001[Music] foreign call to order this regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Wilmette Public Schools District 39 for Monday April 24 2023 will the clerk please call the roll Amy paling here chance is ready and heart here Bonnie Kim here Frank panzito here Lisa Schneider fabes here Aaron Stone here well principal Dana naciakos is here to introduce McKenzie students to lead the Pledge of Allegiance thank you good evening Board of Education I have the pleasure tonight of introducing our Leadership Council Members and teacher advisors Colleen Mooney and Gwen Faulkner hi I'm Gwen Faulkner news Mrs nasiako said I'm one of the co-leaders of Leadership Council last year we took our school-wide student council and we transformed it into fourth grade specific Leadership Council to really give these fourth graders the experts of McKenzie
002a role and a place to shine and really help with the functioning of our school I'm Colleen Mooney the other advisor to Leadership Council and we just have to give a huge congratulations to these kids because they are truly amazing they are leaders at our school and they do so much for Mackenzie so without further Ado let's hear a little bit about the role hi my name is Zeta Leadership Council is made up of fourth grade leaders who have been nominated by their class to represent all the Mackenzie cheetahs hi my name's Sam at Leadership Council Members we work together with our teachers principals and PTA to make Mackenzie a great place to learn now and in the future hi my name is Jacob one of the big jobs we do is being called a
003cheetah in charge on our scheduled day we go down to the office and help kindergarteners get to their classrooms we also help with deliveries to the classrooms another thing we do is organizing the Paw Pride certificates and delivering the final lunch count hi my name is July so we we also selected kid before lunches for the menu and everybody has loved the new options we've added hi my name is Robbie last year's Leadership Council wrote a grant to have solar panels installed at McKenzie and this year's Leadership Council is planning a celebration for the McKenzie Community to celebrate McKenzie's solar panels hi my name is Owen another thing we have done is working with the ptas volunteer group Linda Paul Coalition um on Project Linus which is a day of service led by Leadership Council
004and the PTA making blankets for children in the hospital hi my name is Valerie coming up We are continuing our volunteer work with the PTA by collecting and sorting books for Bernie's book Bank to help children who don't have access to books hi my name is Shelby as members of Leadership Council we've all learned that as fourth graders we are the oldest in the school so the younger grades look up to us and we have to lead by example hi my name is Ashley we also know that at highcrest we will have more responsibilities being a part of McKenzie Leadership Council has given us the opportunity to practice and prepare so we are ready for even more leadership and even more Independence at high crest we hope you enjoyed learning a little bit more about
005fourth grade Leadership Council at McKenzie please stand and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance foreign 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 wow thank you so much for stepping into this role of leadership at your school and for taking the time to come and tell us about all the important work you're doing at our meeting tonight this is truly the highlight of our meeting and we love learning about what you're doing in your schools and we see the leadership you're going to offer wherever you go next maybe it will be as school leaders or board members in your future you never know I want to give you a small token of our appreciation
006as you leave so I'm going to meet you at this door and hand something to you as a small thank you and then you can meet your families in the lobby but congratulations again and thank you [Applause] okay parents thank you for being here and for raising such outstanding young boys and girls for us oh thank you I thought Mark was leaving foreign the Ramona students created the vibrant work artwork on display in the boardroom this month first graders created their personal versions of Vincent Van Gogh's starry night scenes with their own imaginary cities dusted with swirling night skies and moons second graders studied Alma woozy Thomas and created watercolor backgrounds with painted Mosaic paper collages the third graders studied sunflowers and geometric shapes to create their sunflower still life art using oil pastels and
007watercolor washes fourth graders studied on rimatists to develop sketches and shapes to create their large thick black ink self-portraits at this point I seek a motion to approve the minutes of the March 20th 2023 regular and executive session meetings I moved to approve the minutes of the March 20 2023 regular and executive session meetings may I have a second second board members are there any uh comments errors or omissions okay all those in favor uh say yay okay all right motion carries by General consent and this brings us to an opportunity for the community to speak and share anything with the board on any topic okay we will move along with board reports starting with Mr panzica and facility development thank you um at this week at this month's committee the whole the facilities committee
008had a presentation from Mr bickler the project manager at Nicholas and Associates he gave us an update on the 2023 summer projects um the good news is things are moving along on schedule and a little bit better than they have in the last couple of years the necessary equipment's been ordered and the lead times appear to be a little shorter and more dependable um related to that the McKenzie air conditioning project which was targeted to be done in August was completed in time for the recent um I won't say heat wave but warm wave we had a couple of weeks ago um so it gives an example of what it's going to be like when we have air conditioning in all of our schools so the update is things are relatively on schedule in this
009uncertain time and moving forward great thank you so much uh School Finance Mr cesaretti yeah president fees so Mr bultemeyer provided 10 years of financial history for program fees up for review the program fees to be determined for 2023-2024 school year included these for instructional materials lunch transportation and Athletics the lunch and transportation fees have been highly impacted since the covid pandemic budget deficits for each fee category were provided along with information regarding increased costs for food Fuel and labor costs for Cooks bus drivers and coaches Mr boltzmeyer provided scenarios with multiple options for the various fee increases members discussed the board's historical philosophy regarding fees and noted each fee carries a quality equality of service it was noted that food and fuel costs Drive inflation and tying the fees to Consumer Price Index CPI
