001Good evening everyone. We have new microphones so I hope I'm getting this right. You can hear us loud and clear. Thank you and welcome to everyone who was here for the district 230 school board meeting on October 30th, 2025. It is 700 pm. Lisa, if you could take the role. >> Here. Good evening everyone. All right, next on the agenda is our superintendent's opening remarks. >> All right, good evening everyone. Thank you for being here as always. Uh very excited that today um was the release of the Illinois school report card for all public schools in the state of Illinois. And we have a press release uh set to go tomorrow morning. Uh but there uh in short there's a lot more for district 230 to celebrate than there is not to celebrate. [snorts] Uh
002for those that may not know the structure of how the state of Illinois gets uh its ratings. Um they essentially have a rating of exemplary and it's uh reserved for the top 10% of all schools K8 middle school high school or K6 excuse me middle school high school um that uh qualify. 10% of schools in Illinois qualify with the exemplary rating. Um the the slightly not great news would be that none of our schools got the exemplary rating, but all three of our schools uh were with right below the threshold. Uh this year um the exemplary rating threshold was 93.02 as an overall score. And if you want to think about it like a traditional grading scale of 0 through 100, 100 is a perfect score. Zero is not great. Um so 93.02 is the
003final cut for the exemplary schools. Samberg was 92.66 as their overall score. Andrew was 92.64. So doctors Offman and uh and Smith were considering that a tie and SAG had a rating of 89.27. Um all within the top 15 to 20 percentile in the state of Illinois. Uh we're also very proud of two other components of that. Both all three schools, excuse me, all three schools had u relatively significant gains since their last year score. Uh Samber and Andrew went up over two points. SAG went up over four points. And that also meant that they significantly significantly close the gap between schools that are exemplary versus where they were at just a year ago. Uh the biggest two areas that we're going to continue to hone in on and work towards and the good news
004is these are baked into our strategic framework. Uh we need to continue to tackle chronic absenteeism as one of our areas that we could uh get some uh get some gains in terms of our overall score and our EL learner uh proficiency rating uh which is also an area. But we're very proud of the work that we've done. We're very proud of the efforts that our administration, our teachers, our our support staff have taken uh to continue to move the needle. Um we know that, you know, we we don't put everything into a rating. Uh but we know that it's a reflection of the work that we're doing and most importantly the um academic and other um uh advantages our students are getting in district 230. So we're very proud of it. Uh again we'll
005have a press release ready and all committee uh all three well two of the three committees in particular will unpack those scores uh throughout the month of November. >> That is it for my opening >> and thank you. >> Am I now? Okay. And I hope um as the state continues on their listening tour to listen to try to set a benchmark that all school districts know what it is and can meet it because we've talked about this before at committees that seems to be ever a moving target and it would be more realistic to honor what you just said with all of the growth. So we're very pleased to see the especially the gaps that are closing and what we're continuing to work on. So thank you. Um, there is a delay when you
006hit the button, just so you know. >> Oh, I don't have to. It stays green. Okay. Thank you. All right. Next, Dr. Melting, do we have any amendments to the agenda? >> Yes. Tonight, we have two amendments. Uh, we are removing the uh hockeyification agreement, which is item 5, 4F, excuse me, from excent agenda. Uh we just have some items that we want to get more information for the board regarding that indemnification agreement and uh an item that will be discussed in uh executive session um 12C the settlement agreement with this uh family uh is also going to be moved. We did not receive the signed copy as we anticipated. So we'll bring that back for our next meeting ideally. >> So we have to make sure >> hit the hit the button. So, we
007have to make sure when we do the consent agenda that it's as amended. >> Yep. >> Okay. All righty. Next, um we have a resolution to fill a board member vacancy. So, oh, I skipped one. Okay. We need now a nomination for the office of board secretary. >> I nominate Tony Serattor for board secretary. >> Second. >> Okay. Um, if we don't have anyone else, we actually I learned something new just reading this, Chris, and I've read this before. We do not need a second. And if only one nomination is made, then I will instruct the board recording secretary to record a unanimous vote for that member. And that member is thereby declared elected. So, Tony Serator, thank you. You are now the board secretary. [applause] >> Thank you. All right. Next, because of that,
008we needed to do that first because we do also have a board vacancy. So, now I need a motion for a resolution to fill the board vacancy. >> Yes. If you look, we need a motion. >> I move the school board approve the resolution to fill the board vacancy. >> Second. Any questions? >> Yeah. Um, we're filling the board vacancy. I just have a brief comment and um, I know while Tim has shown dedication over the past eight months, um, I know he'll make a good board member, I believe, um, other individuals were suitable as well and would have brought greater diversity to the board and to the district 230 community as a whole. So, I'll be voting no for this one. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments? All right, Lisa, can you
009take a roll? >> Yes. >> No. >> Yes. All right, Tim, you are approved. [applause] All right, Tim. Now, we're going to go out there and I'm going to read the oath with you. office board of education consolidated high school districts of the office of member of the board of education to consolidated district 23 >> in accordance with the constitution of the United States the constitution of the state of Illinois and the laws of the state of Illinois to the best of my ability. >> In accordance with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, >> I further swear that I shall respect taxpayer interest by serving as a faithful protector of the school district's assets. >> I fly swear that I shall respect taxpayer interest by serving as a
010faithful protector of the school district's assets. I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees. >> I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting privacy of students and employees. >> I shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can only be made by a majority vote in a public court meeting. I shall recognize as an individual and the decisions only. >> I shall abide by majority decision of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions ethical and constructive challenge channels. >> I shall
011abide by majority decisions of the board while maintaining the right to seek changes in such decisions ethical and constructive channels. As part of the board of education, I shall accept the responsibility for my role in the equitable and quality education of every student in the school district. >> As part of the board of education, I shall accept responsibility for my role in equitable and quality education of every student and students. >> I shall foster with the board extensive participation of the community, formulate goals, define outcomes, and set the course for consolidated high school district 230. I shall foster important and extensive participation of the community and formally goals define outcomes and set a course for consolidated by school district 250. I shall assist in establishing [clears throat] a structure and environment designed to ensure all
012students have the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework. I shall assist in establishing a structure and an environment designed to ensure all students have the opportunity to attain the maximum potential level. >> I shall strive to ensure continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children in compliance with state law. >> I shall strive to ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children compliance with state law. I shall serve as as education's key advocate on behalf of students or community schools to advance the mission for district 230. >> I shall serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision for district 230. >> I shall strive to work together
