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East Aurora School District 131 Board of Education

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2025-03-04
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Kane County, IL
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6,497 words · about 37 min
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001okay please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance the flag un stes okay we don't have any public comments tonight so moving right along to Communications of the superintendent good evening Board of Education and community members um I know it looks like there's a lot of items under my agenda but most of them are action items um the first two items are um action items uh for our bonds both our refunding of our 2016 series um which is item number one as well as item number two which is the bond uh which are the leas certificates excuse me for the new Career and Technical Center um and that amount says not to exceed 15 million doll we are looking more along the lines of 14.5 million and any additional fees so um Madame

002President I would just like to ask you to call those first two motions before I move on to our next presentation okay motion to approve the resolution provid in the issue not to exceed $8.8 million of General obligation refunding School bonds for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding bonds and providing for the levy of of the districts annual tax efficiency to pay the principle of Sid interest and Sid bonds of Sid principle and Sid bonds so moved second any questions secretary Colo Schubert yes perero yes Johnson yes Aro yes Olivas yes L yes okay motion to approve the resolution authorizing and providing for the lease agreement for the purpose of building and equipping equipping a new school building and improving the site thereof providing for the issuance of not to exceed $15 million General obligation

003leaser typic it's limited tax and providing for the security for the means of payment under Sid lease agreement so move second any questions I have some question I'm I'm I'm all for us doing this but do we have a budget do we have a real kind of number to shoot for is it 40 or is it 43 or what do we it's 40 40 it was 40 and The Architects agree with that okay okay okay all right okay call the we got a motion yes L yes Johnson yes Guerrero yes Schubert yes Olivas yes and the next item on the agenda is a career and slight typo they're Career and Technical Center update and we have with us this evening our architect lead architect uh Richard Blair from cigan Clark and Associates you would like

004Andy to pull up maybe his first we have it oh okay so you can zoom in on those parts thank you so yeah thanks for having us here tonight we're just here to kind of update you on where we're at where build starting to go and Outlook so I know we've shared a little bit with you but we want to keep you guys updated as we move along in the process so we do have um some images here that we'll share with you and and we'll kind of talk this through with you so we have started talking with your staff about the spaces and we'll go into that a little bit but we've been focused on the exterior as well sorry our program takes a lot of energy so it's taking a second to flip

005over it's a very cool program though I'm always impressed it is all right so the first thing you'll see here is a site plan this is going to kind of allow you to know um the layouts so um if you guys know the site well hopefully you do Indian Trail is on the South Side Mitchell Road is on the east side um and then the ECC and Benitas is to the west of the new building uh we're looking at providing parking on the east side of the building with bus lanes on the north side of the building uh which will be separated from the regular traffic uh parent drop off on the East and then some connection to the ECC as well in that layout uh we're looking at some detention in the far southwest

006corner um and then we're trying to provide some green space around the building as we move around it here we go so on the interior you'll see that we have a couple uh areas or sorry the areas are indicated in green based off the use or sorry colors based off the use the classrooms are in green on the south side of the building that is a two-story space uh and we're kind of keeping those along the front side and then the technical spaces tend to be along the north side of the building um and kind of flow over into the existing structure to the West um we are looking at trying to group them based off their uses so that similar similar spaces can utilize the same thing so obviously our construction trades in wood

007shop tend to use a lot of the same tools and same materials um and then we're also providing some green spaces around the building on the North side you'll see that there's some pavement back there that's to allow construction trades to potentially build inside pull the build uh pull their sheds or whatever they're constructing inside outside um and move off to site or to construct outside as well as other Gathering spaces for them to do things as well something um I think it's important to note this is preliminary we um and I believe I know that ASA Gordon is working um alongside us he's on our weekly calls believe he's reached out to the teachers in those areas so that we could do similar to the um resilience Center and bring those teachers in so

008that they can talk about some specific needs some of this was our preliminary walk through and we talk to the teacher for example Mr Clinger before he retired he was at East and we talked to him and he said the next construction trades room has to have a door that goes up for the outside and so um uh Rich went ahead and built that into the design so these are direct feedback but we're going to pull the teachers in to be able to ask them greater questions um for all of these spaces for which they have they teach and have taught for years so that we are able to really magnify this space and have it be something that is really ideal as well as the the best that's available for our students so I

