001Fade Into board members seat at a table all right are we there uh we have two committee meetings followed by a general meeting followed by a closed session uh so I will start call to uh attention the P&P committee meeting um we can wait until the general to do the Pledge of Allegiance or you want to do it now all right stand for the Pledge of Allegiance oh have the oh okay we we do not have it on the agenda for the committee meeting so we will wait for the board meeting do it thank thank you all for standing to attention you you'll get a chance to stretch again shortly uh okay so I have called the meeting to order now I ask for um public comment if there's anybody that would like to address
002the committee pause for the public seeing none we are going to move on to items for discussion the first is our first reading of board policies um and Bryant I'll let you go through the overview these are pretty straightforward changes so these are changes that are part of the review from um press press plus um so we have three in our operational Services two in personnel and then also in um instruction and then in students uh policy 717 on vandalism so they're pretty straightforward just a few minor style changes more than anything um but no um big changes we will again have changes coming up with um Title Nine changes maybe in the next month or two okay are there any questions regarding the policies no we'll see these again for second right y okay
003employment of employees again I will turn it over to Briant so these are uh employment of employees that uh we are recommending here at PMP and then to move to the consent agenda for the Board of Education hiring of um some of our certified staff and our aids for the school year any questions outstanding moving on to the edred membership Brian Kelly okay um so Ed R again is it's an advocacy organization that monitors and actively influences education policy um I know that um Lisa is very involved with Ed R and our school district uh leadership um can attend uh Ed R uh meetings um and learn more about the legislative process and what's going on um in Illinois so this is our normal um Ed red membership that we sign in every year anything
004dad um don't let the fact that I'm on the executive board sway you when you vote on our renewed membership but the district 128 has been uh a member of Ed R for long before uh I was involved in it um and I think the work that Ed R does is beneficial to us specifically and to all suburban school districts in Northern Illinois generally so I'll add to that if you haven't been involved or haven't you know at least attended one of the the meetings I would encourage you to do so I was um far more involved a few years back on several of the Committees and it it's good work and you have some impact and help others uh gather to have impact on um what happens in Springfield and how uh how those
005things uh can be improved uh to u to help us so they have a good group the relationships that Ed has with legislators definitely makes sure that um our voice has a seat at the table when decisions are being made so I think it's a very worthwhile organization and just as a shout out to Vernon Hills they hosted the last event here and then this will move to an action item and not on the consent because we only do it once a year it's not a regular it's not a regular um something you vote on monthly so that's why um it'll move to an action item and you'll vote on it separately during the board meeting all right so moving on to item D the board liaison for d128 which Lisa has been for yes
006since 2019 um the uh board of education has a seat as a trustee on the foundation board I have been serving in in that role since 2019 um I am no longer serving in that role effective this coming school year um so that position is open for one of our other board members to on that role as you know uh very well the foundation provides Innovation grants to teachers every year as well as provides the funding for the student need funds at both buildings the building leadership can access for all variety of students that have Financial need that is not met uh by our District budget um the commitment is rather small it's one meeting a month so um if it's something that you're interested in I very much encourage you to consider it do
007you know when that was the thing that blocked me last time yes Tuesday nights Tuesday nights at 7:00 p.m but it's are they next to board meetings or are they in between they're next to board meetings okay good so so there's a possibility okay great if you want to talk more about it we certainly can but if anybody else is interested um I very much encourage it's a very fulfilling uh role with not a huge commitment okay moving on to the next item future agenda items uh you can see those are listed for August 12th and August 26th is there anything anybody else needs to discuss at this point pause for discussion Don carmichel all right very well I will adjourn the P&P meeting Jim Batson and we move right into the uh facilities and
008finance committee meeting um we have to we have to wait a few minutes wait because it's you're right we got to wait till 5:45 moment Terry pause all right I'm not expecting the accustom to the PMP going so quickly I think that might I think it did I think it did I think that's a record with car can you hear us I can hear you I'm gonna try not to take it personally that we record set when I'm not there hey there we go pause for technical difficulty car can you speak can you hear me yes we can thank you Carl will be joining us remotely tonight Fade to Black We Ready B okay I'd like to call the um facilities and finance committee meeting to order camera turns to board members any um um
