001Okay. Um, I was calling this meeting to order. It is Tuesday, August 19th at 6:01 p.m. and we are the county school district 13 Board of Education. We are at the cooperative. Um, may I begin with a roll here? Mr. B here. Yes. here. >> Missky roll >> here. >> Martinez >> here. >> McInness >> here. >> Mr. Warner >> here. >> All right. Thank you. We'll move on to the one pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, we'll move on to uh section two, public comment. Um before Okay. All right. In that case, I will just um move on to board members comments. Are there any more
002members comments this evening? Welcome back everybody. Hope everything's looks good. Hopefully everyone feels at peace with it. >> Any other comments? All right, we'll move on to three commendations and recognition. We'll begin with a school personnel and I'll turn it to And I was asked um by um human resource department if there was any staff member that I would like to recognize at the board meeting. Um so um I I you know accepted that invitation greatly and the staff member that I nominated for this recognition is Edith Martinez. She is a sixth grade bilingual teacher. And uh my response as to why I nominated her is I um I said that everyone at her middle school is proud to recognize Edith Martinez for her unwavering dedication and commitment to our school community. Edith consistently goes
003above and beyond, always ready to step up, volunteer, and give her all in everything she does. This summer, she exemplified Cougler's spirit by taking time out of her own schedule to walk ali alongside her student government students in the Blue Island Fourth of July parade. Her hard work, passion, and selfless service make a lasting impact, and we are grateful to have her as part of the Kerr family. Thank you to Edith for all that she does. our next I don't see um Sarah here. Okay. All right. So, I'm going to um in the spring Sarah Wolf nominated ICP professional Diana. um she wanted to um compliment her on her two years of work in the program and that she went above and beyond to support the student in the classroom at graduation of fall on
004May 29th of this year. Um she stated that the student has the first behavioral and academic need but she with her support the student was able to walk independently across the stage which was very exciting and that they were grateful for her and her hard work. certificate. Thank you. Moving on then to four, which is our presentation for a the tenative fiscal year 2026 budget. And Maria, over to you. Good evening everyone. Uh uh board members and student advisory board. Uh I did uh put three sheets of paper uh in front of you. Um the first two pages are pie charts and the first page is a glossery um with information in regards to these pie charts. So um the fiscal 2026 tenative budget was posted on the district website August 15, 2025. So it's
005not available for everyone uh to to review. Um our methods in regards to getting into these numbers for the budget is primarily zerobased budgeting which means that whatever is actually encumbered it is forecast and that's what going to be what's going to be the actual expense. We also do uh per pupil counts uh in regards to students and then percentage increases in regards to just inflation. Um on the first page, so it's figures one and two. Um these are the expenditures uh based off of two different ways. Um the first uh figure is uh expenditures by fund. So there's nine funds and you'll see in the glossery that I have broken down each fund. um in in regards to what technically gets expended into those funds. So for example, the education fund roughly is 75%
006of our budget. Uh the second highest is buildings and grounds which is the 20 bonds is our bonds um for the most part and uh uh transportation we have our services so on and so forth and we have IMO security capital outlay which is our uh district insurance security and then a life safety in all estimated to be uh full expenditures roughly like $81 million Um as the in the second figure you'll see uh it's I have broken it down by code. So uh in the blue side it's 44% is salary and benefits is 13%. So in regards to employees alone it amounts to roughly uh 57% of our expenses go to uh salaries and benefits. Then we have purchase services at 19%. um which is uh a lot to do with a lot of
007different programs, contracting services, transportation services, maintenance repairs and other preventative maintenance. Uh supply is 5% of our revenues through local funds. In regards to state funding, it's uh 39% um and then over 32% comes from the evidence based funding. many people have been in education. It was the general state aid. It's not public. Um in regards to evidence- based funding, this is the third year that the district has been in tier 2 funding with an adequacy of 8%. Um the fourth figure is strictly uh a pie chart in regards to the federal revenue. Um, as you can see now, um, being that we previously had extra funds and that we did have school mental health grants, um, we have now drastically reduced or those funds were drastically reduced because of the, um, evidence of the
008ESR funding being um, sunseted and then the discontinuation of the school-based mental health grant. So even though you see the orange in regards to the schoolbased mental health plan, that is revenue that we received in July because we submitted expenditure reports at April 30th. Um so um with the expert so uh in regards to other federal grants uh we were we just found out recently which was a week and a half ago that we got title two funding. Uh so that amount is not accounted into the budget as of yet because we were informed very late on and we have not uh uh figured out where the expenses are going to apply in in in the budget. Uh we also usually get the average grant which is typically around $100,000 and that usually becomes available
