001call to order roll call please Mike Davenport here Christopher Espinoza here Jenny hagstrom here Terry papusic here Nancy kapka here and Luca plauskas here thank you very much we have a coral let's stand here I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic which it stands one nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for all foreign okay uh we need a motion to approve the minutes from the August 15 2022 business meeting the September 12 2022. oh I'm sorry we didn't do roll call we did yes okay too many too many things in my head September 12 2022 Workshop meeting is September 12 2022 closing I don't know so moved second Chris and Terry it didn't go thank you very much Christopher Espinoza aye Trey pavesich
002aye Mike Davenport hi Jenny hagstrom aye and it's a cup I the minutes are approved next we'll move on to the first reception of visitors do we have any sheets it's for the second receptionist so there's nobody else submission to okay oh okay all right so we'll move on to the recommendations and reports of the superintendent employer participation all right uh we have a few just kind of housekeeping items for the board this evening uh before we get into uh the budget presentations tonight uh the first one is a rule that was passed uh by state law that then authorized TRS to open up uh this it's basically a 457b right account uh attached to TRS that all new teachers will automatically be enrolled into we were required to go through the process of approving
003this this is the final step of that for the board to approve our participation in it it was very much a formality and something we're required to do by law so this was a memo to the board a couple of times but tonight's the final step of approving that process once an employee enrolls in it they can choose to stay in it or unenroll from it but it it's the final step of this process any questions uh Rob Mark or I can attempt to answer them for you or jury yeah all right so this is up for Action later on this evening the next one is the administrator and teacher salary and benefit report we're required to buy law to post this each year and then inform the board that it is up on our
004website the requirements is informing the board that we have posted it and we have any questions no no all right uh the next one we have a little bit of a title change and the document I printed out for board members because we have a a slight change in the opening paragraph over the last couple of days uh The Village's attorney went back through and reviewed all of the documentation we had this originally written as an intergovernmental agreement because that's what we've all referred it referred to it as especially myself and the chief of police but in going back and looking through the documents it's an actually a memorandum of understanding is the original agreement so this should be an addendum to a memorandum of understanding not a memory not an addendum to an intergovernmental
005agreement the opening paragraph Just changes that language otherwise everything is the same as what has been posted online before and was out for the public and the board has reviewed before this so the opening paragraph has changed to reflect that it's a memorandum of understanding and we've updated that language in the action item this evening otherwise it's the same language that you've seen before tonight any questions on this agreement that really just a housekeeping sort of thing okay it all right it really doesn't matter to us because the Mechanics for an IGA or an mou are the same for a school district but for Village government it's different so for us it's the same process either way but it needs to be the right language there for the village okay I'm good did you have
006any concerns with the body of though no all right that's an action item later this evening as well uh and obviously that's ties back to our strategic plan all right uh 20 22 23 tentative budget is an action item this evening returns for approval following a public hearing this evening and I will turn this over to Terry and Mark obviously the budget ties closely into our strategic plan I really like how we're tying everything back to the Strategic we do have um unattended budget we actually have some adjustments in this for tonight which are both Good Things based on new information that we have one is uh for the corporate personal property replacement tax we've got confirmation from the state that would be significantly more than we thought it would be so we made an
007adjustment for that um that should be in the three million dollar range when we're done to be it's incredible nice because it's been there it was there in the past and then they took it and diverted the funds for decades and now it's coming back to us which is which is a good thing so it's more for us but not more for the taxpayer right right corporate it comes out of the state yeah um the second is just interest rates we we were almost for the last three or four years it was almost like a second thought about you know interest wasn't going to happen so there was you know very little that we got out of Investments but we have you know our early taxes and other Investments that we we place and we're
