001[Music] All right, we are back in open session. Um, so the first item up is public comment. And we do have a public comment from >> Johan. Okay. Thank you. Johan Bayer. >> Hello. I'm Johan Bear. parents, my wife Tiffany Jasper's from 510 Uvale Road. I came last month. Um, so I'm here today because last month I came before the school board and the district officials to raise my concern that the district in implementing its policy for seller placement was placing the narrow bureaucratic interests of the district administration over the education of our students. This was a concern that I raised last month. In the months since I came here, our families had no response. Just like in the process when we asked the school district to admit Kate one day early, um we received
002very little response and had to harass and control the school district in order to get a response and get the process started. We still have not had a response. My primary concern that I raised at the time was that the district was not following its uh written policy. I'm going to review the written policy really quickly. Uh there's three points in the written policy. This is policy six, part 135, the accelerated placement program. This is to make the decision of whether or not we should admit children uh before the September cutoff dates. Kate is born September 2nd. We had uh we had advocated for Kate to be let in um this year into kindergarten. All right. So point one, decision-making process are fair, equitable, involve multiple individuals. This was my main concern. the multiple individuals
003that were involved with this, Principal Gorman from Ble, uh the administrators of Kate's test that she took for this, Kate's current teachers, and most importantly, I think Kate's parents all advocated for her to start. We have our reasons. This is not the time or place to discuss those reasons why we thought Kate should be in this in kindergarten this year. That was between us and the school district, but this was completely ignored. There was absolutely no credence given to principal Gorman's position, the test uh the impleers of the test position, our position as parents or her teachers completely ignored. That's point one. Point two, the processes that provide a student uh or parents that provide a student's parents or guardians with written notification that their child is eligible and notification of a decision affecting their
004child's participation. We received nothing in writing. Period. I brought that up at the board meeting and again, we still have yet to receive anything in writing. Even though after I brought this up at the board meeting a month ago, nobody from the district decided to reach out and say, "Hey, Johan, um, I think that you're misreading policy 6 part 135. Here's our position. Thank you for your concern. We're concerned about Kate's education to nothing. We received one inperson meeting where Dr. Do said, "Sorry, Kate's not coming in this year. The rules are the rules. She didn't uh you know that it doesn't really matter the reasons for that. There was nothing in writing. All right. Uh part three is the assessment process. I went over in more detail a month ago. There's no reason to
005rehash it. Uh she scored 130 on the IQ test. She's eligible for MESAs. She's not eligible for kindergarten. Uh she scored extremely well on two out of the three tests. Um she did not quite meet the bar on the other one. And I brought up in last time when I was here to say that if in fact it is the school board's desire that uh this policy that this particular test that I that I discussed last time was the way uh that we want to decide whether or not kindergarters can start a day or two early. Um I think that it needs to change. There needs to be a discussion about this and and the reason is you know it's essentially a bar that's that's not capable being passed. These tests are designed for children
006who are eight years old or older. That's why our gifted program doesn't start until third grade because these tests don't really work for children this age. Um so, uh if you're asking that a kindergarter who doesn't know how to read yet is is is um at 75% 90% of children who have already graduated from kindergarten, you're just saying no that children cannot be admitted. All right? That might as well just be the policy. Just no. Um the state of Illinois in 2018 passed a law. We we mentioned it in our written letter that we handed out um requiring school districts to put in plans to make it easier for accelerated placement. This didn't happen. I quickly want to situate this in a wider context. So, I would like a response from the school district, any
007kind of written response. Um that's that's the main reason that I'm here. I would still encourage the school board to reconsider this policy. This was a sad morning this morning when we dropped off Margaret, my older daughter at school. Kate was not in there. She was crying on the way home because all of her classmates from pre-K were going into Blight's front doors and she wasn't because she was born one day later. All right. Um I just quickly want to situate this in a wider context. All right. Um all summer at barbecues and at uh you know family uh gatherings, birthday parties, I've been talking with other parents in the district about this. There's been a lot of um frustration expressed both about early admittance and about um the uh gifted the advanced learning program
