001I hereby call to order this regular meeting of the board of education for Wilmet Public Schools District 39 this Monday, April 27th, 2026. Will the clerk please call the role? >> Annard here. >> Judy Berlin here. >> Erin Stone >> here. Christine Dcastro >> here. >> Alison Palfas >> here. >> Amy Paling >> here. Katy Hilton >> here. >> Thank you. I'd now like to welcome Principal Jackie Brennan, who is here to introduce a group of Harper students to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Good evening board. My name is Jackie Brennan and I am here with some incredible first grade Harper students. First graders at Harper School get to participate in an extreme weather project which is very timely given this evening. This project is so fun because students do research in library
002class that they then bring to their writing class and they write scripts for their weather forecast. They take those scripts and bring them to technology where they film them in front of a green screen. My first graders are going to share a little bit about their the favorite part of that project and they brought those projects for you to see this evening. Hi, my name is meteorologist Van. My favorite part of the extreme weather report was when we did research in library because my mom was there. >> Hi, my name is meteorologist Finley Lala and my favorite part of the extreme weather project was I was with my friends. It was fun learning bad and I got to wear my cute sunglasses. Hi, my name is meteorologist Juliet Hilton and my favorite part of the
003extreme weather project was filming it and being in front of the green screen. I brought sunglasses and a fan. >> Hi, my name is meteorologist Robbie. My favorite part of the extreme weather report was being in front of the green screen. >> Hi, my name is meteorologist Ella and my favorite part of the extreme weather project was being in front of the green screen because it was fun to have props. Hi, my name is meteorologist Wesley Dailyaly and my favorite part of the extreme weather project was filming it and reading the scripts. Hi, my name is meteorologist Alolo and my favorite part of the extreme weather project was filming my part of the script in front of the green screen and writing my part of the script. Hi, my name is meteorologist Chloe. My and
004my favorite part of the extreme weather project was filming in front of the green screen. Please enjoy our extreme weather report videos. >> Hi, I'm Chloe. Hi, I'm Wesley. >> Hi, I'm Ollie. >> Hi, I'm El. >> Thunderstorms are storms that happen when cool air in warm air meet. They have thunder and lightning. >> Did you know that thunderstorms can cause hail to fall and start floods? >> Be careful. Thunderstorms can be dangerous because they can blow down trees and cause tornadoes. >> Don't worry. You can stay safe from thunderstorms by staying inside. and not going in the shower and bathtub. >> Thank you for listening to our extreme weather report. Back to you, Harvard School News. >> Hi, I'm Van. >> Hi, I'm Robbie. >> Hi, I'm Julia. >> Hi, I'm >> Ds are
005a type of dry weather that lasts many months. Did you know that California has a high risk of droughts. >> Be careful. Droughts can be dangerous because they create flash and a lack of clean water. Don't worry, you can stay safe from droughts by watching weather updates, planting trees, and lots of shrubs. >> Thank you for listening to our extreme weather. Back to you for school news. >> Now, please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of 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. >> Well, thank you guys so much for being here this evening. You are such a talented group of meteorologists. We loved seeing your work and it is especially
006hard work in Chicagoland, right? Because there's so much wacky weather. So, you just never know. But thank you very much for being here. And I'm going to meet you at this door here. I have a small gift to thank you for your time this evening and your hard work. So, I'll see you over there. And then you can go meet your parents in the lobby. All right, that was fun. Okay. Um, I'll now turn your attention to the artwork behind me. Ramona artists have been hard at work this year in the art studio. The first grade artwork on display includes landscapes inspired by Vincent Van Go's beloved painting, The Starry Night, and collage self-portraits featuring a background representing a favorite place. The second grade art includes multimedia collages of fishbowls inspired by the work of
007Henry Matis and prints of city skylines. The third grade art showcases painted self-portraits with visual details representing identity as well as abstract designs which explore the qualities of real and visual texture. And then the fourth grade art on display is composed of largecale self-portraits which evoke line drawn portraits by Matis and Pablo Picasso and radial prints based on the radial symmetry found in intricate rose windows and Islamic mosaic patterns. Pretty impressive. Wonderful work. I now seek a motion to approve the minutes of the March 23rd, 2026 Board of Education regular and executive session meetings. >> I move to approve the minutes of the March 23rd, 2026 Board of Education regular and executive session meetings. >> May I have a second? Second. The motion has been made and seconded. Board members, are there any comments, errors,
008or omissions to the minutes? Okay. All those in favor of approving the minutes as submitted, please indicate by saying yay. >> Yay. >> Motion carries. This is now an opportunity for the public to address the board on any topic. Are there any audience members that would like to speak at this time? Um, great. And before you begin to address the board, I must remind guests to state your name, your community of residents, and by board directive, you are allowed three minutes to address the board. And there is a time later in our agenda where you may have an additional minute as well. And I will just remind everyone as members of our community, you are among fellow community members and friends. As such, respectful and civil discourse is expected. Please note, the board uses this
