001Good evening. I'd like to call to order the May 15th board of education regular board meeting. Can I get a roll call, please? President Wesowski here. Vice President Bo here. Ortiz here. McFerson here. Neil here. Parich here. Sanchez here. Also present are Dr. Salami, Mr. Bambour, Miss Delako, Miss Fuentes, Mr. Gres, Mrs. Stratus Becker and Missosco. Excellent. Um, if you would join me in saying the pledge of allegiance, I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Excuse me, guys. I'm still battling this bronchitis, so I will try to keep my coughing to a minimum, but I got my supplies up here. Um, I need a motion uh to approve the board of
002ed the the board of education agenda as presented. Cynthia, second Gina, any questions or concerns? Roll call vote, please. Vice President Boyd. Hi, Mike. Person. Hi. Neil. Hi. Ortiz. I parich. Hi. Sanchez. Hi. President Walowski. Hi. Seven. I zero nays. Zero absent. Motion carries. All right. So, we have a few um board recognitions um shout outs to give. Um it's fun at the end of the year here to kind of highlight all the amazing things that are happening in the district. So, the board would like to first give um a huge thanks to uh Lindell Wilson um and her team for the organization of the prek health and wellness fair. There was a great um a variety and number of community resources for our families. It was a really um great turnout. So, we appre
003Is that the first time she's second year? Um so, we appreciate that. Um, also a congratulations to our Westchester Middle School Destination Imagination team and their sponsor, Mrs. Flair for making it to the global competition. Um, good luck to them next week. Yes, they are traveling to Kansas City um to uh compete. So, we'll be excited to uh see how they do. Um, next, a big bravo to the cast and crew of the Westchester Middle School musical. It's um it's always great. It was great again this year. The um the students work so hard and the staff for being uh just being there to make it all possible. I know there a lot a lot of work goes into that those three performances. So great job to them. Um a special well wishes and safe
004travels for our eighth graders that are in DC with their staff chefs. They are traveling home tonight. They're flying. I think the weather's supposed to be a little uh rocky, so we're hoping that they make it home safely, right? It's a short flight. Hopefully, they miss any any weather we're expecting. Um, also a special thank you to the staff who provides activities and field trips for the eighth graders who um are not able to go or choose not to go on the trip. We appreciate you making special memories for them as well. Um and then last um a very uh special thanks for your patience to the Wester Westchester Middle School staff, parents, and students um for their patience, cooperation with the unexpected construction on Canterbury. Um it has not was not something that we
005anticipated. So, we appreciate everyone kind of rolling uh with the p punches and we're sorry for the impact that it has had on arrivals and dismissal. So, hopefully it'll be cleared up by graduation. Um all right. And then um next we come to audience comments. We have one tonight. Yeah, we have one. Great. We welcome comments from our staff, parents, and constituents. A person who wishes to address the board should complete a request to address the board of education forum and give it to our board secretary. Uh when recognized by the board president, please limit your comments to three minutes. Thanks for nervous, so bear with me. This is my first time. No worries. My name is Betsy Wiki. I'm here with my husband Raymond. Um we have two kids. We have a second grader
006and um we have a third grader. and I'm here to kind of talk about or um hope that we can maybe look at an accelerated reading program. Um so they've got the wind groups and um I think it's a good step, but I think that it's not taking it far enough for some kids. Um so my second grader he's in the high level um win reading group and um in his class he has usually between a 95 98 grade percentage but on his math test he's scoring in the low 90s and has now dropped down I believe into the upper 80s. So his score seems to be going down with him. And um with my daughter, she's in third grade and same thing with her. She's she scored level initi high initially on her um
007math scores, but those are going down as well now. And um with the wind groups at the intermediate school, you know, we've been half math, half reading. Um they are changing teachers each time, they're changing classmates each time. So, there's not really a consistent um consistency across the board. And um you know, we're having a little bit of a hard time, and I've heard other parents say, with the content not matching up with where they're at with their reading levels. Um so, again, she's doing really good in the class, but her percentage um scores for the math scores are continuing to go down. Um, and so I think that there should be a push more for the accelerated if the kids are there. I think both of mine would probably um qualify for that as
008well as a lot, you know, several other kids. Um, just to give you an example, so both of my children are in the accelerated math program. So I've got a second grader and I've got a third grader. So both of them their reading scores for the whole year each went up six points. Sorry, I'm nervous. And um so my daughter, this is her second year in the accelerated reading or math program. Last year she went up 13 points with her math score in the accelerated math. This year she went up 24 points with her math with her accelerated read math class. Now my son who is harder to engage with everything um and reading is definitely one of them. So that's why I think it would be great benefit for him to come up to
