001I'm going to call the meeting to order. It is now 6 pm. It This is a special meeting of the Cainland Board of Education. We'd like to inform all board 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 Mr. McCauley, pledge of allegiance, 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. Board Secretary Julie Oral is absent for the next two meetings. Lucky her. I didn't say that. Uh and we will need to nominate a board secretary for those meetings. I will now take nominations for secretary prom. Nominate Jackie
002Boen. Second. Okay. Jackie Bogan. Jackie Bogan was nominated and seconded. And a roll call, please. Sure. Uh, Mrs. Simmons here. Mr. Cook or I. Am I supposed to do I? Sorry, we're not doing I I. Uh, Mr. McCauley. Hi. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalup. Hi. Mr. Klesner. Hi. And Mr. Manisky I. All right. Motion carries 720 to zero. Dr. Boen is now board secretary. Congratulations. I like how you put your name in there so we knew to say it too. So perfect. And a call uh attendance call. Roll call, please. Uh, sure. Mr. Maniffsky here. Mr. Klesner here. Mr. Cook here. Dr. Lawler here. Mr. McCauley here, Mrs. Simmons here, and Mr. Stalco here. With seven members present, we have a quorum. Uh, is there anything the board would like to move from consent to
003new business? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented. So move second. And a roll call, please. Mr. Klesner. I Mrs. Simmons. I Mr. Cook. Hi, Mr. McCauley. Hi, Dr. Lawler. I Mr. Stalco. I Mr. Maniffsky. I motion carries seven to zero. The agenda is approved. It is now time for boards superintendent salutes. I will turn it over to Dr. Rowing. All right. Well, tonight we are uh saluting a uh fantastic young lady that has some pretty exciting news to share. So, I'm going to hand it off to Dr. Mom to introduce. Yeah, we are very excited. Thank you for having us. And we're excited we have uh a super writer with us. Um I'm going to give a little history real quick of our program and then Mrs. Avera
004is going to give us a little bit about our um amazing writer. Every year for the last six years, Kanelyn has taken part in the four schools or five schools uh one book program which is linked to the national one book uh one school program. um it is done across the nation. It's where we select one book and we read it in all of our elementary schools at the same time. Along with that, we have different activities, trivia, and then we also build escape rooms that go with that book. As part of it, we reach out to the authors of the book that we select and we give them a video tour of the escape rooms and we share our activities. About a year ago, one of the authors was so impressed with our work
005at Keaneland that he reached out to us and said, "In writing my second book, I would like to do a writing contest and include and highlight one of your students in a whole chapter of my next book." And so he is just starting book two. Uh the author is Mr. J from the Patrick Picklebottom uh mysteries. It was our one book um not this past year but the year prior to that and maybe you remember reading his 10 mysteries with your own students. He's just started his second book. And so this uh spring he did a writing contest for any students third through fifth grade. They could write their very own mystery, submit it to me. I sent them in to um Mr. J and he read every single one of the submissions and he
006came back and he wrote to me and said, "Sarah, the mystery of the gum chewer is by far the most amazing mystery I've ever read." And I won't tell you how it ends because you have to buy his book and read it uh to find out. Um but Mr. J has decided that that will be one of the chapters within book two and that was um a selection by one of our students. And so Mrs. Avera is going to talk a little bit about our amazing student. All right, I want to bring her up here. She is amazing. Um, we want to congratulate Laya Bagnesco. Laya, come on up. But I have some great words. I reached out to her fifth grade teacher. She had Mr. Williams um and he said, "Layla approaches every endeavor
007with remarkable passion and dedication. She exemplifies the qualities of a self-directed learner. and takes ownership of her educational journey. Her creativity flourishes when presented with choices and opportunities for self-expression. Above all, Laya demonstrates a sincere commitment to excellence in all that she undertakes. She embodies the ideals and values that Cain strives to install in its students and serves as a model of integrity, enthusiasm, and academic excellence. And I can echo that from her teacher and anytime she's in the school if there is something she wants to put on whether um it was a presentation and then she had to work with other students about you know making sure that it all followed you know policy and procedure and they got the handbook out and even referenced it and um she just really goes above and