010is transparent and consistent with the economy families who wish to utilize services such as launch transportation and Athletics would pay directly for each service or choose not participate financial aid would be available to families that meet Financial criteria next we discuss transportation bus contracts with North Shore Transit or upper renew Al the ongoing issue regarding the lack of bus drivers continues cost increases are due to fuel liability insurance new buses as well as salary benefits for employees regular Transportation will increase eight and a half percent and special education Transportation will increase ten and a half percent the state reimburses the school district up to 80 percent for special education Transportation costs and only five thousand dollars for regular transfer transfer District 39 subsidizes 35 percent of Transportation costs members agreed to continue service with North
011Shore Transit we also discuss student technology repair fees Mr Damonte provided an informational report regarding the repair fee structure for electronic device the district has a 40-year rotation with iPads that include that incredible care apple offers different types of Apple Care coverage Mr Damonte reviewed the history of claims and how the new structure lowers incident costs for family we also discussed a bond proceeds transfer resolution as we all know the district recently issued working cash bonds which were deposited into the working Cash Fund the purpose of the issuance of the working cash funds was to utilize the funds for summer construction projects project the resolution is presented for approval this evening that allows moving the funds from the working cash fund to the capital projects fund to cover summer construction costs knows it thank you
012that was a lot terrific thank you Mrs Schneider fave strategy um we also met during the committee the whole let's address the many folk series contained goal during the committee of the whole David Lee provided an informational presentation and shared a few updates by highlighting the work in the areas of math and read um that included reading instruction in the primary grades professional learning about reading instruction K4 math curriculum materials Review Committee and the professional learning about math instruction and that's it perfect thank you so for liaison reports I will start with CRC as I was able to go to that meeting they met on April 11th and as a large group they reviewed in extensive detail the draft of the report which they will present at our May board meeting so really excited to
013receive that and the amount of work they've put in is extensive so they will meet again on May 9th to review and vote on the report and then we'll hear more about that at our meeting Mr cesaretti Educational Foundation yeah I was able to go to the Wednesday April th I have a lot going on um they've been raising money and giving grip grants and the Highlight was Kelly Jackson doing a presentation on mobile furniture so it was great they have so they had a very successful family movie night on April 14th and they plan to have a very successful cheers and beers event this Friday the 28th at double clutch Brewery what was the movie it was I think thank you and Mrs Kim iasb um nothing much to report there they're sort of
014um in in the focused right now on onboarding all the new school board members um so this month and I can move on to the legislative that'd be great um yes not a lot to say there as well um the general assembly was on Hiatus for a couple of weeks and they just sort of started back up again last week so and then most of the stuff that we're looking at is still in committees and so I thought I'd pulled off a little bit until it kind of moved up and then I'll bring that to your attention thank you thanks for keeping an eye on all of that for us Dr cremaskoli I'll turn it over to you for information items thank you we have just a few today um first of all under written
015communication the board received communication from Cheryl sundheim inquiring about the Cub Scout Pack eight from Harper school and the Pledge of Allegiance at one of the boards foreign under administrative announcements as the board knows we recently held our spring parent teacher conferences they were quite a success thank you to everyone who participated in those conferences our teachers and parents seem to really enjoy connecting with each other you'll remember that this time around we use meet the teacher as the platform for conferences we did allow for the opportunity for in-person conferences for those who requested it but the vast majority of yous meet the teacher and and we met with quite a bit of success with that we are troubleshooting just a few things and we've appreciated everyone's feedback on that so that we can make
016some improvements before we use the system again in the fall we're really confident that that will ease some of the burden and the logistics of conferencing especially at the 5 8 level in the fall and we look forward to continuing it down that path again we appreciate everyone continue continuing to build those relationships between home and school as we partner together to support our students learning um in terms of Staffing for the upcoming school year planning for the 2023-2024 school year is well underway we've had quite a bit of interest in our open positions and are making significant progress toward being fully staffed already for the upcoming school year this is quite an achievement especially when we've looked back at the last couple of years where we struggle a little bit more we are just
017really pleased with the applications and the interest in our positions we've built our math interventionist positions at the elementary level as well as many of our special education and other teaching positions already for the fall so we're really excited about that and I will tell you the candidates and the interests the caliber of the employees we're hiring and placing were just outstanding so we're really appreciative of that we do have a few key positions still to fill but are ahead of typical progress at this time of the year thanks to our school teams our building leaders and to Dr Heather gowacki for their leadership in all of that hiring I would like to make a few notes um first of all we are expecting a little bit lower student enrollment the board will remember this
018from our recent review of enrollment projections so for the next year and this does impact some of our staffing there are a few Elementary grade levels that we are closely monitoring where enrollment does not yet necessitate that fourth section at a grade level within a school we'll continue to really closely monitor that often we make decisions to adjust before the end of the school year and sometimes even over the summer as students come in to enroll but we are keeping a really close eye there additionally we're monitoring and evaluating our staffing needs elsewhere including at the five through eighth grade level lower enrollment coupled with the Strategic plan goal and commitment to examining class size and non-home room classes is resulting in a few possible assignment changes for classes in grades five through eight we're