009the level where he's at because he needs to be engaged. And so for him, this is his first year in the accelerated program. He's a second grader. So he tested into it, didn't do second grade math, he's in third. This year in the accelerated program, I checked with his teacher today and he went up 33 points with his math score from being in the accelerated program. And I know that there is a lot of kids that are in the same boat. if we're looking at the accelerated map 80% you know or above and I think a lot of it is content you know we're having the math um testing um like Il questions math but they're not at the level you know my daughter's in third grade and she's testing where she had content that
010was asking her about a trial and juries and mistrials and she's in third grade so it's there's there's a disconnect which is also translating to the MAP scores increasing So, I think that it'd be something to look into. I think the reading and the language is just as important as the math. And what I've heard from the principal specifically a lot at the intermediate school is the math scores are going up, but our reading scores are flat. And I just think a second grader and a third grader should not already be plateauing or flatlining, you know, with their growth. So, thank you. Thank you. Um, it's kind of perfect timing. We actually um you might want to come back at the next meeting. Um our director of uh curriculum is working on looking at some
011of the the ELA data and we're we have that on I'm not sure which meeting yet in June, but we have two meetings in June. So it'll be at one of the meetings in June. Um she'll be looking at some some suggestions and uh things when we get the email. So you know what I could do too? If you're did you leave your contact information on here? Then one of us will email you and say, "Hey, we're going to be doing it at our June 5th meeting or our June." We'll we'll tell you, but it will show up on the agenda. You'll see it as a a discussion item. Does more than likely discussion item? No action. Ask am I allowed to ask one question? Sure. Go ahead. So if you So we talked about
012this in the agenda. So what does it just like we all talk about it and then like if it's decided then you guys vote? I just didn't know what the process is for you guys to go about doing something. Probably depends on what the staff recommendation is. Like if it's something that um is like a small tweaks, they can kind of do that without board action. If it's something that usually involves money, then the board might have to take action um to say it again or staffing. Or staffing. Yeah. Anything that would involve that, the board would take probably need to take action. if it's something that they can, you know, um, do without board action, then the staff can just kind of gives us, you know, we kind of give them direction. So, I'm
013not quite sure what the what the recommendations will be from the staff, but it'll it'll be one of those. I see. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Any other. All right. So, now we move on to action um on the consent agenda. Those uh consent agenda items are those items, minutes, business, personnel matters that are routine in nature. Any item may be moved from the consent agenda to action items with discussion. All items on the consent agenda are approved with a single motion unless removed before the roll call vote. Um I need a motion uh to approve the consent agenda as presented. Jared, is there a second? Sorry. Jared and Stephanie. Thank you. I didn't hear a second. So, I didn't hear the second either. Um, and just for recording purposes on tonight's extension agenda, we have
014the regular board meeting minutes open and closed of uh sessions of April 24th and the reorganization board meeting minutes from the open session April 24th and um the uh teacher resignation and a pair of professional approval. Uh, roll call vote please. Pearson. I. Neil. Hi. Martza. I. Peric. Hi. Ed. Hi. President Wesowski. Hi. Vice President Boyd. Hi. I zero. Zero. Absent. Motion carries. All right. Action items with no discussion. I'm sorry. Action items with discussion. Where are we? here. Um, I need a motion to open discussion for the approval of bills and claims the amount of $293,488.94. I'll move one more cycle and payrolls in the amount of 1,59,6928 into authorized payment. So move. There you go. Moved by Desanda, second by Cynthia. Anything you want to highlight for us, Dennis? There's a pretty another
015round of our categorical payments between now in the end of the year. Outside of that, right on track when it comes to revenue. Any questions for Dennis or in general? Thank you. All right. Roll call vote, please. Neil, I parich. Hi. President Walowski. Hi. Vice President Boyd. Hi, McFerson. Hi. Seven eyes, six zero nays, zero. Motion carries. Right. Um, I need a motion to to open discussion for the approval of the bus drive handbook updated update as presented. Moved by Rose. Second. Second by Gina. All right. Um, Dennis, can you give us a highlight of any updates that were made in there? So, there are two changes on the handbook. The first one is regarding the bonus structure. We initially did this a few years back did bonuses up to five days and then starting
