001Heat up here. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. Oh, [Music] heat, [Music] heat. Heat up here. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Okay. Calling to order the uh regular board meeting of the COSD 2011 board of education on October 14th, 2025. Uh roll call. Leah Canover >> here. >> Carlos Aia >> here. >> Jessica Rodono >> here. >> Adena Hoover. Kevin Marin here. >> Alexandria Mill, Lauren Zakiri. Okay, stand for the pledge. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Uh going right into approval of minutes. The chair will entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the September
00223rd, 2025 regular meeting of the board of education as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Okay. Motion passes. Uh the chair will entertain a motion to approve the minutes of the close session of the September 23rd, 2025 regular meeting of the board of education as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. Uh, all in favor? I >> I >> opposed. Okay, motion passes. Moving right into public comment. Do we have any public comment? >> Moving right along into our consent agenda. The chair will entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. Personnel recommendations. Carrie Senac, long-term sub, special education, Westmont Junior High School. Lisa Ryan, teaching assistant. Amy White, long-term sub, teaching assistant. Liam Slaga, assistant football coach, Westmont High School, and resignation. Uh, number two,
003approval of the student tour. Number three, donation of treadmills to CUSD 2011. And number four, donation to the Manning Club. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Aia, >> yes. >> Vector, I'm sorry. Miss Rodonio, >> yes. >> Mr. Marin, >> yes. >> Miss Conover, >> yes. >> Okay. Uh, information and discussion. The state of Illinois 2025 school maintenance grant. >> Yes. Uh, thank you. The the district's going to be applying for $50,000 for a matching grant that the state does every year. Um, it is a matching grant specifically for facility needs. We do go above and beyond looking wherever we can so that we can support our buildings. We're looking at repairing a wheelchair lift at South and new water pumps that we've had issues with. Uh, potentially maybe even a
004door or two depending on how much money we have remaining. Um, but they're all considered part of health life safety. So, it's something that we really need to focus on. >> And remind me, the matching grant has to be health, life, safety, right? >> It doesn't have to be. >> Okay. >> But, uh, it gives a higher priority when it is. >> Okay. And we do this every year. Correct. >> And a matching grant means that we have to put in 50 grand to get 50 grand. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay. So, it's not a it's not just a free 50 grand. We got to spend it. >> There's still no free money. >> No free money. >> And is 50,000 the max of this grant? Correct. Yes. >> The the the rumor is that
005this is going to be the last year that the state can do this, so we need to jump on it anyways. >> Well, rumors I don't like rumors ever, but just out of curiosity, why why would that be the rumor? Like what what is what information provokes some one to suppose that this would go away? >> Sure. So, the federal uh federal funding looks like it's going to potentially disappear in the next year or two. uh in order to make up for any of that, the state >> is pulling back from this sort of thing >> is looking for however they can balance and that's where it'll be interesting to watch and see. >> Got you. >> Okay, >> great. Any other questions? Awesome. Uh superintendent report. >> Uh things are going well in the
006district extremely well. I'm very proud of all of our staff and our students and the support from the board and the community and parents. Uh at the end of the month officially the designations will be announced. The Illinois State Board of Education uh puts schools into one of four categories uh from warning and needs improvement stages targeted to commendable and then only the top 10% of schools get exemplary. And the preliminary reports say that all four of our schools will be exemplary. Uh there are almost no districts in Illinois, I would say less than 1% where it's multiple schools and all schools are exemplary. And that is not our criteria. That's the criteria from the Illinois State Board of Education. That's a pretty amazing accomplishment. And it happens because we're a unified team and everybody
007is putting our students and their learning first and we're making unbelievable progress. So that's not a proud superintendent. That's something that any citizen can go online, look at Illinois school report card, look at our schools, and not only see that we're in the top category, but Miller moved from the 60th percentile to the 93rd percentile. Manning moved from the 70th percentile to the 98th percentile according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Top 2% in the state. Westmont Junior High School moved from the 65th percentile to the 99th percentile. Two years in a row, top 1% in the state. And for every year since they started doing this for the last seven years, the high school has been exemplary. one of the few schools that's got the highest recognition every single year. So, this is
008just incredible. It I know that we are outworking, outsmarting uh what expectation should be. Everybody is pulling together. It's really incredible. And as I say, don't take my word for it. Go online, look up the data yourselves. It's incredible. I couldn't be prouder. And I saw how hard everybody worked to make this happen that there are many many schools who met the day after the designations came out and were wondering what do we need to do to become exemplary. So we are setting the bar in 2011. That's from the probably the best source, the Illinois State Board of Education. And I couldn't be prouder of our entire team, from the board, admin, teachers, support staff, students, parents, community. Incredible. And we'll have a full report at the next meeting on October 23rd. >> Jack, that
