001You're doing great. Starting out strong. All right. Do I have do I need a motion to call it or we just call to order? All right. Stumble with me, you know. All right. Do a roll call. Perfect. So, yeah, we form is present and we'll state roll call. Okay. here. Sorry here. Mr. Kelly here 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. Y All right. So, we'll now begin the public comment section. We have two speakers signed up and let's get started. Yeah. All right. Chef, Miss Melody, would you like to come up? Sure. All right. Come on down. Come on down here. weird to have you on my back. All right. Uh, dear members
002of the Prairie Hill School Boards, I speak to you today not only as a dedicated educator, but also as a concerned member of this community. After much reflection, I've made the difficult decision to submit my resignation from my position at Fair Hill School District. This decision comes after years of unwavering commitment to our students and a deep passion for the work that we do. However, the current trajectory of our district has led me to believe that my continued service is no longer sustainable under the present circumstances. Over the years, the expectations placed upon educators have grown exponentially. We're tasked with not only delivering quality instruction, but also addressing the myriad of social, emotional, and developmental needs of our students. were expected to be counselors, mentors, and advocates, all while maintaining the highest standards of academic
003achievement. Yet, despite this increasing demands, the support and compensation provided to teachers have remained stagnant. The average salary for a teacher in our district is approximately $48,617. A figure that's not only below the state average, but also insufficient to meet the rising cost of living and financial responsibilities that come with our profession. This discrepancy underscores a troubling trend. The prioritization of student success and teacher well-being are not aligned. It is disheartening to witness the disconnect between the value we place on education and the resources allocated to those who dedicate their lives to it. Teachers are the backbone of our educational system and yet we find ourselves undervalued and undercompensated. This imbalance sends a message that the work we do is not truly appreciated and that our contributions are not worthy of fair recognition. Over the
004past four years, I've had the unique opportunity to teach several current and former board member children. Through them, I formed meaning connections with families in shared in growth, challenges, and triumphs of your children. These experiences have deepened my commitment to this community and reminded me of the trust families put in us as educators. I've always cherished the relationships built in my classroom, and I hope that they've shown how invested I am, not just in their academic success, but in the hearts and well-beings of every student who walks through my door. I implore the board to reconsider the current approach to teacher compensation and support. It's imperative that we invest in our educators, not only to retain the talent that we have, but to attract new individuals who are passionate about shaping the future. Fair compensation
005is not merely a financial matter. It is a reflection of the respect and value on our profession. As I move forward, I carry with me the memories of students whose lives I've touched and who have touched mine. I remain hopeful that the board will take the necessary steps to ensure that future educators are supported and valued as they deserve. Thank you for your time. Either's fine. What do you like? What do you prefer? Stephanie is great. Stephanie, yes, welcome to the the floor. Thank you. Um, so I am so glad that there's some people today. Um, I was on the board. I just my last my message. So I wanted to come back as a parent, as a taxpayer, and as a old board member. Um, I didn't want to say anything last month because
006you guys were very thoughtful in acknowledging the time that was spent as a board member. Um, I didn't want to make this time to be about me and also four years uh serving on a term pales in comparison to board members who serve multiple terms, but like really pales in comparison to the life work and career path that administrators and teachers have. Um, and so I just really thought it was important for me to come back, like I said, as someone who happily pays taxes to be able to fund the local public school, as a mom whose kids both have come through the school. Um, and also as a full board member who has a little bit of insider baseball knowledge. Um so first I just wanted to acknowledge that I work in I've worked
007in multiple industries and they all come with a fair share of criticism. They all come with um different moments of conflict for sure working in the public school system and and just the vantage point that I had over the last four years. It is a very different space. I'm sure as all teachers and everybody who works at it knows the conflict feels a little bit more high stakes and that makes sense because it's parents and it's our children and so when parents are protected when they feel like something is unfair like we're going to respond accordingly and so it it makes sense that when you work in this space you're going to have a lot of highs but you're also going to deal with a lot of hardship and a lot of conflict. Um, again,
