001I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. The mission of Sunny Brook School District 171 is to maximize student achievement by cultivating critical thinking skills, innovative instructional practices, and a collaborative school, home, and community partnership. Roll call. >> Present. >> Here's here. Ambrose >> Thompson >> pres. >> Any person wishing to address the board about an item that is not on the agenda to do so when the item is up for discussion. Visitor statements will be limited to two minutes per person. A total of 30 minutes will be allocated for visitors comments. All comments about items not on the agenda will be held until the visitor statements at the end of the meeting. Items
002related to personnel issues will be redirected to the appropriate administrator. Item F to approve the regular board of education meeting minutes of February 23rd, 2026 close session minutes of Febru February 23rd, 2026 March expenses and February payroll in amount of 1,371, $325 as presented. >> Motion second. >> Motion by second by Smith. >> Yes. Thompson, >> yes. >> Burke, yes. Smith, >> yes. >> Hill, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> And next line is communications. >> And item F, information items, presentation. Do we have the people for nextgen transit? >> Yes. Good evening. Good evening. >> Yes. Yeah, >> I want to thank you this evening for an opportunity of inviting us to present our presentation. Um, pretty much our presentation we structure in safe, reliable, dependable and safe pres. >> Yes. Okay, we will
003go on. Um, as far as transportation, as you can see here, first our transportation um the excuse me, prepare for the CPR S um school bus certification. CPR. Um we train all our drivers also for special needs transportation. Also we go through um emergency calls. Um we also have um everything that we structure on as far as vehicles, everything before they leave in the morning things. Make sure everything is done in the morning. Um, we also have protocols as far as our keeping communication with parents and letting them know that their child is safe with them. Um, we also send out text to let them know their BTA also. Um like I said, um they go through classes and everything and um to be certified and everything. Um the next thing we go over as
004far as the pricing part that should be about that part of how our prices go. >> Good evening. Again, thank you guys for inviting us out, giving us an opportunity to transport your student to your district. Um, our package pretty much explains most of the things that we provide for the student. Uh, you you will find all of our information, our personal information, the the information of uh some of the other students that we transport in different districts, uh, recommendation letters. Um, if you want to talk about the prices, normally we we charge $95 per student if there's only one student on a route. Uh, typically the you save on the percentage of the amount of students on each route. Um, my vans carry six students. Um, if there are six kids on the any
005particular route, it will be $65 per student as long as they're within the district. Um, my paperwork also explained if there's out of district student, it's based on the distance where is it where you're located, the student is located. Um, if you guys go to NextG Transit LLC, >> executive strategy As you can see the one between one to two students is 95. 3 to four is 85 per student. Uh five plus is $65 a student. uh out of the district as you can see the four dollar 255 cent per mile. Um then we go as the distance increase 350 $3.50 per mile and also after 15 miles goes to $2 per mile. That will be strategy far as the students budget what it will cost to transport your students. >> I have one question.
006You mentioned you had um your bus and home to six people. So we have more than six children. Is it multiple buses that will be here or >> Yes, it would be multiple boards plus >> and we also have a 12 passenger but also we have six passenger. So but yes we will we are pretty much prepared for most. >> Thank you. >> Any more questions? Yes question. Uh, you said there's a list of districts that you currently serve. I don't see that. >> No, no, we we have recommendations. >> We have recommendations. >> Yeah, we have a recommendation from district and parent. >> Okay. So, what district are you serving now? >> Um, we're serving Matson, we're serving Park Forest, and we're serving Madison Park Forest. What else? Yes. Roxson and question. >> So
007there is I still have one more question, right? So if a child is absent because of illness, do you pay is it a set rate or do you only pay for when that child is in attendance too? because I know we have a certain amount here between one and two students and if that child because you if you're transferring a child in special needs and if they're ill and not able to attend do you still have do you still charge a rate? We still charge a rate depends on if that child how long that child is out. If that child is out over two days then the rate will adjust. >> Okay. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. One more question. So when you say um six students and up is $65. Okay. So but
008the bus carries six and then so we need that additional bus for two more students. So essentially the second bus I'm going to have two students. >> Is it still the $65 or >> no? >> Because >> so every every >> bus. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Is the rate that's how the rate start. >> Got it. >> So the more vehicles that we would have to use >> will be based on the rate scale. >> Another question. Sorry. Do you have an aid on the bus? And with the rate of death if you have a bus >> um $95 >> still be the same whether it's six if >> I have to if I have to have a a will be adjusted price to 95. >> Okay. >> Or whatever that route is. >>