019still in the early stages of making Staffing decisions for the upcoming school year but we wanted to highlight that approach and the priorities as we are in we are in for the outcome here in addition we do need to reduce the number of Occupational therapists for the upcoming school year so later in the agenda you will be asked to vote on a resolution which will reduce the number of Occupational therapists by one staff member we recognize this is an uncomfortable process for everyone but we also recognize the responsibility to staff with our students needs as the highest priority so we will be recommending that resolution to the board for your own on another note we have been very busy hiring for the new principal of Harper Elementary School and I'm really pleased to introduce to
020the board this evening our candidate of choice we've completed a really rigorous screening and interview process to select the very best candidate for this important position at Harper Elementary School we were incredibly impressed by the candidate pool throughout the process this position garnered tremendous interest from many experienced knowledgeable and enthusiastic candidates both from within our district and well beyond our district boundaries and we're thrilled to introduce the candidate of choice to you this evening let me tell you just a little bit about her we are pleased to announce Mrs Jackie Brennan will be recommended this evening to the board of education to be the new principal at Harper Elementary School Jackie has been a valued member of both Harper and District 39 communities since returning to Wilmette two years ago as assistant principal at Harper
021and we are excited as she transitions into her new role in addition to nurturing positive and supportive relationships with teachers staff students and families as an assistant principal many of you might know that Jackie has also played a leading role in the school foundations team the mtss team and the instructional leadership team at Harper school as part of this work Jackie collaborated with teachers and staff to analyze and support student performance data and growth and has really served as an integral member of the comprehensive safety protocol at the school as well she's been a tremendous support to our special education students in staff and and really a positive influence at Harper Elementary School prior to serving as Harper's assistant principal Jackie began her career teaching in the Chicago public schools for five years and then
022as a fourth grade teacher here at Central Elementary School in Wilmette for several years Jackie then transitioned to Administration um as the assistant principal at scammon elementary school on the north northwest side of Chicago and then returned to us thankfully at Harper a couple of years ago we're really pleased to have Jackie stepping into this new role for her and we are confident in her abilities and we know that she'll continue to have a tremendous tremendously positive impact on our school so Mrs Brennan thank you for being here with us this evening thank you Carrie thank you board I'm incredibly excited and honored to be named the next principal at Harper Elementary School I've loved the last two years that I've spent as the assistant principal there and I've worked hard to establish strong relationships
023with my students and staff and families and I truly look forward to continuing that work to push Harper students forward in the years to come thank you so much for this honor I'm really looking forward to it thank you Jackie's name on the Personnel report later in this evening's agenda for approval and then finally Freedom of Information Act requests we've received three and process three over this past month Vince espie of local Labs requesting District 39 current mission statement as well as previous mission statements Karen Garcia of smart procure submitted a foia for all current staff employee contact information and Sherry Reed of smart procure submitted a commercial foia for all purchasing records from January 24th 2023 through March 17 2023. and that moves us to annual business thank you okay well we'll start first
024with the December 1 child count I believe Dr Swanson will speak to this so each year on the Illinois State Board of Education collects information from all school districts on December 1st um this is called the December 1st child count and they use the information to track Trends it's used for funding it's information that we review as well to just see where we are as a district that provides a snapshot that allows a year-to-year comparison interestingly the data is as of December 1st but they spend the month of January February and March correcting and making sure all of that data is accurate so our December first child count reports have been pushed back further and further every year the the child count for this year indicates that we are very similar um to what we've
025been in the past our enrollment where our children with IEPs has gone down slightly in relation or similar to our general overall enrollment um we continue to have approximately 15 15.38 of our students have IEPs at this point the state of Illinois is listed as 17 so we're a little bit below that but trends that we're going to continue to monitor does anybody have any questions yeah the next two updates are from our business office and the board spent quite a bit of time talking about those at our recent committee at home Quarry speech post thank you the first item is the student fees so later on the board we'll be considering um approving all the fees for the 23-24 school year this is a three-page document I just want to highlight a couple of
026areas that we talked about and are working to adjust for next year on this document any of the areas on the far right with the blue are the areas where we've targeted for an adjustment for the 23-24 school year um the first area is the instructional materials fee which is um you see all the increases around seven percent which mirrors the applicable CPI factor for uh for next year's next school year then as we go further down the page we have the lunch fee and we're looking at a 10 adjustment um for for the lunch fee putting um the lower grades at just below five dollars per lunch and the other you have seventh and eighth graders at just over five then transportation fee we are looking at a 14 increase it should be noted
