001for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And Mr. Hart will tell us our mission, which we like to start every meeting with as well. I will. So, um our mission is to ensure all District 118 students reach their fullest potential. Our vision is to equip every student with the knowledge, skills, and support needed to succeed in college, careers, and life through personalized learning, targeted support, and whole child development. Our theme is ready for college, ready for careers, ready for life. And our district goals are to increase the number of students who meet or exceed on state assessments by 10%. Um chronic absenteeism will decrease to 25% or less, and to utilize a multi-system of supports to provide appropriate interventions to improve building culture and student interaction as
002evidenced by a reduction of suspensions and expulsions by 15%. And our wig, which is our wildly important goal, is to ensure the training, development, and support is in place for high-performing instructional leaders to support adult learning and develop and develop and advance student learning and performance. Thank you. Thank you. It's growing. It is growing. Thank you. Do I have to call my name too? You do. >> [clears throat] >> Okay, thank you. This time I'll entertain a motion to go into open session. Thank you. Thank you. Roll call vote, Ms. Robinson. Yes. Yes. Yes. [clears throat] Yes. Yes, motion carries 7-0. Thank you very much. Uh I will also at this time, um entertain a motion for the to approve the consent agenda. Motion to approve. Thank you. Second? Second. >> Thank you. Uh roll
003call vote. Ms. Payne. Yes. Yes. Yes, motion carries 7-0. Thank you. And at this time, then, uh Before public comments, did you want to Yes. We're going to flip-flop a little bit. Um Number three is that habit student. >> Oh, okay. From where we left >> We are honored to have a young lady, um a second grader, young lady, um who has made our district very proud. And she is going to come and tell us what it is she did so and introduce herself. >> [applause] >> So, tonight I This is one of my bucket list items is to have this announcement tonight, um before I finish my um tenure in the district. And I'm going to start I'm going to leave the treat for the end here, but I've got two lovely ladies with
004me this evening that are behind all the work that went into this very exciting announcement. And I have Heidi Crane and Lori Grant, and Lori's the um Avid site coordinator at Mark Twain, and Heidi Crane is this lovely young woman's um uh teacher. And she is even though she might look like she's in second grade, when you listen to her and you hear her, you're going to be blown out of the water because she is a very poised, very exceptional young lady. And for the first time, um in my of my knowledge, we have um a young lady that has been selected to speak at Avid National Conference in Kansas City, and she made history because she is the first second grader to ever speak at National Conference. >> [applause] >> So, >> [applause] >>
005And I I didn't even tell you her name. Her name is Maya Adams. >> [laughter] >> And um she's at Mark Twain, and she is um she had to write a speech and submit it and explain what Avid means to her and why it's important and how it helps her. And um I think she'd be willing to answer some questions tonight. Is that right? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, I'm going to stand back and let these ladies kind of take over and you can ask them all the questions. Um but we are going to go hopefully we'll probably come back and ask for some support in heading to Kansas City to support her. So, um but hopefully you'll be blown out of the water with her just like we are. She's pretty fantastic young lady.
006Okay. Go you sit right there and they'll ask you some questions. Good evening, board, Mr. Hart, Ms. Parker. I'm Ms. Lori Grant, and we have Ms. Crane with us. So, we are both um Avid certified educators through the Avid program, and every year we get to go to Avid thanks to you guys, and there are student speakers, and they have amazing stories that have traveled from their elementary years all the way through high school. And we've always focused on the elementary side of things, obviously, and we thought, why not give it a whirl? And they chose her, and we are so, so excited. So, she will be going to Kansas City >> [clears throat] >> and talking to thousands of people, and there'll be bright lights, and they'll all be cheering her on. I know
007you're nervous, right? But um we had to submit a video of her answering some interview questions, and they were blown away. I think she said there was like 800 submissions, and they narrowed it down to 11. So, she was one of And those That was like K through, you know, She really, [applause] really really impressed them. Um we had an all-school assembly for her, and we're very glad to have some of our board members were there. Um and Mr. Hart, Ms. Parker were there. So, I did put together just a little thing about her, and I will show her audition or her submission video. I'm really loud in it, and I'm sorry, but I was holding the camera. So, excuse my very loud voice. I'm loud anyways. Um but we're very excited, and then I
008will turn it over to you guys if you'd like to ask her anything about it. She is prepped and ready to go. >> And we're also looking to make sure that she has lots of lots of opportunities to practice giving her speech in front of people. So, if you have an organization or group that would like to hear Maya, we will travel on the road. I just You'll have to talk to her agent. >> [laughter] >> We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. So, she's got a tight schedule. She's got learning to do. >> [laughter] >> All right. So, I just hit just hit play. >> [music] >> Hi, my name is Maya Adams. I'm a second grader Who inspired you to write your speech? Ms. Crane. What's your favorite part of your speech?