009Thank you. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Have a good day. Thank you. You too. Thank you. >> So we have another person presenting is S transport are there? >> Hello Good evening everyone. >> Good evening. Um, my name is Shayla Butler and I represent SI Transport Services. So, thank you all so much for having us to present today. So, I'll say a little bit of stuff, but I know I'm on a time limit, so I'll try not to take up too much of your time, but our company um, we specialize in transportation for students who require higher level of care, uh, patience and structure. We understand that transportation is an important part of the day and so it's our goal to ensure that every student arrives safely, calmly, and
010ready to learn. Um we understand what your needs are. You're currently serving about 12 students um need the service and so we um we have dedicated um routes and drivers to serve this specific population. And I'll just um say that this population is really dear to me. My niece actually uh passed away in July, but she had Down syndrome and a form of autism. And so my family spent most of our time um ensuring that she was safe. And so we when we built this company, we knew um that it was one of our priorities to ensure that students arrive safely because we know that we're carrying um someone's precious cargo. So, our rate um if you look at slide three is $250 per student. And so, that um rate it can be adjusted. So,
011this rate is per student. However, um a lot of school districts that we work with prefer a per route structure, but that's something that would have to be determined um once the routes are given. So, it was hard for me to determine it right now based on we just don't know where the students are coming from. Um but typically with most school districts that we work with, the rate goes anywhere from 200 to 250 um per student. In regards to our staff being trained um our drivers and monitors, they receive specialized training um in autism awareness, non-verbal strategies, deescalation techniques um and crisis prevention. And I'll say specifically um for the deescalation techniques, we um have just been really fortunate enough to have a special education consultant on our team. And so she's actually um
012a certified trainer with the crisis prevention institute. So all of our staff um and employees complete the actual certified training through CPI as well. Um so to ensure safety and clear communication, we utilize um several technology systems. Um so one of my favorite is the busware app. And so that's where um parents and the district can actually um see the vehicles in real time. So you can track it like the entire time. We've um got so many compliments on the app because it literally tells parents exactly where your child is at every point in time. And then we also use rapid radios which is just the instant two-way communication um between us or our drivers and dispatch. Um and then our vehicles are also equipped with um two-way cameras um or both forward facing and
013interior cameras as well. So reliability is extremely important um to our organization. Um we try our best to ensure that the students have um dedicated drivers every day. Um that they are focused on u predictable routines for the students. Um we do have backup vehicles available for any maintenance breakdown or emergencies that occur. Um all of our vehicles are DT certified um as well as go through monthly inspections. So, um, we understand that new new transportation, uh, can be stressful for students and parents. Um, so we do try our best to host, uh, meet the driver events before the school year starts. Um, we also have vehicle tours that allow students to see the van um, and sort of sit in it and just sort of be comfortable or try to help them be as
014comfortable as they possibly can before the actual school year starts. Um, so before I close, I just want to emphasize that um, we know that transportation is more than just getting the students from one location to the next. Um, it's about trust, it's about patience and consistency. And so those are the three things that we try our best to be. Um, our goal is really to ensure that every student arrives safely to school because we know that that is the start of their day and we know that that affects their learning for the remainder of the day. So, thank you again for your time. >> Questions? >> Yeah. Same questions I have. >> Okay. >> What are the school districts that you're currently serving? >> Currently, we are with the Beach School District. >> Beach
015School District only. >> Yes. >> And the rate you said is is according to per round instead of 260,000. >> Yeah. So, it can be it's up to you, the school district. Honestly, we will work with um the school district to make sure we're using the most effective rate for both parties. >> Okay. And what about mileage >> or just a flat rate? >> Yes, it's just a flat rate. >> Same thing in regards to attendance. If the child is not >> Yeah. So, it um it depends on the notice. if we have so if our driver has not made it to the student yet um then we wouldn't charge but if our driver is literally sitting there waiting on the student then of course we would have to charge um but if we have