008beyond academically um inside of the school and outside of the school. This girl right here dances, tumbles, models non-stop as well. So, she in school not only pushes herself and is always asking for something more or creating that something more for herself or others, but outside of the school, um, she really pushes herself. So, a lot of amazing things are going to come from Laya. And I couldn't be more excited to present you with this recognition. So, congratulations again. All right. Well, I look forward to reading that when it comes out. Don't tell me the end, though. Okay. All right. Congratulations. Uh, Dr. Boen. Uh, nothing this evening. Any board members? All right. The board appreciates everyone in attendance at this this evening and invite you to stay as we move into new business. But
009it but the weather is nice. Six months from now, it won't be nearly as nice. Um, move into the new business part of the meeting. We understand that not everyone is able to stay for the entire meeting, but we wanted to make sure you know this is an open meeting and you can come and go as you need and we look forward to seeing you at future meetings. All right. Tonight's consent agenda contains the following information. Action items. Approval of minutes of the May 28th, 2025 regular meeting. Approval of personnel. Approval of the mobile classroom application andformational items. Student suspension data report and the Freedom of Information Act report. I will now entertain a motion to approve the consent items listed. So move. Second. All right. And a roll call, please. Mrs. Simmons. Hi, Mr.
010Cook. Hi, Mr. McCauley. Hi, Dr. Lawler. Hi, Mr. Stalco. Hi, Mr. Maniffsky. Hi, Mr. Klesner. I motion carries 70. The consent agenda is approved. Public comment? No. Okay. Uh yeah. Is there anyone? Well, I'm sorry. Do you want me to go look to make sure or there's no one? Okay. Does anybody want to make comments? You sure? You want to be out of here just as quick as All right. All right. Got it. All right. The first item of new business is the approval of the 2024 2025 budget amendment with public hearing. As a reminder, I will open up the public hearing and we'll have Dr. Boen share information on the budget amendment followed immediately by a public comment section. And as a reminder, we the board do not com debate or engage during public
011comments. There will be time for board discussion after the hearing closes. It is now 6:09 p.m. and I will open the public hearing on the 20 24 2025 budget amendment for Keeland Community Unit School District number 302. Dr. Boen, if you'd please provide more information. Yes. Um, so you may remember at our last board meeting on May 28th, we did talk about um this upcoming board hearing and the need for for a budget amendment. Um tonight we are seeking a budget amendment specific to the operations and maintenance fund. Uh we are looking to add approxim approximately $496,000 to the expenditure side of things. Um and that's really to cover a couple of different items. The biggest one being electricity costs. Um I did provide a breakdown of what we anticipate um additional costs by school
012to be. Um I do also want to note just like I did before, I'll reiterate it. This is like the all-in the most amount of money that we think that uh we would spend. It's very conservative. So, um I do think that we will come in less than that $350,000 for this last quarter of the year. Um we also added uh $200,000 for site improvement at John Shields. Um and then $46,000 for some capital non- capital um equipment as well that was was purchased at four of our our seven schools. Um, again, the $496,000 being added to the budget is a very conservative estimate. We really think that it's going to um actual expenditures will fall between about um 290,000 and about 315,000 electricity. That includes all the electricity. Yes. Correct. Um we can't spend
013we can't spend more than is what approved. So, you know, very conservatively, you know, with knowing that we can't exceed the approved number. This is for it this fiscal year or this is for the current fiscal year. Yeah. So, we're amending our current budget. Current understood. Thank you. Yep. Um, so I did, you know, we are required we have to put it on the isbby budget form. So, that is pages and pages. That's why I provided the account number, the location, and then the specific dollar amount because that that money all gets rolled up into one essentially account line in the ISBY form. So, it's really hard to see that that breakout where it's going. The site improvement here for the 200,000 um that's outside of referendum. That's like urgent needs, correct? Yeah. And it
