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. >> Okay. Um, we also started a new tradition that we will say the mission at every meeting just to remind us why we're here, that we put kids front and center at what we do. So tonight, Miss Parker is going to have the pleasure of doing the mission. >> Good evening. Marisha Parker, associate superintendent. Our district 118 mission is to ensure all district 118 students reach their fullest potential. I'm also going to share our vision, which is to equipped every student with the knowledge, skills, and support needed to succeed in college, career, and life through personalized learning, targeted support, and whole child development. And lastly, our theme for the year
002is ready for college, ready for careers, ready for life. >> Thank you very much. At this time, I'd like to call the meeting to order and we'll entertain a motion to go into open session. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you. Roll call vote. >> Miss F. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Corby. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. Dr. Holl. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. We have a full board and it's exciting to be able to have a full board. Thank you. Uh at this time, do we need to entertain a motion to pull something from the agenda? >> No, it's already that was already consent agenda. >> Okay. At this time, I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda
003as written and approved given to us by Lisha. Thank you. >> Prior to approving the consent agenda, I'd like to pull the administrative retirement request from the consent agenda so that we can discuss that separately. >> Second. >> Okay. Thank you. Roll call vote. >> Mr. voting on the consent agenda right with the amendment. >> Yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Miss F. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Town. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Uh motion carries 70. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Warfield. Appreciate that. Um at this time, we will entertain any public comments. Really? Really? >> Really? Okay. All right. That's good. Um, and moving on then to the business and finance the treasures report. >> Oh, no. We pul we pulled it.
004>> Oh, >> I mean >> Oh. Oh, okay. Okay. Oh, okay. So, I propose we table the administrative retirement request uh for later vote. >> I'll second. >> Okay. >> All right. Mrs. Gordon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Town, >> yes. >> Mr. Eastston, >> yes. >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Dr. Holland, >> yes. >> M. Pay. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hoffman. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. Thank you. Thank you. >> Appreciate that. Now moving on, we'll have the business and finance report. >> You just need to vote. >> We just need a vote on >> from the consent. >> Okay. >> Motion to accept the treasures report. >> Second. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Miss F. >> Yes. >> Dr. Hower. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gordon.
005>> Yes. Miss. >> Yes. Motion carry 70. Thank you, >> Madam President. I'd make a motion that we revote. Um, just now I think Mr. Warfield may have intended to not vote. >> Thank you. I apologize. >> Can we revote? >> Thank you for saving me on that. Yes, we can. >> I need someone to second my motion. >> Second that. >> Then we need to vote to revote. >> Yes, ma'am. We are voting >> to revote on the treasur's report because Mr. Warfield doesn't need to vote on that. >> Yes. Yes. >> Shouldn't >> Mr. East? >> Yes. >> Miss P. >> Yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield >> to revote. Correct. >> Yes. >> No, you abain. >> I want to abstain then. Yes. >> Yes. Motion carries six and
006one abstension. Okay. Do we have it right now? >> Yep. We good. >> Yes. Okay. >> I I um actually no. The what you just voted on was to have a revote. Now you need to vote on the motion. >> Now we need to vote on the previous >> which is to approve the treasuries report. >> Okay. We will entertain a motion to approve the treasures report as amended. >> I make a motion that we approve the treasur report as amended. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Thank you. Roll call vote. >> Dr. H. Yes, >> Mr. Sam. >> Yes, >> Mr. E. >> Yes, >> Miss P. >> Yes, >> Mr. Warfield. >> I abstain, >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> And M. >> Yes. Motion carries six and one abstension. >> Thank you. We're
007going to get it right. We're going to get it right. >> And just to clarify, I have to abstain because of my employment. So, they're trying to keep me employed >> and still on the board. >> That's right. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Now, I know I'm going to get this one right. Uh, we're moving on. Uh, we are very fortunate to have a talented young lady in our midst. Um, and who represented our district and our community really well, not only in this community, but all the way in Europe and all across Europe. So, we are so honored to have Bailey Eastston in our presence and her and she's going to tell us about her experience in France. and she's going to be joined by the high school principal, Mr. Brett. >> Good evening, Board
008of Education, Mr. Hart, Mrs. Parker. Um, I have with me tonight Miss Bailey Eastston. She's an 11th grader at Danville High School. Um, Bailey applied for and was one of 15 students along with a teacher sponsor to earn a research fellowship through the Albert H. small Normandy Institute through George Washington University. She was allowed to um go and study in Normandy, France this summer, uh researching the D-Day invasion. Her focus was on local contributors to the invasion, particularly African-American soldiers. Um she has already presented her um research at the Vermillion County War Museum and I believe I think it's still coming up, right? The Kuanas Club. She'll be presenting there as well. So, she is here to share her experience and what she learned in her research about private first class Leslie Milton Irvin. >>
