001of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> At this time, I'll entertain a motion uh in our discipline case. Miss Corley, >> um we uphold the findings of the board in student discipline number 26 2616 >> second. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Mr. Eastston, >> yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Corby? >> Yes. >> Miss P? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Town? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Power? >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you very much. Um, at this time we will um, >> Madame President, >> Mr. Eastston, >> can I make a mot? I'm making a motion to amend the agenda to remove the treasures report to
002be voted on later in this meeting as a separate item. >> Second. >> Mrs. Corley. >> Yes. >> Mr. Tam, >> yes. >> Mr. Eastston, >> yes. Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> Dr. Holland. >> Yes. >> Mr. P. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Holl. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you. And you will remind me when you want to bring that up again. Okay. Uh at this time, I will um now we're reconvened in an open meeting. Uh I will entertain a motion uh to approve the consent agenda. >> So move. >> Second. Miss Pang, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cordon, >> yes. >> Mr. Eston, >> yes. >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sam, >> no. >> Dr. Holler, >> no. >> Mrs. Holler, >> no. Motion carries five to two. Thank you. Okay. Uh
003oh, >> it's a long one. >> Oh. Um, our district 118 crisis plan. >> Oh, no. That's the things are in the consent agenda. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Public comments. >> Oh, yeah. Public comments. >> Public. >> Please, please join [laughter] us. >> Free public comments. >> Miss Robinson's going to time you. She said I told her 43 seconds. Good evening board. Good evening, Mr. Hart. Miss Parker, Mrs. Paps. I'm Justin Thorton. assistant director of human resources. Just want to talk a little bit about our teaching assistant job fair that we held earlier this month. So, in an effort to get some teaching assistants to our school, including classroom TAs and special education TAs and hall monitors um in this very room just earlier this month, Tara Major and I uh tried to gather
004some people. So, we got Tara got snacks, balloons, she got uh Chromebooks. Um about 10 people came in and applied for several positions and we'll be interviewing them soon. Um we're going to do it again next month to try to get a few more people in and you know just try to reach some potential candidates to help our kids out. >> Nice. Thanks. >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Are there other public comments hearing? None. >> Business finance. >> That would be you. >> You did the treasure. the treasur report first. Thank you. Want me to do >> Excuse me. >> Recommendation to approve the treasur. >> Okay. So, I need a recommendation to approve the treasures report. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Mrs. Pam. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >>
005M. Pay. >> Yes. >> Dr. Holland. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> I abstain. >> Mrs. Corgley? >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Holland? >> Yes. Motion carries six with one abstension. >> Is that >> I'm ready. Yes. >> Go. >> So, I'm here um tonight to talk about the resolution uh or I have a resolution before you to abate the portion of our taxes um that have levied for 2025 to pay debt services on taxable general obligation school bonds. Um, so that amounts to about $150,000. And by abating these taxes, it basically becomes um a a cost to the district, which we budget for. Each year, we've abated these taxes for the last several years. In fact, PMA, our bond um holder, actually reach out to reached it reached out to me to make sure
006that we didn't forget those. And if we didn't abate these taxes, then that amount would be um given to the public. So, I ask for a recommendation to abate the taxes on our bonds. >> Someone second. >> Mr. Mr. Hart, I just want to make sure I understand because you said a lot just then. >> I did. >> Um $150,000. So basically what you're saying to abate the taxes, it lets the district use other money that we already have to pay off the school bonds so homeowners don't have to pay as much in property taxes. Is that right? >> That is 100% correct. >> Okay. I just want to make sure. And that's $150,000, right? >> That is correct. >> Okay. Thank you. That's all. >> I would like for you to repeat that. >>
007Sure. [laughter] >> Thank you. >> So, basically, when you talk about an abatement, $150,000, the district is saying, "We have $150,000." That's what Mr. Hart just said, "And we're going to use that money to pay off some of the school bonds so homeowners don't have to pay as much in property taxes this year." >> That's good news. I think >> that is correct. >> That is good news. At least on behalf of the school district. >> Yes. >> Right. [clears throat] >> Chart. Is that it? >> I I'm just asking for a motion. >> We got a motion in the second. >> Oh, we did. Sorry. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Mr. P. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> Mor. >> Yes. >>
