001We will now call this Thursday, March 18th, Juliet Township High School Board meeting to order. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> present. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> here. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> here. >> Mrs. Guerrero >> here. >> Dr. Huntington here. Mr. Coffee >> here. Please stand and join us in reciting the pledge of allegiance um with our JR or Jr. OTZ inward face. I aliance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. order. Inward face. Outward face. Forward arch. You may be seated. All right. On behalf of the board of education, I would like to welcome all of our visitors in person and those watching via liveream. Your presence is greatly
002valued and your engagement reflects the shared commitment to the success of our community as a whole. At this time, members of the public may make comments to the board of education on any item listed on the agenda. Please note, this board respects and values the information delivered to us, but at this time, we cannot engage in or have a dialogue with you. Your comments should be directed to the board of education and all in attendance. >> Do we have >> No, ma'am. Thank you. All right. Um, may I have a motion to amend or to approve the consent agenda? >> I make a motion to amend the agenda, consent agenda if we can remove um a and the bill from Hopewell for separate voting. I'd appreciate it. >> Second. >> May I have a motion
003to approve the remaining consent? Oh, just kidding. Roll call and then Mrs. Guerrero. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Now, may I have a motion to approve the remaining consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Graome, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> abstain. Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> All right. We have recognition and awards for West Campus um tonight. You want to? >> Yes. I'd like to invite our athletics and activities director from Juliet West, Mr. Steve Milsaps, to come to the podium to
004do recognition for us this evening. Thank you very much, Dr. Guzman and the board of education. Um, first and foremost, I would like to talk about our girls bowling team. Um, it is with great honor that we get to recognize the 2026 IHSA girls bowling team here tonight. During the four past four years, our girls bowling program have been the Southwest Prairie Conference champions four times in a row, IHSA regional champs four times in a row, IHSA sectional champs four times in a row, and state champs one time, and state runnerup four uh four time or three times. On February 21st, the 2026 girls bowlers finished the 2526 season with a total pinfall of 12,163, a 202.7 average, thus becoming the 2026 IHSA state girls bowling runnerup. The accomplishments of these young ladies are allowed
005with their countless time practicing and committing to excellence. We are so proud of what you have accomplished and are excited to see what is next for the team. Now, let's introduce the team. Our freshman not present tonight, Shaylen Perryman. Sophomore Angela Mihalovich Demco, sophomore Jordan Jinx, junior. Gianna Mendoza, senior. Samantha French, senior not present. Mia Anamez, senior Emily Mitchan. Emily was also IHSA all state seventh place with a 2520 pinfall. That's a 210 average. We also have senior Mallerie Barry. She was the IHSA individual regional champion as well as IHSA Allstate fifth place with a 2544 20 210 pin average as well. Um, briefly, I just want to before I talk about our coach here, um, it's just an amazing accomplishment for the seniors that are in this group. Um, truly when you hear hear
006the word dynasty, like that's what they are. Um, the past four years have just been unbelievable. Um, highly I probably won't see that, you know, in a long, long time. But, um, we're always continuing to grow, but I just want to point out our seniors and what a fantastic foundation they have left for us here at Juliet West. Our coaching staff, assistant coach Amanda Ashmus is not present tonight. Let's give a round of applause, though. And lastly, I'd like to take a moment to mention our head coach. Um, in his three years as our head coach, he has a championship and two runner-ups. Not a bad uh bad career so far. However, not only this, he spends countless hours in the bowling alley helping all our bowlers achieve personal success. Let's meet head coach John
007Lizzio. Mr. Mills, you have to get in the picture. >> Make sure You see the back inside the walls together. The whole district. >> Yes. Stare in the middle. Congratulations. Next, it is with great honor that we recognize Nvea Walker for her fourth place finish in poetry reading at the 2026 IHSA state speech finals. Nvea is a three-year member of the Juliet West speech team. in addition to poetry was also a state qualifier in dramatic duet acting placing second at the IHA sectional. Throughout her speech career, Nivea has earned six tournament championships and seven tournament runner-up wins with a total of 35 career tournament medals. In addition to her competitive success, she serves as assistant captain on the team student leadership board. She's a true asset to the team, not only because of her talent,
008but through her ability to mentor and inspire her teammates. Jo West could not be more proud of your contributions to not only speech but the entire Tiger community. Let's meet Na WALKER to tell you that the Juliet poet laurate says he sees you and he's very >> thank you. I'd just like to also point out in addition to celebrating the accomplishments in Avea, let's take a moment to recognize the work of the entire speech team led by the tireous efforts of Mrs. Kristen Blake and assisted by Tony Nardy. Speech was able to qualify 13 events into the state finals this year. >> Yes, >> this program continues to produce outstanding results year after year. So, we are hoping to see right back here in March of 2027. Great job, Miss Blake. >> Thanks. >> As
009they're taking their picture, I also want to say that I had the opportunity to attend um the Black History assembly at Juliet West where Naa um did a performance of both her duet and her pipeline. Um and it was amazing. It brought me to tears. So congratulations. Noa, >> come on up. All right, we're going to take a brief recess just to say congratulations to everyone. All right, we're going to call ourselves back to order and we're going to turn it over to Dr. Guzman for the superintendent reports. >> I appreciate that. Um, no correspondence as far as legislative report. We are keeping our eye. Things are moving out of committee and so I will keep the board posted with any um concerning or exciting things that are coming from Springfield. And then um we
010have three presentations today. So we're going to start with our first presentation which is our academic return on investment. And if I could invite Dr. Sean Hackne, our assistant principal from Juliet West to um lead us through that. >> Good evening. >> Uh so talking about academic return on investment, I just want to start with a general definition. Uh when we're talking about return on invest investment within academia, it's about maximizing student learning and academic outcomes, shifting from subjective decision-making to datadriven practices. And so our team had the opportunity to work together, a team of administrators to go through this training um and essentially approach three questions. When we think about our programming and our academic return on investment with our programming, is it working for what students? and then at what cost ultimately. And
011so the team that uh uh that we met with um essentially consisted of of the listed there on the left. Um but then we you'll notice we went through seven meetings where uh we really had a a time to to learn about academic return on investment uh and get a a sense for uh what it entails and how uh the best practices are for us as a team to approach uh when we analyze return on investment. Um, and one of the the strengths of of this uh approach that we went through is that you'll notice we had some three-hour sessions where we got to like do some deep dives of learning, but then we got to have some coaching calls as well. And so um there was uh a lot of opportunities for us to
