001Andrew Carlson, Anne Helm, here. Carrie Steinback, here. Richard Driver, here. Lauren Hirsch, here. Tim Pennick, here. Okay, will you stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please? I pledge allegiance to the flag Thanks, Carol. Um Anne, can you please read the mission vision and I can. My computer is locked without me. Okay, mission: Ensure academic achievement and personal growth for all students through innovative and engaging educational opportunities. Vision: An inclusive community of motivated learners who are inspired to change the world through exploration and collaboration. Motto: Excellence in education, enthusiasm for life, every student, every day. Thank you. Um we welcome comments from our staff, parents, or constituents, um twice during the meeting, one now and at the end. So, if we have any public comment, please speak now. I know you're all here for something else,
002but you're welcome to talk. Okay, so moving on, we will go to our student recognition. Okay, so we have asked our staff to nominate some students who demonstrate competencies in their portrait of a learner. So, congratulations to everyone who's here today. It's quite an honor and a big deal to be chosen out of all of their peers um for demonstrating these things. So, thank you for being here and we're going to start with Mrs. Cormack, I believe. Okey dokey. Okay. So, just to kind of kick it off, I think one of the things that's important for all of us is while we are here, we're really not here to teach students, we're here to create learners. We want lifelong learners. And that's what I think the portrait of a learner really helps us highlight that
003is all of those students that we have that are on that road. They're on that pathway and they're showing those things that we need. So, I'm going to run through my group and then I know there's a a few from our other building. I'll start off. I nominated Mabel Carney. Not sure if Mabel is here yet. Mabel, just like many of my students this year is showing the trait of adaptability because she has been very diligent, consistently striving to learn above all else, using all the tools at hand, rolls with the punches, and tackles all the challenges that our new NCA curriculum has thrown her way. My second nominee tonight is Talulah Glassman. >> [laughter] >> Talulah also demonstrates great adaptability in facing challenges with determination. She enjoys what we do. She'll ask questions to
004deepen her understanding and will work with whoever and whatever to get it done. My third nominee was Maya Fowler. She has exemplified the learner characteristic of confidence. She's really coming to her own, especially when it comes to Google Sheets. One of the few I've had that has consistently wanted to know more, learn more, and ask for more when it comes to learning the tricks behind Google Sheets. Takes a lot of confidence to do that, so. My fourth nominee is Catherine Rickmeier. Rin shows our trait of critical thinking. She will dive head first into everything. She is the one seventh grader who thought to get money pulled out of her paychecks for a 401K. Definitely gets into all of what we're doing, always analyzing, thinking, and looking for what she can connect to next. So. And
005my last nominee is actually double nominated by both me and Mrs. Coleman, Abby Elliott Cunningham. Um from me, Elliott demonstrates great adaptability in working to achieve everything that I've thrown her way when it comes to MPA, figuring out how to break it all down, get it all done, and work with people around her. Mrs. Coleman says she really demonstrates the trait of empathy. Really excellent every category that Mrs. Coleman's proud to be her teacher and has loved watching her confidence grow as she uses communication as a tool to be an advocate. She's always adapting to change and shows empathy towards others. She cares for those around her and that we're all proud of her. Thank you, Mrs. Coleman. And then I think we have Mrs. Wolwich next. Mrs. Wolwich? Sorry. Okay. I had to write
006something cuz otherwise, well, I still might cry, but um I just feel very fortunate to be able to nominate. I love that we do this. Um and this year I've had the privilege of watching a truly remarkable transformation. Theo Glover has not only grown academically, but in confidence, courage, and self-belief. Each day Theo walks in with a smile that truly lights up the room, and that smile has become one of the brightest parts of my day. It's truly like the highlight every day. I look forward to our time that we get to work together. As a reading teacher, there's nothing more rewarding than seeing a love of books come to life, and his excitement for stories has brought me so much joy. Whether he's diving into a new book or sharing his thoughts, his enthusiasm
007is contagious. He has worked incredibly hard to get to this point, and it shows in everything he does. He is without a doubt doubt a highlight of each and every one of my days at LBES, and I'm so incredibly proud of him. Not just for how far he has come, but for the kind, determined, and confident person he is becoming. Why do we have any other ones? We have a Yes. I think um >> [laughter] >> Sorry. The reason it's not working. All right. I am honored to share these nominations on behalf of some teachers who weren't able to be here this evening. So, first on behalf of Kelly Sheridan, I would like to honor Eleanor Egan. Oscar's Eleanor is nominated for her outstanding work on her Kid to Kid project and presentation during enrichment