009anyone wishing to speak to the facilities and finance committee public comment pause for the public okay seeing none we'll move on we have a few agenda items here the first one's the stadium Vernon Hills High School stadium naming rights who's got some background on this yeah uh so Dr Gilling has been working with rum who's had the naming rights uh for over 20 years uh that agreement expired in 22 um but we have a new agreement uh ready to go uh for the next four years total of 20,000 so roughly 5,000 a year that they would contribute so uh Dr gilam is excited and would like to move forward and I think it's great Jim Batson okay any questions or comments uh from the board on that one Don carmichel I've always felt it was
010a little odd to have a corporate sponsorship but I'm used to the name of the field now so I don't see any to change it it was somewhat new at the point that point in time but it's a little more I've seen it in other places now war in their local company they were very supportive when we built this stadium so um will that be an action item then be an action item because it's uh because it's a contract generate designed to generate more than a thousand dollars by state law the board has to approve it sounds good okay uh if no other comments uh we'll move on to the fy2 uh rental labor charge rates so these are the labor rates we charge for rentals that largely are updated based on kind of raises
011and the employee groups that are part of that student is increasing kind of bit bigger than normal It's really because the minimum wage is increasing on those so we're kind of uh adjusting those based on what those anticipated minimum wages so this is basically what we charge people that rent our facilities to help pay for the people that help support those rental processes so any questions on that from the from the board okay we'll see that at the uh board meeting um uh disposal of equipment um looks like a pretty standard list lots of Chromebooks lots of Old Computers Lisa Hessel and did we replace the shortel system is that why we're getting rid of that yes we are in the in the middle of replacing it so they're putting on the list for disposal
012it'll probably take a while before we actually get all the new ones in so this is more of a preemptive measure ready to dispose uh for when that time it's because they're not sure at what point over the next few months are we actually going to hit that and they usually do a disposal roughly twice a year Cara Benjamin I have a quick question regarding digital red um to the best of my memory this is the first time I'm seeing digital red do we usually use them um I believe they switched maybe the last time they did it because I have one um receipt from kind of the data that they process kind of where it all goes and things like that so um the company that they used before um it either didn't go
013went out of business or it end would ended up costing us more to dispose of it through there um and so a somebody in the industry um actually created digital r as a company to kind of fill this Gap in the market for sustainable uh disposal of it equipment and so um Temple knows actually knows the person they've been around the field for a long time so does that answer your question yeah and as far as we know we're going to continue using this group to dispose yeah as yeah Dr Temple and that's they're very into sustainability and and those types of things so for those of us who are um you know uh that's important um I'd encourage you to read up what they do and how they do it so thanks a it's
014a not a new company but a lot of a lot of school districts are using them now Jim bad um okay so we will see that on the agenda um future agenda items not as lengthy as the P&P but these are pretty typical things coming up in August son Al carne I have one question when do we get a cafeteria update um we could probably have that at the next fnf meeting I know that they're working diligently getting that out of the street yeah we could do it then okay Jim Batson anything else to uh add pause for discussion okay we set another record here with the uh the fnf I call the uh facilities and finance uh meeting adjourned we will wait about 11 minutes and start our regular board meeting at 6 o'
015Fade to Black fade and to board members seat at at table good evening everyone I'd like to call to order the regular board meeting for Community High School District 128 um if we could stand for the pledge of Allegiance please everyone stands for the Pledge of Allegiance pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all everyone returns to their seeds Okay roll call please Jim bson here here here Cara drum key Lisa hessle here Mish catwall here so now K Carney here we note six of our board members present and our seventh car drumi is joining us virtually although she will not be able to vote tonight so uh at this time I would like
