001thank you Shubert here gpie here Johnson absent sentes here Aro here Olivas here here thank you Mr maharin longtime tonat please lead us in PGE of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America for it stands one nation indivisible liy and justice for all thank you Mr Heron public comment you would have to signed in before 7 o'clock limit is three minutes please be consider the time clock allow all others to speak first Speaker Mr Henry Johnson good evening uh my name is Henry Johnson and I have been employed by District 131 for approximately 13 years as an elementary school teacher the purpose for my request to speak is to address the needed uh characteristics for the pending super superintendent candidates I had the honor of working with an individual
002many of us here knew and respect it the individual I speak of is Art Velasquez many who knew knew and uh worked with art have many memories of the 83 years of life experience that he shared and made him an invaluable Civic leader and Mentor before his death art shared his thoughts with board members for the characteristics he felt were needed for the superintendent candidate that 131 was searching for in 2018 in the in the January 30th 2018 uh Beacon News obituary article School Board president onette Johnson gave High Praise to Art's invaluable efforts as he cited Mr Velasquez's uh advice and strong advocacy for the characteristics that he felt were necessary for the role of District 131 superintendent President Johnson also quoted that Mr Velasquez is uh advocated for a strong English program saying
003that English language was the path to success for the Hispanic Community furthermore Mr Velasquez advised President Johnson that this superintendent should be culturally competent this competency would include an understanding of the needs of the Hispanic and Latino Community I feel that art was correct in his assessment of the needed superintendent characteristics furthermore I feel that this board must seek a candidate with more than just educational academic and administrative accomplishments I feel that the superintendent candidate must be ready and prepared to address the following areas of concern that are vital to District 131 communication and trust is a unfortunate barrier between family involvement and the average student's educational support a superintendent that not only is familiar to the uh to the parents of our district but also possesses uh bilingual ability will go far to helping
004to open the walls of trust that appear to still separate the district from these families time is not an ally to US during our search for a superintendent so a candidate that is already familiar with the intricacies and particulars of our district would also be an advantage in other words searching outside uh uh to an individual that has no experience with our staff and students should be the last thing that should be considered finally I would advocate for a successful leader that understands the job difficulties as well as the responsibilities of the staff she or he leads I feel this will command respect from the staff members in general and promote a positive morale and enthusiasm in the daily tasks and Endeavors thank you for allowing me to speak thank you Mr Johnson next speaker
005Derry Paulson good evening my name is Jerry Paulson I'm a citizen here of Aurora I'm a retired non-commissioned officer of the United States Army with green beray served for over 17 years in my current position as well as the chairman of the Chicago Recruiting Command and it's come to our attention the veterans community along with the Aurora Amvets post that without any notice or discussion Commander Curley was dismissed from his position as a senior Naval instructor here at the school needless to say we're not happy and I'm putting this as mildly as that they're going to let me after we were f after we all found out about Commander Curley's dismissal we had a meeting and besides the fact that a man didn't have a contract and he was let go and hasn't had a
006contract which is totally unfair and not right without any discussion and just to be let go a couple days before Christmas break and his stuff stuck in a box and said here it is it's sad especially for all of you to act the way you do if that's the way you want the kids in this District to be raised not a good example Not only was this dismissal unwarranted but the timing it demonstrates to all of us in the veteran community and I have been given that Authority by our veteran community it shows the lack of total professionalism by the East Aurora School District and demonstrates to these students and parents of how ruthless the school board is and last lacks in its ethics and professionalism the veteran community of Aurora and Beyond is asking
007that Commander Curley be reinstated immediately I've also had the pleasure to work with Mike for over 17 years a fabulous naval officer and I know of the incident for which I heard that he may have been let go which is ridiculous Commander Curley deserves to be heard and at the minimum to have a conversation with an unbiased group of East aora board officials and we requested Commander Curley is immediately reinstated finally given a contract which the district's also failed to provide Commander Curley for the past few years which is also against the law and also reflected badly against Easter Roar High School in the last Naval inspection in closing the kids don't deserve to not have Commander Curley and last I'm extremely glad I don't have any kids that attend this school district thank you
008thank paon in correction it's Jerry Curley my apologies next Michael Curley good evening President Johnson I wish he was here this evening board members Dr nurel I'm here tonight to practice what I preach to our Cadets one of the key to better mental health is not to suffer in silence self- advocacy I want to demonstrate the core values we teach our Cadets honor courage and commitment I strive to do the best at what I do I try to do the right thing that is why it's necessary to speak to you this evening I'd like to address two specific issues one the events that led to my dismissal on Veterans Day of 2024 the lack of an employment contract let me introduce myself my name is Commander Michael M Curley United States Navy retired I am