008block. Kid to Kid is a fifth grade project where students explore and research a personal passion, then teach others about it. For their final product, students move around the school sharing what they've learned in fun and engaging way with younger students. Eleanor created an exceptional Kid to Kid presentation that brought the art of baking to life for younger students in an engaging and accessible way. Through thoughtful research and a growing passion for baking, she explored the flavor combinations and cupcake design. Then, Eleanor translated her learning into a presentation that was both informative and fun. She demonstrated strong critical thinking by selecting ideas that would resonate with her audience and present them clearly using age-appropriate language and examples. Eleanor's diligence and willingness to continually refine her presentation showed her commitment to excellence and her creative approach
009to encouraging active participation, making the experience interactive and memorable. Her dedication to improving her work and thinking imaginatively to engage students truly set her presentation apart. Thank you so much, Eleanor, for your time. Next, I would love to honor Connor Nash. Woo! Okay. Thanks for your patience, everybody. All right, this is from Mrs. Lesnick and Mrs. Sapienza. They are nominating you for critical thinking. They shared, "Connor consistently puts forth his best effort in all areas of learning. He thinks carefully and critically about each project, article, and math problem, taking time to understand and reflect. Connor makes meaningful connections between ideas and uses evidence to support his thinking. His ability to form thoughtful opinions shows strong reasoning and a deep engagement for his work." Congratulations, Connor. All right, and lastly, I would love to honor Weston
010Butts. Wesson was nominated by Mrs. Sapienza and Mrs. Lesnick for his adaptability. They shared, "Wesson is a hardworking and dedicated student who always puts his best effort forward. He works well with others and doesn't give up when things get challenging. We've seen him overcome obstacles and continue to grow in his confidence and resilience. He should be very proud of this recognition." Yep. Thanks to everybody for being here. You're more than welcome to stay for the entire board meeting because I want you to go for ice cream or some other treat. Congratulations. Oh, you're fine. >> Oh, good. Thank you. She was a really good student. I know it was really [clears throat] nice to teach your son. Such nice thoughts. It's great part of it. I'm just trying to get it. I don't know. Try
011to find something. I just don't know what this side is. >> [laughter] >> Turn off the computer on the side and I'm like I wonder why. I think you have a busy household today. >> [laughter] >> All of this is even better. All right. So, I made a video. Actually, uh we uh we had our musical two just a little over 2 weeks ago. Um, and tried to capture some of the behind-the-scenes things that that the parents don't always see. So, we got a little bit of the transition through uh our dress rehearsal. Uh approximately a little less than 3 minutes. So, please enjoy. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> This is actual audio from the show, right? Close that. Yeah. I have shoes on me. I turned on the cast mics and uh singers. So, basically
012I uh figured I was running out of time. I'm pretty sure that it's on. I got to turn it. >> Hey, bro. >> [laughter] [clears throat] >> That was actually And something I highlight every year that I just I always want to reiterate, just thanks to the staff for including all the students that want to participate. That's not a normal >> [laughter] >> occurrence. It doesn't happen at every school that we include every student that wants to participate in some way, and I'm just proud of it every year. So, thanks to everyone for all your hard work. Thank you. I'm super proud of the staff members that made it happen. Our family has supported it. It's an all hands-on deck effort. So, thank you very much. Another clap. Keep it up. Keep them speaking so
013we get up here. You're all getting steps. Good steps. We're not. Um, I don't think we have any reports. Anyone else here, right? No. Nope, just a reminder for everyone that we're in assessment season. We're going to talk a lot about assessments tonight. Um, and the next round I think we're done with IAR now, but the next round will be MAP assessments that start on May 11th. So, just one more round of spring assessments. Make sure the kids get a good night's sleep and something to eat every morning. We're just going to keep encouraging them through this last bit of spring assessments. So, that's all I have. And your and I think you're and you're not the most recently, the one before you also, we went through a four-year audit by the Yeah. >> state.
