001Mhm. >> Congress back into session from our closed session from our special meeting. Um, any public comment? All right, I need a motion to close our special meeting of April 21st. Washington, Dabkey. All those in favor say Signify by saying I. I. I's have it. Okay. In a minute we'll start the next meeting. Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do. What? Countdown. Jeopardy music. Oh, you got to put a little pause on it. One, thumbs up. Thumbs up. [laughter] Did you kidnap Dave? He's right there. >> Oh, there he is. I don't trust if I kidnapped you. I said I didn't. I mean, he's he's small enough that we can put him in our pocket. >> [laughter] >> I do. He's not going anywhere though.
002Huh? Oh, agreed. Yeah, they're not mine. They're actually in the twilight zone. Did I tell you I'm taking the Shepherds to Wrigley tomorrow? That's exciting. Should be interesting. They're very nice. They're they're wonderful. I yeah. Okay, it's 7:00. All right, I'm calling our regular Board of Education meeting for Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 to order. Roll call, please. Here. Here. We are in session. Uh, please stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance 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. All right. Any additions to the agenda? All right. Right to the good stuff. Recognitions and celebrations. All right, so I'd first like to ask Mrs. Urban, our principal at Walsh, to come on up cuz I
003heard you had some really great counters. Um, so one of our great celebrations that we do throughout the year, every week, our kindergarteners have the opportunity to join the 100 club. And it's a big to-do. They get their name on the announcements, they get celebrated in the office, and they get a little bracelet to celebrate. Um, it's so important just to have um at this point to be able to celebrate them because these students have been working all year to get to this point to be able to be celebrated tonight. So, it hasn't been an easy acceptance of a challenge for them, but they've done it. And we're proud of them, and they're only going to do great things moving forward. So, we have a group that we get to recognize tonight that joined the
004100 club over the past couple weeks. Um, we have a certificate. Yeah. Want me to get you? Okay. So, if you're here, come on up to get your certificate, and then we'll take a picture right here, too. Okay? I'm trying to see who's here. Okay. Is JJ here? I don't see him. Mikey, I don't see him. Ayden, is he here? Oh, there you are. Come on up. I didn't see you. You were hiding right behind our front row. There you go. Go on up. >> [applause] >> We have Ayden. Ayden, are you here, honey? Hunter? >> [applause] >> Go on up. Wendy? >> [applause] >> And last but not least, we have Brody. >> [applause] [applause] >> All right. All right, I am um super excited tonight. So, as I look out, I see some
005educators in the audience, and one of the things about being an educator is you guys pour your heart and soul into your jobs. Every day you give to others, and you love them, and you make a difference. And a lot of times they move forward to the next grade level. And since we're grade level centers, every couple years they move on. And you don't always get to see them. And you wonder, do they remember me? Because you might think of a story or a funny joke, and and it means something to you, and you never really know, does it mean something to them? And so I'm super excited tonight to honor one of our own because her difference meant something, and it made a big impact. So, tonight we're proud to recognize a former District
00692 student whose accomplishments remind us why we work each day to do what truly matters. Logan Martin is now a sophomore at Lockport Township High School. He's earned the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, an honor achieved only by a small percentage of Scouts nationwide. He is the 98th Eagle Scout from Troop 63 of Homer Glen, a testament to his leadership, perseverance, and commitment to service. In addition to this achievement, Logan is actively involved in bowling and water polo. He's developing skills in welding, and he is studying Japanese, truly embodying the well-rounded, dedicated learner that we strive to develop in District 92. For his Eagle Scout project, Logan led an incredible effort to foster support foster children in our community by providing duffel bags filled with essential items for those entering new placements. So, you could
007imagine entering a new placement and being nervous. And thanks to Logan's work, those students are greeted with a bag of care and love, reminding that they're important. His work ensures that children facing difficult transitions are met with dignity, comfort, and care, and that impact will be felt far beyond this moment. So, while we recognize him, we also want to recognize somebody that's very special in Logan's journey. As I said, he's a sophomore, but his fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Linda Overhouse, affectionately known as Mrs. O, her encouragement, her belief in him, and the lasting mentorship helped shape the young man that we're celebrating today. Mrs. O and so many other amazing educators in D92 represent the heart of our district because these are educators who leave a lasting impact that often goes unseen, but never unfulfilled.