009The chart about being a doctor. I can help help others in my family. How has Avid shown up in your school day? I get to collaborate with my friends and use different group good strategies. Teamwork makes the dream work. What's something you're proud of that you've done because of Avid? Avid has given me confidence to be a leader in my classroom. I feel proud when I get to help others. And if a new student asked you, "What is Avid?" what would you tell them? Avid is being organized, using different strategies to be a leader and not a follower. Always trying hard. I can share that out with you guys as well. Sorry, it played a lot louder on my computer at school. Um but she's If you ask her any of the questions, she can
010answer them about all things Avid and how it's helped her so far in second grade, and anything else. So, do you have any questions for Ms. Maya? What are you looking forward to the most about Kansas City? To uh like for Kansas City? That's where you're going. I'm looking forward to let people hear my speech and and let them like like listen to me and hearing spread out my speech to people. What do you want to be when you get older? A doctor. Why? Because I like helping others. Wonderful. What about Avid? What's Avid done for you in the classroom? It helps me get ready for when I want to be a doctor. Like if like um a patient is sick, we have to find out how they got sick and keep my things in
011order to find like to find my things to help the patient. Has Avid helped you to be a leader? Yes. Like being a leader, it helps me it helped me stay organized to be a leader. And it helped me like learn a lot of things, and like stay organized. That's my favorite thing to say. It sounds like you like Avid. Yes. Yes? Yes. >> Who are you going to take with you to Kansas City? My brother, my mom, and maybe my GG might come, or my grandma, and Ms. Crane and Ms. Grant. >> [laughter] >> Congratulations. >> Wonderful job. We're really proud of you. You You make our district really good, and uh that's something that we always appreciate. So, we're really proud of you. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Can Can I make a
012comment before we're finished? Mhm. Um actually, I am a doctor. Mhm. And And I'm inspired by what you're saying because well, I am and you have all the right criteria to be in that place, I think. One thing that we might be able to arrange is for you to come and visit my visit me and my staff in the office. I think we could do that working through your teachers and so forth and I think that would be another not nice and special thing to do for you. Would you like to do that? Yes. >> [laughter] >> How many days will they be that will they will you all be there? So, they do it a little bit differently for the speakers. So, >> [clears throat] >> National conference is usually like 3 days. So,
013she'll speak on the second day. So, they'll fly her in the day before. I believe they're flying her in and her family. And then she'll speak that day and then as soon as she's done, she'll get to go home. But she also gets an honorarium like a scholarship that they'll from doing it and they'll also give her a little swag which will be great, too. So, So, we'd like to have some of us there as many as we you know, like usually there's whole schools like that all the people that are going from that school are there and they sit up front so they have somebody to look at that they're familiar with. >> [laughter] >> We've already decided we're going no matter what. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, we'll be there for sure. Yeah. Has
014[snorts] Maya been on before? On an airplane? Wait, what? Have you gone on an airplane before? Yes. Okay. I went to Las Vegas on an >> [laughter] >> And while I have you guys up here, our career our college and career day from Mark Denman is May 1st. It runs 8:30 to 1:00 p.m. If you are free and would like to come by, please do. We have lots of new presenters this year. I'm very excited about it. So, again May 1st and we even have our CTE program from the high school coming and some other exciting new people coming. They've reached out to us as well. So, our event keeps growing and the community is excited to be a part of it which is really nice. So, What time again? 8:30 to 1:00. Thank you.
