001Fade into board members seat at a table. Jim Batson. I'd like to call to to order the um community high school district 128 board meeting for May 19th, 2025. Um momentary pause. You join me in uh uh reciting the pledge of allegiance. Everyone stands for the pledge of allegiance. Aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Everyone returns to their seats. Carol, can we have a roll call, please? Nina Austin here. Jim Batson here. Rald Deshel here. Dougl here. Lisa Hessel here. Middleshotwall. [Music] West Poland here. Jim Batson. Okay, we'll note that uh middle is not here, but everyone else is. Uh just take a brief moment to review the agenda. Um uh we're
002going to honor our um outgoing student schoolboard representatives and welcome some new ones. Uh we have a public hearing on a fund transfer, a fairly routine thing. We have some communication items um including public comment uh teacher and ESP union reports uh reports from the student schoolboard representatives, a few foyer request and a superintendent report. We have a consent vote agenda. Uh we have a number of action items uh listed um and then umformational items including the tenative budget for next year. uh board comments, IASB report, and the seed doll report if we have anything. Uh and that should do it. First of all, I just wanted to circle back around and uh after the meeting um last month and uh acknowledge uh our seed doll delegate uh Nina Austin will be our board uh
003seedall representative for this coming year and also uh Raul uh will be our um representative for the D128 foundation. So I thank them both of them for the uh extra efforts on behalf of the board and on behalf of the district. Um so without further ado, we'd like to honor our um school student school board representatives here briefly. Um I'm going to ask the uh the the two principles to to give us a few words and we're going to have some plaque we're going to hand out and maybe take a picture or two. Yeah. Uh look, we we are blessed every year to have uh three amazing students at each school and uh this year was no different for us. Uh I've had the privilege of working with these three. For those of you that
004don't know, we obviously meet here tonight, but then there are several times a month where we connect and uh talk about what's going on in the schools and uh what might be an appropriate report, plus getting together with our LHS reps. So, it's been uh a pleasure. Uh and I just want to on behalf of the entire Verden Hills School community thank Griffin Nichols and Daniela Gomez and Iman Della. So, thank you to the three of you. Really appreciate your work. Well done. And on the LHS side, um you know, this year's board reps uh were chosen at the time by Dr. Kentus as as the uh former principal at Libertyville High School before he transitioned to the district office. And so uh I got to meet Prem, Victoria, and Cyra as we started the
005school year. And I'm sure as we started, they were, you know, a little bit like, who is this Dr. Albin guy? We weren't chosen by him. What are we getting into? Um and they certainly helped put me right at ease. Um were always, you know, monthly we would meet. We'd talk about what was going on in the school. Um, and I always really counted on them to say, "What's happening? Tell me what's happening. What's the senior class feeling like, uh, you know, what's going on?" And, you know, and help, you know, interact as best we can with with everything that's happening. And so, uh, and they did a wonderful job, you know, every month, always doing that, uh, working with me on, you know, letting me know what our board reports are looking like, looking
006like, and just in general, uh, you know, being great representatives for the entire senior class of 2025 at LHS. And so to all of you, thank you very much. You did a wonderful job. It It's so great to have all of you participate with the board. It gives us It grounds us. It gives us insight that we otherwise wouldn't have. It's and it's just fun sometimes just to hang out with you guys. Um uh we really appreciate all the work that you do because we know you do a lot of work related to this outside of these uh these meetings in addition to all the other things that you already participate in and uh um but I'd like to thank you on on behalf of the board. I don't know if any of the board
007I'd just like to add that um you guys were amazing at the luncheons and I enjoyed your dessert choices. Okay, I think we're going to take a photo. Students receive certificates and takes pictures with school board members for about the next 30 [Music] seconds. Students receive certificates and takes pictures with school board members for about the next 30 seconds. [Music] Ray all bin LS new LHS rep so Ava Andrew come on up Ray Albin approaches the podium so to the board I'd like to introduce two of our three new reps um this is Ava Gradator right and Andrew Trobe and Ruhi Patil couldn't be here tonight but she'll be joining us from LHS this upcoming year. Dr. John Gileiam approaches the podium. [Music] Uh and then on the Vernon Hillside, come up you three. Uh
008Olivia Bush and Anukica Totti and Ashvar Romesh. And Dr. Young is actually going to be of course your leader. So Dr. Young, get up here. Uh I always say that one of the hardest decisions we make all year is selecting our new board reps. uh because we interviewed just an amazing slate of candidates and you three rose to the top for Dr. Young and I. So, congratulations. [Music] [Applause] Students receive certificates and takes pictures with school board members for about the next 30 seconds. They can see you. Everyone returns to their seats. Everyone returns to their seats. Jim Batson. Thank you everybody and uh welcome to the new board reps. We we'll see you in the in the early fall. Um momentary pause. Okay, moving on. Uh we have a public hearing for a fund
009transfer. So I will start by declaring the hearing open. Um and then uh Dan, will you give us some uh background on this? Dan Stanley. Yeah. Um so uh school funds are separate school funds are separated into different funds. We have money and education fund operations and others. um our cafeteria project we're paying with our fund balance uh and some of that cash that we're using to pay for it is in our education fund and so we need to transfer it to the O andM fund uh to pay for the LHS cafeteria project and so by law there's a lot of rules when you move money between funds by law you can do that but as long as the board passes a resolution and that you have a public hearing and so that's what this
010is for Jim Badson. Okay. Um momentary pause. Any board members have any questions or comments? I know this has been discussed previously, so I think we're we're all up to speed on this. I do uh I'm required to open up for public comment specifically on this topic at this point. We're going to have another public comment for general items, but anything related to the hearing about the funds transfer. Anyone have any comments to make? Okay. Hearing none, I will declare the hearing closed and we will take action on this later in the agenda. Okay. So, moving on. Um, now's the invitation for public comment. We have three folks signed in. Jack Jansen is first. Camera turns to podium. Jack Jansen approaches the podium. Um, is this working all well? All right. Um, so hello everyone.