008um which I believe that we'll be having more conversations about in the future. Um, I talked to one father who was losing sleep over his child was born a few days after Kate because he just couldn't fight. He didn't want to fight the school district over this question. Even though it was him, his wife and his firm belief that his do his child should be admitted into kindergarten this year. These con these conversations have come in the context of what a lot of people in this year have been talking about. This I want to situate this in a wider political context now of an abundance agenda. an idea that one of the reasons we have so many political problems in this country is because bureaucracies are again placing the narrow interest of defending that bureaucracy
009over their core mission which is to educate our children. All right. Um so my family watches with concern right now that we have a greater chance of contracting measles than at any time in generations. Um, we're we're watching with concern, you know, internet personalities running around with a chainsaw in DC, cutting up the Department of Education. Some of these things trickle back to local districts. Again, placing the narrow interests of that bureaucracy over that core mission, their core mission, build a bridge, issue a building permit, educate our children. Um, again, I believe that the policy that was adopted by the school board was not followed. Um, I brought that to the board's attention and I've received no response. Um, I think that it's better for our politics at the local level to have trust in
010our institutions to give garner our institutions the legitimacy that that we demand and the accountability that we demand. Um, I think that my daughter was failed uh by the school district. Uh, we and again, we have our reasons why we think she should be in kindergarten this year, but the policy itself was not followed. All right. Uh that's that's my comment. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you for coming out. Uh I can't tell you your voice has been heard. I did I was not here at the last meeting. Thank you for running the last two for uh work purposes. Uh I I heard your last public comment. I listened to it. I have had some dialogue with Dr. Ryan Toy about the policy on a broader scale. Um we will I I can commit
011to you that we are having dialogue around your concerns. Uh just things just don't move quite that fastly and I know that's very frustrating. But our job as a board is to hear these concerns, ask the appropriate questions, and figure out what changes or or not that we actually made. So I for whatever it's worth, your voice has been heard. We are having dialogue around this. And um I I do I agree with you that you are owed a response and and we will make sure that you get one. Okay. All right. That is the only public comment that I have and I don't see anybody else here. So uh with that are there any uh changes to the proposed changes to the agenda? Nope. Okay. Uh so the first part first item here is
012the open opening the public hearing for the fiscal year 2026 budget. Uh the motion is there a motion for the board of education to open the budget hearing for approving the fiscal year 26 budget? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh Kathy, can you call the role? >> Okay. Hi >> Mr. Olic. >> Hi >> Mr. Bari. >> Hi >> Mr. Hunt. >> Hi >> Miss Gun. >> I >> Miss Kick. >> Hi. >> And Mr. Mayorhead. >> Hi. >> Okay. The hearing is open. >> Does anybody have any comments on the fiscal year budget? >> No. Okay. Is there a motion to the that the board of education declare the budget hearing for approving the fiscal year 26 budget to be closed? >> Some move. >> Kathy, would you please call the role? >>
013Okay. Mr. Olic. >> Hi. >> Mr. Barabi. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hunt. >> Hi. >> Miss Gun. >> I. >> Miss Kick. >> Hi. >> Miss Claps. >> Hi. >> And Mr. Bear. >> Hi. Hearing >> is closed. >> Thank you. Uh the next item is the superintendence report. >> All right. And I just have a couple quick announcements. One, I want to thank our summer school team. It seems like summer school just ended because it did. And we start school today. So, um probably more importantly, just uh excited that I think everybody at the table here and uh their own children starting school in a new classroom, a new grade level this year. So, very exciting and uh had an opportunity to visit all five schools this morning around arrival time. couldn't be everywhere
014all at the same time, but uh just really thrilled to see all of our teachers back and kids, new kids and um all of our returning students back and things were uh very very smooth. I think really truly at all five buildings. So anyway, very exciting on that. Um I did share with you uh your the student enrollment update as of mid August. There have been a few minor changes um sort of both up and down uh since this was put together what a week ago. So, uh, sort of as is somewhat typical for us, there's just some fluctuation in class size across the buildings, uh, even with our best efforts around our flexible boundaries policy and our assignments. Um, some assignments are still very challenging to make. Um, wanting to put children at a
015reasonable distance from their school. Um, and then balance the class sizes. Obviously, when there's a sibling involved, we always keep families and siblings together. So, you'll see some pockets and some uh variation. It really isn't speci specific even to one school. It's very much kind of grade level specific and then spread across the schools. But um all at very reasonable and appropriate class sizes. And I'll just you know my other interesting observation you've heard from me before is this idea that there's not one classroom where there's just one adult in charge. Right? I mean between the resource people, special education, social work services, reading, math support, e support, etc. As I walked by classrooms today, I don't think I saw any classroom with just one adult in there, right? And that's by design and that
