001Hey, if I could have everybody's attention, I am going to resume the May 19th, 2025 board of education meeting. I'd like to welcome our newest board member, Danvi Daffodani, to her new seat on the school board. So, welcome. First full meeting. And if I could have everybody stand as they are able to say the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you everyone. Our first item on our agenda is strategic plan report. Dr. Jets. Thank you, President Owens. Uh this evening we have a facility planning update. Brian Lindholm, chief of staff, and Lola Msurovich, deputy superintendent of instruction, along with Dr. Anne Williams, deputy superintendent of operations,
002will present to the board of education an update on facility planning. Good evening. Thank you for You ready? Okay, great. Good evening and thank you for this opportunity to provide another update on our facilities work. We have a lot of great information to share with you this evening. updates on several active construction projects, program placement decisions to align with the new boundaries and other programmatic shifts in 2627, and a quick summary of the parentformational sessions we are holding across the district to make sure families understand how they may be impacted by the new attendance boundaries and what to expect during the transition. Before we start with our construction updates, I should mention we have two additional projects in the early planning stages. The Illinois Park conversion and construction of a new elementary school at the
003former David C. Cook site. These projects will not be covered this evening, but please know that we are busy working on those as well. We will have updates and renderings for these two projects in an upcoming board presentation. Since our last facilities update, we held groundbreaking ceremonies at Kimble Middle School, Kenyan Woods Middle School, and the new middle school to be built in Elgen. These events marked the beginning of major construction efforts at each site and celebrated our continuous progress under the Unite U46 initiative. students, staff, families, and community partners joined us to commemorate these exciting milestones as we work to reimagine and enhance learning environments across the district. Now, let's look at our progress. We're rounding the corner and headed towards the finish line on several key components of the Hawk Hollow Middle School
004project. Thanks to the recent stretch of sunny, dry weather, exterior site work is advancing quickly. New curbs, sidewalks, fencing, and parking areas are taking shape and will continue to develop over the next few weeks. The gymnasium floor installation moved rapidly since our last update. Crews are now sanding the floor, adding game lines, and preparing the space for bleacher installation. And a special highlight, as you can see on the slide, our new school mascot, the Hawk Hollow Guardians, is now proudly displayed at Center Court. Ceiling work is almost complete in the learning stair which you can see on the left slide and these photos highlight the continued interior progress at the new middle school. The learning stair is taking shape with newly installed finish finishes leading into the open area near the stage and the captorium
005which you can see in the middle picture. This is an inviting, flexible space for students, gatherings, and performances. We're also showcasing the art room on the right at the bottom, which features built-in storage to support creative learning. Also, as shown here, our board members are actively engaged and have been on site to observe the impressive progress firsthand as we move closer to welcoming our se seventh graders in in August. Since breaking ground in mid-March at Kenyon Woods, the project has seen steady and efficient progress on both site work and building foundations. Utility installation is actively underway around the addition, including connections for storm water management, electrical power, and gas service. Masonary crews are currently constructing walls throughout the addition. This work will continue in the coming weeks, preparing the way for the installation of structural
006steel and roof joists. The plumbing contractor is now on site and has begun underground installations to support future the future restrooms and science labs in each wing. Interior renovations planned for this summer will focus primarily on behindthe-scenes work, including upgrades in the network room and some above ceiling technology infrastructure. The majority of the interior renovation will take place during the summer of 2026, aligning with staff and student transitions once the new addition is complete. And now we're excited because as we did with Hawk Hollow, um Alec Bar Alec Barlo from the communications team has installed a camera on site to capture timelapse footage at Kenyon Woods. These video videos offer a dynamic and engaging view of the progress being made each week. And the visuals will become even more impressive as the walls begin to
007rise next month. [Music] Very exciting. Since breaking ground over spring break, the Kimble the Kimble Middle School construction project has been progress progressing steadily. We're especially grateful to the Kimble staff for their flexibility and resilience as they wrap up the school year while construction activities continue around them. One of the most notable transformations so far is the new administration area, which is taking shape in what was once the school's auditorium. The construction slab for this space has been poured, marking a significant milestone and offering a glimpse into how existing spaces are being reim re-imagined to better serve students and staff. Additional early accomplishments include the excavation for the storm trap system, demolition work in the first phase of the project, and broad site demolition to prepare for future development. Currently, crews are focusing on overhead
008rough ends in the new administrative space, preparing the foundation pad for the storm trap, installing back of the house electrical systems, and running wiring for the fire alarm and the intercom. As we look ahead to summer, the project will continue into phases 1B and 1 C. And the next phase will include underground utility installation, the construction of aggregate peers, the full installation of the storm trap system, and the demolation demolition of the north parking lot. We're proud of the progress that has been made and we're excited to see the vision for Kimell Middle School come to life. And for our last middle school project, the new middle school to be built in Elgen. This project is off to a strong start with several early site preparation preparation activities completed. Crews have finished tree removal and
009site clearing and the installation of the perimeter fencing now secures the area for ongoing construction work. Currently, contractors are focused on installing the silt fence, an important erosion control measure to protect the site and surrounding environment as construction ramps up. Looking ahead, the next key milestones include the issuance of the site work permit, mobilizing of crews and equipment on site, and the beginning of site grading. These foundational steps will set the stage for vertical construction later this year. While much of our recent work has centered on middle school projects, we've also been actively engaged with our elementary students. One highlight was our time with McKinley students where we had the opportunity to hear directly from them about what they'd like to see in their future school soon to be built along the river on what
010was the former DC Cook site. And with that, I will turn it over to Mr. Lynholm will prov who will provide additional updates on our other elementary projects. Thank you, Dr. Williams. Uh so the first elementary update is for Century Oaks Elementary in Elgen. We have a team of architects from Studio GC who are working on the renovation and addition at Century Oaks. As you can see, the proposed design calls for approximately 18,000 square ft of additions and 33,000 square ft of renovations to existing space. Uh, this project is nearing the end of the design development phase and we have also had very productive and collaborative discussions with the city of Elgen on this project. The tenative schedule uh calls for us to break ground later this fall. Next slide, please. Uh so this is
011an overhead view of the proposed design for Centry Oaks. Uh please note it's marked draft as it is not yet final. The area in green to the left of the screen uh which is to your north is the new early childhood wing with kindergarten and prek classrooms and a gross motor play area in the center. Then the area uh kind of in the center is the current administrative area of the building with the gym, the multi-purpose room and the main office. Uh this area will remain largely unchanged, but the circular area to the right uh which houses the the current classrooms will receive major renovations to improve circulation, provide natural light, and allow us to much better utilize the instructional space. Next slide. So in addition to uh improving circulation, one of the other major
012objectives at Centry Oaks is to address the odd configuration of the current classrooms. In fact, all of the existing pies-shaped classrooms, which are shown on the left, will be completely eliminated and reconfigured to be more proportionate in shape after all of the phases of renovation are complete. In addition, we'll now be able to use all four walls in these classrooms uh because one of the walls won't need to be open for circulation as they are today. And that's uh shown in the pink strip on the the left hand side. And that represents these kind of pseudo hallways that we've uh created to that exist today to connect classrooms. Um and then in terms of circulation, as you can see on the the diagram on the right hand side, for our future classrooms, there will be
013true hallways uh between classrooms and uh as well as light wells around the library in the center to bring in natural light to the inner ring of classrooms. So, we're very excited about this project. We believe the net effect of all these changes is going to be a pretty remarkable transformation of the school. Moving on to Glen Brook, we have the same team of architects from Studio GC. Uh we're working on the renovation and addition at Glenbrook Elementary in Streamwood. The proposed design calls for an approximately 14,000 square foot addition and 35,000 square feet of renovations to the existing space. This project is also nearing the end of the design development phase and we've held preliminary zoning conversations with the village of Streamwood as we know that traffic congestion around this school is a concern
014that that we will need to address. And like Century Oaks, the schedule would call for us to break ground in late fall. Similar to Centry Oaks, the goals at Glen Brook are to increase instructional space, improve circulation, and add much needed natural light. Again, note the white corridors that we are adding to provide true hallways between classrooms. These don't exist today. The proposed design also calls for an addition to the north of the building with several new classrooms, a new library, and a gross motor play area for our early learners. The current library will become an open air courtyard that will bring in natural light into the inner classrooms. And at the very bottom of the screen is a proposed curb cut for parent drop off to help relieve traffic congestion during arrival and dismissal.
