001e e for everybody I'm going to resume the March 10th 2025 Board of Education meeting if I can have everybody rise as they are able for the pledge of I pledge Alle to flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under godible with liberty and justice for all thank you everyone first item on our agenda is strategic plan Dr Johnson thank you president Owens uh this evening uh coming forward laa Mich Deputy superintendent of instruction will be joined by muu fa performance fact president and CEO to present to the Board of Education a an update on our strategic planning work thank you can you hear me good evening everyone um last week we presented a part of the uh final plan the part that was focused
002primarily on student learning you may recall that the the the uh strategic planning design has three circles Circle number one is about student learning circle number two is about instructional Effectiveness Circle number three is about the infrastructure to support instruction so what I covered last week was Circle Number One primarily what we're going to cover today will be Circle two instruction and circle three the infrastructure and Leela is going to be the lead person on that thank you Mewtwo uh good evening board members thank you for the opportunity to present tonight uh tonight I'm excited to present an update on our strategic efforts to enhance instructional Effectiveness within School District u46 our focus is to ensure that every student receives high quality engaging instruction that prepares them for success and we're Guided by a well-defined
003instructional Vision a set of professional practices and a standards aligned instructional system throughout this presentation I will walk you through the key practices and actions we're implementing to drive student learning and achievement next slide please our instructional vision is grounded in the instructional Clarity framework which emphasizes clear purposeful teaching and learning this instructional Clarity framework is something we have had in place across our district so we had a really great starting point to work off off of and through the rigorous work we have done with the instructional Focus team and performance fact we have been able to delve deeper into each component of the framework it's a further outlined observable classroom practices we're working to create classrooms where students students actively develop the skills and dispositions outlined in our profile of a graduate and this
004document will serve as a road map defining the measurable actions that students and teachers must take to create an environment where learning is deep meaningful and Equitable for all the foundation of effective teaching and learning begins with creating the right conditions for students to thrive students must feel safe respected and engaged in order to fully participate in their learning they should take ownership of their education advocate for themselves and feel comfortable taking risks on the teacher side so you'll see student actions is on the left and teacher actions is on the right and these are supposed to be observable actions when you walk into a classroom what you would see so on the teacher side we are focusing on cultivating relationships setting up effective routines and ensuring all students feel included and capable of success
005these conditions are essential to student growth and achievement next slide please under adapted curriculum it's critical that a strong standards aligned curricul curriculum is at the heart of effective teaching and our students should be able to clearly articulate the purpose of their learning and engage with highquality instructional materials our teachers are expected to implement our adapted curriculum with Integrity ensuring that their instruction is aligned with pacing guides and curricular Frameworks and by maintaining consistency in instructional practices we provide all students with Equitable learning opportunities one of the key driv of Student Success is ensuring that every task students complete is fully aligned with the intended learning Target students should be able to demonstrate their learning in ways that match the expected outcomes and teachers play a crucial role in designing rigorous standard aligned tasks that
006supports students in developing their Knowledge and Skills by maintaining strong alignment between Target tasks and assessments we ensure Clarity in focus and instruction we know that literacy is fundamental to academic success and that's why we are prioritizing daily engagement with complex text and academic vocabulary across all content areas students should be reading and writing every day using academic vocabulary and discussions and applying strategies to analyze complex texts our teachers are modeling these literacy skills and embedding them into their instruction through guided reading questioning techniques and explicit vocabulary instruction all of which will be supported with by ongoing professional learning in addition to support student- centered learning we are implementing the workshop model of instruction this model structures lessons into many lessons work time and reflection allowing students to engage deeply with content through a mix
007of whole group small group and independent activities teachers facilitate learning experiences that promote student ownership critical thinking and collaboration this approach ensures that students are actively engaged and producing evidence of their learning and in academic teaming collaboration is a powerful driver of student learning and this is something we've been focusing on for a while so with academic teaming students take on active roles in group work hold themselves and their peers accountable and engage in structured discussions to deepen their understanding teachers support this by creating clear roles providing structured learning protocols and fostering a culture where students learn from one another this method strengthens student discourse critical thinking agency and problem solving skills another component is formative assessment and we're re reinforcing the use of formative assessment to provide students with real-time feedback and allow teachers
008to adjust instruction based on student needs students engage in discussions written responses and problem solving tasks that demonstrate their learning and teachers use daily formative assessments to guide their instruction ensuring that students receive the necessary support to master learning objectives feedback is a powerful tool for student growth and we're fostering a culture of actionable feedback where students use Rubik success criteria and exemplars to assess their work and revise it based on feedback from from their peers their own Reflections and their teachers teachers provide specific timely and targeted feedback that help students identify strengths and areas for growth and by embedding structured feedback loops we Empower students to take ownership of their learning and continuously improve and in the final component is culturally and linguistically responsive teaching in u46 we celebrate diversity and are committed to
009culturally and linguistically responsive teaching students bring valuable backgrounds and experiences to the classroom and our instruction must reflect and affirm that diversity teachers are embedding inclusive practices incorporating multilingual supports and using materials that represent diverse perspectives this ensures that students feel valued and engaged in their learning Beyond instructional strategies we must have a strong infrastructure that supports teaching and learning and our plan includes signature strategies key actions and a road map for disciplined implementation this infrastructure ensures that we create a cohesive districtwide approach to Student Success so last time we met you were able to review the full go four goal areas and some of the sign signature strategies um that are shown here on this screen on the next page we'll start to dig into what those strategies are and what the key actions
010will be for us to actually achieve those goals in goal one building early academic and social emotional foundations we have five key actions expand Early Learning access Implement evidence-based instructional practices strengthen professional learning for educators enhance family engagement and collaborate with local Partners we know that a strong Foundation is in early learning is critical for long-term success so while the goal that you see is around building that Foundation there are signature strategies that we're going to employ and these actions that you see on the right hand side are the specific actions we're going to take that will help us Implement those strategies and meet our goal under goal two safety sense safety sense of belonging in inclusion um we have another set of five key actions that as a district we will Implement systemwide we'll