009Okay. So, um we started off in January meeting every other week with students, teachers, and mentors from across the country. For five months, we discussed college level lessons, assignments, and lectures of the history of World War II. Through this research and study, I built and strengthened my reading comprehension, discussion, and speaking skills. And each week, we had a different topic, but one that impacted me the most was The Holocaust. Something I'll never forget was watching one of the French movies we had as our assignments. It was focused on a specific part of the Holocaust, following an 11-year-old boy. The part that left the strongest impression on me was the end when the remaining children in the concentration camps were sent to an extermination camp. They were so excited because the soldiers had told them they
010were going to see their parents. But the childrens were giving them flowers and gifts and they were full of joy. But there were 151 children on that train and none of them ever came back. This fact sat with me for a long time and gave a much deeper appreciation for the history and for remembering these stories. In addition to the lessons, each team spent time researching their briefing topics about a soldier they would present about. My topic was African-Americans and D-Day in their role. And what stood out for me most was how dedicated they were even even without the full support of the military. They fought with a double per purpose of victory abroad and equality at home. And yet they are still often called the forgotten soldiers. My biography was on Private Leslie Milton
011Irvin, a farm boy from Vermillion County who is no stranger to hard work. He was assigned to scale the cliffs with his company to attack a German radar station. Sadly, he was killed not long after landing on the beach. And learning his story gives me such a strong connection and empathy for him and his sacrifice. Before our trip to DC, we were all nervous. We all thought everyone was so much smarter and knew so much more than we did. But the first activity they gave us was a timeline of World War II events. We barely knew each other's names, but we jumped right into it. And that's when we realized we were all working towards the same goal and that we were surrounded by people just like us. That night, a big group of us
012went to the Cheesecake Factory, and that's where our bond grew. It quickly became something that felt like family. Even the teachers became close friends to us. There are too many memories to mention with the time that I have, but I am so grateful to have met these people. We all still talk to this day. In DC, we spent a full day at the National Archives in Maryland doing research. We used primary sources like journals, military records, and handdrawn maps. One thing that surprised me was how personal and creative some of these documents were. One story I read had a table of contents made with symbols and colors. It looked like something a student might do today. It reminded me that even in the middle of war, people still found ways ways to be creative. After
013DC, we flew to France and that's when the presentations began. Right before the presentations though, one of the scariest moments of the trip for me was ordering food in French. They threw us into the deep end and they expected us to swim. And unlike Paris, the cashiers didn't know much English and I ended up not even getting the food I wanted. Some people were brave enough to try their French skills, but I definitely was not one of them. Our hotel was in a small, sleepy town called Bayou, and it's such a pretty town and has one of my favorite landmarks from the trip, Notream de Bayou. Overall, that small town was such an amazing place to spend time. Being in Normandy was breathtaking and life-changing. We visited all five beaches, Utah, Sword, Juno, and Omaha,
014and Gold, sorry. The moment that hit me the hardest was standing on Omaha Beach. I couldn't even bring myself to have fun in the water like at prior beaches. It was just an overwhelming, indescribable emotion knowing the history of what happened there. It's truly a feeling I cannot put into words. Visiting the sermon German cemetery gave me a different kind of overwhelming feeling, one that was eerie and uncomfortable. Within the cemetery was LaMa, a large burial ground holding over 200 unknown German soldiers. It looked like a big hill, but when I found out it wasn't, my stomach dropped. As interesting as it was, it was unsettling the entire time. Many of us didn't take pictures, and the bus ride back was the quietest it had ever been. I'm gonna skip for hold on. This is
015a pastry that I had. It was really, really good. Um, and then this is um my soldiers name written in the beaches of Omaha. Okay. Our last view of Normandy was the American cemetery where we presented our soldiers remembrances at their graves. This was one of the most emotional moments of the trip. Seeing Private Iran's grave made everything feel so real and I felt the strongest connection to him there. The cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach, and the sand ceremony they do is beautiful. They collect fresh sand from the beach and rub it onto the engraving of each soldier's name to to honor and remember them. From there, we headed to Paris. On the bus ride, I fell asleep and I woke up to McDonald's, which was very, very happy. I was very happy. >> Although the
016food in France was amazing, and I'll never forget the taste of our first full night, we had a heartfelt Later that night, I saw the Eiffel Tower with one of my friends and it was the most beautiful site I had ever seen and it was such a special. After that, Miss and I explored Paris together. She showed me so many amazing places including where we attended mass. We also tried navigating the lube which felt like a maze and took up all my energy for the day, but it was still an amazing place. Looking back, this trip was this trip was truly life-changing. And I'm so thankful to Miss Woods for taking me and to the board and the institution for giving me this opportunity. It had such a strong impact on me and I know
017it has shaped my future. Thank you. [Applause] Please know that we're really proud of you and how well you represented us and all the work that went into it. this just wasn't a easy trip to see Paris and so forth. So, you really did a good job and thank you for that. >> Any questions? Anybody want to ask anything? >> I just want to say thank you for sharing and obviously you you dug into it and you felt the history in that too and bringing that to this presentation means a lot. So, thank you. >> Um I am impressed by what you saw in the cemetery. I took a trip with the high school many years ago to Normandy and uh it is really mindblowing when you see the the cemetery um for the American