011In case you don't remember from last Monday, I'm Jack Jansen, a freshman swimmer for Vernon Hills High School. Um, I want to thank you all for giving me me another chance to speak about the Rise Aquatic contract. So, I swim for both Rise and Vernon Hills, but I want to focus solely on Vernon Hills uh, swim program and how a Rise partnership would massively benefit us. So, a typical day for Vernon Hill swimmers starts with a 6 a.m. practice. You dive in, beginning drills, swimming up to 3,000 yards of focused swimming designed to activate every muscle and sharpen every stroke. That's the first half. Then comes the second one, the next 3,000 yards. This part of the day set is carefully designed by Coach Partardon, most likely after watching a Navy Seal documentary. Then we
012go through a full day of classes, managing academics and responsibilities. When the bell rings, we don't head home. We return to the water for another practice from 3:40 to 6:00 pm. That's over five hours of training daily, not including the occasional weight training and other land exercises. We do it without complaint from Thanksgiving through March. Why? Because we're chasing something bigger. Conference titles placing in state, team unity, and pride. The funny thing is, we already have all of these things. Our team holds two conference titles in a row and has placed as high as eighth in the entire state, which is an incredible accomplishment. But the thing, here's the thing. We've done that all with outdated equipment, limited resources, and without the full support a program like Rise can offer. Imagine what we could achieve
013with the right tools in our hands. There's no telling how far we could go. All we need is the support to match the talent and hard work. Secondly, I would like to readress the fact that less and less train trained swimmers have been coming in to Vernon Hill swim team. I'd like to reiter reiterate from last week that rise has turned down over 100 swimmers in the past year due to little space. This is causing a big impact on the amount of swimmers coming into both schools programs. An easy solution for this is the park district using their own pool and the return of rise pool usage at Vernon Hills High School. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next on the list is Andrew Spievac. Andrew Spievac approaches the podium. Good evening everyone. I u appreciate
014you giving me a few minutes to talk and probably not going to be able to speak as eloquently as uh as Mr. Jensen, but uh I am a parent of uh two Vernon Hills uh high school swimmers and uh who has been at the Rice Aquatic for over the last uh eight years. Um both of them are accomplished swimmers and they really cherish their time on their team. uh my older son is holding number of records for the school and uh and also was very excited to participate in uh in the regional and sectional swims. Uh however he contri as much as he contributes um all of his achievements to coach Perdon and the unity of the team at Vernon Hills uh he also cherishes the time for the feeding program that rise aquatic has
015provided. It's been uh number of times that um my younger son now that is also trying to follow his footsteps is um turning down practices and uh not really willing to uh participate in swimming as as much as my older son was simply because um to him as long as they don't get to swim and practice in his own high school pool it's u it makes it uh not as professional as the time of the high school swimming comes up. Uh the coaches at the Rise Aquatic is are great. They do have a huge participation in um in that program, but it's obviously that it's not enough time uh to dedicate to each swimmer as you have limited amount of time in the pool. Uh my understanding is that uh their contract is coming up
016and uh I would like to petition to uh for a board to extend the contract and allow them to swim in the Vernon Hills High School. Um also I wanted to bring to your attention not only the financial contribution that the club can bring by uh bringing us uh new equipment um new board that we need uh badly needed painting and renovation of our stands and uh uh areas where all the guests participate. But all of the meets that that happen with Rise Aquatics happen mostly here um in used to happen mostly here at the Vernon Hills High School. And uh it's um it's very uh very inventful weekend when you have you know hundreds uh of hundreds swimmers, boys and girls that come in and uh and spend pretty much the entire Saturday morning
017afternoon uh all of their parents. They also come in and cherish them and cheer for them and their clubs. And Vernon Hills uh whether we realize it or not does get uh quite a bit of revenue from uh lunches, from uh local businesses and from shopping that uh so massive uh amount of athletic u activities are happening here in Vernon Hills. Uh when uh when we were told years ago that uh Turdles Club is going to take over uh we were under an impression that it's only temporary because uh they needed to renovate their pool where they're presently working. But uh now that the pool is completely done, uh we wanted to bring rice back so our swimmers can contribute uh their effort to Vernon Hills High School and u perform here at their best.