011work to standardize social emotional learning support systems develop belonging and Community initiatives promote a positive classroom culture prioritize student voice in safety and inclusion and amplify student voice and Ure inclusive representation in all decision- making students must feel safe valued and connected in order to reach their full potential and we believe that these key actions will help us get to a point where where all of our students feel that way in goal number three academic growth and Mastery again there are five systemwide key actions see a pattern here they include develop and implementing aligned curriculum and assessments so continuing that work to ensure that we've got aligned curriculum and assessments facilitating datadriven and professional learning for all roles across the district fostering collaboration and reflection providing realtime intervention systems and leveraging student data for continuous
012monitoring and finally under goal four ready to embrace a diverse and changing World our key actions include expanding career Pathways and CTE programs enhancing early and ongoing academic career counseling increasing work-based learning and internship opportunities integrating the portrait of a graduate qualities into activities and creating personalized learning plans for every student our strategic plan is built around a Clear Vision strong instructional practices and a commitment to Student Success by focusing on instructional Clarity engagement and Equity we are ensuring that every student in u46 is prepared for a bright future thank you for your time and I welcome any questions that you have thank you for going over that presentation do board members have any questions or did you do we want to I I also um as as you Ponder questions or potential other other
013comments uh the board of education did receive the print out for the four pager this evening uh so they they do have the uh actually print out copies that include the information that uh L my stovich just reviewed it does include our promise uh the portrait of The Graduate as well as again the goals and measures and signature strategies as well so if you uh would take a look at this as well and give us uh possible feedback or considerations I want to give everybody a moment to digest that but I can start with Don okay so thank you for one for all the work that's been done by all of our staff that have met for many many hours working on all these items and thank you for continuing to present and update us
014um I kind of have a I have a I have a big picture question on just kind of the whole strategic plan so when I'm looking at the pieces I want to make sure that I'm reading this correctly so we have the um presentation we did tonight has the signature strategies which are those five items if I'm understanding this correctly those are the actions we're going to do or hoping to do to support um the 1.11.3 like the little yep so so so these are strategies for each goal and then those are the key actions we're taking to support each of these correct yes okay so that yes so it's not a one for one I know I struggled with it's okay I just wanted to make sure I understood the flow so then similarly
015if we're looking at um our goals and measures of student progress are instructional Effectiveness items are the actions that are going to support um the student progress goals is that do that do those kind of fit together yes and so I think the the circle number two is really around getting clear around what the instructional vision is and so we've been working hard to develop this common language around instruction and we've created the instructional Clarity framework for our staff that incorporates all the components all the instructional components that we've been focusing on as a District what we haven't done yet is what you saw tonight we haven't really outlined what does that look like in the classroom what does it look like when you observe students in the classroom what does it look like when
016you observe teachers in the classroom and so that's what that instructional um instructional vision and instructional Clarity framework will help us do is really articulate what are these practices so yes this should help us get I would I would say this this should help us get to all four goals when you look at it at a classroom level then there's some systemwide work and some strategies systemwide that we have to continue to further develop our programs incorporate the portrait of a graduate into you know our curriculum um develop those personalized learning plans so on and so forth thank you the other the other item um to go along with that and and this is part of that implementation so once the Strategic plan is approved the implementation work or team will need to come together
017so while you have what is outlined here as far as what will be measured we haven't presented or shared with you yet how that will be measured or the metrics that would be utilized for those measurements um and as you'll recall part of this process is also to bring forward a public facing data dashboard on the u46 web page as well as the timeline which we've touched on just a little bit around establishing goals monitoring the goals reflecting taking action adjusting action right the that that ongoing review for constant or continuous Improvement so those are still pieces that will be work as we Implement a strategic plan Shonda I just have a bit of a photo feedback so we talk about the portrait of a graduate it'd be nice to actually see photo of graduates
018and capping gowns that's a good idea he about the first page of the on the on the first page because it looks like I'm assuming there's like a high school elementary middle school component it would be nice to have like kind of the recession but I have capping down yeah absolutely and I know um so we' connected Tara with U much's team to really make sure that even in these documents that are public facing and and even the behind the scenes ones to make sure that they match our you 46 style guide that all the colors are in place and she's going to provide additional photos for that so thank you for that feedback some of our presentation I think covers have like those collages has like graduates and so that would be really nice
019touch okay so along those lines then are these pictures of actual U 46 students or are they stock photos no they're your kids or our kids great and we also received some feedback on Friday from the alignment team as well around uh picture usage so representation as well making sure that the representation of our earliest Learners are indeed earliest Learners that are being represented and and just checking some of those pieces so appreciate the feedback around the graduates as well and consideration making sure there are students any additional questions I just I want to thank again the the entire team for the work that's been put into this I I also sat in on the um session on Friday with the alignment team um and along with making the the additional recommendations on the the
020use of the the pictures and and the representation within those pictures um they had some really great feedback and and really some complimentary feedback on because this is the the you know the alignment team is made up of all of those external organizations that help bring services and um instructional um supplements to our students and to be able to see kind of their positioning on the signature strategies wheel and see what their impact is and where they fit in they can then take that back to their boards and their staff and say okay this is this is our spot right and this is the work that we're doing here for u46 then this feeds into what is happening at the district level what's happening at the community level so it was a really nice kind