027that the cost of our contract is we're looking at about an eighty and a half percent increase in the the rates that we're charged by North Shore Transit um even with this adjustment this would still put the the fees collected or projected fees to cover about 65 percent which means that the the district's operational funds would be covering the remaining 35 percent to provide this optional service that transports a little over a thousand uh students every day and then the one last area that we had some conversation and are looking for adjustment is in the area of Athletics and the the targeted adjustment is for a five percent increase um across each of the different individual sports and with the adjustment we are projecting that this would bring the existing deficit to um it's a
028nearly break even um as as things stand right now so as I said we uh as noted earlier we had some pretty good discussion um around a lot of these topics so if there's no questions I can move into the contract Transportation contract renewals all right so for both our regular and special ed Transportation contract with North Shore Transit we have reached a point um by school code where we can extend what we have the option to extend with them for one year at a time and for the on the regular Transportation side we are looking at a eight and a half percent increase for one year and on the special education side we are looking at a ten and a half percent um a couple of things to know as it relates to the
029renewals uh the last three years has particularly have been really challenging in the like the school busing industry particularly as noted if we went back three years um they've adjusted their compensation in the neighborhood of 33 percent to continue to attract drivers from our perspective I would say that that process has worked as we've not had any days where we get calls and we're not able to bring kids school on time because they because drivers are sick or they just can't find enough drivers so they have provided a really high quality service to d39 not to mention that many of the other areas that have seen High inflation over the last few years fuel Insurance um both liability and medical for their their employees plus the cost of purchasing buses which you can delay a
030little bit but at some point you've got to continue to replace that Fleet so um while we know that the increases for this next year are higher than what we've typically seen we also know that there's a lot of factors playing into those increases and then the last item is that's uh for vote later this evening is the abatement resolution to move the 11.2 million in proceeds from our uh Bond issuance from the working cash fund to the capital projects fund um the working cash fund um was with the money was deposited there because that was the type of bonds that were issued this is a procedural step to Abate the money over to a capital projects where the district will then spend it on the previously approved air conditioning projects this summer that is
031all I have for tonight thanks thank you for that um you know I I uh I said this at the committee of the home meeting and I just wanted to reiterate that um before I was on the board I didn't know much about school finances and when I would see um bills for like student fees or anything like I just you know well I I figured that that was the cost of things and and I didn't realize how much the school was subsidizing um all of these um you know programs and um and I had even heard um that it was um you know that the that the fees that the parents were being charged was like um you know profit generating so and I so anyways thank you so much and um I um
032I'm really appreciative of the district for picking up so much of this costs um I was not at the committee of the whole meeting last week but I did listen to it and I appreciate the extensive dialogue about these costs because some of them are significant um and it will be interesting to see if that does have an impact on ridership um going forward and I just wanted to voice my support for the idea of you know clearly communicating to the families exactly why the costs are going up and the fact that the district does continue to cover some of these fees and will going forward so I thought that was a great idea and it really helps when you see the numbers come through to have that information alongside thank you I too I
033thought the conversation was really thoughtful and I appreciate the board every member contributing to that conversation and really taking seriously that um fiscal responsibility that you have of balancing the care that we provide and services we provide to our students and families alongside the need the needs that exist so thank you for that thoughtful discussion and I would encourage anyone who is looking to learn more to um to listen to that committee the whole meeting where there was quite an in-depth review of the fees and the recommendations and the board's consideration of those fees we are in the process of putting together some information so that on Friday when we share out our our update as we typically do within the principal newsletter we can link to some of that information so that families who
034are interested might be able to learn a little bit more we know that not every family will be interested but certainly make so thank you for that suggestion Bonnie did you move on okay then we have the sr3 Grant application and again Dr Swanson must be yeah so the sr3 part of the elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund was a grant that was uh issued it was one of three grants issued by the federal government to support school districts in the wake of the pandemic this is a multi-year grant it started in the 2021-22 20 20 21 22 school year and this we will be entering this next school year will be the final year of the grant so I was just going to give a brief sort of summary of what we've done
035and what we plan to do with it with the funds that we were allocated for the remaining year of that Grant um some of the things that we funded as you may remember where we used funds to pay for summer school teachers for the review and reinforcement program we provided after school social emotional learning clubs so I think Jackson shared information about that and the committee as a whole or you know him and shared some of the clubs that they were members of so those were all new clubs that were developed as part of this Esser funding we've had some summer curriculum writing to work on social emotional learning to help support our students as we work with our students who really returned from the pandemic with with some significant needs um these are things
036that we are going to continue we've talked earlier about continuing to provide or to use some of the funds for the review and reinforcement teachers again this summer We are continuing with the clubs we have lots of students who have been engaged in those clubs and have really found them very valuable and we are continuing with the summer writing projects this summer we use a lot of money for professional development and we were able to really engage in some professional development that's really cohesive and consistent and allows us multi-year implementation which really helps with stability and maintaining this is part of the school culture we did a lot of work with responsive classroom training we had all of our District staff trained and during one of our Institute days and we're continuing to train staff