016on the sixth day no bonus and somebody got five and a half days. I did honor it because it's in a limbo place. Just correcting that. So it says I need the club five no that initial year we did honor it know that going forward we're not going to do that. Now we're looking at copy of it. The second item that was updated retirement incentive was added to the handbook. It's not something that pass. We're looking to provide a retirement set of notice is provided one year. So this would match the retirement that is in the WSSA correct sub. It's not as rich as the WSSA but itself. Okay. Quick question again. When you talking about the bonuses, you're saying that someone had over five absences. Is that what you were saying? Okay. Okay, they
017got it. Oh, so it's five. Oh, five and a half. Got you. So, that was very right in the middle. Okay, got it. I just was trying to clarify. Okay, I see it. Thank you. And can I clarify the retirement incentive? Usually for I think our other ones there is a minimum years a longevity. Is there not one in this longevity? This was done intentionally open three years of service. asking for at least minimum three years to serve if they get the one year at 6%. Remember that these are typically people that work their career hire from their career and now we're getting bus drivers last time. If I can attract candidates from other companies or school districts for three years of service as a bus driver with the district would be more than typically
018two or 3% but it's beneficial both to the district as well as to the employee too to come to our district and the CDL as a bus driver operated district we four years since they have to have three when submitting. We're getting that fourth year out of them as well as some of our other candidates always question at the end of the year who's at least with this I'll know who's coming back next year. It was going to provide a little bit of stability. Sure. And again, it's not a lot and they didn't even ask for it. I offered it like I want that stability. I want the knowledge for the district so I know who I have for the following. Have you been having any issues um related to like the number of the
019shortages of bus drivers? Have in the past but past few years we have okay that's what that's I was trying to check. Ironically today I c got off the train at Lrange. When I got off the train there was a piece of paper in my door and it said they were recruiting bus drivers. I remember them too. It was rolled up and my daughter and this should add a nice four years. All righty. Any other questions for that on the the hands up? Roll, please. Hi. Hi. President Wasowski. Hi. Vice President Boy. Hi. Mcerson. Hi. Neil. Hi. or two I seven I Sarah nar motion carries thanks uh next we have uh construction phase one approval need a motion to open discussion for the approval of phase one construction as presented move by Cynthia second
020by Gina some of these we've talked about before but it looks like we have some updates on There you do. All right. So, there are a few projects that I presented back uh few months already a couple of them that just weren't feasible didn't work out. So, one of the ones that I came to the board of education with was our boss neurons and the internet. We're looking to do an underground cable up into the middle school to the bus garage. I looked into it. It's just too costly. Currently, our internet's being provided. Yeah, I believe what's called bridge. It's two satellite dishes, one on middle school, one on bus garage. It's limited. We've seen with the cameras that we've added at the bus garage, it's kind of bogging down the system a little bit.
021And if we ever did want to move towards interfacing our buses so that the data transfers from the bus to a server remotely just through access points, we need that connection. We've looked at doing more our current Illinois state contract for internet. It's a little further out, but it' be more cost effective to add buses. It does take time that that for another year following year. Did you check multiple uh places related to that? You did. It's it's just very costly underground. Do you foresee that there will be ever an opportunity that that would be worthwhile to do fiscally for us or No, at all. with the configuration. If we can get this added, the state will actually go out the other room for us on Okay, that's what we move to for the primary
022school this year as well as those are all through AT&T. We had to forgo our evade claim which is roughly about $30,000 free which is more. So we'll add this as a separate site not next year but the following year and then we'll have a direct connect worry about any kind of issues. I believe what gigabyte is what we're running currently at the other sites more four times four gigabyte. So if we can get that to our bus garage, we'll have no issue when it comes to adding cameras, transferring data, whatever we need. Very. All right. So that is the update though for the underdone cable. There are a few of them that went through on there. The other one that I was disappointed with, but I'm not done yet, is the maintenance garage by
023the district office because the garage. We're looking at a second garage. There's some issues with permits for the for the village. They don't allow two garages at one location. We're trying to work with an alternative. Possibly expanding the current garage will allow for maintenance equipment in there as well. So, doing some research on this. I want to make sure there isn't any issues with the size of a garage. I'm working with those wonderful as far as helping us through this process, but unfortunately we do have to make sure that it's likely not near. Do you know did they consider our whole plot a site? Like could we put something over by the bus garage or is that still considered? So I actually looked into it. The district office actually sits on two lots. I asked