014>> Yep, our regional office. Yeah. Or by the regional office. So, that must have been a big undertaking. >> was. How was that? Yes, we um, just like every other district, we have to show evidence of compliance in every area, and uh, we had a very successful audit experience that we spent a couple months preparing toward, and um, yeah, really proud of the team here. It's a small but mighty team. Yeah, I know. I'm sure it takes a lot of work to document all that and all those mandates and everything else. Yeah. congratulations. Thank you. I appreciate that, too. Thanks. All right. Well, Nate, you get to come back up for your round of applause for your outdoor ed trip assessments. Yeah. Want me to come up and speak about it? I don't personally want
015to do that. No, but [laughter] I Yeah, I mean Give us a reminder about outdoor ed in Washington. Yeah, so we have two trips that are overnight at the middle school level. In seventh grade, we have the outdoor ed trip. It's actually two parts. We have a three-day experience. Students do a day and a half in East Troy Wisconsin at Camp Edwards. That's the outdoor ed portion. Do a lot of team building activities there. We cook meals over the open fire. Do some fun things in the evening, but it's a neat opportunity for kids to get to know teachers in a different way outside of school, but but in a school setting. And it kicks off the year in October. I apologize. It didn't It's It's September. September, sorry. Early in the year. Yes, we've
016got back into our original date, which was nice, a little earlier in the year. Those students then are at Camp Edwards. That's half of the seventh grade time. The other half will be here doing the Lake Waubesa. That's kind of a historical geocaching tour around Lake Waubesa, some of our historical sites, learning about the village that they live in, and then we switch groups. And so when we get the new group up, the other group comes back to Lake Waubesa. So, that's the seventh grade outdoor ed piece. And then, of course, eighth grade Washington D.C. Um three days, two nights touring Washington D.C. We work with Hemisphere Educational Travel. They've done a great job for us. I think we've been using them for at least the last 12 years, probably more. Um And we usually
017are booked on two flights flying into Reagan and into Dulles arriving at roughly the same time. Um I had gone to Washington, D.C. with my family for a spring break trip and I thought, "I've got this. I've I've done it. 22 Washington, D.C. trips and I can tell you I wasn't able to do as much as we do in these three days. Uh it's really difficult unless you've got a coach bus waiting for you at every stop and somebody to help coordinate all of your uh all of your stops and all of your visits to the museums. Um [clears throat] travel and so uh we're just happy that we've got a community that continues to support such a trip and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. Always fun with the kids. Thanks.
018It was fun. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Justin Uh-huh. Yes. Jack, you we're moving to assessment updates. I know we now turn assessment >> [laughter] >> It's easier on the way in, isn't it? Um I'm providing an update on our uh assessments. So, this year we've been looking at our um kind of bigger screening assessments. We've been using Aimsweb for a couple of years now as a progress monitoring tool for students receiving special education services, but also as our K1 universal screening and benchmarking throughout the year. Um this is the third year we've been using it as an FFT team and the second year we've been using Aimsweb for the K1 level. Uh so, it just felt like a natural time to kind of dig in and decide if it was something we wanted to
019continue to move forward with. Um additionally, NWEA, which is the provider of MAP, was purchased by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which is a a publishing company that produces curricular resources. Um and then also we have our our ELA adoption. So, we just felt like this was a kind of a nice moment to pause and reflect on if the assessment tools we had were meeting the needs of um of the teachers and of us as an administrative team, and of our students. So, we pulled together a committee. We met a couple of times over the course of the year to do a SWOT analysis and determine what it was that were the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges in our current system. Um and then we identified some of our big needs of assessment, what were the components
020that we really needed to have, what were some of the nice to haves. Um from there we looked into some potential vendors and had vendor presentations in December where they and then shared all of the tools and platforms with the team. People were able to interact with some of the resources and um give some feedback on what they felt like was higher um on the priority of the vendor that they would like to work with. Um from that feedback we did determine that we wanted to move forward with Renaissance, which is a pretty robust platform that provides um multiple different assessment tools. So, our recommendation is that we would pull away from using Aimsweb for next year um with putting a more emphasis on Renaissance program called FastBridge. That would be the platform that we
021would use for students support services to do progress monitoring throughout the year. And then Renaissance also offers another program Star, which we did use previously as a district, but we used it in a different way. Um so, we are going to be using that as our K1 benchmarking tool. Um we feel like it'll just provide us with better information, and it also will take less time to administer so that students in kindergarten aren't coming in and spending days on end um being assessed by their teachers, and that time that's so important to be building community. Um and then we decided that we'd like to continue using NWEA for the time being uh just to see how the um the buyout of that uh platform how it evolves over time. Um and also just felt like