016is I think really a wonderful part of just the resources that our district has to provide and to offer. So even when we look at a class size as high as 25 and that is our maximum at the elementaryaries and we have not had to exceed that I'm happy to report. Um, but that's a number that we've kind of looked at as kind of our, you know, red line, so to speak. And, uh, we're we're in a good good spot with all of that. So, that is our enrollment update and you have all of that in front of you. Uh, and then just two quick announcements. Uh, September 17th, we have our next regular board of education meeting. And prior to that meeting, we're going to have an informal dinner with board members and our
017new teachers as well as their mentors as an opportunity for you to meet all of them. Um and then as we've been doing over the past couple years, an opportunity to introduce them publicly. Um whether they both come to the meeting and that we share their trading cards. We did this at our institute day on Monday. Um and we'll do that again in September. Obviously didn't invite them to come to the board meeting tonight as this is their first day of teaching full day and I think it's probably everybody went home a little bit tired. So um and then once again we're going to host our social with the RFPA and the board of education and that will be on October 14th. And thanks to Kathy for planning and organizing that on our behalf. So
018quick quick quick there. Although there's a lot of uh important stuff happening today. >> So I I think you've answered this but I just I'm wondering about the overall enrollment report. The numbers are up slightly small. I guess >> I think we're up by 18 overall. >> Yeah. I guess I'm wondering are there any any of these classes or anything any of the dives or expands that are concerning at all or something to watch? Not really. Um, it it falls kind of in our, you know, if if you look at it, that the kindergarten overall district-wide class size is 163. Our highest class size is our eighth grade class at 209 students, but there seems to be kind of a range in which we sort of eb and flow. Um, students seem to also uh
019come to the district. If we take new students in, obviously any new students, but um uh across the grade level, so even starting a little bit lower in kindergarten, things seem to sort of increase upward by the time we have first graders and second graders. We thought we might see a difference in that with full day kindergarten. I think we've seen we used to see a really big jump, a lot of new first graders because probably went somewhere else for a full day kindergarten program. So, we're seeing less of sort of that really marketked jump, but um there is still kind of a a natural growth across the grade levels, I would say. And it's I know I look at it, Dan, also and I try to say, is there a particular grade level? Are
020we are we starting to see a decline in enrollment? And I I I don't see these things falling into a trend or a pattern in that way. >> Okay. What about something like I mean like Hollywood and a couple of these grades now in the low teens? >> Um maybe I'm maybe I'm misunderstanding if 12 from this time last year. >> Does that mean we had like 24 fth graders down? I don't >> what what the reason it looks like a minus 12 is because it's that it's following that same small cohort of kids upward. So, it's the difference in the fifth grade last year compared to this year. But you're right, at Hollywood, you will see there are three grade levels. It's first and third and fifth. They're at 12 or 13 students. Interestingly,
021kindergarten is back at 18 uh for the start of this school year. Second grade's at 20 and fourth grade's at 19, which are more typical of our class sizes. So, um Hollywood is always kind of a an enigma a bit. Um it's a it's a unique part of our community. It's on the other side of First Avenue. It's very hard um to transfer children either way, right? Um children that wouldn't expect to go to Hollywood. Same with people that do expect to go to Hollywood to be transferred elsewhere. not that we'd be doing that with those class sizes, but um I think it's it's just a pattern that we we've been observing for a couple years now that there's some very small pockets, but it doesn't seem to represent a pattern that let's say that
022there's a declining enrollment overall in the Hollywood section because again was pleased to see kindergarten at 18 to start the year. Yeah. >> Any other questions about enrollment? Yeah, I think the the in the change the plus minus uh change that's represented on that chart there, it's based on the grade level from the year prior, not following that cohort. >> Yes. Yeah. >> Has the has an invite gone out for the fall social thing yet or we just pick a date? >> We picked October 14th, but an invite has not gone out yet. >> Yeah. time and place is not determined. >> Uh probably also at Irish Times again. >> Again, >> favorite spot. >> Good spot. People like that. >> I just threw that on my calendar to try to see if I can
