001e [Music] he [Music] Noah [Music] okay [Music] oh [Music] the board previously met and close session under exceptions C1 C11 and c21 that I'd like to call to order the February 25th 2025 while Keegan Public School Board of Education meeting if I can have roll call Mr McBride Miss Fabian Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle president Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing yes president Ying yes uh we are have I like a motion to resume open session so move second motion by Miss Ling seconded by Miss Gonzalez all in favor signify with i i any oppos nay we are um now an open session m plee if you be so kind as to lead us in the pledge United States America the stand na indivisible all right so um as a president's report time I'd like to
002welcome you all to our board meeting um I know today was a primary day in W Kean so I hope that you all were able to make your voices heard uh we had some important elections uh being able to decide who will be the next mayor uh of the city of Wan or at least candidate to be mayor for the city of Wan uh I was able to attend a ton of events I want to first shout out our uh Band drum line uh there was a drum line event actually drum line live at the Gennesse theater and our students were able to do a about 20 minute performance uh to a packed audience they did an amazing job representing um representing uh walk public schools and then the show itself was really good and
003we had a lot of students who uh attended with their families so it was a great evening out uh want to congratulate our um face Department along with our um I forget the acronym for the club for African-American uh black stud Union BSU uh so I do also want to commend BSU and all of those who performed at our uh District Black History Month uh it was a great night uh to come out they had good food a lot of fun presentations and we were able to see uh many of our students perform uh and celebrate Black History which is American history so uh was super excited for that uh and all of the different events that I've been able to attend tend uh it's a busy time throughout the district that things going on
004in every school so I definitely encourage you to um make sure you're following the districts if you are on social media follow the Facebook pages uh especially for community members who are like well what's going on that's a great place to to kind of see and get information uh many of these uh events are open to the public and to the community so we want to make sure to get the word out uh this concludes uh well doesn't conclude the only thing from the board perspective is we do have our attorney evaluation and superintendent evaluations that are being scheduled for March so uh when you get the the date to schedule the time make sure that you uh respond quickly because we want to have 100% of the board be present so with that uh
005and last reminder is uh it is in the middle of Board elections so make sure that uh you attended events knowing who the candidates are myself and Miss Gonzalez not seeking reelection so there will be at minimum two new board members so make sure that you're getting informed so that you know what your options are with that I'd like to turn it over to our student board member for our student board member report okay it works okay good evening everyone I can get my presentation on the bo okay so my agenda this week is concert week for all the um music department um some jltc updates and then the hbac I think that's what it's called um it was what was it it was like a I'm trying to remember off the top of my
006head it was like a was it a workshop or open open house okay yester oh okay okay so you could go to the next slide so this week is concert week everyone's favorite week at wagan um tonight we have the choir concert tomorrow night is the band concert and Thursday night is um the orchestra concert the doors open at 6:30 a.m. at Brickside and it'll be at the Trap Auditorium and they start at 7:00 p.m. and admission is free next slide please and here are some updates from Geral TC um first I would like to give a very big good luck to all the cadets who are taking the corporal's exam this week and I want to give a very big shout out to Cadet major Isabelle herera on receiving a 100 a $116,000 scholarship
007to the lyola University nursing program wow nice and this weekend um Charlie Company won our annual Raiders game event and um over also this weekend the drill team both drill teams plays first place in their armed and unarmed exhibition routines at competition and and recently over 140 Cadets took an amazing field trip to the Chicago Wolves game for a reward on passing all of their classes wonderful next slide please and then the hbac open house it it was an event that highlighted like the latest advancements in hands on training career Pathways and the virtual program of transferable skills in shaping their Workforce of tomorrow I don't really know too much information on what happened that weekend but I in my opinion it looked like from the pictures posted online that all the students really enjoyed
008it and then lastly is drum line live um the drum line had an amazing performance and I really enjoyed it um they performed a 30 minute set and then they watched the show um from what they got from this experience was that they learned many new cadences and they prepared for this event which they have been practicing for a couple weeks and if you miss her performance you can watch it on YouTube on Mr Grayson's YouTube account but yeah any questions thank you Miss Bravo mhm [Applause] um and then I was remissed uh to shout out our um NSC co-conference Champs which are our walan bulldogs and they start playoffs this week um so they have a regional championship against Zion bitton and Libertyville so again if you can make it out um Nick what
009time is that at 6 pm. so okay so we hope that we uh the boys look good they look great so if you can uh make the drive and and head out to Libertyville please do so we can support our walk Kean Bulldogs uh next up we sorry we're going to put this on mics now so great job to our uh boys basketball team can we get an for a girls basketball team especially with the recent article highlight yes yeah yes okay cool thank you yes you got it Nick now or you gotta yep good evening everyone ni here with your daily sports report so the girls basketball team made it to the regional final uh where they lost they won the regional semi-final lost Regional final against Lake Zurich last Thursday okay thank you
010for the update good job good season they did they did right yeah student athletes um are doing a a great job throughout the many different um programs so love to be able to encourage them next up is our Spotlight on 60 [Music] I am so excited to be here tonight to celebrate Black History Month our team has put on a great event that is is going to celebrate the history of africanamerican contributions throughout our nation you will see all of our schools participating I want to give a special thanks to our faith department and all of our community volunteers that made this program possible and I want to also give a big shout out to our Board of Education without without them none of this could be possible thank you for being here with us
011tonight and look forward to a great great event today for our Black History Month event um we are really just celebrating all the work that African-Americans have done to uplift our nation um specifically that's why our theme today is focusing in on [Music] labor this right here it it Bridges the Gap it has this older generation connected with our younger generation as we look at history we come together we talk we share stories and that's the thing about it we have to give back and we have to teach them and they have to learn from us well I think these events are are are very very important because it it brings awareness uh and brings education uh to the to the rich history and culture of uh of black history I think the cool thing
012about today's event is that we actually have a lot of wagan high school alumni who are doing really cool and important work in walk Keagan so I think if anything our Keegan night should see that you know we're going to do big things you're going to do big things and people around you are doing big things so never give up keep striving because next thing you know you're going to be the one that's leading a keyote and talking about how you've impacted the city [Music] all [Applause] right great job to all involved especially our students um really enjoyed the presentations and um again it's important now more than ever that we promote American history which includes the history of the diverse makeup that is America um approval of minutes so we have item 8 a