013with the district superintendent to lead the school district towards fulfilling the vision the board has created. Fostering excellent for every student in the areas of academic skills, knowledge, citizenship, and personal development. I shall strive to work together with the district superintendent to lead the school district toward fulfilling the vision of what is created to foster excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills, knowledge, citizenship, and personal development. Welcome aboard. Thank you. [applause] Please. [cough] [snorts] >> Thank you so much, Tim. And to everyone who did apply, we want to thank you as well. We are blessed to have many people want to participate in the board of education and we hope to continue um that you are offering your service to our community. Tim, this is the one shot tonight. You get a
014break. I know you've been attending a lot of committees and so if you're comfortable with voting, you may. If you're not because you feel like you're not caught up, you can't abstain. I won't offer you that next time. All right. Next, we have our school board student representatives. Good evening. As we enter the fall season, Samberg portrays a sense of community, creating an environment where both students and staff members can thrive. To start off, homecoming week was a great success and ended with the Eagles football team's Friday night win over Homewood Flossmore. Also, on the Friday night before the homecoming dance, a crew of 1985 graduates visited Samberg and got to take a walk down memory lane. Saturday ended the exciting week with the homecoming dance. The theme was City of Stars and many students
015attended, having a fun time as always. Additionally, Samberg has excellent has excelled in its sports teams. Girls golf won the IHSA regional and boys golf got fourth place at the IHSA regional. The boys and girls cross country teams will compete in the IHSA sectional this Saturday with an eye on advancing to the state meet. Also, girls tennis advanced to the IHSA state tournament. Lastly, the Samberg football team won the Southwest Valley Conference Championship. It is the first conference championship since 1995. The team advanced to the first round of the IHSA playoffs and will play Lockport at Mike Navaro Stadium on Saturday at 6 p.m. This year, the fall play was the giver and Samberg students provided three great performances in the pack. Also, Samberg's Model United Nations hosted the 16th annual Casemon with over 40
016schools attending. Also, Samberg's Marching Eagles had their annual instant replay event in the Eagle Gym on October 20th. It included many hit songs from Friday Night Lights. The Marching Eagles also earned the Crowd Appeal Award at the Illinois State Marching Band Comp Championship. On October 10th, Samberg hosted the first we the breakfast of the school year this month. As well, more than 40 Samberg staff members were recognized for their contributions to the Samberg community. Our embodying our attendance of we learn, we grow, we inspire. Just last week, our us program brought Stamberg students and staff to each of our D135 junior highs. Students and staff visited classrooms to connect with the incoming class of 2030. We shared important information and tips for the incoming students. We also shared our success formula of be here, do
017your best, and get involved. The incoming freshmen showed enthusiasm and are eager to be welcomed at Samberg's as Samberg's newest Eagles. Moreover, t parent teacher conferences took place virtually which makes it more attainable for both the parents and the teacher teachers. This is always a really helpful time for parents to get an insight into how their child is doing at school. Samberg also hosted the National Honors Society induction ceremony just this past Tuesday. Nearly 200 students were inducted and recognized for excelling both academically and socially in the Samberg community. To conclude, I want to thank you all for your time and opportunity that I have here at D230. Thank you. [applause] Good evening. Once again, I am Shelby Oliver, Andrew student representative to the board. Now that D230 is more than halfway through our first
018semester, Andrew students and staff continue to celebrate our many accomplishments. Throughout the month of October, the T-Bolt family continue to cherish our motto. With every spark, we leave our mark in all aspects of student life. Now, as you may be able to tell from my outfit, which I hope somebody is curious, Andrew was currently celebrating Halloween early this year during its annual community Halloween night. Hosted by the Students Against Violence Everywhere Club, the event features clubs and sports decorating classrooms, while families from our community dress up and walk the halls to trick-or- treat and learn about the multitude of opportunities provided at Andrew. The night successfully engages Andrew students with our community while providing fund for future T-Bolts for Halloween. Earlier in this month, to honor the success of our driven students, Andrew staff hosted
019an AP grade point and community service recognition night for the class of 2026. In total, the event celebrated the top 20% of the class achieving an average GPA of a 4.65 65 with many students achieving top success in rigorous AP or honors classes. Additionally, for students who have completed over 75 hours of community service, they have amassed over 17,145 hours, all of which were volunteered at outreach events throughout high school. In all, the celebration effectively recognized the wide variety of senior achievements as they prepare to to transition into T-Bull alumni. Officially finalizing their successful 2025 season this month, the marching Andrew Thunderbolts traveled to Illinois State University to compete at the 2025 marching band Championships. The band first competed in the preliminary rounds of the contest where they achieved numerous successes and were chosen to
020continue in the competition state finals where they placed third in class 5A and ninth overall in the state. After a strong finale in this year's marching band season, the marching Thunderbolts are excited to return and compete in the upcoming winter color guard and winter percussion seasons. Another successful event stemming from T-Bolt creativity was this year's fall play, A Games of Foot. Set in a massive elaborate mansion, the Mur Murder Mysteries cast and crew practiced tirelessly for months before performing three nights for our Andrew community. Overall, the Andrew family cannot wait for our theater department to announce its next production. Stemming from this year's early successes, Andrew cannot wait to celebrate more accomplishments and engaging events of our building this year. Happy Halloween and thank you. [applause] Good evening. Uh Mo Wong couldn't be with us
021today. So we have our student council vice president Sadim Muhammad um who is here and who will read speech. So >> good evening school board. My name is Sadim Muhammad and I'm vice president of STAG's student council. With October coming to an end, I'm excited to share the highlights of STAG this month with you. Charger athletic have been powering through and showing excellent performance. To start off, our unified volleyball team competed in state finals again this year and placed in third. The Charger girls flag football team became the 2025 regional champions. The boys soccer team as well became the regional champions with Charger Nation cheering them on and showing what true Charger Pride really is. The students at Stag High School keep demonstrating their academic integrity such as Jack Krinski becoming the boys cross country
022SWCS champion. Our boys cross country team qualified for the sectional competition which will be happening on in Hinsdale this Saturday. In addition, Bridget Begley qualified for the girls team and will also compete on Saturday. These Chargers are great examples of what it means to be a strong student athlete. Our students continue to make our school great in all aspects and represent the best of Stag. Stag's drama club got to perform their thrilling fall show and heard the win. The Chargers kept the audience engaged and entertained throughout the show. Our theater program never failed to disappoint. We hope you were able to see the show and will join us in future performances. To be a Charger is to forever bleed orange and blue. The class of 75 showed this at their 50th reunion and walked into
023their to our building with great school spirit and got to witness the new yet familiar hallways. Members of the marching band were able to talk with a few of the alumni and learn about their experiences with the marching chargers. These alumni demonstrated that the kindness within our chargers will never fade away. Stag also celebrated Polish American Heritage Month. It's great to see the hallway filled with celebration and appreciation for Polish culture. The stag community is always proud to share and appreciate the many cultures that make this a special place. The Polish Club does a fantastic job with lifting up school spirit by filling up the commons with upbeat Polish DJ music, daily announcements about Polish and Poland, and providing delicious Polkis for the Chargers. As we as we transition from fall into the winter season,