016to extend an invitation for public comment I only have one person signed up Marne cam turns to Podium Marne Navaro approaches the podium good evening I'm Marie Navaro lifelong Libertyville resident proud district 7 128 graduate and mother of a current District 70 student I speak for myself first I want to sincerely thank those board members who listened to the loud sustained and unanimous outcry from our teachers parents students and community members calling for the end of superint superintendent Herman's tenure at District 128 we deeply appreciate those of you who listened and acted to do what needs to be done in order to begin the long and hard work of repair we appreciate that our district is at a Crossroads and it is crit critical as we move forward that we do not repeat the costly
017mistakes of the past one of the biggest and costliest mistakes has been the systemic pattern of bad hires and awarding of six figure contracts to administrators at District 128 in her three shorty year tenure superintendent Herman added four new administrative four new administrators in three newly created roles unwisely signing and binding our district to three-year contracts on unproven Commodities to the tune of $2.5 million and building the most bloated Administration in Lake County yet for this incredible Financial outlay The Hires have largely proven to been to have been an incredibly poor use of resources with little to show for it except expensive buyouts although we pay top dollar we have not received Top Talent two of her hires were placed on fully paid administratively for the better part of a year and have made or
018are making discrimination claims against the district forcing us to buy them out this board with the exception of Mr cotwall who was not seated until the fall of 23 voted to grant super inent Herman herself a 5-year contract extension in March of 23 at a board meeting intended by over a 100 teachers voicing their concerns and objections to her unsupported ideological initiatives against this backdrop why was superintendent Herman given a fiveyear $1.5 million extension a mere 1.75 years into her first three-year term and now this community is left holding the back we presume we'll have to buy her out as well although we acknowledge that some costs are sunk and we must we must do this in order to move forward our community should not be in this position in the first instance Herman was
019not a high performer she was not a Flight Risk no one pays more than our district she was not being recruited away it appears Instead The Five-Year contract was awarded due to personal friendships and loyalty versus actual Merit this community and our our taxpayers deserve answers transparency communication and collaboration as we move forward these are not your dollars these are our dollars we urge you not to blindly renew numerous Sixx figure administrative contracts that are up in June of 2025 but which you are either now or will imminently be considering much less for three to 5e terms which is entirely unheard of and inappropriate who we pick as the next superintendent will be a key hire and they will have a mighty task ahead of them to clean up this house and write the ship
020we will also see a new board in Spring of 25 do not bind this District to yet more expensive contracts and saddle the next superintendent and board with buying them out eliminate Dei hiring practices and policies which have cost our district an absolute fortune and been a complete failure and yielded our district no tangible results Corporate America and colleges alike are turning in Mass from Dei just this week Microsoft fired its entire inclusion in equity team as say John de that's three minutes we have experienced in District 128 the Dei is inherently discriminatory cost and Fortune yelds no return on investment please wrap it up 10 seconds every time thank you we have aund million annual budget 72% surplus and pay the highest property taxes in the state that money should be going towards building
021much needed and overdue operation ntss Capital repairs at LHS and meeting the needs of our actually most underfunded and underserved sub subpopulation are 20% of students with IEPs we have the money and we must stop haming it on a bladed and largely incompetent Administration and Dei EOS nonsense this Board needs to be good stewards of our hard-earned tax dollars blly following superintendent Herman has not worked must stop do better your community is watching Thank you Lisa Hessel is there anybody else that would like to address the board tonight pause for the public okay seeing none we will move on I'd like to invite the teachers union for their report Paul carstead approaches the podium good evening my name is Paul caret uh secretary me of the d128 Federation of teachers uh as always i' like
022to thank you for allowing us this opportunity to speak um over the nine months last nine months we have used this time to deliver a series of messages detailing our concerns about the direction the district was headed tonight's message is much simpler we want to thank the board of education for your decision to pursue a change in leadership for our district it is unfortunate that this action ultimately needed to be taken but we feel that it is absolutely the best path forward in order to best serve our students in our community we understand how difficult the process this is for the board and we appreciate the time you dedicated to making this decision we want to Simply say that we are dedicated to working together with our sister ESP Union our interim Andor future District