013close minut approval motion to approve motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss go ahead Mr yeah close session minute approval read the recommended action superintendent it is recommended that the Board of Education approve the minutes for open session meeting January 28 2025 well that was the we were on AA but he's away from no worries I know you it's okay it is recommended hold on I lost my give me a minute just let me catch my place nope I got it it is recommended that the Board of Education approve the closed session minutes from November 25th 2024 January 14 2025 and January 28 2025 previously reviewed in close session motion to approve second motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Gonzalez any comments or questions on a motion all in favor signify what I I
014any oppose nay minutes are approved item 8 B approval of the minutes for the Open session meeting of January 28th 2025 motion to approve motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Hannah any comments or questions on the motion any corrections uh Mr riddle you did have recommended I say that again you had Corrections oh oh that's been submitted already and corrected yeah it was just a two words all right all in favor signify I I any oppos nay minutes are approved this is now an opportunity for public comment uh as I call your name please come up to the podium uh you'll have three minutes if you need additional time for translation uh we'll provide six minutes so that we can have translation services I do ask that you refrain from mentioning uh student and
015staff member names and your remarks um as of this evening and I do want to remind all speakers of Civility there's currently only one name uh Susan green uh so miss green come on up I am Susan green I'm here today representing Lake County retired teachers I have some information for you and I'm going to ask you for some support Illinois RTA provides many scholarships for people who are going to college to be teachers however they also provide grants for current teachers in the public schools they are excl they exclude Chicago so it's strictly ka2 public schools now I am hoping that you will be able to provide the publicity to the staff members here in wagan so that they can know what is available the scholarship or St Grant is equal to $750 now
016that doesn't sound like a lot but if it's one thing you need you're grateful for it some of the things that we've given scholarship money for we have provided a Glock and Spiel for a music program we provided drums for middle school music programs we've provided a new stove for a special ed class where the stove had died off and there was no other way to provide it this is the kind of thing we're looking to do we also can provide specific books if you're wanting to have a conference in a classroom provided for that so what I'm asking you is that you will provide the publicity between now and June 1st on a bulletin if you do bulletins for uh stand members just put it at the bottom of it please because this is
017the only way that I can guarantee that Wan will be able to have as many people as we should last year we had two and I will tell you that I would like to see us have so many because we're when we select the people we're looking for people who have projects that will be good for our schools here are the Flyers I'm giving you one too I'll put it in the superintendent butin I'll put it in the superintendent butin for you all right thank you Miss green this now uh concludes our public comment uh next up we have our consent agenda this is done to expedite up never mind I'm not going to say it no I am going to say it no I won't I'm not going to say it uh this is
018done to uh we'll celebrate with your respective individuals so maybe we'll get out of time here in enough time that I may still be able to go to some of the primary celebration party results that's what I'll say so um the first item um the consent agenda any member can request that any letter be held over for any reason I did have a request to vote on o separately is there any um any other letters just State the letter that you all would like to have voted on separately uh give me a minute hold on the go down Lo down oh sorry it's in operations right gotcha all right so we're going to take uh item 10 a through what's the no um that's fine a through n it's I was going to say with
019the exception of O but see it's a lot of ways you can do this so a through n um and then p through U motion to approve second motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Gonzalez any comments or questions on the motion roll call Mr McBride Miss Miss faan yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr ridddle yes Miss um before I vote I just want to let the public know that we went over the all of these items at our uh committee meeting and that's why we're not reiterating what um what we talked about at the committee so yes Miss Ling yes president y yes item approved motion carries uh now uh at uh 10:0 IB professional development for high school leaders May 3rd through the 7th 2025 in St Pete G it is a recommendation that
020the Board of Education authorize superintendent or her designate to approve three High School leaders at the IB head of school training in St Pete Florida from May 3rd through the 7th 2025 the expected total cost is $ 9,678 which includes registration lodging travel and maill per DM motion to approve motion by Mr riddle second with an amendment though wait so you want to make the motion with an amendment yeah make the motion yeah I motion motion to do what to amend is how amend as so that it's clear whether it's May 3rd through the 7th or May 2nd through the 7th because I'm noticing now the link has two 2 to 7 oh yeah that's right well the recommended action says 3D through the 7th so is it third third through the 7th can we
021clarify does someone who has this information um good evening board can we just um I believe in the link that I put in there for you all is the EXA exact start date which is the 4th through the 7th um the third is that part of travel that we had uh I can't remember if I put in there PM for travel that the third and leaving on the same date in the p.m on the 7th okay so then it's 3rd through 7th the on the professional development fors is exactly uh what the action will be around in looking for all of the flight information as far as the logic and all that got okay um so it's correct in the recommendation uh in the recommendation go ahead Miss uh Fabian okay well cuz she said
022the fourth but this is saying the second no the action says the third 3 through S but and the link is saying two and she's saying travel time so that's why I'm I I just don't have it in front of me um board so um whatever you'd like me to do to clarify any action that you need for your next stop I'm happy to do so my suggestion is that we go with the recommended action um that aligns with the um forms attached yeah right and the forms attached show the 3 through the 7th the way the forms were filled out L the link the link all right so we got the recommended action which is just a restate that the Board of Education authorizes superintendent or her design need to approve three who High
023School leaders to attend the IB head of school training in St Pete Florida for May 3rd through the 7th right and I would just just mention this attached boy president I just would mention that you know RV our IV program is now you know at Whittier we're moving it up to the middle school and we want the this to be seamless by the time those students move up to high school that it it moves through into the high school so they can actually receive their certificate in international baloran so that'll be on their diploma so we need to have the high school people ready by that time as those kids move up thank you Mr riddle yep we have a motion in a second motion was Miss Gonzalez second it was Mr riddle right Swit
024we can do it that way yeah sure it was roll call are we doing comments or questions or you want me to attach it to my vote no go ahead I'm sorry no you're fine um so I will be voting no not that I don't support our pursuit of IB at the high school but given the situation unfortunately it is in Florida and to remain consistent with my other votings in this matter unfortunately I will not support any tourism or traveler financial aid to the state in light of um supporting our students within this community understood all right roll call Mr McBride yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing no president Ying yes item approved motion carries we're now at our approval for the consent agenda for
025items uh 11 a through C can we I'll read them all into the record we can scroll back up from back down to he stopped that stopped I'm not sure he heard you can we uh scroll back up so I can read these into the record items a renewal of amplify curriculum embedded coach for Sy 26k through 5 b renewal of amplifi boost uh licenses for Sy y26 C renewal of Second Step tier Oneal curriculum uh D Equipment to upgrade whhs Woods lab to Industry standards e Woods one 2 and three curriculum approval F uh Simons automation curriculum training and troubleshooting training August 3rd through 9th G renew of jocin Center partnership for s26 H renewal of I ready for Sy y26 uh I renewal of I Quest science materials Sy y26 J attendance at