009the former Naval science instructor at Easter Royal High School I'm passionate of the voice for my cadets for the program and for Easter Royal High School I enlisted in the United States Navy while in high school to escape a volatile family I wanted to start a new life I wanted to serve my country I wanted to get an education I served the United States Navy for 35 years before I became a naval science instructor in the Chicago public schools and eventually to District 131 I'm a husband a father and a veteran with a disability I now have a lifelong brain injury I'm a Survivor of mental and physical trauma I'm a second generation immigrant I'm a first generation college graduate many of my students have similar life experiences that is why I see myself in
010them and that is why I'm so passionate about my Cadets your Cadets in this program is my understanding that the reason for my dismissal was based on the events of Veterans Day an event that we are expected to attend yes there were mistakes made at a variety of different levels however when the parade stepped off our unit had our flags flying all of our Cadets were safe we fulfilled the units the Schools District 131 the community's expectations and if you had a chance to watch us on television we were front and center secondly District 131 has been in contractual non-compliance since my first day August 30th of 2021 after almost a year of being in my position I sent a letter to human resources asking for a status they said it was sent up the
011next level I continue to look for progress without success during our annual military inspection in November of 2023 the Navy was aware of the difficulties the school told the Navy and myself that there would be a contract delivered on July 1st of 2024 as in December as of December of 2024 there still wasn't any Movement we are the largest njrtc unit in the midwest nearly 400 Cadets strong one of the largest in the United States Saturday congresswoman Underwood awarded two Congressional nominations to the Naval Academy the first time in 10 years and we're the only High School in her District that has two Cadets or two students from the same from the same school I understand I run out of time but I want to say one last thing personally I do this work for
012my Cadets I want them all to be happy I want them to be healthy and I want them to be successful and in order to achieve and continue this level of impact and success I respectfully request the opportunity to return to campus and continue to lead great Cadets and also with a contract thank you very much for your time and consideration thank you Mr Carly next speak Ginger [Applause] Ingram next speaker Ginger Ingram good evening board members School staff parents veterans community members and students and thank you for this opportunity to address what I believe to be a serious misjudgment of character made by our school board my name is ginger Ingram and Easter War a parent since 2004 and we are um we are here this evening to appeal to all of you regarding
013District 131s dismissal of njc's program Commander Michael Curley upon arrival downtown at our city of Aurora's 2024 Veterans Day Parade the East Aurora njrc Cadets realized a grave mistake they had not packed the American flag clearly a vital element in presenting their unit against amongst distinguished veterans and guests the highest ranking Cadet who was 8 18 years old also pre-enlistment allowed his ID to be used to gain access the option of leaving 300 plus members of the unit under under supervised or a steadfast way to rectify the problem was the decision that became the issue sadly the movement for termination was made right before the holidays it is with this too harsh and rash decision of termination by this board that vastly affects the lives of so many in our community we respectfully ask for
014you to re-examine and to consider this we've known Commander Michael Curley since 2021 when our daughter like our two older or like her two older brothers chose to participate in East Aurora's njrc program Commander Curley had just arrived at East and quickly proved his excellence in leading the unit not new to leadership or making tough decisions Commander Curley is a proud retired Navy veteran and Senior Naval science instructor husband and father East was lucky to be gaining him as their next director of military Sciences in a challenging post postco climate Commander Curley successfully successfully initiated and fostered many relationships that bolstered the program's visibility and honorable reputation you could say he began a campaign to have the East aora unit of the naval Junior Reserve officer training Corps become the best it could be Commander
015Curley mentored countless students and fostered a culture for Success there's been a 100% graduation rate for senior Cadet s and countless hours of volunteerism by the members of this unit Commander Curley actively chooses to support each and every student he Encounters in and outside of the classroom including Cadets that have previously graduated he truly goes the extra mile for the young adults of East aora the color in his command can I finish okay um he truly goes the extra mile for the young adults of East Aurora the color guard is being continually asked to serve throughout the city this year the program comast not one but two Cadets honored by the Congressional nomination with the guidance and support of Commander Curley for the benefit of both the unit and the individual Cadets he built many
016affiliations Fir and lab for internships K County Board of Elections for student judges the Daughters of the American Revolution for Cadet recognition scholarships the first Division Museum of Ky Park Honor Flight Chicago and the Aurora veterans Advisory Board to name a few in his command the unit has been awarded the National Honors 2022 unit Achievement Award 2023 distinguish unit award and now holding the highest recognition the 2024 distinguished unit with honors my question to all of us this evening is this the example we wish to give our students and Community when when a person who has retired from the military who served their country who makes great things happen in our community who has looked out for so many of our children who has improved our school district be let go so rashly he deserves
017a lesser punishment than this ter termination Commander Michael curlyy deserves our gratitude thank you thank you m please ask you please respect a three minute miss m hi everyone um I already got out my tears when my dad was talking so I'm going to try to compose myself um and then when did I just start any time okay thank you um so my dad when I think about my dad many terms come to mind um but I would say some main ones are Integrity dedication and Valor um my dad has served our country for 38 years he has saved the lives of others um he is I mean I won't go into specifics but he has sacrificed his life to save other people um he's had some he's had several near-death experiences and he's really