008Mr. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you. Is that it? That's all you got? >> No. Um the next um piece on the agenda as well. So um as you know, Mr. Lewis came to our last board meeting and presented the tax levy and that would be a four or tax levy is 4.21% is what was proposed. It has now been on display and I'm asking your your approval. You need a motion. >> I do. >> We have a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Any discussion hearing? None. M. Robinson. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> Mr. Tam, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Mrs. Corby, >> yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mr. Eastston? >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Rolling right
009along. I know you're not going to believe this, but this is me again. [laughter] Um, so I am asking that we relook at our um credit cards that we have in the district and you've have that in your packet on board book. Actually, it's a decrease in the actual money that will be available to us. So, we're actually eliminating a couple credit cards. You can see that we're um closing an account with a $25,000 credit card. However, it is a um asking for an increase for Mrs. Parker and I from $7,500 to two $10,000 um credit limit and increasing the athletic department from $1,000 on each of their credit cards to 2500. And I think Mr. Bases would agree that that $1,000 no longer cuts it. And actually a lot of times he's um had
010to place items on his credit card and then be reimbursed which is not a very good accounting practice. So I ask for your approval on the credit card I'm going to say changes because they're really not increases. >> So >> second >> any discussion? >> I think it's just good to say what you use your credit cards for mostly. It's probably for acquisitions and you're not going out to dinner and such, you know. I just just so that the general public knows why we might need higher prices are are ra rising so costs are higher. >> Yes. >> Hotels. >> Okay. Oh, yeah. >> Fuel. Um, another big one now is ordering online. A lot of people don't take POS anymore. So, we are constantly reaching our limit. We pay it off. At the following
011week, we're at our limit. We pay it off. So, um it is a full cycle. >> Um I did hear from technology today and they are not on um this memo, but look for that one to come. Technology, I know at one time we were looking at credit cards. So, um we will be bringing a couple um here soon. So, I appreciate it. >> Tyler's like me, >> right? >> I just >> You're welcome. question. So, eight people have credit cards, district credit cards. I'm looking at the uh the changes. >> So, eight people. >> That is correct. There are eight people with credit cards >> and there's a check and balance >> 100%. And the and and actually like our we're we're paying them off monthly and they're pretty good when you hit the
012limit. I mean, they're they they let us know that we're at our limit. So, >> okay. >> Um, yes, there are checks and balances. >> Thank you. >> And I would just like to say thank you, Mr. Bassies. Um, that takes on a lot to put things on your personal credit card. I have a little Christmas left over. Um, but thank you. I mean, that's that's really a dedicated employee to do that. So, hopefully we can fix that for you. >> So, we have a motion and a second. >> Roll call vote. >> M. Pay. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Corley? >> Yes. >> Mr. Eastston? >> Yes. Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Mrs. Town, >> yes. >> Dr. Holland, >> yes. >> Mrs. Holland, >> yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you. [clears throat] >> And
013the next item, our very favorite one, school calendars recommendation. >> And guess who's doing that? See, I'm moving right along here. So, I am filling in for Mrs. Button today with um bringing forward the 2026 27 school calendar. So this is traditional calendars, balance calendars, preK, full day prek. They are all there. Again, this this calendar is pretty similar to what we passed for 20 526. This is the one with the additional professional development at the beginning. Um hoping that we can increase some attendance on that date. So I recommend your approval. Do I have a motion? >> Some moved. >> Second. >> Thank you. Uh we added that day on in the beginning in lie of >> in lie of a half day professional development day and what we're finding is students are really
014not attending those days. We want to make sure that we're maximizing the time that we have as students. So, um we will move that and um this year we hope to have a great kickoff and we will go we do not have any plans to take any time away from teachers to actually allow them more time to work in their classrooms this year. So hopefully they'll appreciate that as well. >> Seemingly a more efficient use of our time and teachers and students. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Roll co. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Dr. Holler. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Cory, >> yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Mrs. Town, >> yes. >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> And Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. >> Human resource sub pay. Miss Paps. >> Good