015Yes, we'll have a food truck there as well for staff and anyone. So, if you want to come and get some food as well. And also to Maya's speech will be available on YouTube like I think it's like usually 3 or 4 months after the event. And so, we'll have it as something that we can put on our district website or to have to show other students as well. And I'll share tonight's presentation with you so you can actually hear What's the date of the event again? It's July 24th 21st through something like 23rd It's in my notes. It is July 21st through 23rd. So, she'll speak on the 22nd then. So, Any other questions? Well, good luck. >> [applause] >> Great job. All right, I'm just so tickled. I just want to go out
016there and talk to her. Public comments Oh, no. I'm sorry. We've got one more item. One more item Golden Ruler Golden Ruler Good evening, board. Mr. Hart, Ms. Parker, I'm Justin Thornton, assistant director of human resources. Tonight I want to talk about our Golden Ruler recipients. Each year the regional office of education celebrates one person in every building in Danville and including all of our county schools and we go to Bismark High School. This year is going to be April 23rd at 6:30 p.m. >> [snorts] >> So, if you kind of need to get tickets to that, so talk to Tara Majors or one of the school principals and we can get you a ticket. But yeah, I'd like to read off the names of our 10 Golden Ruler recipients from each of our schools.
017Congratulations to Katie Brewer, social worker at Edison Elementary. Kelly Jones, teacher at Meade Park Elementary. Nicole Boyer, teacher at Liberty Elementary. Amy Robinson is a teaching assistant at Danville High School. Rosalina Perez is a bilingual teacher at Southview Upper Elementary. Paula Wolf is a sub teacher {slash} retired teacher. She's at Northeast Elementary Magnet School. Kimberly Sells is a nurse at Mark Denman Elementary School. She's here tonight in the crowd. Oh, if you're >> [applause] >> Yeah, if you're [cheering] here, feel free to stand up. Absolutely. Kimberly Shelby Mullins is a >> [applause] >> That's right. Shelby Mullins is a nurse supervisor at Kenneth D. Bailey Academy. >> [applause] >> Congrats. Ashley Kaufman is a teacher at Southwest Elementary. And Shayla Briggs is a special education teacher at Northridge Middle School. Wonderful job. And again celebrating
018[applause] all of those staff members Thursday, April 23rd 6:30 p.m. at Bismark. Are there others that are here that didn't stand up? Others? Mr. Bassey Mic is not checking. All right. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Thank you. And now at this time we will entertain public comments. Ms. Robinson Mr. Bassey Good evening, Mr. Hart, Ms. Parker, Board of Education. Mark Bassey district athletic director Alan Rivers DEA president And what this board meeting needs is less of us and more of Maya, but so [laughter] we'll try to be a little quick here. >> it to her, let her read it. We should have snuck out. It's phenomenal. And well, anyway, so we're here tonight on behalf of the extracurricular committee. As you guys know, we always look at the back of the contract that we call it,
019all the positions, all the extracurriculars, all the clubs. And the committee does great work, of course. But this is the time of the year, April, that we usually send out the proposals for new clubs, new organizations as we review the contract see what's not working, what interests kids. And this year [clears throat] the committee as of Monday made a decision to not send that out with the current financial outlook for next year. We thought it would be just disingenuous to propose more spending for the district. So, we wanted to let everybody know that we're going to hold off on that new clubs and new proposals for 26-27. An email will go out to the staff tomorrow. So, we have No No one else? Okay. Thank you. We need a motion to approve the treasurer's report.