008all of that is part of it, but we also are living in a culture where over the last few years, it's gotten a lot easier to utilize keyboards, um, to manufacture rage, to u enjoy the um, kind of rage baiting that happens online. And so I've also seen you all have to handle very real issues, very real conflicts, very real concerns with your teachers, with the staff, with parents, with students at the same time of having to deal with some pretty overexaggerated and sometimes untrue um issues as well. And I just wanted to publicly state that while I was walking alongside of you guys behind closed doors, the character that you displayed was the exact same behind those closed doors as they were in public. The way you spoke about the community, about parents, about
009students, you had the highest level of character. I respect that so much, all of you. uh for the way that you've treated every scenario um in the four years that I was a part. You were very very caring and careful and each person mattered. So, I wanted to just acknowledge that I am um so proud to have partnered with you all and also really really really impressed with how you handled yourself on stage and also when the doors were closed you could have spoken a little bit more freely. Um, and then the second thing that I want to just say as a parent, um, I like deeply like Miss Mulligan, I hear all of those things and it like as I started learning about budgeting and as I started learning about like the financial value
010that our state and federal uh, puts on teachers, I'm just as outraged. um if you ever look at the private sector and or the public the government sector and you just see what's the funding like it's just so outbalanced in general. So like this is the federal and a state issue whole stop. Um so I echo that sentiment so deeply and that is something that um really enrages me as well. But um I do want to say that the work that is done for teachers, for administrators, and I'm almost on a cross. Um but I do want to say that this is like mission based work. I have worked in industries too where that what you do matters and sometimes it like doesn't really matter. You just want that health insurance. And this is one
011of those things that is very missionbased. Um you are working with children like three to 14. They are like the messiest humans on the planet. And I don't mean like just like messy like their brains aren't developed. Our brains were not developed. We couldn't string sentences together. We couldn't string necklaces together. We couldn't like understand math facts. We didn't even know how to decipher what an actual fact was. And so you guys are w choosing to walk into a school and work with children during the hardest time of their development. like you're making that choice to be so invested in our future and it's like the messiest time and it's so hard and I only have two and I like could never handle any more than that. So I truly do mean it when I
012say I am so deeply indebted to the teaching community and to public education and to our administrators because it matters so deeply. My son was three when we came into this district. He had a lot of needs as Tracy Kore. He was somersulting down the aisles on the bus and um there were a very sweet boy but he needed a lot of resources. Um and this school gave 110%. Um my daughter struggled in sixth grade. She started to get a little quiet. She had some friendship issues and a teacher noticed that she wasn't raising her hand a lot. And that teacher could have just completely continued teaching and just seen that and ignored it and just taught the principles and taught the curriculum, but she pulled my daughter aside and she was committed to helping
013instill a little bit more confidence in her. And that's the village that all of us parents need. And so I mean it as a parent, I am so thankful that you have not given up on this profession. I'm so thankful that you are continuing to show up for our students. As a taxpayer, I would pay double the taxes all day long because it is worth every single penny. And then as a former board member, I am just so grateful that I got to see the behind the scenes and see that this is like a very committed, very, very committed administration and a really, really committed teaching staff. So, I move in a week. I had to come and say thank you. Um, and then thank you for that. Well, then we'll move on to our
014pride of Prairie Hill. This month we have where we start. Well, we have the uh student council officers and I think we have how many are here? I think two. All right. Awesome. Give a little synopsis of student council and officers do. So studentates and it's under studentled decisions. So we plan, coordinate, dances, reconates, fundraisers uh for the students, but then what's great about it is that money that's raised will then in turn uh come back into the community. So we're donating to the Rockford Breast Commission to the American Heart Association. Uh our very own um Andrea, Miss Andrea, who um was battling breast cancer. And so we're able to do some really great things and have fun along the way. And um I have three of my four officers. Mason wait. Awesome. Yeah. Take