015evening everyone. Mr. Hart, Miss Parker. I'm Kim Papaps, director of human resources. And tonight, what we have for you is a recommendation for increasing of subpay. That's for teaching assistant substitutes, teacher substitutes, nurse substitutes, and secretary substitutes. Um, we pride oursel on getting the best of the best. And to [snorts] do that, we need to be at the same if not very close to our surrounding competition. And this puts us right back in the even playing field with not only county schools, but the Champagne Orbana areas and Ranul as well. I'd like to give more, but this is this is a great start for the majority of them. Can I have a motion to >> Yeah, I'll move. >> Second. Thank you. >> Uh so this move actually makes us competitive with people in the
016surrounding area so we can still get the best of the best. Correct. >> And right now we are not competitive. >> We are not. We were but we are no longer that way. It's time to move them up. There's um the only everyone's higher we are at the same as Champagne and higher than the rest with this recommendation except for one category and I cannot go over in that category or we would be paying the subs more [clears throat] than our step one lane one teaching assistance. So I'm not able to go any higher there. Um we wanted to but we'd have to that would not be fair to those that are in our contract that are our employees. So everything else is higher than our surrounding areas if not equal to. >> Okay. >>
017Can I ask um I've had a few people retired teachers um make comments about their pay as a substitute teacher. So on here I don't see current. It says new. So this amount they're making is that above what they were making? >> The change in that is we took off the they had to be a D18 retired teacher. So that is any retired teacher now because we are having retired teachers from outside of district 118 that want to come. So that's the new piece to that. >> Okay. >> So did their rate change? >> Their rate will stay at 190. >> Okay. >> And that is still higher than than the rest of our area. We're even now with Champagne. >> Okay. >> We do have another retired rate that we did not bring back.
018It's a previousou and that's for retired teachers from our district that substitute for either opening a classroom or closing a classroom that are here for a semester >> um and that are teacher of record and they receive their daily rate when they left minus um their retirement. So there is a that's a huge incentive to get people to come back. Um but they have to be a teacher of record not a day by day retired teachers sub. >> Right. Okay. Thank you. Of course, it gets it's can be confusing. So, anytime you have questions, just call. >> Okay. >> I have two questions. Yes. So, >> I think I know the answer, but just if you wanted to be a substitute teacher in Illinois, basically, what kind of requirements are there for that? >> So,
019it just depend. It's substitute teacher. >> So, your bachelor's degree. Uh we work with the regional office of education. um if they call our office, Miss Lisa Voggas will help them with certified teachers to be or to be a teacher substitute with a bachelor's degree. And if they are um looking to be a teaching assistant, Terara majors in our office will work with them. And there's a lot of hoops to go through that you can go through now. There there used to not be for both teacher subs and TA subs. And the original office of education here in Danville works very well with um our office on helping people get into the classroom. Um there's a lot of different options now ways to get in to be a short-term teacher to be um a substitute
020dayby-day teacher, but we will walk them through every step if they just call our office. >> And um when we were making our budget earlier this fall, did you anticipate you were probably going to ask us for more money when you >> substitutes? Yeah. >> Yes. >> So it's in our budget even if it's not explicit that we were anticipating this change. >> Yes. This one. Yes. It's not been changed for a few years >> because it will cost us more. Do we know how much more? You know how much it will cost us more if we don't >> I don't I don't >> looks like it'll cost a lot more. >> It will if we have a lot of absences. >> Yeah. >> But if we don't have enough subs, what do we have
021to do, Mr. Hart? >> You get us. [laughter] >> No one will run. I mean, Miss Parker today. >> I think you get Mrs. Parker who >> M Parker spent today. >> She was a sub today. >> Mr. Thor administrator. Um the principles sub every probably daily. We have their we now are blessed in the district office with radios and we hear how many times principles are called to the classroom to sub. They sub on a daily basis or principles do. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Which just do what? >> And nurses. Yes. So we're hoping our nurse pay has been extremely low compared to our surrounding county schools. So, we are hoping that once we get this posted after tonight, if once you approve it, that we can get um some nurse subs because
022that takes a lot of time from the central from their offices as well. >> I would assume that the media will get that out for us, Mrs. Paps. >> I know he will. [laughter] He's just not making eye contact with me, but I know he's going to get that out for us. Right, Mr. Brandy? Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Okay. So, we need um a motion. >> I got >> I'll make a motion. >> We got We already got them. >> We already have. >> Oh, we already have. Okay. >> Moving right along. Can we have a roll call vote? >> Mrs. Cord? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Town? >> Yes. >> Mr. Eastston? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Dr. Holler? >> Yes. >> Miss Payne? >> Yes. >> Mr.
