001The hour of 6:00 having arrived, special meeting and proclamation of results of the April 1, 2025 consolidated election and meeting of the board of education. I pledge allegiance 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. Mr. Roll call, please. Mr. Sure. here. Here present here. Dr. Freigh House. We have recognitions this evening. Good evening, honorable board members and Mr. Superintendent. Congratulations to Aiden Pancros and Nate Kle on qualifying for the HSA swimming and diving state meet. Aiden qualified for the 50 yard yard freestyle and Nate qualified for diving. And also Nate will be swimming at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Division 3. Come on up, Nate. Diving, right, Nick? You're diving at the school. Okay.
002Never tell a diver they're going to be swimming. And never tell a swimmer they're going to be diving. Congratulations to our FCCLA students for qualifying and competing at the FCCLA state competition in Springfield. A total of 10 students represented RB's FCCLA chapter with six competing in the Shakuri event, two in bacon and pastry and two in sports nutrition. The team received several gold medals and silver medals in the shakureri events and many of our students placed in the top 10 of their event category. In addition, students Amelia Monia and Isabelle Mel qualify for SECLA National Championship. Congratulations. If you're here, please come on up. Michaela Hog, Amelia [Applause] Madonia, Isabelle Morela. Congratulations, Greta Huns. [Applause] Ria [Applause] McDonaldus. Congratulations. I'm so proud of you. Jarit Kirros, congratulations. Sophia [Applause] Rodriguez. Congratulations, Eva Rodriguez. Congratulations. And
003last but not least, Alexandra Sales. And now I would like to invite our culinary arts teacher, Mr. Lewis. [Applause] Good evening, Morton. I just want to take the time to thank you for this opportunity and recognizing our students and their achievements. We had a wonderful FCCLA season um with about 10 of us going to state and two qualifying for nationals. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to get practice in the culinary experience and especially with the addition of the new lab. So, thank you. Thank you. Kayn Novak and Amelia Royer performed the choreographed dance, Waiting for Something, at the Illinois High School Dance Festival State Showcase on Saturday, April 5th. Their dance was one of just 15 selected out of 40 student choreograph submissions across the state of Illinois. Congratulations to Kayn and
004Amelia and representing RB dance at the state [Applause] level. And now I would like to invite our dance teacher and wellness teacher, Miss D. Good evening everyone. I just want to thank you for this opportunity to uh showcase our dancers Kayn and Amelia. Um they took their piece Waiting for Something which was a duet. Um they self-coreed it. So they choreographed it and danced in the piece. Um it made it to what is our like state version um of of not competition, but it's adjudicated and then accepted into the showcase. Um RB hosted the showcase this year. So that was another honor that we had um to represent our school in RBHS dance. So we just want to say congratulations and um thank you so [Applause] much. Honorable board members, that concludes our recognitions. To
005all the families, all the students and coaches, if you could join us outside for some pictures, please. Okay. Thank you, Dr. Um, moving on, we do have some board business to cover before we transition. We have consent calendar items. Miss Ruska, you had a question on one of the consent calendar items. Do you wish it to be removed from consent calendar and taken as a separate item? Uh, which item was that? The consistant application, right? There were a couple of So, so a quick motion to move that away from consent calendar. Does everyone agree? So, move we'll take it separately unless you consent first and then we can go to your item. All right. May not be necessary but just phrase. Okay. Okay. So, for consent, if you would be so kind. Um, the board
006of education township high school district 208 Cook County, Illinois takes the following action on the listed consent agenda items. approves minutes from the meetings held on April 8th, 2025 open and close sessions and the Verde Solutions contract as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. Second. We need a second from Miss Lock. Um, all in favor? Oh, we need a roll call. Excuse me. Mr. D. Yes. Miss Ga. Yes. Mr. Russ, yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. Yes. And then since we had separate questions on consolidated just to keep it clean, um Dr. Smatana, would you mind addressing? Yes, there were two questions submitted. One was about the section uh related for low-income, eels, special ed, neglected, and delinquent students. Uh the question was uh was this section for all of our students at
007risk? Um and the answer is no. Those are specific for those populations. The grant application um needs to specifically address those populations. So even if we're doing something for all student like even if we're doing something for EL students that applies to other atrisisk students that are not EL students I only need to address the EL students. So some of the terminology is just student meeting the grant requirements that the grant reviewer told us that needed to be in their previous years but that wasn't the one specifically. So, we had a couple of boxes that said for uh immigrant students and were the were those boxes specific for just immigrant students? So, we do we do need to address immigrant students in the grant application and so uh okay because I didn't see a box
008for all of the students listed like I didn't see a special box for low-income students. I didn't see a special box for EL students. Uh it seemed like several of the boxes kind of included them all together. So I think we have about two or three boxes that just said for immigrant students. This is the state form, correct? Yeah, just the state form and those boxes autopop populate and then we have to answer the questions that uh come up on the form. Okay. So there there is a a separate section for immigrant students that we need to address. I I can't answer why the state sometimes groups them together in one box and you have to address each population within one box and why they're in separate boxes, but um we just try to answer
009the questions and we reach out to the grant reviewer as needed to make sure we're in compliance with that. Okay. Um the second question was about SAT. Um as we transition to the ACT, we still do have SAT data for our seniors and some of our juniors. So it's kind of a transition year. So, I did review the grant um after putting it in the board packet to make sure that any references that needed to be updated to ACT were updated to ACT. Okay. So, I think that that concludes the discussion. Um thank you. Would you mind? The board of education Township High School District 208 approves um the consolidated district plan grant application as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. Second. Second from Mr. Van Horse. And could we just do