012work with other districts to hear from the experts on return on investment uh as we learned about it. But then when we were able to come back as a team and and really work through the processes as a team, we were then able to jump onto a call and work with a one-on-one coach uh to kind of walk us through uh our learning. And so um it was it was a process that we appreciated as a team and I think it's shaped uh some steps for us moving forward. Uh this AOI process um essentially what we learned is that uh there are four steps in the process. First, we we plan. And so, one of the main areas of emphasis was actually deciding what it is that we were going to analyze during our our
013time of learning. And so, um we focused on the effectiveness of co-eing for our time. Uh and that just kind of uh gave us the scope of our work for the training. Um and then uh one piece that we found crucial as well as a team uh is to define success first before we started pulling data and getting into the analysis and and looking at um whether we're getting the return on investment that that we're hoping for. Again, with those uh student learning and academic outcomes being the the focus there. Um and so having that as as um kind of our our approach, we then went into as a team pulling the data and then ultimately analyzing that data and then the fun part was the the last step of acting and and making the
014decision of okay, what do we do now that we have this analysis of the data. Um our coaches that we worked with, one of the things that they were impressed with and complimented us on was um just uh the efficiency of the team. uh our systems seem to be in place pretty well where we're able to pull a group together and do the kind of work we needed to do in a timely manner. Um and then in addition to that uh the collecting data part of of step two uh we had access uh to data very quickly and be able to pull that uh to move to the analysis phase. So um that that was I think from an administrator perspective that was great to see that moving forward when we have questions about our
015programming or things that we are looking at adopting or moving forward with we have the capabilities to to pull that information quickly uh and efficiently. the recommendations part again that step four where we have to act after doing the analysis of the ROI process um this was also a key learning point for us is is it's not just a decision we learned it's not just a decision of do we keep doing something or do we stop doing something there's actually quite a few options uh within that and so um as a team of administrators looking at okay we have this program that we're doing um we we've ran the data we've analyzed the data what do we do next do we expand it do we keep it do we fix it etc. Some of the
016key takeaways again with our our focus on co-eing um being the piece that that we analyze for our learning uh is is essentially that we know that that co-eing through our data and analysis drives higher growth. Uh we did see that uh with the data that we were able to analyze. Bless you. >> Um and then we also learned that uh our targeted interventions are highly effective at this point. We know that through our star growth data and through our academic grade data. Next steps because of this process. Again, our time of learning and and looking to adopt this process uh when we're we're looking at new programs. Um beginning summer 2026, we saw that the effectiveness of co-eing is there for us through this process. And so we'd like to expand that. Again, one
017of those those six options for the the ACT phase. Um, and so we're looking at training our co-eing pairs this summer. Um, really to get our academic return on investment and see that hopefully capitalize with with training this summer. Um, and then also looking in future opportunities to implement this AOI A ROI framework on other programmatic uh, updates or changes as well. >> And we're happy to answer any questions. I do want to um give a shout out um to Dr. Huntington who shared um this um opportunity with us. Um and so I do think as as Dr. Hackne said, "We plan to bring this forward with our administrators and have this be a framework that um we embrace and take new administrators as well as our veteran administrators through um and talk about what
018we're going to target each year um to ensure we are getting our return on investment because we have worked really hard to have our data in a good place and we keep getting that feedback that our data is in a good place. So we can pull it and we can make those decisions. And in this case it was really exciting to see because co-eing is costly. It is costly because you are talking about two teachers in a room. It does bring the ratio to students to teacher down which is great but there's high leverage practices that we also need to make sure that we are working with our newer staff on our new co-eing pairs. And as um I know the board's already aware, but this we saw the data improved not only with our
019special education co-eing pairs, but also our EL coeing pairs. So that was very exciting to see. >> Um are co-eing pairs kept together year after year if they're new effective or they separated every year? So, um it's definitely a priority, uh especially when they're a good working partnership to keep them together year after year. I continuing the the training with the pair, giving them time to plan together and work together. Um it's definitely a priority. We do that best we can. Um, I know DMG um has a conference in New York that you guys weren't able to go to, but they are having a program in Chicago upcoming that is specific to it's like from like noon to 6:00 p.m. I don't know if you saw that, but I would highly encourage you take a
020team to that. >> I did not see that. Um, but I would appreciate if you could send that to me. I did ask the the conference that was included. Um it just coincided with our um uh I one of our main events I think it was state of the district so it wasn't possible for us to attend but I would um >> Yep. >> Thank you. We'll look into that. Any other questions? Thank you doctor. Oh I'm sorry. >> Go ahead. Is there a certain curriculum or is it for all curriculums meaning math, English? >> Um, so like with our co-eing model, right, >> that we analyze. Um, so one of the things that we've uh really tried to emphasize uh with our co-eing is that it's a general education class. And so um we
021uh have the same curriculum in that course that we would in a non-coaught course. Uh so it really is about training uh those two teachers to work well and implement the co-eing model well uh to make sure students who need supports uh to access that general education curriculum have that support within that course. >> And then you co-e across different >> all of our graduation requirements have co-eing as an as an option and then also um our eel uh program also we've implemented co-eing. So in in many of our English classes, any other questions? Thank you, Dr. Hy. Our next presentation is an annual presentation. Um our this is our 2026-27 staffing presentation that Mrs. McDonald will share. As a reminder, um there is an action item associated with this um when we get to
022that portion of the agenda. Good evening and thank you. Um I'm glad to report um our staffing updates for the 2627 school year. Um I want to let the board know that this is um consistent to the format that I've shared in the past. Um so it should look familiar. Um so starting off with our fall housing. So this is our fall housing um 10day count that I bring to the board every year. Um if you just pay attention to the um yaxis it's condensed from 2500 to 34. So that's why you see some um so some big um hills and valleys. Um but we are seeing a decline at both campuses. Um and we see we'll see a decline in years to come. So um every year we ask for um um full-time educators.
