001I hereby call to order the regular meeting for the board of education for wilmet Public Schools District 39 this Monday March 17 2025 will the clerk please call the role Aaron Stone here John C ready here Ann Hart here Bonnie Kim here Elson pfas Amy paling here Lisa Schneider faes here we are all extraordin arily excited that principales Cindy Anderson and Kate Dominique are here with the Ramona preschool leap students who will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance along with the help of some of our eighth grade math counts students good evening everybody we're so excited to be here I'm Mrs Anderson and I'm here with some of our youngest students in the district and one of our teachers Miss star and our leap coordinator Miss IPP and we're here because these are our
002youngest students this is where it all starts in District 39 these guys are absolutely darling and they start and they spend 11 or 12 years in District 39 and then well what happens we're gonna see what happens when we have amazing Educators taking care of our young teachers so can you guys follow Miss star and Mississippi through the District 39 time machine and let's see what happens to our preschoolers through their time in District 39 all right Olivia go ahead follow Mississippi so our preschoolers start at Ramona and at 3 and4 years old and then they take the journey learning from our incredible teachers and they eventually turn into incredible eighth graders who just succeeded at math cge that's right come on over eighth graders and that's how it works here in District 39 it's
003not quite so quick but it is that amazing so we're GNA have all of these eighth graders line up here facing you here can you guys face turn this way sorry we're gonna face Dr kisi that way there you go and then we're going to have our preschoolers come in too and I'm going to pass the mic to miss Dominique thank you for having us I know that we're being a little dramatic but for anyone who's a parent doesn't it seem like it goes that fast so I think that what Mrs Anderson and I were talking about which led us to the time machine is that this District provides our students with so many opportunities uh that our parents support and so everything from clubs and to uh our athletic programs to our academics all
004the way from prek to the junior high school it helps mold our students into the people they're becoming and so we're just thankful that our students have had all of these opportunities so we are going to have our students share with you what they want to be when they grow up and you want to start with our eighth graders okay my my name is renmar and when I grow up I want to be an engineer my name is Sophie and when I grow up I want to be an AI software engineer my name is ellot and when I grow up I want to be an automet my name is Eric and when I grow up I'd like to be an architect my my name is Albert and when I grow up I want to be
005a radiologist my name is Zuri and when I grow up I would like to pursue a career in the computer science field and a mailbox a m my name is Simon and and I want to to be a nurse when I go grow up I want to be a Army in the Army well my name is Emma and when I grow up I want to be a dentist I grow up I your name first my name is Olivia and I want to be um a a policeman and a doctor yes oh my name is star and when I grow up I want to be the superintendent please stand for the Pledge of [Laughter] Allegiance i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation
006under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all way to go you guys you are all so brave and I'm so glad you came out tonight to lead us in our pledge and to tell us what you want to be when you grow up and to go through that time machine that was so exciting and um so we're going to dismiss our preschoolers first so they can get home and probably to bed and then we're going to have more math counts recognition after that so if you want to meet me over here we have some presents for each one of you and then you can meet your parents out in the hallway you did such a great job and you are the best part of our meeting you really are you you I didn't know
007thank you Lo a phone all right so principal Kate Dominique is now going to help recognize our math counts competition students thank you for having us and recognizing our students uh Mrs Kelly Jackson the high Crest principal is going to join us as well to recognize students from high Crest uh and I invite uh president Stone and Dr kemis goolie up to help honor our students so for those of you who do not know uh our students in math counts first participate in The District tournament and in the districts this year our students did an excellent job and they ended up third place overall uh for wjhs and fourth place overall for HMS both qualifying for state and [Applause] then at the state math counts competition which was just in the last couple of weeks
008uh the wjhs team uh ended up finishing 16 out of 51 teams and high [Applause] Crest and high Crest 19 out of 51 teams so congratulations all right students I will call your name and please come up and get your certificate from our board president Mrs Stone and I think Dr kis scolly will also shake your hand Sophie Jen Eric Wang Albert Lynn Ellie Zo renar teodoro [Applause] Luke [Applause] Fang Zuri [Applause] Tate Eva [Applause] zuu H Lynn Henry [Applause] Saunders Ray Ray [Applause] Gupta Isaac [Applause] Yang congratulations to our wjhs students I invite Kelly Jackson up for honor our honoring our high students all right I'm very excited to honor our high High Crest students when we call your name um come on up and Shake Mrs Stone's hand uh vion Singh Mark [Applause]
009pop Daniel woo [Applause] Isaac woo jacobe [Applause] rubber Melia zal Evelyn Park ROV [Applause] ramachandra Max [Applause] n AR [Applause] Barney Peter [Applause] G Charles y big round of applause for all of our math counts winners and champions oh yay thank you so much yes congratulations to all of you thank you so much I she's it [Music] okay let me direct your attention to the artwork on display this month in the boardroom and in the foyer it is a wonderful sampling of first through eth grade student work every March we observe youth art month by showcasing The Talented student artwork created across the district youth sorry youth art month emphasizes the value of art education for all children and encourages quality school programs we have an update from Dr kisy now about our high Crest