023leadership as well as the board in order to rebuild the positive relationship between our Union and administration we know how special our teaching staff is here in District 128 and how much this relationship benefits our students the relationship with Administration and all stakeholders um when everyone's on the same page and trusts each other we work well together many of our union members have been spending time over the summer preparing for all the changes that we're going to see our members have been participating in d128 U courses working on summer curriculum projects and attending other professional learning like AP workshops we are excited for the upcoming school year and are preparing to welcome our students for opening day on August 12th our members are motivated Innovative and passionate about working with students and setting them up
024for success to the parents and community members please know that you can be assured our teachers will be doing our to support your students like we always do the Board of Education as well as our Administration we look forward to rebuilding trust so that we can work with and depend on each other in order to serve our students hope that everyone enjoys the rest of their summer thank you Lisa hessle thank you Mr carstead um next on the agenda we do have an ESP Union report but they emailed us they are not uh presenting tonight um they did seat their executive board and we look very much to working with them in the upcoming school year momentary pause um at this point we're going to re review the agenda um two more items on uh
025the communication topic we um will re we will visit the foyer requests as well as have some good news presented by associate superintendent Bryant Kelly um we have our consent vote agenda uh which we will make a small modification to uh but this agenda includes items routinely approved by the board with a single motion which includes minutes destruction of closed session recordings edour requests employment matters disposal of obsolete Capital Equipment bills payable and financial reports these items have gone through board committee review and recommendation and documentation concerning these items has been provided to board members as well as the public in advance to assure a thorough review items can be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member I believe we do have one that will be removed do we do
026that now yeah uh yeah I noticed a mistake in uh the close session minutes for July 8th um I've pointed that out and that'll be amended put into the board docs and we'll um accept those in the next general meeting yes so that's a date change there was just an error in the date um so we will present the um consent vote agenda as amended um and then we will move on to uh items for Action we have four um which we discussed earlier in committee the 2024 Ed R membership um our annual resolution to regulate uh expense reimbursements for board members uh the fiscal year 25 rental labor charge rates as well as the Vernon Hills High School stadium naming rights um and then for discussion we will discuss our board policy updates first
027reading for a set um for a regular review uh for information uh we will have a superintendence report as well um do we have an ISB no ISB report tonight any seedall none tonight uh then we will uh briefly review future agenda items we will convene an executive session tonight um the during close session we're going to conduct interviews for the interim superintendent role these candidates that we're interviewing tonight are finalists that were selected by Don carmichel Cara jumy and sonal karney who worked in pairs to interview a of candidates last week the interviews tonight will take about 3 hours plus time for discussion when we come out of closed session we may take action to confirm our selection uh so as you'll see when we move to reconvene an open session we have a
028possible employment action and then we will move to adjourn so uh moving back up to items for communication um we can review the foyer requests the foyer requests are in the report and there were two foyer requests since last month's report great any questions about the for requests pause for questions okay um seeing none I will turn it back over to uh Bryant for the good news we have a short good news report as as it is the summer but we have four LHS students that have been selected to perform in the 2025 Allstate theater production of the prom and they are um are an orchestra AE gelot um Eva Thomas in Orchestra and anakah Brody in Orchestra and cast member Rosalyn Wagner the show will be performed January 9th and 11th of 2025 at
029the University of Illinois during the 49th annual Illinois High School school theater Festival so congratulations to those students and that's the good news okay great um so for the Kent vot agenda uh we are looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda with the July 8th clo session minutes removed car Michael so moved thank you Batson second thank you any discussion seeing none roll call please Benjamin hi our Michael hi Hessel hi hi Co Carney hi bson hi okay motion passes we will move on to items for Action uh first uh we will turn it over to Don Carle for items that came out of P&P very good uh item a is the 20242 Ed R membership uh that we briefly reviewed in Committee just prior to this meeting um it is my pleasure