016enough notice to where our driver does not um you know use the gas and time then we consider enough notice >> um if it was a Monday morning if we knew by 6:00 a.m. if his route started or if he was due to pick up that student 7:45 we knew at least by 6:00 a.m. that would be great. So I would say at least a twohour notice or something. >> Dr. Paris I got a quick question to ask you. When you get noticed that a child is not hospitalized or not how far in >> So sometimes we won't know until we check the call log which is at 8:00. Am I correct? >> Okay. >> Yeah. We won't know until like >> Okay. Yes. That's something we can work work with additional cost. Again, we're
017flexible. So, we can work. >> Okay. I don't know if anybody else has any questions. >> Yeah, I have a question. >> Sure. >> As far as the rate, is that weekly or is that per child? >> That's per child. That's Yeah, per child. And that's daily. >> That's daily. >> Any more questions? >> Okay. Thank you. Oh, sorry. And you said that you do have in case there's a aid that needs to be on there. So this rate would not change once we have given set rate. >> Exactly. So we put on slide three um if a rate if monitor is needed, we add >> Do you guys request any uh handicap accessible? >> Thank you all for your time. So we have our next presenter Ken transportation. Thank you. Thank you for allowing
018me to be here today. This I've been working for this for a number of years and this the first time I ever met the the um the board. So, I was excited to come here today. I thought y'all will fix your >> own. Nice to meet you. >> Okay. Good to know y'all live. Um, if you um if you start to look at the pages I got there where it talks about our vision, it's going to be kind of similar to um Gen X. >> Thank you. >> And the and the company right here. We all of our prices are kind of competitive. So, I'm not going All of our bus drivers are kind of um trained, experience, um background check, drug tested, um training, all that. If you go through these pages, it says
019our vision. It talks about our connection with the school district about communicating. It talks about our goal and you know where we want to be as a company and to better service your school district. And it also talks about on the next page um our partnership benefits for your school. And then it gets to the rate sheet where it seems like that's where y'all are most interested at which I can understand. But in listening to them and knowing other companies that are out here, our rates are kind of all in the same ballpark. There's no big high ceiling where somebody's charging a lot of money and a low ceiling where somebody's under charge if they're trying to, you know, pick up a contract. But what I did want to um talk to you about I'll
020be on the last page. This is my favorite page picture of me right there from like 15 years ago when I started this company. Seeing from over there. >> Yes. I was real proud of that. But y'all can look through this now or later. But what I want to say to you um in particular to a a school district that I worked for previously is that um I didn't choose this business. This business chose me. I was just listening to a story. the the last people that came up. Um, and I and I say the business chose me because my son who's 23 now, he was born with autism. So, you know, of course, when parents hear stuff like that when they start school, you're in denial, you better get out of here. We gonna
021fight. Then you go through the stuff where you're embarrassed. You don't want to tell nobody in the family, you know, because you think something's wrong with it. But as you start to learn about it and read about it, it's not that bad of a thing. Um well, depends on, you know, how you look at it. But so anyway, I don't want to bore y'all with all the um with all the semantics, but um so what I started to do is I had to take time off of work to get my son in school cuz we didn't want him to ride the bus or the transportation that they were providing cuz he was on there, you know, grabbing at the other kids, fighting the other kids. they was like, "Hey, you going to have to find
022another way to get into school because, you know, this ain't working out." So, I started flex schedule at work, started driving to school myself. And um and from there, I found out that there were other parents at this special schooling we were going to that um that needed transportation, too. So, we all got this idea to start um what do you call it when a bunch of >> uh Yeah, car pool. That's the word. I don't know why it escaped my mind, but we got the idea to carpool. So, we started doing it, but quickly the car pooling was all me doing all the driving in the morning and the afternoon. So, I'm like, "Hey, why don't you carpool?" I rested the parent said, "No, we want to trust you a little, Jimmy." So, that's
023how I got the that's how I I didn't know I was starting a transportation company, but that's what happened. And that was about 15 years ago. So from there, um, you know, my son grew and he's, you know, out of college now. He's, I ain't going to say he's successful, but he managing his life now. But, um, I always developed a love and had a passion for this because I love kids. I had three kids, my own, one special needs, and um, so I developed a passion for what I was doing and and a love for it. And if you ask any of the kids um that have came to y'all district because I think I've been working here now about eight or nine years and a lot of the kids I've seen go through