009just wanted to say that because you've done quite a rendition but they just need to know in case some additional tweaks our staffed already and met with some of the teachers and we're starting on our first rendition and we'll have follow-up meetings with them as well so we'll take their ideas we'll put it in make sure that it's working so it's a back and forth conversation to make sure these spaces work out right these are not common spaces it's not as simple as a typical math or English classroom that we do over and over again these are specialty spaces and we want to make sure that they're going to meet the needs and not only for now but in the future as well this sorry okay uh the next image here is the uh lecture

010hall so we've looked at providing a lecture hall uh that will house at least 100 students this will allow you guys to bring in multiple classes uh bring in someone from outside the school district and be able to speak to them the idea here is that it's multiple tier kind of like a college um so each one will table with a movable chair and then it is stacked with the ability to come in from the first floor or the second floor to access the space um you can see that we have stairways on both sides one down the center and then we are looking at potentially some balconies above that would look down into that space as well bathrooms were another piece that we're looking at just kind of looking forward um in the way

011that Society is going and trying to keep things a lot more secure for students and safe for them as well as giving the ability to kind of be able to check and monitor those spaces so one of the Forward Thinking ideas nowadays is looking at creating private stalls for students to go into they're full height so there's no under you can't look underneath or over them uh but then creating a general shared sync area and then creating areas where you can see back into those spaces so that the teachers can monitor those spaces as well because I I know it's a distance one side would be we could allocate for um girls and the other side for boys but it really wouldn't matter because um these are individual stalls and individual doors so we're moving

012this is very futuristic but I think this is something that respects everyone's privacy and no matter what they choose that that's just a bathroom that we could safely monitor for all kids so no more going in there to set yourself up to do anything because as you can see on the side um you can see all the way back to the very back of the bathroom and then the area that people like to loiter which is mirrors and and handwashing that becomes not so fun because you're basically in the hallway so and other school districts are using this concept it is starting to take off yeah newer building uh a few it's again it's still new and and we're talking about future ideas and thinking this forward um in how we're approaching this so we

013have done this in other schools um mostly uh we've done a I've done a handful of Missouri but we are starting to see other schools in this area looking at it as well I was goingon to say I think it's great you're speaking to the teachers um but uh Wester War has a beautiful Vocational Center as does Hampshire oh and I think it might be worth talking to the I would think they'd be will to yeah and as well as not only West Aurora but we've also uh looked at other facilities we've taken a tour of uh wanzi their site in Plano is and we that it's cool because it's beautiful but they said they learned from so many mistakes so when our team and our Architects I believe you were on that tour with

014them they went through they said don't do this I mean down to handwashing in the manufacturing labs and they told us about things to do or not do and I know Mr Schubert asked asked us a while ago to go visit some of these other sites so the team has been doing that that's a great suggestion they've been on it and there's also the DuPage facility that is U massive and it's it's a Hightech correct and because you guys don't have teachers for some of these classes right now we are looking at working with some of these other facilities where they already have the experience so they can give us feedback on what does and doesn't work for example Aviation yes that's definitely where the definitely one of the only high schools in the area

015area that would have the aviation for Aviation mechanics so here's the first rendering we looked at two schemes or we we proposed a handful of schemes and we kind of narrowed it down to two that we're proposing right now um this is one of them and what we're trying to do here is allow some light into the building but also look at some Energy Efficiency with it so with this we're providing some shading over the windows uh what this does is it allows in the summertime to block a lot of that summer light from coming in and the heat that comes in with that light um but it also allows for a shelf that can allow some light to bounce around up along the ceiling um and then in the winter due to the overhang

016it would allow for that light to come in when in the colder months and allow some of that additional heat to come in as well so a little forward thinking there as well as kind of giving some signage here and kind of letting people drive by know what that facility is for and what it's being used for I have to say this again because it's really bothered me but the blue that you see is not a shading that's just a reflection of the sky off of what will be glass panes so it will not be a red in blue um exterior and I did share that in um I share that in b& but I need to say that as we look at this that was the most alarming thing other than that it's beautiful