018soldiers. That's when I learned that the families had a choice of leaving the family members there or sending them back to the states and a number of them chose to leave their family members there. Very impressive. >> Thank you. Truly you honored your soldier and for that that means a lot. >> Thank you. >> Very well done. >> Thank you. >> Item eight, educational support. Uh it's in your head LLC community program services agreement recommendation. Good evening, Board of Education. Mr. Hart, Mrs. Parker, I'm Mity Campbell, the principal at Kennethy Bailey Academy. I am bringing tonight a proposal to um really renew an ongoing partnership we have with It's in Your Head Services. Um this is Hunter Lefave. He is the owner of It's in Your Head. If you are not familiar, It's In Your
019Head um is a program that comes to our building on a weekly basis. It supports our social emotional programming. Uh at KDBA, we're big on uh wraparounding wrapping around our students. Um we are hoping to create better versions of them and giving them tools so that they can make um good decisions going forward. I'm going to let Hunter explain the program a little bit more before we proceed. >> Yeah. So, I've got to come in the the last couple years and work with the kids uh from coming into teaching lessons on how to take care of themselves and really to understand their emotions and how to regulate themselves down so they don't uh overreact so that they can focus through class and so that uh they can have a a bright and hopeful future like
020all the rest of our students here. Um, we work in pullouts too where an admin will come out with me and we work through these different practices with the kids. Um, yeah, on a weekly basis, they get really excited about it and year in year out the kids that have been there before. When new kids come in, uh, the kids that have been there before, let them know this is something that we do. They're really excited about it. And, um, yeah, I'm just really proud to be back and and share these skills with the kids. >> Thank you. I was just going to say and just to clarify um KDBA uh because we're an alternative setting, we are able to use title funding for this. So that does not come from our building budget or
021district funds. Um and it does it is a total of $15,000 for the entirety of the year. Um and we are supported with 28 sessions total throughout the year. >> That was my question. >> I figured. >> Thank you. I need a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Any discussions or questions? >> I I have a I talked to Mrs. Hollerin about um my concern with Title One funds. I I defer to your judgment and that this program is good and uh in talking with Mrs. Hollerin, am going to vote yes. But I just wanted to say something publicly for all of us to know. You already know. Mrs. Trux, is she here? I don't know. Uh she she gave me a really good lesson on title one funds. I just want to make sure
022um for our board members here to know my uh my perspective on this. Um you because I was on the fence with approving it, not because I don't think it's good, but because Every Student Succeeds Act is what funds Title One funding. It's supposed to be there for extra help for students who are academically at risk. And uh my uh my concern is rooted in believing that researchbased curriculum is really important. Um which would be funded by title one funds. And I'm not saying this isn't researchbased because it's really hard to get researchbased funding on these kinds of programs. It's very hard because no one wants to pay for the funding. But Title One funding could be used for supplemental textbooks. It could be used for assessments and identifying struggling students, especially with things like
023AI. And uh we we're doing some of that. I I would hope that we can do more of it. Um I do defer to your judgment that you've considered that and think this is important. Um, but as a board member, I think you should know this board member really is looking for us to really lean into researchbased curriculum as much as we can. That's all I have. >> This is for the entire building like all the way up. >> Yes, this is fifth through 12th grade. Um, and there's two different tiers that this program supports. So, our first tier is our buildingwide initiative. Hunter goes into the classrooms and does um relevant themes for the week. Uh we we speak about those prior, they change from year to year just based off the student population
024and the present need. Um relevancy is huge for us. We need to make sure we're connecting with that current population of kiddos that we have. Uh so that is something that is supported for the entire building. the small groupoup sessions, however, those are often referrals from the social worker or the classroom teachers, um, administration, and we work with Hunter and, uh, just pulling out smaller groups of students so that they can work on those self-regulation skills. So, I think I answered your question. It's building wide, but it's also for some of our, um, more struggling students. >> So, permission slips are sent home >> if it's a small group. Yes. If it's a buildingwide initiative, there isn't a permission slip, but if it's a small group, um we are required to have permission. Yes. >>
025Thank you. And and if I may, um so just for everyone's knowledge, our the district is over 80% um lowinccome. So we are community elig eligible, which obviously, you know, so if you're looking at eight to 10, eight out of 10 students in the classroom um you know, are living in poverty and students that attend Bailey Academy a lot of times come from not all, but some come from traumatic homes. And so that does um really affect the way that um information is received by the student. So um again as I appreciate the the comment of Mr. Eastston, but I do think that we need to be aware that you know our kids need to be regulated to be able to um access the materials that are being provided. So thank you. I think the