026College boards AP summer Institute K physical honors uh physics textbooks from conceptual physics L renewal of School links for Sy y26 M renew of one go for Sy y26 6 in renewal of Everyday Math Sy y26 o IB professional development for high school leaders P renewal of cardic Q withier IB training in June R wer IB training in August s Oakdell amazing Shake T approval of Adel all right Guzman to attend the Ia p uh Summit and U renewal of laser fish licenses so we're now at the consent agenda for operations um same thing these things have been previously discussed as Miss Hannah mentioned should be non-controversial any board members can ask that any letter be voted on separately for any reason when any board members like to vote on any of these letters uh
027separately at this time a separate all right so do I have a motion to approve items uh 11 B and C motion to approve second motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Hannah uh any comments or questions roll call Mr McBride yes M baby yes Miss Gonzalez yeah Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing yes president y yes item approve motion carries now we add 11a approval of open gate metal detectors do you have a motion I'll read the recommend action thank you superintendent motion oh sorry you're going to read it it is the recommendation that the Board of Education approve the purchase of eight open gate metal detectors to enance Safety and Security of student staff and visitors attending extracurricular events at and middle schools the total toal cost for this open gate
028metal detectors is $162,600 the motion yeah the only thing that I don't see that this6 $2,000 covers um is um um the repair uh services for uh for these uh metal detectors um where where does that come in Mr Wilson is there a service contract in the war yes that's the only thing I don't see in here good evening board members uh superintendent board president Community um Miss Hannah I believe it's covered on another maintenance grief but I'll I'll get back with you because we have a a separate maintenance agreement with the companies oh we okay so you're saying we already we because we have we have some uh open Gates now but I'll have to get back to you with that that answer okay specifically so so it does come with a warranty it
029does yes ma'am okay the specifics of it I vot on this and there there um is no warranty or service um uh contract or anything then you are going to have to come back to us in uh at another meeting to add that expenditure and we should not have to do that sir yes ma'am so what's the ask uh are you confident that this is covered under Uh current maintenance agreement I'm confident that it's covered under a agreement with I'm not sure what it is for the it does have a warranty so like the years that or a dollar amount is that what you're looking for Miss Hannah say say again miss are you looking for like the years or looking to make sure that our that our um that our capital is covered warranty
030if it if it breaks where's our service agreement that kind of stuff and it should come along with us purchasing right these uh these items from the company there there is a manufacturer a i warrant you Miss Hannah I do know that because we bought directly from the manufacturer the details of it I I don't have the details of director Wilson how long have we had the ones that we've had currently have we had to send any back for repairs no we haven't we've had them a year more than a year even right probably 3 years now going on 3 years it's not something that breaks a lot no no it's it's just it's just got sensors inside and yeah and these ones plug in we don't even or you're going to possibly buy some
031batteries somewhere else that's right I remember you said you would yeah much much cheaper right okay and and if that's the case it's okay I just want to make sure that we are covered with our um with our device there is a manufacturer warranty mhm okay um apologies but can you just confirm sorry I didn't want to squeeze uh can you confirm again examples of what these detectors are going to find for our safety staff um in the presentation it has you know High Caliber weapons and um explosive devices of some kind but I thought in the last presentation there was also discussion about being able to look for other objects am I mistaken yes they have uh different settings right now uh we're looking at uh weapons of mass destruction but we can lower
032the setting so it uh searches for bait pin if they're made out of metal uh small items okay perfect I just wanted to confirm because it's not in the presentation so I just want to make sure I'm on the same page yes thank you for confirming dson M Mr my only other comment is regrettably we live in a time where things like this are are needed to provide a little more measure of safety for our students and staff and and Community when they walk into events that that we're holding out outside or inside our schools these days yes so you've done research on that and you know that that these devices are and we've had some in the past and they work well and they provide a little more measure of safety yeah and they've
033been accepting well by the community as well yes and they're not as intrusive as a magnetometer or scanning a person like we do in the airport it's you just walk past some little towers that don't look too intimidating and yes can can make a noise if you have something you shouldn't and you have a uh you do have a procedure in uh in place if it goes off yes ma'am okay Ro you get well I was just going to say that unfortunately I'm going to vote no but I understand director and why you're making the recommendation and I agree with what Mr riddle said but I think the 18090 almost two $200,000 could be spent elsewhere um there's also a lot of Investments that we make making in our building so um regrettably I'll I'll
034say no but I just wanted to explain so people know thank you roll call Mr McBride yeah I just want to make my comment Mr Wilson uh I think it's a uh a valid decision that you're making uh we I have to hate to start using it but I when you when you're on the front line and you see these things happen every day by me working in Zion the ones that you're talking about they're using them every day sometime the kids come in late they have to walk through them before then they check the bag out and and and it's uh like Mr riddle said we live in a day and time where the value of a dollar it's uh unless than a life I'd rather see a life than the value of a
035dollar so thanks for making that decision and Mr Bri we recommended those to Zion and they adopted them so collaboration thank you yes yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez respectfully no Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing yes president Ying yes item approve motion Carri uh we are now at item uh 12a approval of oneyear contract renewal with sedexo LLC access it is recommended that the Board of Education authorize the superintendent to approve the one-year contract renewal with Sodexo LLC the projected one-year cost is 8,289 264 and two cents this price represents an allow maximum increase of 3.6% from the last year's contract value motion to approve second motion by Mr riddle what was it I just got Mr riddle seconded by m Gonzalez Mr mcbr the uh the amount that we're looking at
036is that for both schools the uh both high schools the whole District the whole District the whole District okay sorry the whole District Miss anah um I just want to know if if um at when this came up in our committee meeting we brought forth some concerns and I'm just wondering uh before we vote on this did we get any of um any kind of reply responses um from uh sedexo about our concerns so I can address um part of this so we did state that we were going to look out and do a market analysis of what um other companies are out there we our team is still discussing that and um Mr molon I will allow you to speak to did you have a conversation with sedexo with the board's concerns yes uh
037so good evening members of the board superintendent staff and Community um so we did have a followup the day after the board meeting with sedexo and we're going to have some ongoing conversations with them regarding some food quality presentation menu options as well as the app that was mentioned last week MH thank you and they are looking to do something and so they are looking to do something about what they um said they that they were going to do for our school district absolutely Miss Hannah they're going to take some the appropriate steps uh for follow-through on those specific items they value the partnership and they understand that's important um and they want to make sure that this partnership obviously goes beyond next year but they will be addressing those items um we are going
038to allow them as schedule to do that but yes thank you Mr moton for doing it right after the board meeting like within a day so that they have enough time to respond um and again couple years ago I was a no for this but I think that fiscally we we have to invest in this relationship to not incur extra costs by doing an RFP Miss lza um I I'm in agreement with board member Gonzalez that that was pretty Swift attention to our concerns um I am looking forward to getting updates in regard to the schedule that you referenced can you just remind us what was their rationale to not have the app ready for our district or our families sure so as a reminder um and some of this information is prior to last