010Middle School principal absolutely well that was very exciting thank you to all the students and parents who came out to join us this evening um I do have an update regarding our new high Crest Middle School principal and I want to share just a little bit about the process and the candidate uh we are very excited to announce this evening the new principal of highest middle school before doing so I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to the selection process for this important position within our district the insights provided and information offered throughout the interview process were invaluable in helping guide this very important decision we were thrilled to have a super deep pool of many qualified candidates to consider and are excited to announce to our community today the candidate of choice Mr Anthony
011hack he comes up I want to share just a little bit about um his background Mr hack has been a valued member of our District 39 learning communities um during his seven years as an educator here in wilmet Mr hadock first joined our district as a teacher at Central Elementary School he then spent the 201920 Academic Year as assistant principal at both Central and McKenzie schools before assuming the full-time AP role at McKenzie in the fall of 2020 where he has served with distinction for the past five years prior to District 39 Anthony has uh served excuse me as a middle level middle- grade level teacher and stem curriculum lead in Arizona Mr hadock is currently also a candidate for a PhD in educational leadership expecting to complete his studies this December Mr hack's ability
012to effectively Implement Innovative instructional strategies lead School operations and promote collaborative and inclusive learning environments distinguished him in our search in addition to the many positive and supportive relationships that Mr hadock has built with teachers and with staff and students and families in his current role he has also led the implementation of schoolwide programs that align with McKenzie's and District 39's vision and goals promoting a positive and rigorous learning environment within the building he's also worked to foster a Collaborative Learning Community by mentoring teachers providing individualized and team support in offering targeted professional development opportunities our interview teams were really impressed with Mr hack's genuine caring approach to leadership as well as his vision for the success of all students and all staff Mr hadock exudes an unwavering commitment to serving and supporting those who
013help to make our schools great and make excellence in public education we are so thrilled to W to recommend Anthony hadock to become the next outstanding principal of high CR middle school thank you Anthony for joining us today thank you good evening and thank you for letting me come up here to just say a few words um I couldn't be any more excited to be stepping into this leadership role and continuing my role um here in District 39 as principal of high Crest so thank you so much um a special thank you to Dana nasiakos who I've had the privilege and honor of working alongside for the last six years who has um helped prepare me for this role um and I look forward to the opportunity of being able to transition alongside um Kelly
014Jackson these next couple of months to truly prepare for the position ahead so thank you so much thank you huge congrats to you and we are all very excited about this so yes okay I seek a motion to approve the minutes of the February 24th 2025 um Board of Education regular and executive session meetings I move to approve the minutes of the February 24th 2025 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 or omissions to the minutes will the clerk please call the role anart yes Bonnie Kim yes Amy paling yes Lisa Schneider fabes yes John Caesar ready yes Aon Stone yes motion carries this is the first opportunity for the public to address the
015board on any topic are there any audience members who would like to speak at this time okay we will move on to board reports we're starting with our committee reports facility development Mrs Kim thank you the summer 2026 construction project is the wjhs window replacement project Corey bolm and Pat hosler director of operations and M maintenance had an initial meeting with the constru construction team Corey shared information learned from that meeting with the board a summary of the alternate bids for this base bid was discussed with the board including some alternate bids beyond what were discussed at the February meeting thank you thank you the school finance committee did not meet this month so we will move on to strategy committee Mrs Schneider fabes you uh the strategy committee U met as part of the
016committee of the whole on March 10th uh Katie Lee shared an update with the board highlighting the accomplishments of the English language arts curriculum Review Committee to date it was clear how the review process values teacher voice and collaborative decision making the members of the committee have spent time learning about the current literacy guidance and research creating criteria for evaluation and learning about the curriculum materials to find the right fit for our students the work will continue and another update will be provided in June all right thank you we are moving on to Liaison reports the community Review Committee or CRC Mrs Kim was it actually I have this report U because Miss Papas attended um that meeting thank you uh and um and so did I so the committee Review Committee met on Tuesday
