001[Music] I'm moving [Music] around. Heat. Hey, [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] doesn't matter. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I would be a highway. Good evening everyone. I'm calling the regular meeting of the school board to order. Diana, roll call. Marshia White here. Nicole Bubbler here. Andrew here. Andy Luther. Steven Lindsay. and Houston. Kelly Roberts here. Okay, let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. Now turning the meeting over to Dr. Wilks for report. Thank you. I would like to invite Miss Tracy Griffith up to present a recommendation to change
002our current ELA curriculum K8. I do invite all of you to ask questions once she is done presenting our recommendation and engage in open discussion. Tracy, handing it over to you. Thank you. Good evening board. So, I'm coming tonight to offer a recommendation to change our ELA curriculum materials. Um, we have used uh or our current materials K through 8 were teacher created scope and sequence. Um, our K5 teachers created the units and assessments over the past few years. Um, excuse me. and they've used our Fontus and Panel materials that were are probably about eight years old. Um, our sixth through eight teachers created units and assessments using a variety of materials um including books that they've had in their classroom for a long time. Um, teacher paid teacher materials. Um, we did do some
003asset or curriculum writing with the ROE. So that's where our frameworks came from. But we are lacking rigorous writing lessons and the alignment from K through 8 is missing. So again, our frameworks were created about 6 years ago and revised each summer with the with slow student growth. Um there are gaps and inconsistencies in instruction from grade level to grade level. Uh, another thing that's lacking in our current curriculum is that our bilingual um, dual language classrooms is not the same as our English classrooms at this time. They have different materials. They've tried to mirror those frameworks, but they're not exactly the same and the materials are not the same. Grades 6 through 8, um, they don't have the same access to materials as elementary grades. Um, we need to include daily writing and the
004writing process. Um, alignment is needed again and it's also needed for the state of Illinois's comprehensive reading plan that came out last year and um, I believe our current frameworks lack the rigor that should go along with the state standards. So over the past year, we've piloted an I Ready curriculum um with mixed results. Um and then we also reviewed HMH. HMH is a curriculum offered by Holton Mifflin Hardcourt. Um it aligns with our district strategic planning goal. Um, it has a balance of foundational skills, comprehensive comprehension and writing. It's got the support for our diverse learners. K through 8 will utilize the same learning platform which I've been here a teacher 25 years ago. We've never had a curriculum that has spanned from kindergarten to 8th grade continuously. So, the continu continuity um is
005huge. with this program. Our bilingual classrooms will have the same units and the same materials just in Spanish. Um there's a digital resources. So there are times that if you need um different level reading or different leveled assignments, you can print those out. You can use different lessons online. And then we will have professional development starting this summer and it will go all the way through the school year next year with coaching um and different school improvement days and institute days. So big question how is this going to be funded? So for 2024 and 2025 we still have a significant amount of funds that we have to spend especially in our school improvement funds. We also use um some title one grant funds that are needed to be spent by July 1. And next year
006we will have minimal costs from our grants because most of it will come out of this year's budget. [Music] Um in saying that our next improvement will be math eventually. HMH also has a math program that spans again kindergarten through 8th. That's the biggest plus I think of this program where I ready the one that we piloted isn't going to be ready next year. So that's another year writing for it to be ready and it doesn't have a middle school component doesn't have Spanish component and it had mixed reviews for the people that have been using it. So that's why I started looking at another company. So that's my recommendation. Um, do you have any questions? Uh, just a question. When we started this program, we we partnered with London Elementary to piggy back off
007kind of what they were doing. How does this curriculum, what are they doing today and how does this follow what what they have found in terms of success? Do you need one more time? Yeah. Well, I so you piggybacked off of Mundeline for dual language. I think they modeled the dual language program after Mundeline. So when they started setting up for the beginning works uh for the dual language program they went to Mundeline, observed, looked at what they did, how they rolled it out. So and we we hired them and they came in and worked with us to get it going and stuff. So how is this going to complement what we're doing now? So, what I'm sorry, it's been a couple years in the works and obviously things have have changed and I was
008wondering what model they're using today and and and how this compared to it. Well, Z, I know you were just at Mandela. Do you know what curriculum they use for their dual language program? And I'm sorry to put you on the spot. Well, one thing this will give us is units that look the same. right now there's always not a division I would say but there's a difference so they'll be like well they're doing this and we're doing this and when we meet in PLC's it's very hard to to talk about data because the data looks different when you have different materials so this will give continuity between our dual language and our monolingual classrooms so that they can talk about the data because it's going to look similar the assessments are going to look
009similar because they don't matter a little shorter, so excuse me. Hello. Good evening. Yes, we were just over at Mundelion School District. We um looked at two elementary schools to see how they've progressed. They are using a curriculum called Benchmark. And in addition to Benchmark, they're using other resources similar to what we use in dual language such as Imagine Learning. Um I do believe that their dual language program and their general ed programs are different. They do not use the same curriculum. They do try to stay the same theme uh similar to what we do here, but they do not have one curriculum piece that is the same for both dual language and general ed. I did include uh Miss Breto on discussions and reviews as well as um Ro Torres who is our uh