037members to become trainers to be able to make sure that we are able to continue this work even beyond the coming years similarly we've done six days of the foundations training so far and that is our Pure one Behavior system and we will be doing more training next year for both foundations and responsive classroom we've used the funds to do diversity equity and inclusion professional development as well as coaching and differentiation these are all areas that we are really benefit fitting from this additional funding that's allowed us to really dig in in some of these core areas we've done parent education activities those we will be continuing we've been lucky that many of them have been at low cost to the district we will continue to use those and we'll be allocating some of those
038funds to to support some of the other areas as we move forward and to purchase intervention resources a couple of things that we've completed is we PR we have shade structures at all of the buildings um provided opportunities for students to engage in Outdoor Learning which was one of the few Silver Linings from the pandemic as we learned how much we liked that we did the varsity tutoring program which provided a number of our students opportunities to participate in an online tutoring program and then we used we used some of the allocated some of the initial funds for Zoom what we have determined is that Zoom is really an important like long-term platform that we will continue to use so that will in the future be rolled into local our local budgets as opposed to
039the grant funding but that's just sort of an update on where we've been and where we plan to keep going I think that we're very excited with the opportunities we've had for professional development with these funds does anyone have any questions we have a board policy reviews up next this is the second and final reading of board of the Board of Education policies um a couple of notes that I'll share on behalf of Dr Galecki in our review this is the second reading of these policies there was a question on policy 4 colon 140 regarding meeting in or after the number one in the United the or is only needed after number two as a student could be eligible for a fee waiver if they meet the criteria of one two or three in policy
040five colon 120 there was a question regarding why Board of Education members were removed from the list of employees needing to file a statement of economic interest policy 5 colon 120 references employees so because board members are not employees they have been removed from this list um in five colon 120 however it is stated in board policy two colon 100 the requirement for board members to file a statement of economic interest s and finally in policy four colon 165 in the first paragraph number four the quote and grooming behaviors and quote has been has been unstruck discussion okay any questions regarding any of that any further thoughts or questions about these policies yes I have a one question for my own education and that is board policy 7 colon one nine zero if you refer
041to page six of seven where it says though isolated time out may be used by our therapeutic School Partners consistent with the Illinois school code who are the therapeutic schools partners so when we have students for whom we are unable to provide a free and appropriate public education we may contract with a therapeutic School therapeutic day school or potentially a residential facility in order to provide that they are is be approved um we work very hard to keep our students in our our districts but there are some students for whom we are not able to application yes thank you anything else board members thank you for all of that this is another opportunity for public comments are there any community members who wish to speak okay I'll proceed with the consent agenda are there any
042items the board would like pulled Stone please proceed with the motion I moved to approve the Personnel report dated April 24 2023. I move to approve the student fees for the 2023-24 school year as contained in exhibit a of the report I moved to approve the regular and special education Transportation contract renewals with North Shore Transit NST for the 2023-2024 school year with a fee increase of 8.5 percent for regular transportation and 10.5 percent for special education transportation I moved to approve a second and final reading of Board of Education policies for colon 10 fiscal and business management for colon 140 waiver of student fees for colon 165 awareness and prevention of child sexual abuse and grooming behaviors for colon 190 targeted School violence prevention program five colon 20 workplace harassment prohibited 5 colon 120
043employee ethics code of professional conduct and conflict of interest five colon 190 teacher duties and qualifications 5 colon 200 terms and conditions of employment and dismissal teachers 5 colon 220 substitute teachers 5 colon 250 leaves of absence 5 colon 280 non-certified duties and qualifications six colon 1-5 student accountability six colon 250 student or community resource persons and volunteers six colon 255 assemblies and ceremonies six colon 260 complaints about curriculum instructional materials and program seven 150 school admissions and student transfers to and from non-district schools 7 colon 70 attendance and truancy seven colon 190 student Behavior 7 colon 250 student Support Services 7 colon 285 anaphylactus prevention response and management program seven colon 290 suicide and depression awareness and prevention and seven colon 340 Student Records I moved to approve to release to the public the
044executive session minutes for September 19 2022. I moved to approve to maintain as confidential the executive session minutes for the following dates September 12 2022 October 24 2022 December 5th 2022 January 17 2023 January 23 2023 February 27 2023. I moved to approve to dispose of executive session audio recordings pursuant to District policy 2 colon 220 for March 22nd 2021 July 20th 2020 December 7th 2020 January 11 2021 January 25th 2021 February 8 2021 March 15 2021 April 19 2021. I moved to approve the accounts payable for bills listed between March 21st 2023 through April 24th 2023 in the following amounts educational fund 401 895.81 o m fund 86 738.53 Transportation 210 717.78 capital projects 594 845 for a total all funds of one million 197.12 cents I moved to approve the manual checks issued