015So, as you can see, we're making great progress on many of the projects that were identified and prioritized through Unite U46. The next 12 to 18 months will be a critical stretch to make sure these projects all come in on time and on schedule to support our overall transition plans for the district. And speaking of transition plans, I will now turn it over to Lola Morvich, the deputy superintendent of instruction to discuss program placement changes that will align with the new attendance boundaries and the shift of our sixth graders to the middle schools for the 2627 school year. Thank you, Brian. And good evening. As we continue our work through Unite U46, the upcoming transitions to new attendance boundaries and the shift to sixth grade to of sixth grade to middle school in 2627 has
016required us to strategically align specialized program placements across the district. These placements were determined with three priorities in mind. Addressing student needs, supporting a smooth transition, and reducing student transportation time by identifying sites for programming that were distributed across all networks. One more slide. You're good. Okay. It's important to note that program assignments are tied to boundary changes that take effect in the 2026 2027 school year. Some programs such as new pre preschool classrooms are contingent on available funding and a few will open once facility projects are complete, specifically those at our new Elgen elementary and middle schools. Next slide, please. Before sharing sight specific placements, we want to acknowledge the breadth of programming that we offer. This glossery serves to explain some of the acronyms that we use in U46. And as you can
017see, we host a variety of programming from self-contained special education programming to programming that supports English learners to dual language programming and of course our gifted programming. Let's start with the Bartlett network of elementary schools. I'll give a brief overview of how to read the listings. So, we'll start with Centennial. And as if you read uh down down that row or down that column, I'm sorry. Centennial will house two ILP classrooms. They are also slated to have two preschool classrooms that will likely open after the 2026 2027 school year. Then because Centennial does not offer dual language programming, students who qualify or opt into the program would attend a satellite site, which in this case would be Heritage Elementary. Students who live in Centennial's boundaries and are in dual language programming and qualify for dual
018language Ignite would go to Ridge Circle. Students who live in Centennial's boundaries and qualify for for monolingual Ignite would go to Horizon. And finally, students who qualify for ESL services would attend Liberty Elementary. So you could kind of have the breakdown for each elementary school what they would host and if they don't host programming where they would go for um their satellite site. So within the Bartlett network, we have ensured a broad distribution of programming to reflect the various needs of our students as well as opportunities that we provide as a district. So you could see some of the highlights there. I won't read them to you, but we've we've account accounted for much of the programming so that as many students as possible can go to school within their community. Here's the programming that
019will be that will be in place in the Elgen network. And almost all schools in the Elgen network will host dual language programming. And all of the schools in Elgen in the Elgen network are slated to offer at least two sections of preschool once sixth grade shifts to middle school. One of the major shifts in the Elgen network will be that starting in the 2026 2027 school year, Timber Trails will no longer host dual language programming. Instead, they will host ESL programming and will provide services for students throughout areas in Northeast Elgen and Streamwood. As you can see here, the Elgen network will also host several self-contained programs as well as both monolingual and dual language Ignite programs. In the Larkin network, we've structured placements to ensure continuity of specialized support while expanding access across
020the network. One school in the Larkin network, however, Hillrest Elementary will not host any um self-contained special education programming or preschool classrooms due to space. In order to address that, we have placed additional preschool classrooms at other LAR network schools so that students can still access preschool in their community. And we're also maintaining strong strong dual language programming at all sites including Illinois Park. And some of the highlights here show you that we continue to have access to students will continue to have access to various U46 programs in the Larkin network. In addition, the South Elgen network will also continue to offer a variety of programs because of space as well as its proximity to Independence Early Learning Center. However, you'll notice that Bartlett Elementary will not host any preschool classrooms. The rest of the
021South Elgen network is slated to host at least two sections of preschool. And the highlights in the South Elgen network show once again that there are multiple programs hosted throughout the network to be available for students who live within that area. In the Streamwood network, all seven schools will offer dual language programming and every school will host at least two preschool classrooms. And similar to other networks, the Streamwood Network will host multiple programs, both self-contained programming as well as Ignite programming, ensuring students have access to a wide range of programming in proximity to their homes. And finally, when we get to the middle school network, uh we provided a detailed overview of programming at the middle school level, and we're still working on developing the feeder patterns for dual language programming from elementary to middle
022school. and we will share that when it's available. Um, but you'll notice here that we have once again a variety of programs across the entire district so that they are strategically placed geographically. All of our U46 middle schools will continue to offer gifted and accelerated programming. In addition, they will all offer both MLP and ILP programming to allow students to attend their home schools for middle school. and we've placed some of our lower incidence programs across the district to ensure accessibility and also ensure ELLL services could be provided to students in those programs. One notable shift is that both Canton Middle School and Kenyon Woods Middle School will both host dual language programming, again ensuring that more students could attend their home school. In total, this placement plan represents our commitment to equitable access, program
023continuity, and minimizing disruptions for families during this transition. We look forward to continuing our community engagement through school-based information sessions and ensuring all families feel supported through these changes. In addition to program placement, we also want to share an update about our residency exception process. Back in April, we shared that families could request a residency exception to attend their projected new school in 2526, which is a year early. Families were asked to submit their request by May 15th. Then on May 16th, our team reviewed the request. All decisions were based on whether the school had space to accommodate additional students with their current staffing levels, and we're happy to report that 75 out of the 117 requests were approved, and families should receive notification of these decisions this week. We'll be sharing additional information regarding
024residency requests for the 2026 2027 school year later this fall. And now, I'll hand it over back to Brian. Thank you, Lala. So, finally, uh we have started holding individual sessions at each school that is impacted by the upcoming attendance boundary changes. Uh next slide, please. The sessions are tailored for each building, explaining the boundary changes, the timelines, the process to apply for residency exception requests, and details about opportunities to visit their newly assigned schools to prepare for the transitions. So far, we've held sessions at Lowry, Nature Ridge, Creekide, Harriet Gford, and Hoverver Countryside, and we have more scheduled for this week. We'll then plan to resume these sessions in the fall to make sure we get to all of the impacted schools. As we look ahead to these upcoming changes, our priority remains to
025support every family during the transition. We are partnering closely with our school principles to create a comprehensive transition plan that includes clear communication, open house events, and community building opportunities. Our goal is to keep families informed and supported throughout the process while providing chances to visit their new schools and build meaningful connections before the start of the 2026 2027 school year. Next slide. And that uh concludes tonight's update. Are there any questions at this time? Thank you all for the presentation. Do board members have any questions? Um yeah, I have two quick questions. Um well, one's quick. the residency exception update. Um you said that you said no to families if there wasn't room. Were there instances where there was room for one kid from one family but then the second kid from the second
