001Hey, hey, hey. Come on. Hey, Good evening. I would like to call the Monday, April 13, 2026 board of education meeting to order. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kirk, >> here. >> Miss Khan, >> here. >> Miss Martin, >> here. Miss Nolan. >> Miss Schwarz. Miss Thomas >> here. >> Miss President Owens, >> here. May I have a motion to move into close session to discuss individual student disciplinary matters pending probable or imminent litigation the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park recreational or educational setting or specific volunteers of the public or legal council for the public body. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the school board. The setting of a price for the sale or lease
002of real property owned by the school board. An internal audit control weakness. Identification of potential fraud risk areas. Known or suspected frauds and fraud interviews. Collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or their representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. The review of close session minutes and individual student matters. >> So moved. Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr. >> Yes. >> Miss Khan. Yes, >> Miss Martin. >> Yes, >> Miss Thomas. >> Yes, >> President Owens. >> Yes, >> we are in close session at 6:01 p.m. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I feel Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. What do you think? Hey. Hey. Hey. Hallelujah. Hey, good evening everyone. I am going to resume the April 13, 2026 board
003of education meeting. Uh if I could have everybody stand for the pledge of allegiance and please remain standing for a moment of silence. To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We'd like to take a moment of silence for a U46 employee who recently passed away. Michael Bassich dedicated more than 33 years to the district. most recently serving as assistant principal of humanities at Bartlett High School for the past six years. Michael first joined U46 in 1992 as a substitute substitute teacher and basketball coach at Elgen High School. He taught English at Larson and Kenyon Woods middle schools before joining Fox Meadow Elementary as its assistant principal in 2016. Colleagues remember Mike for being the type of friend all
004hope to find in life. He was a genuine and caring man who cared deeply about his students and community and generously mentored and supported those around him. Mike passed away on April 2nd. He has survived by his wife Chrissy and his sons David and Nicholas. A visitation was held April 9th at Lar's funeral home in Elgen. We will keep Mike's family and friends in our thoughts and our hearts. Thank you. Thank you everyone. >> Okay, the first item on our agenda this evening is accent on achievement. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Uh this evening we uh have the privilege of celebrating several students and to begin we're going to start with the Illinois High School Association girls state wrestling uh champion. So, as part of our board of education's accent on achievement, the
005board recognizes this evening Allison Garbage of South Elgen High School for earning first place in the girls state wrestling championship and for being named the 2026 Illinois State girls wrestling champion in her weight class by the Illinois High School Association. And my understanding is that it was a it was also a perfect season. Uh so tremendous congratulations and accolades to Allison. So coming forward is uh board vice president Kate Thomas to present Allison a certificate of recognition. Is this on? Oh, it is. Okay. So we have a certificate of achievement. The board of education of school district 46 hereby recognizes Allison Barb of South Elgen High School for earning first place in the girls state wrestling championship in the 155 pound weight class by the Illinois High School Association. Presented this 13th day of April,
0062026. [applause] Uh, continuing this evening, we are also going to recognize the Illinois Coalition for Educating atrisisk Youth Outstanding Student Award. As part of the board of education's accent on achievement, the board of education recognizes Gabriella Norris of Dream Academy for winning the Illinois 2026 Outstanding Student Award at the Illinois Coalition for Educating atrisisk Youth Conference held in March. The outstanding student award honors a student who has ever overcome challenges with resilience and taken steps to create positive change in their life. coming forward. Do we still want to We should still read though. Okay. Uh so board member Khan will go ahead and read uh the recognition and the certificate into record and then we will make sure that uh Gabriella receives the certificate if she's not here. Certificate of achievement. Board of Education of