026mere existence of uh Kenneth Bailey cries out for the necessity of uh using Title One funds for this program. And for those of you who haven't gone over and visited uh the school, I think you need to take time to do that. I I was impressed every time I go there and now with the new addition, it's even more exciting. But you the if you attended their uh graduation program um you will get a real strong feeling on how much the staff appreciates those students and the compassion and how much they do for those kids that I don't think they can get any place else. So, you know, I'm all for using um different programs and funds if it's going to enhance the students in those build in that building. Thank you. >> And I
027would like to add that I have um kind of looked at several um um statements and um uh success stories that you have with your program. So, I feel like um definitely where you are right now is wonderful and I would love for it to be uh you to be able to be in more schools in our in our district. Um, I know there's more to it than me just saying that, but um, I think it's a wonderful program and when the kids need someone to have uh them teach them how to handle their emotions to keep everything at a little more uh, regular level and um, keep our classrooms a little more um, conducive to learning. And that's what we're all about here. We want to get the best out of our students and
028um in any way, shape or form that we can can do um I'm all for. >> Which leads to the one question that I have and that is we don't have you five days a week all hours of the day and it would be wonderful if wouldn't it be wonderful to have him that much. >> So what work do you do with teachers to carry on your work uh when you're not present? We've got Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Um we met with them before when I was getting to work with staff too of sharing these skills and giving some daily habits. Um also being able to do the classroom questions, the teachers are there for those lessons as well. So the same thing that I'm teaching with the kids. Um the teachers are there. They
029often come up and ask questions. Uh and they're great at applying these things. And I notice that when I come in, they'll even say to the kids like, "Remember we were just working on this? We've been doing these things." So they're they're consistent with those practices even when I'm absent from the building. >> Great. Thank you. >> Any other comments, questions? >> Hearing none, we'll have a roll call vote. >> Mr. Warfield, >> yes. >> Mrs. Tam, >> yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mr. East? >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carries. 70. >> Thank you. We'll we'll have you back to >> let us know how things are going. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Uh item B, urban learning leadership center as a
030learning partner for South View Upper Elementary School. Looks like Mr. Rice. >> Good evening board. Mr. heart. Chris Rice, director of early learning, and I have a proposal for you this evening as a potential contract agreement between Urban Learning Leadership Center, ULC and South View Upper Elementary School. Uh this agreement is to provide leadership training, coaching, and targeted professional development for the 2526 school year as required by the Illinois State Board of Education with any school that's currently in designation status. Uh the cost for the program, if approved, is $49,795, which will be paid for utilizing South View's Illinois Empower grant funds. I also have with me this evening South View's assistant principal, Mrs. Edington, who can answer some questions as far as how they might utilize the program if you have any. >> Can
031you tell us just a little bit more specifically? Um, so we have Nancy who comes to us from ULLC. She meets with the admin team. Um, she came in and did a case study to kind of, I'll say, point out some areas of growth for us. Um, and then she's also meeting with our leadership team um, to help us become better instructional leaders um, and transparency. When you're in a situation, sometimes you struggle to see where your growth could be. and a fresh set of eyes that is unbiased is beneficial. Um, so she's working with us on that. Um, and then she's also working with our students and our teachers. She's done interviews with them to talk about what they're feeling, how they're um, how they see the school, the culture, the climate. Um, we're
032trying to just do a wraparound really and benefit our instruction for our students. Since this is a motion and roll call vote, um I will entertain a motion. So move. >> Thank you. Second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. >> Uh anyone have any questions, concerns? >> No. Can we be Can we be caught up? That's I'm not wording that right. Updates. How do we get updates on how staff is responding and how well they are doing with this? Um, so when Nancy comes and meets with us, I suppose we could come back to the board and give updates if that's something you're interested in. Um, Miss Fluno would be in charge of that, not me. I'm just the I'm the volunteer for tonight, I guess. >> Um, but we can update you. Um, in
033our initial one, she met with every staff member and she pulled controlled groups of students. She went to students rooms. She picked the students. We didn't pick them. Um, she did one-on-one interviews with them. She did group interviews. They were very transparent on the things that they feel like administration's doing well, the things that we could show some growth in. Um, and then she conducted a survey also. So now we're working through all of those parts and pieces as the school year progresses. >> You can just like give us a little one page bullet >> thing on what you're doing, how it's being received. >> Yes, ma'am. We can do that. Miss D. >> Be an easy way to do it. I can do that. >> Thank you. >> Look at her taking control. >>
034One thing I I am very glad to see I I looked up uh ULLC. They definitely are using evidence-based practices. So, I appreciate that very much. I uh I think it's really important that we can prove in pretty much every setting that this is uh effective especially for people who are struggling with math and reading which I know we are and we are >> and I know that's going to be some of their goals. I'm sure >> it is. Yes. It's to improve our instruction in our classrooms. So not just us as instructional leaders but our teachers as the instructors also improving meeting the needs of our students. And when I say evidence-based practices for people in the public, it just means that they've had peer-reviewed research. They've seen measurable benchmarks in students success and