008able to see we're meeting with some people this week we should be in the threes which is a huge change for us so what was sixty three thousand dollars in interest in the in the report now is uh much higher so those are the only two adjustments we have in the tentative budget would you want to did the board want to see anything else related to revenues expenditures or the operating just for those that may not have been here last meeting a week ago secondary yeah let me go back to YouTube or you can the only thing that's really changed is that revenues which is a good thing yeah yes yeah overall though fund balance sits at a projected 5.9 percent which is well above what our traditional three percent threshold yes all right then
009the next item oh that is up uh as I said after uh the public hearing it's up for Action right uh five-year Financial projection moving on so let me just go ahead and pick that up too the um it's a very I say very conservative estimate we would rather err on the side of you know too little and and having to pay big expenses and things um the CPI and really the key to this whole thing is when you look at the financial aspects of this the What's called the applicable tax cap percent that's the Consumer Price Index um capping itself at five percent there are years now that we've had it seven percent and we'll only be able to tax it five percent even though the inflation is going on at seven percent but
010we're still able to get through that that interest income will help help us through some of that but really the the percent the last three years five percent 2.8 2.8 and those are very realistic calculations to get that there in in direct correlation really with the the revenues and expenditures because they all operate off of the CPI so if CPI comes in much lower than we projected the economy theoretically and inflation should be running at a lower level as well and our expenses should be close to it and our revenues will probably be close to it so they're very very close and they're really bottom line is we we should well one big thing before I forget um is we are going to continue the t99 um addition modification to that that Attendance Center and
011um and of course about 4.4 million dollars over you know this next year and we're doing that with operating funds so that's um that's why our balances are going to drop from 9.4 down to the 6.3 range by the end of the next five year period and there'll be a lot of changes in between here in the next five years but we have that is a positive Target we'll be there we've been down in the 4 million range without any problem in our district we have it's pretty strong tax base and it's it's a good District right now so I just wanted to point that out that's kind of key to looking at the whole thing if you look at one piece and say this doesn't seem right it's looking for the other for the
012clue as to why and those trees or anything I should be adding in uh no I don't think so what Mark said was it is a very conservative projection just so that we have the room in there for any fluctuations and we already know our CPI our our tax cap out through 24 25 which helps um and I believe our teachers contract ends in 25 26. yeah correct yeah yep so we already that's a known out there too so that's a big help because that's one of our largest expenditures what I'm sorry I should have asked this question before but I didn't notice it until now what is the big um dip in operating fund balance in 20. transfer some other funds we have um that's these are for The Debt Service extension-based bonds in
013the in the I'm trying to point to the right year here 's a second take it from the left right yes so in 2220 is there a second drop is for uh t99 expansion it's no I'm 25 26. 25 26. what do you put into the 6013 a change in operating fund balance well it's an increase yeah that's an increase of six thousand dollars yeah so we're almost balanced completely that year yeah it means they were almost on paper we're going up every year yeah it would be in red if it was going down it would right it would be right if we were going down but it's just we're going down so much so much we're not increasing by as much that year yes yeah well if you take t99 out of the 2.8
014tax kit I don't understand why we're not why we're not increasing yeah because you're only at a 2.8 percent CPI so you're not bringing in as large of revenues as you are in those other years right but the following year we're bringing in 168 000. yeah because we have a bunch of retirements coming in related to the teacher's contracts there's a lot of really just objection yeah forecast yeah thank you the weather forecast exactly yeah right you know yeah get that far out hopefully not that bad in Chicago we've had some crazy changes I was gonna say if we took um t99 out of this that operating that would there even be any red there at all difference no no there would be no rest so I mean I kind of wanted to point that
015out too that we're hey we're doing pretty good right well we're taking on that entire t99 Project without increasing anybody's taxes I mean higher than what what would happen under just inflationary amounts uh I will point out that there is one factor not in here which is uh some of our Athletic Facility surfaces so somewhere in the next five years you're just talking about this we have about three million dollars worth of um Renovations Renovations that would be the the field house flooring yep which is approaching well it's over 20 years old at this point and the artificial turf performance Fields not the practice fields but the actual main stadium fields that over the course of this year this will be jury and her expanding new role she and I will be spending some time
