001[Music] Hello Porters. This is Mia Fontinetta, your student board member for the 2425 school year here with a recap of the April 28th, 2025 board of education meeting. The meeting began in the cafeteria with the board accepting resolutions to honor our Porter Players and Illinois State Scholars. The Porter Players competed at the IHSA drama competition state finals and were named third place in the state for musical theater review. The Illinois State Scholars were awarded this title by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission based on academic achievement. Congrats to all those students and their families. There are many possible bills under consideration right now at the Illinois State Legislature which will affect our school. There are six bills under the topic of cell phones and students can expect that most likely there will be some sort of
002policy put into place on allowing cell phone usage in the school. There are also proposed bills that would give students the ability to start earning high school credit in seventh and eighth grade. There is another bill that will, if passed, would allow athletes to play for their high school team and club team at the same time. With Illinois's new requirements for 3 years of world language, changes to our bell schedule must be made in order to allow students to fulfill all the necessary requirements. There are many conversations amongst teachers as well as our student advisory council on the best new bell schedule. Current students can expect changes to be made in the bell schedule to be made in the next few years. During the superintendent report, we heard from the LTHS AI research group. This
003is a group of teachers and technology specialists who research how to incorporate AI into our education in the best way possible. They are looking to create a student technology council next fall to receive student input on AI in the classroom. For those who submitted applications for the LTHs Foundation scholarships, they are under review and scholarship awards night will be held at the East Campus Auditorium on Wednesday, May 14th at 700 p.m. Thank you so much for listening to this meeting's board brief and stay tuned for May's board meeting. As always, go Porters.