039week uh the neutral slice app they transition to a new app it was not ready to roll out at the start of the school year last year they transitioned to a new app which required some new programming and other resources we did prioritize this year when we presented it last summer to make sure that the menu options were available and if there were any menu changes because that was feedback we got last year if there's a menu change you know parents and students anybody who has the app wants to know in real time as opposed to being told when their students get home at the end of the day you know I had this for lunch and it's not consistent with with what the parents thought their children would be receiving um so we did
040prioritize those notifications and updates through the app for this year made a transition and now um as a secondary priority ensuring that the ordering can take place along with some other items that need to take place in the school to support that essentially a grab and go location for the purposes of um the schools kind of like what you would see at a at a restaurant grab and go location yeah and and just for the community to understand I think the app's going to be very important as soon as we have access to it because it's going to potentially minimize waste right whether you know there's a menu change the student can adjust or if they're pre-planning ahead we know that you know this is not a popular menu item and so we don't need
041to necessar make abundance of food that we're not going to have consumed by our student staff so it's not really a trivial thing though on its face it may seem that way but I just wanted to give some of the rationale why we're so concerned about it so thank you for being on top of that absolutely and we do have students based on our what our prior board student board member mentioned who have other responsibilities during their lunch periods so they don't have the opportunity sometimes to sit in the cafeteria they're going and doing other activities so they need to be able to grab and go exactly thank you thank you roll call Mr McBride yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing yes president Ying yes item
042approved motion carries all right we are now at Personnel items I'll take these separately we have item 13A authorization to issue a notice remedy ten your teacher it is the recommend ation at the Board of Education issue a warning letter to 10e teacher concerning charges that are considered remediable and require the employee to remediate such behaviors in order to avoid dismissal P persant 2105 I CS 24-12 parentheses D motion to approve second motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Gonzalez any comment questions on a motion roll call Mr McBride yes Miss faan sorry I was going to make a quick oh I didn't see you miss well I asked nobody said I stopped because I thought the was we already did roll call so I apologize but we're going to go back are there any
043comments or questions Miss just a really quick comment that I have full Fai that um this individual will remedy and that they'll have a continued long career in our district Mna um I just think that um that uh we we need to start talking and communicating so that we don't have these type of issues coming up um in reference to our employees and um that of course we have to safeguard our students um each and every day and but uh sometimes you know I mean if this is is not um a termin um terminable a terminable offense then I don't think that uh the humiliation of a notice of Remedy should be uh should be put forth Miss lensing are we resuming roll call I got confused were you no all right so if we
044can restart the no you're fine I'm J I'm lost in the sauce I guess it's oh she had she made it okay okay you did do your vote so it is a vote no no no we're going tooll I didn't do my vote yet but we start roll call again just to make sure thank you for your patience Mr McBride yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah no Miss lensing unfortunately yes president Ying yes item approved motion carries we're now at item 13B under Personnel oh the name the name sorry just momentarily this involves Helen Duda all right uh yep so item 13B Personnel for 225 2025 it is a recommendation at the Board of Education accept the administration's recommendation to approve the appointments retirements retirement extension requests administrative reclassification
045and accept the resignations as found on schedules f102 L 949 and g660 so Move Motion by Miss Gonzalez second second In by Mr McBride any comments or questions on the motion roll call Mr McBride yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle yes Miss Hannah yes Miss lensing yes president Ying yes item approved motion carries we are now at uh Financial reports so 16a ratification ratification of the second processing of February 2025 board bills manual check request payments and Old National Bank insurance payments for the period of February 5th 2025 through February 18 2025 it is a recommendation of the administration that the Board of Education ratify this 2nd February 2025 processing aboard bills manual check request payments and Old National Bank insurance payments for the period of February 5th 2025 through February 1825
046the accounts payable board payments for the period of February 5th 2025 through February 18 2025 total 2,237 4261 the marit check request payments for the period of February 5th 2025 through February 18 2025 total 1, $82.88 the Old National Bank insurance payments for the period of February 5th 2025 through February 18th 2025 total 0 motion to approve motion by Mr riddle seconded by Miss Gonzalez any comment of questions on a motion roll call Mr McBride yes Miss Fabian yes Miss Gonzalez yes Mr riddle yes Miss hanana pass M lensing pass president eing yes item approved motion carries uh committee reports um I guess I would make a quick uh report on our um health and wellness committee we met last week U Miss Hannah and myself were on online with the group um we're still
047working on um the uh survey that the student survey that was done last year we're going to get that out and and discuss that we're also as as I mentioned last time we are uh the books have been order Ed for the anxious generation our our committee is going to be reading that book and discussing some of the issues brought in uh with the mental health issues of our students um The Vaping uh other concerns that are brought up um in that book um and so we're going to be discussing that and then the third item that we talked about um was the um anti vaping um and we understand committee was understanding um that we have partnered with nikasa the school district has partnered with nikasa and with the Lake County Health Department um
048and they are starting education classes um in our schools um working on anti-bullying and anti vaping um and then we also have been uh working with uh our student board members to select some posters some anti-vaping posters um the health department has told us they will help us get those available and put up in the schools uh soon so we're working on that Miss Hannah and I are going to be meeting uh shortly with uh with our student board members and the Committees that that they've been forming to to select the posters um I don't believe there's going to be any charge for that the health department has those posters available they just have to be um remade with our Insignia they've been doing it in other schools um in Lake County so now they're
049going to be working with walk Ean on that yeah and um go ahead Miss Hannah I just want to chime in that one of the um one of the suggestions um I thought was really uh um effective that will be effective is that um once we get um our uh slogans and everything um that we would um have them displayed on our Marquees yes throughout the district um um you know to uh you know for anti vaping and so forth um the other item too I forgot to mention was the caffinated beverages oh yes um there was a survey done by some some of the board members um in the committee and uh some schools uh do not see a problem with the caffeinated beverages some schools don't have beverage vending machines um so beverages
050aren't a problem uh caffeinated Beverages and and some other schools uh and I guess ours is one of them we're thinking that along the lines that we'll just educate the students they can pick up beverages on the out side that are caffeinated coffee and and other caffeinated Beverages and bring them into school even so we're just going to work to educate them on the you know the use proper use of of caffein beverages there's been very few instances of of that being abused by students anyway go ahead and the uh the the potential uh Health factors you know uh pros and cons uh with um with the caffeinated drinks and uh energy drinks and so so forth um but the biggest thing that um that uh we we're really excited about is this anti- vaping