007School District U46 hereby recognizes Gabriella Norris of Dream Academy for being recognized as a 2026 outstanding student by the Illinois Coalition for Educating at Ris at Atrisisk Youth. Presented this 13th day of April 2026 and by board president Melissa Owens and Superintendent >> [applause] >> Okay. And next this evening, uh, we are recognizing the National Merit Scholarship Program. Again, as part of the board of education's accent on achievement, the board of education recognizes Tis Catira of Bartlett High School. TIS was recently named a finalist in the prestigious 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This selection keeps TAIS in the running for approximately 7,000 scholarships to be offered in spring 2026. To qualify, TAIS took the 2024 Preliminary SAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and advanced to the finals based on his academic record, participation in
008school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment and honors and awards received. Board member Don Martin uh will present the certificate of recognition. Okay. So, we will read our certificate of achievement. The board of education of school district 46 hereby recognizes JS Catira of Bartlett High School for becoming a finalist in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. Presented this 13th day of April, 2026. This is signed by our board of education president Melissa Owens and our superintendent Dr. Suzanne Johnson. [applause] Hey, congratulations to all of our honores this after this evening. Uh the next item on our agenda is strategic plan report. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening we have the 2026 2027 boundary transition update. Dr. Annette Oavdo, assistant superintendent of schools and Marcy Murphy, director of transportation, will present an
009update to the board of education on the 2026 2027 boundary transition. >> Good evening, members of the board. Tonight we're providing our April update on the 2026 2027 boundary transition. At this stage in our work presentation I'll pause for a minute. Okay. At this stage in our work, we are seeing transition activities actively underway across the district. Okay, perfect. With strong engagement from students, families, and staff, this update will focus on the current status of those transition activities as well as our progress toward transportation readiness for next school year. Tonight's update focuses on two areas. First, I will share the current status of transition activities taking place across our schools, including registration and spring events supporting students and families. Second, my colleague Marcy Murphy will provide an update on transportation readiness as we move closer
010to finalizing routes and preparing for communication with families together. These updates reflect our continued progress from planning into implementation. We are seeing strong engagement from families at the elementary level. Currently, 66% of our known kindergarten students, 730 out of 1,099 have already registered. This reflects steady progress since registration opened and positions us well as we continue outreach to families. Kindergarten preview events have been completed across all elementary schools. These events provided families with opportunities to meet school teams, learn about the school day, and begin building connections. In addition, elementary schools are continuing to host spring events to welcome incoming students and families and support a smooth transition into the new school year. At the middle school level, transition activities are also well underway. Middle school shadow days have been completed, giving students the opportunity to
011experience the school environment, routines, and expectations firsthand. We're also hosting parent meetings for rising sixth and seventh grade students across all middle schools. These meetings are designed to provide families with important information, answer questions, and help them feel prepared and confident about the transition. These efforts are critical in supporting both students and families as they prepare for next year. In addition to these district-wide efforts, all elementary and middle schools are hosting two welcoming events this spring. These events provide opportunities for students and families to visit their school, meet staff, and begin building a sense of belonging with their new school community. A full list of events is available and schools are continuing to communicate directly with families to ensure strong participation and engagement. I'll now hand it over to Marcy for the transportation readiness update.