026family there wasn't room or you know roughly does that make sense? Does my question make sense? Yeah. I I don't believe that there that that was the case. I think we did I think there were out of the ones that we reviewed it looked like all the families that submitted a request as when there were space we accommodated that. Okay. I don't believe that there were any families where like one student got in and one student not necessarily one family but kids within the same family but like family A there were two spots and they their kids took both of them whereas family B because family A had taken the two spots there were none in Oh yes we did have that okay so the it was awarded according to who asked first yeah so
027every submission was timestamped and perfect whoever asked first whoever asked first that was my question and there Thomas there's only a couple of those out of the 117 we reviewed, I think there might have been like two of them where there was only like one spot in third grade at the school and we had two requests for that one spot, but it was not not very many. Good. Um, and then I've got a a question here. You um some of like the MLP, the ILP classrooms with um kids with disabilities for some of these buildings, is this the first time that they've had kids with disabilities in the building? There there will be instances where that is the case. Yes. So, we're going to have to provide some ongoing training and support for that. And
028our team is prepared to Yeah. So, you just read my mind then. That was my next question. To make sure that that other staff um and that the other kids are ready for the fact that I mean inclusion, right? This is what inclusion is supposed to look like. Absolutely. Where we have these classrooms. Um awesome. We have a lot of best buddies at the high school level. Do we offer Best Buddies at the middle school level? That might be a really great way to help. That might get back to me on I I will get back to you on that and we'll look into that. But yeah, Best Buddies is a great program. It might be a really great option to get some of these middle school kids on board with the fact that there's
029kids that are going to be different from them in their buildings. Absolutely. Thank you for that recommendation. Yeah. Awesome. Thank you. Any other questions, John? So, kind of feeding off of Miss Thomas's question as far as the um I Well, so thank you first off for all of the slides that kind of lay out what is going to be at at each school. I know that's really important information for our families. The one thing I noticed is we're not identifying like what's new to each school. So, I guess that's my question. That Yeah, if we could get just something that kind of identifies what programs are going to be new to each school or if they've lost programs. So, would it would it be helpful to have kind of a here are the schools, here
030are the programs they currently have, and here are the programs they'll have in 2627 or just like highlight on here what's new for each school? Okay. Yeah. just because like just because I don't know offhand what all of the schools have. So it'd be interesting to know like you know for your question like are there new ILP and MLP classes and what does that look like from this I wouldn't necessarily know which schools have the new prek just that would be useful. Okay, thank you. That for you, Sue. And just to follow up a little bit on that again, do we have um schools where No, let me actually ask the question first. The schools that we are having the uh meetings at since they're either closing or changing boundaries, how has the attendance been?
031Uh it's been pretty light. Uh I I would say the parents that have come have had very good specific questions and have um we've stayed as long as they needed and had a lot of very like uh individual conversations with with parents. I mean many times there's three or four of us and there's 10 parents or something. So Okay. Um but yeah, the the turnout's been fairly light. Okay. And and for the residency exceptions, are they tending to ask their kids to go to the new school a year early or to stay at the old school as long as they can? Well, that that's the interesting part. So, when we on the slide, it said 117 valid requests because some of them they were almost saying we want to stay at our old school and
032we were saying, well, the boundaries don't change for another year. So, next year you will stay at the old school. So we probably had about as many who submitted a request to stay at their old school even though that that's the the default across the district. Um so so almost all of the ones that we approved were to move to the new school year early. Okay. Okay. And were could you say whether they they were spread out evenly between the middle school, high school, and elementary or did they tend to be more of one grade level? In aggregate it was probably pretty even. We had like Bartlett High School had the the most of of an individual school and a lot of uh requests to have incoming nth graders start at Bartlett High School which
033which we kind of expected. Um elementary there were a lot of requests but it was you know one third grader at this school, two sixth graders at this school. So it was spread across our you know 37 elementary schools um but kind of in a onesie twzy sort of fashion. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? just to go back to the the program placement. Um just to clarify, so like looking at the Barllet network and and there's one school with MLP, that's Sycamore Trails. Is it fair to say then that any school if if you're a family that is in the attendance area of any school in the Bartlett network and your child would be placed in an MLP classroom that you would stay within that Bartlett network as as long as there was
034space available in that classroom and and so we would have a primary and an intermediate um classroom. And so the max at those was 13 each. And so in our data when we looked at the trends across the networks and how many students were enrolled we identified that based and I know it's you know not completely accurate but we use current numbers to try to project that out. Um and so that's how we determine where the placements would go. Okay. And same thing for ILP and and all of those. So we're looking at space but we're also looking at proximity to to the school. Yeah. a number of kids and how many kids we expect to see projected at those grade levels in 2026 27. Um we're noticing you know larger enrollment in ILP and
035more students who are qualifying for that. So we need more classrooms and so that's kind of how we made some of those decisions. Okay. Thank you. That it thank you for all the information. You the next item on the agenda is public comments. We do not have any public comment this evening. Okay. The next item on the agenda then is other business board member and superintendent update. Do anybody does anybody have any updates to share? Sue, I just wanted to share that Shondaanda I think Shondaanda and I went to the uh Hakalo Middle School for a tour last week I think it was and it's amazing what they've done. I mean the the work that's been done in that school. They've got some beautiful classrooms. It would be a great place to to be a
036middle school student. Okay. Um there were several of us who um were at South Elgen on Friday um for the transition graduation. Um we got kids from SW kids from Centerhouse um and then kids I shouldn't say kids, they're all 22 now. Um um for transition graduations and it is like it's my favorite day. It's it's such a great day because they just really celebrate these kids. You can see the devotion that the staff has for them. Um the enjoyment, the caps gowns, the the fun little bits. We now greet Shondaanda with a twirl. It was lovely. Um if you missed it, find out because it was really wonderful. Um and it was just a really fabulous day. So kudos to the South Elgen team for creating such a fabulous day. Um because everybody counted.
037It was truly the meaning of all means all. Anyone else? Dr. Johnson. Um so uh as we conclude the school year, I want to uh share a tremendous thank you to our team members uh far and wide across U46. So all of our operations teams, our instructional team members, our volunteers, our board of education members, administrators, uh we are we are nearing the conclusion of the 2425 school year. It's been a wonderful school year to see the growth and the change within our students. We look forward to sharing that um information as we proceed. It's been exciting to be part of the changes across the district with our facilities. um really appreciate the support of our board of education and our teams to do that work. Uh we're going to of course uh strategic plan
038is on the agenda for a little bit uh a little bit later this evening. Uh so I very much appreciate the work of our teams to um have a have a have such a an accomplished school year. And of course all of this is going to culminate this Saturday uh for graduation as well at the now arena. So I want to thank everyone. Congratulations to everybody who's had a small hand in this and for all your personal achievements as well. Um, several of you have students who are graduating and participating in some of these ceremonies and all of their milestones. So, we look we look forward to uh celebrating your students and all of our students in U46 this weekend. So, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh, next item on the agenda is foyer requests.
039Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. We have eight Freedom of Information Act requests available on the public domain of Borox. Uh these uh foyer requests will also be available on the U46 website later this week. Okay. Next item is consent agenda. On the consent agenda this evening, we have personnel report and workers compensation cases. Minutes of board meeting March 10th, 2025. Termination of Spiros Bosnos bus driver route. Termination of Maria Astrada noon hour supervisor. Bid plan operations Ronald D. O'Neal Elementary School parking lot paving project number 1406-25. Bid plan operations Elgen High School parking lot paving project number 251-25. Proposal information services 2025 2026 staff laptops contract equity and innovation Trinity Breakthrough Coaching Contract renewal curriculum and instruction Savas My World Interactive Contract renewal curriculum and instruction career and technical education TechSmart Incorporated. Contract renewal
040curriculum and instruction career and technical education electude. Approval of settlement agree agreement and general release in the matter of Feliciano versus school district 246 building permits three Elgen High School pavement reconstruction project 251-25 Ronald D. O'Neal Elementary School paving project number 1406-25, warehouse and distribution center roof replacement project number 2073-25. Are there any items board members would like removed 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 Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion passes. And that moves us to discussion action. Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. The first item this evening, itemized bills May 19th, 2025. Dr. Frank Williams, assistant superintendent
041of finance, 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 29,87,078. May I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of $29,87,78? So moved. Second. Any questions for Dr. Williams? Roll call, please. Miss, excuse me. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Okay. The next item on the agenda is approval of close session minutes because there is still a need for confidentiality as to all or part of close session minutes. I do need a motion uh to um I'm sorry, I need a motion to approve the confidentiality of all close session minutes with the exception
042of the minutes already released, including audio recordings. In addition, all audio recordings more than 18 months old, having been put into writing and approved, may be destroyed. And so I'm going to read all of these minutes into the record. Minutes for approval. July 29th, 2024. August 5th and August 19th, 2024. September 9th and September 23rd, 2024. October 7th and 21st, 2024. November 4th and 18th, 2024, December 9th and 16th, 2024, January 13th, 25th, and 27th, 2025, and February 10th and 24th, 2025. And the audio to be destroyed is octo um I'm sorry April 24th 2023 May 1st 8th 10th 15th 16th and 22nd 2023 June 5th and 26th 2023 July 17th 2023 August 7th and 21st 2023 September 11th 18th and 25th 2023 3 October 2nd and 23rd, 2023 and November 6 and 13, 2023.
043I need a motion for that. So moved. Second. Any questions or discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. And that moves us to the next item. Our next item is the elementary integrated curriculum proposal. Celia Banks, director of curriculum and instruction. Jacob Vandy Mortell, coordinator of social studies and world language. Angie Ernst and Patricia Makushima, coordinators of multilingual and multicultural education, and Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, are available for questions relating to the elementary integrated curriculum proposal. May I have a motion to approve the elementary integrated curriculum proposal with an implementation cost of $2,882,57342 and an annual consumable cost of $149,70 thereafter. So moved. Second. Any questions for our panel? Roll
044call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Okay. Our next item, elementary library and media curriculum proposal. Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning and Silia Banks, director of curriculum and instruction. Uh, continue to be available for questions relating to the elementary library and media curriculum proposal. May I have a motion to approve the elementary library and media curriculum proposal with an implementation cost of $1,814,910.39 and annual consumable costs of $41,780 thereafter. So moved. Second. Any questions for our panel? Okay. Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. Yes. President Owens. Yes. Motion carried. Next is our middle school English language arts curriculum proposal.
045Brian Tennyson and Silia Banks again are available for questions relating to the middle school language arts curriculum English language arts curriculum proposal. May I have a motion to approve the middle school English language arts curriculum proposal with an implementation cost of 2,440,670.30 30 and annual consumable costs of $219,930 thereafter. So moved. Second. Any questions for our panel? Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Our next item, high school freshman seminar curriculum proposal. Michelle Chapman, director of post-secondary success, and Beth McKenna, coordinator of programs and supports for the postsecondary success department, will be available for questions relating to the high school freshman seminar curriculum proposal. May I have a motion to approve the high school freshman seminar
046curriculum proposal with no associated implementation costs? So moved. Second. Any questions for our panel? Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Short, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Our next item, performance back strategic plan. Lola Stovich, deputy superintendent of instruction. Emu Fabayi, performance fact president, CEO, um will discuss with the board of education the final strategic plan. Administration recommends approval of the strategic strategic plan. presented by performance fact. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. And I know we have uh staff members from performance fact uh that are joining in with the meeting. So welcome to them. There want to do a little bit of a presentation
047before we read the motion into the record. That's okay. Yep, that's fine. All right. So good evening and thank you for the opportunity to present tonight. I am honored to present a brief review of our 2025 to 2030 strategic plan, a collective vision built by and for the U46 community. We have shared our four-page document that outlines the final plan with you, and that's what you see up on the screen this evening. At the heart of this plan is a clear promise that every student will experience the joy of learning in a safe, caring environment and be empowered and prepared for a successful future. We've centered our vision around the portrait of a U46 graduate, a framework that outlines the five core competencies our students will develop. Empowered leader, inquisitive thinker, collaborative communicator, tenacious learner,
048and global change agent. These qual these qualities guide not only what we teach, but how we teach and support every learner. The strategic plan includes four district-wide goals. building early academic and social emotional foundations, safety, sense of belonging and inclusion, academic growth and mastery, ready to embrace a diverse and changing world. And each goal is supported by specific student outcome measures and an equity commitment, ensuring we prioritize inclusive practices and remove barriers to achievement. Our signature strategies are focused and actionable. From expanding early learner access and strengthening supports to aligning curriculum and enhancing career exploration, these strategies are detailed, measurable, and aligned to both research and stakeholder input. This plan is not just a document. It's a commitment to disciplined implementation rooted in collaboration. And as seen in the superintendent's message, we bring together teachers,
049staff, families, and community voices toward one unified direction. Thank you for your leadership and partnership as we take this important step forward for our students across U46. Okay. So, I'm Okay, thank you for that. I'm going to read the motion into the record and then we can uh ask questions after I do that. So may I have a motion to approve the strategic plan as presented by performance fact? So moved. Second. Any discussion or questions? Sue. So I guess my my question and this is for more the administration. Um how do we get this out there? How are we planning to get this out there to all of our teachers and staff? Um yes. So once once this plan is approved, we'll be um discussing the official launch, but we have different ways to preview
050this with teachers and administrators. So the week after uh next week actually on um Wednesday and Thursday, we're hosting an instructional conference where we are prepared to host a session around the strategic plan. And so it's a voluntary conference for people to attend. And so there'll be some voluntary opportunities, but then once we start the next school year, we'll be very deliberate in how we launch the plan forward and how we share it with the community and other stakeholders. Great. Thank you. Couple of those other um items will uh include of course some of the some of the basic updates on communication. So beginning to move and remove previous uh strategic plan links uh inclusion of those items, those documents on our website, updating of course the new um even our work here in the
051boardroom as we bring board proposals forward and we make connections to the previous strategic plan. We'll be making specific connections to this strategic plan uh as well to highlight how that work is being carried forward. Some of that work early on will definitely be around the systems work. So in some of these instances, we're still building those systems. So for example, earlier this evening, as you learned about the spaces that will host additional early learner classrooms, what those spaces look like, what that measurement uh will look like as well. Additionally, um our efforts to also build out our goals for administration for our teams will now be connected to um this work as well. So, moving forward with those updates. Uh but finally, part of that, of course, we'll also include um a platform for
052us to be able to monitor and track our progress for implementation. that'll be forward- facing um on the web as well as what you should expect as board of education members and our community should expect is regular ongoing updates likely similar to seeing facilities updates on a monthly basis. As we build out the new strategic plan and build out those systems, you'll receive updates on this work as well under that strategic plan heading likely on a monthly basis also. So, those two will start to to meld. Um, and there'll be there'll be more details, but that's our that's our short summary of what to expect. Anyone else? I just I want to thank um again all of the the administrative staff, all of our our our teachers and, you know, various staff members that have