024that question. Is it two of us? I can have a garage here and here, right? And they're getting back to me on that one. It's not out of the question yet. Okay. I want to make sure they're in. Yeah, sure. Right now, it's postponed. I may put something small in the budget in the event that something does open up, I'd come back with the board of education, of course, and request approval for it. But it's likely I was looking forward to getting that one done. Ramp update. We've gotten the prices for multiple vendors. Put it there construction of 3475 most promising. It's the one that forward with the ramp up from district office. Uh we have the W shed. We took that off just because the pricing on that one did come in under $50,000
025which is true. WS sidewalk replacement. So that's the sidewalk immediately in front of the intermediate school. We're looking to make the front of that building look very nice. The parking lot out there is the greatest shape and then half the parking lot in the parking lot. The building is a sidewalk. Look at sidewalks. just noticeable actually reach out right now hazards of that sidewalks this year just not for everybody but overall we're going to make the parking lots the front of the building a little bit about the asphalt again just working that hill actually funded partially through the fiscal 25 maintenance grant. So, this is one of the items that listed in there, which is a $50,000 matching grant. So, state of Illinois put up $50,000, but we have to put up $50,000, too, and
026then we can fund the projects that listed in there. Okay. And as one mechanical equipment, multiple quotes, one of them pretty far outside of the other two each other. So pretty confident they're both very competitive. We accept number one and JB Final Cut came in at the best price,000 cents. Very expensive. Quick question. We may have talked about this before, Dennis, in some of the other times when we talked about capital projects, but I was just wondering if that is price is our basis for our evaluation selection criteria or do we look at the totality of the contracts? Like do we always just go with the lowest price? Are we looking at like quality or other what are the other evaluation factors that you use when you're selecting? Absolutely. Okay, I want to make sure
027it's a reputable vendor that they have references and worked in school districts before. It's not just the cheapest person I can find to put you actually qualified to do it references and verified. And who does like the technical acceptance of that? Like from our perspective? I know you look and get that information, but who kind of evaluates it? Is it just you or is it a group of you all that it's just a project? If they'll take larger project like the flooring project you did at the intermediate school, I asked the committee to form and a committee took a look at smaller project for $28,000. That's something that you do. Okay. Just clarification. Um is the we're still talking about the asphalt replacement or did we move because I'm looking at two different um so
028we did move on to mechanical equipment at the district office. I was making sure because the quote that you mentioned the 28,000 is different than the 34,000. But it's the same vendor. I was just going to ask that question. It's the same vendor can do the mechanical and the asphalt. I believe they're sub. Ah, gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Yeah, I saw that. I thought, well, that's two subcontracts out the work pricing with them in the past. very good and that's not uncommon to have the same vendor that can do multiple especially if you're talking about the in the industry of construction. So they kind of do everything. And some of them can do everything and some of them are very specific in what they can do and they only can do. So, and I should note
029that I was very specific as far as the equipment, my pumps. I want to see the district office. I quality listed not manufacturers that I would accept in there for equipment purposes so that I make sure some parts. So you do you do you're your own technical certification man. Personal mechanical equipment. You do it by yourself. I wasn't pulling tech. You know you have experience. Of course you do. Yes. I have a question about that. None of those sidewalks are the village sidewalk. They're ours the 50/50 replacement. replace this for free out here in front of the middle school. So all the sidewalks have been replaced, all the garbage, which if we would have done it earlier, we would have paid. So we it was on going to be on the list to pay for
030and have we reached out to the village about the one in front of is Well, there's two, right? Isn't there? Is it along the road? No, this is between the parking lot. So it's not the road. All right. All right. I'd be on board with you if I thought they're gonna look at me going my municipal engineer. I was like, he's like, "Well, find out which one it is." Yeah. Okay. 100%. Okay. Yeah. Well, I'm glad they did the middle school. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Very I was talking to Mr. Le about can you walk the sidewalks of say, "Hey, we're looking to get this done. Yeah, thanks. Last thing for me to do? Yeah. Great. Um, the door update. We started doing the doors at the intermediate school. We moved on here to middle school.