051campaign right and we're going to need the support not only of uh the school Community but as well the community at large and parents right you know and um we we will be getting this started soon after it maybe possibly before spring break yes maybe before spring break yes Miss uh Fabian had a question for oh yeah just a quick question cuz not thinking of not just caffeine but what's in all of our vending machines ensuring like Takis and Cheetos and like that stuff um if your committee can look into those healthier vending machines like the farmers market that have more like the fresh fruits or the you know different like hard-boiled eggs and salads like there's there's other vending machines that are more geared towards fresher healthier versus chips and you send me send
052an email or something about that so that I right there is a policy already that we don't have um sugar beverages appreciate that M uh right you're WR healthier beverages healthier because we um just to let you know Miss Fabian uh that we did talk about that that's how all of this got started and um um there was a survey that uh that Miss dos did um at the schools where the vending machines were and so we were able to look at that um but we did not we looked at like liquid yeah but not the um the snack part but thank you for that and we will um we will mention that at uh our next meeting even for our staff as well yeah thank you Miss lindzy um so I wanted to praise
053director Wilson over the Safety Committee and Miss dos because there was the crossover conversation that they had and um he was able to give the Safety Committee an update on what the wellness committee was also doing so I'm really thankful for that um collaboration and I believe I can't remember the date I don't have it in my notes so apologies but we also have an event for parents I don't believe it's passed yet for the stay out of my room or get out of my room that's this week or did it pass okay so apologies if I miss that there's a lot of things when we look at February and yeah um so if we can confirm if if that did not happen if we can it didn't happen right Nick yeah is it Thursday
054night Fray Friday night see too many things on Friday too um so there is an event email from yeah parents you should have an email from Dr George it is open um it's essentially the stay out of my room it's a parent only event so that parents are equipped with the knowledge to know what to look for when um checking in on your kids right I'm sorry kids but that's part of our job is as parents and Guardians um and they come in very creative packages for a reason in my opinion um so if you can it's going to be at Wan High School Brookside campus this Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. I highly encourage parents of children of all ages guardians of children of all ages go attend because you don't know
055when it's going to happen what time again uh 5:30 to 7:30 Brookside campus thanks for the watching Washington and before I finish the committee I just want to thank Mr Wilson and um uh Miss uh Tasha London uh for um Coming and being a part of our Wellness committee thank you so is the is it going to be accurate should we just hold it all right uh and we talking if you guys don't mind were there any other committee reports no so um under the superintendent report there was going to be a update on the new administration's executive actions we just received news that in the span of 90 minutes three of those executive actions have been overturned by the courts so instead of overturned stop whatever but we don't know so we don't want
056to present inacurate out information to the community so then do we want so we're not having any conversation on this we can have if there's something or maybe questions that you want to pose but I don't necessarily want to pontificate without know him but I mean are we able to have a dialogue about essentially the overall reason we were going to have this disc discussion I believe the superintendent yesterday had also put out an email that speaks to some of these so are we holding that conversation I prefer we hold everything until I see exactly what happened right now we do have a meeting um early April um and then I can come back to you so if you could just I mean sorry March I don't know Brookside from Washington Sor right so if
057you just please give me some time I need to look at this we were prepared to go this evening but we will come back for superintendent report um in March and this is going back to to to that point we now have time if it requires a special meeting or if we want to do something sooner we can but I and again it'll be a board decision I'm in alignment with the superintendent I don't want to just talk about something if it could all be irrelevant you know I also don't want to spread um any anxiet you know anxiety or misinformation so I'd rather hold to I don't don't even know what's passed within the last 90 minutes so um my ask is that I just hold the superintendent report tonight and we will come
058back in March okay cool yeah good and I would like to ask about uh 18 I mean oh our next oh we didn't go there yet no okay that's coming I'm asking for it to be held which item is that um um A and B of the old business okay uh for specific additions or only reason I I I just there there were I was looking at it but I didn't get a chance to finish and there were some questions that I was for yeah okay so um I is there a time limit and I'm only asking Miss Hannah so that the board is informed yes the these updates were aligning the policies with the definition in the school code for corporal punishment and prohibiting it I think our schools are in compliance independent of
059the policy statements um so it's just bringing the policy into alignment with amendments to the school code but I believe practice is in alignment yeah and Mr Dupri is in the back of the room shaking his head yes so I think it could hold till March all right not going to take there was only a few changes yeah fine with me um so uh let's just hold it we are now at board member time um I'll start with you Jeff Mr riddle um just a couple things um M Gonzalez and myself and I believe there were others uh the superintendent and some others that that did visit yesterday the our new HVAC openhouse classroom at Washington campus um I was highly impressed with the the work that's being done there um we talked to students
060who were in the first class so this is this year is the first class that we have there about 10 students there's going to be more there's room for more to start um we had partnered as you recall with the Johnson Controls to get some of that equipment and we have an instructor now who works not only for us but for the College of Lake County so that when uh students finish here they can go to CLC and continue their education in that field and again it's a wonder ful field in Career and Technical education that uh students can get a really good paying job and one that is not going to be outsourced um we're going to always need heating and air conditioning folks um it's a career field that continues to develop and
061change and so it's a great career I love to see those kinds of programs um in Wan um and and of course we are blessed as well to have the um CLC or not the CLC but the the lak shore or what's it called the grey Lake Tech campus um that's open to uh schools um in in Lake County um I think we send um approximately 200 students out there every day um they spend about two hours out there uh today I was um uh fortunate enough to be able to visit out there with a with a program called gamp um which is the Chicago area manufacturing organization um they had a lot of uh board members and uh um educators from around Lake County that were there they wanted to show off uh their
062new welding lab so it's their second lab that they've um built out um had an opportunity to talk to students um and the teachers that that work out there uh it's again welding is a great field it's in high demand um there were some um employers out there as well today uh that were talking about the uh the benefits of getting a career in welding um and talking to some of the students that were there that are in that program I I asked them how did they find out about this program and many of them just found out by talking to friends um and visiting that that facility um by the way the the principal out there welcomed I don't know if any of of us board members besides myself have been out there to
063see that um but it is a wonderful Tech campus um he said uh he the president Mr bur said our the principal said he he'd welcome a visit from Wan board members anytime um give him a call um and he they as as you may know there's there's just a whole many many careers out there that are available I was listing a few of them there's computers and cyber security welding EMT and Fire Service Automotive Food Service Early Education cosmetology construction and criminal justice that to name a few it do they still have the insurance that was always amazing to me insurance or gers and um um the adjusters and the inspectors do I did not see that Miss Hannah I I didn't see uh I didn't check into every classroom I did have a