021of piece of synergy right between between the district and all of the all the people that we depend on within our wider Community to help deliver these services to students so I just want to thank again that team for the input that they've had on this this process and this project um because it's been really really quite valuable and it's it's a lot of time that's been put into this so thank you to them thank you to the entire instructional team and and everybody in the district that's been working on this and to everybody a performance fact thank you thank you very much oh I'm sorry sorry this just came up I just had a question when we're looking at the signature strategies you have all the goals um is so looking at goal three
022we already have a lot of this in the agenda are we going to have best practices in the district also highlighted and then kind of show additional interventions and strategies is that you're yeah so when you look at goal three the the big so the the strategies right so the the the what we're going to do is we're going to have impactful curriculum and aligned assessments effective teaching and engaging learning and data informed instruction intervention and just so that like wait go back sorry go back one more okay and just so you see that the the 3.1 3.2 and 3.3 on the left side is just um it's those strategies um with with just you know more a little bit more uh elaborated so it's the same thing that you're seeing on 3.1 3.2 3.3
023both on the left side and then on the right side in there they're just a little bit more uh condensed those phrases so we're wanting to make sure that our curriculum resources and assessments are standards aligned high quality and and relevant we want to provide continuous professional learning to strengthen authentic student engagement and we want to use common assessment data to guide instruction enrichment and intervention across grade levels when you go then to the slide where it shares the um key actions so you want to move to the slide I think it's yep there you go right here so this is the what we're going to do is the 3.1 3.2 3.3 how we're going to get there are those key actions and so that elaborates more on how what steps we're going to take
024to ensure that we're implementing those strategies and then meeting our goals I think one of one of the pieces and and we've been wrestling with this so the the team that's been working on this has been has been wrestling with us since like you know last summer but they don't work in isolation yeah and so trying to figure out a graphic that effectively communicates that we're not going to only work on impactful curriculum and aligned assess assessments and then we'll move on to effective teaching and engaging learning and then we look at data and form those items are all working together at any one point and and so part of our work is that communication plan and strategy as well how do we communicate this this work out similarly when you look at those you
025know the systemwide key actions it doesn't mean that we have to do one thing first and then the other and so part of the work is how do we communicate that and then how do we communicate that all of these pieces are in progress and where and where we are at and and so I just I I want to clarify because I think the struggle to find a graphic that effectively communicates the complexity of enhancing instruction and changing conditions to really Empower student voice to have amazing student growth is really hard to do and that's you know that's what we're trying to do and so we're you're going to continue to see us come forward and talk about this and get your feedback on how we communicate it but that's that's the exciting work ahead
026so one following up on the communications bit I know we had some teachers involved with the Committees but how are we going to roll it out to all of the teachers so I think that's that's something that we have opportunities across the entire District I think for us you know and we think about this and obviously in collaboration with our with our executive cabinet team but thinking about how we roll out how we roll out any types of communication right so obviously first the board of education has to approve the plan and then we start to think about what that communication looks like broadly and then who are the groups that we have to meet with immediately who are going to help support and implement this work like from the get-go and then what does
027that look like um for for teachers and staff at the schools and what are the opportunities we have to communicate that both you know voluntary opportunities but also part of our district collaborative days when we have them all together part of the school Improvement planning days I think we've working really hard to make sure that there's alignment between school Improvement plans and then our district priorities we've been doing that for the last year or so and so now like how do we create further alignment once this strategic plan is is approved and adopted in those plans so that there are is a a vertical alignment across all levels of the system okay thank you and I know that that Dr Johnson and I were were talking um this past week when you when you look
028at the Strategic plan that we've got out on the website right now um and when we have these presentations from Administration regarding the curriculum initiatives that we have and and the resource proposals and all of these things um sometimes it's really a lot of times it's really difficult to really it's it's we can point to a pillar but what does that actually mean right and this document I think helps provide us as board members also some of that background knowledge and that background language about what is actually happening in the classrooms that you know we it's one thing to buy the resource but then to actually look at what those actions are that are going to be taken in the classroom and I think it will help us I hope be able to be a
029little bit more informed about what's happening especially those of us that that aren't Educators right and we don't understand the the the theory behind in the pedagogy behind instruction but it'll help us to understand what we're trying to do so that we can hopefully engage a little bit better with conversations of of how these curriculum pieces fit into the wider work of the district absolutely any other questions okay great thank you all thank you thank you very much appreciate it okay the next item on our agenda is comments from the audience we do not have any public comments this evening okay uh the next item is other business board and superintendent updates do board members have any updates they'd like to share okay um I just have kind of a plug that I want to
030give um we were able to go to a concert at Lin high school last week and I was reminded again of how throughout our district we have such talented kids where hitting spring play season choir season so even if you don't have a kid in the district come and join one of us at choir concert or a play um or something because we just have wonderfully talented kids in this District so I just want to give that plug anybody else Maha did you want to speak about the the process that we're going through this week for the super or the uh the student adviser to the board for the next school year yeah so um the superintendent student advisory council is actually working on the process of electing a new student advisor for next year
031so this Wednesday we're going to be holding interviews to pick the new candidate so it's a super exciting process thank you um and I just wanted to recognize Veronica uh Nolan and Dr Johnson and I went to the iasb uh spring meeting for the Kishi District last Thursday um part of that recognition at that meeting um was a recognition of the iasb delegates at the triple conference last year so Miss Martin your name is in the program for recognition for that and then also uh leader recognition so uh Kate Thomas was recognized as an established board leader having earned 200 points of of of professional learning that you have that you have taken from uh ISB uh events and then recognizing that sukker and Veronica Nolan both were recognized as distinguished annual Merit board leaders
032which means that they have achieved at least 400 points in professional learning at iasb and then earned an additional 40 points in the past school year so congratulations to W well was going to share that President Owens was also recognized at the event as well um as a as a leader as a distinguished Le which which established board leader is that accurate I think I yeah was that where you are yep okay and as an leader she left her own name out and then I was like wait on hold on a second and and then I want to I want to thank the the board's commitment to ongoing professional learning in support of our growth as a system and um highlight again for everyone that the board has been uh recognized uh for their Schoolboard