023uh >> hop in for a bit. >> Y >> All right. Uh so, next item on the agenda is our consent agenda. Could I have the board secretary please read tonight's consent agenda? >> Um yes. Tonight's consent agenda consists of uh minutes of the following previous meetings. July 16th, regular business meeting. July 16th, close session. The personnel report as presented. The payables pre-list as of July 31st. The payables pre-list as of August 20th. The ED red dues and D96 strategic communication proposal. >> Does any board member wish to remove any item from the consent agenda before we vote? >> All right. Is there a motion that the board of education approve tonight's consent agenda as presented? So moved. >> Second. >> Kathy, would you please call the role? >> Okay. Mr. Hunt, >> I. >>
024Miss Gun, >> hi. >> Miss Kelik, >> hi. >> Miss Claps, >> hi. >> Mr. Olic. >> Hi, >> Mr. Barati. >> Hi. >> And Mr. Mayorhead. >> Hi. >> Okay, motion passes. >> Next item is Riverside Education Council. I don't see anybody here. Right. Yep. Okay. Uh, so next up is board member comments. I'm excited for school to start today. Put some structure back into some firm structure back into the day for the for the kids. >> That was an exciting morning. >> Mhm. >> For my family and my dog. >> And your dog. Your dog was excited for the kids to be out of the house. >> Likes walking along with the kids, meeting all the other dogs and all the other kids. >> A great time. All right. Once with uh more
025activities in session in school, we might have more comments to bring up later. Uh so that brings us to old business. So the approval of the fiscal year 2026 budget is our first action item. Is there a motion for the board of education to approve the fiscal year 26 budget as presented? >> So move. >> Second. Um Selena or anybody any do we need to make any comments here? I guess we had the one change with the security thing but other than that >> and actually Mark Kuski is available on Zoom >> if there are any questions. >> That's why we have the camera. Okay. >> Is there any questions about it before we vote? I don't see the specific memo in here but this if I recall correctly this was added 1.2 million roughly
026for the security camera. Yeah. So when the initial draft was presented by Jim back in June, it didn't include the security infrastructure upgrades and so there was a revision from the draft to this amount of 1,275,446. And in order to fund that security infrastructure upgrade, the board will eventually need to make a fund transfer from the ed fund to the capital projects fund. This be similar to what we did for the in June for the projects at Ames and Hower and Hollywood. >> Yeah, you're right. It is in here. I can get the wrong one. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, all right. If no other questions, Kathy, would you please call the RO? >> Okay. >> Miss Gunn, >> I. >> Miss Claps. >> I. >> Mr. Ol? >> Hi. >> Mr. Barati. >> Hi.
027>> Miss Kick. >> Hi. Mr. Hunt. >> Hi. >> And Mr. Mayorhead. >> Hi. >> Okay. The motion passes. >> All right. The next item on the agenda is the press plus 118 policy, which we've had a couple rounds of discussion on, including last session, last meeting. Uh, is there a motion for the board of education to approve the second reading and adoption of press plus number 118 policies and policy 2 colon 150 which is our committee's um policy as presented. >> So move second. >> All right. Uh any discussion or comments prior to us voting? Um yeah, we I mean we did a first read at the uh last board meeting, so was not going to walk through all of them again. However, I appreciate the board members um doing their reading of the
028changes and bringing about uh questions that led to thoughtful discussion and then follow up um from the committee. So there were just a couple questions that did come up. 119 is separate, right? Okay. >> Yeah. We we'll motion on that one separate. Okay. Um one of the questions was in regards to um as we know there is a brand new policy that was uh created and kind of as a result of that um Dan you had brought up the question about the counseling um the question about the counseling services. So we received some guidance in regards to why that is. I think Marlo during the meeting had even said, "Oh, it's likely because of these new like article 26A situations and and that is kind of our understanding as to why." Um, so the 12-year-old
029kind of receiving counseling services without parental permission. Um, in consultation with our attorneys, it was explained that this has always sort of been allowable, but this new 26A kind of makes it all the more important to clarify that in policy. And um there is kind of a maximum number that uh is required or can happen without parental consent. But this does require that you know the district communicate this to families um and to students who are over the age of 12. And so the action that we will need to take um that our leadership will have to take is updating the parent handbook once the policy is is approved. >> We talked about updating the parent handbook and we know parents have read that parent handbook, signed and approved it um already. So we'll we'll
030look at also some distribution of a communication that would also be explained that this is a option for fam uh for for children 12 and older and it is as as Stephanie said it is limited to a maximum of eight sessions. It's actually defined in the law eight sessions I think at 90 minutes a piece. So um again it's not our goal to be working with children without the knowledge of parents but sometimes there are extreme situations where a child may need to share something um without the consent of a parent. And this policy just highlights that >> the And then the other one that there was a question on was 7. Did you have anything on that one or were you going to go into >> 7190 going? Okay, >> I can let you