017but it will be the red and it will be the the the glass will be clear not blue so correct I did ask you about that no that's that's a valid point the the rendering program only allows us to do so much and some come across a lot better than others but it is a representation of where we're going in in DOS right it will not they will not be blue windows so and then we don't need to share the other one because we're kind of at a B&G we're just GNA go with the first one so yeah so okay if you're okay with that any other questions one's more cost effective yes and this is the more cost effective and it's nice signage okay we're looking at options right now so part of what

018we're doing uh in this in these beginning stages is working with civil engineers and we're looking at water uh detention and and how we have to shed water um and we are talking about options there um some of it comes back to cost so obviously permeable pavers are beautiful and are nice and would help out but some of it's cost uh there are potentials where we can use some flower beds around it instead of curbing it and allow the water to go in that way so we've started those discussion on my end I haven't shared all that with Dr Nal yet but we're working on Solutions and that will probably be in our next meeting what we talk about flower beds are beautiful solar panels hopefully solar uh we have not looked at solar panels

019at this point we should look at it at least right I mean to put on the roof building a new building Now's the Time to save our money because there's so many grants out there for us right now I know we're having conversations remember to meet with to train is doing our um looking at all of our Renditions to be able to utilize just our classic HVAC equipment to be able to use Sesser dollars to make those purchases so I'm not sure how that would play into that but I think what we're designing now is not using solar energy correct at this point in right because remember we have to have that ex obligated by September 30th I think you could you could have rooftop units with solar panels everyone does it I'm sure I

020really think we could look into it oh okay yeah sure we can look at options and have those discussions that's great yeah but we just wouldn't need to buy as much equipment then right okay anything else okay all right thank you thanks sorry um there are a couple more items uh we have our um student tracker mou and again just to remind the board I know that you did get the copy of theou um student trackers were um by um brought to the labor board for their position when they changed from CAC to tracker positions um and they were placed in our um if Union um in the clerical uh portion of the bargaining unit and so this is just theou that um HR and the leadership of if worked on for several months um

021and it um was delayed in their house of Del Ates and is now here for approval it has passed and cleared their house of delegates so it is here for the board uh for the uh formal adoption of thatou since they were not in the last contract this would get us until we have them in the permanent contract okay motion to approve the student tracker memorandum of understanding some move second any questions secretary call the rooll Schubert yes Johnson yes brero yes Olivas yes Aro yes um the next item is uh simply an action item that we are using Grant dollars for which is why is brought straight to the board for Action um there are um three schools in the district that are considered in status that have to pick a Learning Partner and

022so we wanted to do as we have done in the past it worked out well not just have a Learning Partner to Direct One Elementary and two middle schools to do something that the rest of the district is not doing so we have talked with a Learning Partner that has the capacity to be able to share um some of these nuances and structures with all of our schools um because we definitely feel that it will benefit all of our schools in moving forward um so we are bringing that contract forward uh split between two grants one obviously the Sig um 1000g which is um mandated to to be used for the purposes of these three schools so we will be taking approximately $170,000 from that particular source of federal funding and the remaining balance of

023that Federal funding will come from our uh Esser funds to support the remaining schools in the district so that total is coming collectively out of two grants and is brought tonight because we have to adopt uh learning Partners these particular uh learning partners for those three schools okay motion to approve the Sip Learning Partner proposal from westad in the amount of 5 10,550 so moved second any questions secretary call the rooll Schubert yes perrero yes Johnson yes Olivas yes Aro L yes and let me say I forgot to say that each of the schools also picked other uh learning partners that are on the state approved list that we still have Grant dollars left in the grant to be able to facilitate so cow her for example selected Avid and they wanted to engage in

024Avid practices I'm not sure of cowards in the house tonight but we are definitely looking to be able to allow them funding to do so I know that Rollins picked uh another Learning Partner which I think is teach plus and we have met with teach plus and they are able to do just some of those things as well as Waldo picked um Education Direct and so again we're still honoring the work of those slts but that's not on the same level of comprehensive nature so if we come back with smaller contracts just for smaller projects for this there's still funding left in that grant that Grant was about $500,000 so there's still money for those schools to be able to do those smaller projects with the partners that their um School leadership teams um selected