024the jazz band has begun its addition process. Fall sports are entering state competitions or have wrapped up. Winter sports begin preconditioning and tryyouts and many clubs or activities have entered their winter competition season. I would like to thank the board of education for their continued support for all of our students and programs and for all the opportunities to share of our success and celebrations with you. Thank you. All right. Next, we have our student and staff spotlight. >> Okay. All right. It is that time of year and there it is. The principles I want to make sure I get this right. Um, it is the Illinois Principal Association celebrates Principal Appreciation Day and that was last week on Friday, October 24th. And we want to acknowledge the three of you. I know you're very humble,
025but I'm in trouble. >> I'm going I know you came up so quiet. I am going to read um a resolution. So, here we go. State of Illinois proclimation. Whereas school principles play an integral role in nurturing a positive student centered culture in elementary, middle, and high schools across the state of Illinois. And whereas school principles are responsible for attracting and retaining the best teachers and support staff to ensure that each child receives equitable educational opportunities and services to reach their potential. And whereas it is the primary responsibility of the state of Illinois to provide adequate and equitable resources for schools so that all students have access to a quality education and foundation for a successful future. And whereas the Illinois Principles Association, which represents over 6,900 educational leaders statewide, believes that educators experiences and
026voices are essential to crafting effective education policy. And whereas the Illinois Principles Association is committed to developing, supporting, and advocating for innovative educational leaders through highquality professional development, networking opportunities, and legislative advocacy. And whereas school official school leaders face many obstacles in supporting and educating our young people. And it is through their perseverance, passion, and hopefilled leadership that Illinois continues to produce quality, career ready students. And whereas we must continue to encourage, support, and recognize our school principles who have a positive impact on Illinois students and the educational system in the land of Lincoln. Therefore, I JB Pritsker, Governor of the State of Illinois, do hereby proclaim October 19th through 25th, 20 2025 as Principal Week and October 24th, 2025 as Principal's Day in Illinois to recognize principles and the Illinois Principles Association for all
027that they do to help our children learn and succeed. Congratulations, [applause] Hold on. Hold on. >> [applause] >> All right. But we still have more people to acknowledge. So, Dr. Aman, if you could come back up. >> Thank you. Good evening. It is my privilege to recognize senior Addison Peele, Victor J. Andrew High School's impactful student for her leadership and service to our school community and to the state of Illinois. Addison was recently honored by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Janulius for her advocacy with the Illinois Donate Life program. Because of her passion and commitment, Addison was selected as one of five students across the entire state to be ambassadors in the 2025 Illinois lead program. In this role, Addison has traveled to high schools across the state, presenting to students about the importance of
028joining the Don Donate Life program and the profound lifesaving impact organ and tissue donation provides. Her voice and message have reached young people statewide and encouraged countless students to consider becoming donors. Addison has also made a tremendous impact at Andrew High School. For the past two years, she's gone and partnered with our driver's education program semester to students so that they receive meaningful information to help them make informed life making decisions and compassion truly exemplify what it means to be T-Bolt. She's an inspiration to her peers and a powerful example of how one student's leadership can create a change beyond the walls of high school. Please join me in thanking Addison for her remarkable contributions to the state as well as Andrew High School. Congratulations, Addie P. >> Congratulations. [applause] >> Thank you, Mr. Olsen.
029All right. So, we ready, Luke? >> Okay. >> The Illinois Special Olympics Unified Volleyball is a program that brings together Special Olympic athletes with unified partners onto the same volleyball team for training and competition. It is part of the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program which promotes social inclusion, builds teamwork, and fosters friendship within the school environment. The state championships took place in Rockford on October 18th and 19th. At the end of the tournament, the Stag High School unified volleyball team won a bronze medal, taking third place in state. And on a side note, they won that third place award down one player, right? So, it's like playing volleyball with your hand tied behind your back and they still took it to them. Um, we are so proud of our Special Olympians, their unified partners
030and our coaches. And I'd like to introduce our coaches, Abby Douglomini, um, uh, Carrie Marowitz, and also Tom Cisco. Um, and they are going to introduce you to Stag's third place instate unified volleyball team. [applause] >> Thank you. Before Tom introduces all the players, we would just like to extend a sincere thank you always for supporting our program. Um, I say this every year because we're always here every year, which is kind of nice to say for some sport, but anything that we ask for, we receive. We have wonderful accommodations when it comes to hotels. We have wonderful um funds to take these kids out to nice dinners. We had a blast with this group. Um this group in particular is a really special group. They do a fantastic job during the day as people
031tutors and then gave up a lot of nights and this long weekend to be with our athletes and help them bring home bronze. So very proud of them. Um and just a sincere thank you as always to supporting our program. We genuinely appreciate it. I'm gonna hand it over to Tom to introduce the players >> and your lineup. >> No. Start starting with the unified partners who are just a terrific group this year. I mean um outstanding role models for our athletes. Wouldn't you say so, Luke? Yeah. Um tons of fun. Uh like Abby was saying, we had a a blast in Rockford and the Tuesday nights we got to spend, you know, together on and off the court. You know, hopefully just uh would make uh lifelong memories for everybody involved. So, um want
032to take a moment Oh, on top of it, very good volleyball players. I mean, this this team was able to like consistently set up a bump, set, and spike attack, which is not, you know, something we do every year. So, that was really cool to see on the court on a regular basis. Um, we're going to start with our unified partners, uh, Ryan Wakal, Emily Bao, Laorray Durani, Lily Marino, and Loan Demian. close. I say their first name so much. So, all right. Uh, and then our athletes representing today. Um, first of all, stand this young man standing next to me, our super server. Um, served at about an 80% clip this whole entire season. That's a long ways away. That service line, this guy was nailing it left and right. Luke Carroll. And then
033as I was alluding to earlier with that uh the the bump set and spike, this is our master spiker over here, Ahmad Hamemed. [cheering] [applause] So again, thank you very much. What a great season and and thanks for having us here. >> Thank you. We can't wait to see you next year. [applause] All right, next our curriculum spotlight. Good evening. Um, I'm joined tonight by Dr. Augustine, the associate principal for instruction here at STAG. um as well as three teachers from the PE and driver's ed department, Tom Lai, Mike McMahon, and Brian Smith. So, tonight's video showcases our professional learning communities. There are teams of educators that are dedicated to supporting one another and continuously improving their professional practice. These these teams here, they understand the importance of building strong learning partnerships with students and
034helping them take ownership for their learning. Stag teams engage in educy processes during our late start Wednesdays. They identify an area of focus. They develop an inquiry question that's aligned to our instructional framework and they target research-based instructional practices that have an impact on student learning. Throughout the year, teams gather, they analyze evidence of student learning, and then they implement responsive instructional actions to support the growth of their students. Late start Wednesdays have evolved here at Stag to an environment of shared purpose and collective efficacy where our teachers truly believe in their work and their ability to impact student success and they value the ability to grow and learn together. Professional learning communities or PLC's are teams of educators that are committed to supporting one another and growing their professional collaboration and provides a space