031It is a process. It's going to take some time. You remember we did the maintenance grant. Two years ago and did the door project with it and was not very happy. We went through the garden. a big project $30,000 but just not happy. This this one's been moving along very well for our vendor that we're working with last year if they'd like to scale back to work environment. I kind of foreseed it could happen. So I did have a backup vendor. We did a follow up here with middle schooling in particular. They did a fabulous job. Principal was very happy, faculty were very happy with the fact that it was created but nothing happened and I was happy because the doors look very nice. So then we did another project with them over strike rate.
032We can same results would like to continue with them to 100 the same place previous vendor gave us. So it's not going to increase anything inflation having an increase in cost. And what I know we have the approximate cost per door. How many do you think we'll be able to get done this summer? So I have believe we've seven written into the maintenance grant on this one for WIS. We have to do seven and that affect two more on the second floor formative that are currently causing problems. So I'd like to get those done over the summer too. And if there is time during winter break to do another round like to try it but six to seven realistically over the year it's going to be a process but again we have more control over
033the quality and of those questions. So I have a quick question on that. I wasn't um here when you gave the presentation. Are we just talking about internal doors or um is does the project include the external doors? We buy the doors directly from the manufacturer. The locks directly from the manufacturer, not just the insulation. We do some carpet flooring was interrupted with the removal of the existing frame there. One of the issues I had with the original contractor was that it left me hanging. They took out the frame left very not good and I had to negotiate with them to fix it very took out a frame. I couldn't believe it. Was it rock solid? It was not. Which one are we talking? The doors. The doors. Rockolid is the one that wants to
034retire. Okay. But the one that you were not happy with, we went through our in construction. Oh, okay. Okay. So, I see Rock Solid. You said you wanted him to do the doors and he backed out, but then he's doing the break room. Smaller. Okay. He said he wanted these out. doors was too much work for him. Absent. Okay. Um, anything on the projectors? Yeah, he had it in there. Hold on. Let me Oh, you you saw it. I don't know if there was anything you wanted to highlight. Oh, here we go. So, the projector updates, um, we did get a quote from CDW. It's a ballpark quote. Again, we're not honoring these for longer than 12 days, but it gives us an approximation of what to expect. So, come June, we can put in
035the requisition system in July change significantly from this dollar amount. Now, this is just equipment cost, but then also there's going to be some labor cost associated with And we are replacing the whiteboard we hoping for on these with the use that the school goes through on these things constant erasing it gets to a point it's just one in my office too and after about six years later I doesn't work and I can imagine faculty member a lot more I'm amazed that they got the time that they get out of them. We're taking on really well care out of it. Again, we're not discarding the current projectors. We have the same projectors in the intermediate school and the primary school. And the hope is that by starting off with this building that we can take
036anything that is good, it's saligible from those projectors and use those as spare projectors once no longer work together. How long do they normally warranty those or is it a couple of years? probably a year on the courts I would say but okay you know vaults are going to go out school district uses a project a lot our faculty have those on for seven hours a day oh absolutely bulbs we replace those constantly how many bulbs we expect the year we'll say 10 this year at this location this is the oldest one of the first schools that received ventures. So total are the oldest. We've probably lost about two in this location. Uh probably six total. So they they get they get a lot of use. They overheat and then they we're getting the laser
037ones so they don't have bulbs. And from what I I've met with the was 40 tech directors yesterday and the person who got them in the branch is really that good how they hold up but he only had him for about two years. I never know we had a good run for the first four years nothing. And then you get five six they're being used every day. They're being left out all the time. Okay. Thank you. Was the break room here at the middle school did something for the intermediate school this current year about any promises looking around. So I think word has actually gotten out to maybe do a project and people are ecstatic intermediate school if you get a chance to look at it modern looking very nice it needs it here I
038know it does I believe I've had faculty members ask They liked it that much. Wow. Nice. Yeah. I was I was very pleased they got think they more gives us more control faculty members coming up and asking I thought very and this is the same vendor who did the is remodel. same mother who's doing the doors that I asked you for. Yeah, you don't need to retire again, right? To pass the business. The very well-liked gentleman when he's over there, he's nothing but kind. Everybody's screaming about him. I I think that he's phenomenal working at our request and probably wanted to retire a while ago and finally spoke up. I'm great. All right, I can understand the doors over to the defender. Very happy with the result. Okay, slowly a little bit at a time