017March 11th um Miss pass paas excuse me joined me in attendance uh the group is making nice progress toward their goals they reviewed and discussed a variety of updates including survey responses they're Gathering some information from various uh stakeholders there was a challenge that was identified in securing sufficient survey responses from comparison school districts and so the team spent some time strategizing how to assist an additional push was made to encourage respondents and thankfully we we've since gathered five times as many responses so we're really excited about that the group will now feel confident in the analysis that they will be able to conduct and the information that they will glean from these results from other comparison districts we are eager to hear more from them and their hard work that they are uh putting
018forward and we look forward to meeting again on April 8th when the report will begin to take shape um they remain on target for the report to be finalized and presented to the board hopefully in May right thank you wilmet Village intergovernmental working group Mrs Kim and Mrs Schneider fabes yeah the committee met on February 207th um the focus of the meeting was what if anything should this group focus on moving forward um there were a lot of topics um considered but I think the one that the group felt comfortable with um was civility kind of how do we as a village in encourage civility um and so the group will meet again um next quarter and talk about what that might look like I don't know Dr K do you think I missed anything
019no I think um in particular they were they were really focused on how at each governmental group um each group can help to encourage that facility and to have kind of one message go out across the entire Village and I think that that partnership will really help to convey some of that message talked a little bit about partnership with the League of Women Voters and I think I saw come across my email inbox um they're starting to gather some information some exemplars of what that messaging looks like in other places and so that will be looked at at the upcoming meeting okay thank you will metet Community special education agreement or wixie Mrs paling yes wixie met earlier this evening and uh uh accomplished a few action items we approved the fiscal year 24 annual
020financial report uh the 2026 fiscal year budget and calendar the projected expenditures for fiscal year 26 the annual summary of projected costs for 2026 and the fiscal year-to-date activity through 2025 uh we also discussed some planning that's underway for the summer uh summer programming uh registration is open and so uh we're just actively uh putting the program together and thinking through transportation and programming okay thank you uh Mrs paas could not be here tonight so I think we'll look forward to hearing her given update on the insurance advisory committee iasb and a legislative update next month okay so we're moving on to information items Dr kis KY thank you uh several information items I can report on first of all the board uh received written communication from Carl Hopman re inquiring about the deib task
021force um under administrative announcements um first of all K4 parent teacher conferences and our 58 professional development day uh is coming up Elementary Spring parent teacher conferences for our prek through fourth grade families are approaching in those conferences will be held Thursday March 20th and Friday March 21st immediately preceding spring break so just this week coming up uh parent teacher conferences again offer a wonderful opportunity to nurture support of parent teacher Partnerships in support of our students learning and growth and we're really grateful to our teachers for the extra time they put in in preparing for those conferences um all parents should have signed up for an appointment um and we look forward to building those connection CS meanwhile on our 58 campus there will be a professional development day on Friday um and they
022will be working on a variety of um of tasks preparing for next year especially focused on some seal work um and so we're excited for them to have that opportunity together as well on Friday and then we will be off to spring break which is well deserved for our teachers and our students alike um I have a report about our Science Olympiad teams uh District 39 Science Olympiad varsity and junior varsity teams competed on March 8th in the regional competition held at Oakton Community College the junior varsity team medaled in eight out of 23 events of those eight medals four were first place two were second place and one was third place we are also proud to announce that the varsity team are the Oakton Regional Champions earning medals in 18 out of 20 three
023events this includes thank [Applause] you uh this includes first place in seven events second place in five events third place in four events and fourth place in one event we are so very proud of our students and we want to thank coach Kevin sard and Coach Caleb cha and all the families for their support of this really great work not only did the teams earn medals they supported celebrated and cheered for each other in the words of Coach cha a win for one person truly felt like a win for everyone great job team we're really really proud of their extra efforts as I mentioned spring break is coming up um it will occur next week and we have uh several students families and staff who are excited for the opportunity to rest rejuvenate and share
024special time with families and friends this time of year is always super busy within our schools and so we're really grateful for the opportunity to reflect and recharge and and get ready for a fantastic fourth quarter ahead so we wish wish everyone a safe and happy and healthy spring break and we're excited to welcome everyone back to school again on Monday March 31st um in terms of Freedom of Information acts the district received a commercial foer request from Soder Technologies requesting records related to Soder Technologies products and their usage and property tax appeals information the district received notices of four property tax assessment appeals for the 20124 tax year information regarding the potential liability has been prepared should the appeals be successful right thank you I think I'm turning it back to you for annual