009time to listen to questions and concerns, but will not respond immediately to individual requests and cannot take formal action on non-aggenda items. Please include any specific request for action or response and appropriate information or followup if applicable. And as a reminder, criticism of specific individuals is out of order and violates board policy 2230. All right, please proceed. Hello, my name is Valerie Gabuzzi. I actually live in district 39 and I'm an employee of the Cook County School District 39. Also, I would like to make this statement before this board to clarify any purported misunderstanding. I am presently off of work by my doctor's orders for a work injury that occurred at Wilmet Junior High on May 27th, 2025. I am awaiting approval for this surgery on my back from workers compensation. Regardless, I can't take
010the pain anymore and I have tenatively scheduled through my own insurance surgery on June 9th. It could possibly be sooner depending on the doctor's schedule. I filed a workman's compensation case immediately after the injury and my attorney, who I've had since May 27th, 2025, has provided all records, including the offwork slip. I have also notified my supervisor of my work injury and provided the current offworker doctor's orders relating to this work injury since May 28th of 2025. Everything has been sent in. Um, I want to make my position clear tonight to the board because it's been brought to my attention about job abandonment. I have not abandoned my job. I never resigned my position and I have no intention of quitting. Thank you for allowing me to appear before the board to state my position
011again. Valerie Gabuzzi, >> thank you. Good evening. My name is Cindy like and I am the office clerk at Wat Junior High School. Tonight I'd like to bring your attention to the topic of compensation and as it relates to the positions of support staff across district 39. The D39 Board of Education is entering into contract negotiations with our union. I respectfully request that you consider that some positions in D39 receive bonuses that are higher than some of our support staff's annual salaries. I have worked at WT Junior High for nine years. My annual income is under $32,000. And I am not alone. These numbers can be difficult to reconcile and can leave staff feeling undervalued. We simply must be better compensated. As you know, the cost of everyday essentials like groceries, utilities, and health related
012items continue to rise. We need our wages to increase to more than any one bonus given. It's not a question of what does this position do, how many hours do they work, or how vital they are to the school. It's a question of respect, of basic living expenses, a recognition that we play an important role and that we matter. I know that there are challenges in creating our budget. And I ask that this will be the year where the board can recognize the value of our workers and prioritize bringing our wages up to par. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Hi. Good evening. Am I close enough? My name is Elizabeth Candido. I am finishing my fourth year here in the district. I am a kindergarten pair professional at McKenzie Elementary. It is truly a
013job I love. It means the world to me. I am also a resident of Wilmet, a 16-year resident here in Wilt. So, I'm well aware of how much each tax dollar goes back to District 39. Those are taxes that I'm proud to pay because this district has given me and my children so much. With that, our support staff were invited this year by administration during a professional development day to sit down to collaborate. Something I know that we all appreciated. They asked us for feedback, questions, concerns, how we could all work together. During this professional development day, we were told that the support staff is the foundation of the work that is done in district 39. And I wholeheartedly agree with that. We are the foundation that works here in district 39. And as we
014know, without a good foundation, things fall apart, things break. Last year in my role, I made $29,000. In a role where I spend the most amount of time of any staff member with the children, the only time that they are away from me is during the one 30 minute unpaid lunch I get every day. That is the only time I am not with the children. There's a crack in the foundation. During these negotiations, I ask administration to reinvest to put more money back into their foundation. It is necessary. I ask the administration to reinvest in their support staff, their foundation. It's time for District 39 administrators to fix the crack and to pay their support staff a liveable wage. Thank you. Thank you. There anyone else who would like to speak this evening? Okay, then
015we are going to move on to board reports starting with committee reports. Uh, it appears facility development. No updates this evening, Mrs. Diccastro. Right. >> All right. Then we will move to school finance. Mrs. Bailey. >> Yes. Uh, D39 and Wixie just finished a three-year contract for our audit services with Baker Tilly. The board at our committee of the whole was presented with a one-year renewal for audit services for by Baker Tilly. The D39 renewal came in at 8.85% for the fiscal year 2026 audit and it was recommended to proceed with the one-year contract with Baker Tilly. If renewed for this uh upcoming audit, it would be Baker Till's seventh year in a row providing audit services to D39 and Wixie. >> Right. That's it. Thank you very much. And we'll move to strategy committee.