053put in a lot of work and effort to get us to this point. um our students that have had the chance to to provide their input, our community members that have had a chance to to provide input, all of those pieces that brought us to where we're at right now. Um I I'm going to say this, I'm not I'm not at all um making light of the strategic plan that we currently have in place right now because I was part of that work. Um, but what we've got right now is and and what we are implementing is is really fantastic and it's it I think it it speaks well of where we want to go and and and the work that we want to do. So, um, thank you to performance fact to for leading
054us in this work. Um, I think we're we're we're in a really good place to to have this as our roadmap going forward. Thank you. Okay, we'll take a vote. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. Motion carried. Thank you again. Thank you. Thank you. Also to the board of education, our community members as well. Thank you. Okay. The next item, our next item, approval of board of education's travel expenses to the Illinois Association of School Boards 2025 joint annual conference. And may I have a motion to approve the registration and lodging expenses associated with attending the Illinois Association of School Boards 2025 joint conference November 21st through 23rd 2025 for board members Sue Kerr Melissa Owens Kate Thomas Khan Don
055Martin Veronica Nolan and Shondaanda Schwarz as well as Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Johnson chief legal officer Trisha Olsen as well as Dr. Kyle von Chase and Dr. Anne Williams, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, and the total amount not to exceed $8,140. So moved. Second. Any questions or discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Kirk, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Nolan, yes. Motion carried. Okay. Our next item, proposal plan operations, emergency leadbased paint abatement and ceiling plaster removal. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Weaver Consultant Group Incorporated in the amount of $45,968 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will
056be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. May I have approve or may I have a motion for the approval from Weaver Consultant Group in the amount of $45,968 and authorization for district administration to execute related documents. So moved. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin, yes. Miss Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens. Yes. Motion carried. Our next item of proposal plan operations Liberty Elementary School Emergency Repair and Restoration. Sheila DS remains at the day to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from BAC Restoration Incorporated in the amount of $73,12562 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance
057fund. May I have a motion to approve the proposal from BAC Rec Restoration Incorporated in the amount of $73,12562 and authorization for district administration to execute related documents? So moved. Any discussion questions? Sue. Um this is for the repairs of the building. Do we have other things we have to worry about? Were were computers uh damaged or books since it was near a library? Luckily, we had limited damage. There was no computers that were damaged. The teacher's laptop got slightly wet, but we were able to wipe it off and so there was no substantial damage. Okay, great. Thank you. You're welcome. Anyone else? Roll call, please. Miss Kerr, yes. Miss Khan, yes. Miss Martin? Yes. Miss Nolan? Yes. Miss Schwarz? Yes. Miss Thomas? Yes. President Owens? Yes. Motion carried. Okay. Okay, the next item on
058the agenda is other business. Dr. Johnson, we have secondary schools financial report for the third quarter. Dr. Frank Williams, assistant superintendent of finance, will review the attached secondary schools quarterly financial report and respond to questions from the board of education. Okay, good evening. This report analyzes the activity within the middle and high school activity funds from January through March. These funds support the extracurricular activities like athletics, performing arts, academic clubs, student organizations that help enrich the students educational experience. As the school year enters that spring semester, schools continue to host events and competitions that drive both the revenues and the expenditures. Fundraisers, field trips, and tournament participations high highlight the student involvement across all schools. At the middle school level, band and orchestra events, field trip fees, sportsear sales made the bulk of revenue, while
059expenses were largely tied to transportation for competitions. The student council sponsored events like dances and concessions. In the high schools, winter and early spring activities were definitely in full swing with the boys and girls athletics, performing arts productions, and club trips leading the way. Revenues were boosted by large fundraisers, athletic tournament fees, and concession stand sales. Meanwhile, significant expenses included travel and lodging for many events, as well as the production costs for the wonderful school musicals and apparel for team sports. The combined beginning balance for these funds was 3.4 million. By the end of the quarter, the balance grew slightly to 3.44 million. Do board members have any questions for Dr. Williams? Thank you. You're welcome. And the next item on the agenda is work session. Dr. Johnson, our first item, President Owens, is the
060student code of conduct. Markinella, coordinator of culture and climate, Trisha Olsen, chief legal officer, will present proposed changes to the student code of conduct. Attached for your reference, please find memorandum um to myself, superintendent from Maranella, coordinator of culture and climate regarding the proposed changes to the student code of conduct as well as proposed student code of conduct. Good evening. I'm pleased to present the student code of conduct for the 2526 school year. This document reflects our district's continued commitment to promoting safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments for all students. We've updated the code to align with federal, state, and federal requirements, strengthen our focus on equity, and emphasize proactive and restorative approaches to discipline. It outlines clear expectations, responsibilities, and supports for students, staff, and families while centering relationships, accountability, and student growth. Thank
061you all for your continued support in fostering a culture where every student can thrive. Hey, do board members have any questions regarding the updated code of conduct done? So, thank you for um the memo that you've been included in that kind of lays out the changes. So, I wanted to talk a little bit about sorry my mic was not on my apologies. I want to talk a little bit about pages 30 and 31. So, the changes to our wireless communications. Um this is already obviously families are already talking about it. Everyone knows the state is going towards the um removal of cell phones and devices from the schools. So I just wanted to clarify a couple of things because I think there's been some assumptions by families and I want to make sure the families
062understand kind of um how this is being addressed. So um as far as when we say communication device there is a miscommunication people believe it means only smartphones. I reading this it seems to mean any communication device smartphones not smartphones watches. Is that correct? Correct. So, uh, cell phones, smartphones, smart watches, um, anything that involves communication. So, and and for K through eight, that would mean any of those device types would need to be put away. Correct. So, the parent can't be getting around these by letting their kid wear a smartwatch. Correct. Is my Okay. So, I just wanted to make sure I'm bringing this up because there's already a lot of talk and people are trying to figure out what they're going to be able to send with their kid and whatnot. send with
063their kids. I want to make sure the parents understand that it's it's all communication devices. It's not just the ones that they can play games on. It's right any any device that has uh communication features. And then um and that is also at the high school level except at the high school level students are able to use it just outside of academic and instruction. Outside of academic and instructional time or outside of academic spaces during instructional time. Perfect. Thank you. Shondaanda, I have a follow-up question to that about the smartwatches or some type of communication. There are parents who do have watches for their children to track them when they're say on the bus and things, but those watches can be put on school mode where they can't communicate. Is that allowed or is it
064just if it looks like a smartwatch, acts like a smartwatch, even if it's on school mode, the child or student can't wear it during the school day? They cannot use it to communicate. Okay. Thank you. And we'll be encouraging parents, yes, to put it on school mode. Veronica, can you can you help me understand how this helps or how this how kids who use uh devices for health care needs are affected by this? So, there is an exception for students who have uh healthcare needs uh certain needs that where they need a um a cell phone that's um tied to their um medical device through Bluetooth. um that is the exception uh because they do need that um communication device or the cell phone in order to um access their um whatever medical need they
065have with that other device. Uh so that is allowed. Uh it is also should be written in their um IEP 504 medical plan where they'll able they'll be able to access uh that device with that cell phone again for for medical needs. Is that pretty much already happening for those students? Like that won't be new for all these different students, will it? No, that's nothing that's new, right? So, it's really just they've already been doing all that. They've been had access. The only difference is we're not going to stop them from having access. Correct. They should have access. We're just um ensuring that's already in the code of conduct. And in Thank you, Britney. Anyone else? And I know that to some degree, I mean, because of of timing and needing to get the the
066code of conduct approved for the next school year, some of this with the communication devices a little bit putting the cart before the horse and that there will be additional communications coming out from our Yes. from our schools to parents and and to families to help implement some of these changes. Absolutely. So we'll be working on a centralized communication uh strategy that will will go live. Uh the first part though is presenting the recommendations to the board of education as we do annually with the student code of conduct. um having opportunity for discussion, questions um and feedback and then uh we'll be really centralizing that again so that as those individualized what everyone always feels like are very much my individual questions we discover that those are common questions across the system and then we'll