016looking at how we might make that work long term and still maintain a good fiscal Outlook there's a lot of possibilities here that are too early to talk about but we'll come back a little teaser later in the year of coming back before we enter in before we come back with next year's five-year projection we want to have a long-term plan for that piece uh fit inside of here well we were we were reminiscing about this a little bit just thinking back to when we first came on the board when we did those athletic the performance Fields And if I and recollection was that there was a 10-year exploitation and um how long have we been on the board that's we're already we've already moved we've already moved past right I think and that's just
017good maintenance and Care practices allowed us to get those extra years out of it but we're definitely reaching the point where we want to be proactive and and come up with a plan for those facilities so and that's a really great idea because it's going to be a lot of expense yeah those are big capital projects not as bad as doing them for the first time no deal was it you're putting in the infrastructure um and then it's just a matter of redoing so and does that include the uh track around it too because in the field house the track yeah yeah the track around the the turf and the stadiums yeah there's been some patching yeah well hey it's getting to be time again hey when you have 3 000 students you know trampling
018on it every day well let's say the Chicago weather doesn't help us with those things either so they're also I will just remind too that those are facilities that are you know our community uses as well not just their students so their assets to the community as a whole all right so any other questions on the five-year forecast all right uh we've had foil requests we've responded to foia requests so all of those are posted up on the website a public hearing yes for the public hearing on 2022-2023 tentative budget comments will be limited to three minutes per person do you have anybody who wishes to speak regarding the budget regarding the budget hearing none uh well you need a motion for the Board of Education to close the public hearing on the 2022-2023 tentative
019budget so moved exactly Terry and Mike Terry pavesich aye Mike Davenport aye Christopher Espinoza aye Cheryl Fuller aye Jenny hagstrom aye Joanna Vazquez Drexler aye I'm Nancy kopka aye the public hearing is closed on to the consent agenda we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the consent agenda as presented which includes the Personnel report leave of absence classified transfer change of position classified appointment exempt appointments classified the Personnel report retirement classified resignations classified resignation exempt the Personnel report terminations classified the financial patient pages and the Educational Tours so moved oh go ahead Mike I'll take a second give me just a second I think Mike Davenport hi Terry pavasich aye Joanna Vazquez Drexler hi Espinosa aye Terrell Fuller aye Denny hagstrom aye and Nancy kopka aye the consent agendas approved I
020will move to the recommendations for Action we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the 2022-2023 budget is presented so moved second Chris and Chris Jerry pavesich aye Christopher Spinoza aye aye shirelle Fuller I Jenny hagstrom aye Joanna Vazquez Drexler aye Mike Davenport aye and Nancy cupka aye the motion curies next we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the addendum to the memorandum of understanding between the village of Downers Grove and the Board of Education Community High School District 99 of DuPage County Illinois originally approved on October 11 2006 which remains in effect as a memorandum of understanding regarding school resource officers hello second Mike and Terry I'm sorry yes thank you very much Mike Davenport aye Terry pavisich aye Joanna Vazquez Drexler aye aye Christopher Espinoza aye
021Mr all Fuller aye Jenny hagstrom aye and Nancy cover aye the motion carries and finally we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the resolution approving participation in the TRS SSP the associated SSP employer participation agreement and the associated SSP notice to employees uh Joanna and Terry I'll go Joanna Vazquez Drexler aye pavesich aye Mike Davenport aye Christopher Espinoza aye Cheryl Fuller aye Jenny hagsdale hi I'm Nancy cup aye the motion carries we'll move on then to new business uh the policy committee report the first reading of policies and administrative regulations 8.2 ar1 and 8.20 ar2 and deletion of policy 4.120 Food Services yep so we met this week the volume wasn't as thick as we've had in the past which is good um still pretty thick but uh but there's a
022lot of uh a lot of housekeeping things and um a few other things uh updates to laws that sort of thing everything's recommended from press um everything except for 8.2 yeah 8.20 use of school facilities that's our our own customized policy and that brings uh in alignment some old policy with practice yeah um I think the majority of those except for like the renumbering of Our Own job descriptions they're pretty much in line with press we reviewed some others that are our own policies but nothing that really needed that we saw needed to be changed but we have a standing policy or procedural uh goal to make sure we go back and look at those periodically make sure they're up to date so but thank you for for doing 8.2 yeah thank you that really