024high school are now in college and I still talk to them. I still call them on their birthday. They call me on Father's Day, Christmas. They ain't going to remember my birthday but I'm okay with that. So I I still talk to them. Still keep up with them. Went to their basketball games, you know. So, I'm I'm involved because I have a passion for that. So, aside from the numbers and the cool picture on the back page, that would be of me. I just wanted to let y'all know that I I love what I do. I'm passionate about what I do. And if you have any questions, my phone number is back there next to the picture. See, email address, phone number. You can call me. I would like for you to help me help
025you. If it's anything you want to discuss about pricing um or you know any kind of ways that I can make my business better, I welcome it. Um I love talking to people. I'm a talkative person on you know I love to communicate. So if you have any questions >> you know I got questions. >> Oh I do. What? Outside of Sunny Brook School? >> This is the only school district owner. I was waiting on you to ask me that. >> Over there. >> Okay. Now, I see. And I know your price is adjustable also if you haven't. >> Okay. >> And I and I will say this before you ask because I know you're going to ask. If a kid doesn't go to school, I don't charge. they don't go to school. I have
026a simple thing with my drivers, which is me. Um because I do all of this myself. Um if they don't go to school, I get paid and I'm okay with that. >> Okay. Anybody else have any questions? >> That's it. >> Yeah. >> Four. Oh, >> question. There's one question right there. >> Um, you only have one bus. >> I have two. >> One driver. >> Yeah, I drive and then another young lady drives. >> Um, what's the furthest distance you have to transport? >> Um, there's a school in Tenny Park. I had me going to Moina. Um, but right now, you mean right now just >> in general? Um, I Well, I actually got a call this morning from the um special a director and she has a key to house that they want
027me to start picking up on Monday. So, that'll be the furthest for right now. Outside of that, um, I've done up to about 20 miles, 25. This is another school in Oak. I can't remember the name of it, but um I don't know if any of y'all in this about seven, eight years ago that y'all had me transport to. Uh can't remember the name, >> but it work. But it it's about 25 miles. >> Okay. Now, one more question because some of the school buses that have cameras or video cameras, do does yours have? >> Yes, I have one van with cameras, that's the van that has um the what I call alternative school kids, the ones that like to fight and keep up little rocks. But for my homeless or special needs, nonverbal, I
028don't have a camera on. And do you have um any type of information to disseminate to the parents? Let them know the ETA also. >> I talk to the parents daily. I'm the dispatch person, the driver and all that. I communicate with them every morning. I every stop light. I come to him texting them telling him my ETA is 5 minutes or if he's not going to school during that time, they'll say, "Hey, you got a doctor's appointment." I'm like, "Oh, thanks for letting me know I was a block away from your house. Yeah. >> Okay. So, pretty much you have personal relationships. >> Very personal. I know everybody and they know me. They call me all times of night, in the middle of the day, on Saturdays and Sunday. Oh, then another thing I
029want to bring, I know my time is cut short here, but um one of the things I do especially with the special need kids, not so much alternative schools, but um I meet I insist on meeting the parents and the kids together before I start driving for them. So, and you can ask your special aid director. She'll tell you that. I'll call them say, "Hey, on Monday I supposed to stop picking up your kid. I would like to meet you and a young man or lady and um and kind of spend, you know, 10 minutes with them just seeing what their needs are, you know, so that always works. It always eases the parents anxiety because I know what I was like when you know I don't want nobody around my feeling. Anyone else? >>
030Well, thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. Look forward to doing business with you. >> All right. Thank you guys. >> Okay, we're still onformational items or um pretty much on H discussion items regarding superintendent transition planning and search timeline considerations. Yeah, I'll go ahead. Um, so with the anticipated retirement of Superintendent Pettis, um, I did want to bring it to board to discuss the timelines of finding a new superintendent. Um, I think it's best to start as early as possible. Um, with the goal being finding a superintendent by December of this year. Um my recommendation and we can discuss it is that we for next month we create a superintendent search committee for the board and then for May the committee can create a RFP for a superintendent search company if
031we want to go that route. And then in the summer we find a company in the fall they begin a search December we hire a superintendent. So, just wanted to bring that to the board. >> Anyone else? >> I I agree with that timeline. I think my only concern is with that transition with that new superintendent start here. What would that look like? to start >> that will have to be further discussed because I don't think that was thought um probably but yet it would yeah we'll have to discuss that more but the good thing that I'm aware of and I'm sure you guys are aware of too we do have two prospects that's in house that could potentially um that I'm I'm sure will most likely be born after that role too and that