018given his heart and his life to the service of our country um he's passionate when he comes home at the dinner table he talks about the success esses of his Cadets and their triumphs and his face lights up and he's passionate he loves this job we see his face light up when he talks about it um but ultimately I wanted to come here to talk about him as a human um he's my dad he's been a soccer coach for decades um he's coached us a decade plus of soccer um several soccer teams he went to all four of my high school performances of lay Miz a show that's three hours long um so he went to all of the performances and all the tech rehearsals um my point being oh sorry he's taken countless trips
019to and from St Louis Missouri to move his two daughters into college at the end of the day he's a human and um the ripple effect of what happened right before the holidays had a very very large impact on our nucleus of our family and our extended family um and I just wanted to say you know as a person he raised us with our safety and well-being at the Forefront he's the kind of person who would give you the shirt off of his back um my knee is shaking sorry um he shovels for our elderly neighbors who cannot shovel for themselves point being sorry um on faced with the difficult situation he made the best decision he could at the time had my dad known what the outcome of this decision would have been he
020never would have made the decision um and to fire a 38-year veteran based off an a mistake that was made at a parade to honor veterans is deeply hurtful and it's it's very hurtful so I think that you to set a good example um the best would be to reinstate him because um sorry I just I think you for your time thank you thank you m curing last speaker [Music] IM good evening my name is Irma and I am the proud parent of an eight-year-old boy who is part of the so program at Gates elementary this is school year there has been several issues and problems with the SLC program and those problems and issues only continue the board is already aware of previous issues that have occurred within the building at Gates surrounding the
021SLC program but another issue has come to light as of Friday January 10 on Friday Miss hay and Miss Thompson call me to inform me of a change to the SLC program which obviously changes my son's legal IP minutes which would involve placing him in the general education setting with his general education peers for specials like like music PE art and Technology this is a violation of his IP as it is written down currently while on the phone with Miss H and Miss Thompson I was told that this change would start Tuesday January 14th my son is on the autism spectrum and rapid changes causes disregulation to his system as an educated parent and with an advocate who supports my family in fighting for my son's rights I know that including my son in the
022general education setting could be beneficial for both him and the general education students however it is evident that the only person who knew how to support a gradual transition was removed from the program I was also told on the phone that regardless of my feelings there was nothing my Advocate or I could do to avoid this change which is a violations to my son's rights as well as a violation under the Ada and if my son couldn't handle being in this classes or if I didn't agree I would have to look into out placement this is not the only solution I know there's more that we can do no other parents were contacted about this change the so families and students deserve some respect with not deserve being talked at but collaborated with we've been
023asking for communication meeting after meeting but it is obvious that none of you seem to care about our concerns another issue is that my son's occupational therapist left a at the beginning of December 2024 leaving my son with no services and no one bothered to tell me until Megan sent a letter Weeks Later letting me know of this in the letter it says I can get compensation for my son's missed services but no one has reached out with a plan or how they would make up for this missed Services I cannot be Chas chasing after people that are in charge of my son's education in school things need to change for this program The District is responsible for responsible for all of their students not just the general education and gifted students thank you thank
024you m b concludes public comment for tonight for a continue acknowledge AIS Miller former board member welcome back Miss Miller uh superintendent huh oh communic well thank you Mr Royo okay um our first report this evening is from our student board member and so I will allow her to um can you help with the turn on her mic yes okay wonderful all right go ahead the floor is yours good evening board members as we step into the new year I am honored to share the accomplishments and events that have shaped our school community over the past month December was a month of connection service and success to begin December futur several events that brought our community together the Spanish Honor Society hosted no Latina an evening that celebrated culture and unity among students seniors also
025had the opportunity to unwine after finals with a Christmas movie night in the atrium creating a relaxing and festive way to end the semester service played a big role last month after students completed their exams student athlete Society visited hermit Elementary School to read to younger students reflecting their commitment to supporting our community in meaningful ways on December 14th they volunteered at Brady gift Mark helping parents navigate the event and ensuring everything ran smoothly in terms of Athletics our teams ended the semester with Incredible achievements the cheerleading team earned second place at the Rockford competition qualifying them for the ICA state championship both wrestling teams also had standout performances at the asigo East Invitational with the girls placing second and the boys finishing third these accomplishments show the dedication and hard work of our athletes
026and coaches in terms of Education seniors are working hard to finalize College applications and prepare for the next chapter of the lives I want to wish them all the best as they take this big step forward to their Futures to support them East aora has hosted FASA workshops which have been a tremendous resource for many families particularly first generation students or those unfamiliar with the process we appreciate those who have dedicated their time and effort to guide both students and parents through the this important step finally I want to thank all of our teachers and staff and administrators for your unwavering commitment for our students your dedication makes Easter a special place and we're grateful for all you do to inspire guide and support us thank you for your time and I look forward to