025so I want to say that because I think it's important if that staff did that work this Summer that we are honoring their choices as well so I just want to say that in case it comes back item number six is um an approval basically that we can engage in receiving so normally if we get donations if you will they come through FNP um this was a little bit bigger in nature than a donation because of the amount of this but the Dunham fund um Foundation had an RFP out on the street for local community organizations to bond together to provide services for students um for for uh Grant dollars and so one of those um one of the large um organizations that was funded put together a proposal with I believe three or four

026Community Partners to do what they're calling stem ignition and that proposal was funded by Dunham it will not cost the district any uh funds we will have inine contributions inine cost where we're needed at middle schools for kids who stay after school we do bust them home but we do have a portion of that that a great portion of that that is reimbursed also with after school we do feed children and that again would be an in kind contribution but once again we are reimburse for that because we're a sep District so we're asking the board to approve our participation um with this entity um that is going to be providing stem after school activities for all of our elementary and middle schools and they're going to do one day a week each I believe

027the proposal said for these particular sites that is what this item is it's not a cost directly to the district motion to approve the stem ignition proposal funded by the Dunham foundation so moved second secretary goo bro yes Johnson yes Schubert yes yes Aro Olivas yes okay the next item is the new leaders proposal and that is the national entity that works with our principles and has historically worked with our principles they are completely Grant funded as well this um proposal they will continue to work with the principles which is funding out of one bucket this proposal is for them to then work with our assistant principles in building our pipeline which we have all done so well we have um been able to um move assistant principles up into principal ship roles and so

028this is just a continuation of that developing our staff at the higher level so that we will continue to have a pipeline available to us so it's assistant principles and our executive coach okay motion to approve the new leader proposal in the amount of 68300 so move second any questions it says it's paid by Esser dollars is that right I believe that'll be paid by Esser dollars yes okay I know it's in the memo yeah secretary Garo aryo yes Olivas yes barrero yes L yes Johnson yes Schubert yes and the next item we actually um are all set we're on track we're ahead of schedule to bring to the board on August 20th a resolution for the tenative budget and the resolution for the tenative budget allows the budget to go on display for 30

029days before the September meeting at which the board has to do a final budget approval um however in an effort to be ahead of the game and not give you the same night um the presentation Dr Engel has um an update because the presentation that the board approved as a tentative budget in June has changed slightly so the numbers tonight are going to be more in line with the numbers that you will see in two weeks at the board meeting that you will then have to vote on for us to put on display for 30 days so um I believe Dr engle's going to do a very brief overview of those changes from June yeah thank you um so I'm gonna kind to keep this a little bit short and brief here and go through

030the the tenative budget timeline here so tonight as you can see we're going to full board on the 20th we're doing the resolution to adopt the fy2 budget it'll go on public display the very next morning 30 days and then it'll go for public hearing on the September the 23rd and then approval that same evening next slide um these are the budget assumptions they're pretty much the same as they were before um the only things that have been added into the budget were any type of uh extended school year grants for FY 24 that go through September we're in fy2 and the fy2 allotments for those federal grants and state grants were also updated and put into the fi25 budget next slide so here's the tenative budget um by summary of fund here so these

031are all revenues coming in as you can see most of our money comes in the education fund about 76.4% um on andm at 7.3 all the way down for grand total of $277 Million worth of Revenue uh for fy2 this is all is just a representation that kind of breaks down to the pie chart of where that money is allocated and kind of just showing it's as you can see a vast majority again is in the Ed fund and if you add up at an onm you're more than 85% of our budget for next year all right next slide so this is revenue by Source um the one thing that has changed is we are a little bit less Federal dependent there's a um a little bit less Federal dollarss in fy2 as comparative to

032FY 24 you can see the state portion is definitely up we're at 64% state funded 20% local funded at 55.1 million and about 16% federally funded at 44.6 or excuse me 44.2 million next slide so this is the expense by fund uh as you can see the biggest fund that we expend from is the education fund we're looking at a just shy of $25 million for this upcoming year uh omm at just shiv 20 million Debt Service at 12.8 Transportation at about 16 Social Security IMF at about 5.5 and uh capital projects at about 17.5 for 276 Million worth of expenditures for fy2 again broken down um as you can see education fund biggest one at 74% of expenditures and on andm at 7% next slide so this breaks it down by object and location