018Thank you. Thank you. Uh Gwen Jansen. Gwen Jansen approaches the podium. Shorter than everyone here. Sorry. Hi. Good evening and thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight about the aquatics programming and the partnership with Rise Aquatics. Um as you know, my name is Gwen Jansen. I'm the parent of this freshman swimmer and a senior swimmer, both uh Vernon Hills High School varsity swimmers. Um, I want to start off by making one point perfectly clear. My concerns about the issue at hand are not because I'm a RISE parent. Um, they're certainly also not because of anything against our park district turtles program. My daughter, who's uh students who graduate this Thursday, was a turtle swimmer for a decade and she continues to coach for the program. Um, currently I I value and appreciate all that
019our park district does and has to offer and I I want to see that partnership continue to prosper and succeed. Um, but the concerns I have are coming because I'm a District 128 parent and taxpayer and I don't believe the recent change from 2022 to the RISE agreement puts our students and our district finances as priorities. Moreover, it creates more division between our two fantastic high schools and causes a s a significant inequity of opportunity and support. LHS has a productive contributing partner for its aquatics programming and facilities, while we at VHS have increased wear and tear on an already aging aquatics facility with no contributing partnership or financial support. Board members, I I hope you've had the opportunity to read my email uh that I sent earlier. So, I hope you understand that Rise
020Aquatics is no outside interest. Rather, they are a 40year 40 decade member of the District 128 aquatics community serving over 200 swimmers currently who will overwhelmingly feed into our two schools if they're not already attending our schools. Let's not treat them as outsiders, but welcome them back into Vernon Hills High School so that our hardworking athletes here can enjoy the support, the investment, and the opportunity that their LHS counterparts continue to benefit from. Thank you. Thank you, Jim Badson. Okay, that's all that have signed in. Is there anyone else in the audience that wishes to speak? Come on board. Matt Leaport approaches the podium. Just provide your name if you don't mind. [Music] I'm Matt Leaport, executive director of the Burton Hills Park District. Uh I'm grateful for the chance to introduce myself. I'm taking
021a tour of all the other taxing uh entities in the community uh to spend some time. Um, I'd like to highlight how our park district serves the community and fosters strong partnerships, especially with district 128. I began this role in October, transitioning from the village of Libertyville, where I was the recreation director and collaborated with district 128 on joint use agreements. I also previously served as facility manager of Lake View Fitness Center, transitioning that building from the Central Lake YMCA. Our mission at the park district is to conserve nature, support wellness, and inspire leisure. That's delivered through award-winning park management, recreation programs, and community events. We manage 25 parks, five facilities, a variety of athletic fields, playgrounds, miles of trails, and countless programs and camps. A core strength of our district is our collaboration with
022local agencies. My predecessor helped establish quarterly meetings with public officials to ensure we're working together for our residents. Our shared use agreement with district 128 is a prime example. It saves taxpayer dollars and expands access to facilities for both education and recreation. One of our key programs is the turtle swim club. Launched in 2009 during the YMCA days and officially adopted by the park district in 2012 when we took over the facility. The team operates two seasons and serves over a 100 youth per season, 80% of whom become district 120 attend district 128 schools. Our rates are significantly more affordable than other providers, and we end up employing many high school students as lifeguards, counselors, and instructors. Ren Hill's high school pool use by the turtles totals uh turtles program to totals roughly 858 hours
023per year. This scheduling opens our pool at Lake View for lap swim for our community, water aerobics for our seniors, lessons uh for children, and joint use with our special wreck association. Though we haven't funded upgrades at Vernon Hills High School, we maintain shared use amenities like tennis courts, fields, the Sullivan Center, and contributed to the Vernon Hills Athletic Complex turf project. It's been a strong mutually beneficial relationship. Yes, the turtle swim team and British swim school lesson swim lesson program generate surplus revenue, but that revenue supports our broader mission and it helps subsidize the parks, the trails, the special events, and the lowcost community programs that otherwise wouldn't be financially sustainable. We're excited to see the community is enthusiastic about swimming. Vernon Hills is a per high school is a perfect home for Turtle
024Swim Club. Libertyville High with its larger pool and demand and no demand from the village of Libertyville recreation department is an ideal home for rice. Both schools and communities benefit when these programs complement rather than compete with each other. Thank you for your time. Thank you. We have anyone else wishing to speak? Pause for the public. Okay. Hearing none, we will move on. We have a um do we have a teacher union report? Anyone? Jason Rush approaches the podium. Welcome. Hi, good evening. I'm Jason Rush, VHS applied technology teacher, Libertyville resident, and the D128 union building representative for Vernon Hills High School. On behalf of the D128 teachers union, we would like to welcome our new school board members. and acknowledge the work and collaboration that has already taken place within the past few weeks.