016Miss Tone. >> Yes. The strategy committee met on April 13th as part of the committee of the whole. At that time, Dr. Koscoli provided a brief update regarding the district's new strategic planning efforts. All focus groups have been conducted with the information gathered having been analyzed and coalesed into major themes to help the district identify future opportunities and needs and will become the primary drivers of the new 5-year strategic plan. To further refine the district's understanding of these themes and opportunities, the district has recently released a short survey to staff, families, and community members. The results of the survey will help the strategic planning teams to further refine what was shared during the extensive focus group period begin to prioritize opportunities and goals and gather any additional perspectives and feedback that stakeholders may want to
017share. The district remains on track to present the final strategic plan for approval by the board at the June board meeting. The board discussed the survey and encouraged everyone to complete it in the next 10 days and that was at the time of the committee of the whole. >> That's it. Thank you. Right. Thank you. Um All right. We are now moving on to liaison reports starting with community review committee. Mrs. Berlin. Right. I attended the uh CRC meeting on Tuesday, April 14th. On behalf of the board, I thank them for all of the hard work that they do and have done for decades in terms of doing research for uh necessary or valuable insight into making decision- making in the district. They plan to present their report for this year's study before the end
018of the school year and they are currently looking for um we're looking at topics for next year. And in fact at the meeting they suggested that if anyone uh has a topic of interest they would be they would want to hear it so we can I'm just sharing that with you. >> Great. Thank you very much. Look forward to hearing their report. I think we looked tonight and they'll be at the um May um board meeting. So look forward to that. And I attended the D39 Educational Foundation meeting on April 13th. and the meeting took place just a couple of days after another successful trivia night. So, it was very um fun to hear the recap and the success of that evening. I'm not sure if anyone has had the opportunity to see some of
019the pictures, but they were um pretty impressive. A lot of effort and creativity and a very successful event. Um, so many of their events have been the bingo night, the paddle night, I think they did a pickle night, and of course trivia. And it's um, been so meaningful in terms of the money raised for the grants, but also just a great way to build on community connections. So, such important work that they continue to do. Um, they also talked about the proposed slate for next year that was discussed and is well underway. And then their next meeting, the timing will be 6:00 p.m. instead of 700 p.m. on May 11th um to accommodate a coral concert. At this time, we do not have a board member signed up. So, if anyone can make that, please
020just let me know. And we will now move to intergovernmental cooperation working group. Uh Miss Stone, >> yes, there um was originally supposed to be a meeting on April 9th. However, that got rescheduled for May 20th, which is the same night as the reflections celebration in district 39. So, Dr. Kremcoli and I will be at that instead of the intergovernmental cooperation working group meeting that night. Okay. and Illinois Association of School Boards. Mrs. Berlin. >> Yeah. Um, IASB is calling for resolutions to be presented to the annual delegate assembly. Successful resolutions become the position statements for ISBE and ISASB and guide the association's advocacy efforts. And although I haven't heard of any resolutions that D39 would want to put forward, I'm just sharing that the deadline to submit the resolution for consideration is June 24th.