014was work that was already completed um this past year. Okay. Just clarify, what's what's the difference between non capital equipment and capital? Yep. It's just the dollar amount. So non- capital would be anything that's below $5,000 and capital equipment would be anything that's above that $5,000. And then you would depreciate that any capital equipment overre. Yep. Is there a reason why some of the like John said $150,000 electricity. No. No. Um so I think part of it is is is right just looking at what we budgeted for um for the year and making sure that that's that's tightened up. Um John Shields did have less and that could be directly related to some of the solar uh that's at that location for that we hadn't taken into account. Um and so that's why there are
015different amounts. Um but this year we did uh look very very closely at what the electricity spend was at each location and really tried to tighten up that budget. I know we had you'll you'll see more of it uh next week at next week's meeting for the tenative budget presentation. Um, but really making sure that we looked at prior usage, also things that are happening, you know, at that building, uh, that may have an impact. And then also working really closely with our third party consultant at Nania to figure out what's going on with market conditions and what we can expect for electricity cost increases. Um, but you'll hear more about that as well. All right. Thank you, Dr. Logan. At this time, we will invite the public to make any comments on the budget
016amendment, keeping in mind the guidelines stated earlier in the evening. Any comments for the public hearing? No comments, I will close the public hearing at 6:14 p.m. I will now open up discussion among board on the budget amendment. I dropped the gun. Yeah. And the renewables generated are credited towards us. Correct. On the solar. Mhm. So it's like net metering service. It is net metering, isn't it? All right. I will entertain a motion that the board of education approve the 2024 2025 budget amendment as presented. So moved. Second. Moved by Mr. McCauley, seconded by Miss Simmons. And a roll call, please. Mr. Cook. Hi. Mr. McCall. Hi. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalup. I, Mr. Maniffsky. I, Mr. Kaiser. I, Mrs. Simmons. I The motion carries 7 to Z. The budget amendment is approved. The second
017item of new business is the approval of policies and exhibits for review and monitoring. First reading. Dr. Rowing, if you'd please provide more information. Sure. So um as uh the board knows we belong to uh press which is a service that provides us updates and recommendations related to board policy. Uh this is part of a normal review and monitoring cycle. There are no substantive changes in in any of these policies. Um there really are no uh things to consider or options related to them. So they're listed here and the board has been provided with packet in their report back. Any questions? Any discussion? All right. I will now entertain a motion that the board of education approves the recommended policy reviews and updates as presented by IASB and press on first reading. So move second.
018And a roll call, please. Mr. McCauley. Hi. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalco. Hi. Mr. Manovsky. I Mr. Kisner I Mr. Simmons I Mr. Cook I motion carries seven to zero policies and exhibits are approved on first reading the third item of new business is the approval of the construction management agreement. Is it a contract yet or No, it's not a contract yet. It's authorization to engage. Authorization to engage. Dr. Roland, if you please provide more information. Uh, I'm going to let um Dr. Boen do the most work here. But I do want to publicly uh thank Mr. Stelup and Miss Simmons for spending a uh significant amount of time as we reviewed construction management companies uh vetted them out and sought to get uh the best service for the best price for the exciting upcoming
019process. So, I want to thank them and then hand it off to Dr. voting. Yes. Um, thank you. This this definitely was a lengthy process. Um, and really to all of the firms from the beginning of the RFP process all the way through interviews and then the selection of our finalists um all of the firms really um you know did demonstrate strong uh qualifications. Um after we went through the interview process um and we reviewed fees um administration we are recommending uh that we select uh that the board selects Nicholas and Association Associates as our construction manager um at risk with a guaranteed max price. Um couple of things about that. Attached to the memo, you do have a breakdown of um some of the costs, some of the different items that we are making
020sure to include in our contract. Uh these were items that were discussed throughout the interview and selection process uh with Nicholas and Associates. Financially, um their proposal is structured around uh the preliminary construction budget of roughly $105 million. Um they are estimating essentially an 18month construction schedule. So not from start to finish of the entire process, but um pretty much shovels in the dirt. Uh which we would anticipate would start in the spring of 26. So coming up here very quickly. Um their management fee is 1.9% of the total construction costs. Um which is just under $2 million. uh this fee is essentially at risk because it means that Nicholas and Associates will take on the responsibility for managing the project within the budget and schedule uh constraints that we've set forth in in the