032often times makes the transition eas I that's fine. I think we should have a a formal process and certain superintendent >> um just to open it up to everybody. So, um I think it's great that we have people in the district um that are going for that role. Um but I do want to search and open it up to everybody just so we're not limiting ourselves. Any further discussion? Okay, we move on to item I, reports. I have a board report, but I'm going to wait till next meeting. We got a lot going on. I don't want to hold too long. >> So, we're going to go to item J, administrative reports. Dr. Erica Milhouse Pettis, superintendent. >> Well, guess what community? I'll be retiring at the end of the school year next year. If
033you didn't know, you know now. Hey. um got a lot of things going on here, but one thing in the mail, we did a mailing, we're doing a strategic action plan and we met with a small group of our community just recently and I'm very grateful for those family members or those parents who came out to support us. However, in your mailing, if you live in the Sunny Grove community, you got a really nice postcard in the mail for me. Please don't throw my postcard in the garbage. Look at that. It's beautiful. Is it beautiful? >> Thank you. Do not throw it in the garbage. It is a QR code on there. Scan it. Please take my survey. Everybody's opinion matters. I have been with the district for 23 years. I feel like I'm a
034walking dinosaur. I know. I know. I look that old, right? Thank you. I appreciate what I say. But I really want to leave the district in a great shape. You know, I have my own opinions. I have my own thoughts. But I didn't build something by myself and everybody has a voice. I believe everyone needs to be heard. So even if you're not a part of the committee as a whole, you your voice does matter. Believe it or not, I honest to goodness, I do read everything you send to me. You did an e-learning survey for me recently. I did read it. We are going to make them. We're going to make changes. So I just really want you to take this survey. students are taking the survey. Every single staff me staff member is
035also taking the survey as well. So we have a block of window that's open. The window will close on March 27th. So you have time. Now I realize March Madness is starting on Thursday or Friday. I know that that's Dr. Pis national holiday, but I need you to take some time out to do this for me. I desperately do because I don't want a strategic action plan to be developed and there's someone out there that has a thought that has a belief and then it's not implemented. So if you can do me that favor trust and know it's on the district website you will be getting robocalls. In addition to that we started state testing this week. You know, we annually do the IA and that started today and it would run all the way
036to the 30th. That's very important to me. But I'm also asking my parents, please make sure my babies turn off their cell phon, put down their video games, get a lot of rest so I'm not in here trying to wake them up and I'm not trying to motivate them to stay awake to take a test. Please see if you can get that baby a pop cop tire in the morning so they can have some breakfast before they get here. If that doesn't happen, no worries. We will feed them. But I need them to come to school. I need them to get some rest and I need them to have a positive mind so we can come in and show the state and show our neighbors just how fantastic we are because you hear me say
037this all the time. We are Sunny Brook. We stand tall. We stand strong. And we are amazing. I tell my students that and I tell my staff that every day. You are amazing. I want our clothes to shine, but I need my students here. I need my staff here to get the job done. >> That's my public service. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Next, Dr. Lori on >> just going to second what Dr. Pettis said. Please make sure we bring our students to school and uh make sure they have a good night's sleep, rested, and well. Thank you. Mr. Davis Trader, Chief. Okay. I didn't even get your help this evening. Thank you. >> All right. >> Miss Julian Green, director of services. Good evening, members of the board, Dr. Dennis, and Sunny
038Brook community members. My name is Julianne Green and I'm the director of pupil services. And I was asked tonight to briefly highlight the importance of our district's threat assessment plan which is mandated by the Illinois School Safety Drill Act. So the why behind the plan is simple. Prevention is better than reaction. We often think of school safety as locks and cameras, but it's more than that. This Illinois mandate is actually about behavioral interventions. So rather than waiting for a student to break a rule and then punishing them, which can be reactive, a threat assessment plan creates a process to evaluate concerning behavior and provide help, which is more proactive. A threat assessment plan allows us to catch students um before they get to a certain point. It's not about labeling bad kids. It's about identifying
039students who are in distress and providing resources they may need before a crisis occurs. So, because our plan follows the statemandated um multidisciplinary model and ensures that not one person is making a high stakes decision alone. By bringing together an administrator, a mental health professional, a law enforcement officer, we move towards a model of informed support. This approach protects the entire school while providing a safety net for an individual student. When a concern is reported, for example, through social media, um a drawing or a verbal statement, the team jumps into action and follows a structured assessment. So, first, someone notices a behavior of concern and reports it. Next, the team gathers information um from teachers, parents, the students. We might look at digital footprints to see if the student has the intent and the means