031go. because it was in regards to student uh behavior and it was more that uh there was now a definition in the policy itself on sexing and um I think Selena brought up a a really good point just kind of like parsing through what that definition was and then something like a recipient of right being subject to um uh what's it called like I can't think of the word discipline I know there's lots of flexib ility but essentially yeah it was told to us that this is language that press again in their continual um trying to improvement um they kind of created this language so it's not required by law this is not the uh like statutory language um so the board can choose to remove that part um of the language if interested but
032again just reminded that there is a lot of flexibility um in the implementation of these. >> Yeah. So on this one in particular, I was looking for this earlier and I kept scrolling right past it, but this one we have two different options in here. So I think I'm going to have to redo this motion with the one that we want >> because it says as presented and both of these are in here, >> right? So there is one that's that just takes out the word receiving because that is sort of board um >> discretion if you if you don't want to have it there. And then there's one that has it there. Um and then as Stephanie pointed out that the administrative procedures allow us the flexibility. This isn't a must. It's more of
033a if this were to happen, you know, it's something to to be considered. I'm I'd be comfortable either way just knowing that we have the flexibility in terms of how we interpret situations. So, it really is a board question. >> And then in all honesty, I think that I would be very much in favor of of the option removing the language as well as reporting that back to press. That's kind of somewhat disconcerting to hear that they're adding things that are extra. >> Yeah. And and um you know, the attorney shared and I I don't quite have the right. It's like the juvenile code doesn't include receiving. So it's it's an addition. I you know again I don't want to speak for press but I think it was this idea that you know what if
034children are receiving it because somehow they've invited the receipt of it and that's something that we would sort of dig into and get and understand through just what we work to do in terms of understanding why children may be involved in a situation. So, as I said, I would also be comfort and if we do take it out, we can certainly let press know. >> I think my preference is for receiving. I think any child that is receiving sexing is is likely being harassed or victimized. And so that we would have it in line with the rest of sexing acts that would require disciplinary action is just not like consistent with what I believe is appropriate for a recipient of somebody who's being sent things that they shouldn't be. >> I agree. And I think
035the the word um right after it, possessing is has a different connotation. And like Selena said, I think that the receiving kind of makes it um puts like somehow will like put blame on the victim rather than possessing, meaning like somebody's receiving it, but they're keeping it for a reason or something like that. Um, yeah, I agree. I think the word should be removed, especially because I think that that doesn't have good um uh like um it doesn't look good if that's how we're supporting. >> Mhm. >> Like a actual victim getting sexing. >> Actually, that's a really good call out, Marlo. I hadn't thought about it that way cuz I could go either way for the reasons that Martha had mentioned is there could be a situation where you're inviting trying to get you
036know loophole it and send it to me. That is probably a very narrow way of thinking about it. The engagement here from everything not an expert in this but from what I hear and what I read and what I see it's much more broad than just receiving. You're usually engaged in multiple different facets of this. So but I think the possessing piece kind of >> Yeah. you if you get it and delete it, that's one thing. If you get it and you keep it, then that's the possessing piece of it. So, actually, I kind of like that viewpoint. Okay. Um, I'm behind it. That's least four. Is anybody opposed and want to keep it in? Feel strongly about that? No. Okay. >> Like motion with >> Yeah, I'm going to reotion with that. That was
037the only one that had a question in it, right? Like an actual like modification. >> 118. Yeah. 119 has discussion for something else. >> Yeah. >> For this one, that was the only one where we actually have a uh modification. Okay. >> Before you reotion, did you want to talk about any of the other one? Anything else that falls under? >> Yeah. So, uh, a lot there's a lot of the there was a lot of conversation at the last meeting around the title 9 and I very much agreed with the conversation that was at the table and I just wanted to speak in my own words support for all the conversation around um, while I am personally not in favor of rolling these back because I think as you said Stephanie, we kind of felt
038like the policies were catching up to where we were anyway. I don't want this by any means to feel to parents like we're rolling back anything that we're doing to support students. Um I think all of us firmly believe that every student needs to come to the school and feel safe and secure and welcome and included to be able to to learn in an engaged environment. Um and this goes beyond the title N stuff. I mean, we've hadve I you know, there's other issues. There's always issues with student behavior in the school and and we try I know the admin the uh not just the administration, the staff, the teachers, everybody inside the schools, try to be there for the students when they can. I think we clearly have opportunities for improvement as we always