033governance um and they were only one of three school districts that were recognized in our division we do have a plaque on over here on the wall that that recognizes uh that commitment and those efforts as well uh in supporting school district u46 and our students and and our community so really appreciate the representation of our elected volunteer officials and all of the time and heart that they bring to public education in u46 so thank you so much and I just want to thank um I know uh Evelyn bevans did a a lot of work in helping organize and and getting a lot of that material together to submit that application so I just wanted to recognize her and thank her for that work and uh Sue k also um did a lot of work
034to uh help in that effort especially since um you were involved in the the effort for the first uh award that we got back in in 2023 so um thank you for that that work as well anybody else have any updates okay where request Dr Johnson yes on the agenda this evening we have eight Freedom of Information Act requests they are currently available on the public domain of boardex and later this this week will also be available on the school district u46 website consent agenda Dr Johnson this evening under consent agenda we have Personnel report and workers compensation cases termination of Kayla Garcia monitor proposal operations Unite u46 new Elgen middle school project bid packages 31a 33a and 33b proposal operations unite u46 Kimble middle school project change order plant operations Creekside Elementary School fire
035alarm replacement project 701 change order plant operations Heritage Elementary School fire alarm replacement project 878 change order plant operations Horizon Elementary school fire alarm replacement project 979 and approval of settlement agreement and general release in the matter of Doric versus School District u46 it may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as stated so moved second any questions or discussion roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss K yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried a discussion action Dr Johnson thank you president Owens the first evening this our first item this evening itemized bills for March 10 2025 Dr Frank Williams assistant superintendent of finance will respond to questions from the Board of Education regarding the attached bills Administration recommends the Board of
036Education approve the list of bills in the amount of 27,1 13,369 may I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of 27,33 6893 so moved second any discussion roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Marton yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried our next item High School mathematics resource adoption proposal Amy and jente math coordinator and siia Banks director of curriculum instruction are available for questions relating the high school mathematics resource adoption proposal may I have a motion to approve the six-year high school math resource adoption proposal in the amount of 2,873 38799961 questions roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion
037passes our next item Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts art Magnet Academy curriculum proposal joining Celia Banks is Jamie Abney Heraldo Fine Arts coordinator both are available to address questions relating to the lurin High School Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Academy curriculum proposal we'll start with the uh resolution or the uh I'm sorry the motion for the art Magnet Academy so may I have a motion to approve the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts art Magnet Academy curriculum Proposal with an initial estimated cost of 10 mil of I'm sorry $1,537 127 and estimated consumables cost of $7,000 annually thereafter so moved second any questions or discussion John so I want to thank our team for the amount of work I went back through I mean the amount of the types of courses we're
038offering are fantastic it's a great option for the students who want to opt in I will be voting yes I do have concerns um so my hope is that as we roll it out and especially as we get later on in that those years where some of the um curriculums have threee required electives and that we're you know we're looking at using zero hour and things that I'm hoping that we um a couple of things that we keep in mind is supporting the students who cannot do things like zero hour or extra things after school especially if it's curriculum based just that's from an equitable standpoint you Zero Hour can be really difficult um and it's making sure our counselors already support students when it comes to making sure they're getting what they need in
039for college um whether that's 2year fouryear or um how they're going to roll those types of courses into a career um we're relying on PE waivers which apparently the legislation is looking at changing in our great state so we have to keep an eye on those moving forward to make sure we don't lose access to those or what that will entail um so I just I always get very concerned when I see curriculums tighten what our high school school students have access to and um restricting the ability to try multiple things at once so I just want to make sure that as as this rolls out we're keeping our students um future in mind mental health because obviously as they're balancing harder and harder curriculums it does take a toll when they're juggling extra classes
040so that was it I mean I think the classes look phenomenal so I just want to make sure we're keeping the big picture in mind however as we roll out a strict uh like a a strict pathway I appreciate that thank you anybody else and and I want to Echo some of what Donn said I will also be voting yes but I have concerns about the logistics of the Dual credit I know you said you'd come back and report and I and I hope you do so you can bring us up to date but it's a thank you for all the work you've done these look like great classes thank you anyone else okay roll call please miss ker yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes
041president Owens yes motion carried okay uh next is the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts dance Magnet Academy curriculum proposal again our team is available for questions relating to the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts dance Magnet Academy curriculum proposal may I have a motion to approve the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts dance Magnet Academy curricul Proposal with an estimated initial cost of $276 14 an estimated consumable cost of $166,000 annually thereafter moved second any discussion roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried our next item is the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts music Magnet Academy curriculum proposal again our team is available for questions relating to the Larin High School
042Visual and Performing Arts music Magnet Academy curriculum proposal may I have a motion to approve the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts music Magnet Academy curriculum Proposal with an estimated initial cost of $2,164 90 and an estimated consumables cost of $118,000 annually thereafter so moved second any discussion 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 next Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts Theater Magnet Academy curriculum proposal the team is available for questions relating to the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts Theater Magnet Academy curriculum proposal may I have a motion to approve the Larin High School Visual and Performing Arts Theater Magnet Academy curriculum Proposal with an estimated initial cost of $6,185 72 and
043estimated consumables cost of $2800 annually thereafter so moved second any discussion roll call please miss KT yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried that brings us to uh item G HR resolutions in order to follow State guidelines that allow for staff dismissal of up to 45 days before the end of the school year Administration annually presents P personnel categories that are eligible for possible dismissal depending on the budget situation and when programs and classes are determined for the next school year some of these individuals may be rehired providing they have proper lure while the Board of Education takes us action very seriously dismissal consideration is customary at this time of year in order to follow state requirements each of these resolutions will