015pictures. Great. You want me to gather them over here? You want backdrop for tomorrow? Did order a new backdrop everybody for next year. Timy's called over then. Yeah. Come on over, guys. Great work. Melanie, you're there. Give a round of applause. Oh, hey. Great work. Great work. Thank you for all you do. There we go. [Music] Perfect. That's right. Awesome. Very nice. All right. And we have our incredible bus drivers as well. We do. I have a little bit of little something to say if you don't mind. Here. I'd love that. Yeah. Yeah. You want to? All right. Tonight, we're giving a shout out to some truly essential members of our Prairill community. The individuals who start and end so many of our days are amazing bus drivers. Think about it. The people who are
016on roads every single day and all kinds of weather, navigating traffic, and getting students where they need to be safely and on time. They're often the first smiling face many of us see in the morning and the last one we wave goodbye to in the afternoon. It's easy to take for granted the intricacies of a lesser route. The careful maneuvering, the constant vigilance, and all while doing it with the best attitude one can find. and they want to do it, which is awesome. But our bus drivers do more than just drive. They're responsible, patient, and dedicated professionals who ensure the safety of our children, connect our communities, and keep our schools moving. They handle challenging situations with grace, and always prioritize the well-being of their student passengers. Your hard work, dedication, and commitment do not
017go unnoticed, which is why we're noticing you tonight, even though we notice you every day. Some even work here when they're not out on the road. We appreciate you more than words can say. Let's give a huge round of applause and a heartfelt thank you to our pray school district. You got this picture. All right, come on down, guys. I'll give these to you. We got a picture. There we go. Perfect. Thank you so much. Appreciate all you do. Thank you. On the bus a couple times and then coach he ran on it once or twice. I know. Thank you. No, he's gonna be a senior next. Going on up. He does a It's a It's like a class. Oh my That's All right. Thank you. You can stick around, but you're welcome to leave,
018too. We won't be offended. Thank you all. Did you Did you We do one every month. They all right. Thank you. Next up, we're approval of the April regular meeting minutes. April committee meeting minutes. May bills $427,987.39 May payroll $510,000 $510,657. May treasurers report and student activity fund motion approval. Second all in favor Mr. I'm here. Yes. Mrs. Figan. Yes. Mr. Cage. Yes. Mrs. Yes. I'll move on to the administrator reports then. All right. Start off. We're We're getting there. Um, it's been a busy May, so here we go. The fourth grade music concert uh was wonderful. Thank you to Mrs. Allen for incorporating many different concepts into the program. The students did a fantastic job. It just wasn't a singing performance. It was a lot of dancing and different things. It was awesome. Fitness
019day. Um I did experience it last year. It's a big day. Um it's a big day, but it was another great success. So I do have to shout out and thank Mrs. Sakness and Miss Jojo for helping prepare the kids to move through the event. Um, a special shout out to the parents who helped run many of those stations. Also, the additional parking in the back field seemed to be successful. I wanted to thank Jimmy, Joe, and Kim for being the parking attendants back there. There were much fewer cars scattered throughout the property compared to last year. Only about half of the families watched my screencastify, so I anticipate that this would continue to improve if we continued to utilize that back parking space for future events. Um it was new but we had several
020dozen cars back there. Um our last schoolwide assembly for perseverance is Friday morning. We will also be honoring our attendance heroes as well to the at this moment we currently have seven students who have been here every single day at PHS. Um our teachers are working hard to pack up and progress through their year end checklist. Our scheduling committee has completed as much work as we can prior to the start of the school year. We're looking forward to maximizing our staff to meet the needs of our students due to this process. Um, our special schedule will move from a five-day schedule to a 10-day schedule next year to accommodate our new targeted and tech lessons for the entire building. We convened our new leadership team and began to look at data to set our goals