027seeing all that we'll accomplish together in 2025 thank youan all right Dr okay okay all right um first up this evening we have a couple of items under District updates and so as we begin um the 2025 year we um thought it was an appropriate time to celebrate the outcomes of 2024 and so um we have this evening the first part of my report is riddled with some uh wonderful news about our hardworking staff and leadership in the district so without any further Ado I will bring up Marissa yanowski our PR officer to give the first award this is international recognition yes it is thank you so much um a great reading tournament is an international reading challenge that was held in November where five countries including Mexico were United by The Passion of reading
028over 1 million minutes were read and Waldo Middle School was recognized as a school with the highest average minutes read in English in the entire tournament congratulations to principal Eileen Roberts the Waldo Middle School staff and student where's eile come on up so we have this for you and your school please and then yeah we also have some certificates for a couple your students so should we go ahead and yeah yeah okay so also want to recognize the students that read the most minutes um in each grade level so Fatima ernandez she's in sixth grade and I know she's [Applause] here and then we'll do it it here yeah and then we have a couple more that we can uh call up if they're here it's Ashley toar ernandez in seventh grade oh that help
029you good idea you can use this t let me turn it on for you there you go thank you and then we also have um Angelina Rogers who's in eighth grade I don't know if she's here and then we want to recognize two of the teachers whose classrooms read the most minutes um they're both language arts teachers Nicole theer and Brigham [Applause] Magnuson congratulations and make sure to we're gonna get a great picture awesome congratulations [Applause] congratulations thank you w those staff no this this opportunity came up out of the blue a few months ago and um I told Dr about I was contacted by the government of Leon Mexico that they had this um reading tournament going on if you'd be interested in participating it's supposed to go to Chicago first but Chicago is
030a hot mess CPS is a hot mess well why not East aora we're we're the Second City and um I contacted them with Dr Engel Dr Ralph and other staffers and um it worked out Waldo staff thank you thank you thank you for making it happen students congratulations but reading is a lifelong skill and uh it'll be Ser while when they get to college but thank Dr all thank you for allowing um the program to go forward this is huge very impact okay okay so we have more to celebrate and we want to feature some of our e easd 131 schools have gone above and beyond um in their journey to help our students reach their full potential so we're going to start by recognizing coward middle school as it continues to thrive for excellence
031the 2024 Illinois State Board of Education report card was released and card Middle School went UPA designation and is now listed as a commendable school a school that is meeting State benchmarks performing well overall with no underperforming student groups will principal Jackie Gibson please come up with the rest of her team to accept this recognition [Applause] little I think they went up two designations I'm clear principal Gibson they moved up two presentations and the Illinois State Board of Education and Statewide superintendent sent that and so we were saving it for you and your team they sent you your own personalized certificate recognizing your huge tremendous jump last [Applause] year all of you your staff also will receive this pen um to remind them of last year's efforts and to keep up the good work continued
032efforts toward thriving for excellence we're GNA get a photo okay yay cow [Applause] okay I am on for the next um recognition above and beyond award so next we would like to acknowledge Easter or high school for going above and beyond um Easter aora High School received a rating by the state of Illinois as a commendable school by the State Board of Education for the third consecutive year so kudos for maintaining that [Applause] W but that's not all they not only maintained their commendable status but Easter R High School achieved the highest graduation uh uh rate in their history hitting finally 90% kudos to EA at the same time Easter high school was recognized again for continuing to have the largest number number of students that earn a seal of commendation and seal of biliteracy
033in our region of the state coming in strong the end of last year at 329 students that had their transcripts designated as B truly by literate Kudos again and also Easter or high school has been getting National recognition because they have one of the largest numbers of students that earned an APC scholar award um in their history they actually came in at 103 EAS Aurora students that earned the AP Scholars designation up from only 65 the year before so they almost doubled their number and that's based on the students test scores um that are nationally competitive I also want to share that um this was no small undertaking Easter Roy high school did all of that while they spent the entire year planning because this year I want to acknowledge every single staff member in
034EAS or high school because they certainly did an exceptional job they launched block scheduling flawlessly this school year for all 4,000 students at the same time they broke all of those academic records so kudos to Easter high school for going above and beyond uh principal Mitchell please come to the front with your school Improvement team members that are here and your leadership we have a certificate for you as well as for your staff you all have pins and your pins simply say above and beyond Merissa you want this one back for your next one okay thank you and thank you to your entire staff have another major achievement um the Illinois State Board of Education uh reported a v very major achievement by Johnson Elementary School for the 2024 report card they were named an
