001e e e order flag of United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all mission of Hy School District 171 is to maximize student achievement by C critical skills Innovative practices and collaborative School Home and Community Partnership roll call seill Ambrose presid lure here Thomson here Terell Tavis here any person wishing to address the board about an item that is on the agenda should do so when that item is up for discussion visitor statement will be limited to two minutes per person a total of 30 minutes will be allocated for visit comments All comments about items not on the agenda will be held until the visitor statement at the end of the be items related to Personnel issues will be redirected
002to the appropriate administrator recommended motion to approve the regular Board of Education meeting of January 27 2025 Clos session meeting of January 27 2025 February expenses and January payroll in the amount of 1,714 8 $450 as presented motion second motion by Ambrose second by lure Ambrose yes lure yes seill yes Terell yes Thompson yes T Hill yes those yes communication information on item an and report to give much acces to Mr andm St we have endured at least six audits this school year simultaneously it's been so much fun and so but at the end of so but our life safety report is always really good we scored 95 100 our life safety report so I I couldn't be happier with the hard work that staff and [Music] Mr um for request um so had a
003for request for the Illinois retired Teachers Association retirees for this year is Miss Kathleen spe Mrs Susan bra and Miss Diana sagato um board report well while there was audit the board also gets their audits and unfortunately we had um some members that still have to take their training so those that need to take training if you all could see that that that that is done ASAP because we would hate to be over can't tell people how to run things when we're not doing what we're supposed to I appreciate it that is taken into consideration administrative reports Dr Milhouse so we have our annual five Essentials reports so we are encouraging our families so please we beg you to participate in in the five Essen if you have a student that goes to Nath and
004a student that goes to Heritage it is requested that you do it twice one for the car building want the na very is very important because if we don't get 20% of our families to do with in each building then we don't receive a copy of the report so we are asking you we are off to a very good start it went active last week and so far Heritage at 13% n h is at 6% but you know we will always love 100% of our family so again that is our encouragement you can find the link on our website thank you Mr Davis FR hello good evening evening that's okay good I have a lot of voice um so I just wanted to say just real briefly on the investment report um that you have
005in front of you what this is is this goes through the uh Bloom Township Treasurers Office the Bloom Township Treasurers Office represents multiple school districts uh in in the South Suburban area and um they take rather than take your savings or your fund balances and just letting them sit [Music] idle thank you Dr Jerica so um the uh fun balances for all the school districts rather than just sitting there and and not earning any interest the Bloom Township treasur office invest that money I just want to reassure everybody that there's very very strict guidelines as to what they can put their money into simple very secure things like certificates of deposit commercial paper uh things that are regulated by the school code and the township Treasurers Office is audited to make sure that they are
006in compliance with the school code so there is an uh fortunately or unfortunately there's no Bitcoin in in any of the Investments uh that you see before you um but this is a summary of all the Investments and this comes to us annually uh there are no surprises but um it is for your information that is all I have thank you Miss julan gr I have nothing to report tonight um Miss this is sure you get taller than me all right guys good day good people how are you wonderful good so we gonna start with Athletics since you know we got it all on display our seventh grade ba basketball players play fourth in the state finals which is history for Heritage because it has never happened next year what is it start so good
007job and congratulations to our seventh grade basketball team as well as the coaches who are former students um in Heritage they graduated in 2020 and they were the first team to go to state but it ended up being right around that covid time so um they didn't get the opportunity so it is good for them because they were actually the first team to go state but these kids are the first team to actually play and win fourth place so good job to them um trophies are on display look don't touch we also have three eighth grade um boys who will be who are who have been selected to participate in the all state junior high class in Lincoln Illinois that Happ this track season is beginning as volleyball season is ending we got a couple