009sometime in November and uh so we're anticipating these funds and so right now we don't have a you know progress but you know where we're going to go. So there's going to be minor adjustments prior to the on the adoption of the budgets. Um so I I would say that also in regards to this um we are dealing with a negotiations this year. Uh we did settle with the teachers last year but we still have uh three other unions that we have to work on. So um we have to take into consideration in regards to what uh the district plans the board plans in regards to salary increases for those other units. So in all this is currently a conservative conservative sensitive budget as there are still fine tuning to be done based on such
010grants negotiations and other board recommendations. Uh does anyone have any questions? >> Yes. >> Um it sounds good. Um a few things you mentioned things I want to bring anyway. Um, I'm glad to hear we have kind of conservative budget with the late addition of title 2 and the slashing grants that we know about like how else are we budgeting for potentially bottle fluctuations federal? That is that is a a a good question and we luckily um I I believe we use uh these resources uh effectively and efficiently in regards to some of these um federal funds. For example, ESER we did not claim salaries or benefits. So we purchased items that would help with the instruction of of students. So we have the material items. It's not, you know, we didn't have to absorb,
011you know, personnel in regards to to that situation. In regards to the school based mental health grants, we did um absorb um 164 employees, which are counselors um that will be uh working more so between the primary and your community schools. So that is some an additional cost that is coming out of local revenue, but this is for the benefit. You're welcome. And then one other thing I was going to mention that I forgot in regards to um the property tax uh relief grants. Um we did we do apply for it every year unfortunately. We and we did get approved for it but due to state budget cuts so on and so forth. They put a freeze on that grant. So right now um it's un unknown as to what the future of that grant
012is going to be. So, um, but we do try to do our due diligence as a district to, um, find ways to, uh, financially, um, be stable in and, you know, for the benefit of the district. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. [Music] Right. Thank you. All right, we will move on to 4 B the 202526 student advisory board. And I believe I'm turning it over to Michelle again. Good evening once again. Um, in addition to uh my role at Criminal Middle School as the principal, I get the opportunity to run the student advisory board for um county school district 130. So, I'm going to go through um a brief presentation about the board, the work that we do, and then if you um are familiar with board meetings, you'll notice new faces um
013in the in the in the board uh at the board table. Today, we're going to introduce our new members and present them with a certificate as well. Maybe. >> Oh, you got to turn it on. Okay. >> All right. So, the purpose of the student advisory board is to give students experiences not only in understanding the Illinois school code um laws, regulations, budgets, and policym but also to provide an opportunity for student voice to the board of education. There are two eighth grade students from each of our three middle schools in the district. Ever crim middle school, Nathan Hill Middle School, and Veterans Memorial Middle School. How did these students get selected to be on the board? They were elected by their peers through a formal election process in May. Students had to um attend
014a candidate meeting. They had to submit a photograph, a petition, um a written letter of interest. They had to obtain signatures from their peers, alternately were put uh placed on a ballot and selected in into the role. So, we've got two representatives uh one from or two from each building. We meet several times per month after school. We haven't started that yet. After we're inducted, then we can begin meeting. So, um that uh get some exciting work to be done here. The vision statement of the student advisory board, I'll read as such. The student advisory board will serve as the student voice in partnership with the board of education for inclusive and innovative student programming through leadership service and student organizations, student engagement and enhanced educational experiences. And our mission statement is as follows. Um,
015the student the Cook County School District 130 student advisory board is focused on facilitating meaningful student involvement as partners to improve district schools. So, at this time, if our new board members can stand up, I'll read your name and present you with a certificate and everybody can applaud for you and get excited for the work that we uh that we will be doing together. Okay. So, we will start with our two representatives from Nathan Hale Middle School who will come forward. Okay. We are proud to recognize Kalia Brown and Sophie Keys as student advisory board members representing Cook County School District 130 student body from Nathan Hill Middle School for the 2025 2026 school year. Um next will the representatives from Ever Middle School come forward. Okay, we are proud to present Kayn Fernandez and
016Destiny Tapia as student advisory board members representing Cook County School District 130 student body from Ever Middle School for the 2025 2026 school year. And last but not least, can we have our Veterans Memorial Middle School students come forward? And we are proud to present Natalyia Cabaro and Donald Noah as student advisory board members representing Cook County School District 130 student body from Veterans Memorial Middle School for the 2025 2026 school year. Did you want to stand for a photo? Hold on. And I touched on this a little bit in May, but just to summarize from the work that has been completed last year that we can will continue once um our new members and I start meeting, we um you know are in this continued learning process to learn about the board of education