023So our request for 2627 um is 456.5 that is 5.9 so almost six educators down from the previous year. So if you go back we are close to um 23 24 school year. Um on the right hand side you will see the breakdown of how many um FTE they need at each of our campuses and then our projected enrollment um for next year. And I just want to um thank Mrs. McDonald, Mr. Narduchi, and Mr. Vilifur for um moving through this work. Um it's not easy and you'll see the recommendations within here. But I also want to say very proud that we are decreasing looking at our enrollment and we are not um riffing anybody. Um and so I think that's important to note. >> Thank you. Certified retires uh retirement. So that's that's our
024benefit from this past year. um we had teachers retiring in all different areas. Um so that helps us project the potential impact. So going into next year, we'll have four teachers retiring and one administrator. That's me. And then projected um for the next three years, you can see the breakdown of the respective areas um of where we would expect. So this is retirements. This isn't attrition. Um so we always take that into account as well. Um the next few slides will will give you a count of where we are with our um districtwide um our our entire team. So um this year we added um and the board approved one additional FTE. That's where we shifted from district to building and then split positions. So we went up to 45 FTE for administrators and supervisors.
025um our pair of professionals which we're always um trying to hire and highly encourage them to apply. Um these are our special ed instructional pairs within our classrooms working with our students. Um our building level specialty pair professionals. Um, our office staff, non-bargaining office staff, buildings and grounds, cafeteria, transportation, and technology. And then we have a lot of different other positions. So, this is our team. This is the team that supports our 6,000 plus students here in the district. And you every one of them is of value. And I just want to make note too there are positions posted um and there are high needs um with security with pair professionals and with transportation. All right. I'm going to go into um initiatives. So I'm not going to go through each of these slides where
026it says continue. That means that we are still able to do that even with a decrease of almost six FTE. We are still able to offer these programs programs. the services, this enrichment to all of our students and our goal and we said this as a JC leadership team like to be proud to say that we are down almost 5 um nine FTE and we have a slide that still says new initiatives. So that's a huge celebration. We are offer we're able to offer new course offerings. We're expanding our special ed console to grade 11. We're bringing our Bravo program from Pathways campus to the campuses. So, Central and West will have their own um Bravo program. So, that will allow us to service more students within that um within that intervention. We because we're
027adding multilingual coordinators, each of them now will have an established team and we adjusted our administrative structure. So the next few slides will go over our courses. So during the process of staffing and staffing is based on the demands of the students. They put in their course requests and we go through those course requests. Of course we always focus in on our graduation requirements and then we go down to their electives. Um we have remember low enrollment is um less uh 20 19 or less. So 19 so if a course has only 19 as their um primary um elective um we have a conversation about them. A lot of the courses that you'll see that are running that are low enrollment are those specialty classes, those capstone classes, our world language classes, our music classes
028that um we value as a district and we w we want to continue to offer. So that was central campus. Um here's west campus and you'll see similar classes at both campuses. And then these are the classes that um we agreed to that we don't run. Um and it's similar to um for both campuses. And just to be clear, not running doesn't mean that they're being removed from our course offerings guide. They're just not courses running for the 26 27 school year that we're recommending students to run the courses, >> but we're hopeful we're going to get there in the future with many of these courses. And then at central campus there's a few specific and then at west. So um we also have postings for this year. So we are we um we have
029been getting a lot of applications as other school districts are um unfortunately reducing their their their staff. We are um we are posting. So we have three administrative positions posted right now. These are positions related to special ed or related services and then postings to um our uh classroom teachers. So upon board approval, we'll get those posted tomorrow um and we'll begin hopefully bringing uh potential candidates to the April and May board. Questions for me? Yeah, I I have a question question on your classes that won't run at central. You've got a couple like metals technology 16 kids, medical technology, 13 kids, but these low enrollment courses have less than that and we're still running them. We're running uh PLTW with 12. We're running the exploring the teaching profession with seven, drama with 12, AVID
03010 with seven, but we're cutting one some classes that have some significant enrollment. >> Some of the decisions too are based on facilities for next year as we're redoing the TNI labs at Juliet Central. Were having to move things out of TNI. So that aided into some of the decisions that we were making for this year that you most likely won't see in the future, especially in industrial arts. And in fact, >> we're down to one auto lab at central from two. So we had to we like when we were doing staffing, we also had to take into account facilities >> um and also teacher like like facilities was a big play with that >> which hasn't necessarily been something that we've had to contend with in the past, but we did this year. So,
031I'm glad you were able to ask that question and we should have brought that in. >> And so, so the my only concern then would be are these in this case 29 kids going to be told, hey, this is a this is a facilities constraint like don't give up on this class for next year because we don't want them to just forego it like a don't even run it. I'm not going to register. >> Absolutely. And when students do course requests, they do backup course requests, too. So, we can have those conversations with them. >> Okay. >> Absolutely. And they usually pick classes similar to that that feel. So, if it's not metals, it could be welding. And it depends on how many seats were open um dur for that class period. >> Good questions.