035more than just that. That's just what it mean. It's it's not just a cliche. It's a really uh important um it's been tested. Correct. >> Yeah. >> And that will be part of the information that we share at our study sessions as well. Also, when we're going through um school improvement plans, the um companies, organizations that schools are working with um that are involved with Illinois Empower, they'll share um what experiences they're having. >> Anything else? >> Miss Bank. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Cor? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ethan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Mr. Town? Yes, >> Dr. >> Yes. And the motion carries 70. Good luck and we'll be looking forward to hearing from you. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Item nine, dismissal of educational support personnel employee for reasons
036other than reduction in force. Uh, I would entertain a motion to approve the resolution for the dismissal of educational support personnel employee Christopher Ellenfeld for reasons other than reduction in force effective immediately. >> Second questions, concerns roll call vote. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Dr. M. Miss P. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. Motion carry 70. Thanks. Uh, item 10, our fa our favorite other than traditional calendar calendar things. >> Uh, press policy issue 118. Motion and roll call vote. Uh, we had, this was presented at the last meeting. We did a first reading on these press policies. Just to remind you, uh we pay for press um to keep us up to date with what the legislature in the state board is requiring that we
037do. And uh so then we bring our policies in line with the press policy and so pretty constantly we're voting on them. So press policy issue 118. I'd entertain a motion to approve. >> I make a motion that we approve. >> Second. >> Roll call vote. >> Mrs. Corley. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tam. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Dr. Holl. >> Yes. >> Miss P? >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. And the motion carries. 70. We have one more press policy issue 119. I'll entertain a motion. to approve. >> So move. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Roll call vote. >> Miss P? >> Yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Mr. E? >> Yes. >> Mr. Town? >> Yes. >> Mrs. >>
038Yes. Motion carries 70. >> Mayor second. >> Uh yes, Mr. Hart. >> So with with board policy, that's one of the largest responsibilities of the board of education. So following these this this catches us up with um press policies. So we will have a committee which will include board members. So hopefully that will lead to a little more discussion as we move forward and bring these out. The policies that we looked at tonight are basically footnote note changes and reverting back to the old Title 9 regulations instead of those that were um implemented under the Biden administration. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Item 11, special education, a license agreement with Gateway Family Services of Illinois. Miss Bailey. >> Good evening, board. Uh, Mr. Hart and Mrs. Parker. Uh, I am Molly Bailey, director of
039special education. Have a few things for you tonight. The first thing is an agreement um with Gateway Family Services. Um, for the last few years, we've been able to utilize Gateway, especially at Mark Denman, with ESSER funds. And as those funds are gone, um, Gateway has explored other options and they're now able to bill Medicaid for their counseling services. Um, and so um, Mr. Elm has worked with, um, Miss Solers and would like to continue to provide those, um, counseling services. The mental health team there at Mark Demon has already identified some kids who would benefit from the support based on their data and just some trauma related things. Um, so I'm recommending that we approve this license agreement with Gateway Family Services of Illinois at no cost to us. Um, they will bill Medicaid
040um, for those counseling services. >> Can I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion, questions? >> It's a good service. We have a long-standing relationship with them. Then uh, they have served us well. >> And we already have they're already on our referral form. It would be a seamless process. Well, and it's it's a even though they're being paid by Medicaid, they're act Medicaid doesn't actually pay very much. So, I think it's important to say we are grateful that they're willing to do it. It's a lot of paperwork uh that they're obviously they're in the business of healing um already in that profession. So, uh thank you for finding a creative way uh to make it happen. So, it's good. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Roll call vote. >> Mr. E.
041>> Yes. >> Dr. Holler. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Miss P? >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> I'm sorry. >> I'm looking at you. >> Yes. Uh, motion carries 8 to zero. >> Thank you. Thank you, Miss Bailey. the orientation and mobility services contract. >> There are students who have um a v vision impairment. Some of them um require orientation and moilityility services. Oh, easier said than done um on their IEP. Um this service is very difficult to secure and other um special education departments are utilizing an online service which I think is very difficult. Um so I recommend that we continue our contract with um Bailey Gilbert. She's an O andM specialist for these services. Um they include the provisions on the IEP, consultation time, paperwork.
042She attends IEP meetings and then most importantly the services to the students in the district. Um the contract has been developed. Um and uh it's an hourly rate of $150 per hour for the service and $75 for travel. um if she is in the area with any like if base contracts with her then if she's in the area she tries um to you know not travel twice you know bill both of us. So um this service is required um on a few of our students IEPs for approximately two hours a week totaling approximately $450 a week which is an approximate cost of $25,000 for the school year to be paid with IDEA grant funds. Um this rate has not changed for the last two school years. She's not risen or she's not raised her rate.