039do. Communicate better. Um just review our policies, ask the right questions, uh try to do what we can to to prevent these things from happening. we're never going to squash it, but it is our goal to prevent as much as possible and respond appropriately when students are in this situation. So, um I agreed with the comments last night uh at the last board meeting. And while I am going to go ahead and vote for this because it's federal law, I don't necessarily personally believe in the roll backs and it doesn't change any position of how we go to support our students when uh during the the school days in the school year. >> Oh, I appreciate that, Wesley. I I can't go support this. Um I mean for there's a number of reasons why. I
040mean I completely agree that we've been working well. I mean we we'll do everything we can to support the our students but we've been focusing on absentism for a long time and we've actually been declining absentism has been declining and attendance rates have been excuse me increasing. But I guess I'm concerned that by approving these policies that reverse Title 9 protections back to 2020, we actually are going to make many students feel uncomfortable uh coming to school, thus possibly driving our attendance rates um lower. In fact, there was like a 2021 study uh by the NAH that uh concluded that there is a correlation between school absenteeism and sexual harassment. Um, the NIH recommends uh creating a safe and supportive educational environment, which district 97, excuse me, district 96 already does, but by reversing the
041policies back to what they were in 2020, we are reducing those protections, which could lead to increased absenteeism. And yes, there are um state laws that supersede our policies um that should should being the effort of word still offer the protections that our students and our community come to expect. I also know that our district will do everything as you mentioned to protect the students and create a safe and equitable learning environment. Uh though it is my belief that by voting to reduce the title N protections um to comply with a dear colleague letter is not the example we should be setting for our students. Uh we teach our students that we live in a democracy that is created that is governed by the constitution. We teach our students that laws are created by the
042people and for the people, not by one person. We need to be an example to our college students to protect all our students. And consequently, I cannot and will not vote to reverse our title N protections. Thank you, Dave. Any other comments, questions, dialogue before I remotion for a vote? I guess I'd just like to understand that a little bit more. >> Is it required that our policy be amended for to meet what is required legislatively? Like if we do not amend this policy, will our policy be out of step with legislation? my understanding >> from a legal perspective >> and that and I'll just add that as challenging as the shift to the 2020 um there are still protections in place through the non-harassment, the anti-bullying, etc. as a way to make ensure that
043we're sort of addressing all student needs. Um, and that one of the things our own attorney cautioned us on is that the policy also includes some of the procedural elements of how to correctly conduct a legally appropriate investigation. And so by potentially not addressing the new policy that we would be out of compliance with our investigative procedures, which could create other liabilities. Stephanie, would you agree with that? I mean, yeah. Dave, I appreciate where you're coming from. Um, uh, I share a lot of the same beliefs around this that you do. So, I I appreciate you saying all those things. Um, I I I think where I I lie here is that um I want to be in support of our policy, abiding by what's required by legislation. And so, um, I I I will,
044uh, regrettingly have to support this. And I appreciate you asking that question, because that was sort of the first question, right? Even if we kept it as is, that there's still not an avenue uh, federally to to to file something unless it falls under the 2020 uh, definitions. But as a school board, you know, we can, we must, we will, you know, take actions to continue to safeguard our students even as these federal kind of Title 9 protections revert back to the 2020 regulations nationwide. Um, following, you know, that that case. And we'll continue to lean on, you know, kind of state and local anti-discrimination laws. And I just appreciate, you know, being part of a board that seems to to be in support of that as well. But yeah, with the same sentiment, um,
045that's how I will go forward with my vote this evening once you reotion. >> Marla Matt Dam just Okay. Okay. Uh, I will remotion. Is there a Let me see. Uh, is there a motion for the board of education to approve the second reading and adoption of press plus number 118 policies with policy 71 190 student behavior removing the word receiving in a few spots as presented in board book and the policy 2 col 150 uh committees D96 edits which is adding our family and family and community partnerships committee into the list of committees we have as presented otherwise. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Kathy, would you please call the vote? >> Okay. Miss Kick >> I. >> Miss Gun. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hunt. >> Hi. >> Miss Class. >> Hi. >> Mr.