045between March 21st 2023 and April 2024 or April 24th 2023 in the following amounts educational fund eight hundred and forty six thousand sixty seven dollars and fifty Seven cents o m fund 740.25 Debt Service three thousand two hundred and fifty three dollars and sixty seven cents Transportation sixty two thousand 511.82 capital projects twenty four thousand one hundred and thirty nine dollars and forty one cents for a total all funds of one million 87 712.72 cents may I have a second second the motion has been moved and seconded would the clerk please call the roll chances ready yes yes and heart yes Bonnie Kim yes Frank panzica yes Lisa Schneider fabes yes Aaron Stone yes Amy Paley yes PA's have it motion carried uh I seek a motion to approve the resolution for the resolution authorizing
046the reduction in force of educational support Personnel Linnea beader I move to approve the resolution authorizing reduction in force of educational support Personnel Linnea beader and authorize notification according to the requirement of the Illinois School Code Section 10-23.5 may I have a second second motion has been moved and seconded with the clerk please call the roll John C is ready yes Ann Hart yes Bonnie Kim yes Frank panzica yes Lisa schneiderfabes yes Aaron Stone yes Amy Paley yes uh liaise Habit motion carried I seek a motion to approve the resolution for the resolution abating the district's working Cash Fund I moved to approve the consideration and action on a resolution abating the district's working cash fund of 11 million two hundred thousand to four hundred thirty dollars and twenty one cents from the working cash
047fund to the capital projects fund I have a second second motion has been moved and seconded would the clerk please call the roll chances are ready yes and Hart yes Bonnie Kim yes Frank panzica yes Lisa Schneider faves yes Aaron Stone yes Amy Paley emotion carried okay uh are there any comments from the audience pertaining to the reorganization of the Board of Education um thank you I'm Mark Steen from Wilmette uh first of all I want to say it's really a pleasure to see so many familiar faces and it reminds me of abundant enjoyment I had working here for a long time folks in the back as well thank you um and then of course as always I want to say thank you to both the administration and the staff and uh and then the
048current board members for all the services you provide but one reason I got up tonight is because I wanted to say a special thank you to Frank panzica Frank you are an incredibly community-minded individual serving in your church and the Boy Scouts and of course serving the district for eight years now during your tenure on the board the district has successfully navigated a number of challenges and done so while meeting the constantly changing Community needs still finding ways to improve its performance stay fiscally sound and most importantly educate thousands of children some events that come to my mind off the top of my head both big and small during the last eight years include setting bun setting budget fund balance guard rails navigating if you remember a tax proposal that was fairly controversial in the
049community and changing some of the audience comment rules that came as a result of that uh creating a kindergarten enrichment program a change in I believe every principle in the district and every District executive position except for and I'm going to count this one Nancy's uh Untold late nights hiring a new superintendent and negotiating multiple teacher contracts navigating covid both the closing and the opening of the schools and all of the things that came in between those two creating a new strategic plan of course more construction projects than any of us could possibly can uh you have served on many committees as a member and as a chair and you have served as the board vice president thank you started on the board when your son was a District student now he's moved Beyond new
050career so you've demonstrated that your commitment to this community into this District go well beyond your most direct family interest you have been a true public servant as a colleague for six of your eight years and to the degree that I can say so on the behalf of the community well said Mr Steen thank you thank you so much I don't see any other community members here so at this point I invite any fellow board members to share comments prior to reorganization separate uh yeah so other board members yes that's why I'm letting you go [Laughter] yeah but yeah great pleasure Frank I think from a personal perspective you very helpful adjustments Frank and my my son's first day in McKenzie you were the only person I remember seeing on the blacktop um in your
051Cub Scout uniform trying to recruit people and you got him so but um and um you have always been so kind and um and shared your knowledge about things at McKenzie and then when I started here on the board and I have really appreciated working with you these last two years thank you yeah go ahead um I'll just quickly add to that um on the level of commitment to the role and the District 39 beautiful and in addition for in addition to my gratitude for all you've done for District 39 I'm also really grateful for your support I thought about running for the board as I as I came past two years as a new board member you've shared your time your experience and insight and in very general different to me and um I
052don't know that I can add anything but so I'll put it to 80 for a second um the work president is not easy um and I think that you were amazing um you did it with Grace and class and were incredibly effective um and so I'm I'm grateful um for your leaders I Let Go what Lisa said about you it's been an honor to be your Vice I've been your vice president um so Frank I hope you're just not going to mind me sharing this story [Laughter] board service in a minute but my favorite memory of Frank so Frank's on Adam and my oldest child Elizabeth went through McKenzie together and they were the same age and I think it was the summer and when I say 2011 after they had finished first grade the
053panzique has hosted not an impromptu but something where invitations went out and great planning went into a food fight in their backyard and my daughter's hair smelled like macaroni and cheese for a month after and yeah my favorite memory is of Frank Manning the hose in his backyard to help kind of calm down the mess that had been made and just that kind of forbearance to do something that would give children so much joy I think you're I already knew you before that your stock went from high to even higher at that event I just think about the last eight years in the amount of time and dedication you've spent working on behalf of children the amount of committees you've been on the amount of meetings you've gone to the amount of decisions that you've