043So I recommend your approval of the contract with Bailey Gilbert on O& and M specialist. Do I have a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Thank you. Questions. Again, thank you for your work on this. U Miss Robinson. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Miss Town. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield. >> Yes. >> Dr. Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion carries 70. >> Uh and again, Miss Bailey, cooperative agreement with uh Vase uh for an aiologist. >> Yes. So, I can't take the credit for this one. Actually, the VA director of special ed um vase um has long employed the aiologist and we um contract those services. So, um I am recommending that we continue to do so. For students who um qualify for special education or 504
044with a hearing impairment or any kid that does not pass their hearing screening, we can send them to VASE at no cost to our families. Um and uh this is a full-time position, but it will be shared with VA and also with Urbana. And so it's a 205-day contract that will be split for 82 days to Urbana and then Danville and and VA will um split the other 123 days. Um the agreement for the 2526 school year for our cost would be $31,6465 um for 60 days which is her salary and benefits. Um, VASE does not charge district 2018 for the secretary services that who help schedule and do all of that piece. Um, so I recommend your approval of the cooperative agreement with VACE for the aologist for the 2526 school year. >> Do
045I hear a motion to approve? >> So, I'll second. >> Questions? >> Yes. >> How about how many of our students uh receive that service? >> Well, it really depends on the school year. Um the number of students that qualify for special education with a hearing impairment is approximately 15, but that does not count the students who um may have a hearing impairment and qualify for a 504 or just don't really qualify because they're not struggling to access their environment. So, we just keep an eye on those kids. Our deaf and heart of hearing teacher keeps an eye on them. And like I said, any kid that does not pass their hearing screening from the nurse, we send to VASE uh to for the aiologist to do a better um hearing assessment. That way we
046don't have to wait for anything through medical doctors or anything like that. We can schedule that much more quickly. >> So it's hard to say an exact number. Anyone can benefit if needed. >> Thank you. >> Roll call vote. M town. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. >> Miss Hay, >> yes. >> Dr. How? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Corby? >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carry 70. Thank you. Thank you. >> Uh food service. Miss Zetta. Contract addendum between uh district 118 and the regional planning commission for early childhood education program otherwise known as head start. >> That is correct. Um good evening board. Mr. Hart Pou, director of food services. I'm here to recommend accepting the proposal to continue with the agreement between the Head Start and food
047service for the 202526 school year. >> Motion to approve. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Yeah. business involve the kids at the north campus >> or >> so we the north campus is a part of the district so we provide a service to them as well it's not a contract it's an an additional school uh this one is just for the head start program >> okay >> so it's off site it's a different site altogether >> have we had a contract with them in the past >> yes this would actually be the third one with head start this This is a a different management company that started six months ago, but we've had this particular contract with Head Start for the last three years. >> Okay. >> Did we have a lapse
048in the contract? >> We did. We we when the old company left, it was a lapse. We started back. Then I stopped for the summer because it was too much on the staff. And so we'll start back. And their goal is to have their own kitchen. The date keeps changing. So that's why I'm recommending for the school year, but it may actually end earlier than that. >> How many Head Start centers do we have that we're involved with? >> Just the one. >> Do you have the staff uh to prepare the meals and transport them? >> Absolutely. They the staff welcome the opportunity to do it. We this particular one will be taken care by the Kenneth and KDBA staff. There's two people there. They handle this and then they handle the regular students there
049which is growing but we had the space and the time for her to prepare the meals. So that's why I thought it was a good fit. >> Do you have federal guidelines that you have to follow as far as what food you provide, etc., etc. >> The same as the students. I'm sorry. We we follow guidelines. They're not the same as the students. This program is a little bit more strict than what we do with the district, but yes, we do follow federal guidelines. >> I'll let them in thank you next time I'm in their kitchen. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> And when I'm cooking, you don't want me cooking. >> And how's this how is this funded? >> This is actually They pay for it. >> They pay for it.
050pay us for the service for breakfast, lunch, and a snack. >> Okay. >> So, you made the price to be neutral. It's going to break even >> hopefully >> for us to break even. >> No, it's actually a catering. So, we get a little bit >> little bit. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> And I had a question. I it's not coming up for me, but I think it was the last line that said if they have a minimum of 75 students, the fee you reduce the fee for delivery. That it didn't make sense to me. Can you explain that? >> Because it's a lot of processing to get the food over and when we first started, they were anticipating 100 students. >> Okay. >> And the first semester it was more like
05125 to 30. So servicing that amount of students, it wasn't beneficial to the district to just even break even. So we increased the price and I told them once they receive they had more students that we could drop the price a little bit. >> So that was a little buffer to help make up for less less meals going out and less money coming in. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Correct. >> Got it. >> Anything else like that? Roll call vote. >> Dr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mr. East. >> Yes. >> Miss F? >> Yes. >> Mr. Warfield? >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carries 70. >> Is this a record that pretty much we had uh all total agreement? Is it a record for us? >> Hey, we don't always agree.