033um so this you could shows you the salaries the benefits purchase services that the district will be using for fy2 and again um almost 60% of our budget is salaries and benefits uh purchase Services come in at 16.6 supplies of materials at 7.3 and capital outlay at 7.4 other objects including special education at 9.2 for Grant total again expenditures at 276 million in change again this is visually a breakdown representation of where those object codes come from you can see again salaries and benefits so in summary uh revenues right now are greater than expenses by $760,000 anticipated for fy2 any questions thank you okay all right and the final item I need the board to let's talk about these dates so um after meeting with our strategic planning entity um I have some additional information

034as promised um and we are in progress now the district in the Readiness phase which is Phase One um however that will shortly be followed by the second phase which is the phase where we really involve um all of our stakeholders and what they have shared is that there will be an Orient ation for our stakeholder Group which we are going to work to get that group identified over the next two to three weeks but they were looking at um Thursday dates so they're including the orientation one two three four five dates um for that phase two in within the five dates the orientation I believe is not very lengthy I'm not sure of the exact amount of hours for that but they're proposing Thursday September 12th and again that would be virtual so whoever

035is on the committee could handle that one and I believe that could be an hour to maybe just talk about the process the other um four dates are a little longer definitely the middle three there is a data Retreat component there is a vision Retreat component and there is a setting Direction Retreat component that would be where the actual strategic planning committee would convene on those dates they are propos closing Thursday September 19th Thursday October 17th and Thursday um November 14th and actually Lisa I believe we propose moving the October 17th date to um a potential earlier date in November we um proposed at looking at um the week before so we looked at November I'm sorry November 7th as a possible date or um October looking at um earlier date in October doing possibly

036October uh Lisa do you remember that other date I think we said October 3 so the real issue is not necessarily those Thursday night dates it's the time so each of those dates because they're only proposing one two three four sessions to really do that deep work because in between they're actually that's when we're going to solicit responses and information based upon what we've already done allowing each of our stakeholders particularly our internal stakeholders to look at what the committee has done and then allowing them time to respond and to give feedback and to weigh in so that we can add their actual individual feedback to the plan part of doing that they need that month-long time in between those sessions though they are proposing to be between six and seven hours they said for

037some school districts they've been able to do two to eight as a potential window um that could be the later half of the day or they wanted to know if the board since I know that our board participated fully last time and is interested in participating fully this time for those four dates in question if the board would be interested in doing that maybe a morning time slot what I shared was that we definitely want to continue to have our IND District staff um be a part of these sessions and so because we don't um like to put subbing hardships on our buildings that we would be maybe looking at the latter half of the day like a two to eight might actually work well um for these me meetings any thoughts from the board

038on Thursdays being the date and then each of the one two three really three are the ones that they labeled with the lengthy hours the fourth one would be the final plan meeting and that would not have to be as lengthy another hour so we're looking at three dates over the course of the Fall that we could potentially do a 2 to 8:00 pm that's kind of a shut from what what they did in the past right the past we had a different organization and they did do what we were there for three hours I think in the evening what about L meetings what about the community um participants what would be you know what I mean we're talking about people that work or well we have had Community participants that meet with us regularly

039so my advisory Council meetings we have our Community Partners that come to that um that's quarterly once quarterly and it's at one o'clock in the afternoon usually I'll look at Marissa because she always sets those up with our Community Partners but all of our Community Partners are present at those um our parents I have um parents that come out to the district leadership team so the schools have slts the district has a DLT so our district leadership team and we've been able to have parent leaders of our parent organizations attend those and those have always been during the day again they're not for the same amount of time they're typically only two hours but we do have parent participation that are leading those other parent organizations which are the individuals that that would serve on

040this committee so that would cover Community Partners and parents it would just be internal staff leadership as well as board leadership I could make it work if I had to but I I just think that that's an imposition on our staff in the board so I and everybody else it's not the way the last group ran right so maybe we could ask them to half these and maybe add a couple so we could do a two-part data Retreat where we have part one and part two where then we could fit back into our three hours in the evening like we did last time I'll go back to them what does it mean when you when we talk about fully engaged as a board like what would fully engage mean and what does part-time engage mean