039just to make sure that the quality is still there. Very good. Is the projection for the um middle school um remodel similar to what we paid for the intermediate school? So we talking about the faculty loan. Yeah. The break room. It's very comparable. A little bit less cap here. So it's very One last question. Can you give an update on the Chromebooks? Were we able to get those purchased? Chromebooks have been purch. Yes, you guys. I saw a requisition that I approved. So um they're on CDW. Although they're in the United States, they just don't know. Nobody knows anything. So, we're just moving. We're like yesterday, we had a conversation like, "What are you guys seeing?" Everybody keep keeps telling me. I told them we actually were able to purchase them and we're done. They're
040like, "Oh, okay." But overall, the prices always go up. Yeah. Yeah. The same Chromebook cost us $290 three years ago. Now, they're about four. We paid 40 480. So the price just just go and we're getting enough of them to keep the fleet going for another probably about three six years. There wasn't any issue with inventory. No, we just keep replacing parts constantly. We're sticking with the same model number because we have plenty of parts. Yeah. Got it. Thank you. Any other questions for Janess? All right. Roll call vote, please. Sanchez. Hi. President Wiloski. Hi. Vice President Boyd. I Neil. Hi. Ortiz. I Pick. Hi. Seven. I zero. N. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. The I need a motion to open discussion for the approval of the 2025 2026 staffing plan as presented
041by Gina. Okay. Second by Rose. This is pretty much the exact same that we saw last week or last meeting. Yes. Um I think the only Did we update about the advocate? Did we share with the that there's a hiring freeze right on the on the the advocate? Well, that I just mentioned it. Was it going to be impact? We weren't paying for it, but um was 40. We're have a meeting with them last Thursday. we were scheduled. Um they had some grants um and they were going to actually cover the cost of the intermediate advocate student, but because of the they're under a hiring freeze right now. Some of their grants from the federal level have been paused. So they should have a better idea in June, but right now like they are completely
042um stopping all there's quite a few things that are impacting West 40 because a ton of their money comes from the federal government. So unfortunately right now we're just going to be at pause. Maybe in June they should said I should have more of an update if things change then we could they know we're on the on the list. But the the thing that we're adding is the PE teacher here. Any questions about that? Well, how does that affect Mr. Mac here? Not at all. Because he's in it's like they're not adding to it. They must have the money allocated. I think they probably, you know, they I don't know if they're making cuts there. I know that they're just not adding lot of government and it was the the older uh grades have been
043has been around forever that this lower expansion was something new. So my guess is I go to the board meeting tomorrow so I'll find out more. I'll report back. But um I think it's just the lower stuff is probably what they're holding on because the district that I work in there's like 10 of them there. And uh I I heard that now our district is going to have to pay their their salaries, right? So, but I don't know if that's really the case. Yeah, we haven't been told that. I won't take that call. But but yeah, no, they haven't haven't said anything about that. And I think they're being, you know, fight I think they're being conservative and cautious at the same time. So that's we'll just wait for the for the word. All right.
044Any questions or concerns of the stamping plan? All right. Roll call vote, please. President Wowski. I vice president. I Pearson. Hi. Neil. Hi. I zero nay. Z. Motion carries. Okay. discussion item with no action. We have a paper bid discussion. Do you have is that for you? It is for me. Okay. This is just an update for you know that I be reaching out to vendors. reach out to the village got their quantities park district pools as far as pay for the next year pricing next $15,000 paper but our orders roughly about consistent with police. And do you get the sense that those other entities are still wanting to sort of participate in the the village requested department? All right. Questions about that? All right. Um information items for correspondence. Uh we have uh the
045press the April um 2025 press updates. Thank you Laura for including that. Um and then for the board president's report sort of connected to the press updates. Um just wanted to let you know that Laura and I are sort of exploring our policy adoption process. Um we're going to add it to the June 5th meeting. Uh but right now we sort of have like a three meeting process. We talk about it, excuse me, we talk about it at one meeting, then we have the first reading and then we have the second reading. Probably a hold over to our previous process when we had a policy committee like the committee had and then first reading and second reading. So, um, legal has indicated that we can actually tighten up that, um, and have the discussion of
046the policy and the first reading in the same meeting. So, it would be like just would shorten it to a two meeting process. Um, so we're going to get the details on that and bring that to the June meeting. Um, again, we can talk it through. It would just allow us to sort of move through some of our policy updates um, a little quicker than than three meetings. And there's there's been a lot of them lately. Um, you know, and if there's ever any that we want to pause and, you know, take it a little slower, we could do that on an individual basis. But, um, we'll have that at the June meeting and hopefully implementing it at the June 26th meeting um to, uh, there's a lot of, um, policy updates in this correspondence.