040to commit um or periodic threat. And then as a team we determine if the student poses a threat, which would be high risk, or if they've more simply made a threat, which would be low threat, low risk. So the most important part of this pro um whole process is when the team creates a plan to reduce the risk. That might be a pure mediation. Um could include social work support, check-in, checkout, increasing supervision or connecting that family with valuable resources. And as a district, we um are upheld by annual reporting. We must file um these procedures and a list of team members with our local law enforcement officers and the regional office of education every year before day one of school. So we have stay in compliance each year and we review our plan every
041year. Could I open this up to any questions? >> Thank everybody for >> I said no question. >> Okay. I thank everybody for their support was more informative but um thank you. >> Thank you. >> So we have next Dr. Mike McGawan technology director. >> Good evening everyone. Um I just have two quick items for tonight. Uh one is just a reminder or just let you know I guess uh we'll be opening registration for next school year. We're already talking about that. um opening registration for next school year. The target date is April 13th, which is the Monday that you come back from spring break. Um and the thing is we do have plenty of time for people to register, but I just want to encourage everybody to register early because it really does show
042an intent to be coming back and really helps us set our classroom sizes. We kind of know if we need to make adjustments due to enrollment influxes or decreases um you know, things like that. So, but that will be opening procedures still going to be the same through powers school online. Um, you know, nothing is going to change regarding that. And then the other thing is Dr. Pett has kind of alluded to uh we did survey the community about our e-learning days. Um because as a district we will be meeting there's a team of us that are meeting uh soon to review our e-learning plan because we have to renew it with the state every three years uh to make sure that we are in compliance with all the rules that actually use our e-learning
043days um and will be meeting soon which means uh we need to come back to you as the board and the community with a public hearing um to review that plan changes um for then formal board review. So, we are right now looking at the public hearing to be April 20th, which is before it's same day, the same board school board meeting. So, you're not coming in on an extra day. Um, but you but it will start at 6:00 p.m. uh before that meeting. And like I said, we go over the plans, take in public comment um in case you make any adjustments, something maybe we've missed. There any questions about those? >> Good evening. >> Thank you. Next we have Miss Chantel Cambridge, Pensacola Heritage. >> Good day, good people. How are you guys?
044>> Already doing something different today. I got a video to show, but I got something first. Something better. Miss Peele has been a music teach a music teacher here at Heritage for 17 years. In her time here, she has added great artistic expression through music and drama. She directs the choir in our winter and spring concerts during performances during our Black History Month and competitions through throughout Chicago land. She puts on the spring musicals every year and does a phenomenal job. She is also the cheerleading coach and coordinator of the PBC which is the positive behavior committee overseeing the school store. She is a team leader for the specials and the specialist and she's the amii house advisor. She's doing a great job at that too. Anyway, she's a great asset to our district. I
045just wanted to say that out loud. Most recently though she's begun her principal certification program and as part of her as part of her internship she will be delivering the board report tonight. >> Welcome Miss >> Good evening everyone. Thank you for a little bit. I think I >> um thank you for this opportunity to speak to you all tonight. Um as Dr. Pettis mentioned earlier today, we did begin our IR testing and we will be testing this week and next week. We begin testing during first period and are asking students to and are asking that students are at school on time. Otherwise, they have to sit in the main office until their grade level finishes testing. And we will be pulled from their afternoon classes to complete testing. And so, again, we want to
046make sure that parents are getting their children to school on time so that they can be ready and prepared for testing. Uh, as you all also know, our volleyball, our girls volleyball team is currently competing in PTON to become the sectional champions. We wish them all the best and are looking forward looking forward to them being uh bringing home the win. Uh today we also begin our track uh tryyouts today and soccer triyouts and we're looking forward to a thriving season. Thank you to all the teachers and students who supported our student council state project. They fundraised to support childhood diabetes. Teachers and staff were pied during lunch periods by students. And shout out to Mrs. Pipion, Mr. Nolan, Miss Associer, Miss Smith, Miss Wagner, Mr. Boore, Mr. and Mrs. Cervantes for being good sports