030to move to approve the Ed rad membership dues in the amount of $5,350 Batson second momentary pause any discussion very good roll call hi Michael hi hustle hi cotwall hi karney hi Batson hi Ben j i motion passes okay we will move on to the resolution to regulate expense reimbursements for board policies 2225 board member compensation expenses and uh policy 560 expenses so uh board policy 2125 is um board member compensation expenses and it outlines um the regulation of the expenses when board um for the board members and each year we also um have a resolution that you vote on to regulate the expense reimbursements and that is presented um in exhibit three um and so last year we you voted on and approved this resolution and then this resolution will be voted on and
031then it'll replace the um resolution from last year Don carmichel can I have a motion to approve the resolution to regulate expense reimbursements for board policies 2 col 125 board member compensation and expenses uh policy 5 col 60 so moved Benjamin second is there any further discussion all right Carol roll call H so I cwall hi Co Carney hi Batson hi Benjamin hi carmichel hi and I will turn it over to Dr Batson oh excuse me motion passes yeah I turn it over to Dr bats okay thank you uh a couple items here coming out of the uh facilities and finance the first one is the fy2 uh rental labor charge rates these are the rates that we charge folks that want to rent some of our facilities and uh that which require some staff
032to be on hand to whether it's supporting technology or custodial Services whatever that might be so these are the rates that we charge them so they are adjusted each year as those uh individuals salaries go up um can we have a a motion on this one I move Carmichael I move to approve the FY 25 rental labor charge rates as presented goal second okay any questions or comments this was uh discussed also at the committee meeting earlier so uh can we have a roll call please Carol C wall hi Co Carney hi Batson hi Benjamin hi carmichel hi hle hi okay motion passes uh the second item uh coming out of fnf is the uh Vernon Hills High School stadium naming rights uh uh continuing our uh history of uh having Rustoleum uh compensat us
033for the naming rights of that this started when the stadium was built actually first open so uh it's a long time uh partnership with them so can we have a a motion for this one what moved karney second uh any discussion do we need to actually say the motion do you mind motion for first motion kotal motion to approve the agreement with rium for the naming rights of the vhhs stadium in the amount of 20,000 for 4 years yeah Co gney second okay any further questions or comments I actually intend to ask this back in committee and I missed my little note um do we need to make an adjustment to the date the starting date it says officially name the Community High School District 128 athletic Stadium Field of vernin Hills High School rustolium
034field for a four-year period starting July 1st 2024 but we're past that so is it is it something we need to adjust in the agreement Dan Stanley I don't think so the idea is just to encapsulate the F the full four years just to keep it a clean four years so and the name has already been on there right since it's the fiscal year yeah okay thank you okay any other questions comments again this was discussed earlier in the committee can we have a roll call please Carol po Carney hi Batson hi Benjamin hi car Michael hi hell hi catwall I uh motion passes that concludes the uh facilities and finance portion of action items thank you um moving on to number five for discussion a board policies update first reading um we discussed this
035in committee and I'll ask Bryant Kelly to take us through these uh the overview of these updates please yeah so these um updates short uh Updates this time um most of these are due to a fiveyear review from um press plus um and so we're presenting those to you um legal references um and then some other style updates but very short updates and this is our first reading and then we will bring them back and our second reading August 12 and then final approval on August 26 at the board meeting Lisa Hessel thank you uh moving on to items for information um the superintendent report will be filled in by uh Mr Kelly and I believe Dr K correct okay we have we do have a presentation um Brian Kelly we did want to give
036um the board and the community an update on the start of the 2425 uh school year so the work that our district leadership team um has done and will continue to do is rooted in our board policy and board policy 130 on school Phil uh philosophy that an active partnership with parents and Community to provide a rigorous and effective educational opportunities for all of our students to achieve their full of potential and a commitment to developing and implementing a Visionary Innovative curriculum a knowledgeable and dedicated staff and a a sound fiscal and management practices the board policy then drives our mission statement to develop uh graduates that are daring and most of you are familiar with our mission statement from there um to help develop those graduates the board in the district has committed itself