023Per? >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you very much. >> I'm so sorry. Special Education Contract with Empowered Communication Recommendation. Miss Bailey. >> Good evening, board. Mr. Hart, Molly Bailey, director of special education. And it's no secret that um our special education staffing has been difficult for the last several years. Um, we did secure a virtual speech pathologist who has resigned and um with with that we just are really struggling to find um replacements. Mrs. Nixon is working really hard to do that um and maybe found someone today but um we're just not sure. So, um to to fill part of that, um I am recommending that the district um enter into an agreement with um Mrs. Burgundy um Henderson. No, that's not her last name anymore. Wow. I'm so sorry. It's it's through Empowered
024Communication actually is who I'm recommending that we enter the contract with. And it's Burgundy Nichson. I apologize. Um uh to fill some of these services at Danville High School. um she would be able to do about 10 hours a week. Um and it that that's enough for Danville High School because not as many students qualify for speech um as as they get older. Um I did ask that she provide inperson services since she is in Danville and she said she'd be able to do that. Maybe just a meeting virtually sometimes when it's not at the time she could be here and we're used to that in our in our with our teams now. We're holding all kinds of virtual meetings. So um and it would just be for the remainder of this school year. Her
025bill rate is $100 an hour, which is similar to what we're paying some other contract um speech. And so the approximate cost would be about $18,000 for the remainder of the school year. >> Can I have a motion? >> I make a motion we approve. >> Second. >> Thank you. So, I want to be clear about one thing with these contracts. Um, when you say $100 a day, that's salary for them, but it does not an hour. >> Yeah, you know where my head is. I wish. But, um, that does not include benefits. That's not a benefit package included with that. That is straight. >> It's a straight $100 per hour. So, they have to do their own taxes, their own benefits, their own retirement, everything else. This >> I think that's important for the
026public to be aware of. >> Yes. was 10 hours a week or >> approximately 10 hours a week. Yes. And so it's not a it's not we never do daily rates or anything like that. It's just the hourly. So if she's only able to work three hours in the to cover a morning and then maybe three hours another day or something like that then to cover those services at Danville High School. >> How many positions are we how many specialist positions are we down? >> Um I know 13 teachers. Um, at least >> special ed teachers, >> 13 special education teachers. Um, I would say three to four psychologists. Um, at least that many if not five speech paths, >> five to six speech pathologists. And that's not including as um prek continues to grow
027um we, you know, most of the all of those kids um needs language support. Um uh what other social workers. >> Social workers. Um, every school would take another social worker if we could we could find them. >> Um, and yeah. >> So, as we start a new semester after the holiday, we start looking at job fairs. Uh, are you preparing yourselves to go to colleges and so forth for job fairs? >> Mrs. Nixon just submitted a travel this week to go try to gain us some psychologists. I already went to a social worker intern fair. Um, which is the kind of the same. I talked to interns and prospective social workers. Um there aren't as many of those things as there used to be amazingly like um for us to go to but as
028much as we possibly can. I just talked to Mrs. Paps today and Tara to make sure we updated all of our um postings so that they'll go back to the top you know um when you look at like Illinois job bank and stuff like that. >> Okay. Thank you. Any [clears throat] other questions >> of the social just pathologist that we hire and have on the staff >> if you calculate the benefits as well as their salary, how much an hour do they make compared to the $100 that you're >> you see my question. The question is, is it >> a lot more expensive to hire these people at $100 an hour or are we paying about the same by the time you put in the taxes and and >> I health insurance? >> It's
029slightly higher for contract employees. >> Um [clears throat] I I don't have an exact, you know, it depends on where people are on the salary schedule. Um you know, when when you look at um their salary and then added benefits. [clears throat] Um it depends on how long they've been here. You know, we do have some speech paths who's been here for 25 years. Um, but it tends to be as we look at it, maybe just slightly higher to hire contract people, but speech path is one of those that their limit is 60 kids. That is what it there is nothing we can do that. That's a legal limit. I can't ask them to take more. And so once they hit 60, we have to find another um and we are obligated per those legal
030documents, those legal IEPs to provide the service. So, no matter what, I will have we will have to figure out a way whether it's another virtual person, whether we offer compensatory services over the summer, which is unfortunate for students because they're not getting the services they need during the school day. >> Um, or we ask our own speech pathologists to be willing to try to provide services in the evening, which is not ideal either. um in some way we are legally oblig obligated to offer all the services we just named to you where we have vacancies. >> Thank you. >> Roll call vote. >> Mrs. Town, >> yes. >> Miss Pang, >> yes. >> Dr. Holler, >> yes. >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Mr. East, >> yes. >> Mrs. Corby, >> yes. >> Mrs.