020Thank you. Any questions? Board? Roll call vote. Mr. Easton Yes. Dr. Howard Yes. Mrs. Ford Yes. Mr. Payne Yes. Mrs. Town Yes. Mr. Warfield I abstain. Mrs. Howard Yes. Motion carries six with one abstention. Thank you very much. Curriculum Welcome back. This is like more good news. So, good evening, board. Mr. Hart, Mrs. Parker I am a very excited to share an updated um MOA from the library of the Danville Public Library. And Mr. Leggins and I have always already been working together quite a bit. He is fabulous. He um updated our MOU because we it's great because we can give all of our staff even if they don't live in Vermilion County and more importantly all or as importantly our students all have access to library cards. And the big change that will matter
021to everyone in here is that before what would happen is if the students or staff had fines or lost book fees the district incurred those expenses. And so, we worked with them as he when he came in and he has removed that from the along with the committee has removed that from the MOA along with some other little things. So, we'll just ask we already had the parents fill out a permission slip to get the library card. And so, now they'll get the library card, but the expenses will if there's are any, they'll fall back onto the families or to our our staff members instead of the district footing that bill. So, that's the big change. The rest is I did outline the rest of the things for you, but like it's more like language
022changes that are great for just a contract, but really it's the big thing was because of the the financial aspect of it. Okay. Is the library card for the individual or is it for the family? We We need a motion to approve first. Thank you. I'll second. Second, thank you. Now ask your question. Is the library [clears throat] card for the individual or is it for the family? It's for the individual student. It belongs only to the student. And then like the teachers, it's just for the teacher. So, and we We a lot of people that make really great use of it. So. Any other questions? Thoughts, concerns? You probably don't know how much we had to pay in the past by not having it this way. >> Yes. So, I can give you a
023like it's different every year, but it's usually around like 3 to 5,000 dollars. It's not a huge amount, but it's when you think about the amount of books that is we could use that money for things in our district. The books for our libraries. So. So, the district or the library is going to absorb those costs or No, the families will be responsible like the they're they're have to fill out a permission slip regardless, but it'll say on there they'll incur those fees. Understood. >> Yeah. Um if they don't get it back though it's the library taking the hit. Yes. Thank you. Mhm. But at the what's nice about it is that they're taking that on so our kids have access to between the libraries and what we've done with ours and then the public
024library they have so many literary literature literary resources available at their hands and that's what our community would be really be great for our community. I think it's great that you reached out to them build a bridge. >> was the board meeting that day. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Then I'm glad he was here. He's great. Yeah. The more community involvement we have with what we do the better. So, thank you for doing that. >> Yeah, absolutely. And and thank the public library. That mean that was huge. That's a big deal for them to do this. Thank you. Thank you Danville Public Library. It's appreciated. Okay, we have a motion and second roll call vote. Mrs. Ford. Yes. Mrs. Sam. Yes. Mr. Easton. Yes. Mr. Warfield. Yes. Dr. Hall. Yes. Mrs. Payne. Yes. Mrs. Hall. Yes, motion
025carries 7-0. Thank you. >> Thank you. Educational support with Mrs. Truex. Thank you to talk about K8 school supplies for all. >> Mhm. Good evening Board of Education and Mr. Hart. I'm Kelly Truex, Director of Educational Support Programs. I'm here to recommend your approval to provide all kindergarten through eighth grade students um backpacks with school supplies. They include pretty much everything they will need. They're designed to last the entire school year. Danville High School um request clear backpacks instead of school supplies because they have already been purchased in previous years and they're still using those. Um building supply list were provided to Educates and then also another [clears throat] company um and Educates came in as the cheaper um proposal. And they will be building our kits and they'll be shipped to buildings and ready