021contract that we're co currently negotiating. Um in addition to this fee, the contract will also include fixed general conditions estimated at approximately $ 1.95 million. Um, this is for things to cover things like salaries, expenses, expenses of essential project staff, project managers, site superintendent, engineers, safety officers, pretty much everyone who oversees those day-to-day operations. Um, but it also includes some things like on-site trailers, temporary facilities, testing that may need to happen, other site necessities. Um those would be build at actual cost with no markup. Um we also have included in here estimated about $525,000 um as well as um $200,000 for a builder's risk insurance policy which we would secure. Um essentially the package that they've proposed and that we're currently working to finalize that language around uh is a total construction management compensation combining
022the at risk and fixed general conditions. Um it will also include about a 4% contingency which is estimated about $4.2 million. So overall, um, everything with all of their fees, it comes in at about 10.15% um, or about $10.65 million, uh, of total construction cost. The information that they provided, um, it was detailed, it was very transparent, they were, um, very readily available to answer every and all question that we have. Like I can't really stress that to the board enough. I see Mr. Salub and Mr. Simmons and Kurt are sort of nodding their heads and shaking because we as a as a group as an interview committee um panel. We really asked a lot of questions and we really tried to hammer out things going into contract um language negotiations so that we were
023all on the same page to make this as seamless as as possible. Um but based on all the information that was provided by them um as well as everyone else. We believe that Nicholas and Associates uh is the best form firm for this project to work alongside the district and with our architect. Um what questions or do Mr. Sulcup or Mrs. Simmons would you like to add anything about the process or I'd like to you know thank you guys Dr. and you Jackie for for the efforts in this and um to note for the board's knowledge, they also do pre-construction fees for free as part of this uh package, right? That's correct. And that is listed um for everyone on that exhibit one of the CM agreement. Yep. Um and they're responsive. They did harder
024as well, correct? They built this. Yes. Yep. They they worked on Herder and then they also worked on the auditorium project as well. What led you to advise? What what made this company stand out? We did. We really put them through the ringer when it came to because, you know, we saw multiple companies and so we took we met multiple times looking at everybody's, you know, all their numbers and stuff like that and challenged them and so they responded absolutely every time. They wanted this contract. They wanted to be with us. They have worked with us. Um they have a really good reputation already. um Mark to you know so operation wise too they um have worked with them you know so their recommendation too they also talked my biggest thing too was um are
025they going to be you know having a voice to the community they'll do that um and then also our students too you know this is a once in a lifetime as Kurt always says once a lifetime opportunity for our school district and our community so like Fox Valley you know those kids and stuff like that so they're willing to bring our kids in too so they can experience some of that and um and so looking at the future, too. So, it's not just a project for them. It's a whole family kind of thing for us. They understand our community very, very well. So, that's great. Yeah. And I want to point out to uh Dr. Boen and I did a lot of background work. They had stellar uh recommendations from other school districts there. They
026do a lot of work in the education field. And everyone we called, everyone we talked to, in fact, I was at a training where somebody went out of their way to come over and talk to me and say, "I heard you're you're considering Nicholas. you really like you can't go wrong. So, uh that that probably speaks louder than than anything that Nicholas would have shared with us because if you're willing to say that then obviously they did a nice job. So, I just had the one question. So, if we're at 140 million that roughly 10 million is going to be coming out of that, correct? Okay. So, that drops I mean is your discussion like what projects what we're losing? What's what's in the bar? This has always been figured in as an expected cost.