052Just want you to know. So, good deal. Uhformational items. Mr. heart. You're awfully quiet today. >> I am awfully quiet. Thank you. Um if it's okay, I'm just going to kind of combine comments withformational items because that's where we're heading. Correct. >> Please do. >> Okay. So, first of all, I'd like to um thank Bailey Eastston for coming and sharing her trip to Normandy. I'm jealous. Um >> kind of a tough gig to get up in front of a group of adults and tell her story. She did a great job. um obviously did a great job representing Danville. So um just want to thank her for that. And I want to um congratulate the high school football team, the Vikings. Um defeated Urbana last week. So um great job to our football players. Um staff,
053so shout out. Last week we had a college celebration, Jeans Day, and I think everywhere I went, I think everybody had um represented their the university um that they attended. So that was great to see. And then one last thing, um community. So the sweet Adelines are going to be playing at DACC. Um, so they'll be performing and it is a theater show called When I Grow Up, I Want to Be. >> The show is at 3:00. Tickets are $15 October 4th, and not only are they going to have a great performance, but they're also collecting school supplies for District 118 students. So, if you're available that day, get out there, support them, and support our students. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Payne. We'll start with you tonight. >> Sure. Um I think we're off
054to a good start uh for the district. Uh I've not heard any negative chatter about the the phones at the high school or at Northridge. So, I take that as a positive sign. I'm happy to hear that. Um the young lady bar uh East's presentation was great. Um, but you know, we also wanted to um thank Mrs. Woods who's no longer with the district, but uh she was very instrumental in the young lady going to Normandy. Uh good win for the uh football team. I was excited about that and I'm looking forward to great things throughout the school year. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Warin. Um, I will second that about the yonder pouches. Um, I have two high schoolers and I haven't heard any complaints about them yet. Um, that could change,
055but for right now, it's it hasn't been an issue so much. So, um, I think that it's working well. Um, we'll find out as the year progresses. So, um, second, Bailey Eastston. Absolutely. Just want to second that that I think it was wonderful that she got to experience that. Um, but also she was an amazing representative for us and our community and then came here and brought a presentation that showed that wasn't just fun and games in that trip. There was actually a passionate reason for going. There was some history behind it. There were educational components of it that really are going to stick with her now. So, I love that and I love that she shared that with us. Um, and then lastly, um, I want to shout out to Liberty School. Um, I
056don't know if there's any representatives here from Liberty, but I have shown up there twice for High Five Fridays. Uh, one wasn't actually on a High Five Friday. Um, so I guess I kind of made my own. I mis I misunderstood the invitation, so that's on me. Um, but showed up unprompted. They absolutely welcomed me in the building. They showed me around. Um, Mrs. Gerard was excellent. Took time from her day unprompted to be able to help me see what they do and how they do it. And as a new board member, I 100% welcome that. Uh I'm looking forward to stopping by other schools as well. Um and I will try to be more respectful about making sure that I uh give you a call or heads up first, but >> um I look
057forward to seeing you all. >> Okay. Um I we are not the only school district dealing with the yonder pouches. I happened to be flipping through the channels and there was an NBC special and it was highlighting how successful um the program was at across the country, multiple states, multiple school districts and um a lot of um positive feedback from the administration and the families. Um even the students they they're showing the students in the halls and talking and the kids were saying I like it. I can talk to my friends now and not they're not doing this to me. So um yay. Um I'm I'm for it. I think it's hope it's going well. I've asked around. Um I don't have kids there now. Um because I've been uh now I'm an empty neester
058and I am having um a a 40th class reunion. I can't believe I just said that. But um that's for DHS. So October 3rd and 4th we're going to be invading um Danville High School, the football field. We're going to have a tent set up. Um if anyone is in that class or near or around, come on out to the ball games uh or football game um for festivities. And I have been watching um two sports that don't get a lot of announcement are uh boys well boys and girls soccer but I saw that um we had a phenomenal win I guess a shutout um with a new goalie for our boys soccer I think it was a 40 win and I think that um >> Timmy Long might have scored all four of the
059goals and he got player of the week for that and we have some girls tennis um they have very few matches at home so if you look at the schedule and you can catch them at home uh we have a girl there that will go very high in state. She'll probably finish top five in the state. So, you'll see some good tennis. Um, so check those out. >> Awesome. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Eastston. >> Uh, thank you to the people who are on this board who helped Bailey and Miss Woods go uh from the last board. Thank you for your support. Uh, Miss Woods was under the weather tonight or she would have been here with uh with Bailey. Uh, it was a really great experience. Something Bailey didn't say is um she uh
060is considering minoring in history because of all that she's learned. And it's just really great uh to live in a community that uh has teachers and staff who support students. Um so I'm proud of Bailey. Yes, if she's watching, if she hasn't already went to bed. Uh been a long week. No, it's only 7:30. We're still good. Um, but uh I just wanted to say I noticed um first student is uh I'm all over Danville at different hours now. Um so they're doing a really great job for our bus drivers if you're listening. Um one bus driver was staring me down. They didn't know who I was and that's fine. They were staring me down making sure I didn't move when a bus had stopped at an intersection. and they're just very careful and meticulous
061and taking good care of our kids. I just wanted to say thank you uh to them for that. And uh I didn't move. I stayed. I waited till the light turned off and then I moved uh like everyone should. Um and then uh just the last thing um when we're uh looking at our our budget which we'll talk about um boy I I'm going to you you all need to look at it. It it's a deficit budget and all of me wants to say I should vote no, but I will most likely be voting yes. some really difficult years and I don't say that as a fear-monger. Um, I think we we need to be really really careful and I know Miss Parker and I know Mr. Hart are going to help us, but um
062it's not going to be easy and I I just I'm grateful that we have staff that care. Um, but we're going to have to make more with less and that's going to be a challenge for us. So, um, we need we need each other's help and support as we do that in the in the next 24 months. >> So, that's all from me. >> Thanks for that lead in. You really >> really got me opportunity. I I echo what people up and down the the uh board here have said. Um I'll take a little different angle for just a moment. I have two relatives who just are alumni of this school, happen to be my grandchildren, >> uh who graduated this uh this past spring, and both of them are in college. And I have