012>> Thank you very much. Transportation readiness continues to be a key area of focus as we prepare for implementation. As you can see on this slide, we are continuing work to transition to our three- tier transportation framework. This structure is designed to improve efficiency, ensure reliable service, and better align transportation operations with school schedules. This model supports an on-time arrival and departure while maximizing the use of our transportation resources across the district. Uh routes finalization. At this point, our routes are in development within our new software program. This includes map and travel updates. This new system is more efficient. We are focused on validating stop locations, timing accuracy, and overall ride time balance. We are committed to provide families with transportation information in advance of the school year. This information will be available via Infinite
013Campus as in previous years. This will include route numbers, stop locations, and pickup times. If any adjustments are needed, we will communicate those promptly using multiple channels to ensure families stay informed. Safety continues to be our top priority in every aspect of transportation planning. We carefully evaluate stop locations and aim to minimize student road crossings whenever possible. Driver staffing levels have been assessed with targeted recruitment efforts in place. This includes a focus on retention through engagement, support, and recognition initiatives. Our team has worked to optimize routes for efficiency while maintaining safety standards. This includes reducing unnecessary mileage, improving on-time performance, and aligning routes with school schedules. Overall, we are well positioned for a smooth start to the school year with routes finalized, staff prepared, and communication plans in place. Our focus is on delivering safe,
014consistent, and effic efficient transportation from day one. As we look ahead, we will continue to provide focused monthly updates to the board. In May, we will share an enrollment and registration snapshot, a staffing and professional learning update, and participation trends for transition events, including summer experience enrollment. In June, we will continue to provide updates in these areas as we move further into implementation and preparation for the start of the school year. These updates are designed to ensure continued visibility into our readiness across all major areas of this transition. Thank you for your time and continued support as we move through this important transition. We are seeing strong progress across all areas and remain focused on ensuring a smooth, safe, and successful start to the 20 2026 2027 school year. Um at this time, we're happy
015to take any questions. >> Thank you both for your presentation. Do board members have any questions? >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The next item on our agenda is public comment. >> Thank you, President Owens. Uh this evening, >> good evening. We are now opening the public comment portion of the board of education meeting. Those who completed a request to speak card will be called to provide comments in the order in which the cards were received. Online participants have been provided meeting access via Zoom. Written comments emailed to boardw6.org have been posted to the agenda for public viewing. To ensure that all comments are heard, speakers must comply with the following procedures. Individual comments are less than 3 minutes and comments may not mention the name or personal information of any student other than
016the speaker's own child. Please note that while board members listen to speakers, they do not respond to comments or answer questions. Thank you. particip. access. And this evening we do have a public comment joining us via Zoom. Alexander Haristen has registered for public comment. I'll do this. So I think we have a Mon'nique Haristen on Zoom. Mon'nique, if you can unmute yourself so you can speak, we are ready to hear your public comment. Okay. Um, so it appears as though Mon'nique is no longer on Zoom to make public comment. Okay. Thank you. Sorry about that. Okay, we will move on then to uh other business board member and superintendent update if necessary. Uh do board members have any information that they would like to share with the rest of the board? I know it's been
017three weeks since we've had a meeting which seems like a very long time. So does anybody have anything that they would like to share? Dr. Johnson. Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna actually not not to put Donvie on the spot, but I'm going to I'm going to ask Don V to share a little bit about the student summit that was hosted prior to spring break. >> Oh, thank you. So, the um student summit went very well for all of our high schools that came together. Uh we had a really great opportunity with a lot of facilitators coming and around 240 students total at the summit. we were able to collect a lot of good feedback and today actually I know at Bartlet High School we had our PSAB meeting discussing our results from the student summit.
018So it was really great to hear from all the students especially more freshmen this year and underassmen about what changes we can make to improve our schools in the future. >> Thank you. And we'll have a presentation on that uh in an upcoming meeting as well. So we look forward to that. Anybody else have anything else to share? Okay, we will move on to requests. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening on the agenda, we have 10 Freedom of Information Act requests available on the public domain of board docs and will also be available on the U46 website later this week. >> Thank you. Next item on the agenda is consent agenda. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening on the consent agenda we have personnel report and workers compensation cases
019minutes of board meetings termination of Tiffany N. Male Wright, facilitator, mentor program. Termination of Leah Raban noon hour supervisor. T termination of Toshia Tapia monitor. Renewal of school district U46 high school membership in the Illinois High School Association IHSA 2026 20227 resolution authorizing the submitt of serious safety hazard findings to the Illinois Department of Transportation bid plant operations South Elgen High School exterior door replacement and secure vestibial project number 283-26 proposal postc Secondary AVID regional training contract renewal postsecary success admentum contract postsecary success school links contract specialized student services ukarrow training and materials change order plant operation South Elgen High School pool mechanical updates statement of completion one memorial field overhead electrical service project number 242 Two, building permit one, new Elgen Elementary School, a new construction project number 1650-25. >> Thank you, Dr. Johnson.