064tour afterwards again and had an opportunity to talk to some of them I did not see that I did have a chance to sample however their food service Absol some of us tasted some of their wears and these kids definitely learned to be good Cooks um so I had an egg roll that was to die good to die for it was it was a great one um so the um they do uh offer that uh free food the kids I asked said you know guys you cook all this food every day who gets to eat it well the the students out there rotate through so they can't serve you know the hundreds of students um by what's being cooked but they do get a chance every um few weeks to rotate in there so everybody
065gets a chance to sample what the food service is doing um you've got nursing as well so if somebody gets sick there's nurses around and stuff like that too they not not not not sick of the food but I mean they they're they're teaching them uh at that field as well so it's a wonderful facility I'm just so pleased that that our School takes um uh buses students out there every day um I talked to one of the students that was there and I said you know did you have to give up something to come here and he said yes I had to give up El some of the electives that I wanted to take and I've heard that complaint from some of our students you you might not be able to be in JC
066or you might not be able to take music or or some Athletics but one of the students I was out there with said I had to give up something too but he said you know by my junior year I realized I need to have some career uh you know available so he was happy that he'd given up uh uh some program neglective at at his school in order to get the courses out there and all the classes are taught the principal said by people who have been in the career field and they stay current with what's going on in the industries that they're teaching so uh the kids told me too these teachers are phenomenal so I was excited to see that and and I would just mention one other thing um uh that I
067I I signed on today to a um webinar um it well first off I some of you probably know Governor pritzker delivered on February 11th delivered his budget uh in State of the State address um and he did uh continue to uh fund education um an evidence-based funding formula increased it by 350 million but that's not a lot when you consider right the whole state and he did continue the teacher vacancy Grant however there was no increase for regular or uh special ed Transportation so you know there is cutbacks by the governor um and then the other thing he did that was interesting is he proposed some legislation that would ban cell phones during classroom instruction in all K through 12 um schools and he's meeting with is and um AA uh some some of
068our education programs some are for that some are not so he doesn't he's just proposing some legislation he hasn't written it up yet and he's trying to build support but interestingly today I actually signed on to a um webinar um with a uh lady with um hang on what's the the um the group oh Panorama education some of you may have seen that come through as a as an email so uh the lady that was uh is an expert in this field uh Dr Angela Duckworth from University of Minnesota has done a lot of research she's a psychologist um and the topic was indeed cell phones and self-control and how School leadership and families can help support adolescence and so she talked about the very same thing that that um was being talked about by
069the governor yes and that is should we how do we help our students control their cell phone usage and their social media usage um and I'm not going to give you the whole deal on what she you know what she discussed in the situation uh people from around the country and even overseas were were pegging into this um today but you know she did say situational strategies need to be in place we need to teach our children if nothing else we need to teach them and she said self-control won't work it will not work so you have to teach them strategies just as she did some surveys among us to push the usage of cell phone and and social media away and the farther you get it from the students and the farther you get
070it from yourself and it helps you control it um and just having the self the closer the cell phone is to the student the lower the IQ is the lower the the uh the student's academic achievement is abolutely um so she said studies are show you know there's a lot of different ways uh that that we're trying to control and help our students um and she said I'm not going to you know tell you that one way is better than the other she suggested a couple books um and she suggested uh a couple resources I can send those to you um but it was a very interesting discussion um as to how what should we do and how do we teach our students to uh and ourselves how do we deal with our our social
071media and our so and our cell phones and like you say the farther you can get that cell phone from the person putting it in another room parents can can agree with students talk to them is one of the things she said talk to your kids and teach them um self-control is part of what we have to do um but just willpower is not going to do it if you have something in front of you or close to you and you can grab it um it's you're you're going to going to give in she said and she gave some beautiful examples uh she gave some stories um that we all could identify with you know if you have cookies on the table or sweet rolls and they're sitting there and everybody can see them um
072you're going to probably finish your food and grab the dessert first CU it you or a second very quickly because that that's you can see it you put it in the other room or cover it over even she said uh it's so much easier to to eat your meal and not when you see that and so the cell phone is right there it needs to be put away in some way and she like you said we talked about different strategies um but it was a very interesting discussion so I've taken enough time I and if I could just thank you piggy back off Mr um Mr riddle unless you want me to add it get yeah it's it's a big topic we as a board can talk about some of the strategies I can shoot
073some of the stuff to you and give you some recommended resources that she's that she has cuz I yeah but pushing it all on the teacher is not a a realistic possibility she said and letting the students carry them around with no uh guidelines is also not a not a not a good strategy you're giving up because the students at this age do not have the ability to do it on their own they have to have we have to have some guidelines that's right bring that's all I'm going to say right now thank you m m Gonzalez oh well chime in then since my turn but I think um I I I mean I think I disagree a little bit in part uh with maybe and I forgot the speaker's name if you mentioned it
074Mr riddle but I think um for this generation to connect with students um I think it helps to help them realize that their mental health is important because it's something that they already care about abut and to tie it with social media so that is for me the biggest strategy because even even me like I'm trying to get off social media because it was so negative um for my mental health and I think um that that way you know parents also and Guardians can make inroads with their kids as well to learn about what's causing their anxiety um and and a whole range of emotions um so that was just going to be my two cents but I did um these these past few weeks I have been participating um and attending uh various school
075events I went to the HVAC lab open house and I was so excited to talk with some of the students um the two students that I talked to you know they were thinking about doing it as a career but also not too sure and I think that that's really the point like the earlier you you learn about different Pathways um you can create a better plan for what you actually do want to do um and also just to have life skills because I would have wished to um learn a little bit about agac or what to take care of in your home especially before becoming on first time home buyer but um but you know that that that's going to be really helpful for the students and I and I do look forward to the
076other Pathways that we're going to be building out um you know I asked the the admin in the room like well what what does filling the room full of students and not having a was weight List look like and you know Mr Hamilton very very succinctly said like it's going to take investment a lot more dollars to build this out and um I don't disagree I think that that's what it going to um require of future boards that allocated money to build out more Labs um to make the labs more accessible too cuz it was kind of a nook and cranny in Washington campus um but it's okay people found their way there um so so those are all exciting things and I also you know want to encourage the community to keep showing up