022because we are making this curricular shift, we didn't want to change too many things uh and have data that might not be completely informative anymore. So, the recommendation again is that we're going to shift towards the Renaissance platform. Another added bonus that I didn't include in this, but they do offer a mental health screener called Sabers, which will be a requirement in the state of Illinois this coming fall but the year from now. So, it's something that also will be able to kind of dig into and explore because we'll have access to the platform and we'll have the relationship with the vendor. So, beginning this spring we're going to start building that familiarity with the tool. We were able to get a contract that they're kind of grandfathering us in for the year so that
023our staff members can start digging into it over the last month of the school year so that they can be really familiar with it come fall when we'll be starting to administer these assessments to our students. The only kind of financial impact is that there is professional development and onboarding associated with it, but that's a one-time fee that just kind of comes with this type of adjustment to a changing vendors. Any questions? I'm assuming the data is easily transferable. Yeah, so that's so also another component of this. The only thing that Renaissance does not provide right now is a writing CBM. So, for students that are specifically working on writing goals. So, we actually are going to keep AIMSweb for that small portion of students and with that we're able to get access of all
024of the data that has that exists in the system. So, it's kind of a nice balance of not having to being able to still access it while we're making that transition over the next year. Great. Any other questions for Jackie? All right, thank you so much. And then coming to Jake. We're tableing that one until the next meeting. Sorry. No, I don't want that answer. I apologize for not including you on that email. Moving that to me now, too. You don't get that. It's my dad just signed a couple family books. >> [laughter] >> So, the board packet is a proposal to repair the front entry. Um since it was installed, uh the front entry has deteriorated, the concrete and the brick work. And so, this is this is repairs are almost necessary um before
025it gets any worse and needs to be completely rebuilt. So, we wanted to try to tackle this uh this summer. This was in capital plan that I had proposed. And uh we've worked with this vendor um before and they've done concrete work around the building and helped with the maintenance of the building. We think is a reasonable proposal. It also includes some of the life safety recommendations that were from our 10-year health life safety study that we need to fix some stairs. So, this is if we get if we are able to sign the contract and approve it tonight, they can probably get the work done before June 1. So, it'll be on this year's budget. >> [clears throat] >> Any questions? My only question, and I I mean the picture show, but um the
026current like garden like planters in that wood, those steps will stay. Oh, yeah. Everything will stay. They will just um redo redo it and then seal it. Cool. I was really following the proposal. Okay. Anybody have questions? As we'll vote on that tonight. Um probably a minor thing, but will there be like summer school while this is being done? Summer school? Is that all in the entry? Oh, is it This is in the middle. Okay. So, there's nothing like happened There won't be any students like here for any summer bridge courses, right? I don't know. >> In excess. You think that from here, right? Yeah. But there's people having to come here close. Or just for the few people who are working here. >> Okay. But they could come here. >> They can. We'll go.
027All right, thank you so much. Um moving on to your generator contract. >> Okay, sure. Um we put out a bid for the generator um for at the elementary school. And um got the results back, and we had two bidders. With the uh we're recommending that we award the bid to um Kelso-Burnett Company in the amount of $340,000, which includes um base bid as well as some alternative work that we added. And then uh to offer to also pre-authorize some contingent work, which is one of the um alternates for a circuit breaker replacement if needed. So, we had some circuit breakers in that same room that were yellowing, and we were concerned about their condition. So, we figured while we were in there doing work, we would get a quote for an additional. So, that
028that's an additional $60,000 if they need to be replaced. If they don't, there's no charge. Um we had two bidders. As I said, the Kelso-Burnett was the lowest. They came in at $340,000. The estimate from the architect before the project was about 300, so um pretty close. Uh unfortunately, the generator uh the manufacturer of the generator we spec'd has had some is changing over models in there, so we have time issue that we were not anticipating. So, we will not have the equipment before the beginning of next school year. But the plan is to go ahead and do all of the pre-work and wiring and panel installation during the summer and then when the generators come in in the in the fall and winter to to do the work then. Uh it's we would we
029would like to do it over winter break, but given the location and uh the remote nature of the work, we could probably do it while students are in session because there's only outside access to that electric room and really nobody goes over there. Um so I do not expecting it to be too disruptive. Within the base bid of $340,000, there's a $10,000 contingency that's already built in and that contingency could be used to offset any additional costs related to the timing. Uh if there's any additional work in the staging of the installation. Uh so that was our recommendation. There were some other options, but uh we didn't want to redo it because we feel pretty good about the number we got and we know a lot of them going back and increasing their bid plus