044be voted on separately so we have uh seven resolutions in total and I will read each one separately starting with the first which is resolution a I have a motion to approve resolution 2513 a resolution to authorize the non-renewal of first 2 and third year probationary teachers so moved second okay and we uh have uh the ability now to ask questions of Miss Perez who is sitting at the dat 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 the second resolution C may I have a motion to approve resolution 2515 a resolution to authorize The Honorable dismissal of teachers so move to second any questions or discussion roll call please miss Kurt yes Miss Khan yes
045Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion passes the next is resolution item D on the agenda may I have a motion to approve resolution 2516 a resolution to authorize the non-renewal of building substitute teachers so moved second any discussion or questions roll call please miss Kurt yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried hey may I have a motion to approve resolution 2536 a resolution to authorize the notice of dismissal to 10e teachers without an Illinois professional L educator license so move second any questions or discussion roll call please miss KK yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion Carri next
046may I have a motion to approve resolution 2526 a resolution to authorize the non-renewal of first second and third year non-tenured administrators so moved SE seconded any discussion or question questions roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried the next is item p on the agenda may I have a motion to approve resolution 2528 a resolution to authorize the non-renewal of administrative contracts and reassignment of tenured administrators so moved second any questions or discussion 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 last may I have a motion to approve resolution 2523 a resolution to authorize The Honorable dismissal
047of educational support Personnel funded project Personnel so moved second any questions or discussion roll call please miss Kerr yes Miss yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes motion carried and the next item on our agenda is other business Dr Johnson thank you president Owens our item this evening January financial report Dr Frank Williams assistant superintendent of finance will review the attached financial report and we'll respond to questions from the Board of Education good evening okay in January the district spent about 27.1 million more than a brought in however thanks to our strong cash reserves responsible spending and well-managed fund balances the district remains in a solid financial position while some Revenue sources came in lower than expected the district's overall Financial Health remained strong with sufficient
048funds available to support ongoing operations particularly this time of year the financial report really helps us in tracking the spend the spending in our our planning as we start to come towards the end of the fiscal year and prepare for FY 26 from a revenue perspective the district generated approximately 51.3 million in January which represents about 46 to 47% of our annual budget remember the bonds were issued in February so when we see the February report we'll see the bonds reflected there breakdown by Source shows local revenues of state aid each achieving roughly 50 to 53% while Federal sources are about 72% from an expenditure respective total expenditures for January reached approximately 78.4 million or roughly 52% of budget major spending categories included salaries and benefits which consumed roughly 59 and 60% of their respected
049annual allotments when when you review the the expenses particularly the benefit side it's important to note that the medical insurance cost you'll probably see an increase from December to January about 3 million primary reason is because we actually had three payrolls in January and of course you also have the increase in premiums that kick in in January which which is just over 6% for us this year from a fiscal uh position on liquidity the report shows a robust liquidity position with cash and money market balances totaling about 3634 million investment balances approximately 400.4 combined this yields a healthy 7 63.8 million on hand with 310 days of cash on hand to the end of the month of January the district remains well positioned to meet short-term obligations despite the operating deficit thank you do board
050members have any questions okay thank you that brings us to work session Dr Johnson yes this evening we have the secondary library and media curriculum proposal Celia Banks director of curriculum instruction and Jackie Johnson coordinator of prek 12 literacy and libraries will provide the Board of Education with information relating to the secondary library and media curriculum proposal good evening as Dr Johnson shared we are here to present the secondary library media curriculum live and talk is not usually my thing okay I mean no it's all good we're all sitting here um I'm here this evening to present to the board the adoption funding of the secondary library in media curriculum and the resources to go along with that um we're asking for a new library curriculum that aligns with our Student Success and by providing
051access to diverse resources fostering critical thinking and promoting literacy skills while also engaging our staff through collaborative opportunities with our Librarians professional learning with our Librarians in a shared vision for supporting student learning and achievement oh see um since our last adoption which was in 2017 the state of elois has updated the library and media standards uh along with all with adding a media literacy act um so our national standards have updated and our local standards have updated to meet the constant demanding changes of the world of information um I'm pleased to share that all of our secondary Librarians were a part of this curriculum writing and resource identification and the curriculum development process started in July 2024 uh and then we went through writing and updating our new units based on the guidelines from
052ISB isale and the American Association of libraries to enhance really the idea of media literacy and information literacy specifically in the area of research these are our standards so the picture on the right are Illinois literacy Library literacy standards and the picture on the left are the American Association of school library standards and we have five units that um based off of what is going on in Core Curriculum a libr core classes would access the library for these five different reasons um and then we would hope that all students would access for the individual literacy just to find a good book to read um something that really really ties to them the unit for digital literacy focuses on how students can effectively and safely use resources including technology online searches evaluating is this something accurate
053is something not accurate where the individual literacy is just supporting that developmental love of reading and being a continuous reader um both for personal growth and and also their school growth career growth information literacy is really about guiding and locating and evaluating what's out there so we focus first on our databases um and then we explore outside of our databases we keep them in a safe safe area of like is this a good resource not before we take them out into everywhere else in the Digital World um media literacy is that idea we have pictures we have images we have videos all of those ideas and what is credible what's not credible especially in the world of AI and things being out there that is this is this really real is this really not real
054and asking that question um and then finally stem or steam so we added maker spaces back in 2017 as part of our high school libraries and our Middle School libraries also have the materials um and so the unit on that is a lot of exploratory students uh join the library go to the library during their free periods during lunch and can um do some tinkering some inquiry um some of the ideas that you might see in the incubator Magnet Academy but allowing it in all of our secondary schools the a new document something that we did work on for really that idea of we want to cross connect with content we really want the library maximiz by all areas is a targets and success criteria so as we continue our work as a district on