041as we could just look at that as well so um last time all seven board members participated fully in all the strategic planning process part the district needs assessment was a one- day and we had a representation of the board um but last time for the strategic planning and that was not mandatory it was optional but the board all seven members participated but that was in the evening so I can go back to them and say that this is what we wish to do we wish to have these in two parts and then we could do three hours and three hours and finish the work of that um that Retreat as well as the visioning and the setting Direction piece because again remember the board the Strategic plan just does up through the goals the

042core values the visioning that pie I was gonna say Saturday but then then staff would be like overtime is that Satur yeah we we probably might not have as much staff participation as we do when it's during the week um maybe you can go back to them and find out what they can do I'll ask for the evening Slots make it work is that better okay so you're okay with Thursday nights it's just the evening the the hours would be shorter we could have the time okay I'll go back to them with that with a three hour like a half time does that affect the staff if it's all all of them are evening no they staff fully participated last time we would just need to give them enough notice so that they could be

043present or they could make sure that they had representation present and that would be all of our unions um we'd have representation of our department staff representation of our building Administration and District ad Administration so we would just need to let them know so I'll go back to them speak to them tomorrow and then we will have some final dates for the August 20th board meeting Devil's Advocate it's more important to have staff here than board people maybe it's better to have it during the day like two to five or something I don't know well the board this is the board's chance to set the vision which is what the ISB Workshop talked about yeah say we go back and try to work on some time y all right I'll work on the even the

044similar to what worked well last time because all the groups fully participated last time which was great okay and the board absolutely U Mr Olas they you could have your representation too if that was something that the board wanted to do if everybody couldn't make the other group not with the staff some of the staff during the day there was one large meeting during the day and then they had these meetings in the evening so the staff had chance to it was over at coward I remember that that was the district needs assessment portion where we went through the data that was the very brand new like we hadn't had any data collected in a while we're doing the Readiness part now where we're just kind of giving over the data that we've we've already

045taken up and we've collected based upon what they're asking for um during the day so yeah and again we could look at compensating people too if they were going to to give up their evening I don't think we did that before but um I can look at Gentile she attended fully last time we did not but if we really wanted to place our value in having staff come we could compensate um staff types to have them come and participate just so we have that voice in the room so I could also bring that back too okay all right fine that I think that would get us a better turn okay great thank you that concludes my report okay motion to approve the following con agenda is listed so move second any questions secretary call the

046rooll Olas yes Schubert yes perero yes Aro yes Johnson yes L yes okay and on the finance with then okay so the finance and Personnel committee met today and our next meeting is scheduled for September 9th at 5:30 p.m here and so um we have uh quite a few um press policies uh which were discussed at the at the previous uh FMP U meeting and came to the board and so was H held over for additional time to review uh there's a memo attached by Dr Ballard for 17 um iasb press board policies and most of these are just minor changes uh citations and things like that so there's no question i' like to entertain a motion to um to approve these all in one with one vote so moved so the so the motion

047is to approve the following revisions to ISB press board policies a through uh Q so mov second okay secretary col roll Schubert yes barrero yes Johnson yes Olivas yes Aro yes L yes thank you motion carries uh next um during today's FMP meeting we had quite a few um positions that brought were brought forward and uh all but one are being considered tonight under um action under time constraints as as we know the school Year's coming around the corner a lot of these are in response uh to getting ready for the school year so we have two positions that are connected to the rec center uh a PPA and a um two um part-time noon hour supervisors also um we have a a new position at the high school which I think um a lot

048of us will be are are should be excited about and I I I certainly was when I saw it and this is going to be a great addition and and so also it's it's uh not coming from uh local sources it's coming from grant grant Federal grant dollars which makes it even better and this is for the um addition of a uh FTE High School Division chair for student behavior and safety and so I think over the past year we've been hearing uh some feedback in regards to that and this is going to go a long way uh to making a difference in the high school so this is is a a great addition also um we have one position for a jump start supervisor and this is to support our early learning uh program

049and we have some uh overloads and this is just to get some additional um this does not require hiring additional staff but uh uh some staff can give up some time that they have to teach an extra class and these are these are overloads at the uh we have a six overloads at the uh for for language arts at wildo middle school and 26 overloads at the high school and also we have an addition of one uh social studies teachers at the high school and last is a motion for a um for adjusting the pay for the assistant director salaries uh this affects eight individuals and this is something that's looked at uh periodically and just trying to catch up so those are under um under action are there any questions before we move forward

