to list the things that people have said, "This is what we're all about. This is what we really want to see." So, those are things that we will phase four talking about once we get the phase three data. And then how we say I've talked about the the high funding level, somewhere between the two 70 75 million, but um we'll as a discussion point talk to the administration, see where
039they might go with that. And that could be driven by, all right, we can for 70 million get the first six priorities listed, or maybe it's the first seven for 75 million. And so, we'll have have these discussions as we move forward. Now, whatever we do, um the district should spend the next several months meeting with its architects, refining the projects and costs. Um Here we go. Um I did miss one thing. As I said, I was talking about it, but I didn't show the says, um safety, security, infrastructure, mechanicals are your your top three. And then, as we go down this um as you go out to the medium and uh high funding levels, you'll add in CTE spaces, parking, sidewalks, auto growing for performing arts spaces, really challenging spaces. And so, that's how
040we will um we'll get things moving as we move forward. Now, what do we do next? From phase three, we're going to go to phase four. And for phase three, we're going to go to phase three, where we'll obviously do these options. We'll uh reconvene in the fall. I know that we're going to take some time to meet with the district, with the residents, talk about different different things there where we can be helpful with that. And then phase three will launch in early 2027. During phase three, we will conduct another community committee. We'll have more online data sets, and then we'll do another phone survey. If need be, and we want to add some community meetings, we're happy to do that. It's not part of the contract, but sometimes you want to go out
041to the public again and have them come in and see a presentation. If we need to add that, we will add it. But typically, we don't do it in phase three, but our program is kind of Yeah, we kind of go with what you guys need instead of what the program says. This will put the district on a timeline for a potential referendum, meaning their March 2028 the primary or November 2020 general election. So, with that, hopefully I didn't go too quick down everything, but I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Can you send all of that to us? >> They have it. You have it in your inbox. >> Do I? Okay. >> Yeah, I literally just did it while I was sitting here. >> [laughter] >> YOU DID IT AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE
042IT. I KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT WAS COMING. >> IF anybody has questions on anything, just reach out to Richard or I or Melissa, and she can reach out to us and we'll happy to answer any questions. We have time. That's the good thing that you guys have started this early. You've gotten some good data to to get you to where you're at to now, where you've decided to delay and work on some things. I think that's great. We're project based. Doesn't We don't charge anything more if you go another year or so. It's the same same cost. So, we're here for you the entire time, whether we're actively working with you or not. So, just reach out to us and we're happy to help. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> So, if a referendum
043were to to go to referendum in the spring of 2020 and if it were to pass, that when does that hit tax rolls? The next year? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, your tax bills then would be adjusted in um >> So, the 2020 tax rolls would be in 2021. >> Okay. >> May of 2020. >> And that aligns with some of the debt from the Bernard presentation. And that was one of the reasons why we wanted to pause with one, um make sure the board was aware of what the possible financial implications were, but then also um something we heard from the community during the community listening sessions is um this conversation's great. We know that there's a need, but what are we doing in regarding academics? And so, we want to
044make sure that we also give some time and space to launch our strategic plan work because our strategic plan is the efforts in the plan on how we improve academic achievement. So, we heard that and we want to make sure that that is out there, that messaging is clear, that just because this is the conversation doesn't mean that our main conversation isn't happening and and we aren't developing a plan. So, we think if we can get that out before continuing this conversation, that would be >> [clears throat] >> helpful in the long run. >> Okay. The the good thing about a community engagement process like this is exactly what just happened. Maybe you didn't know about that. Maybe you would have gone to a referendum and people would be upset because they didn't do this.
045Um we have seen I would say 90% of work we've done with roughly 32 different uh school districts, something comes up and sometimes it comes up during the referendum or during the engagement process. And so, um it's good that you're out there, you're talking, you get to listen. And so, now you get to react to that. And uh like I said, we're we're here to help with all that and you guys have done a great job. As we said, listening. And that's what it's all about. Okay, with that, um Um, like I said, uh reach out to us at any point and we're we're around. >> Thank you. >> The first reading of press 121. >> I move to approve the first reading of press 121 with the exclusion of 5.250 and 5.330 as presented.
