0016 p.m. and I'm going to call the meeting to order. This is the regular meeting of the Kelan Board of Education. We would like to inform all board me meeting attendees that this meeting is being livereamed and archived for access at any time by our community members on the internet within 24 to 48 hours of the meeting's conclusion. And the pledge of allegiance, Mr. Collie, Mr. McCauley, if you would please. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And a roll call, please. Um, Mr. Manipsky here. Mr. Cla. Mr. Cook here. Dr. Lawler here. Mr. McCauley here. Uh Jennifer Simmons is absent. Mr. Stalup here. Okay. With five members present, we have
002a quorum. Is there anything the board would like to move from consent to new business? All right. I will enter then for I will there therefore entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented. So, so moved. Second. And a roll call, please. Mr. Cook, I. Mr. McCauley, I. Dr. Lawler, I. Mr. Stalcup, I Mr. Manipsky I. Motion carries. Uh, five to actually nine zero. Five to zero. Yeah, it's been a long day. It's been a long day. Uh it's now time for boards superintendent salute. So we'll turn it over to Dr. Rowing. All right. So we have a fuller house uh than usual. So uh for our first salute, I'm going to hand it off to Mr. Falner. Thanks everyone. So we have our track coaches here that I'm going to call up because
003they're going to talk a little bit about the success we had uh through the IESA state series for track and field. I'm just gonna pass this around for everybody. Thank you. You want the kids, too? Sure. Come on up, y'all. Come on up. This is fine. Just like this. I don't need to be any closer. Okay. All righty. Hi, and thank you for having us here tonight. We are proud to talk about the harder track season and to honor some of our athletes here on this summer break. Um, with about 200 athletes in our program, tons of success, and a lot of people to credit, we want to ensure that we don't skip any details. However, I'll go quick to respect your time. I'm Kendall Lawson. I'm an assistant um, boys coach. Um, this is
004Alyssa Galvin, head girls coach. Jackie Hagen, assistant girls coach. Carrie Pitstick, assistant girls coach. Boys head coach Zack Martinelli. and assistant boys coach Morgan Gel couldn't be here tonight. First, we'd like to thank the thank you to our athletic director, Patty Patterman, who goes above and beyond to help us with everything, offer solutions, help to grow a program, engage with athletes, schedule meets, workers, which is an endeavor in itself, and this year prepare on the last few days of school to send 25 kids and six coaches to state. We appreciate her guidance and dedication to Harter. We also want to thank Brian Faulner, Chris Weiss, Jay Bodin, and Sean Herren for their support, supervision, and dedication to our kids during the season and always. Maggie Pana, a teacher here, was a great asset who stepped
005up to help us out during meets, and we so appreciate her. Also, a big thank you to the workers who came out to help in any way at meets this year, and we did have some cold ones this year. In the papers we passed out, you'll see more details of a lot of names, a lot of events, um, but we'll summarize some of our high points. One of them is that we had about 130 seventh and eighth graders show up to practice every day chasing their own PR. We learned a lot about ourselves or themselves throughout the regular season meets. For some, it's a brand new sport or event. Some are trying to break the school record or like I said, hitting their PR. Lots of excitement throughout the regular season. The grind really is
006real throughout April. In May, we gear up into the postseason. We attended the conference meet at Burlington Central High School. Seventh grade girls placed third. We have some seventh grade girls up here. Did a great job. Eighth grade girls placed fifth. Seventh grade boys placed fourth. And eighth grade boys placed third. We had eight individual conference champs, which we are incredibly proud of that. As well as three relay teams as conference champs. It was an awesome day. Great weather day, which matters in track. There were many super close calls and athletes who ended up with a second or third place finish which we listed in the packet in front of you as well. The next weekend in May is sectionals which is hosted at Decal Huntley. We battled some weather during this meet. Um we
007battled 16 teams nonetheless. Uh seventh grade girls had a third place finish at sectionals. Eighth grade girls had a fifth place finish, seventh grade boys a fifth place finish and eighth grade boys a fifth place finish. Sectionals is where athletes qualify for state. Um and there we qualified four relay teams and five individuals. The final weekend of our season is in Poria and at the ISA state meet. Um with how the calendar falls, our our state meet was after school got out this year. Um so the day after school got out, we boarded a big bus, which matters because we had such a big team going down and that's really exciting. Um so we boarded a big bus which was decorated and full of swag bags and goodies for our athletes and coaches from awesome
008parents. Thank you to them. That was really exciting for us. um early Friday morning we got there for our athletes to participate in the parade of athletes which was a really cool experience um with a banner donated from the Duncan family um that was be able to rep caneland among all the other athletes that were there. So that's really cool experience. Um we set up camp and got ready to watch our first athlete. The next 36 hours we spent together as a team cheering each other on and watching some become all state athletes. So awesome stuff. Um, everybody pretty much PRED against the best competition, enjoyed some meals with some middle school students, great times, uh, and had a good time as a team. So, we came home with some medals and top eight at
009state in middle school receive are considered all state. Um, and so Owen Gunstein was uh, is all state, eighth place in long jump. He's seventh grader. Um, the seventh grade girls 4x2 team seventh place. So, Zahira Clark, Abby Hamco, Peyton Clustermanman, and Laya Cornette. Um, the 100 meter dash girls 7th grade fifth place um was Laya Cornette. And the 200 meter dash girls 7th grade um third place winner was Laya Cornette. Just a note about Laya, she's actually a sixth grader that runs up with seventh grade. So, I think we'll be hearing a little about about Laya in the future, which is exciting for us. Um lastly and probably most important during the season um both the high school girls program and high school boys program come over and work with our kids and that
010matters. Um the camaraderie and relationships we have as a staff with coach Macau and coach Dindle I think we believe is what helps our programs be as strong as they are. So we just wanted to share that we are thankful to have that connection and partnership with them. Um the last regular full practice of the season they get to practice with the boys team and the boys side of things. our guys idolize those guys and so that's probably one of the most the coolest moment for them to be able to sit and talk to them. So, um, thank you to our athletes and their families who come out each day ready to work and wanting to get better. As a coaching staff, we really enjoyed this group of athletes and are grateful to their families