050okay so the first one is a motion to approve one FTE pupil Personnel assistant at the resilien resilience education center so move second secretary call the RO rero yes yes Johnson yes Shubert yes L yes Aro Olivas yes motion carries next motion to approve two FTE new n supervisors at the resilience education center some move second any questions secretary call the roll Aro yes Olivas yes buero yes L yes John yes Schubert yes motion carries next we have motion to approve one FTE High School Division chair for student behavior and safety so move second okay secretary call the rooll barrero yes Schubert yes Johnson yes Aro yes L yes Olivas yes motion carries a motion to approve one FTE uh jump start supervisor did I res say that one no okay yeah motion to approve

051one FTE jumpstart supervisor so move second secretary call the rooll L yes Shubert yes Olivas yes Guerero yes Johnson yes Aro yes motion carries next a motion to approve 6.16 overloads for language arts at Waldo Middle School some move second secretary call the rooll Olivas yes Schubert yes barrero yes Aro Johnson yes L yes motion passes um next a motion to approve 26 um 0.1 overloads at East High School so move s secretary goo aroo yes Olivas yes Schubert yes Johnson yes perero yes yes motion passes next motion to approve one FTE social studies teacher at East High School so moved second secretary call the rooll I you yes L yes Johnson yes Guero yes Schubert yes Olivas yes motion carries and finally a motion to approve the assistant director salary upgrade move second secretary

052Colo aryo yes L yes Johnson yes rero yes Shubert yes Olivas yes motion carries that concludes our report thank you on to curriculum and programs with um who's doing the report tonight I am okay all right we had our meeting uh curriculum meeting uh last Monday July 15 here at the administrative Center at 6 PM our next curriculum meeting will be on Tuesday August 20th at 6m um on our last meeting July 15 we had our Rollins Elementary School Improvement plan uh by principal Dr Juan Corona and assistant principal Stephanie messing hopefully I pronounce that correctly um where they share the 55% of their student met their expected goal in map math uh 41.6 of students met their expected growth map Reading in English and 44.9% of students met their expected growth in map reading

053in Spanish um and their goal was uh to have 60% of RS will meet their expected Mo uh growth Target in math and reading and that were really close in some of those areas um also to maintain an average daily goal um of 95% and their average daily attendance um was 92% uh they will continue to utilize data to drive decision-making increase meaningful daily communication to solve the attendance issue uh other goals they had was 10% reduction of office discipline referrals focusing on student with disabilities um every student is getting the support they need from Second Step curriculum um an extra curriculum activties will continue uh next year and they also highlighted that 21 uh 21 students exited their access this year um we also had a launch block proposal by um our Kevin Martin

054who's the associate principal for school Improvement um he presented the 2425 students um will get 42 minute lunch lunches either preceded by or followed by a six uh minute passing period uh reading will be offered during the 42 minute period And as well as for a 90minut period uh the school will expand their math boost program and continue e-learning for credit recovery uh there will be a new program uh computer uh literacy elected for students and there will be additional time for AP Chemistry and AP biology for students um it was sh that there will be different kinds of interventions and support um classes based on student need that that will include College and Career exploration classes such as act preparation uh mental health support by kids matter um some certification by the world fire

055science um service a uh CPR and fire extinguishing certification and I believe that's all got voted uh last at our last uh meet uh whole um board meeting um there and then the summer Al also share that the summer teachers attended the Avid uh training and these teachers will help College and Career floration classes for high school students um Miss Jalissa Martinez also shared with us the back to school Fair uh Supply kids uh that will be this Saturday August 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. at East Ora high school and this is the third annual back to school Fair um backpacks and Supply kits will be provided to all students who have been registered and it also was shared at the last meeting that about 90% or over 90% of students had already

056been shared so I'm sure we're going to be giving a lot of backpacks um we also had our summer school review by Dr Amy angle um she shared that 85% of uh registered student participating in the summer program preschool focused on reading books uh reinforced literacy elementary students participated in Scholastic uh lit camp programs for math elementary students finished 2733 lessons in total middle school students focus on Ela and math and they completed 1,596 lessons in total during uh the summmer 760 High School courses were finished in health driver's at and credit recovery and we had 32 high school students graduated from Summer School uh we also had a brief presentation by Dr Rita Guzman with the Dual language coaching support Consulting proposal uh Dr Guzman Shar that Dr Sandra murri uh Consulting agency will