077you know um with the Black History Month celebration with like some of the plays and the concerts that the students are going to like you know I would I I thought that the program was great I think it could have been better um so I will F fill in that survey I encourage everyone who attended to fill out that survey to keep making um our face events bigger and better each time um but I do wish that more people went and I think that that's um you know it takes all of us to kind of bring the community out because I think when we we don't see each other or when the students don't see us they think like you know it's not really worth it to to be doing all of the presentations or
078to be practicing and rehearsing and um and so I I I really appreciate these moments because these are the things that we should be celebrating um and I want to give a shout out to Calvin and the comms team that um you know they do the videos and they put that out there um I think that that really helps with the reputation and and helps AFF firm uh you know all these things that the students are putting their time and en energy toward um so you know more of that more of that and um yeah I look forward to what upcoming events we have going on okay um I um I I also attended the a the HVAC uh open house and I talked with the students um um one student I talked with in
079particular stuck in my mind and he wasn't sure that he wanted to do this yeah and I asked him um I say have you explored any other traits he said I'm not real sure I asked him about um about being a journeyman he say you know my uh my auntie said that word to me what is that I said say it's kind of like a jack of all trades that you uh you get your education in with um with with a number of the trads HVAC electricity carpentry Plumbing the whole thing he said you know that's something that I think that I like I would like to do so I said you know pursue it okay that that stuck in my head but the students there they were very knowledgeable about what they were doing
080and what they were beginning to do and um uh we were told uh that uh there were going to be um well it's just a small group this year but next year that they already have like 79 students um signed up and stuff that are interested to do this and um I just wanted to uh say I was watching um a news uh clip this morning and it was about the construction um the construction uh tra right and that the guy that owned his own construction company and he said that he made $14 million um maybe a couple years ago or something but he had but he cannot do that now because he cannot find construction workers that are experienced and so people we need to get our uh inform our young people you know
081give them information about going into construction I remember when I was in school the students here in Wan they built a house they built a they built a house on Glen Rock and I don't know the street that goes right behind um Washington campus they built that house right there at the corner okay anyway my whole point is is that uh I'm so glad to see that we are putting the vocations back in our school district because in the um in the late 90s early 2000s we had all of the vocations right here in our school district and unfortunately at that time we had um superintendent that I didn't agree with and he removed all of the vocational as well as our home economics out of uh our school district and uh I thought that
082that was just the worst thing that could have happened back then but you know that was in that era where everybody was trying to push kids to go to college okay and so they I guess they thought that that was you know um rationale to remove that but we the pendulum has swung back and now we need that stuff back and I put it in the um the board minutes that whenever we get money to be able to support putting our vocations back that that's what the Board of Education should do and I said so we are starting and that is wonderful for the kids um so the H the HB uh open house was really good I did not I ended up learning the direction of that tunnel because I had to walk it
083and it was it it it it's a long tunnel yeah okay but anyway the program is excellent for the kids uh the uh I I attended the black history program at the high school and as uh Miss uh Gonzalez said that um you know we keep uh doing and um communicating and collaborating and it can get bigger and better and there's some things that you know that could have taken place that at but you know we we get better as we go okay um um uh we what else did I do oh I was able to go to um um the Robbie life foot uh and read to kids they um they they forced me to read two books and I enjoyed that I I what what do you do what do you do when
084your grandma gives you a lemon tree for your birthday so anyway that was one of the stories but we had fun um and the other thing um I just want when I was at Robbie life foot I noticed that we did not have a plaque or a photograph of Mrs life foot in that building and I am so hoping that we can correct that so that when people walk in the building they see uh that's Robbie life foot then they know who Robbie life foot is and the dedication plaque uh Mr bolon maybe you could help me why didn't we put a plaque up when we dedicated that building Miss Hannah will'll come back to this as board member time but I will look into it and I will get back to you tomorrow okay
085because we need that plaque and that picture of her like at John Lewis okay and the other schools um cell phone um I I I I made a suggestion about um about the cell phone and summer school trying to experiment for SE for summer school like uh Evon high school did they they didn't thrust it on all of the students but they tried it in summer school and they found that the students liked it without the cell phones they were not dist distracted and these are words coming from their mouths they didn't see other kids having fun outside which is you know when you got lock in you got lock in so that's it it was only in the classroom right and you know and I I am all for that right we have board
086policy you know so yeah we do have a board policy but it's not being adhered to and so I think we should just go a little step further and say no cell phones in the classroom during summer school and see how that works but other than that um it's been a real busy week and uh if for anyone anybody wanting to know Glennwood is having their black history program on the 28th during the daytime so that's everything I yeah um so a couple of things so just so it's clear and I don't confuse anyone further the stay out of my room event it has been clarified is at Washington campus so apologies this Friday February 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 it's on the district website you can even just Google Walk heagan stay out of
087my room and you'll get a link to it um just make sure you enter through through door one that's where they're going to traffic people um we also have a uh walk pack presentation or performance rather of Moana coming up that's going to be um this coming April so I know it's more than a month away but we want to make sure we are uh telling families well in advance so it's three different performances one Friday night April 11th at 700 um and two on Saturday April 12th 1 at 300 p.m. and then the last shows at 6:00 p.m um I know there was a previous concern regarding the sound system so if the board can get an update on that um I think I would be appreciative hopefully everybody would um in addition another
088date coming up I believe March 11th that board meeting will not take place here at Lincoln Center and that is our next board meeting superintendent you're getting ready so I'll pass it over to you I'm going let you finish but I will oh okay all right um so I'll let the superintendent comment further on that when I'm done um I was not able to attend the Black History Month celebration this year unfortunately I would really appreciate it if we can get a school calendar in place especially for different schools different departments scheduling things because I had to attend a school fundraiser it was great my kids loved it that's fine but this has been a constant ask of the board and I really hate being a broken record it's very frustrating I'd rather Focus my
089time talking about other things not the same thing over and over again um so if we can get that in place that way schools can put it on the districtwide calendar for all of the events if they say hey there's going to be this event it might detract from who's coming to our event we can reschedule and pivot is it going to be perfect no we have 24 schools right so it's not going to be perfect but I think it would greatly enhance the experience and encourage our families to engage with as much as we can um on the cell phone Banning conversation this also uh came up in our safety meeting I think it's it's a culture shift so I recommend parents really look into the science of what a smartphone does to your