021If you had one, June 24th. >> Thank you. All right, that's it for liaison reports. We will move on to a legislative update. Also, Mrs. PL, >> thank you. So, tonight I have two bills to report on. The first one is just informational Senate Bill 3669 which deals with multi-tered systems of support MTSS. Um this bill passed out of committee and is expected to be voted on during this legislative session. Um Dr. Kiscoli can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm quite sure that we already use an MTSS approach in D34. Um we will of course want to review the final language to make sure we are in compliance. The second bill I want to highlight is Senate Bill 2915 regarding notices to remedy. School boards issue a notice to remedy to address serious employee
022misconduct. And this bill, if passed, would shift the decision to issue a notice of remedy away from locally elected schoolboard members and to an outside arbitrator. IASB has identified several concerns and is asking that members reach out to their state representative to urge them to vote no. Specifically, they are concerned that a notice to remedy is an early accountability tool that allows districts to address inappropriate conduct promptly. Adding arbitration delays action and creates barriers when safety concerns arise, student safety concerns arrive. Early intervention may pre prevent escalation into more serious misconduct. Local school boards need the ability to act quickly to protect students and some b behaviors such as boundary violations can be serious warning signs that require immediate correction or monitoring. Um again this bill has passed out of the Senate out of the
023Senate and is expected to be voted on this sess this session and ISBS is asking each of us to contact our state representatives about this bill. >> Thank you very much. We're now moving on to information items. Our first of which is written communication. Dr. Kremcoli. >> Thank you. The board under written communication has received written communication from Sharon and Joel Greenberg regarding increased car congestion at Ramona from Susan Son uh voicing concerns regarding evaluation and Elena Resnik on behalf of a few parents regarding single subject acceleration and I can move forward with the administrative announcements. Great. Right. Very good. um tentative last day of school will be June 5th. Based on careful review of the school calendar and emergency days, we are able to establish the final day of school as Friday, June 5th,
024provided no additional emergency days are used between now and June 5th. Uh Wilmet Junior High School will host their graduation ceremony this year at New Trier High School on the evening of Thursday, June 4th. Um, aligned with the end of the school year, we host our annual reflection ceremony and that will be on May 20th at Michigan Shores. This annual tradition honors our district retirees and celebrates our employees who have reached career milestones within the district. This is always such a wonderful event and we hope that our teachers, staff, and administrators will join us in recognizing their colleagues along with members of our board of education. Um we also have a special new recognition opportunity coming up for our students. Uh board member members will remember that uh occasionally we invite our students here to
025be recognized at the board meeting and our student lists have grown and grown so much so that we thought an event uh specially designed for them might be appropriate. So this year we're trying something new. Before the May board meeting, we will host a special student recognition event. um primarily for our High Crest and Wilmet Junior High School students for their accomplishments in some of our extracurricular activities including um Latin science olympiad, athletics, math olympiad, oak honor choir, and more. So, the event will be held held on May 18th right before the board meeting. Uh it will begin at 5:30 p.m. I think um I might have heard that our jazz band will be performing as we're entering um the facility. and um invitations will be sent to parents and students in the near future.
026We're really excited about this opportunity. There's a lot of work going into plan this event. So, we hope that um everyone will be able to join us in recognizing not only our students but the sponsors for those many activities that uh earned state level or even higher sometimes recognition. Um, also later on today's agenda, you'll see the board of education meeting calendar for the upcoming school year. Um, it has been uh proposed and is recommended for approval within today's consent agenda. The board is maintaining their regular Monday evening schedule with a few meetings adjusted for holidays and for breaks. So note those, but um we're glad to be able to get that schedule established um at this time this year. I'll also share that um our district recently went through a compliance audit and I've
027shared the results with the board but wanted to take a moment to celebrate that with our community as well. District 39 recently participated in what is a trienal audit from the North Cook Intermediate Service Center. This audit is a comprehensive review of board policy as well as all aspects of requirements associated with each department. The audit focuses on legislative requirements as well as any requirements set forth in school code. Um there's many people who might not realize that uh we have to go through this audit review with uh some regularity. So the compliance auditors um also conducted a deep dive into our personnel records maintenance, our student records maintenance, curriculum and instruction records, buildings, grounds and business processes and student services as well. They also toured our buildings. I was really proud to show off