020Are there any items that board members would like remove from the consent agenda? >> Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as read into the record? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Next item is discussion action. Dr. Johnson. >> Our first item, itemized bills for April 13, 2026. Robin Cornell, executive director of financial services, will respond to questions from the board of education regarding the attached bills. Administration recommends the board of education approve the list of bills in the amount of 57,376,520.17. >> May I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of
02157,376,520.17. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. Motion carried. Next, Academy Honors Physical Science Curriculum and Resource Proposal. Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning. Deb McMullen, coordinator of K12 science and planetarium, and Frankie Valencia, secondary science instructional coach are available for questions regarding the Academy Honors Physical Science Curriculum and Resource Proposal. Administration recommends approval of the Academy Honors Physical Science Curriculum and Resource Proposal in the amount of $75,722.7. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. May I
022have a motion to approve the Academy Honors Physical Science Curriculum and Resource Proposal in the amount of 75,722.7 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents? >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions for our presenters? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, yes. Motion carried. >> Next. Chemistry curriculum and resource proposal. Our team continues to be available for questions regarding the chemistry curriculum and resource proposal. Administration recommends approval of the chemistry curriculum and resource proposal in the amount of $174,299.64 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. May
023I have a motion to approve the chemistry curriculum and resource proposal in the amount of $174,29964 cents and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions for our panel? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kirk, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next. Physics curriculum and resource proposal. Again, our team is available for questions regarding the physics curriculum and resource proposal. Administration recommends approval of the physics curriculum and resource proposal in the amount of $147,724.56 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. May
024I have a motion to approve the physics curriculum and resources proposal in the amount of $147,724 and 56 cents and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions for our panel? Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Next, we have the resolution authorizing individuals to act on behalf of plan 403b. Dr. Kyle Vonese, deputy superintendent of operations, and Robin Cornell, executive director of financial services, will be available for questions regarding the resolution authorizing individuals to act on behalf of plan. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution. May I have a motion to approve the resolution authorizing individuals
025to act on behalf of plan 403b? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions for our panel? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next, we have a resolution authorizing individuals to act on behalf of plan 457B. >> Dr. Dr. Kyle Vanchesy, deputy superintendent of operations and Robin Cornellison, executive director of financial services are again available for questions regarding the resolution authorizing individuals to act on behalf of plan. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution. >> May I have a motion to approve the resolution authorizing individuals to act on behalf of plan 457B? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr,
026>> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Next, we have the minutes of board committee meetings. Attached for the board of education's review are the following board committee meeting minutes. January 26th, 2026 board of education legislation committee meeting. February 23rd, 2026 Board of Education Finance Committee meeting. May I have a motion to accept the following board committee meeting minutes. January 26, 2026 board of education legislative committee meeting and February 23rd, 2026 Board of Education Finance Committee meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hey, roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, yes. >> President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Next, we
027have a contract. Specialized student services fivestar interpreting. Amanda Leatherby, director of Specialized Student Services, and Amy Jerkolski, assistant director of Specialized Student Services, will present the attached proposal and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the revised contract with FiveStar Interpreting in the amount of $250,000 for a total amount of $550,000 and requests authorization for district district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the fiscal year. May I have a motion to approve the revised contract with FiveStar Interpreting in the amount of 250,000 for a total contract amount of 550,000 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions for our panel? Roll call, please. >>
028Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, yes. >> Miss Thomas, yes. >> President Owens, yes. Motion carried. >> Thank you. And the next item on our agenda is other business. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening we have February financial report. Robin Cornellison, executive director of financial services, will review the attached financial report and respond to questions from the board of education. >> Good evening. Tonight, I will be presenting the February 2026 financial reports. February closed with a monthly surplus of $61.6 6 million, bringing the year-to-ate deficit to 45 million with an overall ending fund balance of 790.6 million. The current planned deficit is due to the UniteU46 expenditures and as of the end of February, the FY26 Unite UU46 expenditures total 67.4 million. February revenue including financing