010a roll call again on that, please? Yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. Um, under old business, I don't believe we have any life safety items, capital improvement, sustainability, but we do have the Canon copier contract. Correct. Dr. Smatana. Uh there were no questions submitted uh on this and nothing has changed from um I shouldn't say nothing has changed. We were able to finalize the contract which is listed in uh in board packet and has been reviewed by the district's legal uh council. So we recommend approval tonight. Um we are going we are recommending the fiveyear term um which we're predicting about costing the district about $60,000 a year. Are there any questions submitted? I don't think so. No questions. Comfortable moving forward, please. Miss Gaska, resolve that the board of education, township high
011school district 208, Cook County, Illinois, approves the copier contract with Canon Solutions as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. Second, second from Miss Lock, and a roll call. Mr. Rusk, yes. Miss Lack, yes. Mr. No, yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Dens, yes. Mr. Yes. Um, moving on to new business, we do have the proclamation of results of the April 1, 2025 school board election. Whereas on the first day of April, 2025, there was held in and for Township High School District number 208, Cook County, Illinois, commonly known as Riverside Brookfield Township High School, an election for the purpose of electing three members to the board of education for full terms. We did receive from the Cook County Clerk, having completed the canvas of all votes cast for district 208, the following vote totals
012for the full term of four years. Nicholas Caputo 2008, Patrick Williams, 1677, Lorena Gasa, 2,233, Ryan Van Hor, 1478, Eric West, 168. So, excuse me, I got myself out of order. I apologize. On the first day there was held in first day of April 2025 there was held in in four township high school district number 208 Cook County Illinois commonly known as Riverside Brookfield Township High School an election for the purpose of electing three members to the board of education for full terms. And whereas the set election has been called and held as provided under the election laws and the returns of set election have been examined and recorded by the Cook County Clerk's Office in accordance with the Illinois election code. Now therefore be resolved by the board of education of Township High School
013District number 208, Cook County, Illinois, that this board of education accepts the certificate of results prepared for the Cook County Clerk's Office and that the following were elected to membership on the board of education for full terms and per provisions of the election code and will be seated at the April 29th, 2025 board meeting for a full term of four years. Nicholas Caputo, Lena Gaska, Patrick Williams. We have a roll call, please. Um, yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Dumpler. Yes. Mr. Derk. Yes. Yes. Yes. Miss Gaska. Would you mind? Whereas Carolyn Lach served as a member of the board of education of the Riverside Brookfield Township High School District number 208 Cook County, Illinois from November 2022 to April 2025. And Ryan Venor served as a member of the board of education of the Riverside Brookfield
014Township High School District number 208, Cook County, Illinois from April 2021 to April 2025. And whereas they gave conscientiously and generously of their time and energies during that time. Whereas they served with dedication and great distinction and gave outstanding service to the faculty, staff, administration, students, and community. Now therefore, be it resolved by this board of education of Riverside Brookfield Township High School District number 208, Cook County, Illinois. that this expression of esteem and appreciation of Carolyn Lach and Ryan Ben Horst and the great benefits which have accred to the school by reason of their unselfish service be incorporated in the minutes of this meeting of said board and a signed copy of this resolution be presented to them and the board of education in witness whereof do here unto affix our signatures and seal
015at Riverside Illinois this 29th day of April 2025. Five. Thank you. We're going to take a minute and say a few words before we do a all in favor. Does anyone wish to speak or I can jump in? Well, we'll start us. Okay, I will start. So, I want to personally thank both Miss Lock and Easter of course um as our departing board members. They both did the work week after week, meeting after meeting. Being a good board member means not only attending the meetings, but also reading through the packet and other materials provided and also bringing an awareness to the needs of the whole district through fair budgeting and policymaking dis decisions. I am personally thankful to you both. Carolyn Lach, you stepped in when we had a vacancy and then you were subsequently
016reelected. You served the district with diligence and professionalism. I could always count on her to approach board work with thoroughess and tact and she brought her substantial experience as a former board member, a parent, and an education professional to many discussions. Ryan Venhor, you came into the district during a period of unrest and continually worked hard to serve the students of RB. You were especially aware of the needs of teachers and advocated strongly for not just them, but also the students of district 2208. I personally thank you both for your service. You'll be missed. Finally, since I do have the floor, I do want to thank Maryannne Nardy, who has announced her retirement after many years of service to District 208 as our board secretary. Um, so thank you, Maryanne, as well. But I'll pass
017it on to other board members who may wish to say a few words and Dr. Skinkis. Like I would turn it to the board first if that's okay. Brian and Carol, we will all miss you. We thank you immensely for all your efforts, your wisdom, your knowledge. Um, the list can go on. We thank you. We're going to miss you, Mary. Thank you. It was a pleasure serving with you both. Thank you for everything you taught me the last two years. And um good luck good luck with everything you guys do. Yeah, Ryan, you're you're surrounded by students all day long and yet you did not wear thin and you didn't get frustrated or run short of patience. And there are a few people who can say that they've devoted their life 24/7 to students
018that aren't their own. So it's the end of April. My patience is running. So, we just really want to thank you for being able to, you know, go the extra mile and do doing that and with your unique insight and even your unique insight into the vocational area and some of those areas that, you know, it's hard to find teachers that gave us a lot of insight and help in that area. and Carolyn, thank you so much for being willing to step up and, you know, bringing your insight from your professional work and also your board work. Um, I'd like to u echo what Deanna said. Um, Caroline, thank you for jumping in at a time when it was it was needed. So, um, really appreciative of that. And to Ryan, thank you so much.