025Thank you, student schoolboard representatives. Thank you for sharing your voices and insights this past school year. You've had a front row seat and have actively participated in guiding this excellent school district. We hope you will continue to be deliberately engaged in many other civic leadership posts as your adult lives unfold. Lastly, earlier tonight, the D128 teachers union hosted the spring snacks and study night at both Aspen Drive and Cook Memorial Libraries. I just came from there uh Aspen Library uh where there were scores of students working getting snacks getting help from math and science teachers. This is an event that's happened for over 10 years and it's really a great event. Um as a former science teacher, I've been there almost all the 10 years because it seems to need a lot of science and
026uh math help. Our membership is happy to welcome the students and help answer questions and alleviate concerns as those students prepare for final exams. We wish all of our district leaders a happy and healthy summer. Thank you. Thank you. Um educational support professionals. Uh do we have a representative to speak tonight? Nope. Okay. All right. We'll move on. Uh, one final round. Student school board rep reports. Take it away, Prematuria. As my time at LHS and as a student board representative comes to a close, I can't think of a better way to wrap up this incredible journey by discussing our prom. how that stone banquetss in Hoffman Estates, the theme of an enchanted garden was brought to life through minimalist decorations and a joyful atmosphere. From the main floor to the silent disco area, the
027energy of the dance was outstanding, and many students were enjoying their time with the many different options. Beyond dancing, there were outdoor patios where students were able to play games like bags and connect for or just hang out. The food was served in a reception style from 7 to 9 with many great offerings such as pasta as a pasta station and a mashed potato bars as well as many accommodations so that no one would miss out. It was clear that there was a lot of effort put into making everything happen. Thank you to every staff member, volunteer, and planner who gave us an unforgettable sendoff. Prom was just one moment in a larger journey, one that I've had the honor of experiencing at LHS. Over the past four years, I've grown in ways I could
028never have imagined. I've had the chance to take part in and found clubs that reflected my passions and others, explore new academic fields, and even take part in golf, a sport I didn't play before high school. Whether it was building a project with friends or even just completing coursework, I was always met with encouragement and support. Beyond simply teaching, teachers at LHS have inspired me. They inspired me to challenge myself, grow, and remain curious. Administrators at LHS and within the community and district such as Dr. Alban and Dr. Kentus have provided me with opportunities to grow as a leader and a person. Because of the teachers and administrators, I leave LHS more confident in who I am and who I will become. Thank you to the board, faculty, administrators, and teachers for creating a space
029where students are educated and empowered to make great change. Thank you. Victoria Dios Martins D Costa. Good evening everyone. I wanted to start this meeting off by expressing my gratitude for this board and this amazing opportunity. I'm so grateful to have been able to represent my fellow students at these meetings and be able to share with all of you LHS's school events. Within these meetings, I've made so many new friends and gotten so much more involved with my school. So, thank you. Now, on to school events that happen in May. On May 16th, LHS held their yearbook distribution day. This day involved the students who made the yearbook distributed the the students made the yearbook distributing the yearbooks to all students outside in the freshman football field during lunch periods. This event also included many
030fun activities for students. Students had the options to go on slides, bouncy houses, DJs, dunk teachers in a water tank, and even got food from multiple local food trucks. The food truck options involved taco truck, American funnel cake, and Kona Ice. When students picked up their yearbook, they also received a ticket for a free cone of ice, a $5 ticket for any food truck, a pen, and a tub of cotton candy. During this event, students could go could go up to any student and teacher and sign each other's yearbook to keep forever memories. Last year was the first year when LHS started doing the yearbook distribution day, and this has become a new tradition which students look forward to every year. It is a very fun and exciting day for both students and staff members
031which created new memories for all especially for all seniors who will be having their graduation on May 22nd. As I finish off this board report, I again just like to say thank you to all thank you to this amazing community for the last four years as an LHS student. You guys have helped me create amazing friendships and forever's memories. Thank you. Sire Abraham. Okay, good evening. Before I give my board report tonight, I would like to express my most sincere thanks to this board for the opportunity to bring the student perspective to the table. It has been a true honor to serve as a voice for my peers. I am forever grateful that I was a part of this board and I'm so thankful for all the amazing people I've gotten to know through this