021for 2526. Everyone's offered great insight and I'm looking forward to our second year together. Uh just a quick heads up, starting Monday, the sheriff and fire department are going to be utilizing the building for the next two weeks. So if you see emergency vehicles in the parking lot over the next two weeks, that's why they're there. They're coming Monday through Friday about 8 to 4. Um this is a training for them. So, they're going to utilize the building to go over crisis response and um they've actually invited us to join on any of the trainings as well. So, um my safety committee is going to come for one of the days. We're going to kind of look to see what the law enforcement response is so that we can maybe better tailor our drills to
022be what they might want. And then physically using the building space is is more beneficial to us so that everybody's on the same page. Um, I am going to communicate this. I'm going to send one more periodical out either Monday or Tuesday. Um, just so hopefully, you know, parents or whoever in the community, if they see about 10 to 12 emergency vehicles in the parking lot every day, it's not a crisis. They're in train their training. So, help me pass that uh pass that out. And I do have one final thing. Um, I wanted to wish Mrs. Wyatt, Miss Sandy Wyatt, a happy retirement as she completes her 26th year of service to the school district on Friday. She will be greatly missed. So that is Prairie Hill into um Willowbrook. So as Craig mentioned,
023it's busy busy time of year in April and May at the schools. So start we'll start with first off um a really big thank you to PSA. They did an amazing staff appreciation week where everybody was spoiled very well for five full days um in many many many ways and I just heard the staff talk about it how grateful they are that we have a PSA who really does support all the and all the people within the building. So thank you to them. Um we did have just recently last week there's my second I want to say we celebrated a who has been a custodian in the district for 18 years. Um she's here also when I was teaching here and she is retired as well so she is well on her way. Um, we
024had our back season, which I've mentioned before, but we had two students, Reed Jarvis and Maddie Daniels, go down to state and compete in the state competition at the state level. Um, Reed Jarvis, uh, participated in the discus event, and although he did not place, that was still an awesome thing for a seventh grade boy to be able to do. Maddie Daniels, this is her second time in state, actually. She went last year as well, but she placed sixth out of the state in both the 100 meter and the 200 meter, which was a really impressive feat for her. So, I think she'll be a really fun one uh to watch. If you listen for names as she goes into high school, I think she'll be really exciting to see how she evolves over all
025of that time. Um, we recently had, just this week, we had fourth graders come on over. They do a visit every spring to start looking at the building and meeting some of their teachers and seeing how classes will go just to get some of those nerves out from the transition from Freill over to Willowbrook. We also had our today we had our red carpet assembly where we get to kind of celebrate kids um for all of the things that they accomplish academically but not also because of all the participation they have in various clubs, extracurriculars um and different things like that. So this year we let the eighth graders, they had an idea to come up with some teacher superlative they could vote on um being that they were leaving out. So they got to
026vote on a few things for teachers like most caffeinated and best dressed and best shoe game, things like that. So that was fun to see. We had both of our band and choirs also do a performance at the red carpet assembly. But speaking of them, they had their spring concerts, the band concert and the fire concert as well. Um, both did phenomenal jobs, but just h and I'm believe there, Kelly, you were there as well. Um, sorry if I'm missing anybody, but over all of the years that I've heard bands in the middle school, I would say by far, they are, I think, the best bands I've ever heard in middle school. Drastic difference like huge. Yep. And there was a couple songs at like the seventh and eighth grade concert band. I know they
027were like, uh, but what people don't see behind the scenes is the level of music she gives them is greater in the years that they are greater, but it's greater the music that our other seventh eighth graders have had as well. So like the the talent to play those is a lot different. But it was speaking to fifth grade alone and not to say that all the bands were great, but I don't know that a fifth grade band that sounded the way it did this year. So they were I mean they were amazing. So kudos to both of um Miss Griffin and Mrs. Bucks. They do a fabulous job with all of that. Um we do have um tomorrow we have our eighth graders last day. So they will come and we will kind of
028walk them through the the practice of the promotion and then they will go do their Prairie Hill walk. So around 9:15 they will walk over. They will walk over. Mr. Merl will boss us over and then we will walk through the halls in their gowns and kind of see all the the places they've been and how much they've drunk. Um they'll come back do some videos that they have from fifth grade that they made. And then we'll do Clint and I are being hammer hot dogs I think on the grill and then they leave at 11:30 and the promotion ceremony is at 6 pm. Um, and we usually have it's really cool to see uh have a student come back and do one of the speeches. So, tomorrow's I think will be an awesome an