047How many did you say like 20 25 of them all related to the title n uh court case? Uh so it'll it'll just sort of speed it up. Um but we'll bring that on the June 5th agenda so we can talk about that. Um I also wanted to just kind of get your guys's thoughts. Um we have forformational items. I know we have um some representative appointments that we don't really have never really had in here. I know they're not you're not going to have an update um every time, but I thought it would slide in where we have legislative reports and ISB just maybe a section for representative appointments. So if there is something for the chamber, something for community relations, there'll be a spot on the agenda for that so we don't forget.
048Um, and then we already shared this in uh audience comments, but Stephanie Dafiako is working with the um ELA team um and she is going to be bringing some of the ELA um higher level reading data and some um ideas for differentiation um uh to one of the the June meetings uh for us to take a look at. Um that's what I have and then legislative report. Thank you, Cynthia, for a little very Yeah. Well, I'll be brief, but you know, I feel like legislation is so important and we really need to be up on what's happening, especially now. Um, but I thought I'd start with a little refresher because you're always hearing like this bill's passed and this bill, but it's not that easy. It's a really long process for a bill to become
049a law. And so, I just put a little schoolhouse Okay. And you know, they got to go to the from the House to the Senate and then the Senate to the House and it's still not a law. So, just keep that in mind. I tried to break up the report like with the more uh significant bills that are moving forward. And I'm not going to read them all, but you know, just highlight maybe like the cell phone policy um that's mandating school districts to adopt a policy about it that every bus we purchase moving forward has to have seat belts. Um more funding for transportation and sped. Those are some significant bills that are moving forward. Um and then they have calls to action and I have links here. You can link there. They'll tell
050us how we we can help. So here um they're opposing House Bill 3772 that's taking away um suspension for K to2 grades and the school board association is opposing it. So if you click on the link it'll take you to a witness slip that you can fill out. There were actually two more that came in like right at 4:30 and one is about AI generated foyer requests where you know we will be able to say hey are you a robot are you a person and they have 30 days to say yes I am and if they don't reply within 30 days and we can deny the foyer request so that Laura's not wasting her life on an employer request I remember one of them that we had like 185 pages one this month and then
051the like that last long was probably all AI generated. That's mostly so we so strongly support this bill. Um and then there was another one regarding getting money and the links on there will tell you um what you can do. So that just came in today. I'll put it on the next one. Um and then I feel like the federal legislation is so important because it is going to directly impact us. Um and I just threw in here um the title nine um that's going on and how ISBY responded. You know, basically saying, "Hey, yes, we are complying. No, we already certified. We're not going to reertify and we're not asking our school districts to do that again at this time." Um the revocation of the ESSER funds, which we felt um Trump's executive orders.
052Um, we had him closing the Department of Education, laying, you know, however many thousands of people. Um, I don't know if you guys knew about the public uh, service loan for forgiveness, how he's revamping that so that we're he's making sure that taxpayers are not working for organizations that support, you know, uh, illegal immigration, other things like that. It's in here. Um, and then I have some other um, bills that are in the process and how the state board um, votes for them or wants us to vote for them, if they oppose them, if they are against them or if they support them. Again, there's like a whole bunch. So, I'm not going to read them all there for you, but I want you to add them just in case um, other things come up.