031>> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you, Miss Bailey. >> Good luck. >> Thank you. and building and grounds. >> Oh, we just love to see you come up. >> He loves to go up. [laughter] >> Good evening, Mr. Hart and the board. I'm here to recommend Where am I at? for you to accept the 10ear health life survey findings submitted by Restack Reed Architect firm. Um five years ago we submitted them. They weren't processed properly. So we have to resubmit them and go through them again. So I'm just here to recommend that we reapprove. So >> second uh discussion questions >> I I read through uh all of them. It was a lot. >> Yes. >> Deferred maintenance. I wondered maybe at the next board meeting or the one after is it really as high
032as that report shows that we have that much money to be paid and if you considered this part of deferred maintenance? >> Yeah. >> Uh for for one is it deferred maintenance what they're saying or and or is there is there a larger number of deferred maintenance if we had everything in one spot and what would that number be? You don't have to answer now but just your comment would be >> so from the last one to what we are submitting now we have took not a lot lot of the projects off um so when we submitted five years ago if you add it all together it was like 18 million now with everything that skip and the buildings grounds and we've done as a ward and as a district over the last five years
033it is uh like 3.6 6 million if we do everything on the survey. >> So, we have done like three4s of the survey already. >> A lot of [clears throat] them aren't marked off. They weren't updated in the system. >> Yeah, I'm going. >> So, the architect and [clears throat] um Mr. Martin Burner are going through marking off items and we do have um money in health life safety that has been unspent. So I would look for Mr. Wine Burner to move forward with some of those and plan for next year. >> Yeah. >> And the only other question I had >> in your experience is it normal for every building to not be in compliance? >> Uh yes. And yeah like >> not just in Danville but anywhere. >> Yeah. Everywhere there's there's always
034>> stuff always >> because it's an ongoing process. How often is the health life safety report by the architect expected? >> So we have we have to do every 10 years. Every um but I go every year with the roe and walk the buildings and I make adjustments on just the infractions they see there on top of [clears throat] you know some of them are on this report but then you know they see others. >> Okay. Mhm. >> So when you say 5 years ago it was submitted and not done correctly, it doesn't mean that we're that far behind obviously. >> No, actually we're we're ahead >> because it's not due for >> looking through it. Yeah, it's not due for another five years and we are in a good spot. >> Okay, >> that's
035good to hear. Good work. >> So we have a >> Oh, go ahead. >> One other question. The funding O and F, what does that mean on that? So the F is the hope like fire protection, health, life safety. The other is what district or other >> funds would come from within the district. Yeah. >> And the fire one comes from is that >> health safety? I'm pretty sure. Yes. >> I will double check and get back to you. >> Okay. Thanks. [clears throat] >> Any other questions, concerns? >> Call it. >> Dr. How? Yes, >> Mrs. Sam. >> Yes, >> Miss Payne. >> Yes, >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Corley. >> Yes, >> Mr. East. >> Yes, >> Mr. Tyler. >> Yes. Motion carry 70. Thank you, Tyler, for your vigilance in
036your work. >> Thank you. >> Me again. >> And moving along to school maintenance project grant. This is good news, right? >> Yes. Okay. >> So, this is uh school maintenance project grant. We've been you doing it over the last several years. Um, we have replaced all the bleachers throughout the district this year. I am suggesting that we replace Meat Park and Liberty bleachers. Uh, this is a $50,000 matching grant. So, we have to at least spend 100,000. They'll pay for half. So, with those two bleachers, the amount would be 122,971. uh which we would have to pay 72,971. Um but you get two years to use it and it we would not do those bleachers on this budget. It would be the following two years. >> Need a motion. >> So moved. So, um,
037this money then would not be in this year's budget, but will be budgeted for next year. The 72,000. >> Yes. >> Matched with 50 from the space. >> Okay. Any other concerns, thoughts? >> I think we're tired. >> Project completion date. >> Um, I got the quotes. I can't uh estimate >> I would say next sum. >> Thank you. >> You have to go out for bid on those. >> No. So it's part of a co-op and the state already bid. So >> okay. >> Anything else? >> The bleachers been at me park >> The whole time. So, Me [clears throat] Park and Liberty are the last two besides the high school besides and Edison because they're historical and I will not rip those out. So, >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Mr. Tam, >>