019Um, I had the opportunity to meet Ryan four and a half years ago. Um and um it was great um it was great working with you. Thank you for your work also um on selecting um the student adviserss. I think that that you brought a unique perspective to that. So thank you. Thank you Carolyn Ryan. Thank you for volunteering your time to uh serve on the school board. Uh I know you'll do a lot of great things with all the compensation you received. That's tongue and cheek, right? because uh you do this because you really care about your community and you really care about the schools and most importantly you both care about the kids. Uh so I want to thank you for volunteering your time and your commitments to the students, staff and community
020of Riverside Brookfield High School and most importantly I want to thank you for your support for myself and my team, your patience and your professionalism to help us uh continue to move this school district forward. So thank you very much Maryanne. Thank you very much. It's been 14 plus years and uh you've been a great assistant to me as well as to the board. All in favor? I I thank you both. Thank you. [Applause] Um, it has been an absolute pleasure to work with all of you. Um, I've listed the names going back to Tom Jacobs with the energy that he brought in and um and at with his exit and filling a position and then having another exit uh from Mona uh moving out of the district and needing to relinquish her spot and
021finding Carolyn. I appreciate everybody's effort. It's been uh a pleasure to work with you all and I just can't say how much it makes me feel a part of the community. It's why I wanted to run again was it's a special place to be. So for those joining uh I hope you uh pour your energy in but really appreciate all that you have around you. And I just want to say thank you to Dr. Skankis and Dr. Smatana and Dr. Freighas. Um as I came in green as could be not knowing anything trying to figure out what a budget was supposed to look like versus what all those numbers were. Um you sat down with me uh Dr. Montana and uh gave me some insights as to what to look for, what to understand and
022ultimately my uh vocation on the other side of the desk in the classroom has uh provided me um the opportunity to see kids in action and it's been great sitting on this side. I'm seeing where those decisions all uh you know make a difference in what's going on in a school community. So, I listed the the names of the student adviserss, but Claire and Elena, Asia and Paulina, Joseph, Michaela, and Emma and Olivia, um you guys are the reason that we're here, and truly appreciate the effort that you guys put in. And as I've said, uh to each group, um you're charged. You need to uh continue your your public service efforts because it matters. And thank you all. taking that long. Um I uh I appreciate the opportunity. I actually was I came to
023RBS um right before COVID you had a session where you invited schoolboard members from the feeder districts which is where I was and you were working on your mission and figuring out what it was that I was actually in that room. So looking back now my son was in fourth grade. I probably came to that meeting when he was in sixth grade and now he's finishing college or first year of college, not college completely. Um, but it has been um, eyeopening, educational, and an honor to serve both the North Riverside students and the Riverside Brookfield students in this capacity. So, I hope you all get as much out of it as we have. So, thank you. Congratulations to Maryanne as well. Yes, Maryanne. Nice job. Thank you. Exit stage left. Thank you very much. So,
024unfortunately, this is the time like it's like Disney where we change over from like Halloween to Christmas, right? So, at this time, I'd ask Mr. Caputo and Mr. Williams to come forward, please. Bye, guys. [Music] If you would like to set your stuff down and then come in the table in front of the board. [Music] You could just uh stand in front of that table please. Yeah. Anus correct. I'm sorry. Yes. You You have to be Do you want to have a piece? You're good. Okay. [Music] At this time, I'd like to administer the oath of office to the new board members, Nicholas Caputo, Lorena Gasa, and Patrick Williams. I state your name. I do solemnly swear. swear that I faithfully discharge, please lead with me. Faithfully discharge the duties of the office of the
025board of education of Riverside Brookfield High School High School District 208 in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and the laws of the state of Illinois to the best of my ability. I further swear that I shall respect taxpayer interest by serving as a faithful protector of school district assets. I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek ad while respecting the privacy of students and employees. I shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made vote at a public meeting. I shall abide by majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. As part
026of the board of education, I shall accept the responsibility for the role in the equitable and quality education of every student in the school district. I shall foster with the board extensive participation in the community, formulate goals, define outcomes, and set the course for Riverside Brookfield Township High School District 208. I shall assist in establishing a structure and an environment designed to ensure all students have the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework. I shall strive to ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children in compiance with state law. I shall serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community school to advance the vision of Riverside Township High School District 208. and I shall strive to work together with
027the district superintendent to lead a school district toward fulfilling the vision the board has created fostering excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills, knowledge, citizenship and personal development. Congratulations. [Applause] We could just give them two seconds. it. You want to make sure that their laptops are set up and good to go. Yeah. Okay. Great. [Music] Do you mind if I grab a picture? No, please. Please. [Music] They they've elevated the dress code. [Music] Thank you. Wonderful. Now, we need to appoint a temporary board president and secretary in order to facilitate our reorganization. So, I would move to appoint Bill Durkin as temporary president and I move to appoint Maryanne Nardy as temporary secretary. [Music] Resolved that the board of education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, hereby appoints Bill Durkin
028as temporary president and Maryanne as temporary secretary of the board of education. All in favor? I. Any objections? We can move forward. Um, at this point, I'd like to nominate Deanna Zas for the office of president. I'd like to ask for a member to read the following resolution. Resolved that Deanna Zalis, a member of the Board of Education, Township High School, District 208, Cook County, Illinois, be and is his by declared elected to the office of the president of said Board of Education for a two-year term. Okay. I'll we can put it in the record as having second that nomination. Yes, that's that's fine. We can second. Is that Miss Ruska? Yes. Okay. Thank you. I think we still need to do that. It's an all in favor. But yes, we do. It's good to
029have protocol. Absolutely. And then we can have discussion. Well, I think you can you can pose it to discussion to the to the audience. The president. Uh any discussion? Yeah. Thank you. No, I see facial expressions but no discussion. Okay. So since no discussion, Nick can read the no discussion. All in favor? All in favor? I I thank you all for your support. We we'll be a little smoother on this one. That'll be the attempt. Um I would nominate Lorena Gasa for the office of vice president. resolved that Lena Gaska, a member of the Board of Education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, be and is hereby declared elected to the office of vice president of set board of education for a two-year term. Can we have a second for that? Second. We
030have a second from Mr. Durkin. Any discussion? Any discussion? All in favor? I I The eyes have it. Congratulations, Miss Gasco. Thank you. Okay. Um, we do need to establish the compensation of the board secretary, which is a as a non-board member. Uh, Nick, would you be so kind as to read the resolution? Yes. Resolved that the compensation of the secretary of the board of education as a non-member be established at the current rate of $7,500 for each year of the two-year term and for the current term to extend through April 2027. And I will second that. Um, and just for the for the group, uh, this is, uh, the stipen for the board secretary. With Miss Nard's retirement, we will be naming a new board secretary, but we need to have the the stipen
031established. Any discussion, comments? It's fairly standard. And we have a roll call, please, from Miss Nardy. Do we need a second? I need a second. No, I seconded it. Second. I did. Yes. It was a Nick and then it was a Daisy. We do need a roll call since it involves allocation. Yes, Mr. Derk. Yes, [Music] thank you. I apologize. There were just too many fonts going on there for for my for me to get through it smoothly. I apologize for the the bumpiness. Um Dr. Mr. Skin case, we need to affirm the regular and committee of the whole meeting dates of the school board for 2526. This was in the packet for everyone. Did the new members get a chance to look at this? They should have. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Is there any discussion