026for students on the first day of the 26-27 school year. The cost is 160,763 dollars for 3,516 kits. The average price is 46 dollars per kit and Title 1 funds will be used fiscal year 26 Title 1 funds will be used for this purchase. It's great. Do I have a motion for approval? >> Motion to approve. Thank you. Second. Thank you. Any questions? This is just for supplies not the book bags or the The book bag and the supplies come in the box. Okay. Mhm. And everybody when they come in we also want to encourage them to be there on the first day of school because it will be sitting on their desk. Everyone gets the same supplies. Um the buildings recommend like I think Mark Deming gets clear backpacks. So, they will tell us
027like what color backpack they want, what supplies. I want to thank the building principals because they [clears throat] did go to their um staff and asked them to cut back on things that they absolutely did not need. So, we are down by almost um let's see 15,000 dollars from last year. Um Educates have been great to work with us. How much does this help our staff? The staff? Yeah. I well, I've had many staff members thank me for this because they do not have to come up with supplies just on the fly. And everyone has the same supplies and I've not in the 7-8 years that I've done this position ever since we started doing this I do not have requests for school supplies. So, when I do have community agencies or people reach out
028churches saying what can we do they're helping us more with socks and gloves and hats and things for our homeless um that we cannot necessarily purchase with grant funds. Mrs. Truex, I have a scenario to run by you and you're probably not going to be surprised from my previous comments about the way I'm asking or describing the scenario. >> [clears throat] >> And the question at the end of it. So, I just did the math um assuming let's just say it's a safe assumption that 70% of our students really need this maybe a tire, but let's just say it's 70% and 30% of our students could get book bags, supplies from community organizations, from their parents, from grandparents, aunts and uncles, whoever. Um is there to your knowledge anything in the grant that says for
029us to be able to do this we have to give it to everybody. For example, for us to do the federal student loan student lunch program we sort of have to give it to everybody cuz it costs more to manage it if we tried to charge people who needed to be charged. Does the grant um make it so that we have to give it to everybody? The reason I ask is the math that I do is let's say 70% of our students needed it that would be 113,200 dollars. >> Mhm. And that's a lot less than 160,000. So, that's my scenario I wondered what your feedback is on that. Well, >> [clears throat] >> I think that we are 89% low income. So, I feel like probably nine out of 10 kids would benefit from
030this based on our Illinois report card data. Um the district federal government does not the grant does not say we have to give it to everyone unless we would decide like certain buildings then I'd have to charge it to certain buildings. This isn't a set aside and so we just offer it to everyone K through eight. I I concede that you're right that's what the report card says but the report card doesn't include grandmom maybe being able to help uncles >> No, it doesn't. You're right. >> community members, community organizations, the city Mhm. uh other nonprofits like uh our education foundation that we have things like that. So, um my no vote is just out of being frugal not out of not agreeing that you you are correct this is something we need, but I
031will be voting no. Okay. Thank you for that explanation. Anyone else? A roll call vote. Mrs. Sam. Yes. Mr. Easton. No. Mrs. Payne. Yes. Dr. Hall. Yes. Mr. Warfield. Yes. Mrs. Ford. Yes. Mrs. Hall. Yes, motion carries 6-1. Thank you very much. >> work Mrs. Truex. Educational support we just did Human Resources Miss Papst. Good evening everyone Board of Education Mr. Hart, Mrs. Parker. I am Kim Papst, Director of Human Resources and tonight for a second reading we have the job description for elementary steam classroom teacher. Again, I just wanted to remind you that this is just a job description that we have now to put in our file of job descriptions. It's not something that we are posting at this time. Okay, thank you. Um roll uh motion to approve. So moved. Second. Thank
032you. Any questions for Miss Papst? Roll call vote. Dr. Hall. Yes. Mrs. Sam. Yes. Mr. Easton. Yes. Mrs. Payne. Yes. Mr. Warfield. Yes. Mrs. Ford. Yes. Mrs. Hall. Yes, motion carries 7-0. Thank you. Uh who's doing the additional >> Yes, it's me. Okay. Mr. Hart. Good evening. Um today I am asking for the board to consider 25 additional work days for Dr. David Coker. He is a teacher at the juvenile detention center. This goes through every year um just because we have a contract that covers 180 day employees. So, um tonight I ask you for worth that approval. I will entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Thank you. Second. Second. Thank you. Any questions from anybody? >> [clears throat] >> Nope. Okay. Uh roll call vote. Mr. Warfield. Yes. Mrs. Sam. Yes. Mrs. Payne.