038yes. >> Miss Payne, >> yes. >> Mrs. Corley, >> yes. >> Dr. H. >> Yes. >> Mr. Eastston, >> yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. This time we haveformational items. Oh, look. We have Miss Parker. >> Good evening, board. Mr. Hart. I'm Marisha Parker, associate superintendent for district 118 schools. And I'm just here tonight to talk to you about some winter weather protocols. And so, as you all currently know, we use e-learning days as well as sometimes [clears throat] depending on inclement weather, we may have to close the entire district. But this year, we are also going to implement a 2-hour delay schedule. And so, with the two-hour delay schedule, of course, um schools would start two hours later. And the m the only impact as
039far as schools would be there would be no AM prek. Um, but all other schools would just start two hours later than their normal time. Um, a perfect example of that could be, let's say, the windshields are extremely low at the start time, original start time of school. With a two-hour delay, the temperatures could potentially rise so that we can get kids to bus stops into schools safely. Um, and so our next step with this is to work on messaging to families. So, we will create a memo um with those 2hour delay start times um to get out to families through the district social media outlets um as well as to the schools so that they can send them home with the letters home with parents etc. So, we're going to work on messaging this
040information out to families um as well as the community. And while this is not related to twohour to the two-hour delay start, I want to talk about this too, but depending on road conditions, we are also looking at our um rural routes. And so I've been working with um Jason at first student. Um and so he gave us a list of rural routes and one a few just for example would include Parerryville Road, Brewer Road, um Daisy Lane, Denmark Road. And so sometimes depending on road conditions, we [clears throat] may not be able to get buses safely to those rural routes. And so what we're going to work on with that is um we're going to message those families that live on those roads so that they know if we say we're not running rural
041routes, they will know that they will not have bus service if the weather doesn't allow. And so we just wanted to present that to you tonight as anformational item just so that you know um how we're moving with um winter weather as we're in the midst of it. So for um [clears throat] the families on rural routes, students that cannot attend school, do we have an educational plan for those students? >> So parents could bring their students to school. I don't know that we discussed that like if we would offer those students that don't have transportation um a virtual option or an e-learning option that day. We hadn't really discussed that. >> Would you? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Would it count against their attendance? It would >> it would >> and unless
042they attended virtually virtually if if they did the work they would count for a full day of attendance. >> Would it be excused if they could not get them there? >> It would be excused. >> Thank you. >> When you do e-learning, do the kids have the computers at home or how does that work? Like we had e-learning on Monday. Okay. Did the kids take home their computers on Friday or >> so? Schools have kids have laptops that they take back and forth, but most schools I feel like our elementary have pivoted more to packets like um >> a educational packet that they work on. Um but I know some schools like Northeast, they did log in and they have virtual learning. So I think it depends on the school. >> Okay. >> And when
043is our next meeting to discuss what's happening during e-learning days? I think it's on the 5th or the 6th of January, right? >> It is January the 5th, Monday when we return. >> It is an agenda item to discuss what's happening on those days and if we should continue them or um just count them as weather days and make our school year longer if we go over the five that are built into the calendar. So, that will be a discussion we will be having is when we return. Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. I do have another item, Mrs. Howerin, if if I may. Um, I just wanted to take a minute to um talk [clears throat] about a grant that we also received from the Department of Commerce.