032to the meeting calendar? And what page are we on, Maryannne? I had 144. So one question because in January we were talking about originally not having a meeting. So what you're proposing on January 20th that would be our regular meeting then. Right. Correct. So not our committee of the whole when this gets posted to the public website. We will leave the yellow highlights because that is the only meeting that will take place on the third Tuesday of the month. And we also highlighted in the explanation below that and that's due to the way the board has observed that returning from winter break and um having two meetings in January and both of those meetings were rather short. It makes sense to have one meeting in January and returning from winter break. So that will be
033a regular. It's highlighted that it's a regular. And if we need to vote, then we just have it as a special, right? I mean, if there's any business No, it's a regular. So, we'll be it's going to be labeled as a regular business meeting. Yeah. So, that we Okay. So, if we have any business to take care of, we can still do that. Okay. Right. But, but my understanding is uh Dr. Smantana reviewed for payment of bills and it doesn't put us in any type of issue with correct continuity of services. Okay. Good. With any discussion or questions, so we can move forward. The Board of Education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, affirms the regular and committee of the whole meeting dates for the 2025 2026 school board calendar as presented in
034the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. Can we have a second, please? Second. Second from Mr. Durkin. Um, we do need an all in favor. All in favor? I. Any objections? So carries. Uh, Dr. Skinis, do you want to talk us through the the next couple of items here? Signitories for the impressed account and financial reports. The assistant superintendent superintendent are recommended signitories for the impress account and financial reports for the 2526 school year. This is a formality that is done annually. Um this allows us to sign prior to a board meeting and then the check would get approved at upcoming board meeting uh as well as with financial reports with the township treasurer's office. Any questions from anyone? This is again a formality. The board of education township high school district 208 Cook County
035Illinois hereby affirms the authorization of the assistant superintendent and the superintendent as signitories for impressed account and financial reports for the 2025 2026 school year as presented in the April 29 2025 board agenda packet. So moved. We have a second. A second. A second for Mr. Novak. And uh any discussion? All in favor? I. Motion carries. Uh next item, Dr. Skinkis. Authorization of signatorries for the board in addition to the president and the secretary in the event the president's absent and the vice president needs to sign any official documents on behalf of the board. This resolution would approve the vice president, Lorena Gasa, to serve as a signatory. Can you read the resolution, please? The board of education, Township High School District 208, Kak County, Illinois, hereby affirms the authorization of vice president as a
036signatory for the board in addition to the president and secretary as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. We have a second. Second. Second from Mr. Durkin. Any discussion? All in favor? I. No objection. So moved. Designation of district newspapers. Another formality. The board has asked to designate the following as newspapers estab that published in district 208. The suburban life newspaper, my suburban life main office out of Downers Grove and the landmark newspaper out of Oak Park. This is for whenever we need to post a u regulated posting 10 days before like our budget approval, our hearing date, um our special ed notice and child fine. This is the one of the two newspapers we will use. We didn't want one of the larger papers like the Sun Time or the Tribune that
037has a a broad No, this is intended to be for your readers that serve go into your district. This is not forbidding something of that nature. This is just your um Okay. formality for your designated district newspaper. It's a statutory compliance issue, too. Right. The board of education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, hereby designates the suburban life newspaper and the landmark newspaper as the newspapers of record for district 208 as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. We had a second, please. I'll second. Second from Mr. Novak. Any discussion? Any additional discussion? Good. All in favor? I. Motion carries. Designation of Go ahead. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Designation of district depository. This the formality. Again, we just established that the First American Bank in Riverside and the Republic Bank of
038Chicago uh in Berwin, Illinois will serve as the depositories for the school activity accounts and any additional funds. Correct, Dr. Smatana? Correct. And for the board of education accounts as well. Board of Education accounts as well. The board of education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, appoints the First American Bank, Riverside, Illinois, and the Republic Bank of Chicago, Berwin, Illinois, as the depositories of record for district 208 as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. We have a second, please. Second. Second from Mr. Durkin. Any discussion? Yeah, quick question. So at one point we used to kind of look to see that the bank that we were using gave us the best interest rate and the and you know the money that we had in there. Do we still have a
039mechanism for doing that? Do we still check to see that our depositories are giving us the best? Um the banking is a responsibility of the township treasurer. So the township treasurer has designated uh the Republic Bank of Chicago. So all of our board accounts are housed at Republic Bank. First American Bank for our board accounts just serves as a depository. So we can deposit money there and then it gets transferred to the Republic Bank of Chicago. Um we continue to use First American Bank for our activity accounts as well as our Impress account. So on any given uh month, it's about maybe half a million dollars that we have um in that account. Um there's a lot involved in um changing a bid. So, um, that's something we do. We, that's not something that we
040do regularly. We don't really, um, earn, you're not really earning a ton of interest off of just the activity accounts, but we had done that in the past every so often. You know, when Gary was president, he had looked to see that we were actually gaining some interest from money that we had in the bank. I think the first American bank has been with me pretty close to 14 years. It just I think the name changed in downtown Riverside. Correct. I mean the township treasurer can the main person. Can you confirm this? Yeah. I mean that they're the ones who would be checking for appropriate responses and that's included in that report we get from the TTO and the township treasur is the one that invests our money um for the cash on hand for
041all of our board of education accounts. That's for our larger accounts. Even for our activity accounts as you mentioned there's about a half a million at any point that could be in those accounts for some could be there for a couple of months because sometimes money is spent towards the end of the year at a particular point. I just I I just seem to remember that on occasion we would check to see that we were getting something from from using the bank. I mean my my thought here is this is an area where you know over the over the next year as we before we reaffirm this we can ask that the administration look at it and just do a spot check. Obviously there's a lot of fluctuations in the market going on today. I
042think moving anyone's investment is is somewhat frowned upon. Um but I do think that this is an action item we can put in for the next time we're looking at the depository accounts. Is is there a quick assessment a bank tonight? No, no, no. I'm not saying Yeah. I'm saying we approve this tonight. I'm just saying it's a future action item. Yeah. That that I think Yeah. So, as we come up on this next year, this is something we do annually, you know, um I think it's something that we should think about and look through some of our history to see what we've done in the past. Okay. Yeah, that's I think that seems like a reasonable ask for the administration as we renew this in a in a future future setting. Uh, superintendent advisory
043councils is the next approve. Let's approve this one, please. Thanks. So, we have we have a motion. We had a second and we do need it all in favor. I Any objections? Motion carries. Thank you. Advisory councils. Okay. The superintendent uses advisory council model to assist with the development and implementation of district programs, projects, and initiatives. The superintendent will request board members to attend or participate along with members of the administration or staff as needed. Regular monthly report is provided to the sup by the superintendent and participating board members to the entire board on topics discussed at an advisory council meeting. Um my tenative assignments for right now would be personnel would be Mr. Novak and Miss Gaska. Technology and curriculum would be Miss Herusa and Miss Gaska. Finance would be Miss Zis and Mr.