035exemplary school a school whose overall performance is was at 9262 per which means it was at the top 3% of all schools in Illinois [Applause] yeah it's not easy to accomplish and yet Johnson Elementary School continues to raise the bar each year congratulations to principal uness Sam and all our the building leaders teachers and staff we're working together to make Johnson Elementary School an exemplary school and a leader in education and you can come up we have a little surprise for you and it just take a minute to put it together while you're getting that surprise together we also have pins for your entire faculty that says exceeding expectations to remind them to keep up the hard work something ready for you guys this is a priz and we'll get a picture absolutely in front
036of this we were going to have it ready and roll that's okay they can take their picture and then we'll put on the side stand behind it and hide it awesome excellent great there you go okay ready one two three [Applause] and uh principal uh Sim we will have that delivered so you don't have to take it tonight we'll make sure okay and as we move into our final above and beyond um this one is Big before we go on what is that the board didn't get to see it sorry just curious exlar school would that be the H of the school yes it will I'm sure it'll be in the front main office in the hallway of the school yeah thank you Johnson thank you Dr Miss okay and our final above and beyond
037recognition um is a complete and utter surprise we've kept this one very very close um and um confidential because we didn't want to spoil the surprise um so we're going to conclude with um one more incredible recognition in December of 2024 I was officially notified that Fred Rogers Magnet Academy was named by US News and World Report as one of the best middle schools in the nation and I don't even know if they know please come to the front Fred Rogers magnet principal Ryan Val and your team come on down [Applause] schools are ranked on their Performance Based on the state required tests graduation and how well they prepare their students for high school the top ranked schools are all high achieving and have succeeded at educating all of their students we wanted to make
038sure to acknowledge them on this major accomplishment um tonight we are going to share with you the plaque that came actually was shipped to us from us news and World Report to hang in your hallway that is a huge huge Accolade and Nationwide Accolade congratul congratulations we are so very proud as a district that we're gonna get to put this Banner on the district website obviously your school website but this is definitely put EAS on the nationwide map as contenders and we just want to congratulate you and the entire staff uh for Fred Rogers magnet and and this is a surprise I know your staff didn't know and this is your banner that was sent to us in by US News and World Report [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Kudos so we want to take a
039photo with them and that oh yeah can you guys roll it around [Music] and we can order banners for the street signs and other things so lots of merch you want put it right in front of here inal maybe and then that way you guys can go around it yeah and then the board can kind of go around the yeah we can go out there come on [Music] thank thank you very much you sure okay all right they said they're going to take theirs with yeah we want the ks see this is a lot easier time it's a heavy again kudos to all of our schools and all of your hard work and continued effort keep up the phenomenal work we know it is definitely um hard work and a labor of love um my
040final item on my agenda um is regarding the um data sharing agreement for the in the child savings account which the city of Aurora has been having this conversation um with all of us for probably the last year and this again is um a program that is offered by the city and it right at this point it is being offered only to West Aurora 129 and East Aurora 131 for students in both of those districts that live and have maintain residence in uh the city of Aurora and so um Mr Royo this is action item any questions for the uh the motion yeah is there rep here from the city of Ro to answer questions oh it's correct uh chair accept a motion to accept the motion uh data sharing with Sora by Mr I
041can't hear so sent this seconded by second by m Gillespie any discussion I do have a Mr Schubert can you can you expand a little on this mou um because this a lot of what I'm reading here is a lot of uh protection for these different entities Operation Hope in the city of Aurora in terms of data Shar in of student identifying information yeah um so can we get just kind of a summary of that of why this was decided to come through the district for this information instead of and this is a great initiative I think this is really a good thing um but why the city isn't asking uh families to apply through the city rather than you know data mining the school districts information good question so um first I want to
042share with you that you know we did share this with um uh John Fester so that he did um go through it he did actually ask them to make two changes to it so I wanted you to be aware of that piece um and this process is going through the schools because it is important um the city wanted to make certain that they were able to capture uh families in totality and so they feel like the school districts have the best chance because the students who are in school attending our each of our school districts um they would then be able to make this uh available to families and we could do it at times like registration and have parents not only be able to ask questions but be able to make sure that they
043were able to capture um those 100% of the students in our school district so right now it's not for students who for people who live in the city at large but it's you have to be students of each of those school districts and so right he I think there are plans and I don't want to speak on behalf of the city or the mayor but there are plans to expand this but the initial um component for these um child savings accounts are only for the students and residents of east of East and West Aurora so it's so right now it's tied to being both and that is why it's going through the school district also having the capacity to have access and answer questions for um those families in our district uh what information is
044going to be shared um they would and I think they iron this out but that would just be um the student that is the name of the student um the parents information and again not necessarily sharing but what's what we're sharing is that we are actually sending this because this would certainly be it's not an opt out it's an optin program so our students and families then would have to say if they did not want it they would tell us no they would not opt in so we were going to include it as a part of our process to make sure our Reg ation process to make sure that it touches every student and so we would just need to be able to expose our students and families to this um and Mike I know