032role. Now, for my report. This past week, the class of 2025 celebrated their last days of high school in a way that was both heartfelt and memorable. On May 14th, seniors wore white shirts to school and throughout classes and lunch periods, they were able to have both their peers and teachers sign their shirts using colorful markers to write messages, inside jokes, and well-wishes on each other's backs and sleeves. This this this simple yet meaningful gesture gave students a way to capture their memories and friendships as they prepare to go their separate ways. Caitlyn Galloway says, "It was a fun activity to do, and I know that once I've graduated from LHS, when I look at the shirt, I will remember all my amazing friends and teachers." In addition to the shirt signing last week, the
033school also generously provided donuts for all the seniors. It was a fun, light-hearted way to kick off the day, and students were extremely excited by the wide variety of donuts. Many seniors reported being pleasantly surprised um with arguably some of the best donuts in Libertyville. As we seniors prepare for graduation this coming Thursday, it will be the memories from the events like these that we will fondly remember LHS by. I know I speak for all my fellow classmates when I say that LHS has shaped each and every one of us into the people that we are today, providing us with the skills and the confidence to conquer our next chapters. Thank you to all the faculty who have made LHS constantly feel like a second home. You will all be so missed and once again
034for this unforgettable opportunity. Thank you, Daniela Gomez and good evening board. I can't fathom the fact that this will be my last board report. I've learned so much about the inner workings of our community during meetings and through conversations over lunch. Thank you to all the board representatives and the principles for the time, energy, and heart you put into our district. I have no doubt that Olivia, Anukica, and Ashba will do an incredible job next year as next year's board rep. These these there are so many things that that make D128 such a special place to go to school. For example, our college resource center hosted senior decision day on May 2nd in the main gym. There are photo backdrops, granola bars, duck donuts, and my personal favorite, bananas. Also, this past Friday, we celebrated
035our seniors at the honors assembly. Sophomore Ammy Pon said, "I thought the honor assembly did a really nice job displaying everyone's talents and achievements. It was fun to see my friends and teammates win awards for things that they've done over the high over their high school career. Even students who didn't win an award were happy to be there to support their friends. Though many seniors noted and were sad about the absence of many juniors who are busy taking the AP Physics 1 exam. Speaking of AP tests, they've been occurring over the past two weeks. Many students felt wellprepared by their teachers. Senior Aner Mara shared that the AP psych exam on Friday was a tough experience due to the nationwide delays. Quite a few of us seniors were crying as we were upset that we
036were going to miss the final bell. However, thankfully her four other AP tests went by smoothly. Now on to more some more fun events. The Best Buddies 4th annual walk-athon on May 3rd raised an impressive $7,972. Sen senior and vice president Sidavula said it was a great way to end the year seeing all the buddies and club members come together and raise money and just have fun. Additionally, our D128 Storm Special Olympics team is sending two athletes to state in late June at Illinois State University. Abby Noaki for the 400 meter and the 200 meter dash and Rishia Run for the 50 meter dash. Both qualified by taking gold. And finally, in BHS athletics, six girls went to state for badminton. Calli Bennett, Lassia Kala, Nhakul Carney, Anukica Verma, Dia Rojan, and Sani Gogani with
037Niha Kulcarnney placing seventh in signals singles. In the track side of things, Ella Olinger qualified for the 800 meter and Julia Rousea qualified for the high jump and they'll be competing at Eastern Eastern Illinois University this Friday. Good luck, girls, and thank you for always letting us hear our voices. Griffin [Music] Nichols Greetings board. In this past few weeks, Vern Hills has been honoring a multitude of people across our school. Whe whether it be us seniors, Dr. G, or our many staff members who are retiring this year. To start off, the seniors held their daily prank. This year being hundreds of students showing up outside Dr. G's house in the early morning hours while tepeeing the tree out front. It was quite the sight and I'm glad we maintained the senior tradition in a safe
038manner. Secondly, we honored the one and only the Dr. G alongside our school's 25th anniversary with a mural outside the office, which I'm sure you all saw while entering the school. If not, you can head out and see. Um, it'll forever stand as a testament to the time and effort do that Dr. G put our school and making it home for all students across the community. Third, I want to honor the many retirees who are unfortunately leaving our school this year. The list being Mr. McDonald, Miss McDonald, Mr. Healey, Mr. Sundelle, Miss Stevens, Dr. G, Officer Meade. It's sad to see all these great staff me members leave our school and I hope that we don't ever forget the wonderful impact that they had here. Finally, I wanted to thank the board, Dr. G, and
039our past school representatives for granting me and my peers the opportunity to represent our school. It's such a privilege and unique opportunity that our school has. This is especially impactful for a student like me who has a speech disability and was still provided the chance and equal opportunity to be selected for this role. My hope is that through this role I've inspired others who are like me to use their voice. Ana, Asha, Olivia all exhibit honesty, courage and respect. They each exemplify what it means to be a Vern Hills student leader and I know that they'll do a wonderful job. Thank you. And that's all for me tonight. Passing out Demon Emana. We'll see if I start crying again. Okay. Good evening board. To start, thank you endlessly for this opportunity to serve our school