032>> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> Again, thank you for the hard work. >> Thank you. Thanks for the team. >> I think Can I just ask the the I think it's important to note that like >> there's reduced enrollment across the area. It's not just specific to here, right? I mean, so, >> you know, obviously, >> so, um, I've been doing my presentations with, um, all of our various, um, units and roles. In fact, I had one today in this building. So, across the state, um, there's, uh, a decrease of about 26% in, um, students in public schools in Illinois. So, that's one piece. And then um, again, Dr. Hampton pulls in the data from our center schools. It also includes live birth rate. So another huge um factor is people are not
033having children or as many children as they used to. And to your point, Dr. Huntington, this is something that many schools, not just in this region, but throughout the state are seeing. Um and so, uh we're going to keep an eye on it. Things could change. Um I know Dr. Hampton, um pulls this in at least twice a year to give us an update. I think he looks at it like every month. Um but we're trying to make sure that we're staying on top of it. So we're making those decisions that are responsible um for our you know because as enrollment decreases so will um funding that potentially is coming in. So thank you for bringing that >> and fun funding is already being constrained as well despite the enrollment constraints. So >> any other
034questions? All right, our last presentation of the evening, we have u Mr. Doug Prior, president and CEO of the Center for Economic Development. And I know we have others as well, so I will let Mr. Prior introduce himself and others. >> This is Andre. >> Uh good evening. Uh thanks for having me. Uh again, Doug Prior, uh CEO of the Will County Center for Economic Development. I have with me uh Sean Kenny who is the CEO of Hyundai Translead which up until now um you have known as Project Northwinds and I'm excited to be able to talk a little bit more about the detail of the project tonight and you know before I get started you know obviously this group this school in particular I I do want to say thank you again for your
035past partnership with us on other development projects on internship program um it's it's been a great partnership ship and I'm really excited to be able to bring this one to you tonight. So, Project Northwinds Hyundai Translead um is a manufacturing project contemplating taking two buildings uh here in Will County. Uh the one that is in the JTHs district is 2200 Shanahan Road, which we locally know as the former Caterpillar building. Uh the other is 3835 Young's Road uh which is located in the city of Joliet. Um and is the former Lion Electric uh building. Uh both of these buildings were previously in manufacturing use. Um both have not been in manufacturing use for a little bit of time now. Uh combined they represent about 2.4 million square feet of total space. Um this project will
036uh take the full footprint of both buildings and in total uh would represent roughly 2500 jobs um in the manufacturing space here in Will County. To put that into a little bit of context, um this is one of the largest manufacturing jobs by job creation uh that Illinois has seen in some time certainly in you know my time in this industry. uh that kind of investment in the manufacturing space particularly at the outset project announcement is really extraordinary and um the ask in front of you um tonight discussion the ask in front of you uh next month is for a property tax abatement for the new increment generated by the investment um at the 2200 Shanahan Road building. Um I don't know that if you look at every parcel in in the district, but after
037Caterpillar left, the EAV on that building dropped pretty significantly. And um this project's investment at the site uh will work such that um even during the abatement period, uh this project is accreative to the tax district. In other words, it will generate more revenue uh from day one even during the abatement period. Um, at the same time, as you might imagine, with that kind of workforce demand, um, to be candid, Sean and I were talking earlier and it's like, we need your students, right? And if I can give just a little bit of insight of a conversation that was taking place while you were going through uh, curriculums, those are high school classes. Yes, they are. They they are at JTHS, right? and um I it's it you do an extraordinary job of preparing students
038for work like this. Additionally, um Hyundai Translead has already met with uh Juliet Junior College and we've been discussing uh curriculum development and partnership uh to help students further train not only for this facility but for other manufacturing around Will County. I will say we've been very lucky here in Will County. Um, if any of you have have heard me speak, you probably can't get away from me talking about the reality that we are Illinois's largest job creating county. Um, but in addition to that, you know, we have bucked the national trend over the last several years and we have been adding manufacturing jobs. We're up about 10% over the last five years. Um, but projects of this scale are rare and and very very special, um, in this space and and so, um, I
039I'm really excited to bring this to you. And, um, you know, look, I could monologue about this project all night, but I have somebody who is much more expert in this project standing behind me. So, um, I I'd be happy to open it up for any questions. I can take them, Sean can take them, but happy to talk about the project and the opportunity here. Are there any questions from the board? >> Will it be a complete like assembly line type setup where it does the >> Yeah. So, uh these are dry and refrigerated semi-trailers um and truck bodies. It'll consist of warehousing of course for the inventory but it'll also consist of full fabrication, full sub assembly and then full assembly. So a total of three lines, two at Young's Road, one in Shanahan.