028some of the the spaces and unique features of our buildings to the auditors. Uh and needless to say, it was an intensive process that included probably about four months of preparation of documents and evidence leading up to it. We wished we had had even more time. Uh but the tool didn't open until uh sometime there around. Um and then once all evidence was submitted within their system, they took days to review that. They came on site for a couple of days to view our in-house documents and then conducted the facility tours as well. So, it's a ton of work for our central office team and we are always very happy and also proud when it is done. Uh, this year I'm proud to share that we met and exceeded all requirements. After the thorough review,
029our team uh the team from NCISC found Wilmet District 39 to be in full compliance on all issues and they also issued um a letter with several commendations to our team. They noted special appreciation of how well prepared everyone was for the visit. Um and I've provided a copy of that letter to the board for your review. So just really proud of the work that we're doing here. There's a lot that goes into that. So, uh, grateful for the team's, uh, preparation and and for North Cook coming in to review everything. >> And we all did re receive and read that letter and, um, so impressed with everything that they took the time to commend, um, about district 39. And I know it's so much work that went into it and they, um, recognized and
030appreciated that as well. So, thank you very much. Um, in uh other news, our insurance cooperative, we have an update from a recent meeting that the insurance cooperative held. District 39 has been part of an insurance cooperative since 2017. As a member of this cooperative, we are able to pull employee groups together across six organizations to offer uh competitive insurance plans to our employees. Like many businesses and organizations, uh the cooperative is experiencing some pretty significant premium increases for the plan year beginning 91 of 2026. We expect that our PO plan will realize approximately a 14.5% increase uh with moderate changes to the existing plan. The HMO plans will have a 15.8% premium increase in the new plan year. Um, we are continuing to monitor that and work with the cooperative, but those are some
031pretty significant increases for us to budget and consider. Uh, just and those are estimates. Thank you, Dr. Kaki. Those are estimates at this point. Um, we are monitoring a few changes and adjustments that are are occurring, but we did want to bring forward that news to the board. District 39 along with the insurance cooperative continues to explore options to mitigate some of these increases. Um but those estimates um we expect to to be in the ballpark of what we'll be experiencing. We certainly want to continue to ensure that our all of our employees have access to the health insurance benefits that they have uh come to enjoy and expect. Under Freedom of Information Act, the district received FOYAS from CT Mills requesting existing names, titles, and work email addresses for employees responsible for overseeing curriculum
032and instruction, teaching and learning, career and teched and STEM, English language learner, tech and information, technology and computer science, library media services, and core academic subjects including ELA, math, science, and social studies. And from Nathan Louu and Susan Son, uh, requesting all records and emails district 39 staff has sent regarding the evaluation process. That concludes my reports to board. Happy to answer any questions. >> Any questions, board members. Okay. And we'll move on with annual business. >> Up first, we have our 2026 consolidated district plan. and Kelly Jackson will uh give a brief overview of this. >> Thank you. The consolidated district plan or CDP is a streamline planning tool developed by the uh Illinois State Board of Education to help school districts manage federal grant applications. Uh the plan serves as the programmatic portion
033of the grant application process. So we go through this first um to ensure the district meets the legal requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act. uh and so instead of requiring us to submit separate plans for the title grants and idea uh the CDP allows us to answer a single set of questions to cover multiple funding sources. Uh our district departments of uh curriculum and instruction student services and along with the business office submit the CDP yearly for approval from the board and then it goes to the ISB for approval thereby initiating the grant application process for the next fiscal year which is 2027. Yep. Thank you. Any questions on the consolidated district plan? >> Right. Then we will move on to audit services contract renewal. >> Thank you. And we reviewed this briefly with
034the board, but uh Corey Boltzer will give a a brief summary of this. >> All right. So the the board is will take one action item, but there's three separate contracts for the board uh to renew with them. One is for the district 39 financial statements. Then there's a separate um administrative procedures that they do related to our salaries that they sign off on and send it to our workers comp uh pool self. And then the other the the other financial statements is our uh Wilmet community specialed agreement and the recommendation is to uh renew that contract with bigger Tilly for one year. >> Great. Thank you Corey. Any questions, comments? Nope. All right. Um then we will move to first reading of board policy 830. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh we are suggesting revisions