040community. While I've always known the amazing feats our students accomplish each month, it's extra rewarding to be able to sit up here and share them all with you. Being able to tell you about student life at VHS is such an exhilarating thing, and I could not be happier to share it with Danny and Griffin. As sad as I am to be leaving tonight, I could not be more excited for Olivia, Ashva, and Anka to fill our shoes. You three will do such amazing things. Best of luck and always stay daring. For my last report, I'm here to share about our final fine arts events. To start, the Cabaret Choir was concert was last Monday. Senior Clara Desandro shared that the concert was a really fun experience, but very bittersweet because it marked the end of
041her four-year choir career, and she was sad that she would never have the chance to sing with those people again. One of my favorite pieces they sang was a series of songs from the movie Foot Loose, as their unique twist brought a cool experience to it. Next up, the Farewell Senior's Orchestra concert was last Sunday. While all four orchestras performed during this concert, special attention is given to our wonderful seniors. Eli Anderson, who is pursuing an education in music, shares that it was so amazing to play a solo with his orchestra friends behind him, and it was also super fun to watch the memories from high school during their senior animation. Though it was bittersweet, he says he'll remember this period of his life for forever. Switching over to the world of dance right before
042AP test was the orchestra the orchestra dance company put on two amazing shows Friday and Saturday night. Though the physical number of dancers was less this year, the quality of the show was just as amazing. Sophomore Emma Wright says the experience was a lot of fun and it featured amazing dancers. It was fun for her to watch the show come together as the season went on and witnessing the student choreographers getting to teach their own moves was great because she got to see their visions come to life. Last, but certainly not least, this past Friday was the annual art show. Senior Joining shares that the art show was fun and it was super nice being able to showcase her art while sharing the process and idea with others. That's all for me. Congratulations to everyone
043for making this year one of the best. And may our school forever be a place of growth, acceptance, and daring students. Thank you [Applause] once again. Thank you all for all your contributions and for the incoming student board reps. You got big shoes to fill. So, but we have we'll we'll look forward to uh your participation next year. Okay, moving on. Uh foyer request. We had one foyer request as listed. Nothing significant there. We will move on to the superintendent report. Yes, I'm pleased to share an update on the transition of the new superintendent, Dr. Mark Schaefer, who will begin his new role on July 1st. Uh Becky and I have been meeting with Mark weekly where we provide him all the updates uh that's happening in the district regarding all the different issues that
044we're facing and discussing. Additionally, he was able to visit uh the district in both April and May to meet uh different groups of people and staff and individuals to get to know them before he uh starts his new job. And his next visit will be on May 30th. Uh last week, uh the Illinois Association of School Boards provided a workshop with Mark and the school board, setting the stage and helping uh support a a working relationship moving forward. And uh lastly, Mark is also working with district administration to plan summer and opening week activities for staff. The transition is going very well. Jim Badson. Okay. Thank you. Uh next on the agenda is our consent vote agenda. Does anyone have any items that you'd like to pull off and consider separately? Okay, hearing none. West
045Poland, do we need to pull out the regular board minutes since we were not part of that meeting? And then the also the the close session minute meetings because we weren't at the first one. I I think we're required to vote. We without those other board members to vote. We're the only board now that can vote to approve those. So, somebody's got to approve. It's It's approving putting them in the record. So, it's right. I just want to make sure that we're not This is not something we should be abstaining from, but then we don't have enough people to vote for it. So, Right. Yeah. It's just but this is just a vote to put it into record to put it um to formalize the Yeah. Right. That's I just wanted to make sure. It's
046a good question. It's it's an unusual because we have so many new board members. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think we're okay. All right. Okay. Um can I have a motion and a second to approve the consent vote agenda? Poland. So moved. The legal second. Okay. Any questions, comments? Carol, roll call, please. Batson, I. Desmoke. Hi. Legal I. Essel. I. Poland. I. Austin. I. Okay. Um motion is approved. We have four action items. We have uh employment of employees. These are uh a few employees that came in after our committee meeting earlier in the month. So, didn't make it onto the consent vote agenda. So, uh can I have a motion to approve these? Hel so moved. Poland second. Okay. Any questions, comments from the board? No. Okay. Roll call, please. Deshmuk I. Flegal I.
