001Good evening everyone. On behalf of the Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education, we would like to thank you for being in attendance both virtually and in person for tonight's board meeting. At this time, we would like to reconvene the meeting of the Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education for Tuesday, September 9th, 2025. Madam Secretary, please take the role. >> Burkett, present. Fantino >> present. >> Lindmark >> present. >> McKendy >> present. >> Meia >> present. >> Zetler >> present. >> And then I think Lamar. >> Sorry guys. >> Welcome to while connected. >> I'm here. Lamar for roll. >> I have present. >> You have seven board members present. >> Okay. >> Dr. Smith. >> At this time, I'd like to invite principal Dr. from Wright Elementary School and her students
002to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Parents, please come forward, take pictures, videos, whatever you'd like as your students come into the room and lead us in the pledge. Good evening, District 300 Board of Education, Dr. Smith, and D300 community members. I am Becky Jur, and I'm the proud principal of Gary Dight Elementary School. With me here tonight are Mrs. Carrie Alstead, our assistant principal, and Mr. Dan Vital, our fifth grade teacher, our student safety patrol, and of course tonight I'm introducing our awesome student leaders, um, our student safety patrol leaders. Our student safety patrol program is led by our dedicated fifth grade teacher, Mr. Vital, who has brought in his military experience to bolster roles and responsibilities of our student leaders. The safety patrol program not only provides students with leadership and servant
003opportunities within our school, but also allows our fifth grade students to foster relationships with younger students as they assist them before and after school. Although we have 65 students participating in our school safety patrol program, the students here tonight are either captains or sergeants overseeing specific zones throughout our school building. To be selected as a captain or sergeant, students go through an application process and have to demonstrate that they are committed to leadership and to service. Our fifth grade safety patrol members play a key role in maintaining a positive and safe school environment. They can be seen greeting fellow students, assisting primary students to their classrooms, and helping peers find their buses at the end of the school day. Student leaders, when I say your name, please step forward and wave. Emily MSAS, Corbin Rudolph,
004Aurelio Mccertie, Tama Patton, Alexandria Bria, Joshua Peavey, and Riley Luke. Please join me in honoring these students for their leadership and service and our school community. And please stand and join us for the pledge. I pledge allegiance 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. [Applause] really just the best thing that for all these meetings is to have the kids come and say the pledge. It's like they're always cute and they're always awesome. Thank you parents because you brought your awesome kids for us tonight. You do not have to spend the night here. If you don't want to, if you want to be here for the next hour and a half, two hours, that's fine,
005too. But you can go. Thank you for coming. >> As we continue, student recognition. Oh, nope. Not my turn. >> Item five, approval of the agenda. Um, the agenda has been amended. Item eight, board announcements. And item nine, superintendent reports have been removed. Um, there is a motion. Is there a motion to approve the agenda as amended? >> So moved. >> Madam Secretary, please take the role. >> Furantino. >> I. >> McKendy. >> I. >> Uh, Melia. >> I. >> Zetler. >> I. >> Burkett. I Lamara. >> Lindmark. I. >> Motion passes. 70. Hey. >> Dr. Smith. >> Continuing with recognition tonight, uh I'd like to welcome Alex Fischer, Special Olympics athletic director and Special Olympics track and field coach to the podium. He will introduce the 2025 Special Olympics Illinois summer game winter winners.
006Yes. [Applause] Thank you very much. Tonight we are here to celebrate five outstanding athletes, four of whom are here this evening, whose hard work, determination, and teamwork have brought pride to their schools and to our entire district. Please join me in recognizing Ting Baron, Mason Hager, David Heightman, Steven Monson, and Connor Wood. These athletes not only competed with heart, but they also represented district 300 with character and sportsmanship every step of the way. Their season was filled with commitment and joy practices full of effort, friendship, and laughter. That dedication paid off in a big way. This spring, they earned fa first place at the spring games and advanced to the state summer games in Normal, Illinois this past June. What an incredible accomplishment. We'd also like to acknowledge the support surrounding our students. We are
007grateful to the Jacobs Athletic Department, the Jacobs administration, the teachers across our high schools and district 300 plus. We'd also like to thank the Algangquin Police Department, especially Chief Walker, to our district leaders, to our board of education, and to everybody who made this all possible. And finally, a big thank you to the parents of our athletes. We're grateful for all of your support. Let's give it up for our athletes. [Applause] Nice [Applause] round. Congratulations. Go back. >> Sorry. Continuing in tonight's student recognition, I would like to welcome Mr. Joe Sassowski, executive director of college and career readiness to the podium, as well as John Anderson uh to introduce career and technical education national competition recognition. Yes. >> Good evening, Dr. Smith, members of the board, and the D300 community. My name is Joe Suscowski,
008executive director of college and care readiness. And tonight, I have the p privilege of celebrating some truly outstanding D300 students from Hampshire High School who competed and excelled at the national level in two of our career and technical education programs. At this time, I would like Quinn Hansen, please step forward. Over the past two years, District 300 has partnered with Certaport, a business that provides software endorsed certifications for the workforce. This partnership provides students opportunities to earn professional certifications in industry tools such as Microsoft, Autodesk, and Adobe products aligned with each software. These certifications are recognized worldwide, demonstrating that our students are acquire acquiring the technical skills used by professionals on a daily basis. Hundreds of our students have already earned these certifications. This year, one of those students rose to the top. Hampshire High