037to a strategic plan in the areas of health and well-being equity and inclusion and explore multiple paths so keeping that in mind our board policy the mission statement and the Strategic plan this leadership team our district and building leadership team is committed to the success of our community students and our staff at the um July 8th board meeting the Board of Education stated that the next steps in the superintendent leadership position regards to naming an interim superintendent for the 20 24 25 school year the board also stated that they would rely on us the current District administrators for any ad uh adjustments for the upcoming school year so I would like to acknowledge the work of our leadership team that includes the district leadership team our building leadership team this team learned of this leadership
038change and the request for recommendations from the board at the same time as the community on July 8th the team has stepped up and worked together to ensure that the start of the 2425 school year will be a successful one for our community our students and our staff the leadership team also includes a few new faces from principal at Libertyville High School associate principal at Libertyville assistant principal for student services at Libertyville and our director of student services but truly um with our new faces and our veterans it's a great team pause for slide so with the upcoming changes at the superintendent position and the tumultuous times over the past few months we believe that we need to focus on three things throughout the school year which are tiing in back into our board policy
039our mission statement and our strategic plan those three things are belief belief in the ability of students and staff to achieve Excellence belonging every member of our school Community feels welcome supported and valued and then strong positive relationships between all members of our school Community pause for slide as I previously mentioned the Board of Education would look look to us the current District administrators for any adjustments for the upcoming school year so we have listed those items eight items that the district and the building leadership teams reviewed in preparation for the upcoming school year we want to ensure that systems are in place for everyone to be successible and if we need a pivot that we can do that those items that we looked at opening week schedule for uh August 8th and 9th when
040our staff comes back the accelerated placement act equal opportunity schools or EOS surveys for the 2425 school year multi-tier system of supports or mtss grading and assessment heterogeneous classes and then again our strategic plan again all of this work that is listed is tied back into our mission statement and our strategic plan however we've kind of been working in silos and this is not ideal our ultimate goal though as a team is to bring all of that those silos and back together so if you can picture back to our district mission statement it's depicted as a Circle and the Strategic plan is wo interwoven together so in order to have everything work better together we're looking for the pieces of this plan to flow Better Together there are also staff students and community that are
041invested in that work that we are doing and we value their opinion so this again goes back to our Focus for the year belief belonging and strong positive relationships so we uh Dr clenis and I would like to review those items listed and then any adjustments for the upcoming school year so first as we start the new school year the opening week with staff is as important is important as we all need to work to cre together to create that culture of belonging with an interim superintendent in place the d128 staff will look towards their principal their building leadership teams their Department chairs and their teacher leaders for guidance and strength in the upcoming year as such we want to start the school year with our staff creating that sense of community in their buildings
042and departments first on Thursday August 8th and then we can work together as a whole from there so the start of the school year information to our staff uh and schedule was was shared with everyone last week and so they should have the schedule for the beginning of uh opening week pause for slide Dr Tom kentes um moving to the accelerated placement act there 's two important things about APA which I know you're aware of but just as a quick reminder first APA is a state law and will'll continue to be part of our District's course selection process moving forward that being said remember that APA is only one part of our course selection process and there's many additional steps and pieces of uh information that make up the entire process so we will be
043working to review the implementation of AP PA to identify ways we may wish to adjust this moving forward in the future um we want to look at those procedures while making sure we're still remaining compliant with the law um but seeking to create adjustments to our interpretations to make it easier and more clear for students and staff and parents in addition we know that there were concerns raised by members of our community about the district 128 course SEL ction process that extend beyond APA and focused on our communication with families um and some of the tools provided to help students and parents make informed decisions so we will be reviewing our entire course selection process to determine ways that it may be enhanced um for students and families to have um clear information and effective