040>> And obviously skilled positions, the salary range that would be appropriate for that level of work would be offered to the employees and and our students would have the opportunity with the correct training to apply for those jobs. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> I didn't know if that was a question or sorry. >> I think it was both from her. It was a demand and a question. Yes. >> So the the the the range of positions is is is pretty broad actually. Um it goes anywhere from general assembly into welding into subasssemblies into um we'll have truck drivers, we'll have maintenance people. There's a fair amount of automation. The the thing that you don't necessarily understand seeing these things going down the road, they they look like a box on wheels, which technically is correct,
041but the amount of uh differentiation in the product in terms of specificity and how they're specified uh is extraordinary. It's an extraordinary manufacturing process. So, this is this is something that the company uh went down the road of about 10 years ago. this balance between automation and flexibility and so it requires a number of different skill sets to make this happen uh all the way into production engineering uh we will have equipment engineering all the like HR finance etc. >> What does the ramp up period look like to to you know your full capacity it's operating and and running. What is what does that look like? How long of a a run time is that? So, um, let's talk started production. Started production right now is is scheduled for, uh, call it early Q2 of
04227. So, it's extremely quick. And, uh, that would consist of the two dry land dry lines being installed with the first dry line starting in Young's Road um, right around that April time frame. That'll be quickly followed by a second dry line within that same quarter. And then by the time you get to Q3, we'll be starting the refrigerated van line uh late Q3 uh over at Shanahan. In order for it to fully ramp to its full capacity, that's a little little dependent on market. The market has been in a downturn. This is the third year of it and I think is the bottom. So part of part of what drove a lot of this is market timing. So we anticipate probably at least late 28 at full scale I think the at the rate
043we go. >> Okay. Thank you. Sure. Thank you. >> So you talked about 2500 jobs being created. So that would be for when our students graduate obviously. What about for our current students? What are we looking at in terms of like internships um or or partnership with that with our current students? What are we able to do with you guys? >> So I I think that's a that's a really great question. I I think we have to be probably doing a little more due diligence on age limitation with insurance out on a manufacturing floor, right? We don't want anybody hurt. Uh we are kind of a safety first group. Um I think there is that opportunity and we've had that conversation internally on what does that look like whether it's um you know whether it's
044a job sharing program or or a flex program where they go to school half a day and work half a day. How do we get them exposed? How do we get them involved? And maybe it's a a uh a cooperative thing with with Juliet Junior College where the first semester is studies and the second semester is putting it to work and actually applying it to see if that's something they enjoy. >> I think those opportunities are definitely there. >> Awesome. Especially I I would even go so far to say it doesn't have to be on the shop floor, >> right? Um, for sure if you have somebody who's uh interested in HR, finance, other things, that is that is something that uh it's funny you say that. I just talked to my uh our HR
045team and said, you know, I asked you three years ago for a formalized internship program. Um, and and typically when we think about that, we we tend to think college, but it doesn't have to be college. There's >> we would love to pilot your high school formalized internship program for HR. >> Well, and we're going to need them. Yeah. Quite frankly, um so >> yeah. >> Awesome. >> And and I'll add Mr. Kennedy, that is something that in all of our um abatement agreements, we do add that component. So we are talking about those things now and working through that. Um our attorneys are having that discussions along with their leadership. >> Okay. >> So that would definitely be a part of it. >> Good. And I think a good part is we have a
046lot of models um with the CED internship program that we've been part of now going into third year where we understand um there's there's certain job categories that are 18 plus. We've already had that and then we have um other jobs where that isn't a requirement and and so we have those examples of of um multiple jobs like that. So I have no doubt that we could work that out. >> Perfect. for sure. >> And we'll be pushy about it, too. >> Push away. >> Well, that's what I like that's what I like to hear, right? Because I mean, we're we're gonna help feed that next group and and going forward for you guys, >> but it's but it it works just back for us for the community, too. So, that's great. I think also
047what would be really helpful um and you're talking to JJC and we have a strong partnership with JJC but working back what those certification programs look like um and then where can we start you know in high school and what certification programs do we already have because we have um embedded OSHA training within our programs HVAC we have welding um we're a comprehensive high school that has over 50 CTE courses Um, and we're redoing a lot of our facilities right now. So, we'd appreciate the opportunity to partner on what curriculum could look like in the future. Um, because and we're well, um, suited to pivot to the things that are needed um, you know, a year out or what have you. So, we'd love to enter into those conversations. >> Oh, absolutely. Awesome. Thank you.
048Thank you. >> I appreciate you bringing the jobs back to our area as well. >> Thank you. Absolutely. >> Thank you all. >> Appreciate it. >> That concludes our superintendent reports. >> Thank you, Dr. Drewzman. We're going to go ahead um and go to action items. May I please have a motion for um action item A, 206, 2027, staff making recommendations per the request on agenda item 7D, staffing presentation. >> So moved. second. >> Any questions, comments? >> I just appreciate that we don't have to riff people. So, thank you for that. >> Have Have any of the positions been posted as like anticipated yet or >> Yes, >> the industrial tech positions have been that is something that we have been doing. Any position that we knew was due to um a resignation, we
049have posted those as well. But we've gotten in the habit of our industrial tech positions of um putting those out there and also psychologist because we had that opening that was unfilled that we had to consult. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um roll call please. >> Mrs. Gonair. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> All right. All right, we're going to go on to item B, second reading of recommendations. May I please have a motion for um policy um 270, student behavior and attire, item A, recommendation one. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Sorry. Questions or comments? Seeing none, may I please have roll call.
050>> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. Mrs. Gonameare. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> no. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> no. >> Policy 7270, student behavior attire recommendation two. May I please have a motion? I'll make the motion. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Or questions or comments? >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> No, >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Sorry, I'm double checking. >> Yeah. Uh, yes, >> Mrs. Gonomer. >> Yes, >> Dr. Huntington. >> I'm I'm sorry. This is the recommendation for not wearing headwear. Correct. No. Where? That's not >> This is This is for language changing from completely covers private parts and opaque material not able to be seen through. And then also students will wear hood footwear that is
051safe and appropriate and will comply with the requirements for specific courses. Except there there is a that the the language wasn't changed to students may not wear any head covering inside the premises except for approved religious or medically prescribed head coverings. >> That's so it's number three. >> See recommendation >> changing it on number three. >> They're changing it on number three. >> It's a step we were asked to separate it so we separated as best as we can. >> Okay. But there was no red line through that one. So that's why I thought there was not change. Okay. >> I'm sorry. Yes. >> That's okay. Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Are we sure? I I'm sorry. I know we don't talk, but number three says headwear is allowed. >> This is
052number two. >> Number two is no head wear. >> I'm a Yes. >> Yes. It says students may not wear. >> Yes. Okay. >> I'm sorry. What was your vote? I apologize. >> Yes. Okay. Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes. >> All right. Policy 7270, student behavior attire C, recommendation three. Any questions or comments? None. May I please have roll call. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> No. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> No. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> No. >> Mrs. Gome, >> no. Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> no. >> Policy 7270, student behavior and attire. D, recommendation four. Comments or questions? >> Wait, I thought it said four is >> Oh, yeah, you're right. >> Just kidding. >> You don't need to take >> Yeah, we don't need to take four because
053C3 didn't pass or all our note. Um, now we're going to go on to item action item seven, JIU, credit request impact coaching cycle. May I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? Roll call, please. >> Mr. Coffee? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Graome? >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. >> I'm sorry. It's not in the packet. Is this This is the classes that teachers could take that aren't college credited, but they get to >> change on the the cycle, right? >> 150. >> Yeah. >> Is it in there? >> It's on page 150. >> I got the logo. >> Oh, yours is not. >> That's probably the draft packet. >> I
054apologize. It's okay. The answer's yes. Mhm. >> We're moving on to action item D. Approval for use of Joliet West logo for the Joliet Fire Department. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? Roll call, please. >> Dr. Huntington. >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Grandome? >> Yes. Uh action item E 2026 2027 board of education meeting dates. >> I have a >> I'll make the motion. >> Second. >> Any com comments or questions? Seeing none, may I please have a roll call? >> Mrs. Guerrero? >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington? >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >>
055Yes. Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> Action item F RE56, alternative learning opportunities program intergovernmental agreement. May I please have a motion? >> Some move. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? May I please have roll call? >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Guerrero Nome, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> Item action item G, IHSA, membership renewal for both Juliet West and Juliet Centrals. Um, may I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? If none, may I please have roll call? >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ganome? >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington? Yes, >> Mr. Coffee. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Yes, >> Mr.