055what are our learning targets and what are our success criteria we took each unit and the targets within that and mapped out from grades six through 12 where should a student be and so if you see a b it's for beginning I'm just starting in this all the way to developing and then to sustaining and so that also helps our classroom teachers know where should I be partnering what level of lesson should I do um and that allows our Librarians to share lessons across all of our sites um many and then this is a list of some of the supports and services that do come out of our libraries they provide a wide range of supports and services including not just circulation of reading materials but research assistance maker space exploration study skills deop study
056skills development um information literacy uh they also co- te with classroom teachers both in the library and by pushing into the classroom um they will do read alouds they will do book talks uh so those are to name some of the items that services that you do see coming out of the library for both personal Library per services along with classroom Library services this slide shows our recommended resources so the first one is the sales assessment this is an information literacy assessment that we would give all middle schoolers and high schoolers at the beginning of the school year to know where are they where are students at with using information how can they evaluate it what are the facts so that will drive that instruction for the everywhere down to the classroom level um to
057really look at their ability to evaluate the next resource is Destiny resource manager this is to keep track of our maker space materials our Core Curriculum titles um so that when they're checked out to classroom teachers when they're checked out to individual students we have accountability of where those materials are going stem maker space funding so we're asking for additional maker space funding because the items haven't been updated since 2017 these items include our robots um they include um some coding materials they include um pipe cleaners like even consumables so that kids can go in it also has puzzles so they can kids can be non-te for a little bit so a lot of the maker spaces is also very non-te based um collection development so we are asking for an increase in our collection
058development So currently we give $.50 per student to each of the libraries uh and we are asking for $3.50 so an increase just for the fact of inflation it continues to grow paper costs more and our books are costing more um but in addition to that you see the needs-based bullet and I'm asking for the next three years for $12 per student to go into a needs-based fund um and the reason why I'm asking for this is because our Collections and some cases are very outdated in their information materials so mean going back to 2005 um and in addition we want to make sure that our collection has a lot of diverse titles in content to make sure that our students see it as value added and something that they want to go and interact
059with versus it's just a bunch of old books they're falling apart they don't look interesting um so to work with each of the Librarians on auditing their collections which we do every year but to really give some intentional funding to make sure that we are up to date our kids have the best books in their libraries they're new they're current and they're relevant um and also aligned to their Core Curriculum finally you also see database subscriptions we're very fortunate that we are database Rich part of that came along with the IB program but part of it is also the fact of we want our students researching in safe spaces um just going on a Google search yes we want them to know how to do that but we also want them to learn how to
060use academic database sources that are credible and reliable um so that is that expense in addition um we're looking for So currently not all of our libraries were fully staffed and so with this resource we are hope hoping to or will fully staff our libraries um so all middle schools all high schools will have a full-time librarian and a full-time PA out what this does is this prevents our libraries from closing um so during a lunch break there's always somebody in the room to cover before school after school there's somebody there to open the doors and greet kids and that's super important in order when we talk about access so that stacking pieces is included in here now the implementation plan is for this to be a 2526 school year and will include the sales
061Common Assessment to align with the secondary Ela curriculum in units utilizing the identified targets and success criteria specifically for information science we're also looking at ongoing alignment as curriculums come forward to be intentional around how is how is each of those curriculums utilizing the resources in the library where are the opportunities that we can draw connections that are natural um to again prepare students for their next steps post secondary Prof professional development will involve The Librarians and our classroom teachers we will focus on building their technology skills so everything from the databases to understanding digital literacy and media literacy especially now that that is an act um to also using technology as a tool to create um we will also work on how to like where those natural connections are that I just shared and
062critical Concepts so the Librarians are working on shared lessons around all those targets so that we also have consistent implementation of what those lessons are around information science media literacy and what grades are they really are they being targeted at and implemented the total cost for implementing the library and curriculum support initiatives is $ 46,2 se450 cents it's covering a variety of different resources as you see here um but it is very comprehensive hensive in that we are updating platforms that were purchased in 2017 um we are so did that age and obsolescence but we're also giving funding for consistent every year access to new books and new maker space materials Destiny resource manager is a one-year only and the reason for that is because next year our destiny Library manager which handles the actual
063Library collection will be up for Renewal and so when we renew that we'll renew the entire package for multiple years um the estimated annual cost of consumables is $4,310.27 thank you for the presentation of course board members have questions Don so thank you for the um presentation so when we're talking about imple implementation of this curriculum in the classroom are we is it that um our Librarians are creating like the curriculum itself and then presenting in the classrooms are the ELA teachers teaching the curriculum what does that look like in the classroom so it's sometimes one or the together or both so we'll have a repository of lessons that an Ela teacher or social studies teacher if I want to do your information science here's your lesson that was we know was B was created
064by the specialist The Information Specialist but many times they come to the library and the librarian gives that lesson or the librarian goes to the classroom um or it's quot taught it's all on a level right now of where's what's the Readiness and what's the schedule for teachers and then just as a followup as especially now that there's the media literacy Act is there do you have a feel for like how many hours that this curriculum covers does that make sense how many hours with that so is it is it a weekly push in is it a monthly type of addin to the curriculum so right now you can only speak to the the language arts part um and so with that it really is with in each unit so there's two units per secondary
065course in high school that are information science rich and then ninth grade and 10th grade have media built into their units okay and then Middle School is um is also embedded when when depending on the project so everybody has information lit at some point within their school year multiple times um and that's the part where is the ongoing work of truly mapping out in each curriculum as it rolls out what does that look like for the month of August for the month of February where okay where is the librarian's focus going and with which content areas are they partnering with thank you you're welcome Sue um a couple questions you mentioned doing the sales assessment at the beginning of the year are you also going to do it again at the end to see how