044Caputo. Policy would be Mr. Williams and Miss Alis. Facilities would be Mr. Durkin and Mr. Novak. And then as needed, insurance renewals or purchase or lease of land, Mr. Durkin and Miss Alis. Um, my goal is to try to at least have each of these advisory councils meet once a semester. Uh, and that would would align with our board operational calendar and some of the presentations of information that are given to the board. This is a non- voting item. It's just anformational item for the the board as we organize today. This could change at any time. That's why we don't take formal action. Well, I think it's important to note that we don't have a committee structure for the 208 district. We're a smaller district. So, this council approach I think Dr. Skinkis implemented a
045number of years ago. I actually did you inherit it. Okay. So, it's been the the method of of dealing with board business for a number of years. I I appreciate the commitment to hold regular meetings. I think some of these have more regular meetings than others, policy in particular. Um, congratulations, Patrick. You know, there is a more regular cadence to it because of how legislation comes through. Sure. Um, but I I I think having the focus on attempting to meet once a semester does make sense and it's a good opportunity to hear individual board member concerns. Yeah. And I my the rationale that uh you know it's it's good sometimes to provide a history on the superintendent advisory councils and versus the committees. The rationale is actually you're getting board members involved in and working
046with more of the staff members of the high school and the administration. So they're getting uh more hands-on experience. Also um the boards has at least six committee of the whole meetings and those are the meetings where then it's dedicated for these advisory councils to report out and the administration report out and for the board to engage in discussions. Um, now when we have a a month like coming up in the summer where we have only one meeting or like we just approved tonight where there's one meeting, um, if there's information to report out, we still put on each of those one month meetings, uh, the one meeting a month agendas a report by the principal and superintendent and assistant superintendent so that there still can be a working portion of the meeting for the
047board to participate, ask questions, etc. Yeah. And [Music] so just to you know reiterate um that's that's a model that this board has adopted but as you get to talk to other board members at the conference uh there are over 800 school boards in the state of Illinois and different boards adopt different um structures. Some are very active with several different committees where one board member might be on a committee and then they open it up and tell their participation. But that has been a model that has worked here for many years. Uh and so when you hear other people talk it that's why the conference is so valuable. You'll get to kind of expand and see how other school board members are doing things. I have a question about the council. So for the
048the meetings when they do happen are there minutes taken and is that reviewed by the larger board or is that just is that not a presentation is reported the is reported out at the next meeting. So the committee the whole meetings each correct and if there's no committee the whole meeting will happen at a regular board meeting. So you'll see the next phase on the agenda um of tonight's agenda is a superintendent report. Always on the bottom of my superintendent report is my advisory councils. If I were to have met from the last meeting to this meeting, that's where we would report out and share the information discussed and what we worked on. Gotcha. Are we ready to go? Any questions or comments from anyone else? I mean, I do think it's a model that
049helps move things along. Having been involved with a lot of committee work, it can be much more cumbersome. I think with the size of the district, this is the right match in terms of supporting initiatives. So when will we be establishing the meeting dates? Uh as as for you for an example when we receive the um the policy packets yours will be on a quarterly basis. So when we get that m um actually the replacement from Maryanne will send you a doodle poll to you and the other board member and myself and the administrators that are on that council of dates that work and then we will conduct the meeting. So there's no set like the other advisory councils may align a little easier with um like if you're on finance a budget approval you'll
050be around the month before the budget approval things like that and the board's operational calendar is available and I think I gave both of you a copy on Friday. Yeah. So I give you somewhat of an idea Patrick of when you'll be made. Thank you. Moving on, there's no president reports. Dr. Skink is your reports. Uh, three general district updates, superintendent advisory councils. As I discussed tonight, we do have some items that will need to be addressed before we head into summer or in summer. Uh, so more information will be forthcoming. I think once um the board secretary and my administrative assistant is set, I will work to uh get those dates on the calendar and get uh dates to the board members that need to participate. uh student adviser to the board of education
051interviews. Student advisor interviews will be held on May 8th. Uh Nick Novak and Miss Gas and Lorena Gasa will represent the board. The new advisors will be approved at the May committee of the whole board meeting which I believe is May 27th. End of the year events and activities. There's no principal report this evening as Dr. Freighos went in the last meeting. So, I just want to remind parents as we head into the last month of school, it's really important to make sure um you're checking your email, checking the website and social media for updates on all the events and end of the school year activities, especially seniors. Uh in regards to my advisory councils, no meetings occurred from the last board meeting to this board meeting. Uh however, I do have to get I
052believe we have a meeting a tenative meeting date scheduled. Uh Maryanne did send that out for Lorraine Aagaska and Laura Heresca for the technology and curriculum instruction. Uh I will need to have a facilities advisory council meeting before the June board meeting. Uh so that'll be Mr. Durkin and Mr. Novak. A finance advisory council will need to occur before the June board meeting to review the tenative budget and budget development. That's Miss Dalis and Mr. Caputo. No new updates on personnel. I did receive um a policy advisory council, a policy update from the school board association that is not due or has to be finalized until August. I will uh set up a meeting date for June or July u with Mr. Williams and Miss Alis to go through the policy uh recommendations from the
053schoolboard association and that'll come in the Friday update or the I mean from what is Illinois association it will be attached to the May third uh will follow the same practice it will be attached to the an upcoming board meeting as a first read board agenda as a first read for the whole board. Dr. Skinis, do you want to mention the RBE meeting coming up as well? Yes, we will have a meeting uh with the RBEA next uh at the third May 13th meeting at 6 PM. So that school board meeting will May 13th will start at 6:00 p.m. Um in our collective bargaining agreement there the board and the union agree to meet uh twice a year. So, we set those up once each semester um just to make sure the board and the
054executive board of the collective binging unit have an opportunity to share any ideas and engage in general discussions. So, next week that meeting will begin at 6 p.m. I will get you information on location and a light dinner will be provided next month for uh it's actually May 13th, right? So, yes, next month. Okay. I was not next week. We start planning the we start planning the agenda next week. I'm sorry. So on on that note, if anyone on the board has any suggestions for the agenda, they should bring them to Dr. Skinis or or my attention. Um I think we've had some very good discussions with RBA in the past, their executive committee. Um but I think it would be helpful to take any of your contributions and and Dr. Skinkis can incorporate that
055to the agenda. And that concludes my superintendent report for April 29th. Thank you, Dr. Smatana. Uh, good evening. Tonight, I'll provide the board of education with financial information through the month of March, which represents 75% of our fiscal year. So, I'll start with the monthly summary report. Uh, the total operating revenue for the month was $9,721,711. 96% coming from property tax, 3% coming from our evidence-based funding, which is our state funding, and 1% from local revenue. The total operating expenditures for the month were $2,248,94 with 86% towards salary and benefits, 4% on transportation, and 3% on operations and maintenance. Um, the next set of reports is our monthly financial statements. You'll see the summary of revenues shows that the district has received almost 91% of our budgeted revenue for the year. This percent is similar