023clarifies a lot because it was the gray area so thank you does anybody need the old agreement to review for their final to digest that for their final reading if you'd like when I can send it out it is Redline it's pretty yeah it's and the old one is posted currently on the website too so yeah um and as always you're with me if you want to take a look later yeah Mike okay but if anybody else wants it yeah and then uh uh you know as always these are posted for the next month if any board members would like to discuss some shirelle Mike or myself all happy to discuss any concerns with you and then these will come back for approval next month okay okay now we'll move on to our second reception
024of visitors this is the second reception of visitors which is intended for audience members to address the board on any topic pertaining to Community High School District 99 comments are limited to three minutes to provide all visitors a unical opportunity to address the board if you need individuals needing more time should submit their thoughts in writing to the board secretary Mrs neidek visitors addressing the board need to submit a comment slip to the board secretary and will be invited to microphone prior to addressing the board audience members should State their full name the proceedings are being tape recorded and streamed for the purpose of producing accurate meeting minutes and being streamed and the board's presiding officer me reserves the right to modify these protocols if circumstances warrant audience observation of these protocols is appreciated all
025right uh we have one slip for Laura hoist I'm Laura hoyce last month in DuPage County 27 school districts opted out of the sex education curriculum required by the radical national sex education standards it's fair to say that most parents in this District do not want nses the national sex standards imposed on their children District 58 in Downers Grove opted out District 99 has not opted out so District 99 is all in on August 5th when I asked superintendent Thiele about this he said District 99 will continue to use the same scope and sequence that we have used in the past for many years prior to the recent mandate I did meet with the assistant superintendent having requested what is the sex education curriculum and try as I might and many others have tried as
026well to get some clarity around what is the scope and sequence what is the sex education curriculum here at District 99 and we got no answers so with that repeated refusal to provide the curriculum we're left with that question on well what is being taught apparently it does comply with national sex education standards because the sexuality unit Hank said is fully aligned with the Illinois learning standards for comprehensive sex health education and according to the isbe those standards are exactly the same as the national sex education standards so the teaching has been going on whatever that is we do know from what we've learned that gender unicorn is one example is being taught and other items of the curriculum have become apparent to us just not not disclosed by the district but from what we
027have learned from students in in the sex Edge class so gender ideology and influencing are of of a major concern and we know Governor pritzker supports that teaching supports gender fluency we believe this is not good education for the kids um so will parents be kept in the dark about their daughter's transition to a boy or their boy their son's transition to a girl at the high schools we know that's going on in some places and that is a concern on on the part of many parents that District 99 Embraces gender fluency and does respect students desire to be referred to by names and pronouns we believe the emphasis on this is not a good idea in education and we should focus on the basics Reading Writing math those things that help our kids to
028succeed after they're done with high school this push on sex and gender education is very lucrative for Planned Parenthood and makes a lot of money in the sex industry which we believe this is happening nationally regionally and locally for a reason it's big money so parents be be aware and we are hoping that Illinois will follow Florida's lead thank you let's see now we have no other slopes okay um take a moment to remind the board as I have shared these communications with those that have come in including Mrs hoist that our standards there's no reason to approve anything because nothing that we've done over the last several years conflicts and that is the language I have used our curriculum does not conflict with the national sex education standards therefore there is no requirement to
029adopt or not adopt any of that curriculum the concept uh or the the requirement in this law is that we publish our curriculum the guidelines recommend within two weeks of us teaching the unit we don't teach this unit until November so in advance of that unit being taught with at least two weeks notice the law requires us to publish it and our team is working on creating the documents that will be published on the website so that they are accessible to everybody in the community just as the law outlines also to those that are enrolled in our health classes they will be provided with the materials to opt out of this unit as they have always had the right to do as well so far as sexual orientation gender and gender identity included in the