045this has been something that they've talked about Citywide and I'm not sure if you want to weigh in on this as well but um but that those are the those are the details so basically when you open one of these savings the um the entity that is doing it which is the Hope organization would then have all of their inform information because they would house that particular child savings account that it could be added to by parents friends family over the years and if the city wanted to give an additional donation down the line they could continue to also give an additional donation in that vein so this is something that um is uh something that is people could contribute to in addition to what's already there but obviously if you do open one of
046these accounts then they would have all of their information um at that point but again we're going with it's going to be the opin uh what other entities do we share this kind of information with as a school district um right now we don't other than I mean our all of our organizations or all of our vendors that we work with we share student information so our student management system Synergy um in that platform any of our other um accounts that um we have different services for will'll show will'll share um identifying information from the students um and so no external Partnerships at this point do we share this kind of information with outside of services for student services we do but again those are services that parents come in attend meetings and they agree
047to um those services so I would think in within like special education um and other student services if we utilize an outside vendor um but again those are for services that are defined by their education or social emotional needs and and I'll look to you and Andy to answer that question most of our third party that we share we have to go through soapa agreements and so we make sure that's the way that we can guarantee that we hold them accountable for keeping that information confidential yeah because I see the operation will also share this with their subcontractors right so I I just you know I think I'm going based on what Mr schuber said I think is a great idea but I think there's still a lot of questions and the formality and the
048information is going to be shared especially with all the breaches that's going on I don't feel too comfortable yeah voting on this right now I feel it should go back to a committee and have really more detailed information and bring someone from the city to really give us a more detail in that of what's really happening with the information who is this hope um Operation HOPE who I know it's US Bank why this Bank um who's entitled who's getting all this information I just feel we need a little more information we we cast our vote any the questions I mean is that something we can do just not vote it down but you know maybe table it for right now do as you know absolutely and actually Lisa has been in communication with the city
049um because I know they weren't available to come out this evening but they did say that if they're later that the board wanted them to come out they would be more than willing we actually had the opportunity to meet with were you on the call with um to meet with operation to meet with the the that entity and they answered all of our questions in terms of you know what could they use the money for when would they no longer be eligible for it those kinds of details they met with both school districts but they would certainly be willing to come out at the nextport meeting or maybe a date in February to give us a a further overview because even in this agreement they talk about these Milestones that students need to make and
050well they'll get additional Aid well what information are they gleaning you know what are they getting from that you know that we have to provide y you know as they you know additional data you know so yeah definitely more information at least in my you know yeah a good idea needed I don't know what the rest of the board feels but that's kind of where I am yeah that's totally fair and I think they would be more than happy to do that any other questions okay here go my questions now um I I read to this p a couple times our social security numbers required because we do to have a high undocumented population of students if they want to participate no in their social security numbers that's my number one question number two um
051are any laws being broken because these students are potentially undocumented they opening accounts as minors number three um we have incoming Administration next week that we know is not friendly to Immigrant communities um will in this data sharing between us and the city potentially be to the Feds that these kids don't have social security numbers that's like a magnet why don't they have social security number is that a magnet for the feds to come in and take these kids away I we're giving them basically an address book and a Rolodex to pick these kids up at home or in the schools and the students move out of state or out of the country uh what happens to the funds if they don't access them in time those are my questions I am not comfortable voting
052on this tonight either but I my concerns and again I wish someone here was here from the city um if they want us to participate someone should be here they have a big staff they could send somebody here right so why don't we just miss as indicated that we table it and that the questions that everyone have will be addressed at that particular time thanks Mr thank you any other questions no and let me just say this because those are huge questions Mr Royal and we did ask those questions as school district leaders and that there's protections because students at that age don't most of them don't have social security number anyway and so we already covered all of that is spoken for in the agreement I will tell you though the last bullet if
053they move out of the city of Aurora they aren't if they put anything into it they could get that back but the the funds go away if they move out of the city of Aurora so that's a good question and that was something that the school district's got answers to already but I am 100% we'll have the city of Aurora show up and speak to this and answer your questions directly so than y thanks so we table the motion motion table consensus on table the motion can I can I say is can that can that discussion be held in a committee versus school board meeting if everybody doesn't want answers just okay if everyone wants to have a preview of answers then the board can and what I'll do is I'll just circle back with