066effective this this was so they do so right now language arts will everybody ends with a information research component we're hoping that what we'll see is the application piece of those skills okay and my other question is part of the collection of De development are we buying ebooks as well as physical paper books so we are part of the Rails Consortium and so we with that rails Consortium we have access to a shared EB book collection so if you're a student you can get any that's great thank you you're welcome suine so this is for 25 26 school year yes so are we looking at by the end of the next school year everything will be implemented it'll take how long approximately do you think so we are hoping by the end of next school
067year we have all the content connections created okay and then there will there be a way to track student utilization in each of those too for the following your so we can track student utilization through circulation records and we can also track it through um the library each librarian creates a calendar of how their services are utilized what they're working on right now it's formula is aligning what does that template look like so we when we compare we can see that Don one follow-up question um the Staffing slide yes do we know how many um full-time and then um peras we would need to add to to be fully staffed so we have all of our high schools and middle schools have part-time Paras it would be moving those Paras to a full-time so we're
068recommending seven hours because that is the length of the school day um and then as far as Librarians um two four of our middle schools currently have part-time Librarians so it would moving those four to full-time or those four buildings to full-time meaning that we would need two more thank you I I will also jump in and share that um as we monitor the student utilization the classroom utilization of the resources the students accessing the spaces before school after school um at the high school they're able to access the spaces during lunch periods during stud Halls that you you will likely see an additional request for Staffing at some point as well to align with that student access piece so you don't see that right now but just as a preemptive preview you you will
069likely see more align to data when we have that data to share any other questions have a question about um dream Academy does dream Academy have any funding for library or or maker space materials of course so dream and Central both have libraries um they do get funding for the collection they get funding for maker space so all the same funding that the traditional schools receive they receive okay so the and they have a shared librarian okay so do is part of the um resources that we're looking at for this proposal does that go to dream and Central as well okay just want to make sure because I didn't specifically see that on the I'm going to go back and double check that stuff but yes okay I appreciate that thank you of course I
070will also say that dream and essential schools libraries are with fairely new so they've only been we we we built their libraries in the last couple of years so they wouldn't necessarily need as much of a renewal as some of our older libraries okay okay thank you thank you for the Pres presentation and that brings us to a very full work session bids and proposals yes uh so our our first item this evening uh bid procurement for Hawk Hollow Middle School Furniture uh Dr Frank Williams assistant superintendent of finance will present the attached proposal and will'll respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders Frank oh hold on sorry got to get to my right um Frank Cooney in the amount of 478,000 110 garvey's Office Products
071$2,138 182 School Outfitters $ 39,5 259 96 School specialty $ 39,2 1885 Warehouse Direct $223,300 ation for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charged the capital projects fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year this is where we get a very good look at what it takes to outfit a brand new Middle School do board members have any questions okay next we have a bid procurement Hawk Hollow Middle School fitness equipment and supplies uh Dr Frank Williams remains at the ready to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders BSN Sports in the amount of $1,478 and 15 defiant strength $26,845 school health Corporation $ 22,45 a57 the Fitness Connection $1
07216,826 in the total amount of $ 67,5 197.4 and requests authorization for District administration execute related documents this expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund and the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year do board members have any questions Don um so looking at the breakout this is more like loose items this isn't like basketball hoops and those types of fixed items correct okay just making surey understood thank you y you're welcome any other questions okay next we have a bid procurement Hawk Hollow Middle School fine arts equipment and supplies Dr Williams is uh prepared to ATT to um present the attached summary and respond to questions administ recommends award to the lowest responsible biders Sweetwater sound LLC 22,32 43 music and arts $16,814.23 and school specialty LLC
073$2,414 4 and the total amount of $367,900 hand to mind and literacy take-home kits Matt Randi director of assessment and accountability and Student Success and silia 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 hand to mind in the amount of $ 316,243 64 and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charged to the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year do board members have any questions John in The Proposal it um says that several schools identified with the Target in comprehensive have received carryover grant funding can you remind me of what that was yep so all of our schools uh that
074are in status they receive a certain amount of funding to support School Improvement at the start of the year and then in January what the state does is they look at all of the schools that didn't spend their money from the previous year and then they uh they basically redistribute the excess funds to the schools but it still has to be spent by the end of this school year so in January our budget increased uh for just this grant uh $3.9 million and we only have about six seven months to utilize it and that was uh over a 225% increase increase on their original annual budget so it was a really uh large sum of funds with very limited uh potential uses thank you I remember hearing about that but I wanted to confirm thank
075you yep s so just to clarify this wasn't money we hadn't spent it was money perhaps other districts hadn't spent and then the just the state just said well we still have this money left and okay yep is uh redistributed uh from funds throughout the whole state okay thank you I just want to call board members attention to to the in the executive content the the targeted and comprehensive school learning Partners document um we have a number of of resolution or proposals that are going to to different and so that that kind of gives us a better comprehensive look at what what is actually happening with with some of these targeted programs okay we can move on to the next our next is a proposal assessment accountability in Student Success libraria classroom libraries again our
076team remains at the deis uh to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the proposal from libraria in the amount of $869,000 $121 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 Sue this is just a general question about your your your comprehensive School sheet some schools took libraria and Scholastic some only took libraria some took only Scholastic was there a Rhyme or Reason to to the choices yeah so all the schools received different amounts of funds okay so they probably couldn't afford everything yeah and they allocated different amounts for for each one so it was all based on