056Kennedy. >> Yes. >> Action item H, resolution authorizing preparation of the 2026 27 budget. May I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Questions or comments? May I please have a roll call? >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Guare? >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington? >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff? >> Yes. Action item I of 2026 27 fee and refund schedule. May I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? >> Uh yes. The administration is recommending to keep the fee and refund schedule the same for next school year along with the fee for summer school of $160. $60 will continue to be waved for free and reduced um students who are eligible and
057are successful, I'm sorry, successfully completing summer school. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Tiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Guerrero, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. Action item J, bid results for dairy products. May I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Comments or questions? >> Uh yes, we have a recommendation for uh dairy products. It's a three-year contract. Uh we received one bid and the lowest responsible bidder is Prairie Farms Dairy. >> Any other questions? Roll call, please. >> Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Yes. Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gome, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >>
058Action item K, uh, 2627, breakfast and lunch price recommendation. >> Comments or questions? >> Motion first. >> Motion. >> Oh, gee, I'm just like, >> may I please have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Comments? >> Yes. Um yes, in speaking with uh Julie Edelman, she's the administrator for that oversees the breakfast and lunch program. Uh we had many discussions regarding the cost of breakfast and lunch for next school year. Um, as you can see in the memo, for the past since 2022, we have not increased um the cost for those that are paid for lunch and breakfast. Um, costs continue to go up. Reimbursement costs are up and we have to maintain what we call the paid equity proportion for those students are paid versus those that are free and reduced. Um,
059so we are recommending for next school year that it increases 10 10 cents. So it go from $310 to $3.20 for a student lunch. Breakfast will go from $2 to $210. Um, and then student lunch, breakfast, and um, I'm sorry, student lunch, breakfast that are reduced are set by the National School Lunch Program, and they are 40 cents and 30 cents respectively. >> So the the free and reduced price is not changing per our direction. >> Well, so that's a reimbursement. So So free is free. >> Reduced is set by the National School Lunch Program. >> Okay. >> Right. So, the only one that changes is is the paid and that's by 10 cents. >> Okay. >> It's still an incredible deal. Correct. Like I can't make my daughter lunch for $310 anymore. So, >>
060I'm always like buy your lunch, you know? So, like it's still even though we're raising it 10 cents, it's still >> incredibly great price to eat lunch. Correct. >> Agree. >> $2 a month essentially. >> 20 school days per month. >> Yeah. about any increase, but at least that's >> it's not significant. >> It is. It's manageable, but it's still a great deal to feed your kids. >> Not about any increase. >> Yes, that's manageable. >> Yes. >> Roll call, please. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gra. >> Yes. >> May I please have let's see >> uh L Julia Central and Juliet West construction projects award bids bid
061for lease three. >> So move >> second >> comments or questions. >> Um yes we have the recommendation uh for to award bid release three. Those projects consist of underground infrastructure for the new student center at the west. Um replacement of the p pedestrian bridge here at district office and we are um rebidding the paving. Um so that will come at next board meeting. We have Nidi Shaw here and David Norris um just to come up say a few words with Nei in terms of the projects and then they would talk about the actual budget and scope of work. Hello. How are you guys? >> We're here to talk about um a few projects that we're uh bidding. First is the student Juliet West student center. Um so this project um you'll see more about
062it next month. We're going to do the full presentation. We do have some enabling work. Um the the student center that we're proposing is going to be located in between the cafeteria and the auditorium. Um there's an existing building there. That's where the fine arts area is, the bandwing, and the choir room. We're going to have to demolish that portion in order to put this new building in. and be relocated as an addition. Um because of that the current mechanical system runs through this area and rout rounds the pipes. So that entire area where the um art room is the auditorium and everything else. That's where the infrastructure is. So in order to um make sure that when we demolish that building that those spaces are still conditioned, we have to reroute the piping this
063summer so that we're not down at all during construction for those areas that you need. So, that's the first part of the project um for this student center um infrastructure. The second is um here at the district office, the the bridge that we walk into for the main entrance, it is a pre-cast bridge. Um our structural engineers went there last summer to look underneath. You know, that it's cracking and things like that. It's it's old from the original building. It's never been replaced. You're required to replace a pre-cast bridge every 40 to 50 years. So, it's time to replace that. We did look at a few options. One was to fix the brick the underneath. If you saw the pictures, it's all deteriorated. can see the steel. Um, that we don't, you know, that cost
064could go up and up and up. It could not get fixed and it could only 10 years later you might need to repatch it. The other option was to replace it with another bridge. That's another 50 years you have to replace it again. The final um cost option that we went with and that was bid out was to replace it with a sidewalk. So, you'd infill underneath, we'd stop the pond, we put a retaining wall and stop the pond. That way, you're really just maintaining the sidewalk instead of trying to maintain this bridge that has bunch of structure to it. um we're still have it having the same look. It's not going to change how the how the pond looks or anything like that. We made sure architecturally that you still have that it looked
065like it's going underneath, but um it is something that for the district long-term maintenance um as a goal. So those were the projects. >> Any questions? >> Good evening. U as Dr. Ham said, we are recommending award 46 of the seven bid packages. We are holding 31B paving and we'll bring that to next month's board meeting. Um it's also a mixed bag. So we have concrete the railing work is really limited to the pedestrian bridge here and we have acoustical and work that and carpentry work. Um the HVAC piping work is for as medie said enabling work for the uh future student center at west and then we have miscellaneous site work which is at all all uh three locations. Um so we are recommending award. The bids came in under budget under our estimate