047Hessel I. Poland. I Austin I Best I. Okay. Uh motion is approved. Um, we have an intergovernmental agreement for hearing uh itinerant. Uh, this an intergovernmental agreement with district 120. Um, Brian, is there any additional information you want to provide at this point? Oh, this is um presented at the PMP committee meeting uh a week ago. It's very similar agreement to what we have in place uh this year with district 120. Okay. Can I have a motion and a second, please? Deshmak moved poll second. Okay. Any questions or comments by the board? Again, as uh as Bryant mentioned, we discussed it earlier in in the month. So, uh can we have a roll call, please? Flegal I Hessle I Poland I Austin I Batson I desmoke I Okay, motion passes. Uh item C uh another
048intergovernmental agreement similar but for physical therapist but and this is an intergovernmental agreement with district 70 and 120. So the three of us uh share these resources. Brian Kelly and again we already have this uh agreement in place for this year and um so we are um asking again recommending for the intergovernment agreement for next year. Okay. Can I have a motion and a second please? Poland. So moved. Flegal second. Okay. Any questions or comments? Okay. Roll call, please. Heli. Poland. I. Austin. I. Batson. I. Dashmouth. I. Fleel. I. Okay. Motion passes. Um, next on the agenda is something I know a number of people are interested in. The uh agreement with the Rise Aquatics Club. Um, Brian Kelly. This is our uh annual agreement with Rise Aquatics Club that we've had in place uh
049for the past few years. So we are bringing that again. Our recommendation is to approve the Rise Aquatic Aquatic agreement for 2526. Jim Batson. And this agreement includes language for both high schools. Correct. For both Bernard Hills and Libertyville. Brian Kelly. This is the So the Rise Aquatic Agreement. The way that it's written right now is that their main uh usage will be at uh Libertyville High School for their pool. Momentary pause. Can I have a um motion and a second, please? Hella move to approve the agreement with Rise Aquatics. Austin second. Okay. Any questions or comments from the board? Pause for discussion and questions. Okay. Um, West Poland, while this is uh an agreement right now that's primarily for um Libertyville access, there is flexibility in this agreement should there be space to expand
050into Vernon Hills. Correct. Correct. Yeah. Okay. So, it is flexible. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for that clarification. Uh, any other questions or comments? Okay. Roll call, please. Poland. I. Austin. I. Batson. I Dashmuk I legal I Hessel I Okay, motion passes. We have a consolidated district plan. Uh Dr. Kentus is not here, but Dan, you can uh Dan Stanley give some background on this. Yeah. Um I I think a better word for this is would be a coordinated district plan. This is a requirement by ISBY to make sure that districts are talking to each other and basically so that the right hand knows what the left hand is doing when you're talking about grants. You're not overlapping and that you're coordinating that together. Uh this talks about how we're our plan to use
051our federal grants uh both our title grants and our special needs grants that we get uh from the federal government. The usage is really the same from the prior years. Uh we we have specific purposes for each of those grants. Those really are not changing. Uh but this is required. This is a first step to have the board is required to approve this um so that we can then apply for our grants. So we can apply for our fiscal year 26 grants until this uh is submitted uh to Isby. So that's overall in the process why this is before the board and kind of why that's why part of Jim Batson and this happens every year. This is a part of the standard grant process every year. Yep. And there's really no no much different
052from our prior year plan. Okay. I move to approve the fiscal year 2526 consolidated district plan is presented. Poll and second. Okay. Any questions or comments from the board? Okay. Roll call, please. Austin. I. Batson. I. Deshmuk. I. Flegal. I. Hessel. I. Poland. I. Uh motion passes. Uh next on the list is the annual Lake County indemnification agreement. Dan Stanley. Yeah. Uh lot of annual agreements here. Uh this one is with the Lake County. Uh, and so what this what this basically says is um uh Lake County will withhold uh permits from developers in unincorporated areas as long as um or if the district doesn't tell them that it's okay uh that they have an agree that they can have an agreement with the developer. In exchange for that, Lake County says if we get
053sued because of that, you're going to indemnify us. So this is an annual agreement that we have. Uh but we've never this has never been actuated. Yeah, it's never been an issue. Yeah. Okay. Or at least you know to our knowledge. Um Okay. Can we have a motion and a second please for the move? Poland second. Any questions or comments? Okay. Roll call, please. Pause for roll call. Batson. I. Deshmuk I. Legal. I. Hessel. I. Poland. I. Austin. I. Okay. Motion passes. These next two uh relate to what was discussed earlier with the u in the um what do we call it the hearing? Uh this first one is resolution authorizing the and directing the transfer of interest from the working cash fund to the education fund. Any further information? I mean we've already talked