008we had two home games this week for volleyball and our girls volleyball Regional games also begin next week and they're doing a fantastic job as well so kudos to the athletic department and all the great things that's happening over here at Heritage I wanted to tell you guys about our black Heritage program I'm not sure if you got a chance to see it or if you came but it was amazing so we did a wax museum that was a tribute to black inventors scientists activists service men and women and authors entrepreneurs mostly people who we don't get a chance to hear about during our Black History Month and so a lot of new names for people but it was amazing because the kids had to learn it right they had to research these people and
009they had to embody dad for them so I'm really really proud of them um standing on the shoulders of giants which is what they themed the black history program and so the ladies Miss Smith our seventh grade science teacher and um her sorority Delta Sigma Theta they did a performance for the kids and the kids are still talking about it so it's good to see how they were able to inspire the kids just to see something bigger than them so good job Miss Smith Dr B Miss uh Wilson Miss Peele Mr Peebles and Mr Black for putting on a fantas [Applause] our last house day was a huge success thank you Miss lure for coming and hanging out with us of course we PA the curriculum to work on collaboration and teamwork and building Community
010our students and staff put on a talent showcase and performed in front of the entire school baby girl over there did a great job yes did amazing the kids did great all of the kids did great we are in the middle of getting all of that stuff uploaded to our YouTube page so we can start making sure that the content that's happening is current content um going forward though our student council is hosting games night for this upcoming Friday they'll be in here and in the gym and it's kind of like a carnival style thing where they get tickets and prizes um what you talking to me I see y sobody talking to each other while I'm standing here you know I see all the things anyway I'm sorry I digress um um so they're
011doing the carnival style games night um so the kids will get prizes um they stockle raffle tickets and and Fun Stuff um and then on March 14th our student council was hosting the student council workshop for the region and so all the schools within our student council um region will come to Heritage for their annual workshop and it's from 3 to 900 p.m um and they'll be utilizing the entire school so that's really cool do you guys have have any questions of me so wait the game night is that just for the students it is for the students but if you want to come is L sure you are more than welcome what time it starts at 3 and it ends at 5 okay come and play some games with us any more questions okay
012before I leave I got to leave with my seven mindsets quote anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you and I just want to say thank you for all of your support Mr Jose K principal at Nathan school oh good evening to everyone evening just want to let you know that our black history program will Air this Thursday uh once again the committee has been working very hard as you know the fourth graders give their all to this the choir which we started a club off of this back together thanks to the committee thanks to Miss Lane and thanks to miss strum so you should have a spectacular event that's present the other piece is and I'm still asking the clubs are so very important to us trying to expose
013students to as much as we can you might remember when I had mentioned to you that we started a ukulele club and it started started with six students we just had our first session today there are 39 students that want to participate in uh the uh black history program is this Thursday it is 5:30 to 7 o'clock all of them have been fantastic and we certainly invite you to drop in and join in with us have a good night I'm going to leave thank you thank policy committee second reading way item K recommending motion to weigh the second reading and adopt the policies listed above motion second motion by Ambrose second by Ambrose yes yes lure yes seill yes Terell yes Thompson yes T Hill yes B yes item K2 recommend a motion to accept
014the operational funds balance compliance report as presented motion second motion by Ambrose second by seill Ambrose yes seill yes lure yes Terell yes Thompson yes T Hill yes B Davis yes Kate three recommend a motion to approve the 2025 summer Mo and fertilizer with American lawn as presented motion second we're on two three three three we didn't do the fund balance we just did that we just did that also you did all that in okay [Music] got okay you could Miss Davis yeah okay so we got Ambrose and no Ambrose and C no that was for two but three we got Ambrose and ter okay Ambrose yes Terell yes seill yes Thompson yes T Hill yes B Davis yes okay so K4 recommended motion to accept the milk contract with Perry farms for the 20125
0152026 school year as presented motion second motion by lure second by Ambrose lure yes Ambrose yes see him yes yes Thompson yes T yes those say yes okay I recommend a motion to adopt the resolution provided for abatement of 2024 and 2025 taxes in order to obtain the fiscal year 2025 property tax relief Grant as presented motion second motion by lure second by you so you oh that's I didn't hear that's right you you I didn't hear okay I hear I heard that didn't I heard yours that's right okay so we're gonna go with Terell Ure yes Terell yes seill yes Ambrose yes Thompson yes T Hill yes those Davis yes okay six recommended motion to approve the echo Executive Board of Directors minutes from November 19th and jber 14 Echo independent contractor agreement with