029awesome one as well. And then last but not least, we have our last day of school on Friday. We have field day in the afternoon. So, it looks like the weather is going to shape up just beautiful and everybody is very excited for summer amplain. Perfect. Yeah, I just have a few things. Um, just in a, as I said at the committee of the whole, just in the effort to continue trying to be better than we can be as a district. Um, we're setting out exit interviews this week, uh, to those that are leaving for whatever reason, retirement, resignation, um, or otherwise. Uh, so we will take a look at that data over the summer. We're going to continue to do that on the annual basis. Um, we had Mrs. Andrews give uh math curriculum
030evaluation. Probably stepping on Ed's toes here a little bit, but uh she came and gave a great presentation to uh the board during the committee of the whole just to discuss uh all the ways that we're we're looking at math and and different ways that we can look to improve the math curriculum and programs uh as we move forward into the future. So, I really appreciate that uh from her coming and taking the time to speak to the board. Uh couple reminders, we're going to have to vote on the consolidated title grant tonight. I just need the board approval on that so I can apply for title one, two, and four federal funding grants uh this summer. And then we'll also need approval for the purchasing card that we had talked about, which is a
031card that uh each teacher, assuming it works out this way, which it should, uh each teacher will have their own purchasing card with the amount of money that uh the the district spends or allows them to spend uh the $125 and then possibly partnering with the PSA to maybe get that money on there, too. and then that way they have control of that instead of having to always go through Nikki or Lisa or otherwise. So, uh we need to have board approval just to apply for that and then assuming that all goes through then we'll figure out what that uh looks like a little bit more. Uh we'll talk about negotiations in close session. Uh but there is uh an action item on there to uh approve a CVA for the PAR educators and PAR
032educator librarians. And I think that's about it. just wrapping up the year. Well, thank you all for your reports. Next up is subcommittee reports. So, we'll start with building and finance. Well, I wasn't there, but I can I was just going to say you told they've been doing like the individual committee since we switched to Yeah. the whole I don't know how you want to do it. Well, do we need to report out on that? Under this one, we'll definitely want to uh have the PE card or purchase card approval. Yep. I make that up then. Yeah. All right. Do I have a motion to approve the purchase card or PC card application approved? Approved. So moved. Yes. Yeah, that'll work. There we go. Yeah. Mrs. Anderson. Yes. Mr. Sh. Yes. Mrs. Dixon. Yes. Mr.
033Kard. Yes. Mrs. Ben. Yeah. Hi Scott, quick question related to that. Yeah. When was the last time we changed the $125 a month? This is a fantastic cost of a really good question. Yes. I don't know what $125 for my classroom and I teach college so I can't imagine little kids in middle school. Be able to scratch the surface. I think when I started in 2009 I was given $100 and in 2025 it's only gone up to$125. But we have upped it. Great job. I know. We can take a look. Yeah, let me take a look at that. I know PSA does a convert also. Yeah. So, at the committee to hold, the thought was once we get this all going approaching the PSA and seeing if they wouldn't mind just they're going to give
034$100 to every teacher anyway. I'm sure PSA would love that because we actually do the same. Okay. anymore, but yeah, they um but still $225. I know tons of them a few years ago when I was on PSA, they were spending just as much if not more. Oh, yeah. Sure. the discussion with at the committee the whole in regarding the the PSA money was that and correct me if I'm wrong that they have this available to them but not not all maybe not a majority of teachers turned it in because there's like a certain amount of effort that has to go into saying like I spent this money here's my receipt so on so if it's just on the debit card already and it just makes that much easier to use it rather than having
035to go that extra step the story I was told was that because they have to buy it on pocket first then price sometimes they can't afford to do it on pocket so they just don't do it. So this would be great to give it to operation problem. Yeah. But I still think the 125 might be okay. I know science supplies you could buy one maybe one glass lab activity that's pre-made and you would pull the entire budget. That shouldn't be what this is for like what it's for. That's what it's for. Well, we do have supply budget and then PSA also does everybody gets a hundred and then you can always submit requests to PSA I think about and those could be anywhere from a couple hundred to two but Yep. I'll take Absolutely. So