017and how their work impacts the local school system and community. Uh we became a student voice to the board of education by participating in three big uh committees this past school year. The uniform committee, the discipline committee, and the strategic planning committee. And we also partnered with the board of education, school administrators, teachers, staff, and fellow students to um continue to improve schools as well as spreading the word. This is a new concept for the district, and we're really excited to keep propelling forward. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you so much and welcome to our new student advisory board. Great to have you. Uh we will move on to agenda 5A. Uh this is the approval of consent agenda items. Are there is there any item that a board member would like
018to remove from the consent agenda this evening? Okay. Um, hearing none, I would like to ask for a motion to approve uh consent agenda items 4 A B Oh, I'm sorry. Actually, that would be 5 A, B, C, D, E. Personal report as amended. F G H I J K A L M N O P N Q. May I have a motion, please? I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> Yes. >> Martinez. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Uh, thank you. You know, I apologize. I am just noticing there's also um an item R that was I did not state as part of the consent agenda. May I have a motion to also approve um I a R the resolution to appoint Miss Mareno as the activity fund treasurer. [Music]
019>> Thank you. May I have a second? >> Uh that I'll >> call. >> Yes. >> Mr. Manny. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ber. Yes. Mr. Warner. >> Of course. >> Mr. You guys hear Miss Benn? >> Yes. >> And Miss >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. Uh we can move on then to action item 6A is public act 102-0791 assessment. Uh this is um do you have to say anything about the public? So this is in response to public act 1020791. Every year the district required to submit an upper thread assessment crisis violence prevention report to the south intermediate center for there to have on file as to how the district will respond crisis. Are there any questions about this item before we approve? In that case, may I make uh May I have
020a motion, please, to approve the Cook County School District 130 threat assessment, school violence prevention and crisis communication plan? >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> Yes. Yes. >> All right. Thank you. Moving on to 7A, we have um Freedom of Information Act request. The district received one foyer request which is that's been provided to the board of education. In 7B is the Illinois Action for Children. This is anformational item. Dr. M, would you like to say anything about So, we're excited that um director um was selected to serve as an adviser to the home visiting core planning group in collaboration with the community system statewide supports team um as a representative um for um she is going to um on her part but we're excited to have everybody involved in that group
021That's right. >> Thank you. Um 7 C is financial report. Are there any questions or comments about the financial report? 7D is the outstanding Illinois controller vouchers. Um and just noting that um as of July 2nd, 2025, these the all payments have been processed for fiscal year 2025. So just drawing attention to that. Um any questions or comments? Moving on. Uh we have E, cabinet report, business and financial services. Questions or comments? F is a department report for buildings and grounds. Any questions or comments? G is department report for school safety. Any questions or comments? Moving. H is cabinet report for curriculum and instruction for questions or comments. Um I is department report for digital instruction and communication. J is department report for leadership. K is department report for technology and any questions or comments
022please interrupt if there are L is cabinet report for human resources and is department report for human resources and is cabinet report for student services and accountabilities. O is department report for early childhood department for culture and culture. Q department report for special education. Uh and moving on, we are now at agenda item eight, routine reports, and I'll begin with the president's report. Um I will just keep it very simple tonight. Um just welcoming everybody back to the school year. Um it's going to be a great year. I wanted to thank uh our facilities and our staff for um their quick response to some of those issues after the kids this weekend. Um so everyone being flexible and getting one day off just getting through Monday basically. Um and then um uh also just acknowledging
023that there were a couple open houses last night. I was at her with my daughter and it was just a w a very welcoming experience. Um schools were great. The teachers were enthusiastic. So just thank everybody who made that happen. Um, so yeah, I will just leave it at there for tonight and move on to um I also want to welcome everybody back for the new school year. Um, teachers came back last week and students started on Tuesday and a lot of joy in the building. I was also going to bring about open house. Um, thank you to everyone who came out last night to curve and math middle school and anger. Um, Veterans Memorial Middle School is going to be rescheduled for next Monday. So, that one will be at 6:00 um on the