054had a big role in making and the all the volunteer work you did before that I mean you were on the Ed Foundation you were on the CRC and it's no small thing to put in that kind of time and commitment on behalf of children and I just want to thank you for for giving that of yourself I'll jump in here if I can I want to say congratulations and just a huge thank you for your eight years of service you have contributed so many in so many significant ways to your community and to the children of our district I have always been struck like other people have said by your generosity of your time and your willingness to step up in any and all roles that's been asked of you leading committees being vice
055president the district strategic advisory team the coveted metrics advisory representing the board on negotiating contracts and so much more when we were asked you always say yes and with your full heart and attention uh and personally like others have mentioned I'm incredibly grateful for when we ran together four years ago your warmth and your mentorship and encouragement so you have certainly had a huge impact on so many and I wish you all the best I'm gonna say a few more words is this word still comments prior to reorganization okay so I just have to say that I have learned so much in the past two years and I leave this role feeling profoundly grateful first of all I'm so grateful to this board I think we're really lucky uh you are all some of the
056most dedicated and thoughtful people that I know you come to every meeting fully prepared which takes more than most people are aware of and step up into all the needs and roles that we ask I've leaned on every single one of you in the last two years and couldn't have done it without you I can't look at Aaron when we've been faced with difficult decisions which we have many you each advocate for what you believe listen respectfully to what other people have to say and support the decisions that are made I think that's pretty unique and something to be celebrated to the administration teachers and staff you make our district what it is in inspiring learning environment that promotes empathy respect and belonging you have such depth of expertise and professionalism from everyone at this
057table to the teachers and staff in our schools with everything we have faced with every lofty goal we pursue you put student learning and wellness at the Forefront it has been the greatest honor for me to lead the board of this District and to Carrie I don't really have the words to express appreciate my appreciation or admiration working by your side these last two years I have been blown away Time and Again by your leadership your ability to guide us through complicated issues and processes is unparalleled you see things from every angle and help frame the decisions we need to make so thoughtfully and mostly the care and respect you show for the students and parents and staff is Limitless I am so thrilled for the future of our board but I will deeply miss
058working so closely thank you very much thank you so much Amy said the buyer [Applause] hey so I'm gonna turn it over up to you thank you so much um thank you Amy for your kind words and to the entire board for your sentiments appreciation all of your hard work tonight's about Frank so we have a few words to share about Frank and then a presentation of artwork as his customary customary in our district we have a beautiful piece of artwork to share on behalf of the administration our staff our students and family and the Board of Education Frank we want to thank you for your [Music] bring throughout your term you have been laser focused on improving student achievement especially growth and in serving the needs of all students you've supported us in the
059use of metrics in an ongoing regular monitoring and reporting of progress your commitment to ensuring that each and every student learns and grows every day has served as a guidepost for our work and will continue to for many many years ahead Frank you have provided study and focus leadership throughout your term most noteworthy for me has been your steady and focused leadership throughout the pandemic as a member of the metrics reopening advisory team we've spent many many many many mornings together um wherein you helped us to maintain a focus on the board's priority of reopening schools to in-person instruction as quickly as possible into the greatest extent possible while also ensuring a safe and supportive School environment along with a commitment to health and safety protocol thank you Frank you've also provided critical leadership during
060really significant times time you let us in academic growth advancements in curricula substantial facility improvements and continually continual financially responsible decision making you've always been willing to ask the tough questions and to dig deep on issues of importance to you we've appreciated and benefited from your leadership and we thank you tremendously for your service with gratitude and appreciation on behalf of myself our administrative team our staff our students families and Community our Board of Education and the entire Wilmette Community it is my honor to present a piece of really beautiful artwork to you this evening we have an amazing artist and high Crest sixth grade student here to present artwork to you Marl will you please step up to present Mr Frank panzica with your artwork for this evening and thank you Frank for your
061many years of service from 2015 to 2023 as a board member thank you everybody [Applause] thank you eight years ago now when I started this journey of four to eight years seemed almost like an infinite amount of time um now I look back on eight years and it went by very very quickly um I think this is a very important role and I think it's very important that people step up um as you all have um to give your time to make this a wonderful school district and to continue to make it a wonderful School District I will miss this opportunity I was driving here today in between these meetings and meetings I've gone to been 13 years that I've drove down Wilmette Avenue and turned on locusts to come to these board meetings one
062form or another so it's a big part of my life and I'll remember thank you to everybody that I've worked with um school board and administrator and on the back table thank you again [Applause] well I I will start by uh saying in as much as there's no further business to come before this board I seek a motion for adjourn uh adjournment scene Ada is in order I move that we adjourn teen Ada and second second I don't know I think that's okay I'm gonna say it's my last act though I take it back that was my last act I suck in that motion motion having been made and seconded all in favor indicate by saying yay yay okay we are adjourned I I hereby call to order the reorganizational meeting of the Board of