011who help them become better every day and for picking them up on time and for all you do. So, thank you and go Nights. [Music] [Applause] All right. We always love to hear about the success of our nights. Uh tonight we are also introducing a number of new administrators. So for that I will turn it over to Dr. Atkins. Thank you. So yes, we do have a number of new admins to introduce tonight. Um I have the privilege of introducing Mr. Brian White, our new principal of McDall Elementary. So, come on up. Uh, Mr. White. This is just a reminder the to the board. Um, we do go through a three- tiered process to hire administrators. We have a screener, we have group interviews, and then a final interview process that involves performance tasks that
012have to be submitted. Um, it involves some one-on-one conversations with the superintendent. Uh, we'd like to thank Mrs. Simmons and Dr. Lawler for attending the group interview process with our staff um support staff, teachers, um and other admins. So, after a thoroughly exhaustive search, we're glad to have Brian join the team. And Brian's going to introduce himself, tell us a little bit about himself, and introduce his family, I believe. So, thank you. Uh good evening, everyone. Uh uh again, Brian White. Um, I want to start by thanking the district administration as well as the school board um and the McDall staff for uh entrusting me to be the principal at Kelan McDall Elementary. I'm truly honored and humbled to join Kanland 302. Um, from the very beginning, I could feel a sense of warmth and
013and a sense of family. Um, and I very much feel like I am part of the family already. Um, the district's commitment to academic excellence and community partnership aligns perfectly with my own vision and my own values. Um, for the past decade or so, um, I was in, uh, Neighborville 203 where I served as a math teacher as well as an assistant principal. Um, I gained a lot of experiences that have fueled my passion for supporting students as well as staff members to be the best that they can be. And I'm excited to continue to gain those experiences. Um, I brought my family with me. Um, we uh, we we we come in, you know, five deep. Um, and family is is very very important to me, which is why I love feeling like I'm
014part of the the Kanel family already. Um, I'll start with introducing everybody. Um, Ely, uh, who is the perfect definition of a of a companion and a partner. Um, she's caring, uh, my biggest support system. She pushes me to be a better person and a better better educator and a better father every single day. Um, she's a mom, uh, which says a lot. U, but she's also probably my favorite superhero. Um, which you'll come to realize very quickly that that's a big deal if you haven't already noticed my tie. I'm a big superhero uh fan. Um, and she truly is uh my my biggest superhero. Um, we have three kids. Uh, Jace is our oldest. He is 8 years old. Um, next in line is Callie. Uh, she is 7 years old. And then Emerson
015uh is three. Um, I love being outdoors. I really enjoy watching Blackhawks hockey. It's a struggle right now to watch them, but I, you know, they're back on TV without an antenna now, so I'm pretty excited about that. Um, and again, just in closing, I'm beyond excited uh to collaborate with everyone in this room, as well as the community that that we serve um to create an inspiring and supportive learning environment uh for every student. So, thank you for this incredible opportunity, and I look forward to contributing to the continued success of Kean. Thank you. when he says he likes superheroes. One of the most uh commented observations during the group interviews was the very large and present Marvel socks that were being worn that day. Um I think it won a lot of uh
016favor because we do like to have people with a a sense of humor and such. Um I'm going to introduce Mrs. Melinda Catel who's over here who's going to introduce um her new assistant principal for Keeland High School. Hi. Uh, Melinda Catel, principal at Kalin High School. Very excited and very happy to announce our new assistant principal for student services, Haley Albamanti. [Applause] Good evening, guys. Thank you so much. I'm very excited to be uh part of Keaneland. I actually am a community member and I've been living in Elurn for about 3 years now. I actually started my coaching career when I got into high school athletics at Keeland High School and was part of a second place um second at state softball team in 2017. So very very excited to be back. Um past
017eight years I've spent time as a special education teacher and department chair, head softball coach. um worked in a variety of different capacities. So very excited that Melinda Kanel High School and the district entrusted me to be the next assistant principal of student services. Um I do have one recent Kanelan graduate um my stepson Connor Anderson and I currently have a senior uh Madison Anderson who you'll see with me at 99% of school events. Um, so I'm really excited to hopefully have a bigger impact on not only my children's education, but the community. So I'm very happy to be here. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it. [Applause] Next up, I'm going to introduce Brian Faulner. Hi everyone. Come on up, Pam. So, I am excited to introduce Pam Hernandez, our new assistant principal
018at Harter. Uh, just a couple of things because, you know, I love to talk. We had a really, really tough candidate pool. We It was competitive and she came out on top, but we also had a really rigorous interview process. We were joking about it earlier today and she did wonderful and her experience, her knowhow, it is going to help us become even better at harder. But I think what really sold us about Mrs. Hernandez was her personality. She is so positive and I love that. You know, I love that. So, uh, I love to introduce Pam Hernandez. Good evening everyone. Um, as Brian had said, my name is Pam Hernandez, and it's an honor to introduce myself as the new um, assistant principal for student services at Harter Middle School. Um, I'm excited to
019join such a dedicated team of um, educators to support students, staff, and families in Keeland and continue the tradition of excellence in education. Um my background I have 20 years just about 20 years in um education, special education and um between elementary and middle school. So I've been through um most of the grades. Um I also um want to talk about my family. They took up pretty much the whole row here. Um so I'm going to introduce my husband Rob. He is a police officer. And then we have our wonderful five children. uh my oldest Joseph and then Sophia, Eva, Ally, and Jace. Today's actually Jayce's birthday, so he's very excited to be here celebrating. Um two big things, he's like, um but yes, my family keeps me grounded. Um definitely on my toes and
020they are um my inspiration. Um I'm thrilled to be part of this community and um I'm looking forward to um building strong connections here as well. So thank you very much for this opportunity and go Knights. We do have one other new administrator but is on a pre-existing uh cruise with his spouse. So we will bring him back at a future board meeting. Mr. Steven Lucas II um is the dean from one of our neighboring high schools and athletic director and we were able to steal him to become the dean here at Keeland Harter or Keaneland High School. So, we're very excited to bring all of our new administrators here. Um they have a lot of great experiences, a lot of great positivity, and we're excited to have them join our team as we continue