067be able to respond to those and support our sites um with that as well. I also really want to thank just on that side our sites that have been piloting this work this year. So, I really want to thank Streamwood High School again, uh, who's been piloting the work at the high school level, uh, with restricting use to instructional and academic spaces. I want to thank Larsson Middle School who has also been implementing the uh, restrictions as well during the school day. We've learned a great deal from their experiences and ways that we can carry that message forward as well as how we will look to update and individualize some of those messages to be specific to uh groups of students and and our um education uh programming as well. Thank you. I had one
068more. Sorry. Um so dress code, I forgot to ask this one. So, I noticed that we're making the change from um prohibiting hats and hoods to um just saying that wearing them they students must still be identifiable. Did administration have or like staff within our buildings have any feedback on that change? Because that's one I've heard comments from staff before that some of the students way they wear things are not identifiable. So they I just have concerns about going from discouraging the wear of miscellaneous hats and hoodies and things of that nature. So we change it to just as long as uh students are identifiable that they are allowed to wear um head coverings uh hats and hoods. Um Mark, if I may. Sure. My understanding is that there was feedback from staff that the
069um practice was what is now being suggested. Okay. That the previous uh document did not align with our current practice. Okay. Um but there if there are staff that are reporting that there's difficulties identifying students, then we need to do more to train staff on how to respond to those instances so that way we can either write referrals or address the circumstances on a case- by case basis. Y sounds good. Thank you. Okay. Anyone else? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Our next item is the 2026 2027 school calendar. Mark Moore, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, will present the attached 2026 2027 school calendar and respond to questions from the board of education. administration is recommending approval of the proposed 2026 2027 school calendar. Do board members have questions? Shondaanda, I have a few questions. Um,
070thank you for answering some of the board members questions that submitted ahead of time. What is our plan for the subsequent school years? Do we plan on keeping it late start late finish or would this just be a oneoff and then say 2728 school year we're starting right back where we are right now what we do and then have a shortened summer break right so as you notice on this calendar it does propose starting about two and a half weeks later than normal and that is because of the planned construction districtwide which you heard about much earlier in the meeting from um Mr. Lind home and Dr. Williams um in the subsequent years we have not decided on a calendar to propose you know we our practice has been to be a year ahead and
071not multiple years ahead but our informal thinking is that we would get back to our typical calendar over two or three years. So we would probably not come back jumping back two weeks all at once. But so many things can happen between now and 2 and a half years from now that I I I really don't know. Thank you. And then my other question um so with high school seniors who when we've seen this at like scholarship receptions where ECC the president ECC says you can come to summer school start your college early um for so many up to so many credits and it looks like their um term for summer starts towards the end of May. do we typically see when we have a little bit of overlap and in this case it'll be
072more overlap for a high school senior that is trying to finish out at U46 and wanting to go to ECC to start out their summer. So how right now we don't plan on moving graduation. So graduation will most likely still be the Saturday of Memorial Day which would be the 29th of May 27 and thus seniors would be done on or about the 28th of May. Oh, thank you. I missed that. Yep. We are we are though um we will be negotiating another contract with now Arena for our graduation date. So just as a as a side that's something that the board of education can expect to see coming forward. Um we negotiate that contract on a regular on a regular basis. So those are those are things when you take a look at this
073calendar for example and it says tenative high school graduation. because we have not reached an agreement yet on the graduation date for that year. So, we're strictly going off of historically for the last almost 20 years at this point when graduation has occurred at the now arena. Thank you. And final question, I know that this just was posted a few days ago. Have you started to see any feedback from like staff, teachers, people who work in the district, may have kids in neighboring districts? I haven't, but they rarely would come to me. So, I'm gonna look at Dr. Johnson, see what she's gotten. Um, so we we have shared in advance of bringing this here, we've shared this with leadership from our locals as well. So, we have shared these considerations with some of our
074leadership um for those groups. And um you know as we infamously, famously, however you want to think about it, we know that we're not going to make everybody happy with whatever calendar we bring forward. Uh so there no doubt are those who are thrilled to see that summer um would be a longer summer this in this year in this case. There are others who would prefer summer to end exactly where it has for the last decade or so. Um, so we'll we'll continue to seek their, you know, their their feedback. Well, um, and then of course work at at responding to that as well and trying to address the questions that we can. Uh, we've anticipated a number of questions. Uh, whether it be, you know, the impact on high school activities and athletics, um,
075the opportunity for students to participate in additional programming, what could that look like, how do we support students with that? And those are all things that we will work at addressing. and information we'll bring forward. But again, our our first step was to be able to have a a conversation with the board of education on this calendar uh so that the community and certainly none of our board members would be surprised when we start engaging in some of those uh those conversations as well. Uh so it it's still early on to tell you it's kind of split right now across all of those parties. However, here's my however. When when we take a deep breath and everyone realizes that it's that that the calendar is being adjusted to be responsive to the construction that is
076occurring across the system to update learning spaces for our students. They're very understanding of why that's happening. Uh so I think we'll have to continue as we try to lead with our why and then still figure out how we how we help people um who have concerns. Thank you, John. So, I'm going to thank you for answering these several questions I had that were really just a small handful of all of the issues that are in my brain at this point. Um, I appreciate the why behind this calendar. I I understand how the construction works. I understand the delay. Um, having just spent seven years at the high school level. As a high school parent, I want to cry seeing this schedule. I I know how much both of my children would have struggled having
077it shift the way it does and what that does for testing and APS and how that aligns with everyone else. Um so I am I am really hopeful we are very honest on how we're supporting the high school teachers and staff um with this change especially if it holds for a couple of years and what that looks like. Uh I know that all parents at different ages this is different. my kids were little, I would have no issue having the bigger kids. It scares the heck out of me. Um, so I appreciate the why. I am very concerned. I'm I'm just not even going to hesitate to say it, but I'm very concerned in what this looks like at the high school level, high school kids and little kids. It's just it's two different worlds
078on the flexibility when it comes to those dates and the amount of where that learning time needs to happen and how it's affected. So, um, I look forward to seeing how we support our upper level staff in this change and I look back I hopefully that they our staff do come forward with concerns and the requests for help as they need it. Um, but thank you for attempting to answer all the questions I submitted. Ideally, it goes smoothly and our construction ends when it's supposed to. [Laughter] Thank you. Any other questions? No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Our next item, middle school social studies curriculum resource proposal. Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning. Silia Banks, director of curriculum and instruction. and Jacob Vandy Mortell, coordinator of K12 social studies and world
079language, will provide the board of education with information relating to the middle school social studies curriculum resource proposal. Good evening. So, that is exactly what we're going to talk about tonight. This is a excuse me, new social studies curriculum and resource proposal uh for grades 6 through 8. Um and it really is it represents a significant change from the existing curriculum and that is why it is not part of the broader middle school uh proposals you've seen because we are looking at entirely new curriculum not just sort of moving the existing curriculum. Um we are looking at a new school uh new course sequence that begins with sixth grade global studies, seventh grade civic and economic studies and eighth grade American studies. And we'll talk more about what the whole studies theme means in a
080moment. This aligns to the strategic plan through uh ensuring student success on uh rigorous common assessments and having an effective and engaged staff that help participate in the selection of our resources. Um so there's a lot of rationale here. Um really when we talk about what's changing in this curriculum, the move to inquirydriven um more integrated as far as when let me start with where we we used to have I apologize. We used to have a curriculum that was very much seventh grade is a geography class and it addressed geography standards and eighth grade was a US history class and it was a survey and it addressed history standards. We sort of jammed some civics and econ in there to be in compliance with state mandates. This is a much more integrated model where we're
081looking at all of those standard strands throughout the course of the 3 years. The inquiry method is repeated throughout all three years. The types of assessments and activities that students are engaging in are similar as they go through these. And really they're learning to do inquiry around topics rather than learning geography and then doing history and then doing some econ. That's that's what this is. And and of course it's driven by highquality grade level engaging and affirming meaningful resources from which we've written the curriculum. We have a team of teachers for the sake of time I will not read them into the record. We're very grateful for their efforts. They've been working on this for some time uh which the timeline shows. As you can see, we actually began this uh back in August of