009School senior Quinn Hansen under the guidance of Mr. Mike Anderson earned the highest score in Illinois on the Microsoft Excel exam this spring. That made him one of only a hundred students in the entire country invited to compete in the Certaport Microsoft Office Specialist US National Championship this past June. Out of thousands of students nationwide, Quinn finished 10th in the nation. An incredible achievement that reflects his hard work, skill, and commitment. Please join me in congratulating Quinn Hansen. At this time, I'd like to invite John Anderson, coordinator college and care readiness to introduce our next group of students. Great. Thank you. At this time, will Eric Abbott, Lou Jensen, and Jaden Summers please step forward. In June, I had the honor of traveling with three Hampshire students who competed in the National Skills USA welding
010fabrication competition in Atlanta, Georgia. This is one of the toughest contests Skills USA offers, requiring students to take professional blueprints and transform them into a completed project using multiple welding and cutting processes. During their technical expertise or beyond their technical expertise, students were judged in teamwork, communication, and time management, these same skills employers value most. Representing representing district 300 on the national stage were Eric Abbott, Lou Jensen, and Jaden Summers. These three worked tireless tirelessly with their instructors, Mr. Mike Jakabowski, Adam Casperitz, and Mr. Vince Cerotella to prepare, and we are so proud of the way they represented themselves, Hampshire High School, and District 300. This team is the only is only the second time that D3 students D300 students have represented Hampshire High School's welding program at the National Skills USA competition. As seniors,
011they are now taking advanced coursework at ECC, preparing for the American Welding Society's Certified Welders Exam and will be among the first in Illinois to earn the College and Career Pathway Endorsement in Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology, and Trades in Welding. Please join me in giving a round of applause for these outstanding students and their accomplishments. Congratulations. If I could just take one second. Um parents, thank you so much again for helping you and supporting your kids in this endeavor and our kids are doing great. But but um Joe and John, what they've been doing with this program every year it's leaps and bounds better and more and more kids are being able to um uh get experiences that they wouldn't have gotten back when I was in high school for sure or my kids. So, thank
012you for all the work that you do, um, Joe and John and, uh, and everybody in the, uh, district that supports that program. So, thanks, guys. [Applause] We are on to AVID student recognition tonight. Um, I'd like to welcome Nikki Woodbury, assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction secondary, to the podium. Miss Woodbury will introduce the AVID Summer Institute student representatives this evening. Welcome. Good evening, Dr. Smith, members of the board, and our community members. This evening I am joined by Jamie Van Horn, a AVID coordinator at Jacobs High School and Char Natalini, Jacob's AVID teacher, as we recognize three outstanding District 300 AVID students. Jocelyn Sandaval from Dundy Crown High School, Sophie Sophie Feric from Dundy Crown High School who could not be here this evening, and Constant Mayhem from Jacob's High School. This spring, these
013students earned a remarkable distinction. All three were selected as student leaders at the AVID summer institute in Chicago. A highly competitive honor that draws applicants from across the nation. With the encouragement of their AVID teachers and site coordinators, Joselyn Constants and Sophie pursued this opportunity to grow as leaders while representing District 300's AVID program. Their achievements highlighted not only their personal dedication and talent, but also the strength of the AVID program across our district. During the institute, they collaborated with peers and educators from across the country. They shared their experiences from district 300 classrooms, developed new leadership skills, and modeled hallmark AVID practices, including tutorials, focused note-taking, wicker strategies, which stands for writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading, and a strong sense of belonging that AVID fosters. In addition, Joselyn was honored with the opportunity
014to address thousands of AVID EV educators during their general session. She helped lead a Socratic seminar seminar which powerfully demonstrated both her own skills and the high quality instruction that defines our AVID classrooms. Please join me in congratulating Jocelyn, Sophie, and Constance for their leadership, accomplishments, and for representing District 300 on such a distinction at an important event. Thank you very much. Congratulations. Again, thank you parents for your support as well as the program, the EVID program. I used to before I was on the board, I used to sub and I loved subbing in the AVID classroom. They had a lot kids were doing a lot and learning a lot. It was great. So, congratulations. The Blue Ribbon Society is my next piece of staff recognition. The Blue Ribbon Society recognizes individuals who demonstrate admirable
015qualities aligned to District 300's central mission to provide engaging and inclusive educational experiences that empower and equip all students to discover, innovate, and succeed now and in the future. It's my pleasure to present a Blue Ribbon Society award to Mr. Greg Wilson who is a safety staff member at Dundy Middle School. Mr. Wilson, if you will come to the front, please. Tonight, Mr. Greg Wilson is joined by his wife Eileene and his daughter Maya. Welcome. [Applause] On August 18th of this school year, Mr. Wilson performed life-saving measures in the cafeteria at Dundy Middle School during sixth grade lunch. Upon learning that a student may be choking, Mr. Wilson immediately began assessing the situation. He quickly confirmed that the student was struggling to breathe and performed an abdominal thrust, dislodging the food from the student's throat.