025business thank you um first we want to update the board on a couple of actions that you will see later on this evening's agenda Dr glowaki regarding reduction and force thank you this is the point in the school year when we make Staffing decisions for the upcoming school year each year at this time our district asked the board through a resolution to honorably dismiss our part-time teachers and teachers who were hired on one-year contracts as long-term substitutes for teachers on leave we are grateful for the work performed by these faculty members this year probationary teachers may also be released at this time we will continue to closely monitor student student enrollment and registration to direct our staffing decisions for the 2526 school year thank you and regarding letters of agreement with our support staff Union
026we also have uh two matters that will uh be recommended later on this evening's agenda yes one of the first letter of agreement talks to or speaks to the concept of paid holidays for our support staff members those employees working less than in 12 months it's uh specific to public act 103-3168 so the the letter of agreement reflects the change in workday paid holidays from 26 okay thank you I think we're moving on to the administration raise yes um also later on this evening's agenda the board will see a recommendation for the action of administrative raises for the upcoming 2526 school year annually the board approves the administrative raises for this team in keeping with the board's philosophy of matching revenues to expenditures the Board of Education um is asked to authorize an increase in
027the aggregate administrative salaries indexed to consumer price index index excuse me or CPI with a floor of 2.5 and a ceiling of 4.0 therefore the aggregate Merit raise of 3.4% is recommended for the administrative salaries for the 25 26 school year okay thank you this would be another opportunity for the public to address the board on any topic are there any audience members who would like to speak at this time okay then we will continue with our agenda the next order of business is the consent agenda are there any items the board would like pulled from the consent agenda all right Mrs Hart please proceed with the Motions I move to approve Anthony hadock as the principal of high Crest Middle School I move to approve the personel report dated March 17 2025 I move
028to approve the accounts payable for Bill I move to approve accounts payable for bills listed between February 25th 2025 and March 17th 2025 in the following amounts and I'm going to need my readers soon um educational fund $ 47,2 51 o andm fund $ 35755 39 97,1 75 173,000 I'm sorry capital projects 173,880 12 for a total all funds $43,900 two I mve to approve the manual checks issued between February 25th 2025 and March 17th 20 25 in the following amounts educational fund 1,941 1577 o andm fund $137,500 Transportation $3,494 74 for a total all funds 2,476 $657 63 I move to approve the attached letter of agreement with the support staff Union indicating a change in days worked and paid for 10-month school secretaries I move to approve the attached letter of agreement with
029the support staff Union indicating holidays for support Council of District 39 will met employed on a less than 12-month basis may I have a second we have one more Sor y just one sorry go ahead I move to approve the administrator contractual salary increase for the 2025 2026 school year index to Consumer Price Index with an aggregate Merit raise of 3.4% may I have a second second the motion has been made and seconded would the clerk please call the role Bonnie Kim yes Amy peing yes Lisa Schneider fabes yes John Caesar ready yes an Hart yes Aaron Stone yes the A's have it motion carries I seek a motion to approve the resolutions authorizing The Honorable dismissal of teachers I move to approve the attached resolutions authorizing The Honorable dismissal of teachers may I have
030a second second the motion has been made and seconded will the clerk please call the role Amy paling yes Ann Hart yes Bonnie Kim yes Lisa Schneider faves yes John CES ready yes Aon Stone yes the A's have it motion carries I seek a motion to approve the resolution authorizing notice of non-renewal of probationary teacher other than final year probationary teacher I move to approve the attached resolution authorizing the non-renewal of probationary teachers not in their final year may I have a second second the motion has been made and seconded would the clerk please call the role Amy paling yes Lisa Schneider faves John cesaretti yes Ann HT yes Bonnie Kim yes Aaron Stone yes the A's have it motion carries we are moving on to conference items is there any old business is there
031any new business is there any good and Welfare this is H I just have a couple of quick things I mean um first I think we mentioned it in passing last week but I wanted to make sure that we recognize the conclusion of car's National superintendence certification program um just to say that we are grateful for your commitment to continueed learning and the time that you've taken out of your schedule to do so thank you very much and congratulations and then um second given that it is St Patrick's Day I know that um they're probably been some Ramona students that have been very hard at work trying to trap a leprechaun and Mrs Anderson I'm just wondering if we had any success today again okay well there were some very cute traps very creative very
032cute so they always try again next year thank you do we have any other good and wellfare I'm kind of eyeing that time machine over there getting some ideas not gonna yeah it's a great idea right you like that stone shall [Laughter] we um all right I seek a motion to adjourn to Executive session to discuss specific personel special education individual student matters Collective negotiations and semiannual review of executive session minutes I move to adjourn to Executive session to discuss specific Personnel special education matters Collective negotiations and semiannual review of minutes may I have a second second motion having been made in seconded would the clerk please call the role Lisa Schneider faves yes John Cesar ready yes and har yes Hy Kim yes Amy paling yes Aon Stone yes motion carries we are now
033adjourned to Executive session and the time is 7:37 p.m.