035for teachers to reflect, share ideas and it's the authentic experience through this conversation that really drives our inquiry process. Collaboration is a great opportunity for teachers to act strategies that builds for students. >> Our next Wednesday become a place where our teachers truly value the dedicated time for professional learning and have a collective belief in the impact they can make together. you have just moment day where you get to kind of share ideas and kind of have time to work on them to learn. Each year all of our teams at today engage in an inquiry process during late start Wednesdays. We transitioned to an inquiry model about 4 years ago because it gives our team the autonomy to identify an area of need that they want to investigate and do work together. Throughout the year,
036they gather and analyze evidence of student learning and implement responsive instructional actions to support growth for all learners. The inquiry process is great because it lets our entire PC focus on one particular issue, one particular thing that we'd like to improve and we all see. Start the inquiry. where it's a little messy and that's um okay because the process is us collecting evidence and then taking that evidence and analyzing it to make real change. >> Now become deeper minded found a place where teachers can really dive into this is something that is relevant and interesting. Teachers look at high impact strategies. They collect evidence from students and they make decisions about are those strategies working at getting the options out of our students. So it creates teams that believe in what they're doing. We're more
037intentional in what we are doing uh with the data that we're collecting. Uh it's driving our uh instructional practices. >> Each PLC team creates a different question aligned with the district 230 instructional framework. This ensures our teams target research based practices that have a high impact on learning. This clear focus we're developing each question perfectly aligns our building PLC work with district professional learning demonstrating a clear commit to professional learning and collaboration at all. >> When we first started the process our in was uh focused on student self assessment. Since then we've evolved and we are more uh focused on student engagement. >> We focus on increasing student ownership of revision and feedback. So instead of the teacher always giving the feedback, it's so much more meaningful now that students take that ownership of doing
038some of their own revisions and give each other feedback. Our instructional uh what is teacher clarity. We focus on that because not only do we have kind of the traditional curriculum in the classroom, we also have to apply those skills in the shop. that uh help us explain our instructions skills and know that it's evolved into the students taking ownership of that environment. This year is focusing on the learning intentions and success criteria which is uh under teacher authority. So um this is just the idea that the students have very um straightforward route to success via like um very tangible. We first started making sure students were involved in process as we move forward. Now we are trying to give student voice to make sure that what we implemented the last couple years now we're
039reassured to get their voice that they need help also self assessment >> our staff understands the importance of building strong learning partnerships with students in the classroom there's truly a focus on making learning visible for students so they are empowered to take ownership of their individual progress >> our focus is on strength, speed and power. And through uh various tests we are collecting data, times, distances. Ultimately, at the end of the day, we're seeing more engagement, more excitement, and uh leading into the student ownership, kind of taking that teacher piece and really kind of running away and developing procedures in the classroom, calling me, standard operating procedures where students can now instead of me being direct instruction answering every single question, students now have finding those answers, students are now referencing working together. I see
040them inspecting each other and then refer back to where students may have made a mistake. >> This inquiry goal is one day they will record themselves talking and then they transcribe it, they analyze it, they get feedback from each other from themselves which uh sometimes is hard but once they get past that they are it's they're amazed at how uh they can find and improve their own errors. Our thought process was that if you can screen the vaccine and assess the student, you should be able to get into the pharmacy and do it yourself. And what we found through our initial data was kids were learning that we were going from 30% to 60%. We were going from 25% to 90% kids understand. >> Our staff understands that they can make the biggest impact when
041they collect. RPC allows them the time it takes to make that And I just have to take a moment to brag right about these staff members here Dr.ing the work and then these gentlemen here but presenting their PLC work not not only at the state level but also at the national level so that right other educators um can learn from their processes. [applause] So we have a question for the gentleman. I I do because we can't leave you cover. So tell us the biggest change you've seen from yourself and from your peers. I know you did a wonderful video. >> Can you repeat the question? Sorry. >> What is the biggest change you've seen in yourself and that in your peers? >> Uh [clears throat] I think the biggest thing that I've seen um as
042far as myself in general is being able to again take a step back, be able to look at our program as a whole. I think sometimes we get kind of uh used to a certain pattern of things and be able to take a step back and see what we're actually doing and what we're doing is actually working and our kids learning for me personally is one of the biggest things I think from a staff standpoint when we're in those meets on on every Wednesday. Again, we are we have a focus. We know exactly what we're trying to do. So, that's one of the biggest thing. It kind of brings us together, keeps our conversations clear and concise and gets us uh gets us moving and make sure students are learning the proper way. >> Thank
043you. All right. I'm put Um, since we started this process, the thing that I noticed most is that we have a much clearer connection from the classroom with drivers at connecting to the actual experience in the car for behind the wheel. So, we're able to use our inquiry question to guide our instructional uh practices in the classroom, but then also use the peer assessment, the self assessment strategies that we've been using to actually see that improve their driving. um and a little bit less nerve-wracking uh knowing that we're all kind of using the same language because we share a lot of kids um throughout the different hours. So, it's just nice to know that what they're hearing from me, they're also hearing from the other uh educators in the in the department as well. So,
044>> and I bet all the drivers on the road are very appreciative. >> Oh, very. Yes. Honestly, for me, it just gives us a singular focus, whether it's PE or driver's ed, and it kind of brings us together and makes us as educators think outside the box to help our students maybe understand the material a little bit more so they could teach each other and then they kind of just learn from there. >> Well, thank you and keep doing what you're doing. [applause] >> All right. Next, we have committee reports. We'll go with member Casmir first with education. >> All right. Uh our meeting uh began October 1st at 7 p.m. at the admin center. Um we started with an update on the strategic framework uh year 2 actions for 2025 to 26 primarily focused
045on maintaining student success and academic support. Um to uphold the target of 95% freshman on track. Uh key initiatives were outlined including creating a menu of all credit recovery options, developing exemplar modules starting with math one and ensuring staff training on the credit recovery platform. Uh complimentary actions focused on GPA improvement which involved finalizing professional learning experiences for instruction creating a model to assess the impact of the professional learning and facilitate an equitable district-wide PLC model aligned to inquiry. Uh, additionally, the committee received a detailed presentation on the English language learner program districtwide, uh, covering identification, district data, programming, course offerings, and support resources like SOP training, and afterchool tutoring. Um, Dr. Huffman also provided dates for the fall preac, October 16th, and the optional NMSQT October 28th. Uh the committee received over um received