021to become a district of excellence. So, thank you. Thank you. And um one one last uh salute from me. Um this I got this text this weekend. I was really excited to hear this. Uh so congratulations to sophomore Jack Bicker on becoming the first Kalin student to make the all state theater production. So we'll work on getting him here at an upcoming meeting to be recognized. But fantastic accomplishment by hand. And that's all the salutes I have for the evening. Okay. Dr. Rogan. None this evening. Members of the board. Ryan, I'm here. No. Did you hear Bill? Did you have something? I don't have Okay. I All right. The board apps for everyone. Thank you for the board appreciates everyone in attendance this evening and invite you to stay as we move to that always
022kills uh to the new business part of the meeting. We understand that not everyone is able to stay for the entire meeting and we wanted to make sure you know that this is an open meeting so you able to come and go as you need. We look forward to seeing you at future meetings. So if you're here from now on, get your phone. Tonight's consent agenda contains the following information. act under action items, approval of the accounts payable and payroll for June 2025. Number two, approval of the treasury report for May 2025. Approval of personnel, approval of meeting minutes from the June 23rd, 2025 special meeting. Approval of the destruction of audio recordings from closed session meetings from December 2023. Memorandum agreement with Kan Arts Initiative. Kai Ki approval of approval of review and monitor
023of policies and exhibits on second reading. Approval of mechanical work 2025 cooling equipment replacement information and then theformational items. Free from information act report. I will now entertain a motion to approve the consent items listed. So moved. Second. And a roll call, please. Mr. Cook. I. Mr. McCauley. Hi. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalup. Hi. Mr. Maniffsky. I Mr. Klesner I motion carries 6 to zero. The consent agenda is approved. It should be page eight. Okay, new business. The first item of new business is an update. Oh, I'm sorry. Public comment. Anybody? All [Music] right. First item of new business is update from the Keeland I'm sorry, Kaneville Fire Department. Dr. Rowan, could you please provide more information for us all for this update? I'm going to hand it off to the chief from Canville. So,
024welcome. Everybody must know when I was going to talk and he left. I should um I'm just going to do a quick update on uh changes that Kaneville has made in this in the past few months. Uh hope to better response times and things for the high school. Um for ambulance calls out there, you're going to get um an EMS squad from Canville, which is a 6 to9 minute response, and an ambulance from Maple Park now, which should be a six to nine minute response. All these response times are estimated. you know, we there's various factors in them, but these are the times we're shooting for to try to make it in. Um, for an accident, you'll get engines from Canville, Maple Park, 7 to 10 minute response times, ambulance from Maple Park, and you'll
025get a chief from Maple Park and Canville. Um, which should be 7 to 10 minutes as far as the chief's getting there. For a fire alarm, you're going to get uh three engines. Canville, Mel Park, Sugar Grove. Ambulance from Mel Park. Uh tender, which hauls water, anybody doesn't know, will come from Canville. The ladder truck will be coming from Elurn with about a 13 to 15 minute response because they're coming off of Hughes Road. And you'll get chiefs from Canville Mail Park in Elurn. for structure fires. I'm not going to name all the departments, but you get five engines, three ambos, two tenders, two trucks, and three chiefs for if we have a confirmed fire out here. So, we're hoping to, like I said, help with a lot of the response times and things. Um,
026a lot of the the biggest change we're making, um, will be Maple Park being your responding ambulance now because they have a shorter response time than Big Rock. There's nothing wrong with Big Rock. They were a great department and everything, but we're just hoping to have a ambulance out here quicker now for the school. And Kaneville is also going into a we're starting it um July 7th. We're going to try to have a EMS emergency medical technician inhouse during school hours like from 6:30 to 3:30 every Monday through Friday. So, we're hoping that that'll help that response time also with Kaneville getting out here to do a first response hopefully even before the Ambo, but they should get there about the same time. Um, in the future, I know it's a concern with Kaneville getting
027an ambulance. It's it's all up in the air, right? There's nothing set in stone on this. They're going to try to run a referendum in 2027. That's the next time they can run one. If that passes, then their goal is to try to get an ambulance in house, which will take a full year anyway to get that done, just because of when the money comes in and getting everything organized, it'll take that long. So, that's kind of the update for Canville. And um anyway, that's all I got unless somebody needs something. So, thank you, Chief. All righty. Thanks for your time. And I hate to follow everybody else, but I probably will. Have a good night. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. The second item of new business is the approval of the tenative
028budget for Keeland Consolidated Unit School District number 302. Dr. Boen, yes. if you could provide more information please. Um yes. So um tonight I am presenting the tenative budget for the 2526 school year. Um is required by state law. The board must approve a tenative budget and place it on public display for at least 30 days. Um prior to its final adoption. Um this year the final adoption is scheduled for September 15th. Um, so that's a long time between now and between them. And I know last week at the board meeting, I gave an update, um, a very short one on where we were with the tenative budget. And at that time, operating funds were looking positive by about $750,000. I also shared that, you know, the budget is a snapshot at in time. And
029so if we go back and look at uh the budget today where it stands tenatively, it's almost flat. um operating funds are actually sitting at a negative by about $38,000. And so we know that from tonight when the tenative budget is adopted until we get to the final budget, there will be changes. And so um throughout the summer, the board and community are going to receive regular updates um not only at the board meetings um officially, but also through those weekly communications as well. Um my other goal is also to share that information with all Keaneland staff so that they can see um basically the pro the process of the budget um and those changes is there is they're happening in real time. Um so before we get into the tenative budget, I do just
030want to give a recap of where we're at for the current budget. And just please know that these are based on unudited financials. Once we have those audited financials or we're closer to having that draft, um the board and the community will will get an updated of those those final numbers. Um back in September of 24, the board was asked and did adopt an operating budget of $78.9 million. Um unawited expenditures right now, we came in under budget at approximately 77.2 million. There's a couple things with that. when this was developed, we still had um expenditures still to go. So, there's some outstanding money. Um and we also still had some revenue still to still be collected. There's about a million dollars between state and federal payments that we anticipate getting basically from now through