044Tools in helping them make informed decisions about course selections and course placements for next year um in regards to the course placements from this year uh as we've discussed several times we've worked this summer and we'll continue to work to build out the academic supports that we are putting in place in the mash and the arc as well as developing our new lab programs and um we are also committed to making sure that the community understands that um we are uh ready to support our students and if students need to make a change to their classes we will have space available for those changes to occur we've already added extra sections as you know in science and English and we'll continue to monitor that and keep the board informed of any areas where we may
045see um need for additional uh resources to support either the academics of students in their current classes or to make space available for kids who need to move downwards pause for slide um when it comes to equal opportunity schools we entered into a 2-year partnership with EOS um in 2023 um to help us develop procedures for addressing aspects of our district 128 racial equity and inclusion policy specifically um the commitment three excuse me which is to Monitor and report on access to participation in and success in upper level and AP courses and on over representation in special education so we um were layering some of those procedures and some of those processes on top of the already full plates of our staff members and that made it feel uh like significant challenges and it did
046not meet our staff needs so this year um in we've been working with the OS and we are um continuing to partner with them but we will shift their partnership into a much smaller consultative role where they will work really just with District leadership and U members of our Equity leadership team uh to be in a consultative role around some of the actions we're we're planning to take to continue to support all students achievement um but they will not be in positions of leading staff workshops or staff meetings um and adding work kind of to our staff um who is already managing other things Brian Kelly another area that we identified was surveys and so leading into this school year we are going to reduce the total number of student and staff surveys for 2425
047this timeline of the surveys that we gave in the past will be very similar um though again that's B based upon the needs of our students and part of our District's mtss and our strategic plan goals one of the surveys The Continuous Improvement survey will be paused this year to evaluate that data it's very extensive data and then the future for the uh future need for that survey in conjunction with the five essential surveys that we give we're also evaluating the use of the EOS survey again as Tom mentioned this is tied back into our shift in our partnership with EOS the other um thing that we have heard um is the sharing of results so one of the priorities of our data team is um they are going to prioritize the sharing of the
048results and the responsive actions to that data Dr Tom kentes um our mtss work has um been um moving forward at Full Steam this summer we've had an excellent summer of meetings and of um Logistics buildout and we've had significant collaboration and coordination from uh many different members of our uh system and um we are entering the year uh we believe with much greater coordination and efficiency to the outstanding efforts that our building staff makes every day to support student academic andal needs um what staff will see this year is a much better defined system of um um not only reporting of student needs but um when we're addressing student needs and the data collection around um the quality and the effectiveness of our interventions we will be developing methods to help provide some increased
049education and communication about our District mtss not just for our internal staff but for our community and our students as a whole and this year our some of our um pieces of our system are new and as we're developing those intensive support is going to be placed on looking at our ninth grade College Prep courses and our academic resources for our diagonal movers so that'll be the Intensive focus of some of our new mtss systems as we continue to build that um to eventually be a full Focus Focus throughout our system of of student classes pause for slide um with grading and assessment so we've had our grading and assessment committee working for the past two years to review our practices and to work towards greater alignment and consistency in grading practices across the district's
050classrooms um as you'll recall in May the superintendent issued an email providing options for course teams to pause aspects of the implementation of our grading and assist assessment plan um some course teams did choose to take advantage of that um but we believe however that opportunities to pause additional aspects of the grading and assessment implementation plan may exist and we will work collaboratively with our building leadership and staff to determine these areas and communicate them uh when staff returned to the school so a lot of the aspects of that grading and assessment implementation a lot of people have done a lot of work to realign their systems their grading plans their course syllabi um so we want to respect that work and we want to support that work moving forward and we know that there