016Joe hofman contractor presented motion second motion lure second Ambrose lure yes Ambrose yes see Hill yes Terell yes Thompson yes T Hill yes those Davis yes k seven recommend a motion to approve the contract between Sardi Architectural Group Inc and WT group for the proposed Heritage track as presented motions second motion sure second Ambrose lure yes Ambrose yes seill yes Terell yes Thompson yes T Hill yes no Davis yes any visitor statements thank you [Music] than thank you hello my name is Jay Turner I have a first grade student at Nathan Hill and I wrote a letter to the board um so I'll go ahead and read it I did read that we only have two minutes so I can follow the rules okay so dear school board members in 1954 the Supreme Court rule
017in Brown versus Board of Education that segregation in public schools unconstitutional it was a landmarked victory but for many African-American parents it was it was only the beginning of a new battle preparing their children to walk into classrooms where they would be met with hostility mistreatment and exclusion I can only imagine the conversations those parents had with their children instructing them to keep their heads down follow the rules and never forget that the adults in charge may not have your best interest at heart 71 years later I find myself having the same conversation with my first grader not because of segregation but because of the culture within this school that permits harassment isolation antagonization and bullying at the hand of an educator my child is being mistreated by his teacher called a quote liar quote
018Deni participation in free time with statements like quote because you don't know how to act quote and has even had his personal property damaged most disturbingly he was physically grabbed by this teacher and no one from the school notified me when I called the school to demand answers I spoke with both the principal and superintendent yet neither could explain what had happened and why my trap was handled this way their investigation included them asking them asking the only witnesses to the incident who's your friend quote a question that has absolutely nothing to do with the incident upon asking the teacher what happened her response was quote that she separated the two students quote leading me to ask how did she separate the students quote neither the principal nor the superintendent knew the answer because they
019simply did not ask her the superintendent called me back stating that the teacher stated quote she held Logan's hand quote but still no answers as to why she quote unquote held his hand the only solid response was to move him to another classroom a resolution that had already been given three weeks prior in a previous meeting this does not address the deeper issue at hand the unethical behavior of this teacher and the lack of transparency from the school three weeks ago I requested a meeting after the gym teacher called me with concerns about my child when I arrived I discovered a behavior involed with multiple incidents that I had never been informed about despite my clear requests that teachers contact me directly if there was any concerns I was once again left out of the
020loop when the social worker was called to my child's classroom on February 19 2025 no one called me as as if this pattern of neglect and mistreatment wasn't troubling enough my child has expressed statements that miror retaliation from this teacher as well he has told me quote I tried to hold my breath until I couldn't while in class with this teacher quote and quote the only people in the school who think I can succeed are the stem music teacher social worker and principal qu those are words of a child who feels hopeless targeted and unsupported I will not allow my child to endure this treatment in silence therefore I am formally demanding the following actions from the school board a full investigation into the conduct of this teacher including a written explanation of the February
02119 2025 incident and why was not informed a clear disciplinary and accountability plan for addressing this teacher's Behavior towards my child in meeting with the school board principal and superintendent intendent to disc long-term solutions to ensure that no child endures this kind of mistreatment again no parents should have to tell their child to keep their head down and stay silent in the face of Injustice no child should feel unsafe in a classroom I expect a prompt response from the school board outlining the steps that will be taken to address this issue please contact me directly at my phone number and email to arrange a meeting the school Nathan Hill Elementary the student Logan Turner the teacher Jose gonz J Turner thank you thank you you thank you m would you like to go to close
022session I'm sorry would you like to go to close session today you want to be with us today yes that's fine recommended motion to move to close session motion second motion Ambrose yes second we're not going to do anything afterwards but everyone else okay to go in fav all in favor all in favor [Music] just give me a minute just give me a minute start I don't have a shirt I don't have a shirt I fli all over [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] [Music] be [Music] y e e for