027Okay. So, when we went for $140.2 million, it was not that's not just the actual projects, that also includes architecture, includes construction management, soil testing, all of these other things are rolled into that. We estimate about 105 million total in strict construction costs. Oh, okay. And that that could slide slightly, right? It's a percentage. So if they do correct 100 million, we would get a reduced percentage then. Okay. You know, or if something else is under, we they end up at 108, it could go up a little bit, you know, or the if we don't use the contingency if there are change orders that So they say 18 months. 18 months is a good Yep. So I do want to clarify on the the change order. So with this contract, it is a CM at
028risk with a guaranteed max price. So when we go through this initial design project and we figure out, okay, this is what the cost of the project is going to be, the only change orders that we should see are those that are selfdirected, right? Like if we're changing the scope of the work, um, but there shouldn't be unforeseen or things that were missed, that should all be caught as part of that this process. And I think that's why one, we really wanted to get a construction manager on board early so that they're working in tandem and alongside the architect through the design phase so that they can really be looking at those designs ahead of time and ensuring that construct constructibility timelines can be met. All of that because those are the big things that
029you know throw sort of the wrench into the the plan, right? if if you get off schedule or if you have unforeseen um conditions and that was something that Dr. role Wing and I throughout this process is like the budget is the budget. We cannot go over, right? That is firm. That has to be something that we stick to. And I think we really um you know made that very clear to to everyone who uh submitted an RFP, went through the interview process and and we're finalists. And so um you know, Nicholas is very aware of like this is the budget we cannot go over. we do not have, you know, another pot of money somewhere. Um, but that it's also critical that we deliver all of the items that are on this refer referendum
030need to get completed, right? We we don't have the option to cut something or to cut corners on something, they have to be delivered. So, the other thing that we challenged them on too was um helping us find grants, rebates, incentives, things like that too to bring cost down. So we kind of um that was not something that was initially and so that was something that we asked for too and so because we had seen in other companies and so they jumped on again it was another one of those things of going yes this is something that we'll make this is a priority this is a huge priority for you it's a huge priority for us plus also they also have they call it a client advocate but they also have somebody that has been
031in the world of schools and so he is kind of their voice too he helps he's got the eyes of what schools need so he's very well I forget what his background is he was a former CSBO. Yeah. So he Dr. Boen uh somewhere I can't remember where. Yeah. So he will also help them you know to know kind of the things that you know that we need to and be be our advocate. So those and that was no charge. So and they've worked with our architect several times. Many they're going to be doing a budget for us here as soon as they're signed up. Right. And then at some point we'll start tracking the budget with all the different schools, all the different line items for each school, etc. So when it says CM
032at risk, you keep saying at risk. What what do we mean by that exactly? So if they go over, so if they say here's a set of drawings documents for school Y, and they say, "Yep, I can do it for $1,000 and it they find something else that they missed and it cost them 1,500. That 500's theirs. Okay. It doesn't come back to us. Got it. Okay. It also means that after we sign the subcontractor contracts, we will sign those over to Nicholas. So, we won't deal with subcontractors directly. They will manage all of those things for us. Okay. So Nicholas will be dispersing based upon the lean waivers that come in. It's going to be a traditional construction. It will be correct. As opposed to a general contract, correct? Yeah. Okay. So, the subs
033will submit to Nicholas. Nicholas and Okay. Anyone else? Any other members? All right. All right. I will entertain a motion that the board of education approve the selection of Nicholas and Associates. Sorry, I was joking. I said since we were on the committee, do we get to do it? Finish. Sorry. As construction management partner for the upcoming capital improvement projects supported by the 2025 referendum. So moved. Second. And and a roll call, please. Dr. Lawler. Hi. Mr. Stalco. I. Mr. Maniffsky. I. Mr. Klesner. I. Mrs. Simmons. Hi. Mr. Cook. Hi. Mr. McCauley. Hi. Motion carries. 70. The construction management contract. Is it a contract? Uh, agree. author authorization, let's be precise, is approved. It is now time for superintendent board reports. Dr. Rowling, do you have anything that you'd like to share at this time?