044This was a grant that was written by Mrs. Truex, and it was for a generator. I don't even know where that first generator is, but it is at DHS and it's backing up the servers. Is that correct? And so, it is backing up the servers. And so it was an $80,000 grant somehow with the installation blah blah blah blah blah. We ended up spending $46,000 of $80,000. So Mrs. TRX really didn't like sending the money back. So she called and asked if she could spend the remainder of the money and they had to think about it and they ended up saying yes, which never really happens. So, we are now going to um purchase another generator for the servers at me park which um Mrs. Hmel is thrilled about. Um but it's the extra things
045um that's why I'm sharing that the extra things that um the staff in our district are doing. Um there's no proddding, there's no Mrs. Trux picked up the phone and called. So, I just wanted to make you aware of that. I think it's important to note. >> Thank you. Do you have other superintendent comments? >> I do. Um, first kudos to Mr. Gerard at DACC and the Barber School. So, they provided 60 over 60 haircuts at Northridge today. The kids were thrilled. Somehow they all think that Mr. Gorley got his haircut. I still haven't figured that out. Kids, he really didn't. But the the kids are believing that he did. Um, but we just want to say thank you to uh Mr. Gerard and DACC for their continued partnership. Um, the only other comment I
046have is wonderful holiday programs. I've been to a lot. Did not admittedly um make all of them. I did make my grandkids as well though, so that was good. I missed a few for that. So, um, to be expected, right? [snorts] Um, but it has been great. Great way to bring in the season. So, I appreciate all the hard work that the students, teachers, and staff put into those programs. And that is all I have. Thank you, >> Miss D. >> Well, first of all, I wish everybody a safe and relaxing uh holiday season, get plenty of rest so we can come back in January with the feet on the ground. I do have a concern and it's in regards to Devil High School and the number of missing pictures. Pictures have been taken down.
047I know for a fact when I was principal Cannon, we gave a picture of Joe Cannon for the Canon Room in the library, but of course it's no longer in the Canon Room. And a number of of community folks have asked about uh pictures that they knew that were up on the high school walls and now they're down. So, I would like to find out some information. If you're not going to put them up, can those people have those pictures or what's going to happen? I'd appreciate that. >> Thank you, Mr. Warfield. >> Um, I'll keep it short and sweet. Um the holiday programs, they were phenomenal. Um the ones that I attended, I absolutely enjoyed seeing. Um I know that you guys have earned this um hard one break that you're about to get.
048So I hope that you take time enjoy it with your family as well. And that's all I got. >> Thank you, Miss Tim. >> Um since the last meeting, um I have and all of us have attended um the state convention and I just wanted to say that there was a lot of information there. Um, we I went to as many umformational sessions as I could. Um, I was trying to beef up on some um finance for districts. Um, so I'm looking to kind of delve into that a little bit. So, I'm a little more confident [clears throat] with um things that I'm voting on and um I think it was a good use of our time and money and we bonded as well. We had a dinner together and um it was well worth
049our time and I wish you all happy holidays on your break. Thank you, Mr. Eastston. >> Yeah, I have a something I want to read because I wanted to make sure that I didn't come across harsh or um mean-spirited. Um so I had my wife read it and I sent it to Miss Cory uh >> after. [laughter] >> So receive this. Um this is mostly directed at at my fellow board members. So I hope they receive this uh from my heart which is uh with uh concern but also uh we can we can fix this. As of today 184 days have passed exactly six months to the day have passed since the board voted to hire Mr. Hart as the superintendent of Danville District 118 on June the 17th, 2025. I I uh I want
050to formally state that uh Superintendent Hart, Associate Superintendent Marisha Parker have done an exemplary job of leading our district through this period. Um that said, I think it's essential that this board acknowledge that we have not yet met our obligation under Illinois law to provide the superintendent, Mr. part with a written contract and to establish performance goals mutually together. Uh now I looked it up. Illinois law does not say doesn't mandate a single specific timeline for completing this process, but I did look up what standard practice is across Illinois. and uh a superintendent's contract is executed at or near the time of hire and performance goals are finalized within the first few months of the contract year. And many districts and I and I looked it up, looked for news articles, found them. Uh the