030just with time and escalation there's increased costs and then we could buy a generator that is too big for our needs, but that would be also an increased cost and may not convenience us, so we recommend this contractor. They they did vetted by the architect. They checked out their references and so So as I was reading um you're recommending option two and that's what we'll vote on tonight. Right. >> Okay. So the the vote is to award the bid to that vendor to you take option two and phase the installation and then also get approval the additional circuit breaker work if Um when does that cost hit? And like consider it now? As they as they bill as they progress bill as well. If they do they probably will most likely be on this fiscal
031year, but if they start work in June some of that will happen in June, but then come dollars they can offer. Got it. Okay. Any other questions for you? There been I guess they assume the kind of phased installation and or Well, they assumed they were going to do it all over something but then when their equipment's um lead times changed, the architect will provide the money. So when we put the new fire alarm system in the building it's fine. Okay. There's lots of work to do in the building and they can pour the pad and they can get their gas lines ready and everything and when the generator comes they can install them inside and and connect it. The only the only sort of um difficulty is that the existing inverter panels that are
032in there are sort of in the place where the new stuff needs to go so we can't really rip those out when the students are here because there'd be no emergency lighting so we've got to figure it out. You know. But there's no I mean things can happen but there's no like anticipated bigger costs because it's being phased. >> No, I mean anything else would be a change order. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Thank you. Um I guess we can just move on to budget parameters now. Cool. So this is budget season. Um we're currently working on the budget for 2026-2027 school year and I'm I'm to take you through some of the assumptions that I'm making to build the budget. You won't see final budget numbers, but it should give you a flavor for kind of
033the direction that things are moving and what we're considering. So, please feel free to ask questions if you are wondering what's going on and there's anything that's included or not. Biggest source of revenue is our tax levy, so tax levy assumptions drive a lot of the budget. Our um tax levy increase for the year is 2.6% That's a 3.3% increase in operating funds, 2.9% of which is coming from existing property and the balance is coming from new property. We did uh get an additional $86,000 this year um for to compensate for any sort of refund um refunds or changes of assessments that happened last year, which may have caused a little bit of left all of our taxes. This is down from $150,000 last year, um but still significant. That was actually more than I
034was expecting given our collection rate this year. Our debt service uh extension is going down slightly and my current first cut of the budget is still a collection rate of 98.5%. That was the collection I used to estimate 99.5 and then the I had 2 years where it was 98.5 and I had a goal. Um so then this year I also budgeted 98.5 and we collected 100.2 100.2% So, so I told them they can't win. Yeah, but so I may bump that up depending on how things shake out as we go. All right, in the in the final budget. So, uh state revenue, we are a tier four district, so our revenue state funding is flat every year, does not increase. Um corporate personal property replacement tax, I'm holding also holding flat. That is um
035been trending down to flat the last couple of years. It spiked after the pandemic when corporate profits went way up. Um but so I'm holding that flat at $215,000 a year. And then I'm also holding our federal funds flat. Um we have news that the Congress did pass um a flat budget at the federal level now, so um it sort of depends. There's still some wiggle room depending on our low-income numbers, but I'm doing this non-federal funds flat. So that's a total revenue increase of 3.5%. And now looking at expenditures, the majority of our expenditures are on salaries and benefits, probably 75% of our operating funds. Um salaries uh based on the approvals we received and based on our salary schedule are projected to go up 5%. This also um yes, other thing driving the
036salary increase is an increase in some of our staffing levels. So uh the board has previously approved 2.5 FTE of licensed staffing increases. Some of this is replacing some purchase services that we currently go out for, so it's not a net increase. And then we also have a few uh reductions in non-licensed staffing. We have um potentially 1.0 FTE paid leave of absence for the entire year. It's in my current budget. Um continued investment in common planning time, which is our enrichment model at the elementary school. We have four staff members who teach uh who rotate and teach social studies and science. Uh continued investment in the math specialist at the elementary school. And then new investment in instructional coaching and special education district initiatives based that uh district talked about last meeting and the