034Yes, I do. Uh, credit recovery summer schools currently underway and we have about 70 students that are earning credits towards graduation over the coming weeks. Our other summer school programs will begin on July 7th. ESY is that uh ESY is that is also I believe it's also underway. Yes, it's underway. Check with Miss Egleston, but okay. That is handled through uh Mid Valley. Yeah. Oh, Mid Valley. Yep. Um at our next meeting, we will need to make committee appointments for the education, finance, and facility human resources and community outreach committees. Technically, according to board policy, that is the responsibility of our board president. So, please reach out to President Manipsky with any requests or suggestions on those committees. Great. Um, I looked that up today, so you uh I also want to update the board
035that at this time um 10 of our Rift classroom teachers have either been recalled or offered a position in the district. Great. We still have a few support and exploratory staff that we were not able to find a position in the district for, but we are happy to have kept many of the staff that have been honorably dismissed earlier this year. Uh Dr. Atkins will continue to keep the board up to date on all of those uh movements um through the weekly update. And then um finally this year as we continue to develop our administrative team, the team will be completing a book study on the culture code by Daniel Coyle. And I brought a copy for each of you to enjoy. Read along with us. Um I'm going to tell you there are five
036hard copy and two paper covers. It's just because the hard copy were cheaper when we did the second order. So, seriously? Yeah, that's what Julie said for saving money. So, we always go with the uh the best deal. So, I will give those to the board uh at the conclusion of tonight's meeting. And that's all I have. All right, Dr. Bogen. Uh I do not have anything this evening. Board members, uh just thank you guys again for going through all the interview process and it's a huge deal for obviously the district. So, I'm sure it was painstaking and I'm sure you left no stone unturned. So, thank you so much for coming in and getting the the best company possible for us. Thank you. Good job. All right. Anyone else? Is there a list of
037the committees or can they can you email that out and what those committees for the board? Yeah, I'll put something in the I can put it in the weekly. Okay. All right. I actually I'll get it out earlier just so um because our meeting next meeting comes up pretty quick. So I'll get I'll send that out tomorrow to everybody. All right. Topics for future agendas. I don't know if we're going to talk about this after, but we still have to talk for our board retreat and I think we need to talk about uh report card and some other stuff. Uh board retreat. Um, we I we have a tenative date and I'm going to be engaging with a couple of providers to see if we can get that date done. Okay. So, I sent that
038date to the board in the weekly update. All right. Yeah. I want to say it's 21st, but that's why I write things down and set on my desk. 23rd. Okay. There you go. Thank you. So, I will uh verify as soon as I get somebody locked down for that. Probably not. It's missing. Um, so yeah, that'll be our self-evalu board self evaluation retreat. Um, I'd also like to find out or get an update as to where the curriculum and supporting materials are and make sure it will be published before the first day of school. So parents, please go ahead. So, we have we have received all the math um materials. Okay. Um as I've indicated before, the math curriculum is uh the the first trimester is done. Due to the constraints though, we didn't get
039that we couldn't get that done before school ended. We hit the ground running in August under the leadership of u Miss Vaklavik and Dr. Horn uh to finish that up. So, they'll have everything for the first trimester done and then everything else will be done very quickly soon after. And uh Dr. Horn is working on the publishing right now and as soon as Miss Vakovic gets in they're going to put that into higher gear. So it's language arts science. The other area I know for a fact language arts has been updated already. I can double check on science and supporting materials. Uh the supporting materials that we have. Yes. Are the links to supporting materials? Uh okay. Yes. I can send that link and you know that that parent resources page will continue to be
040an ongoing process. Okay. Um, and one of the things the changes we did make when I started looking for this last time, the verbiage that was used on the website was not common language. And so we changed that right away. Um, we're probably going to make it we're going to try to make it even easier to find as we do our uh website revamp this summer. Um, which we should be able to share more information on that in July. So, the idea is to make this stuff as easy to find as possible. And can we can we post something that helps parents know how to use this at home or how they can use this when they're working with their student at home or they have questions at home that they're trying to help their