029totaled approximately 162.9 million, bringing the year-to-ate revenue including financing sources to 573.2 million. This represents 57.7% of the annual revenue budget. Compared to the prior year, revenues show an $18.9 million decrease in local revenue, primarily due to the delay in property tax revenue from Cook County, along with a $25.4 million reduction in federal funding. At this time, the delay in Cook County property tax payments is resulting from the deadline extension to April 1st. Last year, we received $20.5 million in February for the early tax payments received by the community for the March 1st deadline. As of the last business day in February, the state of Illinois owes the district just over $1 million for various state grants. This balance was due to normal and customary grant expenditure reimbursements. February expenditures, including transfers, totaled approximately 101.4
0304 million, bringing the year-to-ate spending to 618.2 million or 59% of the annual expenditure budget. Compared to the prior fe uh February year-to- date actuals, expenditures increased 82.3 million. The majority of this variance is attributed to capital improvements, which account for 46.4 million with salaries and benefits reflecting $39.1 million increase. Salaries and benefits will continue to be monitored as we end the fiscal year with supplies and materials being $10.4 million less than last year's actuals and only coming in at 49.6% of the annual budget. Overall fiscal year revenues and expenditures remain on track to meet the projected budget. As of February 28th, 2026, the district held three 398.5 million in cash and money market, 455.9 million in investments for a total value of 854.4 million in total liquid assets. Beginning in February, the financial reports
031now include a calculation of our fund balance to revenue ratio. The district's fund balance policy incorporates fund 10 for education, fund 20 for operations and maintenance, fund 40 for transportation, and fund 70 for working cash. As of the end of February, the district's fund balance ratio is 74.14% with 8.9 months of cash on hand. This means the district could continue operating for nearly 9 months without receiving additional revenue, demonstrating a strong liquidity position. This measure indicates how long the district can sustain operations using its reserves in the event of delayed or reduced revenue. As of February 28th, 2026, the district has 4.2 million in student activity funds throughout all schools with year-to- date receipts exceeding dispersements by ex approximately 566,000. Various receipts and expenditures continued to be around fundraisers, field trips, summer camps, student payments,
032and athletics. February closed with a surplus, though the district maintains a planned year-to-ate deficit, primarily due to Unite U46. Overall, the district remains financially stable with strong liquidity and reserves that support continued investment in student achievement and progress towards the district's strategic goals. Thank you for the report and also thank you for including that ratio. Appreciate that. Do board members have any questions? Sue, >> just one quick question. Have we heard whether Cook County has solved its computer programs? They have >> that is completely solved. We have received all the funds um that were from the second installment from last year. >> The delay that we are experiencing right now is because they extended that payment from March 1st to April 1. And for all those taxpayers that pay those early, we start to get
033those. Um, and we received 20 million last year during February. So, we have already started receiving some of those. Okay. >> In in March and April. >> Okay. Great. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anyone else? >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. The next item is work session resolutions. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening we have a resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property. Denise Smith, procurement coordinator, will review the attached resolution and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property. Do board members have any questions? Okay. Thank you. The next item, it must be spring because we have a sizable work session bids and proposals. It's that time of year. So, coming forward,
034uh, we have our first a bid fine arts age and obsolescence scheduled equipment replacement for the 2025 2026 school year. Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, and Jamie Gerald, fine arts coordinator, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders school specialty in the amount of $8,843.90, music and arts in the amount of $16,40.17 and Sweetwater Sound LLC in the amount of $322,754.77 for the total amount of $347,638.84. 84 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. >> Next, we have a bid operationsite U46 Glenbrook Elementary School
035ACM recommendation. Brian Lindholm, chief of staff, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, CEC Environmental Incorporated, in the amount of $66,640.20 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? Sue, >> so this is this the the bid we're we're going to take is substantially lower than the other bids. Do we have any concerns about that? >> Glen Brook versus some of the other projects. >> Yeah. Well, yeah, the bids we got for Glen Brook. I mean, this one's 66,000 and I think the other bids were like
036200,000 or more. Now, this is actually with a U contractor who's done a lot of other work for us, so you know, okay, good. Thank you. >> But you're right, though. There was a wide spread in terms of as if that was the question. >> Any other questions? >> Okay, next item. >> Our next item is a bid operations, Unite U46 Century Oaks Elementary School ACM recommendation. Again, uh Brian Lindholm is here to respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder CEC Environmental Incorporated in the amount of $111,49.40 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 20252026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions?