046overviews on state funding from both Dr. Noline and Dr. Huffman. Uh furthermore, uh Mr. Jame Hull provided a comprehensive report on the MACS grant funding detailing federal and state dollars. Uh Dr. Huffman reminded the committee that parent teacher conferences will be held virtually on October 14th, 2025. Um the meeting which concluded with no public comments or policy changes, was adjourned at 8:18 and our next meeting is November 5th. Um I would just like to um add commentary that the all online parent teacher conferences went very smoothly. Um you know it was we were able to schedule ours almost back toback so it was an hour and we were done rather than spending three hours at the school. So that that worked out pretty well. >> Any questions? >> I I second the the smooth parent
047teacher conference. It was nice. >> Good to hear. All right. Next you've got the mic so we'll go with student support. uh student support committee. Uh the committee received uh a strategic for framework update on the res revised discipline goal for safety related behaviors. The new metrics ideal state is for 99% uh of students to have no safety referrals in a school year which is bold. In 2024 2025 96.6% 96.6% of students had no safety referrals. While an ambitious goal Mr. explained the importance of aiming for a high standard related to safety related behaviors. The metric and ideal state for attendance-based referrals will remain the same and continue to be a focus area. The committee also learned of the positive fall panorama student survey results which informed the district's emot emotional health metric. There was
048a 2.2 2 percentage point increase over last year's fall results while the district with the district ranking in the 99 while the district ranking in the 99th percentile nationally in two of the survey social emotional domains. Miss Schulman shared details about the development of a new professional learning experience for staff and co-eing courses focused on specially designed instruction. This workshop is aimed at helping reduce the achievement gap for students with IEPs in co-taught courses. Finally, a safety and security update from Dr. Carr highlighted ongoing emergency system reviews, safety drills, quarterly networking meetings with local law enforcement and information on the upcoming school safety conference on November 4th to be hosted here at Stag High School. Uh Dr. Noling explained the state's Byzantine EV evidence-based funding formula, the district status as a tier one district, and
049described the breakdown of district funding split between local, state, and federal sources. He also discussed current legislative e adv advocacy that is actively focused on increasing mandated categorical funding which currently only partially reimburses the district for required services like special education and transportation. The district continues to monitor emerging emerging requirements such as a new world language graduation requirement and proposed voter/choice bills that could affect public school funding. uh meeting jured at 8:25. The next meeting will be held November 11th, 2025 at 7 pm. >> Any questions? >> All right. Next, member Jabber. >> Um Dr. Note, we might on October 20th, 2025. Dr. Noling shared updates on teacher retention efforts, including student participation in the Rain Valley [clears throat] Community College career technical education program. Planning continues for next summer's building projects, and the district's
050architect will attend the November meeting to discuss the life safety survey um report we received. Um property updates included ongoing negotiations for the 10608 property and the planned sale of the Willow Grove. Um due to delayed Cook County tax bills, the district plans to issue tax anticip anticipation warrants and the 2020 2025 tent tentative levy will be presented. It's going to be presented very soon um by our assistant superintendent. Um the committee also reviewed the bid for the um Victor J. Andrew marching band uniform and um the upcoming surplus property and we discussed insurance which we'll be voting on in the consent agenda and we had a excellent transportation report and our next meeting will be November 17th at district office at 7 p.m. Any thank you very much. >> All right, next we have
051Adam from the teachers association. Good evening everyone. We're officially at that time of year where both our teachers and students are deep into planning, grading, and studying. So, for the sake of everyone's time, I'm going to keep things brief here. Going to focus on what is on everyone's mind, especially our little ones of trick-or-treating age, and that's Halloween. And so, we have a great tradition here in District 230 of recognizing Halloween with our students and staff. Yesterday I was at Samberg for Scholastic Bowl. Had a chance to see out the classroom window where we were having our match uh the wonderful community event they do for the trunk or treat. Our Andrew rep already talked about Safe Club doing their sixth annual spooky uh season trickor treat. And then finally, tomorrow is one of my
052favorite day in the schools. Uh our early childhood preschool teachers and staff, they come around their costumes uh in the different buildings, they do their trick-or-treating. So on behalf of all of our teachers, we wish you a happy Halloween. We hope your kids, your grandkids get the best candy bars they can imagine. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> All right, next Christie from our ESPs. >> Hello. Good evening. ESP Association congratulates Mr. Damo on his appointment to the school board and we do look forward to working with you. um as your new role on the school board. Um as the student representatives mentioned earlier, um all three schools held homecoming dances last month and uh many ESPs uh work them as either um general workers or um aids to the students. Um
053we were all very happy to uh be at the dances. I was one of them myself at um Samberg. It was a great evening. And so we um always appreciate um the opportunity to uh be part of these fun activities and to help the students um have a successful event. Um the past two days, many support staff throughout the district um including myself were able to uh attend the Skycon conference which uh was an opportunity to learn more about Skyward and its um functions. Thank you to John Con and your staff for um the opportunity to attend. I um learned that I don't know as much about Skyward as I thought I did. So this was a great opportunity. I did learn quite a few things myself. Um, and I was able to uh see
054some of my fellow co-workers that I don't normally get to interact with. So, it was a great two days and I really do appreciate the opportunity to to attend that. Um, as a Samberg staff member, um, I will be working the football game on Saturday. So, um, it's, uh, anticipate to be a great event, so I'll probably see some of you there. Um, it's always great to have a fun football game on a Saturday night. So, um, looking forward to that as well. And we hope that we come out I hope you all enjoy your Halloween weekend as well. And just to remind you, don't forget to turn your clocks back on Saturday night so you're not late for somewhere on Sunday. And um I wish you a great weekend and as always, thank you
055for your time and it's always nice to see you and I'll see you next month. Thank you. >> Thank you, Christie. All right, next Jen Waterman with the District 230 Foundation update. >> I will be brief. Um, the foundation has been busy with all things Legacy Hall, which by the way is Friday, November 7th. If you haven't purchased a ticket, I encourage you to do so. Um, and if you haven't seen the front page of the Daily Southtown, there's a big story about um, one of our Legacy Hall winners and and mentions the the other the other six being inducted. So, I encourage you to read that as well. >> Thank you. It's always a great event. All right. Next, we have the 2025 resolution committee report and member Dalton is going to represent the
056school board at the triple eye conference for this event. So, last month we were all given the um committee report to review. Uh as I reviewed it, these are all very uh into uh support for the association themselves. And so there was nothing that's really external but internal. Uh the recommendations were to support all of these as I read through them. I would believe that we as a board would want to support all of those. I just want to make sure that there is nobody that had any other thoughts. Then I will be representing us uh at the conference and I will be voting yes on all of the uh items that they presented. Thank you. Thank you for doing that. All right. Um I believe Miss Waterman, we do not have any public comments.
057I didn't think so. I just want to make sure I acknowledge that. All right. Next, if we could have a motion for the consent agenda items. >> I move that the school board approve the consent agenda as amended. >> Second. >> There's a tie. I think that was member Jabber and then member Saratori. Any questions? Um and I know for the last two years this has been a discussion and a concern. I just think um we need more discussions. I think from after this vote the you know of ways we could save on our insurance policy. I know there's been a a lot of increases. Um I do support the plan that the staff have. Um, but we have to figure out ways as a board how we could save the taxpayers money. >> Okay.