046>> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany? >> Garibay? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. >> Prez? >> Gonzalez? >> Abstain. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Cerial? >> Yes. >> Appointment of district treasurer. >> I move to approve the appointment of Birgit Behrens as District 50 treasurer for the fiscal year 2026-2027 with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as the firm acting as surety on the bond of $14 million as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany? >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Prez? Vega? >> Yes. >> Garibay? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Cerial? >> Yes. >> Depository. >> I move to approve the Harvard State Bank and PMA as the school district's depository bank for the fiscal year 2026-2027. >> Second. >> Discussion? Brittany? >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >>
047Vega? >> Yes. >> Prez? McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Garibay? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Cerial? >> Yes. >> Newspaper. >> I move to approve the Northwest Herald as the official District 50 newspaper for the fiscal year 2026-2027. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Brittany? McMillan? >> Yes. >> Garibay? >> Yes. >> Prez? Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Cerial? >> Yes. >> Petty cash. >> I move to approve the establishment of the petty cash accounts for the 2026-2027 school year as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Brittany? >> Vega? >> Yes. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Prez? [clears throat] >> Garfield? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Dario? >> Yes. >> Resolution for transfer of interest. >> I move to approve the resolution
048transferring $50,000 of interest between funds as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Brittany? >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Prez? >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Garfield? >> Yes. >> Dario? >> Yes. >> Amended 2025-2026 budget. >> I move to approve the amended 2025-2026 Harvard Community Unit School District 50 budget as presented. >> Second. >> Discussion? >> Brittany? >> Garfield? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. >> Prez? >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Dario? >> Yes. >> Chromebook carts. >> I move to approve the Chromebook uh charging carts for $107,000 from CDW-G as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Brittany? >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Prez? >> Vega? >> Yes. >> Garfield? >> Yes. >> McMillan?
049>> Yes. >> Dario? >> Yes. >> Zono machine. >> I move to approve the purchase of a Zono sanitation cabinet from Zono Technologies for Washington School for $49,346 as presented. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Brittany? >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Garfield? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Prez? >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Dario? >> Yes. >> IESA 2026-2027 registration. >> I move to approve the 2026-2027 IESA registration for Harvard Junior High for $870 as presented. >> Second. >> Discussion? Brittany? McMillan? >> Yes. >> Carballo? >> Yes. >> Frias? Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Vega? >> Yes. McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Cerillo? >> [clears throat] >> Yes. >> Procurement card P-Card approval. >> I move to approve the P-Card users and limits for the 2026-2027 school year as presented. >> Second.
050>> Any discussion? Brittany? >> Vega? >> Yes. >> McKenzie? >> Yes. >> Gonzalez? >> Yes. >> Frias? Carballo? >> Yes. >> McMillan? >> Yes. >> Cerillo? >> Yes. >> Committee reports. Uh we had a board policy committee meeting this evening and our next one will be July 22nd at approximately 4:15. That's where we're scheduling. There is a curriculum committee on July 22nd as well at 4:30 and there is a finance committee that evening at 5:00 p.m. The facilities committee will meet on August 19th at 5:00 p.m. and there is a labor relations committee meeting scheduled for July 16th at 3:30 p.m. Other than that, it's all yours, Dr. White. >> Thank you. Good evening. I'll be brief this evening. I said all my end of the year greetings, celebrations, and hope you have a good
051summer last month. Um but um this evening we were going to do the ELL school works report, uh but we knew we had the community engagement presentation, so we are going to move that to July. We will do a brief overview for the board during the curriculum committee meeting um and then do the full presentation during the board meeting, so um it can be viewed um via live stream as well for the community. Um for you as this month um we had four, the data branch, um McCoy Osborne, um Carlo Carlos from Employee Research, Fana Langden, the data branch, and Daniel Kramer, um, upgrade research facility. All of those have been fulfilled. The district spent, um, and these are always a little, um, a couple months behind, but the district spent $1,351.25 on legal fees,
052um, on fulfilling FOIA requests through April 30th. This evening, as as, um, was mentioned, we had two committee meetings. Um, one was our policy committee met this evening to go over updated, um, policy recommendations from press, and so the board discussed those in addition to discussing a cell phone draft policy based on the, um, anticipated sign and approval of the cell phone ban, um, from from the governor's office. And then, as mentioned, there are a couple policies that we need to consult our attorneys with, and so we will have a brief policy meeting at our July meeting at 4:15 p.m. Facilities committee, um, met this evening at 5:00 p.m. Discussed several old business items including the junior high, um, wood gym floor progress update. Um, hoping we get some good news on that, um, and
053figure out where the water's coming from. The LED lighting progress update throughout the district, um, the door hardware progress update, rekeying of several doors across the district, um, in new business, we discussed the replacement of two, um, air conditioning ceiling units at the high school, as well as several server closet mini splits, which I don't really know what that is, but I'm a cost money, um, and the people and the people who need to know what that is know what it is and and and we need it. Um and so we had that conversation with the board this evening as well. Um and that wraps up our comments for this evening. Thank you. >> Okay, our next board meeting is on the fourth Wednesday of July, which will be July 22nd at 7:00 p.m. Motion
054to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Enjoy.