033Yes. Mrs. Ford. Yes. Dr. Hall. Yes. Mr. Easton. Yes. Mrs. Hall. Yes, motion carries 7-0. Thank you very much. Moving on to food service, Miss Zetta. Good evening board, Mr. Hart, Ms. Parker. My name is Zetta Pizao. I'm the director of food services. I am here to make two recommendations for your approval. One I'm really excited about and I'm going to read it because I think I'll go off script and say too much. So, I'll read the recommendation as firstly in light of what Ms. Trueax has shared about the 89% uh under poverty. I would like to recommend a new food plan for the food service department for the summer of 2026. The city of Danville is now recognized by ISBE as a rural community making it eligible for the Sun Meals to Go summer
034feeding program. This program is sponsored by ISBE and the USDA. And all of the D118 families are eligible to participate. It allows the food service department to provide one box with 7 days of breakfast and lunch per child ages 1 through 18 years of age for an entire week. They will be able to pick it up once a week. The program will start June 8th and July 31st. There will be three ways of distribution. Home delivery um which will be determined by uh with the support of the special education department. Um the summer school students will be allowed meals for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the days that they wouldn't be in session. And then the curbside service which will run very similar to what we did with the during the pandemic. So, that is my
035recommendation. Could I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Second. Thank you. Questions for Ms. Pizao? Quiet, isn't it? Roll call vote. Yes. Yes, motion carried 7-0. Thank you for that. >> Thank you. Do you have another item? Yes, one more. >> co-op. This is um for our purchasing group for our co-op for the food that we purchase for the food service department. I am making a recommendation that we change from our current uh purchasing group HPS to Southern Illinois co-op. Uh the Southern Illinois co-op offers D118 more services that align with the goals of the district from lower prices through higher volume. Food distributors offer more brand name items the students are familiar with. The co-op offers different food distributors with larger K-12 items. Um It handles competitive bidding bids and contracts for us,
036stabilizes prices and supplies, meaning whatever price is set at the beginning of the year carries until the end, unlike the current purchasing group we're with. Um it works [clears throat] with the members to ensure procurement complies with the USDA and ISBE. And there is no membership cost for the first year. Um but after that, it's projected to be less than 800 the current uh purchasing group we pay 3,275 annually. So, that is my recommendation. Uh I will entertain a motion to approve. Motion. Second. Thank you. Questions? I just want to say thank you for being proactive. Not only have you saved money, it sounds like um in our discussion earlier as well that you've found better food for our students, so uh kudos to you. Great work. Thank you. Thank you. Ditto. Thank Roll call
037vote. Yes. Yes, motion carried 7-0. Thank you very much. >> Informational items, Mr. Hart. Good. >> [laughter] >> Um first off, I I want to point out something that was in that's in the agenda and is in the agenda every time we have a board meeting. Um so, just our financial status and if you notice that transportation number is still up there. We still have not received a um a a bill from First Student Transportation um which is why that line item appears um to have more money in it than what you might expect. Um the expenditures are fully anticipated. They are budgeted for and when the billing is processed, um our balances will deplete quickly. So, if you see that big drop, just know that that's when we received that bill. So, we have
038been in communication with First Student and are expecting a bill anytime. So, thank you for that. Um one other thing that I want to mention is um I want to express our heartfelt sympathy for the family and loved ones of Lynn Ingram. Her years of service and her caring present made a lasting impact on our school or on our school district, Danville High School. Um her husband, Jerry, also worked for the school district for many years. And um just her passing, I just want her family to know that they are in our thoughts and prayers. Um we also lost a long-time resident of Danville and past board member and past board president and Chuck Schroeder. So, Cheryl, Michelle, Mark, and family, friends, um please accept our deepest condolences. And that's all I have. Thank you.