031August 31st. Um right now we are looking at an operating deficit um of about $4 million. So we had budgeted for approximately 4.2. Right now um we're a little bit under what was budgeted. When all is said and done, when all expenditures are in, when um additional revenue is collected, we anticipate ending the year officially at about $3.7 million. Um so better than budgeted but not huge significant um gains there. Um right now we are still waiting on on some payments. Um like I had said overall it's about a million dollars. In the past year we received um approximately $7.5 million in evidence based funding. Uh enrollment was down slightly by about 1.6% um from the previous year. We did also um for this year, I know we had shared previously that um we continue
032to use for forecast 5 for projections. We did that this year. Um we did update some of those assumptions to build this this actual budget for this year because we knew what what finals would be. When assumptions were done and those forecasts were done, we had used, you know, 4% as a placeholder for health insurance. Well, we know that the increase is 3%. So, that saves some money there. Um, but as we look ahead to the budget for the 2526 school year, um, the total tenative budget right now is at 91.7 million with operating expenditures at 77.5. Um, and then revenues at 77.4. So, very close to being balanced. Um, I do anticipate that we won't be in such a good strong position come September because we do know that we'll most likely have some
033summer creep. We'll add a few positions. Um, we're also monitoring very closely revenues on the federal side, some title money. Um, the state has yet to receive that money and so there's about $66,000 that we're not quite sure that uh will be directed to the district that we've received in the past. So right now that revenue is in the budget. We may need to pull that out. Is this the title one funding? Uh it's actually title two funding. Okay. Um and then on the uh transportation side, we know that the state is furthering um to prorrate the transportation reimbursement and some of those initial numbers that we've heard are anywhere from six to 9% basis points lower than it was last year. And so right now I have basically put in very conservative numbers at
034about $1.2 million what we expect to receive in special ed and also 1.2 for general ed. So that may go up slightly, it may go down slightly depending what happens there. But right now um those are really the two big areas where I see possible shifts in revenue happening. Um but again with all of that right now for operating um we are looking at an operating operating deficit of uh just over $38,000. So still much much different than the 4.2 million that we had for last year. Um, in terms of revenues, I do want to point out that um, we are projecting an increase of $3.3 million from the tax levy that is directly attributable to and being driven by that equalized assessed value by new a EAV um, and new construction. So, state funding
035we do have staying flat. federal funding we do have staying flat um just slightly lower because that SR3 money that we had about $200,000 is now officially all gone and we will not be getting um back. So on the expenditure side we're seeing uh the overall budget is 2 and a half% lower than prior year. Um but we are seeing that slight increase in um our revenues and that's why we're able to balance that that budget. Um the expenditure side is directly related to the budget deficit plan that was approved earlier this year for the upcoming year. So the reductions in staffing um the reductions in capital outlay was a huge um portion of that and then also looking at just operational expenses overall. So um if we think about each individual fund right now
036the ED fund is does show a projected surplus of about $477,000. That's the area where I think we're going to see that what's showing a surplus right now, it's going to be much closer to zero by the time uh summer is over because we know that you know whether it's IEP related or or you know those things that we we are required to provide we do anticipate um some creep there. And then right now the operations and maintenance fund is showing a deficit of 160,000. That is largely due to the 20% uh increase that we have in there for utilities. And so uh Mr. Payton and I will be looking at at that fund and looking at the on&m budget to see what we can do there. Um and then again the transportation fund right
037now is another area where as a district we do need to continue continue to work. It is showing a projected deficit of approximately $555,000. And that right now is really just the increased costs that we see year-over-year whether it's maintenance, the cost of buses, all of that. And then the anticipated state proration for reimbursement continuing to go down the reduced state reimbursement. Correct. Correct. Um so we're looking to see what we can do there. Um you know I do our our transportation team I think runs a very tight ship. you know, we we do as a district have longer ride times. And so, um, we want to be really mindful as we make decisions in that department with respect to that budget. Also keeping the student, um, and staff experience that they have, you know,
038and what those guidelines are in mind as we're making them. Um, and then debt service fund. Uh, this remains stable. Uh, it will be our debt service payment will be approximately $12.4 million per year. and that's due to the restructuring that we did as part of the referendum. Um so no no increases there. Um IMRF and FICA do have very small deficits planned. Um but that's just to draw down those um current fund balances. We don't need to carry um we don't need to levy more. We don't need to budget more in those areas than we need to pay. Um so working to to bring that down. And then working cash fund, it remains positive. Um and that is an area that can continue to support overall cash flow. So, as we get closer to
039final budget, looking at the working cash fund, if we still have a negative on and m uh fund and we do have a negative transportation fund, that will most likely be an area that I will come back to the board and into the community and recommend transferring some of that money from working cash into ON&M and into transportation to cover those shortfalls um as we look to further um find solutions for that for a long term. um problem. Um I do just want to share that many many people have contributed to getting the tenative budget together and I it is just all of that work is so much appreciated and so I will make sure that when we get to final budget that I share those names with everyone. It is in the memo that's
040been provided. Um but this is definitely not something that I do single-handedly at all. It takes a huge team to get this done. Um, and so just to reiterate the plan tonight, the board will be asking uh we're asking that you adopt the tenative budget. Um, but please know that throughout the summer you'll be receiving regular updates both in weekly communications and then at at board meetings. Um, as we work, you know, to get to that final budget, my plan is to come with the final budget since that's what we're adopting. not only highlighting the changes that have occurred throughout the summer, but going into more detail whether it's by function and object and just giving a more in-depth picture of what the budget actually entails, whether it's salary, benefit information, purchase services, by fund.