054the board president to determine if she wants to do it as a part of the curriculum committee agenda or if she wants to do a full board and then you can make those wishes known to her and I'll check back with her in about a week which gives us time to put it on either agenda okay okay that just my personal opinion I think it should be a full board discussion it affects all of us and there aition we have to make as a group and they can make a presentation just like you know the K County Credit Union comes in and gives us a presentation of things with uh engaging our staff this could be the same thing the city oh they would they have one yeah yeah all right thanks I we'll let
055them know Lisa you can let her know okay great thank you everybody um the chair will accept the motion to accept the consent agenda so move second Miss gpie seconded by Mr Olivas Mr Olivas secretary coll Shubert yes sentes yes gaspie yes Olivas yes Aro yes L yes Finance Personnel Mr lfi we had a meeting today and our next meeting is February 3rd um we have a couple action items first one is Overload at East High there are 50 um point1 over loads maybe since I've gotten a few questions about it Dr Balor can say why we have so many I think it's a staffing issue CH have the motion for 6b1 was that was that discussing the finance yeah we discussed it tonight in finance but since then I've had some people ask me
056questions so make a motion first we have 50 I ask for a motion yeah yeah so make a motion some move M Olivas Mr sentes secretary any discussion hearing on secretary call hold on I think that I think Dr B would you say why we have 50 I'm sorry you use a microphone I can't hear I'm sorry feel like I'm talking right into it I'm sorry Dr Beller would you say why we have 50 overloads um the reason for the number of overloads uh the board had approved this number of overloads in the fall what you're seeing is a continuation of these overloads for a semester for each teacher to cover unfilled teaching positions uh it's not for the lack of high school trying to fill these unfilled positions uh and many of them are
057in what we would call hardto fill areas um so for the continu uh uh continuity of instruction for students we are uh recommending that we continue with the overload so that students have a consistent teacher in their classroom for the remainder of the the semester so this is one semester for um each teacher that you're seeing and that's that's that's why you're seeing such a high number okay great thank you any other questions secretary col roll gpie yes sentes yes Shubert yes L yes Aro yes Olivas yes uh 6b2 motion to approve 1.16 overload for ESL one and two a CER middle school so move accept a motion second M Olas Miss gespi uh discussion hearing non secretary call the rooll sees yes Aro yes Olivas yes gpie yes yes sht yes uh motion passes
0586 B3 motion to approve 6.16 overloads for special education resources at Waldo Middle School CH accept a motion so mov Mr lfi second Mr sentes in discussion hearing none secretary call the rooll gespi yes Shubert yes sees yes yes Olivas yes motion passes 6 B4 motion approv for FTE 1:1 teacher assistance for Brady Gates and easto high school secretary accept a motion so move Mr Olivas second secretary uh discussion hearing n secretary K yes sht yes Olivas yes GES yes sentes yes yes curriculum committee Mr sentes good evening everyone the curriculum and programs committee met on Monday December 16th here at the administrative Center we did have a couple schools that presented their school Improvement plans and they were Waldo middle school and Dietrich Elementary School uh Waldo shared their 2023 2024 summary which included
059that they changed from comprehensive to targeted for isb's designation they also had 58% of students that demonstrated growth as measured by AIS and 50% of students matter exceeded their growth in ela as measur measured by and WEA map they also had 64% of students that met or exceeded the growth Target in math as measured by NWA map and goals that they were working on for the current school year are to reduce um the office discipline referrals maintain the average daily attendance at 95% or above and by Spring of 2025 that 60% of students will demonstrate growth in both math and reading as measured by nwea map dri also uh present also um presented their school Improvement plan and um they also shared that they wanted to um that they reduce the office discipline referrals by
060of 60% they maintained an average daily attendance of 93.4 two for the 2023 2024 school year and that 49% of el Learners met or exceeded their proficiency uh Target scale as measured by AIS and 40% of English Learners of students met exceeded the expected growth in ela as measured by nwea Ma goals for the current school year are to have um 70% of students meet or exceed their proficiency Target scale and access uh reduce the odrs by 5% maintain a daily average attendance of 95% and that 60% of all students will meet or exceed in both math and reading as measured by nwaa map uh Miss Martinez also presented on the um Afterschool activities that are offered for the current school year and that list is available on the meeting minutes so we do have
061um we do have a long list of of after school activities and uh Dr norell and Miss Martinez also presented on the International Learning Center regarding students that transfer into the district where they speak a different language than we currently offer they mention that they are working on a plan and will bring it back to the curriculum committee in February they also shared The Institute Day preview for that was today for staff Miss Martinez also presented on the learning forward coaches Academy proposal for new coaches and new principles um the total cost for that is 39,0 110 and that will be funded by title two and we do have an action item to come on that one she then presented on the American institutes for research Professional Services proposal regarding alen Elementary School schol and