056to this time last year of 91.89%. The summary of expenditure shows that the district has spent almost 74% of the budgeted revenues for the year. This amounts pretty similar to this time last year too of 95 9%. Um, as always, I included the statement of revenues and expenditures for the board accounts for the month of March. Uh there were several questions submitted this month. Um the first question would be on board book page 57. The question was if do we have any tax appeals? Uh the answer is yes. Uh we always have tax appeals. There's separate line items in the budget. Um there was a question about whether or not there were concerns about tax appeals. Um and there are not right now. Um we are currently working through one um bigger tax appeal which
057is with the Riverside uh golf club. Um, and the district's attorney is currently working through that one. We try usually try to reach a settlement with larger ones such as, you know, the North Riverside Mall in the past. Um, but we don't have any indication of when that will be resolved. Sometimes they move slow and sometimes they move quick depending on how quickly we're able to reach uh a settlement. Um, the next question is also on board book page 157. It was a question in regards to our interest on investments. Um it is over budget this year, but that means it's a good thing. It means we earned more money or interest on our investments than we anticipated. Um and there are several line items uh in the budget for this revenue. Uh that's just
058pointed out one in our ED fund. Um we did not use or earmark any of this money for the culinary lab uh was another question. We receive this money quarterly which is why this amount looks different over the course of the year. Okay. Um we received the first amount. Um the township treasur starts the investment cycle in March um and goes through February. Um the next question submitted on this uh report is board book page 167 uh in regards to special ed transportation is the account name. Um this does show that it's over budget. Um but these expenses were charged to the wrong account. They should be on the account below which is ladsy transportation. Um, we had already submitted that request to the township treasur. They're the ones that make the adjustments on our
059behalf. Um, they have made the adjustment, but you won't see it on uh until next month's statement. Um, driver's ed supplies uh is correct. Same page. Uh, for transportation, it is correct that it's um 629% over budget. Uh, the percent is high, but the line item is roughly only $3,000. Um, and that is because we had to install new passenger brakes in the driver's ed cars because we received new driver's ed cars and it was an unexpected expense uh that we weren't anticipating. Um, the next question is in relationship to fund 50 accounts um on board page 168. Uh there are two retirement accounts that appear to be over budget. Um these are newer accounts due to underestimating uh the expenses or the benefits related to uh those salaries but the overall fund will be
060within our under budget um and those will be adjusted for next year. Um next in my report is the student activity account summaries. So this report uh this financial software is in Skyward which is different than our board accounts. So for these accounts every month the negative account balances represent positive fund balances for those accounts. Um next I provided an update on the township treasurer. The township treasurer held two board meetings this month. One on April 7th and one on April 16th. I included the meeting agendas. Um the board uh the township treasur board did vote to accept uh three districts on a contract basis into the provisor township treasur. Those are districts 105, 106, and 107. So, they will um in all lessons be like another member in the township. Um but they don't
061have a a voice. They don't have a seat at the table in terms of governing the town of treasure. Um it's kind of how it operates. Um no, I saw the I just didn't know if it was approved or not. So 105 and 106. 105 approved it last night. 106 have pre have previously approved it. 107 won't approve it until um May 21st because their meeting was the same day as the day we uh voted them in. Was Lrange originally with the township and then pulled out? No, that's that's out of their own They're in the Lions Township treasurer's office, not ours. But you are correct. They did pull out of their treasur's office. Okay. So, they pulled out of theirs, but they were never in with with um they're in Lions Township. We're in
062Proviso Township. Okay. So adding three districts will provide uh significant cost savings to the district on an annual basis. It also increases the amount of money that can be invested which um obviously in turn increases our investment opportunities. There was a question submitted about why the fees for the township treasurer went up this year. Uh the district's expenses are based on a formula given by the state which requires it to be based on the revenue and the percent of all districts combined. That's taken from your AFR. So, our auditor is currently working with the TTO to determine if that's on a cash or an approval basis and to kind of double check that um because ours did go up um unproportionately to other districts. So, those two people are working through that right now. So,
063would that require a correction to the audit or would that require a correction on the the TTO side? Um if anything, I would believe it would be the TTO. I don't believe the audit is changing because the audit is required to do on an approval basis and they have to back out or they have to look at the So it's not about the audit numbers just just to clarify just they're just clarifying the procedure of that. Okay. Yeah. Because it definitely was disproportionate. Correct. Um culinary lab tracking document I included uh for the board. This uh project was completed in November. Um there's one outstanding commissioning item that was should be should be closed this week. Um and then uh we'll have the final commissioning bill at the May board bills. Um but that's already
064captured on the tracking document. There's a question submitted about why we post the bid in the displays journal to advertise. Uh the district's construction manager handles this for large construction projects and this newspaper has um online bidding services that subscribe to that newspaper. So it reaches a wide net of um construction um contractors which is why they post there. Um next uh every year I provide an update on the annual wellness committee. So the wellness committee was formed to meet the requirements set forth by um a public act which requires school districts to establish a local wellness um policy. Um I'm not going to read it all to you. Um but we do a variety of events um throughout the year both for staff um and then students have been doing um we have a
065group of students that do quarterly tastings with Quest to provide them feedback on offerings in the cafeteria as well. Um and then we provided an update from our PE department um in regards to what they're doing for wellness. And that concludes my uh report for tonight unless there are any additional questions. Seeing none. Thank you, Dr. Spatana. Are there any discussion or information items from any of the members of the board for future meetings? No, for today. Just for today. You want We'll get to future meetings towards the end here. Has anyone here for visitors comment? I know we have a number of people in the audience. No. Okay. Thank you. Now, any additional discussion items. Yeah. I I think it would um be useful for the board to have um and I don't know
066how long it'll take administration, you know, to prepare stuff because we got an email regarding the driver's ed. You know, how many students are taking that? You know, the cost, what kind of supplies are we using? I think it's been a while since we've had a nice presentation on that. Uh we have some parents saying it's hard to get into that uh schedule it. Um how often are we you know offering it? Do we offer it only in summer? Do we have a preschool after you know school offering it? So um so so is the board interested in a presentation just knowing that [Music] currently we offer it each semester and summer. Yes. The response to the uh we have one question submitted by a parent and the response to that is um we only
067can take 90 students in the summer very similar to when we offer summer school classes. We only have so much staff that can teach it. We only own two cars and in order to meet all the requirements and the classroom work between staffing and vehicles unless the board's going to buy a third vehicle for the summer. Well, could we Well, that's why I'm thinking it might be behoo us to have a little discussion. It seems out we have 1600 kids. We have 400 juniors, but we only offer 90 spots for in the summer. In summer, right? So, we we cover about half the junior class. A lot of students choose to take it uh privately. so that they can do it on the weekends and not interfere with their schedule. So they can take other