058>> Thank you. Any other questions? All right, Lisa, >> take the role. >> Yes. Motion passed. All right. Next, if we could have a motion for the intergovernmental agreement with the village of Orland Park School District 135 as presented and to authorize the board president and secretary to sign the agreement. >> So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All right. That was made by member Casmir, seconded by member Kelly. Do we have any questions? >> This is um for the 9750, right? It's happy that this is kind of done and behind us. >> It's been a long time coming and I want to thank the village um the village Orland Park village board for working working with the schools and other taxing bodies on trying to get this complete. >> I
059agree. Long time coming, lots of conversations and it's finally here. So, I wanted to make sure. Okay, no other questions. >> I do have I have one question just >> Jeff's hiding us now. So he might be the one. Adam has learned and Adam's moved. So now Jeff might be the one who can't be. >> Just for the sake of the board, I do obviously Jeff Egan is here and he's been involved, but we also have Jason Manning from Hler. He's been representing us in these discussions as well. So if you have questions for either uh they're both here in attendance. So, so just clarification in in the one section it says that um the parties wave and release from any and all claims for relief, enforcement or breach of the agreement. Okay. Um, and
060I know in all of the back and forth and everything else, there had been numbers that we had thrown out about funding coming to us that they had owed us. So, does that now disappear or are we still getting what we felt we were owed? If you look back in the last three years, we have claimed approximately 475,000 in fees owed to us. So that money is sitting out there as a a reimbursement request from the village through these tip funds. So in signing this IG and passing it, we would be giving up the opportunity for collection on those those dollars. Um we have been averaging about $150,000 in in requested amounts for the last eight years. So if you take that $475,000 over those three years and then the tip is supposed to end
061in four years. So if you take 150,000 that we would probably be eligible for those four years. That's $600,000. So, if you add up over those seven years, it's about a million dollar in tuition uh dollars we would be eligible for in them ending the tiff. Right now, we are expected to receive a million dollars in revenue based on the ability to access those uh those property tax dollars with the tip being ended. So if you look over a sevenyear period, we are being made whole from the tip ending and us having access to those tax dollars. >> Okay. So if we're we're being made whole, which is great and that's what we had hoped for, then what are we? Because you said we are waving claims, but yet we are being made whole. So
062I I'm confused as to how we're being made whole if we're waving those claims that we had. >> Sure. So over the seven years, we would have been eligible for a million dollars of of um property or sorry reimbursement dollars. >> Okay. >> If the tip were to continue, we didn't act tonight, then continue, we would continue to have a claim on those dollars. But they have said at the village that there is no money to be paid for those reimbursements. Right? >> So if we do nothing, we will still have a larger claim on those but really no source of of of funds for the village to pay those out. >> Okay. So basically then by ending the tiff and agreeing to wave whatever we have, we technically will lose money that we had
063a claim to that they said they would never be able to pay us anyway. And now because the tiff has ended, we will start being paid. >> Correct. >> The claims that we have on that property. >> Correct. >> And you obviously trust the village that the money is not there. So moving forward and getting some money is better than trying to get blood from a stone, so to speak. >> So So there's a large debt that the um the village has kind of picked up for the tiff in terms of the bond payments. So the balance that is sitting in the tiff right now is being transferred to the downtown tiff which is the tip right next door to it. So once this executes that the main street dollars will be transferred over and
064those dollars are to be paid uh to be used to pay for future debt payment. That's our outstanding debt payment that the village has a responsibility for. But you do feel like you trust that there really is no money there to go try to get to be made whole as Mr. Sarator was saying. >> That's my belief. Yes. The dollars that are being moved are to pay for the debt service. And I don't know this, but I don't know if it's even enough to pay that debt service. >> And um the 9750, it's it's going to be early on the tax roles, right? Um three or four years early on the tax. That's what that accession tax. >> Yeah. So it's going to be four years early on the tax ro. So that's the other
065benefit of it. >> That's the new money. >> No compound money almost. >> No, no, no. It's a benefits. It's it's basically they're paying their property taxes and that's going to start very soon where it's going to be on the ROS. >> So and I believe that's even included for next year's tax for the tax levy report. Correct. >> Correct. If the action goes through tonight and this is a past IG, that will be the third of three signatures that will be needed. They will take that to the county clerk tomorrow. There's a November 1st deadline, which is Saturday. So, they have to get it in tomorrow. That will provide an up7 tiff that was created between 1:35 2:30 and built. So, that's really the action that's taking place today is it's the final step
066of of kind of taking that tip, putting it aside. any future tip we'll have a new set of uh parameters IGA discussions things like that >> just just to add to that that as after today in in both 135 230 in the village decided once we provide some closure to the in 2007 [clears throat] that's where Manning and and the council for for the village we start working on terms for future tips particularly for future texts that might um have residential [clears throat] components So [snorts] they're two separate things and that was intentional to try. >> All right. Any other questions or comments? >> All right. the resolution tax. >> I move that the school board adopt the resolution. So what we're we're asking is 4.86. Based on the calculation of of the information we
067know and the estimates we know, we believe it's going to be more like a 3.6% increase in new money. Um so we have to ask for more. Go through that levy process. The county clerk will act the property tax um tax cap laws and we believe it'll reduce to about 3.6. So technically >> sometimes the county may not even give us a full 4.86. So >> we we never get the amount as Jeff just said. We can put out 486 but we're not going to get 486. Um the last two years I voted against the levy just because I felt that you know it's just too high. Um and I'm comfortable this year again with that number. Um, but despite that and the fact that I'm having trouble with it, I understand the situation we're
068in. And I think that our expenses uh especially in the last couple years have have gotten a lot higher than maybe they should be. Um, and I know that that we are making so many efforts, especially Dave and John, of of trying to save money, trying to cut money on on on different uh things that they're doing or, you know, every time we do an upgrade to a building, we try to put in something that makes it more economical. And there's only so much we can save and we're not a business that can go out and increase the price of our product. So, what we're left with is either continuing to tax the people that live in our district or try to find a way to cut more costs. Um, and I think moving forward,
069we really, really, really have to start looking at that because again, I'll I'll just say it. I've said it before. We have a number a large number of people in our district that are on social security or fixed incomes. The cola for next year is 2.8%. Okay, this will exceed that. Okay. Um, and again, I understand we need the money. We are having trouble. Uh, we've got to get tax warrants because the county isn't doing their job. Um, so I will approve it this year, but I really want us to take a much harder look as we move forward. Um, and everybody's got to tighten their belt. Everybody. um because you just can't keep asking people for more and more and more. It's just not there anymore. So, that's all I'll say. >> I agree.