047and getting pie. You all should have thought it was lots of fun and students enjoyed doing it and seeing it. Believe it or not, the end of the third quarter is coming this Friday, March 20. Doi March Madness is this Wednesday, March 25th from 5 to 7 PM. Doi, the House of Friendship, invites all students and staff in the House of Doy with their parents for a night of fun with basketball themed events. On Thursday, March 26th, the National Junior Honor Society will have its induction ceremony at 6:30 right here at Heritage. On Friday, March 27th, Amma Mihei, my house, greenhouse, house of wisdom, along with it, the house of creativity will host a sneaker ball from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Heritage will also be hosting our annual career day on April 2nd, and board
048members, you are invited to join us that day if you're not busy. Eighth grade students will go on historically black college colleges and universities tour from April 6th through the 8th. Students will be visiting three H.B.CU including Jackson State University, Taloo University, and Alcorn University in Mississippi. We will end our notes with a music video featuring our very own principal, Mrs. Angry >> fun times. Always fun times at Heritage. All right. So, we did a music video and on the first house day this was presented and the kids are like, "Miss Cambridge, you got to record it. You got to record it." So, me and a couple of my background dancers. Check me out. Oh, no. No. I guess I got to fast forward because these are actually the announcements. I told you guys we
049went digital with the announcements this year. And so, I'm gonna fast forward a little bit. Um, so >> my name is Carter and I >> My name is Wendy Carter. You're amazing. What you know about Cal Er. A m I wear uniform cuz we headed strong. It's a we and it's a home SETTING STANDARD AND WE AIN'T GOT NO FRIENDS. We make this house our home and give it orange yellow green. As usual, we'll end our notes today with our current theme for seven mindsets. Live to give. What you do makes a difference and what you let me do. >> What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. You guys have a super fantastic day. >> Okay. Mr. Uh Joseph K, principal of Mason
050Hill. >> We're going into the policy committee. They had this first reading. It's a list of all our policies that are up for review. >> Okay, >> we're going to item K, recommending motions. Recommended motion to accept the retirement of Miss Deborah for back cleaning of Heritage Middle School effective May 29th, 2026 as presented. >> Motion motion by second by Tel. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Bur. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Oh, did you get Ambrose? Oh, >> Ambrose. I'm so sorry. Ambrose. >> Yes. Can you can you hear us? >> Yes. Yes. I'm asking Derek, we hear you. Um, second motion recommend motion to accept the retirement of Miss Kim Warner, secretary of Nathan Herald School effective June the 30th, 2026, replacing her original letter of June the 30th,
0512027 as presented. Motion >> second. Motion by Lashure, second by Thompson. Lashure, >> yes. >> Thompson, >> yes. >> Burks, yes. Smith, >> yes. >> Hill, >> yes. >> Terrell, >> yes. >> Ambrose, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Recommended motion to accept the resignation of Jennifer Estrada, music teacher, Nathan Hill School, effective on the last day of school for the 202526 school year as presented. >> Motion. >> Second. was from the shore. Second by Smith, >> yes. >> Smith, >> yes. >> Hill, >> yes. >> For real? >> Yes. >> Ambrose? >> Yes. >> Thompson? >> Yes. >> Burks? Yes. Motion passes. >> Recommend a motion to approve the extension of the FMLA for Mr. Spruss. >> Yes. under spically expected return date of April the 2nd 2026 as presented. >> Motion >> second
052motion by the shore second by Terrell. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Burks. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Hill. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Recommend a motion to approve the milk renewal contract with Prairie Farms as presented. >> Motion. Second motion by Shore, second by Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Burks. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Hill. >> Yes. >> Terrell. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> Recommended motion to approve the K I two heritage classroom desk and chairs as presented. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion by Dur. Second by Terrell Lure. >> Yes. >> Terrell. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Burks. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Heels. >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> Recommend motion to approve
053the non-renewal contracts for the following teachers. One S lsb teacher at Heritage Middle School. One LSD1 teacher at Dell. one social worker at Nathan Hill. Motion >> motion by second by Ambrose Lure. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Bur. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Hill. >> Yes. >> Terrell. Yes. Motion passes. >> We're on item number eight. Recommend a motion to approve the request for FMLA for Miss Latrice Fields Anderson Dean Heritage Middle School effected April the 16th, 2026. Expected return date April the 30th, 2026 as presented. >> Motion by the shore, second by Ambrose. Lure, >> yes. >> Ambrose, >> yes. >> Thompson, >> yes. >> Burks, yes. Smith, >> yes. >> Gil, >> yes. Yes. Motion passes. >> Recommend a motion to approve the team for the following
054teachers. Heritage Middle School. Next, Miss Miss Roll Santes. Miss Julia. Julia. >> Thank you. I said Julia Swanson. >> Motion. >> Nathan. Nathan Hill. >> Oh, you doing? >> Yes. I'm going then for Nathan Hill School. Uh Emily Angelo, thank you. Reading specialist who I need to see after this and then Myer was this. >> Thank you. All right. So, we going to motion all of these individuals. >> Motion. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Motion by the second by Smith. >> Yes. >> Smith. >> Yes. >> Heels. >> Yes. >> Terrell. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Bur. Yes. Motion to pass. >> On item 10, recommend a motion to approve two board members all tested to attend the NSBA National School Board Association annual conference in San Antonio,