053And then at the bottom just some other lower legislations in the process that like I said I'm not going to read but it's important that we have them in case this and then if you have any feedback so that I can make lighten it up or you know we need more everyone has like and I really wanted to put more pictures but I'm like keep it professional. Where can it come from directly from the White House? I got some pictures directly from the White House. You might have you might have set yourself up here. We're going to be expecting a reporter. I thought it was great. I like the headings. So, you know, like I said, you know, kind of jump to um some of them. I think it's also handy. You know, we don't
054always agree with everything. You know, we do resolutions, we sometimes oppose them. So, it's nice to see s what they're kind of lobbying like what stance they're taking, which may or may not be what we would personally or or as a board do. So that's really nice to kind of see. So good. Thank you. Great job. Thanks. Uh we all right. Uh West Cook, do we have anything? Not really. There's going to not going to be any meetings until September, Octoberish. I don't know date yet. All right. Speaking of foyas, we had one foyer request in April. So thank you um for doing that. And then uh superintendent reporting evening. Um good to see you. Um so we have about 10 days left. This is our last full week of school. Wow. And so the
055next next week is four and a half days and the following week is four days and then one day or half. So over the next couple weeks, you will see tons of meant there'll be uh fifth graders coming over to the sixth grade. Fifth grade coming over to the sixth grade. You'll have second grade coming over to the third grade. You will uh see the the the band, the cadetses. They'll be coming and playing. Um, you'll have outdoor the field days. There's going to be a lot of exciting things happening before school, after school. I think there's like parent meetings at night. Just a ton going on. U, so it is an exciting time. I mean, the weather I think everyone knows like what today was like a like the earliest it's ever it's been
05690 something degrees. Tomorrow's supposed to be warm, but then next week should be a little bit better. I know some classes are also going on field trips. So that's good. Uh we have the hundredyear celebration for Westchester on Saturday. I know there's a couple of us going. It is the roaring 20s. So we are. Yeah. I got to take one for the team. I will be dressing. I don't care if anybody else doesn't dress up. I will be dressed up. Oh god. I am not a dress up. Yeah. D we should have told Dana. Are you guys really dressing up? We really are. Yeah, that's great. You guys make sure you get a lot of pictures. But I I should should I just full disclosure I meant I got I have Laura's husband had some
057stuff. So like I'm trying to wear to like the best. I don't know if I'm going to go with I might have to borrow Dennis's suspense. I don't know. We got No, we're going to No, I I ordered some things. So let's let's pray at Amazon Saturday. Yeah. Saturday. Well, now I got to get on you talking about for the uh Yes, the to celebrate Westchester. It's 100 years. Yeah. Just the worldress already have I mean might have something. We will figure it out. Um I want to thank all of the parent volunteers in a WPPC for last week. It is probably one of the best weeks. It just shows the appreciation. Um, and I think from the board too, if you saw the shirts that we had, they're pretty awesome. Everyone had those black
058shirts that um, Laura helped design, Laura Ste helped design, so it was really cool. Um, and then I want to congratulate the because we're not going to meet this eighth grade class will graduate. I just want to congratulate the class of 2025. I met many of them are tonight. They are flying back from DC. We know um it's going to be a really nice graduation to be a Friday night graduation which is you know we haven't done that in a while. Um so that's going to be cool. We have board members child graduating. We have former board members and we just have a group of kids that my longest standing this is the group that I know for longest. Every year it gets you know that year. So it's always um memorable for me. So,
059we're excited for them and just hoping that we have smooth on that. I totally forgot. I was supposed to I know. Sorry. Sorry. I was supposed to add uh the grad if you're attending the graduation, if you could RSVP to Laura by May 23rd. Um and just let us know if you're able to attend. It's a Friday night. It's a Friday night. The graduation is May 30th. And then just RSVP so she'll know how many um seats to reserve. Sorry, I forgot that. That's okay. Um, and that's that's all that's it. Like I said, we're working on the last couple weeks of school. Good. Keep going. Any questions for Phil on his report or anything in his attachments? All right. And then we have um the administrative reports. I know I say this every time
060they're on here, but they're so wonderful. They're such a wealth of information. So we appreciate um everyone uh everyone doing those for us. It we take a break for July. So we will have them in June um to sort of wrap up the year. Any questions for the administrators we have here tonight or anything that we want to follow up. Excuse me. We can follow up with those that are not here. Nice. All right. Um, second audience comment. Molly, you have anything fun you want to say? Congratulations. Congratulations. I guess uh if there's any partnership that I could do with um you know, our eighth grade or parents or right, let me know how I can partner to promote our public high school district. Awesome. Yeah. Thank you. She's Yeah. All right. Um, I need
061a motion to um for the board to retire into close session to discuss the appointment, appointment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal or specific employees. Litigation when an action against, affecting or behalf of particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent. In which case, the basis for the findings shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the post meeting in collective bargaining, collective negotiating matters between the district and its employees or the representatives or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more class of employees and the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters related to individual students. Move by Cynthia. Second by Jared. Maybe we can do it together. Roll call
062vote please. Roll call. Vice President. Hi. Hi. Ortiz. I Pich. Hi. Sanchez. Hi. President Wesowski. Hi. I zero nay. Zries. Scored is a close session at 702. 702. All right, we'll take a little break. Feel free to use the restroom. Do you have things for us to sign? I do. Okay.