070I I agree 100% with Tony. We we do got to look at our line items and see of where we could reduce costs. Um and that's something I would like to work on in the in the near future. You know, if Tony, if that's something you would like to work on, you know, as a building and you know, building finance representatives um to see what we could kind of reduce costs on. I'm not in favor of um um eliminating any programs or jobs, but reducing cost elsewhere. >> One of the functions here of a uh a tiff and when a tiff comes off, the way it gets back in the tax roles is through new property. So, as I mentioned, we have a new property number that we don't know quite yet. So we estimate
071what that is. As a tiff rolls off, which you guys just approved and will occur this tax cycle, you take the EA of that and add it on to the new property and that's how you get that back into the tax, right? It was taken off the tax rolls, put into the tip. Now the tip is going to dissolve. We have to get it back into the tax rolls. You have to increase your new property estimate. So the tax levy naturally would be higher this year just because of that to get that that uh property back in the tax rolls. Um, so I just wanted to point that out. This is special this year because the tip is rolling off and we do ask for a little bit. >> If I could just interject real
072quick to to the to the points from uh member sharing, member Chabber, please note that the board goal number seven is specifically designed for that purpose to look at look at our line items, look at efficiencies and our operations. So please understand that that's already in process that was established by the board in in in August and our administrative teams as well as uh you know their staff has started that process. So please uh rest assured that that's an area of priority for us uh as established by the board in the summer. >> And I appreciate member Jabber that you're saying we don't want it to affect students in programs and in jobs. What is the what can we look at that's farthest away from from all of that? >> All right. >> One more
073thing just to kind of clarify. This is the estimated um 25 property tax levy approval for tonight. Uh we'll be back here in November to actually approve the final property tax levy for 2025 because we are below that 5% threshold. We do not have to hold the truth and tax taxation hearing. Um the total levy this year is 148.5 million. 128.6 of that is the education fund. 15.5 is M fund. Transportation is 7 million and all funds are 5.4 million. Like I said, the impact is approximately going to be about a 3.6% once the tax cap has been questions. >> I think we're good. Lisa, you can take the role. >> Yes. All right. Next, we need a motion for the resolution authorizing the supplemental tax levy to pay the principle of an interest on
074outstanding limited bonds. >> So moved. >> Any questions? All right, Lisa. >> Yes. Motion passed. Right. We have more resolutions tonight then. Y. >> Okay. All right. Next, um, I need a motion for the school board to adopt the resolution authorizing the issuance of to not exceed 35,400,000 educational purposes, tax anticipation warrants, and authorizing the sale of said warrants to the purchase thereof. >> Uh, I move that the school board adopt the resolution authorizing a supplemental tax levy to pay the principle of and interest on outstanding limited bonds. Oh, I'm reading the wrong one. >> Yeah, >> my bad. >> Sorry. Uh, I move the school board adopt the resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $35,400,000 uh for educational purpose tax anticipation warrants and authorizing the sale of said warrants to the purchaser
075thereof. >> Second. Um, well, can I ask a question? Is there any news any um updates on when we're getting the money? >> nothing. >> You just hit refresh on the email button. Nothing. And we still have no idea. >> No. Um the the kind of history is uh news comes on the first or the 15th possibly because the cycle likes to be in that order. So maybe over the weekend we might hear something. Obviously there's that 30day window we keep talking about. So even if it was November 1st, it would be December 1st. So we're bas this this uh resolution gives the authority to issue these if we do find out news and when we kind of look at our cash flow and only 10 million is needed to kind of bridge that gap
076that's borrow. So just because it says 35.4 That's what that's a calculation that is statute. So 35.4 specific to our district. Other districts are looking at this county area that I've talked to. So you might see other numbers looking at taxip.4 is specific to our district. We do have a callable option on those. So once we do receive the money from the county clerk, we can start paying back these kind of lessen the interest costs for that. >> Thank you. >> Love your optimism, member Kelly. >> Yeah. >> And thank you for clarifying that in great depth at the building and finance meeting as well. Any other questions? Jeff, >> are they are they are they immediately callable or is there a a time period? >> No, they're immediately callable. What's the interest rate on
077the on this amount? >> So, we put them out for a a request. We have not gotten those proposals back. I believe November 6th or seventh we're going to get that back and then so we'll have an idea what the interest rates will be for that >> and we don't regain that money back once if we Yeah. >> cost property taxes. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, We also had to give up some of our investments in order to cover some of this too. So we've gotten kind of hit with a double whammy >> and due to the incompetence of whoever >> we are allowed to earn interest on these these funds. So once we do receive them we'll get them invested. So the cost of borrowing will be offset by some of that interest obviously but cost
078>> all right Lisa you may take role >> yes motion passed all right next >> project reports thank you Good evening everybody. Currently we have no active projects. We're working on next summer projects already. We're um very good documents for the next slice of roofing we're going to try to tackle this next summer at Samberg. Um good news is we already had that part bit out almost two years ago. So the drawings have been completed. So it'll save us money on the architect to go back out to bid for that same project. Um currently working through quotes for our phased approach to tackle the uh bathrooms and decking doing at the other three school or the other two schools the last two years prior. Um we're looking through the 10-year health and life safety to
079see where we need to allocate funds and uh hopefully by next month or December we'll have a bid recommendation and some health and life safety to review. >> You have any questions? >> No questions. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you. >> All right. Superintendent updates for the board. >> Yes. So, I will be brief, but uh the document that you should all have with u board superintendent goals dashboard at the top. Uh as normal, I'll go through some highlights rather than each and every one of the goals. But certainly, if you have any questions of things that I didn't present, I'd be more than happy to go back and uh and highlight those. So, I'm going to start on page three, which is our um goal regarding our multi-tered system of support. Uh
080as you could see and as it related to what we discussed at the very beginning of the meeting um we are in the process of our EL program review uh for multiple reasons but one would be as it re uh is responsive to our EL data as uh indicated on the school report card. Uh but we also have um a couple models in in our in our buildings that we're trying to create a singular model that's in the best interest of all of our school students at all of our schools. Uh so we're really proud of that effort. We know that unfortunately uh when it comes to some of the gaps in our data uh many of those gaps are as a result of programming with our EL students that we think we could upgrade
081and and make for a better learning environment for those students. Um so we're work in progress. Obviously October is still a little bit early but we are accelerating it because we want those programs to be in place as students register in January. So, our deadline to kind of land that plane is is de December so that our students will have uh those programs uh in line as they register for their coursework. >> I just want to say thank you for presenting that at the education committee because it's the first time that we've talked about the e at the education committee as opposed in the past with student services >> and they did a phenomenal job doing a presentation and really making more of our committees aware of the challenges and how they're trying to work
082with our students. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Uh if you could shift your focus to page four. Um October has a lot of things going on. Halloween is included as you all heard, but it's also ACT month for us in a lot of ways. Um so we hosted the practice act, but you'll see a lot of the work um [snorts] that um well at least a good portion of the work that we did over the course of the month uh not only was executing the practice act for our students, but also building data and an analytic platforms. Um really proud of the effort um led by Dr. Dr. Huffman as well as her uh API team and and other uh administrators on the academic side um of integrating um um a professional development model