046Ol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Mr. Barcadi >> and Mr. Mayorhead. >> Hi. >> Uh, one other thing that I kind of kept separate but is related to this um before we move into 119 just with the anti-discrimination stuff more broadly. There's been some dialogue that we've had in that and I've been in in uh planning this meeting with Dr. Ryan Toy. Uh we'll have a at an upcoming cow meeting. I won't commit to it specifically, but there's been a lot of work done over the summer of just sort of evaluating our processes and there's going to be some more information related to that brought to us in a presentation at a future cow meeting for us to talk about. So, very interested to get to that. There's a lot of this topic going on right
047now. So, just trying to be as prepared as possible for for situations and on board with how to react if if something were to happen. So, >> and I'll just add to it just uh >> that our psychologist and social work specifically worked together this summer with Nora around looking at just the different uh levels of behaviors that students may engage in when they're in a bullying or harassing situation um in particular. And again, we are by law we are specifically required not to be locked step about how we address these things, but to be very supportive and very individualized in how we address these things. um but also to give teachers kind of a menu or a set of choices so that they feel that they're operating within more shared and unified cohesive and
048organized approaches. So yeah, I think we will bring it to a cow if that's of interest to everybody. It sounds like it would be >> Yeah, I think that'd be good. Uh thank you for that work um that has been done. Looking forward to hearing more about that. Okay, press policies uh number press plus number 119 policies. Um before I motion, we've got a couple things on this one. So Stephanie, you want to walk us through those? >> Um actually, well, I didn't have many. So the 119 is uh pime predominantly or all actually kind of monitoring and review the 5-year review. So you know, presses um continual like quality assurance goal um to ensure that you know, we are continually reviewing all the pieces of our manual every 5 years. Um the one that
049stood out the most that came up in discussion during the first read was 280 uh which is the oath uh that uh we have all taken and whether or not um you know just to encourage appropriate conduct. Boards can um have their policy express like the potential consequences for violating the oath of office. And there was some suggested language that we could include as part of 280. Um, and that which essentially then just references or cross references an existing policy we have on, you know, board member removal from office. I think at least from the conversation at the table, it felt like the majority of the board was uh generally in favor of adding this optional um this optional line, this optional sentence to policy 280. So the way that it is presented in board
050book, the default was no. Um but in in board book it is identified as yes that we want to add that additional sentence. So >> if you don't want to, you would then vote no on on it. >> Yep. And I Yeah, I think it's sound like you already had four at the last meeting. I think if I heard correctly, I I was in favor of it because it doesn't really change it. Um, and just talking with you yesterday, it's not really modifying the policy itself. It's just cross referencing back, which I think a couple people said just for clarity of, you know, seriousness of this. I I kind of agree with that. I don't think it hurts to just cross reference the other policy that we are beholden to this oath. Um is that
051the only one that we had? Yeah, I guess cuz it was the the receiving that was in the other one. Okay. Everything else is asis. Um any other questions or discussions before I put that in the motion? Nope. Okay. Uh is there a motion for the B board of education to approve the second reading and adoption of press plus number 119 policies as presented with policy 2 col 80 board member oath and conduct uh adding the approp the cross reference language as presented >> second >> Kathy would you please call the role Okay. >> Okay. Miss Claps. >> Hi. >> Miss Kick. >> Hi. >> Mr. Barati. >> Hi. >> Mr. Olic. >> Hi. >> Mr. Hunt. >> Hi. >> Miss Gun. >> I. >> And Mr. Mirhead. >> Hi. >> Okay. Motion passes. >>
052Right. Our last one is a collection of intergovernmental agreements. We've got the crossing guard agreement with Riverside. uh before and after care which is I guess a revised and updated IGA that we approved recently. Um reporting things between villages um the the one I had a question about was the tennis courts. Do we need the tennis court striping thing? >> You know it's interesting. There was an article, I don't people had a chance to catch it in the landmark today about the village making decisions about the tennis courts over at Ble and they they mentioned the agreement that we had not fulfilled and they say it in because we were at that time starting to make other plans about how we might use the space. David, you you're naughty. You read the article. Um >>
053that one. >> So it's it's kind of like null and void because we just didn't do it. But it is a current >> sitting IGA. I guess we should >> do we just need to enact it being ended? I didn't read the whole thing, but there's usually like a >> Can we not just We just not it, >> right? We're not doing it >> cuz it'll have to read the termination piece of it. >> Yeah. And I I didn't do that here. It just caught my attention of whether we even needed that cuz we're going to do the playground piece, which is the next IG in here, but they're going to do the tennis like redevelop that tennis court >> into something else. So, okay. And then Riverside TV, um an intergovernmental, uh shared facilities