068electives or take two music courses or take things like that. And the cost of the RB driver's ed and private are about the same. Privates maybe $100, $150 more. Well, I recall from the last round of uh negotiations, we talked about driver's ed stipens because it is difficult to staff as well. Correct. So we did raise we use non RV teachers sometimes to teach our son and and so that's what I'm a little curious about who can teach at why we can't I I'm not convinced that half of the parents are choosing to go out outside and it's let's ask our student board members where did you guys take drivers at? I took my driver's ed here. So yeah, I didn't take drivers at just going to California. So, they had more you have more
069room in your schedule or um as of right now, um I I'm just taking lessons with my dad, but cuz when you're 18, you don't need driver's ed. You could just take the test. That's Yeah. So, I guess my I guess I I hear your question. I'm not seeing a ground swell of support to have a robust driver's ed discussion. So, is there some other portion of our calendar where we can talk about some information and see if I can get it in a future Friday update and then if the board would like to do a followup in the fall? Yeah. Yeah. I don't need it soon, but I'm just kind of curious who else can teach it. What kind of certification can we offer it more often? Do we need do we need to
070consider this point? Okay. Yeah, it could be worth just finding out the cost if if we can figure out the basics of that. But I I do I I know that my daughter took it outside of the school and I know most of her friends did as well. Simply mainly like what Dr. Skanka said so they could fit other classes in their schedule. Yeah. Was the price outside comparable to It's pretty close. It's pretty close. It's like $180 or I just signed up my my daughter 180 bucks and they're more than anything. It just it gives them they can kind of do it on their own time. So, it's a fair question. It's worth finding out, but So, it sounds like we're at a point where if you could put some get some general data
071to the board in a future and then we can decide if we want to have a more robust discussion about it. Um, I think that would be helpful. That be, you know, I just cate the email is not the only time that's come up. So, it's come up at church, it's come up, you know, in the neighborhood. So, sure. That's why you know the email is just kind of the straw that broke the camel's back and said maybe we should maybe I should ask about it. So the other discussion item I would bring up is we also received an email regarding dual enrollment. So that's an issue that I know we have discussed at the board. Um and I think what we the where we left it was was we were looking at um utilization
072of the program over its first year. We're in the first year of usage. Correct me if I'm wrong. And my understanding is at the end of this year we'll have a sense of uh enrollment numbers and those will be incorporated into some other type of standing report and then perhaps the policy committee can determine if they want to address that in another fashion. So we have three we have dual credit, we have dual enrollment and then we we don't offer but we don't get in the way of dual degree. dual en uh dual degree is the one I think Miss Alis is referring to that the email there was an inquiry submitted the board addressed that inquiry from a different parent earlier in the year and stuck with our current policy um which which lays
073out how we will offer options to those students. So followup for this inquiry I believe is what she's asking is to see how many students have selected to take that next year and then the policy council can review again if they want to change or suggest changes to the rest of the if the board wants the policy committee to do it. I think we need some some basic numbers and then direct the the administration to look at it if that's viable. Yeah, we should because the dual credit students are taking high school classes. I misspoke. Dual degree I apologize. dual degree. So those are very different programs and so okay so I think we need to also make sure that that's really clear. So when would we have that type of information available after after
074enrollment is completed for the next year? Uh we I should be able to get that one before the summer. Okay. I'll put that in the Friday update as well. We already pulled the other districts. Again we were half paid for half don't. So, we were not the uh the loan one that's not uh does not pay for dual degree, but we do wave uh any RB fees while they're enrolled at TRA. Okay. So, I just wanted to put that one out there because again, if we're we're going through, you know, recent inquiries, that one has come up a couple of times. Anything else from anyone? Our new members want to jump in there? I had a couple of questions about the Varity contract, but we can push that to the next. Well, that's actually been
075approved. I I was just curious about a couple of things about going forward with it. I know it's been approved. I was just curious about So, I think the the the process, correct me if I'm wrong, Dr. Spantana, is we'll get regular updates as the the work begins and once the contract is executed. I think your specific question, you had some timing issues. We could take a minute if it's okay with the board if you are you prepared to. Yeah, sure. Okay. Uh the first question was about the um permitting process. um and the timing submitted with that. Um the original date was the 16th and through contract negotiations they wanted to change it at the last minute to September 18th. So I didn't update the action sheet, but um those dates are just an
076estimate um based off of their past experience in general. Sure. Uh they don't have experience necessarily going through the permitting process with the village of Riverside or with West 40. Um that's just their estimate as to how long they think it will take. But we do have wiggle room built into the project because we anticipate the modules or the panels arriving um well before we go to install them in late May and early June. We're choosing to delay the installation so that we can do it when students are not in the building. Got so if it takes a little longer, I'm not necessarily worried about that. Um then the other question was about the board's role in the engineering design review process. Uh the board does not approve these prior to the permitting process. the
077district's construction manager will review them as well as the architect and then ultimately they get approved uh through the permitting process. Got uh as well and we don't have a date at this time when we'll receive the engineering design specs and drawings from Verde. Um I'm hoping by the end of May um from our initial conversation, but um the first step is for them to come out and redo a a site survey um before they begin that process and that will happen um as soon as we sign the contract. Great. So Dr. Smatana, we'll have um updates on that as part of your report or under the sustainability section of the board or either one. We should just be on the look. I can do either one. Um, if we want to put it under
078sustainability so that it's a standalone item, I'm happy to do that. Or it can I I think my opinion is sometimes your reports have so much information that maybe it's easier if we peel off some million more finite issues. Probably have its own space on the agenda, right? That's one way to put it. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else since we're having discussion? Um, moving on to new business. We do have Is this a first read for the first student contract extension? Yes. Uh, so our current one-year contract with First Student, which is what we use for the district's field trip and athletic transportation, expires June 30th. Uh, the district went out for bid for this back in May 2016 and at the time only received one bid, which is for student. As a result, we've
079been um doing between that and you know the current conditions of the busing industry after COVID, uh we've been doing uh one-year contract extensions. Um this is the last one-year contract extension that's allowed by statute. Um and so next year, uh I do anticipate going back out to bid for uh this service. Um but given the continued state of bus driver shortages and the difficulty of getting buses, um I believe this is in our best interest. Um so not raising our rates significantly. Um I provided the historical information for the board in the chart below. Um there was a question submitted about a typo in the contract. Um and then it also conflicts with the chart. So in one place it says there's conflicts after 3 p.m. In another place it says 2 to 4.