083of looking at u robust uh data access uh for our teams to look at how students are growing. Um are there specific programs that accelerate growth and other programs that may not have the growth impact um that we that we desire? um she's going through a professional training um on ECRA and I always used to joke that we have ECRA for about 20 years and outside of Dr. Smith, Dr. McMillan and uh a former principal uh who will go unmentioned. Um we're the only three users of ECRA and right now we're training all of our administration to be uh active users because it is a good platform to predict and uh ideally intervene with students who may need additional assistance to perform better on the ACT. So, a lot of great work uh that was
084done uh over the course of the month, but a lot more work needs to continue to happen as we prepare for the April exam, which is obviously uh the real one. Uh if you could shift to page six, please. Uh again, October was a busy month from our safety and security standpoint. Uh we talked already about the the uh the the metric uh with regard to discipline. Uh we're also partnering with our teachers and our ESP association to look at some technological solutions. Um, one of that is an EPASS system. Uh, so that it would automate, um, how we identify students out on the hallways for passes during class. Um, it's got a lot of really neat features on how to not only track data, but we could see if, you know, that one kid
085who might have seven bathroom breaks throughout the day, and that could be identifiable, and we could intervene with that student. Uh, because right now a teacher has no way to determine if that kid's been out the period before, the period before that, the period before that. Um, we also have some ways to to capture some other data through that. So, we're working through a staff committee to see if that's something we'd like to pilot potentially second semester at one of our campuses. Uh, and we're looking at our dean staffing. Uh, we haven't looked at our dean staffing probably in 15 years. Uh, not necessarily at the administrative level, but at the support level. Uh, because as we know and as our kids constantly tell us, they they feel safe when they see an adult. Um,
086so are we are we staffed appropriately to make sure that our buildings are are maintained and safe. Um, so a lot of work done. Um, you may have already seen that we are hosting um the South Suburban um uh safety summit. A lot of S's South Suburban Safety Summit. Uh actually right here at uh Stag High School. The board is welcome to pop in if they'd like. Um super impressed with Dr. Carr's list of of people who are attending. Uh I think it's almost tripled from her first goaround last year. Um schools from all over the South Suburbs, elementary districts as well as high school district. I believe all of our partners are attending, but districts from Lions Township to Hinsdale to um 218 228. So, we're really excited for that. She's done a remarkable
087job. >> Lisa, could you send us an invite for that so we know what the date is? >> Thank you. >> All right. And then the final one I'll highlight tonight at least is on page seven. U and you heard a little bit about that in uh Mr. C member Casmir's report. Uh but a lot of work done. Um you've all had the opportunity now to meet Jim Holt in the position of director of um post-secary uh and career readiness. Um he is pulling together um individuals um within uh the concept of our schoolings program um so that we could better link AP dual credit e transitional programs and vocational identifiers for students who may have uh interest in certain pathways as they metriculate through high school uh so that they have it kind of
088at the ready. Uh I always like to say our our course selection guide is is robust. It's kind of a cheesecake factory menu in a lot of ways. Uh but a lot of times kids get lost and they don't find the classes that really could benefit them to either find out something they really like to do or something they thought they'd like to do that maybe it's not for them. Um because it's much better to do that before you graduate high school versus after you leave high school. So we're really excited for that uh interconnection. Um he's also developing a work-based learning committee that's forming teachers, counselors, division chairs, uh and him as lead uh to work out uh and build out some work-based learning experience for students while they're here. So, opportunities they would
089have to get out into the community um to to get those experiences uh is is on its way. So, we're really proud of that work and looking forward to the outcome. Again, I'd be happy to highlight anything else. Uh but I I thought those were uh particularly noteworthy for for the October report. All right. Thank you. All right. I'm going to start differently tonight. Um the the voice forformational board comments. Member Dalton. I just want to welcome our new member, Mr. Dan, to our board. We look forward to working with you and please feel free to um ask questions. Don't feel like time is you don't want to waste our time. This is import. to be able to [clears throat] educate you on where things are at at this point and we understand that this
090is just part of the process. So, please don't feel bad about that. And I just want to say welcome. Thank you. Thanks, >> Member Casmir. Uh I attended my first uh scope meeting on behalf of the district um virtually with Jeff also. So, they gave us some updates on what they're working on in the veto session for, you know, the tier 2 pension and some other funding things. Um, you know, I'm still getting my feet on the ground with all that stuff, so I can't really relay exactly what it is that they told us, but um I will try to do a better job um you know, and stay informed with that stuff as we go forward. >> Thank you, member Jabber. >> I'm welcome Tim to our school board. Um I want to congratulate
091all the um students that completed um fall activities in fall athletics. Um long season but went by fast. Um and also congratulate the coaches and the sponsors that supported those programs. Also um big game Friday, two big games, Andrew at Molina and Saturday and Lockport at Sandberg. >> All right, member Dam. Thank you. Well, I appreciate again everybody's support uh for welcoming me in here. Um making sure I have everything that I need to to get me caught up to speed here uh so that I can do my best to contribute. Um our our committees I think have been working excellent and so I'm fortunate to have you know been welcomed to those committees um as as a resident to sit in to be able to see the kind of things that are going on.
092And um you know I will second what somebody said earlier about the uh the EL presentation at the um education committee um that that was very eye openening something you know that's the the e population is growing in our district here. So to see the way that we're meeting that challenge to make sure that everybody is getting the best education possible um is very important. So um thank you again everybody and yeah good luck Sam football andrew football and thank you again. All right, member Kelly. >> Uh, just want to reiterate what everyone's saying. Welcome. And, uh, to hit on Sue's point, like ask as many questions you can. Sue still helps me with the big words, >> so it's, you know, you just got to keep asking questions. >> Welcome. >> Member Sarator. >>
093Uh, I too would like to welcome you, Tim. And uh just so you know, this this is a good board and we do a lot of good work and uh sometimes maybe we don't get some of the credit we should get and maybe sometimes we do something that maybe we could have done a little better, but we do our best. And uh I think that uh you know, you'll you'll fit in well with us and uh look forward to working with you as we move forward. And I I just want to um piggyback what everybody said, welcome. But the perseverance you showed, Tim, to keep coming to things when you said, "I want to be a part of the board." You did the work on the back end. I mean, we're very blessed to have
094many people that applied, but that that work that you did um was noticed. And I do agree with member Jabber. It was a very hard decision, and we hope those people still keep coming out. And I am biased as a Samberg alum, so go Eagles. All right. On that note, I am going to make a motion that the school board will enter into executive session to consider personnel, student discipline, special education, negotiating matters, litigation, purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, the setting of the price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body, and to discuss security procedures, school building safety and security. Oh, wait. Oh, that's the subject line. Sorry. Okay. The >> Do I I have to read the whole motion, though. >> Oh,
095you're not done yet. >> I read the subject line. >> All right. The motion is to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of a specific employee or legal council for the public body. Student disciplinary cases to discuss matters relating to placement of individual students and special education programs and to consider other matters relating to individual students. To discuss collective negotiating matters or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. To discuss pending or probable litigation against, affecting, or on behalf of the public body. And to discuss the purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body. To discuss the setting and price for sale or lease of property owned by the public body. And to discuss security procedures, school building safety and security.
096Second. All right. Lisa we that was member Kaser. Okay. All right. Any questions? All right. Lisa, if you can take roll. >> Yes. We are going into executive session at um open session is adjourned at 8:28. Thank you everyone. Happy Halloween.