054about this annual thing the interest that you generate uh you can transfer to any fund you want and we typically transfer that to you. Okay. I have a motion and a second please. Passel. move to approve the resolution authorizing and directing the transfer of interest from the working cash fund to the ed fund. Polling second. Uh any questions or comments? Again, this was discussed in uh uh previously. Uh so can we have a roll call, please? Deshmuk. Hi, Flegal. Hi, Tessel. Hi, Poland. Hi, Austin. I Batson. I Okay, motion passes and uh resolution authorizing transfer from the ED fund to the operations and maintenance fund. Momentary pause. Do we have a motion and a second for this one, please? Motion by Flegal to approve the resolution authorizing transfer from education fund into the operations and
055maintenance fund of Community High School District 128, Lake County, Illinois. And this is uh in the amount of $8 million. Hel second. Okay. Any questions or comments? Okay. Roll call, please. Legal. I. Hessel. I. Poland. I. Austin. I. Batson. Hi. Deshmote. I Okay, motion passes. Um resolution. Um we have a the um uh fiscal year 26 treasurer's bond. Maybe just a brief Dan Stanley. State law requires your treasurer, who is me, uh to be bonded. And so there's legal requirements on how much that bonding has to be. And so we have coverage of 11 million. Uh, and that's based on 10% of your LA your most recent fiscal year's June 30th balance, which for us would be June 30th, 2024. And so we have coverage in here for 11 million. Uh, and just to clarify,
056the coverage is 11 million. The premium cost of that is $6,600, but the the coverage of the bond is 11 million. Okay. I need a motion to approve the uh treasur's bond in the amount of $6,000. $6,600. Oh, I'm sorry. $6,600. Deshbuk motion to approve the fiscal year 26 treasury respond in the amount of 6,600. Polland second. Any questions or comments? Roll call, please. Hessel, I. Poland I. Austin I. Matson. I. Desmoke. I. Flegal. I. Okay. Motion passes. We move on to ourformational items. The FY26 tenative budget. Dan, you have some brief comments on this? Yeah. Um, so we have our tenative budget that is very tentative at this point. This is this doesn't even have our our most current information in there. So, we're updating that and we'll be doing that over the next
057uh couple weeks and so we'll have a more updated version for you in the future. Um what you have is the state budget form uh which if you're not very familiar is not necessarily the most easy thing to read. And so uh when we get uh really current information I'll be able to give you an analysis that really really is telling you what's actually happening in the budget. Uh so stay tuned for more information. But you have documents that have this is at least the form of the document and um a lot of the information is in there. Uh but we'll be we'll be updating that uh over the next couple weeks. Okay. Uh thank you. Um next on the agenda is board comments and events. This is normally a a point in time when
058we can share maybe events that we've attended, learning in uh opportunities we've attended. I will uh echo uh what Dr. Glackner mentioned earlier the um the the great workshop that uh we all attended uh last week and thank Dr. Schaefer for his participation in that. I look forward to working with him. Uh and then as for events, we're all um signed up for graduation ceremonies this week. We'll be handing out diplomas. So for a number of you, that'll be a a new experience and it's a great experience to be able to thank all these students for their hard work over the over the years and hand them their diplomas. So I will see some of you at uh the event I'm attending and so we'll split up and accomplish those. Anyone else have any other
059comments or questions? West Poland, I do. I attended Dr. Gilliam's uh retirement gift unveiling. Uh which was very nice. Um if you haven't had a chance, stop down and see the mural. It is very cool. Um looks great. Um it will be sad without Dr. Gilliam in the building, but we'll have a wall to remember you. and you know um also um you know we're looking forward to having Dr. Young so but you will be missed. Yeah. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Uh next would be the IASB report. I this is normally a time that I'd report on anything happening with IASB. There's really nothing significant going on. We have a a planning meeting coming up for since I'm on the lakes division executive team. We have meeting for next year's events. So, more to
060come on that. Uh, Seed Doll, I know um you haven't had a a chance really to to get involved with that, but this would be an opportunity for you, Nina, to bring anything that may have happened since the last board meeting uh to to our attention. Um actually with um Cali and um Becky and it was a great meeting that they just introduced me to the program and and what my responsibilities were. So, yeah, great. It was a great program. Thank you. Thank you for your extra efforts on that. Uh future agenda items, you'll see those there. Um if anyone has um additional things that they they might be interested in, we we discussed, you know, to pass those along and we'll try to uh get those uh included at a future meeting. Otherwise, uh
061there's nothing else for the good of the cause and I have a motion to adjurnn. Helen second. Any questions or comments? No. All in favor, right? Or you need to vote. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Okay. Thank you very much. Fade to district 128 logo. Fade to black. End of meeting.