041Um, so you have all of that information in front of you today and it's also posted um publicly for the community to see. uh they can go to the board documents and view them there. And then we'll also be getting the information posted on the website um under the business department. So that's another way people can go and find it. And then once the budget is is adopted, I will also be sharing an update uh with all staff as well. Okay. On where we're at. But I'd be happy to answer any questions. Dr. Is there any um do you know of any other concerns we might have about uh state or federal payments being lowered like the transportation ones? No, those are that's really the only one. That's all that's our concern. Maybe I'm remembering
042this wrong, but I thought we talked about the EBF maybe being calculated differently. Yes. So EBF is not being calculated differently, but we have moved so over the course of few the past few years the district has moved from tier 2 to tier three and we're definitely on the verge of being a tier four district and essentially that means right in their calculation the district has the financial capacity to fund its programs and itself through local means and so we don't get new tier funding. So, one of the things uh moving from tier 2 to tier three, the district used to get a couple hundred,000 in new tier funding. Um, two years ago, the district received $61,000 extra. And then this past year, we got $3,400 in new tier funding. So, essentially, our state funding
043will continue to remain flat. We won't have access to any new new tier money because that's rever reserved for districts who fall into that tier one or two tier category. And what's the criteria for a tier two, two tier three? Yeah. So mo much of it is based on your local capacity. So districts that don't have a strong tax base, don't have that local capacity. Um you know are it's offset by the state contribution. Now a quick question on the bond and interest. So I'm I don't know what page this is but which shows revenue for 2526 it's 12.5 expenditure 12.3 so we got more interest something we hit correctly so there's a a surplus 1655 does that roll back into next to next next year's payment does that get put towards capital projects how
044does that work specifically so this is tenative right now so that number when we actually level it will be flat it will be zero got on the um operating budget you're asking for 77.5 million with a total tenative budget of 917. Is the difference in those two the bond? Yes, that's the majority of it. Okay. So the operating funds are um just our ED fund, operations and maintenance, transportation and working cash. And then when we talk about the overall budget, it incorporates all of funds. But the biggest payment there um is in the debt debt services. How certain are we that we're going to get the money that we haven't received yet for for like which category from the state? Yeah. Confident. Okay. Confident. Like I I do not anticipate coming back and saying we
045we never got that payment. Um there have been times historically where the state has failed to make the payment on time, but the payment has always come. Okay. Um and so, you know, we we know that we're going to get that money. Um we still have some outstanding money. Final expenditure reports aren't due until July 20th to the state. And so there is that little bit of lag time when it may be submitted to when the comproller releases that money. Um but we know we're confident that we'll get that. How much outstanding um cost do we think are out there yet? Expenditure- wise zero. We closed like we there are no please don't submit anything further. Um that will be a discussion. So say if there was um an expenditure out there like someone's like
046Jackie I I didn't get this invoice into you. We've let people know that's actually booked on the new budget. like our books are closed for June 30. So there are no expenditures still hanging out there. And you feel confident in the 606,000 from the state on transportation as well? Yep. That that's not going to be adjusted or No, because that's what we know that we're owed for this year. Okay. Those are the outstanding ones for this year. They won't prorrate that. It would be prorating anything for the upcoming transportation claim. Any other questions? All right. See no further questions. I will entertain a motion that the board of education approve the 2025 2026 tenative budget as presented. So move. Second. And a roll call, please. Mr. McCauley. Hi, Dr. Lawler. Hi, Mr. Stalco. Hi, Mr.
047Maniffsky. Hi, Mr. Klesner. Hi, Mr. Cook. Hi. Motion carries six to zero. The third item of new business is the approval of the tenative budget for the Fox Valley Career Center. Dr. Boen, if you would be so kind as to provide more information. Yes. So, this will be a little bit shorter. Um so Keaneland School Board acts as the administrative agent for Fox Valley Career Center and as such is formally required to adopt both the tenative and the final budget for FBCC each year. Um Fox Valley is governed by its own board and that's made up of the superintendent from all of the member districts and so this budget has has already been reviewed by their governing board and approved. Um and so we our board needs to to handle that last step of it.
048Um their budget is definitely um developed not only with their director and their staff members but also input from all of their board members. So all of the member district superintendents also provide input um and it reflects projected enrollment, staffing, supply, equipment needs, building operations. Um and then also is aligned to Fox Valley Career Center strategic plan. Um they do also incorporate the same, you know, anticipated state and federal funding as well as tuition payments and reimbursements um that they receive as well. So for the upcoming year, total projected revenue uh is just over $2.4 million. Um and that is largely supported through that tuition reimbursement. Um but they're also expected to receive just over $330,000 from the the career and technical education improvement grant as well as just over $34,000 from the Perkins grant
049funding. On the expenditure side of things, they're also projecting um just over $2.4 million. It's slightly lower than last year's budget. Um and really that's that's primarily due some to changes enrollment, some changes in staffing. We had some retirements at Fox Valley this year. Um and so that is reflected in the budget. um they are looking at a balanced budget with a projected surplus of just over $2,000 at $2,082. So very tight um there. Um but this budget is approximately 75% lower than last year's budget. And again, that's really due to changes in staffing. Some of those retirements, they do have a a rather small staff compared to Keaneland. Um, so any of those changes are are reflected um in their their budget. Now, historically, they've always run a surplus, a small surplus though, right?
050They try to they try and be, you know, within Yeah. I think last year was just like $400 was the anticipated surplus. So, um, and again, their final budget will change as they continue to monitor enrollment throughout the summer, but for their budget, enrollment is truly probably the large is the largest driver of what their budget is because they staff everything they do is entirely based on the programming that they're offering to to students who attend. All right. Any questions for the board members? How are the salaries going down over the next two years at so I guess at Fox Valley? Yeah, those are driven by individuals. Um you know um pretty large Dr. Burch retiring. Uh so you know he they retire high and then you know Mr. Josh is not making um he's
051not coming in with that level of experience in addition to a couple of other staff members. So like welding last year was 53,000, next year it's going to 8,000 and then the year after it's 24,000. Correct. A little less. So some of that is driven by enrollment. So if they don't if they don't run as many sections, that FTE may be lower. So the welding program, even though that teacher is there, the welding program, maybe there's only one section of welding or one section of and and again that could change substantially by the time we get to final budget for them based on enrollment. Um but then right even if we had to add sections of that so it would increase the cost in welding it would be offset by additional tuition. So you would
052you would most likely you're always going to see from Fox Valley essentially a a zero balance budget, right? Very close to it. Their interest on investments are negative. Uh I will have to check on that with it shows negative. It's not a lot of money. 100 bucks, but and that's probably due they're not carrying long-term investments and so there is some cost to trade have that money fees and things like that just you don't see too many negatives investments my some of my investments don't look just buy more cows any other questions Any other further discussion? We'll now entertain a motion that the board of education approve the 2025 2026 Fox Valley Career Center tenative budget as presented. So moved. Second and a roll call, please. Dr. Lawler, I. Mr. Stalcup, I. Mr. Manovsky, I.