063Education of the Wilmette Public Schools District 39 for Tuesday April 27 2021. I seek a motion to appoint a president pro Tem I moved to a point Dr chromoscoli as president pro tem to lead this portion of the or of the reorganizational meeting May I have a second second uh are there any objections from the board having Dr kremaskoli serve as president pro Tem hearing none Dr kremaskoli is appointed president pro tem by General consent thank you for the record I have the official certification of the April 4th 2023 Consolidated general election as canvas by Cook County Clerk Karen yarber's office Allison papolis Amy paling and Aaron Stone are the winners for District 39 Board of Education members would you please come to the podium to recite the oath of office okay that's right for
064sure all right you solemnly swear that I will Faithfully discharge the duties of the office of a member of the Board of Education of women Public Schools district 39. in accordance with the Constitution of the United States the constitution of the state of Illinois and the laws of the state of Illinois the best of my ability I swear that I shall respect taxpayer interests by serving as a faithful protector of the school district's assets shall encourage and respect expression the free expression of opinion by my fellow members of the Board of Education and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees I shall recognize that a board member has no legal Authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by a majority vote at
065a public board meeting I shall abide by majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels as part of the Board of Education I shall respect the responsibility acceptance responsibility for my role in the equity for my role in the Equitable and quality education forever for every student in the school district I shall Foster with the board extensive participation of the community formulate goals to find outcomes and set the course for Wilmette schools district 39. I shall assist in establishing a structure in an environment and an environment designed to ensure all students have the opportunity to attain their maximum potential sound organizational framework I subscribe to the store I shall strive to ensure continuous assessment student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of
066our children in compliance with state law I Shall Serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision for Wilmette Public Schools and I shall strive to work together with the superintendent to lead the school district toward fulfilling the vision that the board has created fostering Excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills knowledge citizenship and personal development [Music] yeah see you next time [Music] John caesaretti and heart here Bonnie Kim here Allison pathless here Amy Paley here Lisa Schneider Vapes Aaron Stone here thank you the next item of business is the election of board officers I seek nominations for the office of presidents I offer Aaron Stone to be nominated as president Aaron Stone has been nominated are there any others seeing none Aaron Stone
067is board president by acclimation congratulations and over the gavel if you would like you you might even be able to change seats I'm not sure where you're at that's coming go ahead okay you're the new president miss Stone I seek nominations for vice president are there any other nominations seeing none and heart is Vice President by acclimation this is the port part where this half of the table is going to move foreign [Music] thank you for those following along at home were actually physically in person moving our seats right now you might not be able to see it at home but that's what's occurring in person that's a reorganization wow and are you logged in okay I mean it looks like Anne might have uh accidentally been logged out oh back let's see remember he's
068situated correctly very oppressed in District 39 the superintendent serves as the appointed secretary and the business office manager serves as the appointed treasurer for the Board of Education are there any objections to Dr cremoscoli serving as the board secretary and Corey bultemeyer serving as treasurer seeing none Dr cremascoli is appointed secretary and Corey boltemeyer is Treasurer by acclimation moving on to information items Dr cremascoli uh yes we have under annual business the proposed Board of Education meeting calendar we've provided to the board both the meeting calendar and the committee of the whole calendar for the upcoming school year we hope that everyone has had the chance to review that we've made a few adjustments based on some of the dates and holidays and expected interruptions as we know there is every once in a while
069the need to reschedule a meeting and so we provide proper notice for that when that happens but otherwise that is provided to the board we also are providing to the board the board policy which is recommended for approval this evening as well the entire policy book gets approved every time the board reorganizes thank you board members any comments or questions okay moving on to yet another opportunity for public comments and for the audience to address the board are there any audience members that wish to speak seeing none will continue with our agenda the Board needs to approve District 39 policies and Board of Education meeting calendar for 2023-2024. I seek a motion to approve the adoption of the Wilmette Public School District 39 Board of Education policies and administrative guidelines and procedures I moved to
070approve the adoption of the Wilmette Public School District 39 Board of Education policies and administrative guidelines and procedures may I have a second motion having been made and seconded will the clerk please call the roll chance he's ready yes and Hart yes Bonnie Kim yes Allison pathos yes Amy paling yes Lisa Schneider Phipps Aaron Stone yes I seek a motion to approve the calendar of dates for regular meetings of the Board of Education and to set the location of the regular meetings at the McAllen Center the mcaling education center 615 Locust Road Wilmette Illinois 60091 a move to approve the calendar of dates for regular meetings of the Board of Education and to set the location of the regular meetings at the McAllen Center as the mckalian education center 615 Locust Road Wilmette Illinois 60091
071may I have a second second motion having been made and seconded will the clerk please call the roll chance he's ready yes Anne Hart yes Bonnie Kim yes Allison pathos yes Amy paling yes Lisa Schneider fabes yes Aaron Stone yes both motions carry at this point do we have any old business do we have any new business Miss Kim Welcome Elsa thank you Bonnie hmm any other new business is Schneider fabes any other new business any good in welfare seeing none I seek a motion to adjourn to Executive session to discuss Collective negotiations and specific personnel I moved to adjourn to Executive session to discuss Collective negotiations and specific personnel may I have a second second motion having been made and seconded will the clerk please call the roll chances are ready yes and heart
072yes Bonnie Kim yes Allison Pappas yes Amy paling yes Lisa Schneider faves Aaron Stone yes motion carried we are now adjourned to Executive session and the time is 8 20.