0822023 um before we were even quite sure how it would all integrate with the new middle school model. Um and some changes have happened along the way. There's been shifts and we're very excited. But um the important dates on here is this is available to all teachers beginning next school year 2526. We will been then be using all of next school year to collect feedback on what we have provided and make revisions as needed with a full implementation for all required in 2627. As I mentioned before, we're talking about the Illinois 6 through8 learning standards. The important thing here is um a number of state mandates have been added since the last time we addressed the middle school curriculum. And so we would often put those into the curriculum and they were sort of square
083pegs and round holes. They are deliberately uh integrated throughout and and really six through eight rather than just saying everything belongs in US history cuz we did it once there. So it's it's more deliberately uh spread throughout and more authentically addressed as well. So um again I won't read everything here but the idea is sixth grade is a global studies course. They're all inquiry focused. They're all uh using rigorous force choice and writing assessments at grade level. Uh sixth grade global studies is really a world studies course where we're looking at ancient history, but then we're teasing out all the way up to the present uh throughout each of those units. Seventh grade civic and economic studies as really um that where we help meet our civics mandates and look at US uh government. And
084then uh the economics, we look at some macroeconomics, but really we're really excited about the personal financial literacy that we're diving into there, which um is is going to be an emphasis by the state. We're ahead of the curve um and talking to other districts on that. And then 8th grade is American studies. Very similar. It's American, you know, it's American history, but it's focused through that integrated model that we're talking about. Okay. Um, our recommended resources, uh, we're really excited about, uh, TCI's history alive, the ancient world for sixth grade global studies, their partner, Civics Alive, foundations and functions, uh, from TCI for seventh grade, the civics component and part of the macroeconomics, and then nextG personal finances free online middle school course uh, for the personal financial literacy components. And then eighth grade
085American studies will use history alive, the United States through industrialism. Um again I will not read everything on this implementation plan but the important dates here are um everything is available to teachers next year. Uh professional learning for all teachers next year intentional supports for those electing to use it next year with full implementation after all revision and feedback is collected in 2627 and then data monitoring around those new common assessments uh from 27 on to 2030 and making changes as needed. Um, professional learning will be again available to all this year around resource training and how we use the common assessments to plan backwards. There's also a ton of really great asynchronous training from the resource companies that we've chosen and that teachers can do some of that self-paced stuff and we can um
086kind of accredit them with professional learning hours for doing so. Um, and there'll be ongoing support for uh teacher collaborative teams and and PLC's and so forth. uh total cost uh is primarily bound up in these TCI uh student books, licenses, and activity kits. There is also a consumable cost for uh NextGen's materials. Like I mentioned, they're free and they're online. Um and they can be printed, but our teachers were really emphatic that we want to have something available. So, we're going to bind those and and provide them for teachers uh so that everyone has a physical copy as well. And then there's some professional learning hours built in to make sure that we are able to reach full implementation. Uh consumables about $24,680 a year. That of course could change depending on how many
087um teachers say yes, we need that book every year versus some teachers saying nope, we're going to do it online through Canvas. Uh we're going to provide for everybody and then we'll see where it goes. And the estimated per pupil cost with all the licenses and everything is $96.79 over the course of sorry per pupil over the course of the adoption. What this will excitingly allow us to do is to have strong rigorous common assessments with formative assessments that build towards those that we can look at the data and determine if we are indeed using the resource to do the things we want to do. um and then support teachers either through their planning time or professional learning to make adjustments as necessary and that is exactly how we will evaluate the implementation of this
088and that concludes our presentation. Thank you for the presentation. Do board members have questions Sue? So thank you for giving us the online access. It looks like a great program. Um you you mentioned that teachers could voluntarily use it next year. I I take it they could use part of it if they were interested in like doing a few lessons or a few subject areas. Indeed. Okay. And you're getting feedback from the teachers as you go along. Yep. We've already collected a ton and and we've got a really deliberate process set up really unit by unit throughout the next year. We want to do you have any sense of how many teachers are interested in trying it next year? For middle school? I do not. So we're using a very similar process for high school.
089Um and it's significant. I'd say about 30% of teachers are saying I want to really fully dive in. Okay. Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah. Any other questions? Samine, I have a question on um if it's an optin voluntary program for teachers, do you have a base when you're doing the data collection with a control group, experimental group, so we can kind of see um yes, we're working on the precise logistics of how we do that in our systems because Infinite Campus, we we want to make sure we know we we'll know who's who, the the means by which we collect that. we're still working on, but that's a goal. Anybody else? And do you have a process for how you're going to kind of present this material then to the middle school teachers to, you
090know, hopefully get them engaged to indeed. So, there's there'll be a series of uhformational sessions about what's available, what it means to what sort of supports are available if you're electing to do all our parts of it throughout the year. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I'd like to emphasize that everybody's going to get the professional learning. Uh the implementation of the curriculum is 2627. Um the idea of making it available to everybody ahead of time is because we always have early adopters and there seems to be genuine uh excitement about the new resource. Yeah. And it's possible that um even if they don't start using the resource to start the year as they get the professional development and get more comfortable with the with the and the reason that we want to know who's interested is it
091allows us to like give them more support throughout the year. Right. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. That brings us to work session bids and proposals. Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. Our first is a bid. Pathways Bartlett High School Pathways Furniture. Dr. Latrice Satwway, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation. Michelle Chapman, director of postsecary success, and Micah Kennedy, assistant director of post-secondary success, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders, automotive equipment specialists in the amount of $73,324. Garvey's Office Products in the amount of $34,233.18. School Specialty LLC in the amount of $45,857.80. Warehouse Direct in the amount of $53,3864 as well as $71,45.96 for items that were not bid upon and for the total amount of
092$278,2758 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? Thank you. Our next item bid office of schools middle school cell phone pouches. Dr. Annette Oavdo, assistant superintendent of schools and Julie Shoemaker, executive director of middle schools will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Yonder Incorporated in the amount of $172,250 and request authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions?
093Don, thank you for bringing this forward. Can you explain to me how the yonder pouches work? I am not familiar with them. So, they are a neoprene pouch that clips shut and once they're clipped shut, they can't be opened until it's a magnetic base opens it. So, the kids will have the pouches on their themselves all day. They put their phones and communication devices in it, clip it shut, and it's locked for the day. They can either leave it in their lock or they can carry it around. Depends on what they're comfortable with. And at the end of the day when they leave, they unlock it with the magnetic base. So, what does that look like in practice? Like, do are like the bases like do we just put them like by the exit on
094the wall so they can go as they're walking up? We can we like to personalize it better so that we greet our students coming in. So, we hold the bases and our SSAs, f monitors, some teachers will stand there, greet them as well as lock and unlock the pouches. Oh, because they have to hit the base to lock them in the morning also. No, they can just squeeze them shut. But some kids squeeze them shut during the night. So then they have to pop them back open before they So it's a way to greet our students as they come in and out. We can put them on the wall. We can also buy stands. We've just chosen at Larsson because that's we implemented to put them right to make it more personal. Okay. And then
095sorry I was going to add for clarification for any students with a medical condition who does need we have pouches that are just the velcro. Yeah. They're strong velcro so they can velcro and unvel. Okay. And and this is and as far as like the this isn't adding weird time to the day or anything because it's just as they're going in and out of the building anyway to buses or it had no impact on Larsson's ending beginning of the day. Thank you. Yeah, Sue. So will the kids be bringing these pouches back and forth to school? Yeah, they they are responsible for their pouch the entire time. And I imagine since you said Larsson did this, there are some kids who shut the pouches at home. And did they did they discover creative ways to
096open them or? Um, no. If they cut them open, they've been just purchasing a new one or they the parents leave them in there for the weekend due to their mishap and they'll get them opened on Monday. So, Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What about the kids who forget it at home? Kids who forget it at home have the option of either grabbing one a temporary one in the in the office or leaving their phone in the office. Okay, Veronica. So, do kids get to use it at all during lunch? No. Phones are put away for the day. It's the Yonder Pouch is a tool to help them keep it away for the day. Um, if you look at Larson's behavior data, their behavior data has decreased, I would say almost 50% if not more. Yeah.