053Mr. Klesner, I. Mr. Cook, I. Mr. McCauley, I. Motion carries 6 to zero. The Fox 2025 2026 Fox Valley Career Center tenative budget is approved. The fourth item of new business is the approval of Keaneland High School child development textbook. Dr. Rowing, if you can provide more information, please hand this one off to Dr. Horn. Good evening. So about 3 months ago, we came before you with a request for new curriculum tools. Um and um upon approval, each textbook has to sit available for public view for 30 days. Um I have an additional book that I am bringing forward for uh recommendation for approval from the board of education. This is for our child development class. This is a class that's offered on a bi-yearly basis. means every other year and because of retirements and
054staff turnover we are now on our third teacher teaching it. Um through the process of scheduling it and bringing the teacher up to speed. Um it did we became aware of the fact that the class was running without a consistent textbook. So it was peacemeal curriculum materials was being put together um working with the teacher who also happens to be the department chair for our career and tech education department. Uh we were able to find and identify a textbook. It is Sgage's child and adolescent development in your classroom. It's the fourth edition of the textbook. Uh it totals 4,125. Uh that does include a classroom set uh by teacher uh request. The teacher has requested that we use hard copies for this this uh class. Um, and that does include a uh um a teacher
055uh toolkit for that for the teacher. Uh, it's coming from the uh curriculum adoption uh budget which does have that in there. Reason why it wasn't part of the initial request back in April is because of the turnover and we were still going through it. Wanted to make sure that we identified the right tool to bring before the board. Okay. answer any questions. Uh why is this a by-early class? It's based on uh college and career tech classes. Um the the scheduling is is problematic because there are usually one or maybe two teachers that are licensed to teach that class. Okay. So you you'll have a teacher, they can only have so many classes that they're taught throughout the the year. Um, and how you you schedule that, um, is usually based on the availability
056of the teacher. Um, it's also balanced out by the pathway that the class is on. This class feeds into um, things such as our education pathway. So, our students that are looking to become teachers, working with them on a four-year plan, um that they would have this class before they would have the subsequent um education classes and and rotating them that way. Got it. Okay. If the requests were there and and students were asked because we do schedule based on teacher requests or student requests, then the request would would be for an expansion of FTE within the department. Okay. Any further questions? Any further discussion? All right. I will entertain a motion that the board of education approve the purchase of the Sengage textbook child and adolescent development in your classroom topical approach fourth edition.
057So move. Second. And a roll call, please. Mr. Stalco. Hi. Mr. Manovsky. Hi. Mr. Klesner. I Mr. Cook. Hi. Mr. McCauler. Hi. Dr. Lawler. I. Motion carries six to zero. Thank you. The Sorry. So, thanks. Oh, thank you. the the purchase of the Sgate textbook, child and adolescent development in your classroom topical approach fourth edition is approved. The fifth item of new business is the approval of the McDole school improvement plan for Isby. Dr. Rowing, if you would please provide more information. Happy to. Uh so as you know in October of 2024 McDall Elementary was identified as targeted through the ISBY school accountability system. Um in May Mr. Zerus came and presented the work of the team. This year was the planning year. Uh they had a dedicated team that came up with comprehensive plan
058that was presented in May. The three primary goals are a 5% increase in I Ready on students uh grades one through five uh scoring on above grade level at or above grade level. Um a 6% increase in students with disabilities scoring a four or higher on the IR and then a process goal of 80% of students meeting a self-identified growth goal in math. Um it's associated with a series of 90-day plans. Mr. resurface has worked to on board Mr. White. Luckily, they're both Brians, so I I don't need to learn how to do names. Uh but um Mr. White will bring that um bring that plan to life when we return in August. Uh they are on 90day action plans. So, it is meant to be a live document. Uh we do need to get
059board approval on this so that we can uh enter that with ISB so that we can access uh the approximately $36,600 in grant money that is earmarked um for the school improvement process uh through the the accountability program. Is that 36,000 for this fiscal year or last fiscal year? For the upcoming fiscal year. Okay. Last fiscal year we got around 6,000 and that is largely to it was largely used basically to pay teachers for their time uh for developing that plan. Over the next couple of years uh this year we're getting uh 366. It it will likely cascade down over the next four years of the plan. Um that's kind that's the the model that that it uses. Pardon my ignorance. I didn't realize the IR I A was based on a number scale. What
060is it's a it's one through five. That's actually likely to change probably at the point. Okay. Okay. So it's there are five different um five different categories of achievement. Okay. Okay. And so four would be proficient. Um, but ISB is actually going through a process of realigning all those scores and it's likely that they're going to go to a four category system. So, we'll likely have to adjust that once we know where that lands. [Music] Any other questions? I know that um Brian Brian, one of the one of the many. Yeah. Um although you know it's a lot to put on Brian White, right? This is a brand new thing, right? So um Dr. Horn and yourself, are you guys going to be kind of working with them? Okay. Absolutely. Um as much as want
061to put out there, um Dr. Horn and Miss Egleston were were very involved in the development of the plan. Um attended most of the meetings. Um we will continue to to support through that. U Mr. White's very was very aware of that throughout the process. Um, and like I said, um, Mr. Zurface has been working with him over the past few weeks and has said, you know, he'll continue to make himself available as, uh, as we kind of kick that off. So, good. Good. Thanks. And, you know, I've been through this process a handful of times with my previous district, so we'll we'll be able to guide them through that process. Awesome. We're going to get there. Any other questions? Any further discussion? All right. I will entertain a motion that the board of education
062approved the McDole school improvement plan for Isby. Second. Second. In a roll call, please. Mr. Manovsky. I. Mr. Klesner. I. Mr. Cook. Hi. Mr. McCauley. Hi. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalup. Hi. Motion carries six to zero. The MDOLE school improvement plan for Illinois State Board of Education is approved. The sixth item of new business is a referendum update. Dr. Rowling, if you can provide more information, please. Absolutely. So, as I identified um previously, we will be bringing an update to the second meeting of every month um to provide both the board and the community um some information as to how things are going. Uh so as as of where we are right now, I just want to provide a few things. Um we did interview and select Nicholas and Associates to serve as a construction
063manager at risk for the projects. The board approved uh it gave Dr. Boen authority to engage in that contract at the last meeting. Um it was a very uh rigorous process. We're excited to work with them and I believe they're very excited to work with us. Uh we have met a number of times with the steering committee to identify some local sites that we'll be visiting to help with the planning phase. Um so the steering committee will be making some initial visits to local schools that have facilities that uh may be in line with what we're looking to do as we kind of work through the summer here. We did develop an initial draft of meeting dates with our um our planning committees that we will be uh there's another update on that coming up.