066and the total of the six is 1,568 $87 is the recommendation for tonight and then next month we'll have the paving which will finish it. Work is scheduled to start uh this summer with the exception of the administration bridge. We can get a jump on that a little bit earlier in the spring probably around either the end of April or the early May. I would also add it's it's very exciting to see that um every bid that we've gone out for this past year year and a half has been under budget. So that's been great news for the district in regards to that. I also want to add you know if you have seen the teaser rendering of the west student center in the packet and her team will be presenting some next month's board
067meeting in regards to the west center. I did share it today with our staff because it was in the board packet and it got ooze and the oz. >> Any questions? >> Thank you so much. >> All right, moving on to action item eight. Roll call. Just kidding. I'm just >> I know it was a long discussion. >> I'm really not in a hurry. I promise. >> Um, may I please have roll call, >> Mrs. GRA. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> May I please move on to action item M, land swap contract. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Comments? >> Yes. Uh, North Point Development plans to
068expand its third coast intermoal hub in Joliet. Um, within that expansion um sits one of our properties. Um, and as we reviewed the plans um, this is not a good location um, if we were to ever build anything on this piece of property to be in the middle of the endal. Um so the team came and approached us um along with the mayor and we started to have this discussion um myself and and Dr. Guzman about a land swap. Um and so what you have in front of you is an agreement to land swap. So we have 77 acres. We've identified another location um that's not in the center and it's away from this expansion and we will receive um roughly 112 acres. So, we're actually receiving more land than we currently have. Um we
069believe this is a a great recommendation and the attorneys have reviewed this document um and approved the document for the land swap contract. Thank you for being proactive to protect our investment that if we I know we have declining enrollment now, but we don't know what the next 20 or 30 years is going to bring us. So, if we ever have to build, it's nice to know one, we got more land, and two, we got it in better location. So, thank you for your work. >> Thanks. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Lenn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ganome, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> No. >> Moving on to action item N. Summer hours. May
070I uh roll call, please? >> May I please have a motion? Thank you. Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> This um recommendation follows what we did last summer um and the direction from the board. So, it really is what we did last summer as well. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Uh yes. >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mr. Ganome. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. >> Yes. >> Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes. >> All right. Now, we're going to move on to action item O. Personnel reports. That's policy 530 5180 5185 5210. Items 1 through 15. >> Can I make a motion to remove number seven to vote on separately? 1 through six and then 8 through 15 is the motion. >>
071Second. >> Okay. So >> then may I have a motion to go ahead? >> A motion in a second. Just roll. >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Diff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Graome. >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. Yes, Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> May I please have a motion um for item seven, professional addition assignments and administration recommendations? >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Coffee? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gonamer? >> Yes. >> Dr. Huntington? >> I just want to make sure we're This is the vote to separate it and not the vote
072on it. Okay. Yes. Okay. >> Oh, >> to separate it. No, this was the vote to vote on it. >> To vote on it. >> I'm going to vote no. >> 07. >> I'm voting no. >> Okay. May um may I please have uh Dr. Guzman make an announcement? >> Yes. I just wanted to congratulate Kristen Chal who was just approved as our new behavior support um administrator at Juliet West for next year. So, congratulations, Kristen. She's been sitting there patiently, so >> All right. Um, moving on to item P. Dr. Mr. Coffee, please. >> Yeah, we did. >> We made the motion. >> Okay. Sorry. I thought I was making a motion just to separate it and not to vote on it. We're good. We're good. Uh after receiving and deliberating the information contained
073in the hearing officer's report, the board of education is charged with deciding one whether removing a child from his or her learning environment is in the best interest of the school. Two, what the rationale is for the specific duration of the recommended expulsion. Three, whether all appropriate and available behavioral and disciplinary interventions were exhausted. and four, whether the continued presence in school would either a pose a threat to the safety of other students, staff, or members of the school community, or b substantially disrupt, impede, or interfere with the operation of the school. The board of education must then convene into public session to formally vote on the motion to expel if the expulsion is the consensus arrived at during executive session. I make a motion under case number C252615 recommending in expulsion until January of
0742027 and placement at Lincoln School. >> Second roll call, please. >> Mrs. Grand, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> abstain. >> Mr. Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> I make a motion under case number C252616 recommending expulsion until January of 2027 and placement at Lincoln School. >> Second. May. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gome, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> no. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy, >> abstain. Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> I make a motion under case number C252617 recommending expulsion until January of 2027 and placement at Lincoln School. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lynn,
075>> yes. >> Mrs. Guerrero, >> yes. >> Dr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennedy >> abstain. >> I make a motion under case number W252618 recommending expulsion until January of 2028 and placement at Lincoln School. >> Second. May I have roll call, please? >> Mr. Kennedy, >> abstain. >> Mrs. Lynn, >> yes. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick, >> no. >> Mrs. Granome, >> yes. >> Dr. Mr. Huntington, >> yes. >> Mr. Coffee, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dip, >> yes. >> Moving on. Do we have any unfinished business? >> New business? >> No. >> Board reports? >> Um, I'm I know it hasn't been announced, but um Juliet West uh group interpretation are going to have like a state sendoff. um they're going to show their show on