037board approved that additional FTE. Uh we are shifting, as I said, some outsourced speech pathology. We're bringing that we're shifting the outsourcing to uh staff, so we're bringing in an additional FTE and reducing our outsourcing. We have one retirement and otherwise relatively low staff turnover. We're in year three of our CBA, the first two years of which had very significant increases. The third year is a little bit more moderate. And then um support staff increases between 3% and 6% and have been increases of 3% or 6%. Uh looking at benefits, our health insurance premiums are going up um pretty significantly this year. However, compared to what a lot of other districts are seeing, these are still really great um results from our health insurance cooperative. Many districts are seeing a 15-plus percent increases. Uh so
038to have our PPO only going up 7% is is really great. We did have a um an HMO spike in our HMO. This is usually increase in our HMO rates is usually around 2%, but the the in the negotiation of the physician service fees, um they took a big increase. This is still our more economical coverage, so even though the increase is high, the PPO the HMO costs significantly less um in premiums than PPO costs. And then our dental insurance, which is a fairly small amount um that in percentage of the budget is going up about 3%. Um we've got uh our big contracts are the two big biggest contracts we have in the RJB custodial contract is going up 2.9%. It's tied to CPI um not to exceed 3%. Our Olsen transportation contract is
039a 5-year contract, um so we're we'll be in year two of that contract, and that'll be a 3% increase. And I'm forecasting that we'll maintain our current number of routes. Uh software is always um it they always get you. on. probably I'm assuming 5% there. Don't see anything less than that usually. And then I've got a 6% entry property casualty insurance. That it may be a little bit more than that, but um that also is not a huge expenditure, so Um and then in terms of curriculum, we as I we have approved in previous meetings, we are going to be implementing CKLA for grades 1, 2, 4, and 5. And that'll be an investment of $70,000. Um within that's It was not included in this year's budget. Special education special education costs, this would be
040our first year without Junior. I'm not projecting a lot of savings from that su- transition because we still need the services and it's just going to be um spent in so it's going to be spent differently. I did however see the rates today for the first time and they were less than I was expecting, so that's good news. Um and out of holding, out placements should be flat to this year, but I always include one extra out placement because anyone could move in during the year and that's really hard to recover from if you're planning for it. Uh And then um transportation also the same number of out placements with one the transportation for one additional out placement. And then built in our capital spending plan, um so the concrete work I have in the
041budget right now, but if I can get that done and scheduled before June 30th, that would come out and fall to this year. The generator work we talked about that I'm putting in for $350,000 for next year. Um the access points that were approved also uh are on order, but depending when they arrive, it will either be this year or next year. They just made a daily time, so they'll probably fall next year. And then we are also co- we are collecting bids for truck pointing work that could be between 100 and 150,000 dollars. I have not seen the bids yet, so I don't know if we're going to get um any um we're going to get many bids or competitive bids. It's also something that um if there's a lot of other with the
042generator work, I may or may not be able to fit that into this year, so I sort of got that in as a place holder right now, but that may um depending on how bids come in, it may be pushed to the following year. Uh but that is on the list for us to do. And those were all the assumptions that I made have before my budget. And I plan on doing the tentative budget next meeting in May and June. Do you have any questions or anything you missed? No, I was just going to ask for a reminder of when can when can we see the next budget? >> So, I will bring the um tentative budget in May, and then I usually like to get that approved before the end of the fiscal year
043so that we have our approved budget to start operating in the following year. Probably um we'll do that in June. And then uh the final budget is brought in September. Okay. So, over the summer we get a chance to kind of tweak and fine-tune things for David and the future. Okay. Thank you. Does anybody have any questions? And Jay, thanks for all this very detailed um input and background. Very helpful. Um I just wanted to clarify in the in the um two extra full-time employees or 2.5 >> Mhm. um I think that >> [clears throat] >> That includes the two uh support personnel in the elementary and math and language arts. I think that they report to to um Jackie Develder. Is that Is that the >> Um Sure, yeah. Two additional staff are our
044instructional coaches. Um and I may have actually left five. I don't know if I put that investment in there or not. Um Okay. But yes, that those are included. >> Those are included, yes. We have three additional staff being used for instructional coaching um for teacher development. Okay, and then And and then um pretty sure you presented but it looked like it was kind of still under discussion about uh an additional person for uh looking at uh support for behavior and um this this I don't know if that'll just function or Um is that included? >> That was included, yes. Okay. It's on page 55. Is that a a full-time or a part-time? That's a full-time certified staff member. I don't think it's on 55. It's on page 55. Three slides It's slide three, but
045it says page slide three. of the packet. You must be pulling it from different presentations. There's a number at the That's what it's like. I don't know. Well, that's that's her page. Oh, oh, okay. It's page 55. There is no numbers on mine. And what does your crystal ball look like for um interest earnings next year? Is that going to be a little bit above the historical average or It will be above I mean we've had years where we've had just a few basis points and not gotten very much money. I am forecasting a reduction a little bit in interest rates. from the federal for year? Yeah. from the current year and I think I I think we're at we at probably average 1.25% this year um in earnings and I'm forecasting 3.5% for next