057be able to provide 40 inperson learning opportuni for the Dual language staff and administrators including observations feedback and modeling uh the team will work with language acquisition Department to schedule coaching cycles and supportive observation through the school year uh the projected cost is about $140,000 and that will be um voted on later on tonight um Miss Martinez also shared the school Improvement plan for FY 25 for the following um three schools they were coward Waldo and Rollins she shared the school Improvement plan for um three of them that were uh titled comprehensive schools that require approval and this is a four cycle fouryear cycle I believe uh the first year was a planning year and we're going into year one of implementation she also ensured to know that this is a living and breathing document

058um and then Dr um Amy angle also shared that the 90% of students uh have been registered for the fall and we atj at 6:44 p.m. all right and I believe we have two action items um the first one is the motion to approve the fy2 school Improvement plan for Rollins Elementary School card middle school and Waldo middle school so move second okay secretary Callo Schubert yes perrero yes Johnson yes Aro yes Olivas yes L yes all right motion to approve the purchase of service from Sandra Meri ucational consultant in the amount of $140,000 some move second secretary go rooll aroo yes L yes Johnson yes Guerrero yes Schubert yes Olivas yes that concludes the report okay buildings and grounds with Bruce okay building and grounds met earlier this evening we'll meet again September 9th

059at 6 pm here at the admin Center uh there are three action items items for the board's uh consideration this evening uh the first is item action item 8b1 I need a motion to approve the purchase of 1,850 Apple iPads for grades K through one from Apple Inc in the amount of $699,950 some move second secretary call Schubert yes Johnson yes perero yes Olivas yes yes action item two um 8 B2 is motion to approve the purchase of 3,900 Dell compute Chromebooks for grades two through five from Dell Technologies in the amount of 1,319 189 some move second secretary Colo barrero yes Schubert yes Johnson yes aryo L yes Olivas yes action item 8 B3 I need a motion to approve the addendum to First Student First alt for the 2024 2025 school year to

060provide transportation for district mckin vento students in the amount of 1,344 2237 cents some move second secretary G Ro yes Shubert yes Olivas yes barrero yes Johnson yes Aro yes okay and it was brought to my attention that we have two intruction introductions tonight thank you uh first off we'd like to introduce uh Raymond Rand as the new dean of students at Easter Roar High School Mr Mullen has uh over 24 years of experience in education and has served as a principal assistant principal de of students and director of diversity equity and inclusion uh major accomplishments include improving uh McKinley Elementary's designation from targeted to commendable and leading diversity equity and inclusion initiatives at Fenwick High School he holds an educational specialist degree in educational leadership from Concordia University two master's degrees uh a master's

061in teaching and learning uh differentiated instruction and a master's of Science and educational leadership from the University of St Francis and a bachelor's degree in elementary education from milin University Welcome [Applause] Raymond I also like to welcome Melinda Thompson as our new assistant director of special education Linda Thompson has served over 10 years in the field of Education she served as a par professional a classroom teacher a case manager and most recently served as both the assistant director and director of specialized services at Catalyst Maria charter school in Chicago Illinois in this role she implemented idea procedures ensured compliance with Chicago Public School uh and federal regulations as well as supporting special education Personnel uh in this role she achieved 100% uh ontime IEP compliance and evaluations and exceeded expectations in a recent audit Melinda

062holds a bachelor's in elementary education a master's degree in special education and a master's of educational leadership with a principal endorsement all from Lewis University Welcome [Applause] Melinda all righty so that concludes our so motion to going executive session for per for the purpose of discussing pending litigation the appointment employment performance compensation and dismissal of a specific employee so move second secretary goo Olivas yes Schubert yes perero yes aroo Johnson yes L yes okay and we won't have any action tonight e e e some move second secretary Colo Aro yes Olivas yes Shubert Johnson yes perero yes yes motion to adjourn Mo second secretary Colo L yes Shubert yes Olivas yes perero yes Johnson Johnson aroyo yes here we go

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