035to this policy and those suggestions are made through collaboration with our union leadership as well as guidance from the board's attorney. Dr. Glowaki, would you like to give a brief summary of this? I think the element that I would highlight the most is that um this is now going to apply to um interactions through school communications as well. And so you'll notice there's a change in the title to reflect that, but then also some content as well. I'll add for some time now um this policy has has really governed the behavior um and communication collaboration that we expect of visitors to our school whether if they're physically visiting our school or collaborating via communication with our staff. Um and so while we've relied on this policy for um those expectations, um we hope that these
036revisions help to make it even more clear what our expectations are and um give us the opportunity to ensure that those expectations are approved. >> Thank you board members. Mrs. Pavas, >> um um this was reviewed by attorney legal and everybody. Okay. Um, I was wondering in in uh I guess that's section four or you know it's number four. Um, it says violate any Illinois law or town or county ordinance. Um, do we ever consider a violation of federal law in that as well or not? That would just be one that I might add. >> We can get clarification on that. >> Okay. I don't know if that's other other places in the policies or not. Maybe it's I don't >> Thank you. And you'll note that uh number four was actually not revised and
037so we'll ask the um the board's attorney about that clarification. Thanks for that. >> Um so right above that no person on school property that starting with that sentence. So the sentence right before the numbered items it says or through communications with anyone really anyone that I think that is clarification of with district staff so we might be able to clarify that further. Thank you. Excellent question. >> That was those were the main ones. I'll keep looking but someone else can do anyone else. Miss Stone, >> um I had a couple suggestions that I'll get to in a second, but I just want to say that um you know, I get that nobody cares about anything more than they care about their kids. So, passions can run high, but I have zero patience and tolerance
038for people mistreating staff. So, I'm glad we're adding some more heft to this policy. Um and a couple suggestions I have to give it even a little more teeth than it currently has that you can maybe run by the attorney or we see what we think. one is on page one of four, which is where we are. I think it's in this sentence right before um the one that Allison was just talking about. So, if we're the paragraph that begins, the school district expects mutual respect, civility, and orderly rewrite there. Um if you go down to the part that's underlined, it says, "And in communications with staff, including by email, telephone to etc." I wonder if we could exch uh change including to including but not limited to because right now there's a list of
039things and I can imagine a couple other ways that someone could be rude to staff that aren't listed there. So that would be one thing to expand that reach. And then the other one is on page three of four. There's the third heading that says procedures to deny future admission to school events. And it says any person who engages in conduct prohibited by this policy, whether through communications or in person, may be removed from school property or denied future admission to school property or have restrictions placed on their communications. Um, I'm wondering if we change both of those ors to and slashor. So, we aren't limited to doing just one. We could do both. or all of it. Okay, that's what I had. >> Thank you. Any other comments, questions? Okay, thank you. Well, while
040it's unfortunate that a policy like this needs revisions. Um I will say that um or the revisions are yeah needed at this point, ensuring um that our staff is always protected is the priority. So thank you for the work that has gone into this and again this is just first reading so we will see this again. All right we will move on to public comment. This is another opportunity for the audience to address the board. Are there any audience members that would like to speak at this time? Okay. Seeing none we will continue with our agenda. Moving to action items. Excuse me. The next order of business is the consent agenda. Are there any items that the board would like pulled from this evening's agenda? >> All right. Thank you, Mrs. Papless. Please proceed with
041the motions. Okay. I move to approve the personnel report dated April 27th, 2026. I move to approve the calendar dates of for the regular meetings of the board of education and to set the location of the regular meetings as the Michael Education Center 615 Locust Road Wilat Illinois 60091. I move to approve the 2027 consolidated district plan. I move to approve the fisc year 2026 year-end audit services from the financial auditing firm of Baker Tilly US LLP for the district 39 financial statements self school employees loss fund report and the Wilmet community special education agreement Wixie and the following amounts fiscal year 2026 district $3950,400 self $840 Wixie the $5,250 total $56,490. I move to approve as first reading of board of education policy 830 visitors to and conduct on school property. I move to