076Tuesday in the auditorium. Um I was invited because I donated money to the fundraiser, but um I I went last year. It was amazing. So if anybody has an opportunity to shoot over there, I would highly suggest it. They don't charge you any money for it, so I'll be there. >> Any other board reports? >> Uh I do want to give a shout out. Uh I'd missed last meeting's month due to a volleyball game. That's why I was late tonight as well. Um, but uh Brian Reid and Eduardo Contrus have served uh the district for a long time. They both put in their retirement. I joked with both of them that I would vote no, but that's fine. I I'm going to let them retire. It's their time. They put in their time, but I
077just wanted to highlight um the work that they've done for the district. >> I know Lmberg's Lmberg feels the same way. She doesn't want Contraras to go >> I wherever you >> any other board reports. I just want to say um congratulations and thank you to all the hard work that was put into the joyful brunch um that benefited both uh the JTHs boosters and u Mac Austin Clark uh mentoring uh this past week. It was phenomenal. Um and I didn't even get to stay the whole time, but just the planning that went into it. I got to shake the hand of every single one of the mentees. Um they were just great and a lot of them were from Central and West. Um, and it was cool to to give Shelley Clark a standing
078ovation with everyone. It was just it was really nice event. >> In addition to that, um there's um the street will be renamed starting at Larkin in Glennwood to Hus um Michael A. Clark. And tomorrow is Michael A. Clark Day, I believe. >> March 19th. >> Yep. So um so yeah that's that was nice to um to be for him to be recognized in such a way. Uh additionally I were you done? I'm sorry. >> No you can keep going. I can I I'll come back. Additionally, I attended the um Joliet Chamber annual awards dinner where Joliet Township High School was recognized uh or one of the we received a nomination uh in the education category. Lairway took it away, but um it was just nice to be recognized. And I want to thank Joliet
079Township High School District for partnering with Workforce Services on their uh Pathways to Professions Expo. It was a huge turnout. Um and we had the robotics competition where I al believe uh some students from our district participated in as well. So, thank you for the partnership. and Juliet West made the cookies for the event as well. So, I do appreciate all the support and uh collaboration that went into that event. Thank you. >> Um I want to say one more time, congratulations to our bowling team. It's it's really awesome sometimes to get a text message from Dr. Guzman and she gets really excited and she's like, "All right, we're going to have this event." And then you get all these emails and then texts back and forth and it's just nice to see so much
080enthusiasm and thank you to Matt for representing us um at uh you know the welcome home and the celebration. Appreciate that. Uh >> a fun event. >> And then um I just wanted to say happy social worker month to all of our social workers as a fellow social worker um and an National Association of Social Workers um board member for Illinois. And also just want to remind everyone next month is sexual assault awareness month. Um so Guardian Angel Community Services will have many um different events throughout the month. Just a reminder that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused um or assaulted by their 18th birthday, which makes them um exponentially more uh likely to be abused by at least three more perpetrators or three more times throughout their
081lifetime. Um and there are a lot of people um that reach out to me today. um some staff and students just because of uh Dolores um sharing that she was sexually abused by Cesar Chavez and it's just been a hard day um in in our community because of that um because he's been a hero for many of us um but hopefully we can um take some of the honors that he gets and we can give them over to the Doloresa um we appreciate her work and her bravery and coming out uh today. So, thank you. I think Dr. >> Yes, if it's okay, I have just some uh announcements. So, first of all, I want to congratulate Michelle Stiff on the 2026 Women's History Month award for outstanding achievement in workforce and labor. Um I
082I do want to actful and on the successful 2026 Pathways to Profession, as um Mrs. stiff said that did happen on March 10th and I believe we had over 300 JTHs students there and I did taste the cookies. Quality control, they were delicious. Um and then to echo um what was already said, a special thank you to Helen Ross and Christine Schlushman um who were the co-leaders for the joyful brunch. And I know it takes a huge committee and there were lots of people that helped out with that. Um but namely um on JTHs staff we also had Tanya Rico Nurice Moffett um and Shelley Clark um who helped with the event but it was an amazing event and um it will benefit as you said MAC mentoring and I talked to so many of
083those students um in grades 6 through 12 and they're we're doing amazing asking questions great eye contact so it's amazing what the program is doing for them and then a huge shout out to the mentors because many of the mentors were there too. Um, and there's so many close connections to Joliet Township High School, many alum, um, many, you know, past employees, and they're excited about the work they're doing, and it's making such a huge difference. Uh, thank you to the JTHs Foundation for putting on an outstanding trivia event. Um, you, Miss Rico, and Mr. Halahan, outdid themselves with the split the pot. Um, they raised a lot of money. They did not pull my ticket, but that's okay. Um, and then we look forward to the JTHs um, foundation golf outing, which is June
084June 4th. So, I'll make sure I share that information. And then upcoming events include our salute to service on April 9th. We sent out over 900 invitations because we have more and more partnerships each year. So, we're excited about that. And then also the JTHs booster night of champions is April 16th. Um and so that'll be an exciting event too, just to name a few of the things going on. >> Yeah, it gets busy this time. >> So, thank you. >> All right. Any other announcements? Any public comment? >> No, no public comment. >> All right. May I have a motion to go out of session this time? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. All right. Roll call. >> Mr. Fitzpatrick. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lynn. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gome. >>
085Yes. >> Dr. Huntington. Yep. Mr. Coffee. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennedy. >> Yes.