097And the students are actually interacting with one another during lunch. Yeah. Nice. He did buy games for them to play during lunch. So, they are you're seeing more interactions. Uno is a huge hit down there in the lunchroom. I I'll say we even I know this doesn't this is a middle school but I even tell you at high school they have pingpong happening during the cafet during lunchtime this year because of their like cell phone restrictions. They too have board games. Yeah. Um so it's it's an in it's a it's a welcome return. Yes. Um, so to see that though at at middle school to see students playing Uno, um, and those board games is really wonderful and interacting with staff members as they're also playing the games. That was exciting. So can I I'm
098imagining so you can correct me if I'm wrong that you know it now when students need to reach a parent for whatever reason you know they've done it through the on their own we're returning to the days where you went to the office to make a call or the parent calls the office for whatever the concern might be. Yes, I'm assuming that's correct. That's that's exactly right. Not adding too much to No, not at all. Awesome. In fact, the Larsson staff has welcomed it. Great. Yeah. Thank you. And I it the um Mr. Spicone and and um and uh yeah did a presentation for CAC a couple of months ago. Is that recorded? I I don't know if that's been recorded. I don't know. I'll have to double check. I know I was not at
099that meeting. I was there, but I don't remember if it was recorded. I don't remember if it was recorded either, but if it was, they they they did present some of that data and talked about the, you know, just the how how all of this functioned in practice, right? What how it worked with kids that forgot their pouches or, you know, what they did during lunch and, you know, all of all of those things. So, it was a really interesting conversation if it to see if it's recorded and find out. I'm also wondering if by chance um Mr. Spicone didn't record anything like at the start of the school year when they were doing some of those sessions. So, we'll we'll we'll research that and see if there's something something out there for it for
100sure. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Our next item is a bid plan operations Highland Elementary School domestic water abatement project number 9002-25. Sheila DS assistant superintendent of operations will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. administration recommends to low uh award to the lowest responsible bidder CEC Environmental Incorporated in the amount of $70,800 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 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years. Do board members have any questions? Okay, next item. Next is a bid plan operations Larsson Middle School domestic water abatement project number 508-25. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder EHC Industries Incorporated in
101the amount of $559,425 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 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years. Any questions? Next item. We have a bid plan operations data center fire suppression abatement project number 355-25. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Nationwide Environment and Demo LLC in the amount of $44,800 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 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years. Any questions? Okay. Thank you. Next we have a bid equity and innovation Elgen High School commercial dishwasher. Dr. Latrice Satderwite, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation.
102Michelle Chapman, director of postsecary success, and Micah Kennedy, assistant director of postsecary success, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award of the lowest responsible bidder Douglas Food Stores in the amount of $49,396.77 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Any questions? Thank you. Next is a proposal plan operations acoustic shells purchase. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Winger Corporation in the amount of $78,941 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged
103to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year. Any questions? Great. Next item. Next, a proposal plan operations Hillrest Elementary School stair replacement. Sheila DS I think is going to stay uh for this one. Um and we'll present the attached proposal summary to respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Murphy Construction Services LLC in the amount of $46,000. 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Any questions? Okay, next item. Next, we have a proposal plan operations TU Middle School concrete repairs. The administration recommends approval of the proposal from Grade Restoration and Construction
104Services LLC in the amount of $45,900 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Any questions? Thank you. Thank you. Next is a proposal curriculum and instruction classroom libraries. Dr. Latrice Satderwide, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation, Amanda Leatherbeby, director of specialized student services, and Selia Banks, director of curriculum and instruction, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Scholastic Education in the amount of $812,77156 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 2024 2025 fiscal
105year. Do board members have any questions? Next item. Next proposal, climate and culture crisis prevention institute training and materials. Dr. Neta Seavo, assistant superintendent of schools and Markella, coordinator of climate and culture will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from crisis prevention institute in the amount of $277,829 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Or members have any questions? Thank you. Next, a proposal multilingual and multicultural education high school library book bag club collections. Dr. Latrice Satway, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation. Griselda Patel, director of multilingual and multicultural education, and Celia Banks, director of curriculum
106and instruction, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Liberia in the amount of $118,61622 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 2024 2025 fiscal year. Board members have any questions? Thank you. Next is a proposal human resources red rover absence management. Mark Moore, assistant superintendent of human resources will present the attached proposal and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Red Rover Technologies LLC in the amount of $69,486 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund cost is included in
107the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions? Thank you. Brings us to work session contracts over 35,000. Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. Our first item, contract renewal, financial operations support and licensing for Munis payroll and human resource software. Dr. Frank Williams, assistant superintendent of finance, will present the attached proposal and summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with Tyler Technologies in the amount of $148,15743 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 2024 2025 through 2025 2026 fiscal years. Do board members have any questions? Thank you. Next is a contract renewal, Specialized Student Services, the Northwestern Illinois Association.
108Dr. Latrice Satwite, Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Innovation, and Amanda Leatherbeby, Director of Specialized Student Services, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the Northwestern Illinois Association in the amount of $279,800 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 we have contract renewal, equity and innovation advancement via individual determination AVID membership. Dr. Latrice Satway, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation, Michelle Chapman, director of postsecondary success and Elizabeth McKenna, coordinator of instructional programs and student support will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions
109for u from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the AVID center in the amount of $125,485. 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? Sue, I noticed we have three middle or elementary schools doing AVID now. Are we encouraging other elementary schools to look at it or consider it? We're really starting small with the intention of wanting to be sure that we build quality into those programs, understand how they can support our district strategic plan, and if those schools are successful in meeting their goals with AVID, then that would be something we could consider. Okay. Thank you. But actually to
110follow up, the schools decided on their own to do this. Yes. Okay. Yes. And a lot of them are working through their school improvement plans with um their SIL money through um their comprehensive or targeted status and using AVID as a learning partner. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Next item. Next is contract equity and innovation AVID core collaborative. Our team remains at the day to respond to questions and present the attached proposal summary to the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract with the core collaborative in the amount of $44,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. Cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. Do board members have any [Music] questions? Thank you. That
111will bring us to work session change orders. Our first item is a change order plant operations Lurin High School auditorium flooring house lighting sound system and seating replacement project number 273. Sheila DS assistant superintendent of operations will present the attached change order and will respond to questions from the board of education administration recommends the board of education approve the change order from Omni Construction Group Incorporated in the amount of minus $141,233. Do board members have any questions? Kate, I don't have a question, but I just want to say how wonderful the auditorium looks with the new seats and the the nice flooring and sound system and all that. It's just it's really it's really a pleasure to go there and listen to a choir concert. Yeah, that's great feedback. I'll definitely share with my team.
112Thank you. Anyone else? Thank you. Awesome. Thank you. That being 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 Nolan, yes. Miss Schwarz, yes. Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens, yes. We are journed at 8:40 p.m. Thank you, everyone.