010coach over at House so that they could review the materials and help me decide because I'm not the expert in Spanish materials. It looks a little different than the English materials. Um so I did consult with her and her team so that we can kind of look at it. There's going to be some things that we still need to bridge between the two, but um it will be a little bit more similar than what we have now. You mentioned that funding was coming go from grants. Do I take it that all the cost of the program is going to be through the fund uh the grants or is there some on the district? Tell us. No, it will all be taken out of grant funding including all of the professional development. Thank you. And would
011you say this does work with I Ready or it's is it separate? So they you they use um map still for their but the the assessments that they have built is going to be on the materials. They're all online. The data comes up. It will give you what standards the kids are low in so that teachers can target those skills with those um students. So I asked that because we have I ready and they have math. Um it's not going to make a difference because the lessons are going to be aligned with skills and standards and there's a scope and sequence that goes along with the standards which is I write based. Thank you. Any other questions? Our recommendation would be that the board approve our recommendation to move forward with this new curriculum for
012ELA. Just want to talk about school board meeting dates for next year really quick. I did speak with our board president as well as LRP. Um we this year did all of our meetings for the most part on the third Wednesday of the month and we would like to continue that. I know that there were two months where we potentially would have to meet on a Wednesday. So Diana and I went through it and switched them to either the Monday after or the Monday before so that every board meeting falls on a Monday for the coming school year so that there are none on Wednesdays. So you should have an updated calendar of when the board meeting dates would be. And again, our goal here is just to approve that so that we can move
013forward with planning for next year. At our retreat over the summer, we had talked about a reward program um for board members to be able to give acknowledgement to our staff in the district for excellent work, compliments from the community, or exceptional community involvement. At the last board meeting, I gave each of you the district champion blue ribbon magnet. And today I have a pin. So when you nominate someone for an award, you I created a Google form for you to fill out or you can give me the name and I'll fill it out. And then at each board meeting coming up, we would recognize any staff member and they would receive both a pin and I have one for everybody. Um, and then they would also receive a magnet because all schools with the
014exception of Oakrest, but they will have them soon have metal door frames. So they would be able to put the magnets around their door frame year over year for anytime they receive an award from the board. So that is ready to go. And the last thing I have on here is we also at our board retreat in the summer did a core beliefs work based on the core beliefs we developed through strategic planning and I linked them to this. There was the original document that we created collectively. Then I took it to the superintendent advisory committee. They edited it some things, changed some definitions ever so slightly, added or changed behaviors. And then we took it to the leadership team to do the exact same work. and what you have there for the revise with
015leadership team would be our final document. And what I would recommend is that you approve that tonight so that we can move forward with publishing those for the for the community and begin work with working with the community on what those are, why we have them, and why they're important to the school district as a whole regarding leadership. Correct. Are there any questions you have for me? All right, then I would like to hand the meeting back over to Miss White. Thank you, Dr. Wilcox. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Second. Roll call. Andy Luther. Hi. Kelly Roers. Hi. Nicole Butler. She said I Marsha White I and Mason I Andrew I do we have any correspondence any questions on old business moving on range plane thank you we did
016meet this past week if you read our board report Jose very much indicated what we had talked about and what's going on in the district. One thing I guess I would bring to your attention is we are researching a new sign for the oldest school street sign and um just doing some investigation where it would look like things of that nature. So uh hopefully we'll have something for you in the near future to review in detail. Thank you. Finance Committee. Finance Committee did meet this evening at 5:30 here at the middle school. We did go over some of the items that we've already spoken about. Um, but I'll start with the 2025 2026 administrative contracts. Um, also went over that purchase uh possibility for the HM for ELA. We did uh talk about new hiring
017existing staff adjustment. Uh, we did did uh talk about um some job descriptions and um some questions with the classrooms. Uh we reviewed the monthly finance bills and we approved the treasurer's report and those bills after finding no issues. Thank you. And seedall seedall did not meet this month. Thank you. Any questions or comments on the building reports? Eight. Any questions or comments on department reports? Do we have any questions or comments from visitors? No, we don't need to do that. Mr. Versati, welcome. Thank you. If you do not know, uh, one of the recommendations for tonight will be to hire Mr. Brian Versati as the principal of Kenneth Murphy Elementary School. So, he is here tonight. And if you don't know the history of Brian Versati, he was an AP here at the middle
018school for a couple of years and then he left and spread his wings to become a principal in Lake Villa at Eminence School District. Anniac in Antioch. I guess it is technically Antioch. And now he is returning to us and is very excited to do so. I'm glad I'm back. Thank you. Do I have a motion to adjourn into close session? Second. Roll call. Nicole Butler. I Andrew Estri. Hi. Kelly Roer. Hi. Houston. Hi. Maria White. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. We move into close session. Thank you. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I'm moving around. [Music] you feel down. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I'm moving [Music] around. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] down. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] feel. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] around. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat.