062they are seeking approval of $40,900 to contract with air for State mandated needs assessment and we also have an action item to come she also presented on the mental health Symposium for students and parents that will take place on March 8th at Matia Valley High School the cost for the partnership will be 2500 and the program will be free to the community and we also have an action item on that to come in shortly here Dr um angle presented on the school links uh program renewal and that total cost is 198,50 we also reviewed the resolution uh for disposal of outdated materials along with the attendance and enrollment if there are no questions we'll move on to the action items thankes all right first action item 7 point b.1 motion to approve the air proposal
063for Professional Services for Allen School in the amount of $40,900 some move second seconded discussion hearing none secretary call the RO Olivas yes sentes yes sht yes gesp yes Aro yes yes passes MREs the next action item 7 pointb point2 motion to approve the learning forward coaches Academy proposal in the amount of 39,000 110 shall accept the motion so move second discussion hearing n secretary car rentes yes Aro yes Olivas yes Schubert yes gasi yes yes motion passes Mr sentes 7 pointb point3 motion to approve the joint partner partnership with districts 129 200 203 and 308 for the d204 mental health and wellness Symposium so so D second made second D discussion quick question what is about um so for the last couple years um Indian Prairie School District 204 has been um hosting a
064mental health and wellness Symposium for families for parents as well as young um people and so last year 129 joined them and this year we were invited along with weat and warville uh to join and as weo and neille 203 and so we all have got together our staff has planned with their staff and before we go forwards it's just a $2500 fee from each district to actually formally be a partner we wanted to bring it to the board not because of the cost so much as we didn't want you to see that our name was up in lights with all these other districts for some mental health Wellness Symposium that you didn't all know something about and so basically as an invitation there will be speakers it's a conference style uh Symposium so there's
065a lot of learning that families can take advantage of and this is a topic that I think universally and Kane and Dage is a high priority for families and so that's really our first year joining that partnership with all those districts what's the date of that SL what's the date March 8th thank you Mr Olivas any question discussion hearing now secretary kollo yes yes gpie yes Schubert yes chefes yes Olivas yes motion passes Mr FES uh the next action item 7 pointb point4 motion to approve the resolution for disposal of outdated materials so accept the motion so move second us Mr L any discussion hearing n secretary car Ro Schubert yes gespi yes Olivas yes Aro yes sentes yes thank you Mr sentes and GRS Mr Schubert okay we had our meeting this evening uh
066that report will be at the next meeting um uh our next our next board meeting our next building and grounds meeting is February 3rd at 6 o' there are um three action items this evening um I'll go through each of these the first is 8b1 I need a motion to approve the naming of the combined Campus of the BSA the ECC and the CTC parcel to become the Tomcat education Community chairman has made a motion so moved Mr santes seconded by second Mr gby any questions shofi I know you were talking about at the board meeting but why are we doing this I wasn't clear on that would you like me to share that's fine okay and then we also have oh no let's let attorney Wier share he does such a a better job
067uh part of the special use that we're applying for for the city uh the city has required us to or has asked us to consolidate the three Parcels that we have into a single plat and so that when you file a plat you usually give it a name and so this will go on the name of the plat for instance the property that this sits in is the Bardwell first addition to Aurora and so every parcel around here has that name on the plat it does not prohibit us from giving individual names to our buildings and those are not changing the names buildings are not Chang not be changing individual buildings keep their names absolutely any further questions hearing none secretary call the rooll gesp yes sentes yes Schubert yeso yes yes motion passes Mr
068Schubert um item 8 B2 I need a motion to approve the emergency replacement of the Waldo gymnasium subflooring by Construction Inc and the amount not to exceed $95,000 chair will accept the motion so moved Mr second Mr sentes second uh discussion hearing n secretary centes yeso yes Olivas yes gesp yes yes Shubert yes motion passes Mr Schubert uh item 8b3 I need a motion to reject all bids submitted for the replacement of the elevator at Wald Middle School uh accept a motion some move Mr lfi second Mr sentes any discussion I thought there was elevator at Waldo tonight so I don't know there was one secretary call the rooll gespi yes Schubert yes sh Wes yes yes yes thank you Mr schuber executive session for the purpose of discussing student discipline property acquisition workers compensation
069and the appointment employment performance or compensation of or dismissal of speciic employee secretary call the rooll oh I an item pending let to Elation did I say that it's not listed here okay acquisition of property yep that's that's on here we're adding for the record uming litigation pending litigation is there a motion move second secretary call Rivas yeses yes yes gesp yes yes will there will be action tonight's meeting after the meeting let get St you're a champ you can get us through it [Music] e e e hours o00 yeah second yes yes yes yes gesp yes yes resolution all right be it resolved that this board of education after having considered the evidence presented by the hearing officer hereby upholds a recommendation for alternative PL placement to Core Academy in L of expulsion for
070student number 860 57177 4 of Easter or High School effect of January 14 2025 for the remainder of the 20 20 24 2025 school year to include summer school 2025 and the 2025 to 2026 school year to include summer school 2026 should said student fail to attend the alternative educational setting the expulsion will immediately uh enacted for the remainder of the expulsion term without further action by the Board of Education be it further resolve that a copy of this resolution be sent to the parents of said student and duly recorded in the official minutes of this board of education School District 131 dated this 13th day of January 2025 motion to accepted so move M gpie second M secretary call the RO you discussion hearing non secretary car Aro yes yes gespi yes Schubert yes
071sees yes ol leave us yes motion to adjourn MREs M gaspi secretary Aro yes yes gaspi yes Schubert yes sees yes meeting a j Olivas I'm that was Olivas that was Olivas yes meeting a j I apologize