009full report on the 23rd. What is that? That's like full report on just all these results from >> Yes. >> It it was is the next board meeting the >> 28th. My fault. >> 28th. And so then >> more details. >> Got it. Would that include like a presentation from um cuz this was something I was just thinking about as far as us hearing like from um Dr. Ryan and Stephanie since they're new. Like I think it'd be awesome to have an update from them about how things are going cuz um if not at that one then at a future meeting. Um cuz that was a big transition for Manning. So >> yes, >> I think it'd be great to hear from them. I know they're doing lots of great work. >> Yes, I think
010they're doing some excellent work. >> So, but we can have them report. We absolutely will. We can have all the schools report, >> but this is the general >> uh designations from the Illinois State Board of Education as you can see. Our research says that last year the number of multiple school districts so if there's one school in a district exemplary okay that's great but that's one school >> the number of school districts that had three or four um schools or five schools which we could not find that were all exemplary 1% in the state there were only two and we went through uh every collar county in Chicagoland area and looked at all the designations So we found two districts that had three schools where all the schools were exemplary two and then we
011found no schools that had four or more schools that were all exemplary. So that's last year's data. So for now maybe a few schools moved up. That's possible. But uh we know that all four of our schools are exemplary for the first time. And it's not just they're exemplary. We're getting like 25 to 30% gains. unheard of. So I I could and I saw it happen with my own eyes. Everybody digging in and pushing hard and working together and getting amazing results. And what they measure isn't just the test score. They look at growth. So they do look at the bottom line test score, but more importantly look at are we growing our students and exceptional work there. Remind me, Jack. Miller, >> yes. >> Relies on Miller's ranking is because Miller, nobody at Miller
012gets tested. >> True. >> Because those the standardized test starts in third grade. Miller's only kindergarten and first. >> Yes. >> So Miller's ranking is tied to the students that went to Miller in older >> in third grade. >> Exactly. So they look at the proficiency score of the students who were at Miller when they're in third grade because they do get tested. So that is a reflection of Miller's rating. >> And then the growth that students show from third to fourth at Manning, the way they calculated counts for part of Miller's score. Mhm. >> So those were both excellent this year which helped to propel Miller because Sam and the team at Miller their chronic absenteeism was top 1% in the state at 4 and a.5%. Their five essential scores were top 1% in
013the state 97 98 99. Uh so they did everything and then Manning's work benefited the Miller rating. >> Awesome. That's phenomenal news. and looking forward to uh great looking forward to the reporting. >> Excellent. >> Uh board reports. >> You know what? I'll start if nobody else has anything. Uh homecoming. I want to thank the staff that ran the homecoming. Um students were well behaved. That was great. They were well-dressed. I saw them at Tai Warner Park. They look great. Um it sounds like it was a really good time. So, thank you. Um there was a band halftime show even though there wasn't a football game. Unfortunately there wasn't a football game but um the halftime show uh I want to give a shout out to Mrs. Beerman. It was great. The band sounded wonderful.
014Uh a nice you know assembly of music, you know, nice program. Uh real fun. Um and then finally um one more shout out to Mrs. Gomez, uh Mr. Subberine and Miss Cassier for a trip to Pilson. Um, I know my son really enjoyed it, so I want to thank them for taking time on a weekend to go. So, it's appreciated. So, thanks. >> Cool. The only thing I've got is uh just a reminder for everybody to review the triple eye conference schedule. Um and we will discuss in one of the next two probably the next meeting what everybody's thinking about um attending or what they'd like to get have somebody attend because we can't all attend triple eye conference. So review it and kind of put together your wish list or what you're planning on
015attending before the next meeting. >> Is that just we can find it online pretty easily? >> Mhm. >> Great. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I can I'll send you an email. >> That'd be great. And then the 28th is finance facilities, right? >> Yes. next two meetings are very involved with committee meetings prior to them as well. >> Excellent. So, love it. Okay, moving right along. Do we have uh any public comment? >> Okay, still no public comment. I'll take it. Uh future meetings and events. We've got our fine arts festival October 22nd at 7 p.m. at Westmont High School. uh our finance and facilities committee meeting October 28th prior to our next board meeting here at Village Hall and then our next board meeting is also October 28th at 6:30 p.m. I think I
016didn't mention finance and facilities is at 5:30 p.m. Board meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at Westmont Village Hall. Um we were going to have a board self-evaluation tonight. However, we're going to go ahead and reschedu that. Regardless, there's not going to be any action after close session. Um we'll just come back and close the meeting. So motion to enter close session to discuss specific employees, student discipline, purchase or lease of real property for use of the for use for the use of by the public body and potential litigation. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. Dr. Hoover here. >> Miss Rodono. >> Mr. Rodonia. >> Yes. >> Mr. Marin. >> Yes. >> Miss Conover. >> Yes. >> Mr. Aia. Yes. >> Motion passes. And just a reminder, there will be no action when we
017come back from closed. We're just going to come back in and adjourn the meeting. So, yes.