051goals for the superintendent, Mr. heart are adopted within 30 to 75 days of their higher date even in circumstances like ours when it was like sort of sudden but not sudden at the same time. Now our board knows this needs to be done and that but I think it's important to say the timeline exists for an important reason. One of the board of education's primary responsibilities is to evaluate Mr. part um who's our superintendent and uh we cannot evaluate him unless we mutually agree on what the goals are that the board has for him and for the district. So uh to be clear, it's not Mr. Hart's responsibility to resolve this. Uh we don't need um an attorney to be in the room. Uh some schools do it with blank sheets of paper and they
052write it down and they have wonderful people like Miss uh um Robinson just formalize it. So it doesn't have to have pomp and circumstance. It can really just be mutually agreed upon performance goals. Um why am I saying all this? I I think it's important to say uh it's the 17th of December, 184 days since we hired Mr. Hart. I'm making myself fully available uh to this board so that we can get the superintendent's contract and performance goals brought before vote at our next regularly scheduled board meeting which I know you said another date but our next regular board meeting is uh se I'm sorry September January 21st. Um and if we need to have special board meetings to do it I think we should do it. So that's all for me. Thank you. I
053agree. >> Thank you. Dr. Howerie, >> I have a favorite son comment and that's Dick Van Djk. And we enjoyed and I'm sure some of you enjoyed too the uh wonderful film that was made. It it patted us the school some, the community some patted us all on the back. We couldn't have a better representative from our community anywhere. The guy's famous worldwide. And a fully a third of the film was shot in Danville with Danville people. Those of you who saw it know that. I mean, and that will go as it was professional as professional can be. That will spread other places. It will carry the name of Danville High School and just the city of Danville. One thing you might notice that his his house was just crap. It was just awful. The
054the paper was falling off the walls. You could couldn't safely walk up the deck. But it was the real thing. It was the real thing. In fact, maybe I'll ask my wife to say a little story about him, about his house. I'll leave it to her because she was a witness and I was not. >> There you go. >> All right. I'll do it now, but then I'm not done with my comments. Um, when Mr. Van Dijk came to do Bye-Bye Birdie with our high school students. I had the pleasure of taking him from place to place and getting him where he needed to be. And he asked of me, um, could I please drive him by his house in the neighborhood? And I did that. Um, we stopped. He looked at it, chuckled, and
055said, "Looks just like I remember." Um, what a gracious thing to say because, uh, it really doesn't look good. But anyway, that was just the genuiness of this man and his love for for Danville. Miss >> Coraly, >> I agree, Chris. We do need to get that on the agenda. I think we need to look at special board meeting um after the holidays, which I'm sure all of us will do. Um I know several of us took a lot of seminars up in Chicago regarding this situation. So, I don't think it's that we are avoiding it. I just think our district has had a lot of cleanup and Mr. Hart has been extremely swamped. No excuses. I I would say we're not a typical district right now. Some of the things that we've had to
056go through. So, it is important. We also need to get um a tool for review, had to do his self his uh evaluation. So, >> it's really all I have. Merry Christmas. Enjoy your break. [laughter] Thank you. I too agree. Uh we are well aware of what our obligations are, committed to it at the beginning of the terms of this board. Um if we could just kind of stop putting out fires so we can start looking ahead at growing things, um that would be wonderful. And again, no excuses. We know what we have to do and we'll do it. Um again, I will echo the holiday programs were wonderful. We have wonderful kids and seeing them all dressed up in their Christmas finery was was really great. And thank you to the teachers for getting
057those kids ready and administrators. You all have earned a break. You all have earned a very nice time out. I hope you get to have it and enjoy it. Thank you for all all that you do always. It's very much appreciated. Happy holidays and uh thanks a lot for being patient tonight. Thank you. >> And I say this meeting, we do have to go back into close session. We are not done yet. Um we still have some work we need to do. Uh we will do that. Um and uh we'll see you next year. Right. Right. >> Thank you. >> I'm sorry. >> No. >> Oh, no action will be taken in close session. We just have items to we have to discuss. Thank you.