077on their school Improvement needs okay thank you any other questions okay okay next proposal assessment accountability and Student Success Scholastic Books Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Scholastic in the amount of $468,900 and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charge the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year board members have any questions okay next is a proposal again assessment accountability Student Success School climate and culture training Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Flippin group in the amount of $139,700 and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charged the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2020 24 2025 fiscal year the board members have any questions okay all
078right another proposal from assessment accountability and Student Success Catalyst for educational change Learning Partner Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Catalyst for educational change in the amount of $ 38,2 2360 request authorization for District administration execute related documents this expenditure will be charged the education fund the cost is included the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year do board members have any questions okay next proposal assessment accountability and Student Success personalized lessons in reading and Mathematics Administration recommends approval of the proposal from curriculum Associates in the amount of 1,525 15389 cents and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charged the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year do board members have any questions Su I have a question on
079this um is this kind of an intervention in the classroom or how does this kind of work okay so there there's a few different uh parts that are in this proposal so the vast majority of it is all the schools that are in status and it is the I my path uh full sight license for reading and Mathematics so it could be used in the classroom but the schools are given explicit guidance that it's not to replace core instruction um it is something that could be used for supplement it could also be used um for like a tutoring program or for at like at home uh enrichment as well and then there's also U professional learning included in the proposal as well and uh the middle schools since the middle schools will be moving to
080the advisory period so they will have that uh supplemental resource too any other questions thank you he next is our proposal for multilingual and Multicultural education department for in-person teaching for biliteracy Institute Chicago Dr Latrice satte assistant superintendent of equity and Innovation and Patricia makima coordinator of multilingual and Multicultural education department will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Center for teaching for biliteracy summer Institute 2025 in the amount of $ 49,1 19160 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 202 for 2025 fiscal year do board members have any questions thank you next proposal equity and Innovation 2025 Avid summer
081Institute Dr sat white remains at the deis and she is joined by Michelle Chapman director of postsecondary success to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education admin Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Abid in the amount not to exceed $172,100 u46 Kenyan Woods Middle School project Dr Anne Williams Deputy superintendent of operations and Brian Lindholm Chief of Staff will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the proposal for construction material testing services to soil and material Consultants Incorporated in an amount not to exceed $ 39,821 charged the capital projects fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 through 2025 2026 fiscal years do board members have any questions okay thank you thank
082you uh next proposal for the assistant superintendent of schools Association for middle level education 2025 Summer Conference Dr Anette oo assistant superintendent of schools Julie Shoemaker executive director of middle schools Dr Rich LeBron T Middle School principal and Mark spone Larsson Middle School principal will present the attached proposal summary respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Association for middle level education in the amount of $66,872 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 20242 25 fiscal year thank you so since you all have have come and stayed for the almost entire board meeting I feel like I should ask if there's anything that you want to share
083as part of this proposal or if I should just open it up to questions I don't know I think it's just a unique up first of all it's women's history month we've got all women sitting here so kudos to all of you um and thank you for serving on a board in which you're elected and you it's a volunteer opportunity put in a lot of hours so thank you for all that I I know that it's a lot of work so um I think it's just a unique opportunity for us to as we make this transition to the Middle School model to really bring our teams to sit down and and listen to The Experts from the organization and it also the way it's designed we have time in the afternoons to really work with
084what we've learned in the morning to apply it to our teams to bring back right and so with that our teams then are going to go and work with our staffs on their different smaller teams to really embed and implement the work in a meaningful way with our staff so that just having the opportunity to be a to do this at at this at this critical juncture at this time is really timely for us as we start to make that shift so thank you thank you for that do board members have any questions Kate I I don't actually have a question I just want to say as a former Middle School teacher this sounds really exciting and I kind of wish I could go with and yeah good luck it should be a really great
085experience thank you Sue and and you mentioned the team so is this your sip team or your administrative team yeah so what I'm bringing from Larson is it's my silt team which is because of our status as a having the the the uh the designation a couple of years ago so we have our silt team of of uh my core team and then my sip team is coming along with that so that we can coordinate that planning together with the direction so that it's a comprehensive approach to really looking at our plan going forward okay great thank you yep Don so that was actually my question was going to be looking at the last page bar proposal um it has a number of people attending so it only lists teft in Larson are we looking
086at having members from other middle schools attend a different year or is the plan that people attend and then work as a training team to use some of their monies that were from the beam designated and that's why we are attending I am bringing some APS and principles that had not been able to attend in the past so I'm bringing and mine are from other schools besides these two perfect thank you yeah and and the goal is that our teams will also share with those other teams as well so part of the the metrics on the back end is that we'll be presenting across the across all of the middle schools to share that knowledge so that it just doesn't stay with teft and Larson okay thank you any additional questions thank you thank you
087that brings us to work session contracts over 35,000 Dr Johnson our first is a Contract Office of schools Northern Illinois University principal preparation program Dr nasedo assistant superintendent of schools will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the contract with Northern Illinois University in the amount of $168,000 and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents the six menure will be charged the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal school year do board members have any questions okay next contract renewal multilingual and Multicultural education department Northern Illinois University bilingual English as a second language teacher cohort 7 Dr lrice satte assistant superintendent of equity and Innovation and Patricia makima coordinator of the multilingual and Multicultural education
088Department return to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the Board of Education Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with Northern Illinois University in the amount of $144,000 and requests authorization for District administration to execute related documents this expenditure will be charged the education fund the cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years do board members have any questions okay thank you that being the last item on our agenda I will ask for a motion to adjourn so moved second roll call please miss KR yes Miss KH yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes president Owens yes we are adjourned at 8 26m thank you everyone