051were some areas that staff were confused about the communication or felt that some of the staff development that they needed was not um sufficient so we're trying to um make sure that we can pause in some of those areas um to allow the basis of the work to move forward while giving staff the opportunity to pull back from some of the things that they felt uncertain about in that pause for slide um finally uh for me sorry is um heterogeneous classes so the curriculum Consulting we did this past year with Tony Frontier that will not continue into the 24 25 school year um that served us as getting a model in place for how to um do our curriculum realignments but we can do that work internally with our own teams moving forward our freshman
052heterogeneous courses or freshman college prep classes are set and ready for full implementation um this fall and we will be using this year to really focus on um how our students are performing what needs our teachers in those courses have um we will be U making sure that we are um meeting with those staff members to be able to respond to emerging needs um quickly that they may have we will also recommend adjustments that may be necessary to our heterogeneous implementation timeline um as we work and we learn about how the success we're having with our freshmen um that will help us shape our timeline for further implementation across the curriculum I also just want to remind the board that as part of our heterogeneous classes and our curriculum realignment there is no intent to
053eliminate honors or AP classes um that is not connected to this work it's really alignment at the college prep level that is our focus at this point Brian Kelly and the in the final item that we identified was the Strategic plan again as previously stated our work is tied into the district 128 Mission and the Strategic plan we're fully committed to this plan and we value the work of our staff there therefore our strategic plan committees will reassess their action plans um to be Ure to ensure that these plans align with any other shifts that may be occurring now so those groups will get back in the fall and then look at any shifts that we can make um we couldn't make that decision at all right now um you know as we um look
054forward we will continue to update at our next August um committee meeting momentary pause Lisa hessle okay thank you son Al carne I just had one comment and one question maybe um comment thank you for keeping an open mind in revisiting some of these I sincerely appreciate that I know it's ton of work we just see a few slides here but I know there's a lot of work that goes behind that so thank you to all of you and only one thing I would add is as you look towards future presentations I'd be interested in what kind of metrics you're collecting for like the effectiveness of mtss as an example um so that that be nice to have is what metrics you intend to collect and what actions you'll take as a result of data
055you see absolutely that is firmly in place for our planning especially with the new initiatives that we are moving forward um how we would communicate success Andor frustrations or failures or setbacks with those and what metrics would be Val Val for you as a board to see and for us to use for further implementation momentary pause Lisa Hessel any other questions before we move on pause for questions okay thank you Dr K thank you Bryant um moving on uh we do not have an ISB report or a seedall report we have our future agenda items as listed um any questions or comments about the future agenda items pause for questions Lisa Hessel okay um as I said we're going to move to convene and close session we will be in close session for uh three
056hours for interview as well as board discussion when we come out we may have action to take um we will be um convening in close session to discuss employment of employees under Illinois school code 5120 2c1 um may we have a motion please Carmichael move to convening close session thank you second please Benjamin second thank you um roll call please Batson hi Benjamin hi carmichel hi hle hi cotwall hi Co Carney I thank you motion passes we are uh convening in close session now thank you text on the screen says the board is in closed session Fade Into board memb seated at a table he I have a motion and a second to return to open session please car Michael move to return to open session Co Carney second thank you voice vote all in
057favor say I I I any opposed okay hold on pause for note taking we're going to wait for the system to catch up pause for note taking for the next 30 seconds here Michael Lisa Hessel okay um momentary pause we went there okay ready for me yes I move that the board employee Ray lechner oh Carmichael I move at the board employee Ray lechner and Rebecca Nelson as interim superintendents for the 2425 school year effective tomorrow July 23rd 2024 Batson second thank you roll call please Benjamin I har Michel I hessle I catwall I co Carney I Batson hi thank you motion passes uh we look forward to working with DRS lechner and Nelson and um at this time I'd like to ask for a motion in second to adjourn the board meeting Benjamin so
058moved BS in second thank you voice vote all in favor I I any opposed we are adjourned thank you everyone Fade to Black end of meeting