037>> Thank you. Next is a bid for plant operations Liberty Elementary School envelope project 1102-26. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, and Jolene Linnamman, capital project coordinator, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, L. Marshall Roofing and sheet metal incorporated in the amount of $216,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. Cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 through 2026 2027 fiscal years. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Okay, next item. Next is a bid plant operations Fox Meadow Elementary School Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning project number 728-26. Our team remains to present the attached proposal summary and respond to
038questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, Amber Mechanical Contractors Incorporated, in the amount of $4,489,000 and request authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the health life safety fund and the operations and man and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 through 2026 2027 fiscal years. Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. Next is a bid plant operations T middle school heating, ventilation, and air conditioning project number 532-26. Again, our team is here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, Amber Mechanical Contractors Incorporated, in the amount of $8,897,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related
039documents. This expenditure will be charged to the health life safety fund and the operations maintenance fund. A school maintenance project grant was also secured for this project. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 through 2027 2028 fiscal years. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Okay, next item. >> Next is a bid plan operations Huff Elementary School warming kitchen project number 103-26. Again, our team is here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Northwest Contractors Incorporated in the amount of $410,788 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 through 2026
0402027 fiscal years. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. Okay, next item. >> Next is a bid plan operations summer 2026, moving the U district classroom moving services. Joining Sheila DS, our assistant superintendent of operations is Dr. Kyle Vanchesy, deputy superintendent of operations. They will present the attached proposal summary to respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, Advanced Moving and Storage Incorporated, in the amount of $16,750. Armstrong Relocation and Companies in the amount of $161,559 and two men and a truck in the amount of $247,750 for a total amount of $426,59 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 20227
041fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next item. >> Next is a bid. Postsecondary success. Bartlet High School furniture fixtures and equipment phase 2 construction. Michelle Chapman, director of postsecary success will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder, BNL Distributors Incorporated in the amount of $9,732, Trrimark Marlin in the amount of $12,2484 and Warehouse Direct in the amount of $28,31.82 for the total amount of $50,11.86 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Next item. >> Bid
042postsecondary success Elgen and South Elgen High School's career and technical education equipment. Michelle Chapman is available uh to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder automotive equipment specialists in the amount of $77,767 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Okay, next item. Next proposal post-secondary success full-time dual credit. Again, Michelle Chapman will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Elgen Community College in the amount of $962,716 and requests authorization for district administration to execute
043related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 20227 and 2027 2028 fiscal years. Do board members have any questions? >> Next item. >> Next is a proposal postsecary success AVID schools uh 103A grant and annual membership. Uh Michelle Chapman, director of post-secary success, is joined by Elizabeth McKenna, coordinator of instructional program and student support to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from advancement via individual determination AVID in the amount of $165,652 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 and 2026 2027 fiscal years. >> Do board
044members have any questions? >> Thank you. Next proposal operations U46 Kimble Middle School Library maker space. Dr. Kyle Vonzy, deputy superintendent of operations and Denise Smith, procurement coordinator will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal submitted through the Omnia Cooperative from Frank Cooney in the amount of $40,560 and Warehouse Direct in the amount of $16,561 for a total of $57,121 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. Next proposal assessment accountability and student success blue streak math fluency software. Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, and Matt
045Ramandi, director of assessment, accountability, and student success, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Blue Streak in the amount of $54,135 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. and the cost is included in the budget for the fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Okay, next item. >> Next is a proposal assessment accountability and student success hand to mind math and literacy take-home kits. A team is available to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from hand to mind in the amount of $49,2972 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related
046documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? Sue? >> So, thank you for providing the material. It looks great. One question I have is the material also going to be in the classroom so the teacher can model how students might use it at home. >> Uh for the most part no they will go direct to students. They can uh show them at first before they send it home. The vendor is also offered if they wanted to do like a demonstration night to come and do a demonstration. Uh but for the most part the kits will will go home to the families. >> Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Next item. Next is a proposal
047from assessment accountability and student success Kain County regional office of education extended services. Our team continues to be available to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the revised proposal with the Kain County Regional Office of Education in the amount of $59,000 for a total of $171,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 20226 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? Okay, next item. Next is a proposal assessment accountability and student success libraria classroom library books. Again, our team is available to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the
048proposal from libraria in the amount of $135,666.35 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. >> That brings us to work sessions contract over $35,000. Dr. Johnson. >> Yes. This evening we have a contract for assessment accountability and student success climate and culture training. Again, our team uh is available to present the attached proposal and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract with Flipping Group in the amount of $122,900 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget
049for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? Thank you. >> Next is a contract for Postsecary Success South Elgen High School career and technical education equipment. Michelle Chapman, director of postsecondary success, will present the attached proposal and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract with Hos Factory Outlet in the amount of $61,350 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. >> Next is a contract office of schools parent square. Dr. Annette, assistant superintendent of schools and Mark Spone, coordinator of athletics and activities will present the attached proposal and will respond
050to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract with parent square in the amount of $82,183.50 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? done. >> So, just to confirm, this is basically just going to be like a a messaging texting app for student for the like after school programs at the secondary level. >> Correct. So, it's middle school and high school. It will be for athletics and activities so that there's a direct communication. As you see, we have weather issues right now and things like that. It's an opportunity to get a message right out to an SMS to a phone.
051parent can respond directly to a coach or to to the directly onetoone communication and it cleans up that line of communication in the moment >> and we have it listed as parent square so is the implication that this is just parental emails and texts and not student or my so I'm asking questions because my concern is direct contact one-on-one between adults and students >> so what we have is the way that this program is designed it's designed so that if anything started to go sideways in a communication like that, it won't allow it to go through. It has filters built into it that'll control that information and those messages going back and forth. So that those questionable messages that we would be worried about won't be able to go through. The other thing is is
052that unlike other programs like Remind 101, which people have used in the past and things, we had no ability to go back to go and look at those messages. Everything in here is archived and saved so that if we had any questions, we would always be able to go back and review those messages as they went back and forth. >> But so this will allow though a coach and an athlete to have one-on-one without anyone else in the chat then is that >> so the messages that will go out that will go out directly to all. So you could send a message practice is canled today, >> right? A student can say can we work out in the gym? That message will come back to the coach. Yes. So it is a onetoone direct messaging
053there. But the again the beautiful part of it with this program is that we are able to monitor all of that traffic so that we can protect um the district in case of anything that would go arry in that communication. It's meant to go out to all parents. So it ties to the parent first because it's tied into infinite campus but it will then tag into the students as well. But the students come come back in through the system to our um to the to the to the app itself. It doesn't go to a coach's phone privately. The coach only operates through the app or the adult operates through the app. It just goes through an SMS messaging system to the student and the and to the parents. But when it comes back in, it