02425th. Intermediate schools are tomorrow from 6:00 to 7:00 and primary are scheduled for Thursday. So, if you're available, you want to come out, great to have you. Um the district will be closed on Monday, September 1st in Labor Day. And if you um watch our district website, Facebook, Instagram and parents career for any information regarding district highlights and then events that we'll move on to C. This is committee report. Um you'll notice this is a new section. Uh now that we have our board committees established, I wanted to provide a standard space to give report outs and updates about the activities of the board. Um I does anyone have any committee reports or anything they'd like to say about I will just share um on behalf of myself and Mr. reminder that we had a
025policy committee meeting just before the board meeting uh where we reviewed some of the high ASB press policy recommendations. So this will be um mostly they were minor clarifications but these will come before the full board uh for review and approval next month. Mr. Mo, is there anything you'd like to add to that? >> Very exciting meeting. >> All right, moving on to nine. of communication communion representatives. My a is the everyone here tonight. >> Hi, Elizabeth Mario, secretary of the BA. Just want to say we're really excited about this school year. We're up and running. Um we want to be really thankful for a lot of our administration that has been supporting our members and helping them get what they need to get started. So, we appreciate working in enhanced effort. So, we went
026forward to the rest of the school. Thank you. Moving on, we have the EIE SBA local number 430. Welcome everybody and good evening. Um I am Stephanie, local president for EBA 430. Um um we're excited as well to be back in the building. We're um looking forward to a great year. I wanted to also thank Dr. McKay last before the end of the school year. She accepted our invitation to visit with a pair of professionals today and share her experience as a prayer professional. So that was very interesting and she also answer some questions and also extended herself to more. So we appreciate that and we look forward to no concerns. Thank you. All right, moving on to the BPA local 330. Do we have anyone here today? Okay. Uh, moving on to SIU Local
02773. Anyone here? All right. We'll move on. Um, the next agenda item is uh 10 close session. Item 10, close session. Uh may I have a motion to go into close session for uh the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of employees. Collective negotiation matters uh between the district and employees. Evidence or testimony presented to a school board regarding denial of admission to school events or property. Uh the setting of a price for the sale or lease of property owned by the public body. The sale or purchase of securities, investments or investment contracts, security procedures, school building safety and security, and uh the use of personnel and equipment to respond. Student disciplinary cases, the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters related to individual students, pending litigation, uh the establish
028uh established reserves or settle claims, classification and discussion of confidential matters, uh discussion of limited close session, and uh Cook County School District 130 orientation. Uh may I have a motion, please, to go ahead and close for those reasons. Motion A second. Thank you. Mr. Roll. >> Yes. >> Martinez. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. I'll talk to you later. >> All right. Um, it is 8:17 p.m. We are back in open session. Um, >> we need a vote. >> Sorry about that. >> We need to vote. >> Oh, thank you. Okay. May I have a motion then to return to open? >> I'll make a motion. a second. I'll second. >> um Mr. May, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Mayor, >> yes. >> Roll. >> Yes. >> Martinez, >> yes. >> McInness, >> yes. >>
029Mr. W. >> Yes. >> Approved. We are so >> We are in open session. All right. Moving on to um agenda 11, possible action after close session. 11 A is SEIU step four. Um I Apologize. I need a clarification here. Um, okay. May I have a motion to adopt the superintendent's recommendation for SEI step four? I'll make a motion. Super. >> Yes. >> Super. Yes. Roll. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warner. >> Yes. >> Mr. Greeny. >> Yes. Martinez. Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Um, moving on to 11B, termination of employee. Um, may I have a motion, please, to terminate custodian Maria Corona. >> I'll make a motion. >> Do a second. >> I'll start. >> Okay. I'll serve call, please. >> Miss Martinez. >> Yes. >> Roll. >> Yes. >> Mr. Per. Yes. Mr.
030P. Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes. >> Thank you. The motion passes. Uh C is uh for item C, termination of employee. We are not going to take action on this item um due to the employees resignation. So moving on to item D. Um I I am going to read this here. I'm going item D is possible action after close session. I'm going to make a motion to um not accept the resignation of employee Molly Ston and refer to the state um superintendent of education to violation of school code um for resigning during the school term to take another teaching position in another district. So I'm making a motion. >> Sorry. Make a motion. >> Uh I second call please. >> Uh Mr. Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warner. >> Yes. >>
031Mr. Martinez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Brandy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Burmeister. Yes. School. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you. Um believe that's all. So we are moving on to 12 which is uh adjourning the meeting. Um may I have a motion please to adjourn our meeting? I'll >> make a motion. Second. I'll second. >> All right. Um, roll call, please. >> Yes. >> McInness. >> Yes. >> Roll. >> Yes. Yes. Approved is 8:20. >> All right. Thank you.