036you did approve the PE card that application great next update but we're not recording now individually then you go to the motion if we can unless Lori yeah no I was just looking back at the notes the only notes that we had was Ken's presentation on curriculum and just her overview of math ready and how the look the team will look at the ELA curriculum in the fall and she'll come back and work back then that for education. Oh, one thing I did think of though after that I put on this committee the whole meeting but then we never got to was do you remember that big elaborate document that Steph made to look at our strategic plan? Yes, that should be just not forgotten about. Yep. Some point. Yep. Yep. Yeah. I know our
037last meeting ran long, but maybe in the summer if things are lighter. I think that was the plan. Yes. Start looking at it in June, July. Yep. So, I motion to approve the solid district plan. Yes. Everybody's good on that. No question. It's the the title funds, right? Correct. This is the big one that I have to fill out before I can apply for the other ones. Y I'll make a motion to approve consid now. Moving on to Oh, see there's nothing to improve here. Was there anything we need to review there? uh it's the first greeting. So I don't remember if I went over that whole concept that we have a first reading in a sense where you can essentially we did most of that in committee the whole and then if you had
038any questions you certainly could ask them at this point but we've got all of our policies listed out there that we will have a second reading which at that point we can group or not group but and then those will be updated on our policy. manual for the district that was posted on our website. Uh the one is the 560 listed for the 5-year review. The one that I was looking at that like looked like it didn't have any changes. So it must have just been I think so literally they looked at it. They checked off the box. Yeah, they reviewed it. Okay. Yep. Okay. Um so yeah, there's no no need for action on policy at this point. Um, I guess my only question just with all of the committee stuff because as we
039move forward, you know, when I came on the board, we pretty much were like, these are the two or three people that are going to be on this committee and now we switched to the committee the whole new members that stepped on. We're like, I want to see what the heck this is about before we start doing that kind of stuff. So I just am curious how we just and move forward and figure out who is kind of responsible for the different areas on board. So is that something that we could hash out at the next committee of the whole meeting when it comes back? Absolutely. Yeah, it's a good idea. Try to put it on the agenda. Great. Take that over on the agenda. Yep. foyer request. I just essentially read it out. Yep.
040Then we address here. We have one foyer request uh since the last board meeting and that was from Avis Khan with Civic IQ Incorporated for purchasing records from 2022 to present session. Before we go into executive though, did you want to Yeah, I was like when do I say this? I think I think before executive session so do I just read my letter? Yeah, you want to? Oh, okay. So, as you all know, um I am stepping down from the board. So, I uploaded a letter to our share drive in this May folder. I said, "Please accept this letter as my res resignation as a PHSD 133 schoolboard member. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time on the schoolboard and learned so much about the business side of the district. However, my heart will always be on
041the teaching side of education. When a teaching position at Prairie Hill became available, I could not pass it up. I also want to thank the previous board members I served with as well as the current board members for their time, energy, and dedication to serving the Prairie Hill District community. Though I feel guilty about leaving my term early, the passion and curiosity I've observed from our new members makes me feel confident the board will continue to thrive with strong leadership as stewards of the district. I'm so excited to continue to be a part of Prairie Hill School District and look forward to working with the board in a different capacity. Sincerely, Lori Dixon. So, this will be Lor's last meeting tonight. Um, as we talked about, uh, we will have 60 days to fill her
042position. And so, I will send an email out to the community. um once we finalize uh what we want dates and stuff to look like although I know we have some information so I can send out the informal uh tomorrow or Friday by the end of the week and then we can start accepting applications and then how the board wants to proceed with the interview process and then we'll likely look to fill that by the July board meeting. No, thank you. Congratulations. We'll be missed. Thank you very much. Also, not miss because I'm sure like my kids. Awesome. Okay, now we can go close. Can I can I ask a quick followup to the the debit card thing? So, I don't know if I'm allowed to ask this, but I'm going to do it anyways.