046year, so I don't know what that portion of difference would be. It's all significant source of revenue relative to some of the years but there will be a reduction but we're still like in the high three 3% opposed to zero for the last couple of years. And when we had the in the peak year we had 650,000 I think so this year we get a lot of our interest sort of in the last couple months of the year because we've had money invested all year and it goes higher rates than we can invest at the beginning of the year. So I'm assuming much lower this year but it should be over 500,000 this year and I think we'll probably be doing much lower than and then those are just off the I could I'll present
047I when I present the final budget I'll have the Okay. So let me just go back to the other letter. So should we be should we instead of 2.5 should it be three full-time employee license for Well I think that's just a net because we've also gone down one classroom teacher because of our number of sections at the elementary school. This was a net number. That's a net number yeah. Okay. But we have added like three actually three new three new positions support positions that are that We've added three support positions and gone down one classroom teacher and then I think we've gone um 86 Yeah. Well, just just talking about it and then there's another there's some fractional people in the license that are changing and then the reduction in the 1.6 FTEs the
048non-licensed staff. Okay, thanks. And sorry I'm messing Oh, you're all waiting for me. >> present the final budget I'll put the staffing chart in there. But we did have the staffing chart but Last one? But I don't think it was in The only thing that wasn't included on the staffing chart last month was the um OBS one for the behavior support space. Okay. Yeah. I also brought the one complaints. Thanks. They were very detailed. I don't think they were called anything. Is it? No. All right. Um moving on to world language updates. Yeah, just uh so we had an exciting um first-time event at our >> [laughter] >> board vote um last month, and that was on the motion to sunset the French program at Lake Bluff Middle School. So as a review, um when
049we when a motion um ends up in a tie, that means the motion does not pass. And so at this point, we are not planning to sunset the French program at Lake Bluff Middle School. Um so just as a reminder, that's what we're doing, and we're working on a plan to bring to the board in terms of how we would um go about staffing that. And hope to bring that back again. Okay. And anybody have questions on all that? What's the um protocol if a board member asked for that to be reconsidered? So um there could be a motion to reconsider during the same meeting, or we could just put it back. If a board if a board member wanted to put that motion back on the table, we could certainly include it. Yeah. Thank
050you. And we'll just be looking for the most um cost-effective um way to staff the program for as few or as many students who want to take advantage of it. That would be our goal is to make sure that um we would be able to provide it um in a flexible way, and then one that really doesn't constrain the schedule um as much as possible for the for the rest of the building. Do you have a French teacher for Hemingway? So, we have her for three more years after this. No, two more years after this. So, the the thought was and we would still like to present incoming sixth graders with a plan of what would be happening in their eighth grade year once that retirement goes into effect. Um, as they're thinking about whether
051or not they want to sign up for French. As as you recall, that was the goal of the conversation was to re-evaluate it before we had students come into that pipeline. Um, so that we could make sure that they knew um, what the trajectory of those three years would be. And then it would also affect the seventh grade. Yes. And all of the incoming sixth. Can I just clarify? So, the motion did not pass because of the tie. Yes. So, in May you're going to come back with kind of what the plan is for French moving forward. >> Yep. But there's not a vote on that. That's just information unless we ask >> Unless you ask for a vote. Yes. Yeah, if if there if you would like to reconsider the motion, the the original
052administrative recommendation to sunset, we can put that on as an action item again if we wanted to do that. Okay. Cuz now it changes slightly. Just those eighth graders will We'll have to see what it looks like for eighth grade in that which is kind of like a big year. And then Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> [clears throat] >> So, more information next time. So. Yeah. Okay. When's the like latest the decision needs to be made? >> Scheduling is two months ago when we made a decision. >> [laughter] >> We're a little behind. Um, we're a little behind because we want to always kind of get that scheduling started and world language is one of those um, tricky areas that um, can be difficult to schedule. So, as soon as possible is the answer, and I
053know we're kind of already behind where we typically are. Um, but we will work with whatever we need to to It's really, um, it's not going to really impact anything. This is the tricky tricky part. Next year is fine. It's really that we don't want anybody entering into this 3-year plan without knowing what that last year is going to look like, or getting them in the pipeline, and then all of a sudden realizing that like, "Oops, you know, we can't do, uh, what we thought we could do in eighth grade." So, we just really want to plan thoughtfully if for that transition. Especially given the declines in enrollment, so. Thank you. Okay. Well, we'll move into our action items for tonight with discussion. Um, can May May I have a motion to approve the updated