016Within moments, the student was able to breathe regularly again. Mr. Wilson credited the first aid training and the reertifications he completed at his prior job serving for 30 years as an officer with the police Elgen police department with helping him prepare for such um situations in the future. He is a true example of everyday heroism in action. Lots of words. I'm going too fast. Mr. Dr. Wilson, on behalf of District 300, thank you for prioritizing the health and safety of our students. We're proud to recognize you tonight with the Blue Ribbon Society certificate and pin. [Applause] One more piece of recognition tonight, IT Professionals Day. September se 16th district 300 will celebrate IT professionals day which provides an opportunity to recognize the exceptional work of our technology department. These staff members ensure that our systems
017are reliable, our tools are effective, our cyber security is strong, and that support is available when it is needed most. On behalf of District 300, thank you to our technology department. Your work truly impacts the success of our students and staff. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] >> That concludes the recognition. >> Thank you. Um item seven, there is no public participation signed up for today, so we will not do that. Um as we said earlier, we're um passing by board announcements and superintendent report. So we're g we're at um item 10, board discussion. Are there any updates regarding the following board committees? Number um 10.1, the board committee reports. Um board operations committee. >> Yes, the next board operations committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 14th at 4:30 p.m. As we always mention, uh
018that's where a lot of the items that we vote on tonight are discussed in more detail. Um so that's a great meeting to attend or watch uh the recording of after the fact so you can learn uh about these items. Thank you. >> Um 1.2 to superintendent evaluation at hawk committee. >> Um just want to say like in your folder there is a printed copy of the um the documents. I want to see if you please kindly um go go over it and provide any feedback for our next meeting. >> Um 1.3 board policy ad hoc committee. Nothing new to report this month. 1.4 board um member handbook ad hoc committee. Um we're basically finished with the handbook. We're doing some refining like um there's a couple of things we'd like to attach as exhibits
019and things like that, but for the most part everything is done and it'll be um published on the Google doc uh um what do you call it? What are we calling it? Google doc um >> drive. Sorry. Thank you. Old people don't know about doc um Google doc drive as soon as everything is put together. So, thank you for everybody's help. And like I said earlier, the egg hog committees will still be in existence, but what we'll do is we'll do like quarterly checkups and things like that on on the um handbook and the policies and things. Any other um members have anything else they'd like to share or talk about tonight? No. Okay. Item 11, items for discussion. I will read each item individually to allow time for any discussion. 11.1 Board Meeting Minutes.
020Any discussion? 11.2 proposed redacted close session minutes September 23 through February 24. Any discussion? Number three, Permission to Destroy closed session recordings. Any discussion? 11.4 disposal report. Any discussion? 11.5 Treasures Report. Any discussion? 11.6 donation report. Any discussion? 11.7 Nurse and athletics supplies bid extension. Any discussion? 11.8 Park View Edition bid. Any discussion? 11.9 Salt and Ice Melter bid. Any discussion? uh district translation services contract. Any discussion? 11.11 Education Services contract addendum. Any discussion? Number 12, online survey tool renewal contract renewal. Any discussion? 13. Technology services contract renewal. Any discussion? Village of Carpentersville Intergovernmental Agreement. Any discussion? Compensation compliance reports. Any discussion? Um, student private placement 2526 renewal. Any discussion? Uh 17, out of district student travel. Any discussion? And 18, Freedom of Information Act report. Any discussion? I do I want to go back
021to um number 14. I thought we were not going to be voting on this one tonight. Okay. Okay. Just discussion. Okay. All right. Um item 12, consent items. Is there a motion to approve the consent items? So move. >> Any second? >> Second. >> Madam Secretary, please take the role. >> Fantino. >> Hi. >> Meia. >> Hi. >> Burket. I Lamara. >> Lindmark. >> Hi. >> McKenzie. >> I >> Zetler. >> I. >> Motion passes 70. And then usually we what before I do consent items, I tell you know remind everybody that the reason we aren't discussing those tonight is because we've talked about those in u in the operations committee that Christina has already um told us that you know is where we do a lot of that work and um is always is
022online. If you can't make it in p person it's online. Um, item 13, close session. Is there a motion to go into close session for the purpose of discussing one the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees of the P public body 2C1 number two litigation 2C11 number three student disciplinary case 2C9 and four security procedures school building safety and security and the use of personnel to respond to an actual threatened or reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees students and staff the public or public property 2C 2C8. Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Madam Secretary, please take a role. >> Burket. I McKindy. >> Hi. >> Zetler. >> Hi. >> Lamarca. >> Meia. >> Hi. >> Lindmark. >> Hi. >> Varentino.
023>> Hi. >> Motion passes 70. >> And we will be doing no business after close. So thank you.