063nothing but encouraging words from them about how prepared they feel at the schools where they are. And I think that's academic, but it's also social. And uh I'm hoping they represent us well. But I'm what I'm saying is that they've been represented well by being here at our school district and they uh they're they'll do us proud. >> Um I was able to attend the senior sunrise, not not on purpose. I dropped my daughter off at a very early morning and I saw all these kids and I had forgot senior sunrise. So, I drove four seniors out from their practice and drill team and it was really nice. The teenagers were on the field with their blankets and their senior pants. Have you guys seen this? This is coming back. >> They're making these senior
064dance and bibs. I think they're super cool. So, it was really nice just seeing the staff there with them and seeing the kids just hanging out. It was really nice. I walked around uh the lunchroom in the school that day, too. and they were talking to each other. They were interacting with one another. I mean, face to face, not heads down. And same thing at Northridge. Um, I it was a little nerve-wracking the whole yonder pouch thing. Again, I've not had many complaints, but I have had a lot of positive. Um, even teachers, they don't have to retach things four and five times because kids are listening. Headphones aren't on. They're paying attention. So kudos. Just thank you for bringing that to us. Bailey, I'm so incredibly proud of the student. I mean, what she
065has done is remarkable. I know I could not have gone over across seas at her age without my parents. So just very proud of her. Speaking of community and tying that in with our veterans, we had three, if not four veterans from our community do the Honor Flight yesterday in Washington DC. and I was able to be the guardian to two of them. Phenomenal experience. So any veterans that we can help support, any veterans are open to that that experience and I cannot say enough good things about the honor flight for our veterans in our state. So >> thank you. I have to say too about yonder pouches. I've been in the school a lot. The climate is different, the environment is different. Um, so thank you teachers for your vigilance. Thank you kids for
066your cooperation. Um, I hear nothing but good things. I have one comment from uh the band instructor who said his students are farther along at this point in the school year than previous years to the end of the year because they're that much more engaged in in in the lessons. So teachers are seeing a big difference. So, I'm hoping that uh we see not only a social difference, but we see an academic difference by the end of the year. So, thank you, Mr. Bretts, for all the work that you've put in. Thank you for your leadership and your guidance and how kids look to you and um they trust you. They trust you that you're going down the right path. So, thank you for that. Um, I want to make a quick comment about the
067the news release about national test scores. Um, and you know, we've promised we're going to be transparent about our test scores, but I got an eyeopening message from a parent. Um, not in our system, but these things are uh they're appropriate. um her her comment was that SAT and ACAT scores are no longer required by most educational institutions. And so what does this that tell us about the validity of the scores? One thing that it tells us is that if you can opt and only submit your scores if you have high scores, that skews the data by a lot because each year, how does she say it? Um, since it's optional, kids only submit when they are really high. Therefore, the college data sample is only high scores. So then the next year, fewer students
068submit and only even higher kids submit, leading to higher daunting averages. Let's keep those things in mind when we're when the media is making this big splash about test scores and how we don't measure up and all this kind of stuff. Let's let's look at it with a more educated eye. Um, I too want to say thank you to uh Devil High School. The football game was fantastic. Not only did we win, not only were our players good, but the band and the cheerleaders and the pompets. Um, just sitting there and looking at the field and the scoreboard. And I know that our opposing team had to be jealous of what we have because it was pretty awesome and our kids represented us so well. So, thank you for that. And lastly, I just want
069to since a lot of you uh may be uh involved in this new project that I've kind of gotten involved in, um the theater program is growing is growing leaps and bounds at Danville High School and we have so much talent and 37 of our theater kids are going to go to theaterfest at ISU in Bloomington in January. It's a little bit of an expensive undertaking. We want every child who can every student not they're not children. Every student that that wants to attend to attend. Um and to Mr. Eastston's wise words about how we spend our money. Uh we put our heads together to think about what we might uh do to help help our theater program. Um, we are going to offer um an opportunity for all of you and all of you
070listening, if you're a district staff, regardless of what your position is in the district, you may be approached by a theater kid asking if you would be willing to adopt them. We're calling this an adopt a theater kid. Um, and so you will be their advocate for all of this year. For that, you will get tickets to the productions. There are three levels of adoption. Um the basic level will will basically just cover their registration fee. The next level will uh you'll get more for your money. And the third level um you will get up to eight tickets per production every for the whole year. What we're asking of you is first of all you say yes because these kids chose you. Um and secondly um that you come to and you support them on
071stage and all the work that they've done. We're asking that uh you be their advocate. So during tech week when they're at school until 10:00 at night and they're tired and they maybe aren't getting their homework done that you serve as a little reminder that academics are still important and you're just their your your adopted parent during school that that you want the best for them. So you will get an adoption official adoption certificate for your kid. Um and this program is being rolled out next week. Uh some of them have jumped the gun. They were so enthusiastic about it. They've already emailed some of you and that's okay. That's okay. I've told them they can only choose one special person to adopt them. So, we're going to see how this goes. Um, but that
072should roll out next week. So, uh, I need them to come to you personally, to ask you personally. So, if they've emailed you, that's okay. You got a heads up, but they need to come and speak to you personally. So, um, I hope this is fun for everybody. It's a win-win for everybody. So, I hope you all uh uh join us in our enthusiasm about it. Thanks for coming. I always appreciate people showing up uh on a on a busy week night. Um and thanks for all you do all all day long, every day. We appreciate it. >> And the meeting is adjourned. And we are not going into close session again. >> Yay. Woohoo.