042approve to maintain as confidential the executive session minutes for the following dates. August 11th, 2025. August 25th, 2025. September 8th, 2025. September 15, 2025. October 20th, 2025. November 10th, 2025. November 17, 2025, December 8th, 2025, December 15, 2025, January 12th, 2026, and January 26, 2026. I move to dispose of executive session audio recordings pursuant to district policy 2 colon 22020 for November 8th 2021 November 15 2021 December 6th 2021 May 23rd 2022 October 2nd 2023 November 6th 2023 November 1323 January 22nd 2024, March 18th, 2024, April 15, 2024, and April 29th, 2024. I move to approve the accounts payable for bills listed between March 24th, 2026 and April 27th, 2026 in the following amounts. Educational Fund $422,595.74 O andM fund $16,42028 Transportation $219,45521 capital projects $8,4980 total all funds $828,96923 I move to approve Approve
043the manual checks issued between 20 uh March 24th, 2026 and April 27th, 2026 in the following amounts. Educational Fund1,167,31.3 O andM fund $240,194.35 debt services $950 transportation $135.54 capital project projects $78,396 total all funds 1,486,976 $6.92. >> Thank you. May I have a second? >> Second. >> The motion has been moved and seconded. Will the clerk please call the role? >> Sorry. >> Kristen Castro, >> yes. >> Alison Papless, >> yes. >> Amy Paling, >> yes. >> Aaron Stone, >> yes. >> Katie Hilton, >> yes. >> Judy Berlin, >> yes. >> Annne Hart, >> yes. The yays have it. Motion carries. We are now moving on to conference items. Old business. Is there any old business this evening? New business. Any new business? Okay. Anything for good and welfare? Mention two things. Um our students
044continue to do exceptionally well and I mentioned that in May we will be honoring some of them. Uh we recently received word um from our band teachers that our Wilmet Junior High Symphonic Band made history at the state contest. On Saturday, April 25th, the Wilmet Junior High Symphonic Band delivered an outstanding performance at the Illinois Grade School Music Association state organizational contest. And for the first time in program history, the ensemble earned perfect scores from all judges, receiving a superior distinction. in the highest possible rating. The performance was praised for its musicality, precision, and artistry, reflecting the dedication of the student m musicians and their director. So, we want to extend our congratulations to the symphonic band on this outstanding and historic achievement. And then also our math olympiad students. We are very proud to
045share the exciting results from our math olympiad participants this year. Our students did amazingly well. Uh since 1979, the Math Olympiads for elementary and middle schools has been providing challenging and thoughtprovoking mathematical problems designed to strengthen students mathematical skills. Participation in math Olympiads um are located in all 50 states, three US territories, and in 30 foreign countries. In all this year, we have 4,179 teams and approximately 70,000 participants in this um extra additional challenge opportunity. Students are earned awards rank among the best mathematicians on their grade level. Many students from Highest Middle School participated in math olympiads uh under the supervision and coaching of Laura Porak and Jess Radcliffe. We're really proud of our students and really grateful for their sponsors. I'll mention um just a few. Uh 39 of the math Olympians uh won
046awards for excellence for finishing among the top 40% within division E, which is our fourth through sixth grade. We had one student earn the prestigious Dr. George Lechner medallion awarded for achieving a perfect score of 25 out of 25. We had seven students score within the top 2% earning a gold pin. 11 scored within the top 3 to 10% earning a silver pin. Eight students scored within the top 11 to 20% earning the embroidered patch. Four scored within the top 25 earning an embroidered patch. And then nine additional students scored within the top 40% also earning that embroidered patch. Both High Crest Middle School sixth grade team and their fifth grade team were recognized with plaques and are included in the MOS honor role because both teams scored within the top 10% of all participating
047schools. Really proud of our students for taking on this extra challenge and grateful for our teachers who helped to support their success as well as the families who supported them as well. So, excellent um results from both of those competitions. Again, above and beyond the regular school day, our students are just doing some exceptional things. We're really proud of them. >> Thank you for sharing. Very impressive. And I agree, just a very um cool opportunity, a great learning opportunity for these kids to take their skills and present and be challenged at that level. So, very impressed. And if there is no other business this evening, we will adjourn to executive session. Okay. May I have a motion to adjourn to executive session to discuss specific personnel, specific education, individual student matters, and collective negotiations? >>
048I move to adjourn to executive session to discuss specific employees and personnel, individual students in special education and other students and collective negotiations. >> Thank you. May I have a second? >> Second. Motion carries. We are now adjourned to executive session and the time in >> Oh, all those in favor um please say yay. >> Yay. Motion carries and we are now motion having been made and seconded. Motion carries now. We've all said yay. Sorry about that. We are adjourned to executive session and the time is 7:50