055Texas, which will take place on April the 10th through the 12th, 2026 as presented. >> Motion second. >> Motion by Sher, second by Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. No >> Burks. No Smith. >> No >> Hill. >> No >> Carell. >> Yes. >> Motion fail. >> Is there a reason why we not approving um board training? So from my perspect perspective as far as the board training, we are given this information almost a year in advance and this it was placed on the agenda for last for the last uh board meeting and we had voted it down and six. Okay, I understand it was for six, but again it's the timeliness of it because this is again we are given this information like a year in advance and now because of
056gas prices, airfare and lodging it has pretty much increased tremendously. >> So it's the same as taking so the same is taking a loss when people decided not to go at the last minute, right? >> I guess you could put it in that category. >> But again, this is But again, this is >> ad we incur a loss, right? A huge loss. >> Okay. I'm going by board approval and four board members. I'm going by board approval and this is based off off of board approval. >> I just got another question. myself going forward. We're not going to do the three trainings that we've been doing for the last um 10 years. >> I can't speak for the other board members, but for me, I I base it off for board approval. So, however, the
057majority of the board members decide that that's how we're going to go forward. And what's the other board members? >> I I feel the same. And also, um, I haven't been here for those past ones, but one of my concerns is when we go, do we report back? What are we bringing back to the community and to the board of what we learn when we go to those conferences? >> So, outside of the fin, >> I would agree with you on that, but I think we need to come to a collective where we do presentations of what we learned there. And I've presented that before has never happened. Yeah, we could start. Yeah, maybe we could start that process that we're going and are we attending the workshops? Are we back? >> I mean, that's
058on the individual. >> You can see me in meetings. >> No, I'm not talking. I'm just saying in general, I just let you know I think that's what we should do. >> I would agree. I mean, I totally agree with that. And I think that at one point we were also looking into not everyone attending all the conferences all at one time that we were looking at trying to alternate. So that was possible. >> Desistance would be an alternation. >> I know. >> Who are the two people that want to come? >> Right. That's right. You look at this. No, >> that's my birthday. Okay. Any further discussion? >> Okay. >> Yeah. It just kind of shocked me because I remember having a conversation with a board member and this particular board member had told
059me that it was like absolutely not not allow a board member to attend a training. when I had spoke up regarding a board member that actually had put in to go to a training at a late time. >> So about that was still here >> that didn't require flight if we're going to do accountability as well. We also have time we can't just say we're worried about this and not worry about it all the time. So we need to be mindful around >> point taken and moving forward. That's is something that we will continue to further discuss. >> Okay. Recommended motion number 11 to award the 2026 Harrison's middle school track project to the lowest reasonable home. Sorry. Responsible bidder Abby Construction Company incorporate in amount of 1,570,500 as presented. >> Motion by the shore.
060Second by Ambrose for sure. >> Yes. >> Ambrose. >> Yes. >> Thompson. >> Yes. >> Burks. Yes. Smith. >> Yes. >> Hill. >> Yes. >> For real? >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Item 12. Recommended motion to move into close session for the purpose of appointment compensation to discipline performance of dismissal of specific employees of the district. Do we have any closed sessions? So >> visitor statements. >> I'm sorry. >> So I do I would like to open up to the visitors item L. Uh members of the board, thank you for honoring me to be here. My name is Bruce Kinsky. I'm a special teacher the district since 20 22 2023 school year. The u thank you I >> want to thank you for the time for allowing me for me to work here for
061the last four years. Been on MLA leave since December and I just wanted to express how much I want to continue as a teacher with Heritage Middle School. if um I enjoy working with the students. They they brought a great deal of this position brought a great deal of let me use the word joy. I usually use words like that, but in truth that that is the truth. And I feel like I've done well and I've brought good success to the students that I've worked with. I'm hoping that uh you can take a look at my situation and find it in your hearts to renew my contract for another school year. Again, I've been working very hard, I believe, very diligently. I believe I've been a good coworker, a good staff, good staff member and
062um I believe other staff members will attest to that. That's what I wanted to say. If you have any questions for me, you know, I'd like to answer. >> Any questions? >> Well, thank you, sir. Thank you. We're on item M and meeting is adjourned at 736 >> at 7:36. Thank you.