054only comes back into the app in which is housed within our our networks that we can monitor and pro and and keep an eye on that. >> Primarily notification. >> It's primarily just notification. Absolutely. The couple of things. So for our ELLL population, the program is designed to go into 190 different languages. So a parent can opt into whatever language they want to use. We would the coach would type it in in English. It'll come out in the ch parents chosen language. When the parent responds, they respond in their chosen language. It comes back to us in English. It does all of that translation on its own through a variety of uh resources that it has built in. Um yes there there there there are opportun there is the back and forth direct uh messaging
055between the adult and and the child the student at that point. However, it is all managed through the infrastructure of the app and it does not live outside the app for the school district. It lives within the protective nature of the app itself or of the website that we send it out through. Nothing would go from a coach's personal phone, personal private messaging to a student's private messaging. Everything comes through the system in which we have the ability to flag and monitor >> can a parent opt a student out of the [clears throat] can. Okay. >> Yes. So there there are ways to go into the system and do that and opt them out. The parent has full access to it through the app as well. So when they get the message, it'll come to
056them in their SMS messaging. The parent can then opt into using the app if they want to. And then what they can do is they can control that messaging back and forth that way. >> And a and a followup, can the parent ask to see all of the student messages between the student and the coach? Say >> they can they can put in for the information request and we can provide that uh once we go through the appropriate channels as if requesting any student records at that point. Right. In terms of the way that it's it's uh requested. Yes. >> so I'm just going to say I have a real issue with the ability for a coach and a student to text in a private environment one-on-one regardless of its individual text an app. >>
057Serious issue with that. Um there's a lot of national organizations like one of them is called Safe Sport where that's just a big red flag. It's not allowed in a lot of club sports and things of that nature. It It's just a giant no. Um so I I would like to see more information on this. Like to [clears throat] me the ability for there to be >> one-on-one with a coach and a minor is a concern >> and outside of a group group environment. >> Yeah. >> But the one-on-one portion >> is a flag to me with this app. >> So again, if I could if I could just help with some of that. So, some of the the apps that are out there, Sports Youth is one of them that's out there that a
058lot of uh organizations use. Um the Remind 101 system, which was the precursor to this uh this program, this company bought Remind 101. Remind 101, they're they're shutting down as of September 1st. It won't exist anymore. This is what they put in place because with Remind, nobody had access, nobody had any oversight of those of those messages. This program is designed so that we have 100% access to everything that's being communicated so that if we if we have the need or if with the flagging system that it has designed it it's it has the ability to protect everyone involved because those messages are absolutely uh identifiable by us and reviewable by us to make sure that everything is is being communicated appropriately. It also does have, like I said, it does have some safeguards built
059into the programming so that if using some of its AI nature, and we just got an an AI update that we ran through with them because they're using AI to identify messaging that's going through and if it looks like any messaging is is questionable that's coming through on either side, it simply will not allow the message to be sent. It will it will keep it from going through the system. >> We can look into Go ahead. Yeah, go ahead. No, go ahead, >> Dr. We can look into into additional information regarding your concerns and and and and follow up in addressing those. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, we we can also bring back um some updates or a summary of the different types of communication restrictions. So with many many of the apps, we likely
060have the ability to establish whether it's only one way from the coach to parents and entire team and that athletes or parents even cannot respond um in those communications as well. But there are usually a variety of ways that we could establish that so we can bring back that information for the board to review. >> We will look into that and make sure we bring that back. I was thinking the same thing, Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you. >> Certainly. >> Any other questions? Okay, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, the next item, >> our next item, contract specialized student services, EPS learning spire resource. Amanda Leatherby, director of specialized student services and Dr. Christopher Sanzeri, assistant director of specialized student services will present the attached proposal and respond to questions from the board of
061education. The administration recommends approval of the contract with EPS Operations LLC in the amount of $25,8121 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? Okay, thank you. That is the last item on our agenda. I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owen, >> yes. >> We are joured at 8:01 p.m. >> Thank you, everyone. Hey, hey.