030curriculum it's included in many areas of high school curriculum as those topics are covered as human rights in the state of Illinois would be very difficult to teach civics and the constitution in Illinois and about upholding rights or withholding rights without teaching those terms first you need to understand what those things are so that you don't ever violate those and then face legal scrutiny as a citizen in Illinois or that you know that if somebody takes those rights away from you they are protected as well so that's the logical rationale as to why those things are included in a high school curriculum and you know it has nothing to do with indoctrinating students or passing along ideals these are rights that are guaranteed to the citizens of Illinois and we have a Civics requirement to
031teach those things in our schools so just making I know I've shared this with the board before but since it came up this evening I just wanted to make sure that you know that was was shared so that's all I have for tonight no thanks for the clarification thanks absolutely okay communication is an announcement Jenny any update on Lund Friday will be our first meeting of this year yes finally um we do have a regional meeting coming up that we show it's in your Friday packet assassin Joanna uh um to a severe stamping shortages there will be fewer placements for students so I believe that she's going to be in touch with the district if she hasn't already yeah and there's also a strategic planning process going on that Scott Lisa and myself are participating
032in Jerry the foundation well we had a fabulous day at North High for our um our uh truck rally it was our excuse me Food Truck Yeah that's the next shift rally yeah yeah but um the bands were great and uh everyone enjoyed them the food trucks were good I think everybody ate their fill of whatever they wanted and the ice cream truck did come oh there was ice cream and it was just such a beautiful day I mean we couldn't have asked for a better day and so we need to keep that going up and getting good weather for when we do this again you know and the games the kids love the games so we'll be expanding the games a little bit more for the the next time we do this and and
033thank you North North was really a great host for this the CMG staff did great everyone involved was the fabulous so thank you very much thank you and uh I I we haven't had our meeting yet so I don't know what the um the bottom line is but I'm sure it'll be fabulous so I think so we're going to massage it a little bit it'll be a little bit different but um I think having an event at North and having an event itself because we're still going to do pizza wars so so be sure and you know think about that in the spring but uh um I think it's really nice to have the community come to both campuses so they see how wonderful they are and what a great job we've done and so
034because we're proud of our schools and so should the community well thanks for the Education Foundation for doing the work yeah benefits our students so it's a it's a win-win win win yes we're small but we're Mighty and if you weren't able to make it you can still you can still donate you'll yeah we'll take money so anyway all right we will keep you posted on when Pizza Wars will be in the spring all right thank everybody on the foundation ASP uh we have our delegate assembly on November 18th yeah coming up yeah in the city packet just came out today too I read through it yeah yeah nothing didn't seem too too controversial I didn't look through the whole thing yet but uh yeah yeah right maybe that's what I was thinking for you
035maybe it'd be a little a nice calm weekend is always a nice thing yeah on the save the date went out for the division meeting yeah oh okay yeah and that will be at South High oh that sounds spring spring is not the fall one oh okay I'm sorry I'm all excited over there everyone was like I was like what thank you okay upcoming board meetings we will have October 3rd we'll have our Workshop here at 6 30 and on October 17th we'll have our business meeting here at 6 30 as well now we need a motion to go into closed session for the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal a specific employee specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in the park recreational or educational setting or specific volunteers of the district or
036legal counsel for the district including hearing testimony and a complaint latched against an employee a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park recreational or educational setting or a volunteer of the district or against legal counsel for the district to determine its validity and security procedures School Building Safety and Security and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual a threatened or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees students staff and public or public property and we'll be not taking any action no action following may come out to a close the meeting so moved Terry l thank you Terry pavisich aye Cheryl Fuller aye Jenny hagstrom aye Joanna Vasquez Drexler aye Mike Davenport aye Christopher Espinoza aye and Nancy kopka hi we are in closed session thank
037you and um good night