054agreement with Brookfield, snow removal with the village of Brookfield, and another reciprocal reporting agreement with the village of Brookfield. So, a lot of inter um just contractual stuff to make sure that we've got good practices between our governmental organizations. Uh, other than the tennis court thing, was there any other comments or questions that anybody had on any of these other IGAs before we vote? >> I I had a quick question about the first one was that the L4A. >> It mentions I think this is from 2015 2015 2016 says the school district total payment obligation shall not exceed $30,000. says that's not even correct because it says $30,000 spelled out and then mentions 35,000 but then it also says that it'll increase by the CPI every year. So I was just curious as to what
055that amount has grown to. >> Yeah, I I just don't have that. I can >> just for future reading maybe we could. >> Yeah, >> but that's interesting that those I didn't notice that until I just read it. >> The number written versus the the digits doesn't equal each other. And this is >> And that was the first improvement in a government. >> Yeah. The the L4A. >> Okay. >> And then you'd like to know the actual cost annually at this point? >> Yes. And if we could include that every year or thereafter, I think that would be good. >> Should be effective on the date that both parties sign it. So, this is from 2015. >> Yeah, I think so. >> Yep. >> Do we have We should pro Yeah, we should probably look
056into the other ones to make sure >> and then I'll look into the appropriate termination on the tennis court. >> Okay. >> There's actually a part under 6C that um numerically it says 35,000, but in word form it says 30,000. under the termination and default >> on page five of that agreement. >> Yeah. The same issues there. Yep. >> For the 2015 2016 school year. We do update these every year, right, with the >> No, they No, most of them have say that they are in effect until they are for some reason canled. And so I think this was something we started a number of years ago that the board wanted to review them annually and uh the legal advice is that you not revote on them every year because they were voted on and
057signed by a certain board at a certain time with language specific to how they continue. But that one sounds like there's just an error as well as a question about the actual cost. So that one we can take a closer look at. >> Okay. So it doesn't technically matter that the dates get updated every year and the dollar amounts even if it is just multiplying it by a factor that it gets updated. We just leave it as this language unless we want to change it. >> Right. It sounds like there's just that error though. 30,000 35,000. Right. So >> Yeah. Those two spots. >> I was told to let that one sit forever more. >> I've heard the same. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. >> But I know Jim Fitton did track the costs on
058that. So, um, we can I'm sure we have documents that it's going to take me working with Jim and Mark to get that organize that for you. >> My preference is 30,000. >> I'll make a note of that. >> So, change the number, not the words is what you're saying. Yeah. >> Okay. Does the wording take precedence over the written number? That's why I thought supposed to. >> That's what I thought. >> Yeah. supposed to, but I worked in check cashing for a long time. It doesn't. >> All right. And I did say before we vote, but this is not an action item. This is just a review item. Um Okay. >> Something we agreed to do a number of years ago. Look at them every like I'm looking at you, David, because I think
059it was something you had recommended a while back and we've been doing it. I think it is a good practice. >> Yep. Yep. I agree. especially with this one being 10 years old, just uh being aware of what is continuing for especially for new boards because this one what we're talking about was approved several years before I even joined. So, okay. All right. That is the end of our agenda. We have no new business for today. Uh do we have any additional public comment before we close? No. All right. Future meeting dates. Uh September 3rd is going to be a fully closed session. That is a rescheduling of our self assessment with our IASB representative. That'll be at 6 p.m. in the Ames library. Uh September 17th will be our next regular board meeting at
0607 p.m. here in the Hower Learning Resource Center. October 1st, we will be at Hollywood's multi-purpose room at 7 p.m. And October 15th, we will have a regular business meeting at 7 p.m. here in the Hower Learning Resource Center. And with that, this meeting is adjourned. >> Wait. >> Oh, I'm sorry. You're right. Uh, we need to go back into close session. Um, not used to doing that. So, thank you. >> Yeah, I'm just going to pull up one more. >> Yeah. Uh, so is there a motion to go back into closed for two items? any matter involving an individual student and the employo appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of a specific employees of specific employees of the district or legal counsel for the district, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against
061an employee or against legal counsel for the district to determine its validity. >> So, uh there will be no any kind of action uh after this closed session. When we come back in, we will just adjourn the meeting. Kathy, could you call the RO? >> Okay. Mr. Barcati, >> I. >> Mr. Olaf, >> I. >> Miss class. >> Hi. >> Mr. Fun. >> Hi. >> Mrs. M. Taylor. >> Hi. >> Miss Gun. >> Hi. >> Mr. Mirhead. >> Hi. Close session. [Music]