019Heat. [Music] feel. [Music] Everybody Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I'm moving [Music] around. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo. [Music] I'm going to [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] New York. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] something. I never feel it. [Music] Feel down. [Music] I'm looking [Music] All right, we're back from close session back into open session. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda agenda? So moved. Second. Roll call. Kelly Roers. I. Andrew. I. Marshia White. I. Nicole Butler. Hi, Ann. Hi, Andy Luther. Hi. Thank good. Do I have a motion to approve the 2526 board meeting dates? So moved. Second.
020Roll call. Andy Luther. Hi. Marshia White. I. Nicole Butler. Hi. Andrew. Hi. Kelly Roers. Hi. And Houston. Hi. Just one last thing about the calendar that I forgot to say. We are not having a board meeting in July. No, you can almost put that. I'd like to have it close. [Music] How crowd. All right. The next one. I have a motion for the approval of administrator title change to director of innovation and technology. I'll make a motion as modified. Second roll call. Andrew I Kelly Robert I coer. Marsha White I Andy Wer. Hi. All right. Do I have a motion for the approval of the 2526 administrative contract? So moved. Second. Roll call. Nicole Butler. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. Marshia White. I Kelly Roers. Hi. And P. I. Andrew. I. Right. Do I have a
021motion for the approval of resolution of dismissal of probationary certified staff? So move Marshall White. I Kelly Roers. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. And I Nicole Butler. Hi. Andrew. I All right. Do you have a motion for the approval of the uh resolution to give written notice of RA sign and reclassification? I'll make a motion. I'll second. Andrew. Hi. Nicole Butler. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. Ellie Roberts. Hi. Annne Pson I Marshall White I do I have a motion for the approval of superintendent renewal contract for 2026 through 29. Don't all jump on. Do I have a second? I'll second it. Roll call. Kelly Roberts. Hi, Andy Looper. I come back. I still Butler. Hi. And I Maria White. Hi. And I do have a motion for the approval of the the consolidated district plan application. So
022just a second. Roll call. And P. I. Kelly Roers. Hi. Nicole Butler. Hi. Andrew. I. Andy Luther. Hi. Marshall White. I. Do I have a motion for the approval of adopting and purchasing the HM for ELA? So moved. Second. Roll call. Nicole Butler. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. Anne Houston. Hi. Kelly Roer. Hi. Marshall White. I Andrew. I. Okay. Do I have a motion for the approval of the new hire and existing staff uh salary adjustment? So move. Okay. handles. Who second? Nicole, I'll second. Roll call. Ellie Roers. Hi. Andy Luther. Hi. And Pson. Hi. Andrew. Hi. Marshia White. Hi. Nicole Butler. Hi. All right. Do I have a motion for the approval of the uh BPE sick bank leave? So moved. Second. Roll call. Andrew Es. Kelly Roers. Hi. Annne F. I. Nicole Butler. Hi.
023Marshia White. Hi. Andy Mo. Okay. And this is the hardest one. Are you really ready for this last one? Do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Nope. I think we need a second. Second. Roll call. Andrea. I Kelly Robert. Hi. Marcia White. Hi. And Houston. I don't know. I don't know. Hi. Nicole Butler. Andy Luc. Sure. We have this crowd's rowdy tonight. It's Ann's last week. We're making you do all the work. And I just got harassed.