039Ms. Payne. I don't have a lot tonight. Um I was especially thrilled by our student and representing um the city of Danville and the school district in Kansas City. You know, that's such a rarity. Um and she's very poised and uh I'm excited to hear uh the afterthoughts of the uh convention. Thank you. Mr. Warfel. Uh I've got a couple things. First, I want to second that Maya was amazing. Um thank you to Ms. Button for the invitation. Um I will tell you as a new board member when I get an invitation to come into a school for something special going on and no one tells me what it is, it does make me a little nervous. Um so, I'm glad to see that this one was something that was absolutely thrilling and positive and
040um I could really see the the pride that we have in our district and um I've told you guys before I really respect the work that you guys are doing for our students. Um and absolutely walking through the buildings, I see the passion you have for them when when they're succeeding. And Maya is a a wonderful representation of our district and it's definitely in part to all the work that you guys are doing with her as well. So, continue that, Ms. Crane, Ms. Grant. I I really respect the work that you guys are doing with the avid program with her. Um and I I'm excited to hear more about her trip to Kansas City. Um I also wanted to congratulate our Golden Ruler winners again. Um I love seeing those posts come across Facebook. I'm
041happy to share those posts very quickly um to to just spread the positivity about what we have going on in our district. So, continue to be good representations for us and I'll continue to spread the word. Um I want to also give a shout out to Southview, um Ms. Edrington and Ms. Yuhas. Um you guys did a wonderful job through the March Madness um program to make sure that our students got a chance to to interview and interact with some people, you know, developing conversational skills. Also, let's be real, we we all have a little competitive spirit there, too. So, you got to take a little few jabs here and there from people, but um sad Illinois didn't make it all the way, but hey, final four, we had a great season. So, shout out
042to them. Um and then also Northeast for the CB5K. I got a lot to say today, I'm sorry. Um the CB5K program is something that when my oldest went to Northeast, um I was on the board to help get that started um with Ms. Kate Cox, actually. Um and I'm thrilled to know that it it's still going strong and I'm excited to be a participant of it. If you haven't signed up, April 18th, please do. It's always a fun day, fun event. So. And I'll shut up from there. >> [laughter] >> I was going to say thank you, but I don't really mean that. Ms. Town. Um I don't have a lot [clears throat] either, but um I just did want to say that um the Golden Ruler recipients were advertised on Facebook and I
043love that and I got to read a little bio, read a little bit about what they did, who recommended them, why. And again, it just reinforces that um we do have a solid, solid uh group of individuals that work for us or work with us and um I'm very proud of that and I am happy to see that the individual schools are proud and they, you know, they're they're there to um show them to the world. And I hope the world sees and says thank you. I I know a few um personally, but um I will be sending them a little text, the ones I do know. So, thank you. Mr. Easton. Thank you, Mr. Hart, for your comments about uh, first student uh, invoice thing. That's good to hear. That invoice will be paid
044soon once we get it. Um, I uh, we we get a lot of discipline on this board. Uh, maybe you know that, maybe you don't, but our board packets, if we printed them out, we would kill all the trees in Danville. Sorry, Mr. Holmes. >> [laughter] >> Uh, but we don't print them out. We fortunately we can use them digitally, but I can't uh, communicate with uh, my board members about one of the things I've noticed um, in the discipline report um, because it's a it's about policy um, and we're actually not allowed to talk about policy back there. We're only allowed to talk about things that are specific to the student and those kinds of things. So, um, I've been talking with Miss Parker about something I noticed several weeks ago um, specifically, so
045this is more for my board members here, but also for you. Specifically um, I noticed that one of our students was suspended for 10 days and the reason was horseplay. And uh, I asked Miss Parker you know, to give me some more details cuz you know, uh, how many people have been victims of horseplay and uh, perpetrators of it. Uh, 10 days seemed a little excessive. So, I um, I just wondered if our board, and I'm on the policy committee, so I'll bring it up to them and I've already brought it up to Miss Parker, but there's no single explicit definition of horseplay in the Illinois school code. I looked it up. That's the code that governs all of the areas of discipline that we have to deal with and safety. Um, in many school
046districts in Illinois, I looked it up, what I'm asking for is for us to consider getting rid of the word horseplay cuz I think it's not precise enough and I hope our administrators will stop using it cuz I think it's not uh, it's not [clears throat] a good descriptor. In many school districts in Illinois, horseplay is this. Play fighting, roughhousing, or joking physical behavior, non-serious physical contact without intent to harm or behavior that is inappropriate or disruptive even if not malicious. So, my question for the board, cuz I can't ask you back there, is it possible that District 119 could remove horseplay from our handbook and replace it with one of these below? Mhm. Uh, boisterous activity, play fighting, roughhousing without intent to hurt, or play fighting that causes injury, damage, or pain even if
047not malicious. So, it might sound like that's like boring and I just think, you know, we need to use words that are clear and uh, especially when the thing involves 10 days out of school, I'd like to know more specifically what caused such a punishment. Uh, many of us, if you recall to your childhood, were not punished for 10 days by your parents for very many things and that's all I'll say about that. Dr. Allred. I'd like to spend a couple of minutes, shorter than that actually, but but thinking about um, the medical community and the relative shortage of medical providers in all towns across the country actually. And it's my observation that the people who come to stay are the people who are homegrown. And so, to see the young lady here tonight, Maya,
048who is thinking already about being a doctor, if she grows up here, she's likely to light here. And that's important and it's important for anybody else who ever says they'd like to be a doctor, um, call me and I'll uh, and I'll talk to them for a few minutes about it because I really am uh, concerned about the fact that um, people come and go. There's plenty of itinerants in the medical community for sure. And they just need to know, need to come here and stay such as we have for this long time. And it makes a difference. It makes a difference. And I'll end because I can reminisce all night, but I will say that it's not infrequent that I see the grandchild of a person that I first met some 35 years ago.