090student really look into the research behind what social media does to your students before a certain age my kids will have dumb phones right we can't I don't think we can make a district policy saying only dumb phones are allowed that's unreasonable for our families to have two separate phones for our kids but I think educating yourself as a parent or Guardian is crucial in this conversation I also think we need a culture shift and um there's some schools that it's it's part of their culture like Middle School it's the students come in they put it in the pocket they don't touch it for the class time and then that way they can focus so to Mr riddle Point Mr Riddle's point it's out of sight more out of mind situation and if we can
091start that culture earlier and earlier cuz I even know there's elementary school kids walking around with cell phones so if we integrate that into the culture it's a normal expectation and yes while we do a board policy I also don't want our teachers fighting over cell phones with students to get the class started so we we do need to enforce policy but we also need to be mindful of how we're best going to achieve the results that we want um and and I agree with it's our our job to educate students and prepare them for the real world so I'm very anti-b Banning most things um and so we need to teach them how to manage all of these pieces that are going to be part of their life um in conjunction with parents though
092we can't do it all as a school district um the last thing that I'm going to share this evening is um I recently hold heard about an old study um about individuals when they're at the bottom of a hill they were asked how steep do you estimate the slope of this hill is so they're at the base and they have to look up to essentially gauge how hard it would be to climb when they're by themselves individuals say it was harder than if they had a friend standing next to them and so really just having that community that friendship that camaraderie around you makes things feel less hard and you feel a a sense of belonging and you feel like someone's in it with you and you can tackle those challenges harder so keeping that
093in mind as we're adjusting to the many crazy changing things going on on right now in this day and age um I really want to again encourage everyone just pour love into each other make sure you are finding ways to fill your own cup um and reach out for help when you need that help whether it's from a friend or from uh one of the many Mental Health Services that we have within this District uh and then back to you superintendent for the March 11th meeting thank you so um our goal still is to have the March 11 meeting um at 2:14 I will state that as we walk through we're putting putting the finishing touches and that's not structural or painting it's more student artwork pictures and we don't want to open the building
094with all that not being set first we've also asked um our schools to put their thumb prints on 214 um and that was an idea that um unfor fortunately um I will own I thought about last week when I was walking through that I just didn't want this to be um an administrative office that um Architects had um put plans together picked colors but that schools and students actually have their thumb print on it so we have cook looking at what we have um our child care center um we are going to have I don't want to give some surprises but like the alumni wall um and so we're trying to get that done within a week if it has to get pushed back because of that we're going to be informing the board however
095tech-wise paint wise we could walk in there today and we're up and go but it's a very St environment um but I do believe we're going to be on target for the 11th meeting we just have our schools coming in and out to um ensure that that last piece is done it's it's not anything major it's just a lot of pictures and we have some teachers involved and some ideas we have um a conference room that the high school is going to um it's going to be I don't want to say the name but they're putting together that um community members can use um Community Services can use anybody can rent out I'm not rent out I just say book out cuz we're not charging um and so that idea came to me last week
096when I was there and so we're just looking at that so I'm going to circle back with the mor but what I can tell you it will not be later than that first meeting in April but we're really really shooting for the meeting in March um so that this whole board can be in there perfect and just to confirm because the reason I brought up was for the community so that will also just be part of the board Do's notice of the location absolutely we'll be ready with that great thank you there's been a lot of time talk so I'm going to try to be brief um as far as the cell phone if we can get the cell phone policy sent to all the board members just so that they can have a refresher
097of what that actually looks like um because I think our policy pretty much states What U the governor stating but it's about the enforcement and those are two different things so how do we support teachers and staff um in that so if we can have that sent out to um board members that might help the conversation um um I also encourage people as they're um you know getting on social media and all these um different websites for following up on a Kean public schools because there are so many things changing so quickly also getting on the um Illinois State Board of Education social media and web page to also find what is um staying the same and if there are any um updates or mandates that are truly being changed within the state of of
098Illinois um I know uh DR Sanders has been very transparent and very vocal um and he sent out a response um where he addressed the dear colleagues letter that which was the reason of why we were going to do some action today right um and he really uh put in there all the different mandates that we do have to still adhere by through Illinois um school code so again I encourage um people to follow isby and also understand that while there are federal mandates there are still State mandates that we have to follow um because fed um schools are governed by state you know State control so um and in the state of Illinois is local control so I'm really staying up to date with all of that um uh they are also collecting feedback
099from families going along in the same lines of how our school code Works um and how these different budgets and Mand get into place um one data collection they're asking for is um for Community to sign up for the bullying and harassment data collection um and then also for the tidings Amendment which is the Essa um which is um School Improvement and so you can send your um suggestions to school Improvement at isbe.net and it's just um you know approval means ensuring the continuity of school Improvement throughout our state um so again those are all efforts that at the end help walk Keegan it is public schools week so we can celebrate that as well um so this week is uh Public Schools week um as far as CT and hbac unfortunately I was not
100able to attend um a lot of these things are done during my work hours unfortunately but I do want to remind the public that um you if you would like these programs to continue we need teachers in order to continue that and you do not have to go back to get a teaching degree to get an a CTE certificate to be endorsed in order to teach these programs so again I encourage you to visit the isbe.net website to find out information on how you can get certified if you would like to um help young children or young students um go into your career path um and then touching really quickly on the governor's speech I think for me it was very motivational and there was a lot of messaging within that speech that went beyond
101just our budget and went beyond um all these mandates that we're looking forward to one of the mandates or one of the the bills that he's looking at is um turning community colleges um so that they can go beyond the associates degree and create a pathway for bachelor's degree um and so I do want to commend Lake County because they do have the University Center which partnered with our local Community College um years ago and I I know they're having their Gala um but you know having that opportunity to get your bachelor's degree locally um makes it more affordable and eliminates that Transportation barrier so um if we could you know I encourage you all to look into that and support that as well um but again his speech went well beyond just our budget
102it really did address the state of things and the power that we have as a community to stand up for Injustice or for wrongs or inequality um and so to miss lensings Point Bing together um we make a mighty team and it makes things a little bit more manageable um so if you have not seen it already I encourage you to go on to um illinois.gov website to um watch the speech it is uh brief um and it's not heavy and jargon so it is very watchable all right motion to adjourn second by Mr McBride second bit by Miss Gonzalez all in favor S5 by I I uh Mee is a jour for