041student with or their student has a question that they the parents can act as a primary resource and is are equipped to be a primary resour resource. Yeah. So, we're working on that. Uh so, in the area of math, that that is part of the package. Okay. In the area of math, as we bring on this new K5 uh curriculum materials that is embedded and so uh now that we have these materials, we are going to begin working on parent guides, videos, things that we can put online so parents can access that. Um in relation to some of the other stuff, we have to we'll have to make some of our own materials and uh we're going to make that a priority as to how do you help your student, okay? especially in those elementary
042years. Quite honestly, I think I when my kid gets high school, I'm not sure what I was able to help him in there, it's more pushing back to the teacher. Uh but definitely um one of our initiatives over the next year, uh and I was actually just speaking with Dr. Horn about this the other day is to make just like we we we did with the referendum, you know, we made information accessible and easy to understand. We use short form video because that tends to be you know the best way to reach people. We are going to continue we're going to make next year we are going to work on making those types of materials for our elementary parents in terms of how do you help your kid at home? What should your kid be
043learning and how do you help your kid at home? And as we um embark on another round of curriculum material adoptions and we moved uh Dr. Boen was able to help us increase that budget for curriculum materials. um we moved some things around based on feedback from the teachers in the community and so as we move through the next few years we'll be updating additional curriculum areas um and uh we'll keep the board up to date on a lot of those things too. Okay. So we are working fast and furious on those things. Um, the other thing I'd like to talk about is we lease out property every year, you know, district property for agriculture and approaching our FFA chapter if they would like to participate in the management as sort of like a lab
044experience on would it be farm? It would be farm or agricultural manage agricultural land management um to make you know part of and to also work on our outreach to some of the nursery folks around here. Uh particularly those Pistic and Pistic Farms and you know the ones I'm I believe they're in the district. They're in V a few of them in the district. Virtual Township. Bunch of them in Virgil Township. Um, yeah, just and gold farms over in Canville Township just to make the approach so that for those interested in agriculture both here and now as well as career-wise or deepening their their knowledge of something of aggra business, you know, providing that for them. So, you talk about workplace experiences in that field. Yeah. I mean, because I've talked to Pistic and I've
045talked to um the other the um G Farms um and they're they're doing food and other they're get they're not just producing the food, they're also starting processing. Sure. process proper. You know, we can open that conversation with our agriculture classes, the FFA when they come back in when they're back in. And I I know that, you know, over the next couple of years, one of our areas of focus is to increase the workplace experiences for our especially juniors and seniors as they kind of hone in on what they want to study. So, um that'll fall right in line with that and um so we can definitely do that. Okay. I like it. It's it's right in line with the construction management company being willing to work with is I mean I like this is
046a good I know we've talked but the update on the committees for the referendum that will be at the next board meeting. So I will at the second meeting of every month I'll provide a referendum construction update to the board. What's going on with the fire department? I'm honorable to they are they will be at our next meeting. So they'll provide an update at the next board meeting and then we can discuss the board can discuss what if anything they they need to do. Okay. Okay. Any other topics, future agendas? All right. Uh, the board of education is scheduled for a close session to discuss Illinois open meetings act. Public comments. Oh, public comment. Seeing none. Uh, the board of education is scheduled for a closed session to discuss Illinois Open Meetings Act sub 111
047and 2 sub C sub one where there will be no action taken following the session. Therefore, after the vote to go into close session, the recording of tonight's meeting will be concluded. I will entertain a motion to go into close session to discuss Illinois Open Meetings Act sub 2 subc sub 111 and 2 subc sub one at 6:43 p.m. second and a roll call. Mr. Manovsky I Mr. Klesner. Hi, Mrs. Simmons. Hi, Mr. Cook. Hi, Mr. McCauley. Hi, Dr. Lawler. Hi, Mr. Stalco. Hi. Motion carries 70. We are we will start close session