080Um, I'll certainly work with the company to have them correct that. However, um, just as a note, um, due to the bus driver shortage, we haven't been charged this fee since CO because they simply tell us they can't accommodate it. Um, and so that's why we've been using charters when necessary. Um, if it's, you know, um, someone needs to go play off site and they don't have lights, for example, at the field or something of that nature, then we'll get a a charter bus. So, um, I will certainly have them correct it. So, it's consistent, but I can't remember the last time we were actually charged this. Okay. Thank you. Do we need to approve this tonight then since it is a one-year extension or is a first read appropriate? I'm fine with either. Okay.
081My suggestion since we do have new members to make this a first read that way we have time to look at it. If you have any additional questions, we'll get the contract language cleaned up and then we'll review it at the May 13th if that works for everyone. Sure. And same with the next item, right? That's a first read on the the piano. Correct. Is first street. Um, yep. So, since uh the 2019 1920 school year, uh, the district's been working with the music staff um, and creating a replacement schedule and plan for instruments, sound systems, lighting, etc. Um, depending on the fiscal year and depending on the need, they've ranged anywhere from almost 15,000 to um, 203,000. That was most expensive year for the auditorium lighting. Earlier this year, we replaced the band carpet
082for about 25,000. Um, to date, the music staff has spent almost 3,000 on replacement instruments. We did budget 15,000 for that. So, we just got some additional requests um in for that line item. Um, so at the February 25th board meeting, uh, the board of education agreed to move forward with purchasing the Steinway um, model B grand piano in concept um because we decided we weren't spending some other money that we had budgeted for um, the solar panels uh, this particular fiscal year. Um, and so due to the cost of the piano, we have to go out to bid. Um, the bid was released on March 26th. It was posted in the newspaper and the public bid opening was held on April 11th. Um, as expected, there was one bid submitted um for from Steinway
083and Suns for $1 131,540. Um, prior to going out to bid, uh, I did go to, uh, Steinway and Suns in Hinsdale, um, with the music staff and we conducted a site visit to assess the various different pianos that they had, discuss proper maintenance and storage, and then talk about the voicing process, um, for the piano as well. Um, this was the model that was picked out and preferred by the music staff. Uh, the district's attorney has reviewed the bid and the associated contract. Um, so the uh the cost for the district would be one uh $131,540. Think you had some questions on this. Oh, sorry. Yes, I did have a question. Um, so the contract states that there's one tuning within 90 days of delivery. Um, and then after that, uh, Steinway Suns recommends
084two tunings a year for the newer piano. Uh, we do contract with an independent contractor for that. Um, our existing pianos uh are usually tuned three to four times per year, usually around concert schedules. Um, and that is at $90 each. Gotcha. Thank you. You're welcome. So, this is a first read or do we need to move forward? First read. It's a first read. Okay. When When does the piano arrive? Uh, it depends on when we place the order. So, I don't have an answer for that. They're all individually made. So I can't I can't answer that until we place the order is the okay response I was given. So I think same logic as the prior item. We have two new members. Let's give them another two weeks to look at it and submit
085any additional questions and we can hopefully move forward and approve at our next meeting if that works. Can I ask one question? Do you know when would the order need to be placed so the students could have it for next year? Is that is that possible or does it take a year to We're hopeful to still No, we're hopeful to still have it by the fall. It all just depends on the inventory. Um and so they couldn't they couldn't really give us a dead a hard date until we actually um purchase it, but they did believe that the fall was doable. Yeah. Thank you. Usually they get pretty quick. Another comment someone else about the piano. Who is using that that partic because it's one piano so not you know is it advanced students or
086you know just how well this this piano would be used uh as the primary performance piano in the auditorium and then the current piano in the auditorium would rotate down um to off the top of my head I believe they wanted to put it in the band it's either the band or the choir room I believe it was the band room um and then they're just shifting pianos around and then the oldest piano that's in the worst condition. Um the goal would be to bring that to uh the disposal list for the board which will go in June. Um I've already reached out to several people. Um you know given the condition, the most money that I'll probably get for it is like $2,500. If we're really lucky, maybe I could get 3,000. Um but
087they have to come out and inspect it, so it could be less than that. Um, but that's how bad sh you know that's it's in pretty bad condition if that's the amount that you're getting for the piano. It's a piece of firewood. It really is I if it's possible usually when they're moving a piano in part of the deal is they can take one away. We should ask if they have I did ask there was a fee for it and I did find a refurbisher who was willing to possibly take it for $2,500. Yeah, there's a reason why you see free piano in a lot of different it's difficult to move them. Okay. And then there's still a plan to replace the other ones over a in a 5year continuum. Correct. Anything else? I would
088say to the piano that we're replacing is well over a hundred years old. So, we've gotten good use out of it. Lots of RB students have enjoyed it. Um, moving forward, visitor statements, second chance. Okay, moving forward. Um, consideration of items for future meetings. We did go a little bit out of order. I think we have some some thoughts. We can address that again if anyone likes to just to be a conformist to the agenda, but we did have that discussion already. And matters for close session this evening. Um we have appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, student discipline, individual student matters, purchase, sale or lease of real property, probable imminent or pending litigation, collective negotiations, school safety, and IASB district 208 process and procedures. The Board
089of Education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, enters close session for the purpose of considering the close session matters as presented in the April 29, 2025 board agenda packet. We have a second, please. Second. Second from Mr. Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams. Thank you. We need a roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. Williams. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you everyone.