064Um but those dates are uh in draft form and we expect to have them done uh in mid July. Um we have begun development of a website to allow the community to complete to see the completion, see where we're at. Um and uh Mr. Chavez is busy uh getting some before pictures so we can show people the transformation. Um and then uh finally uh we did successfully complete the first round of bond issuance um with bonds bid sold and scheduled to close July 8th, 2025. So we will have some money uh in the coffers to help us get started on those initial projects. So I want to thank um I want to thank um Shavez for his work. I want to thank Dr. Boen for answering all the emails that I don't completely understand. Um
065and uh I want to thank um Mr. Stallup has uh worked uh with the team and also she's not here but Miss Simmons uh worked to help select the construction manager. What are the initial uh the initial projects? Uh it's really startup money to pay for things like uh the architect fees. Okay. Um those types of things. We may if we identify some machinery, you know, like like big switch gears or the big HVAC stuff, we may have to put down payments on things like that. Okay. But largely it is just start up to to get the planning process going. Okay. Perfect. Does any of that include like the carpets and stuff in the grade schools and tiling or whatever? Likely not in this initial bond issuance, but we those are the projects we will
066start planning. Um those those won't happen this summer. No, nothing is going to happen in this summer. Um, by the time we passed in April, um, even if we wanted to go out, most of the contractors have already bid their jobs. So, what you get when you start bidding jobs in May are really inflated because they're just taking on extra jobs to, they don't care if they get it or not. Their schedule's full. Our goal is to move through the planning process so that we are going out for bid, you know, right around uh, November, December, January. so that we're getting the early bits. And so we expect to see um significant construction next summer. We hope to see some of our projects breaking ground in at thaw of 26. So um some of the
067projects that aren't in the school, transportation, the fieldhouse we're hoping are kicking off in the spring. But now that we have our construction manager on board, we're actually meeting tomorrow uh with the construction manager and our um our architects to kind of make sure the team's already assembled. We'll start to get more detailed plans as we go. Some of that may be driven by availability, those types of things. So, I'll continue to update the board and the community on the actual scheduling of the projects once they become clearer. I don't want to go out now and say this is going to happen and then we have to make an adjustment, right? Um as we move through the rest of the summer, um we will be sharing the application to participate on one of the core
068planning teams. We have three core planning teams uh the academic core planning team uh to focus on the high school and the academic spaces. We'll be renovating the PE and athletics core planning team that will focus on the fieldhouse and our other PE and athletic facilities, uh stadium updates, those types of things. and then a playground core planning team that will focus in on the playground. Um those uh will share that that application tomorrow with the community. Applications will be open until July 11th. We hope that people that are interested um and have some maybe some unique experience or or uh or feedback for us. Apply. We'll be selecting members of the core planning team during the week of July 14th. I do anticipate we'll probably have more people apply than we actually able to
069take. They, you know, you have to have a workable team. Um, we are developing an initial calendar though of events to gather feedback from the larger community and staff um through some of the same vehicles that we we use in the um promotion. So, we'll be doing uh meetings with staff through um their working time or potentially after school if we need them uh for additional times. We'll be doing some availabilities in the community seeking feedback through um through surveys or other tools um to make sure that we are getting uh the voice of the community as as well as we can. Um so we are developing those feedback tools for the community. Um and then we are developing a schedule to get feedback through the teacher stakeholder groups so that teachers are aware, you
070know, they're able to share with us what they would like to see as we move forward. Any questions? So I think the one thing you didn't highlight was uh that u Nicholas and Associates would be working with some of the students or select students depending from Fox Valley Career Center. Uh yeah absolutely. So we uh we we don't have the details on that but we have had a lot of conversations with them not just from Fox Valley. So I I think we want to work and they were very open to being creative on this. You know we have uh we have engineering classes at the high school. We have um graphics classes. We we have our own construction classes and then we have Fox Valley. But then we also have a variety of opportunities where
071they students can learn hopefully about not just the construction process but everything that goes into it. So they were really excited about the opportunity to work with students. And so we plan to uh really try to bring as many of our students into the uh process as possible and we hope to get some student voices on the the core planning groups too. No, I think that's a really cool cherry on top that I don't think we really thought about at the beginning of this. You know, we're just trying to get to this point. So, you know, when you guys discussed that brought that up last last week, I thought that was that was really special. You know, if we can get the kids more of the students involved, community involved, I think that's really really
072cool. I I agree. And I think that that was something it was fun to watch um you know as we as we asked them about that you could see uh the the the wheel spinning in their heads too about what are some opportunities and uh so we're going to like I said we're going to try to be really creative in terms of getting our kids real world experiences that can either help them decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives right uh but also give them something to then jump into their their postsec secondary careers. Absolutely. Other questions? No further questions. All right. Thank you. There is no action needed for this agenda item. It is now time for the superintendent board report. Dr. Rowing, do you have anything to share
073before you go to the wilds of Michigan? Oh, I do. I do. I got to share a bunch of stuff before I go off the grid here. Um, so if you're looking for me, as of uh 8 o'clock Wednesday, I have no signal for you. Um, so, uh, I want to begin the report tonight by sharing an update on our transportation personnel. As you likely know, uh, we had a bus involved in a very serious accident on Route 47 last week. I want to share that Alan, uh, Mikowski was released from the hospital Wednesday evening, is doing well. Um, may be returning to work this week. possibly returning on Wednesday. Yeah, but we're not rushing him. Nope, we are not rushing him at all. Um, uh, transportation aid Missy Brasswell sustained some injuries and is