0542025-2026 school calendar reflecting the emergency day used on January 23rd, 2026, making the last day of school now June 8th, 2026? >> [laughter] >> So moved. Um, any discussion? Just as a reminder, this is just for us to file our amended calendar of what we actually did this year once we've used our emergency days. What should be the Hopefully we don't have any more emergency days. Yeah. All right. So, Lauren, can you please call vote? Laura Brickson. Yes. >> Ann Holm. Yes. >> Judith Carlson. >> Yes. Carrie Steinburg. Yes. Fredrick Driver. Yes. >> Lauren Hurst. Yes. Tim Bennett. Yes. The motion is passed. Thank you. We'll move on to 2026-2027 support staff and administrative compensation approval. Yeah, just as background, um, this is the time of year when we look at our staff members who
055do not belong to our collective bargaining unit and determine increases for those specific groups. So, the recommendation that I'm making to the board for our support staff and administrator increases for next school year are as follows. We would like to increase our paraprofessionals by 6%, their salaries by 6%, our 12-month office staff and nurses 5% increase. Our building secretaries an annualized increase of 12%, so that's our um secretaries at LBMS and LBES. Occupational therapists, custodians, and maintenance personnel an increase of 3%. Our LBMS cafeteria staff increase at $0.50 an hour and an overall administrative increase of 3% with one market adjustment for Jackie Thibodeau, our director of teaching, learning, and impact. We're recommending an increase for her for a 10.4% Um we'd also like to make some adjustments for our guest teachers increasing our guest
056teacher pay from 155 to 160 per day. Our substitute nurses from an increase of 250 to 260 per day and our long-term subs will increase along with the BA1 salary on the collective bargaining agreement as we have had them in the past. The um entire uh cost of all of those increases and market adjustments expected to be approximately $96,017 an increase of about 5.1% which Jay just presented. All of our administrative individual administrative contracts have been posted online for a week and will continue to remain online so that those salaries can be accessed by anyone at any time. Thank you. Um so, may I have a motion to approve the 26-27 support staff and administrator compensations as presented in this board packet? So moved. Second. Anybody have questions or discussion? All right, Lauren, please call
057vote. Tim Penich. Yes. >> Lauren Hirsch, yes. Andrew Carlson. >> Yes. Ian Hill. Yes. >> Carrie Steinbach. >> Yes. >> Richard Driver. Yes. >> Laura Brickson. Yes. Okay, the motion is passed. Um, we discussed today about the approval of a front entry concrete repair. So, may I have a motion to approve the front entry concrete repairs as we were just presented to you by Jay Khan in the discussion portion of this meeting. So moved. Second. All right, any questions or discussion? All right, Lauren, please call vote. Lauren Hirsch, yes. Richard Driver. Yes. >> Ian Hill. Yes. Andrew Carlson. >> Yes. Carrie Steinbach. >> Yes. >> Tim Penich. Yes. >> Laura Brickson. Yes. Okay, the motion is passed. Um, moving to the awarding the generator contract. May I have a motion to approve the generator bid
058award as just presented by Jay Khan in the discussion portion of this meeting? So moved. Second. Any discussion? Lauren, please call vote. Carrie Steinbach. Yes. Laura Brickson. Yes. >> Tim Penich. Yes. Ian Hill. Yes. >> Lauren Hirsch, yes. Andrew Carlson. Richard Driver. Yes. Okay, the motion is passed. Going to read aloud the personnel report. Um, we have a salary adjustment for Kaylin Anderson, who's the assistant to student services and registrar at the district office effective 4/13/2026 at $34 per hour. We have two retirements, Elaine Ellis, who's the music and band teacher at LBES in June of 2030, and Paige Sulay, library media specialist at LBES June 2023. May I have a motion to approve the personnel report as just presented? So moved. Second. Any discussion? Lauren Falbo. Ann Hill. Yes. >> Laura Brayson. Yes. Tim
059Penich. Yes. Andrew Carlson. >> Yes. Richard Driver. Yes. >> Carrie Steinbeck. >> Yes. Lauren Hirsch. Yes. The motion has passed. The consent agenda. The consent agenda includes the following: open special meeting minutes from March 16th and April 14th of 2026 regular board meetings, our treasurer's report, our impress report, our bills report, and our heat car report. Um may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda for April 28th, 2026 as presented by administration. So moved. Second. Is there any discussion on the consent agenda or anybody want to pull anything out of the consent agenda for a separate vote? Great. Lauren, can you call? Laura Brayson. Yes. Richard Driver. Yes. Ann Hill. Yes. Andrew Carlson. >> Yes. Carrie Steinbeck. >> Yes. Lauren Hirsch. >> Yes. Tim Penich. Yes. Awesome. Motion has passed. We received five
060FOIA requests since our March board meeting and this FOIA section of our agenda is simply a report item and does not require approval, but are there any questions for administration before we move on? Great. All right. In public comment, we welcome our second time for public comment. Okay. No, we're good. So may I have a motion to adjourn the April 28th Board of Education meeting at 7:57 p.m. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Great. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you so much, everybody. See you all in May. Do you want me to sign those documents? Um yes, here. Sorry. >> [laughter] >> I like that you asked me to. I tried to ask. I didn't have a moment to I usually am on top of it. I was trying to catch the
061um I just had to go back. Would you sign that?