043Uh, so you said you if this $150 or $125 or whatever it is, you need something I'm using you as an example for a curriculum based science lesson for example, not like a funsies decoration or not like something extra that you are choosing but something curriculum based. So I think I I can just speak to maybe some of what teachers in my building are doing now. Yeah. So like they're given a $125 budget the end of every school year to buy supplies. Not a lot of supplies as we've all determined 125 bucks but like I could say most of us would probably have bought even myself in teaching like banners or markers or pens or things like that. Um and then the PSA also does a reimbursement for 100. I point it at you, but
044you don't PSA because you're at every you're always doing PSA stuff even as a helper. Um, and so then you that's the stuff that you would turn the receipts in for to get reimbured from PSA. Okay. But I would say like recently we've adopted some new science curriculum here that has needed labs and other materials that did not come with the original purchase of the curriculum which obviously come out of like curriculum funds. And at that time, usually commanders will come to me and say, "Science teams need this these lab materials. Here's the kits. Here's the cost." And then I kind of triple the plant. We say, "Can we buy this?" And and usually we can find money to buy those things to support curriculum through different funds. Okay. So, I don't think that the
045intention of the 125 or the 100 from PSA is to fund curriculum. Okay. But I think it it is a small amount the grand scheme of life right now. So I'm not trying to diminish that at all. Um because I do know how much things cost, but I don't think that's the intent. So I don't want that to be misconstrued. I think it's like supplies like scissors and stapler and pencil sharpener and different things like that. Um PSA usually is really great about if teachers show up and ask for them to buy something like SIGB for example did VR for the for the Holocaust unit. Um something Andrea Cox did last year too and the PSA helped pick up some of that. So I would say that in my building at least is all I
046can speak for. I don't feel like curriculum needs are being expected to come out of those funds if that helps clarify. Those would be things we would try to find different funds to help support them instructionally in the classroom. I speak to science because they just right there's been a lot of change in the curriculum over the last few years and they needed things. there an avenue for staff if they need something like that is curriculum necessary or a classroom physical need to that there's an avenue for them to request that like to be added to the budget like you're saying the science stuff it's usually coming to us like they might go to Kim first and talk about it with Kim because she sees them weekly you know and then or and then she
047bring it to us or sometimes they come directly to us and then we'll have convers conversations with Clint about funds and if we can make that happen. I think my English um department they wanted to add no red ink. So we did like that was something they came and they said you trial this here's the money. So we trial it for the remainder of the year had the funds but sometimes we might have to say like we have to wait till next we have to like wait till July one just depending on where we're at with yeah or if we get some extra like title grant money and you know we want to spend it then that could look in those avenues as well. So I don't want to say there's a formal they're not
048writing something necessarily but they will come talk to us or Kim will come talk to us on their behalf for the to come to a collab and sit in a collab and talk about those similar and then I know in the past if you guys don't have the money the formal request is that I fill out a form remember there was one year they wanted I get it right drawing racks in the art class and it was not necessary, but it was a strong want because the old ones were rickety and whatever and so PSA, right? So, that is more of a formal request. Yeah, that's what PSA's for, right? Is the extra that is Yeah. Yeah. There's a lot there's a lot of different avenues, but that 125, so to speak, is not intended
049to fund like major. So, it couldn't right. Exactly. employee. I think it then the default is then a teacher out of pocket and if our you know average salary is this those don't they don't match up Right. I made a motion. Did I read that right? Yep. I'll make a motion to go to vote to discuss employment appointment manner to discuss appointment employment compensation disc performance or dismissal of specific employees ILCS120C1 negotiations by ILCS120 Second wants an I. You want Yeah. Yes. Again. Yeah. Yeah.