049And it's it's neat for me to have that. And I think people can gen- be generated in town, can step forward and need all the encouragement they can get to get themselves the right education. Doesn't have to be physicians. There's plenty of uh, of people who are in medical professions in other ways who are key to making things work here. And so, anyway, that's my pitch, but congratulations to her. Thank you. It's cool. I want to say thank you to to Southview for the March Madness videos. Watching the students participating in that was so much fun. Um, I was able to be videoed with Mr. Thornton and they had these little microphones that were 3D printed. It looked really official and it it was just really encouraging to see the students step out of their
050comfort zones and actually interview adults they had no idea who they were. So, that that was nice. So, kudos to you guys for that. I also wanted to give a shout out to Gary Nesbitt from the warehouse. My the staff at Second Church have not stopped talking about Gary. Um, this is the second year in a row that Why did I write Gary? I don't know. Why did you? >> [laughter] >> Well, I wrote Gary. I apologize, Randy. I'm so sorry. Did I Tyler, did I email you Randy? No. Did I say Gary? Okay. Well, okay. So, I did not I just wrote it down wrong. I'm so sorry. But, they have done nothing but talk really, really highly about him. We borrowed um, the risers for Easter at the arena and he must I
051don't know what he did for 2 years in a row, but they have done nothing but talk about what an ex- um, just a wonderful employee he was. He was kind. He was helpful. And for 2 days now, they have mentioned him. And I just had to give a shout out to him even though I got his name wrong. I'm so sorry. Um, but I just want to give a shout out to warehouse uh, for their help with that. >> [applause] >> Thank you. Sorry. Um, in response to your comments uh, Mr. Easton, you were addressing the board. I think in your three suggestions you had to use instead of horseplay, the first two don't cut it for me. Um, because they don't also seem to rise to the level of of suspension. Um, the
052first two. The last one where there might be injury, that's a different thing altogether. So, I would I would approve of that. So, I just wanted to You're welcome. Uh, spring sports in full swing and uh, go support our teams. Uh, appreciate all that you do to keep that going. Uh, we're still in the throes of testing, aren't we? Some of our schools are still testing. So, thank you. Thank you. I know those are not easy days. Keep everybody focused and uh, it is how we're measured and so, thank you for the work that you all are doing in your buildings for that. Um, and and I echo uh, Mr. Hart's condolences to the members uh, that we have lost. Um, Mr. Schrader was uh, a board member for a long time, had a big
053impact on on our district. So, to his family again, I echo how sorry we are and that you're in our thoughts and prayers. And with that, we are adjourning to close session. There will be no votes in close session. There never is. Um, but we have a lot of business that we have to talk about. Um, and so, uh, at this time we'll adjourn to close session and this meeting is over. Thank you for coming. Appreciate it. >> Miss Thornton, you tell them are we coming back to vote for discipline? We are. Uh, oh yes, we do have a discipline case. We will come back to open session for discipline >> Thank you. after our probably lengthy meeting.