074on the road to recovery. Um, I've exchanged some text messages with her. I know Dr. Bogen's, uh, communicated with her, too. Um, we will be working to support both of them over the coming weeks and months as they recover. I also want to thank our first responder partners, Sugar Grove Police and Fire Department, for the quick response and professionalism in reacting to the accident. They had 47 shut down. Um they were by the time I got to the scene, which really isn't that far from the office. Uh they had already um got our employees um medical attention and were getting ready to transport. So, they did a great job. Um really always happy to work with them. uh not in those situations, but it's good to see um the community come together when something like
075that happens. Uh finally, I will be working um with the village of Sugar Grove to try to get ID do to do something about that dangerous intersection. Um I'm not a traffic expert, but we um we have to do something about that. So, we're going to work together to try to get that done. Um also, today the district be began uh the transition to a new and updated website. I was actually on there earlier today. Um, so we're excited about that. This will be an ongoing process to make the website more user friendly and serve as a hub for information and news regarding our district. So, um, while you will see some initial changes, we'll also be doing consistent review, uh, getting feedback on how easy it is to navigate the website. I always tell
076our team I am the worst possible customer because I don't like to click more than three times. So, uh, hopefully uh, we continue to to work through that. Um, the same web address though. Same web address. Yes, major. Nothing has changed there. That all happened with the tech wizards on the background using their internet wizardry. Um, so you don't have to change your bookmarks. That'll all go there. Perfect. Thank you. Um, finally, uh, we are in the process of building a candidate pool for the principal position at Shields. Uh we will screen applicants during the week of the 7th after I return um from the great north uh to determine a pool of candidates uh to take to a stakeholder panel on July 15th. Um we anticipate having a preferred candidate identified by July 21st
077uh for the board approval at the regular board meeting on July 28th. Perfect. So we are moving uh quickly on that. Um I think I'm excited that we have what I view to be a pretty strong pool at this time. uh the depoting will remain open until um until later I believe the end of this week. So um so that is all I have today. Okay. Thank you Dr. Roland. Dr. Baldin. Yes. Um just one item. As part of the consent agenda this evening, the board did approve um mechanical work for 2025 cooling equipment replacement uh at John Shields in Harter uh middle school. This was part of our summer 2025 capital projects planning that the board previously approved. Um but this specific work did go out to bid and so that bid came back.
078Um Mr. for Payton in conjunction with W architects and engineers uh reviewed all the scope everything that was submitted and did recommend um uh AIA telly heating and piping contractors they were the lowest uh most responsible bidder for the amount in the amount of $62,000. Um and so that work will now begin um this summer. So, there were some um heating and cooling elements that needed to be replaced that were not part of the referendum work um that are being addressed through our normal capital projects planning and budget. Uh so, I just wanted to thank the board for approving that um and also just bringing that to everyone's attention that this was already previously approved and that's why it was on the consent agenda this evening. That's all I have. All right. Thank you, Dr.
079Boen. Board members, I have a question. Um the bus accident was right outside my subdivision and as as they were rescuing the people out the hatch, it came it occurred. Do we offer our buses for first responder training? We have uh buses at the we have some buses at the uh regional training center which is housed on our campus. Okay. Um, so Sher Grove utilizes those Alurn I believe. So I Alurn has on and I don't believe Albert has used it as much but they do training and we we meet with our first responders annually uh to open up our facilities and see what we can do to help them be prepared. And I you know I I watched the video which was uh tough but um they they were in there very quickly. Um
080they were able to uh to get our our people out. pretty fast. So, it did well. There was too. Yes, there was. I was part of it. Any other board members? All right. Topics for future agendas. [Music] I can't remember which ones are outstanding right now. There are a couple still hanging around, aren't there? Yeah, we uh there was uh some questions about data, but we are waiting for the data to become official. Um and um believe uh that is the only outstanding one. I'll check my notes. There was one I think we brought about um and this may show up in the Friday update. So maybe that's where it's going to go about shuffling teachers and you know because Chris has to move. Yeah. So so Dr. Atkins does uh share that in the
081weekly update. I can tell you that as of right now um we have brought back a lot more teachers that are mission. Um we are fully we are almost fully staffed. We have to hire one principal as of today. I believe we have two teachers and and an occupational therapist still needing to be hired. Okay. Um but it's still early and the chaos will will come. So continue to give you updates uh through the weekly update on all those comingings and going. Perfect. Really significant in that is that we've been able to hire our own for some of the more difficult to fill positions. Yeah. School psychologist, social worker, we've also excuse me um asked to consult with uh Mid Valley. Are there positions that are sharable? Oh, that's good. Well, for some of the
082hard to fill, uh, apparently Chris is talking with Mid Valley, especially on the OT. Yeah. It's like your leprechaun unicorns. Yeah. Well, absolutely. You have an easier time finding the leprechaun unicorn than you do an OT the Well, I mean, yeah. So, you're you're absolutely right. Well, it's just the reality of it. I know. So, um, yeah. And and then I will say, you know, kudos to to our special ed team and to Dr. Atkins for uh securing especially those psychologists and social workers because last year we had to pay an outside service and that's wildly expensive. So that plus we always want our own people, right? And so um you know we will continue to to try to find creative ways to solve some of those hard to find uh positions. Yeah. And if
083it's possible to co-op with other districts for some of those great um that are contracting, maybe it can be a position to be shared. Dr. Atkins is exploring that. Yeah, it's a good idea. All right, other topics for future agendas. No others. All right, any further public comments? No. All right, we'll be on your decent hour, huh? No. I will now entertain a motion to adjourn tonight's meeting at Wait for it. 7:13 p.m. So move. Second. All in favor, please signify by voting I. All oppose. The eyes have it. The meeting is adjourned.