008So, Logan's story is a powerful reminder about the influence that our staff has that exceeds far beyond our classrooms, and that the relationships that we build here shape the future. So, please join me tonight as we welcome Logan Martin up and Mrs. O. >> [applause] [applause] >> I was going to say it, and then I don't know if I'll get through it, but I'll try. Dr. Frankovich, Board of Education, administration, parents, I would like to extend my sincere thanks for tonight's recognition for Logan Martin, my former fifth grade student who achieved his Eagle Scout award and my mentorship. Teaching does not stop within the four walls of my classroom here at Ludwig. Sincere gratitude for noticing my commitment to supporting my students beyond when they leave Ludwig. Way to go, Logan. I'm extremely proud of
009you. >> [applause] [applause] >> All right. Uh no student report? Okay. AFT report? Okay. board and we'll be meeting um I think we are meeting next week and in the upcoming weeks. Um we're working as a negotiation team. So, just beyond just the union um executive board to advocate for our union concerns and needs with all the changes that um they have experienced and we're trying to um represent and advocate for all of them um in the way we can. So, just wanted to give you the highlights of that. Okay, thank you. Sure. Um so, at this time oh, public any public comments? Okay. At this time, we'll be moving on to our regular admin um Sorry, board of education meeting. This would be if you're want to get going >> [laughter] >> this would
010be good time. All right. So, um keep the good feelings coming. So, huge shout-out to our amazing D92 art teachers. I know it seems like forever ago, but if you go way back to March 25th, we had um the district-wide art show and it was unbelievable the work that our students have done. Um truly just a tremendous showcase of the dedication and of our teachers really helping students be artists. Their their work was incredible. I as I walked around at one point I found myself out loud being like, "Oh my gosh." because it was stunning. So, thank you to everybody that came out and support that and again, thank you to all of our art teachers. Um another shout-out I'd like to give is to all of our administrative assistants, um specifically to Diana. So,
011recently we had our Will County ROE compliance visit and I know I say those words and it kind of sounds like, "Okay." A lot goes into that behind the scenes. And so, I want to shout-out the administrative assistants because when we have this visit, we don't know what files they're going to pull, we just know they're going to pull them and make sure everything is the way it's supposed to be. And we got a gold star rating. They said we were a great standard. So, just a huge shout-out because I know all the work that you did to put into that and I I really appreciate it. And then I'm I'm super excited to promote wheelchair basketball. So, if you didn't know, um D92 uh our very own Chris Coopman from Oak Prairie was on
012Fox News this morning. He did a fantastic job. So, this is something that's near and dear to his heart and we're super excited to partner with um Lincolnway Special Recreation Association LWSRA to put on a wheelchair basketball game um as much as I love D92, I'm very fairly confident we are going to lose. And that is okay. It is okay um because we are going to have fun. And and so, it's going to be a great event. So, um if you're able to come Thursday to Oak Prairie at 6:00 p.m., we're really excited to to put on a great show for a great cause. So, we we hope we'll see you there. That's um all my report unless there's any questions. Nope. All right. Uh Assistant Superintendent for Business Services. All right, I'll save some
013of the discussions for later on in the agenda. There's one piece there that we'll be getting to later on Grand Prairie. Um before that though, obviously we have some construction efforts that are in the works right now. For the summer, a large one at Walsh. We've we've met with the contractor. Did a pre-construction walk-through just to make sure that we're on track with our timeline and the and the turnaround for that, the abatement that's going to happen. So, quite quite a bit of work there. As well as then we've met with Tria Architecture to start at least mapping out Ludwig's um issues both with plumbing and also with the parking lot itself. So, uh Tria is at least now actively working on phasing some some ideas for the board to consider. Uh we we anticipate
014it's going to take several weeks for them to pull that together, but they had their engineer out. Gary, Jim and I met with them and it it was a it was a productive meeting. Um also there just for the board's information is just some health insurance rough numbers. We don't have renewals yet, um but uh the preliminary they we were told closer to 20% and it is looking very close to that. So, um some fairly large increases for next year. Happy to answer any other questions that might come up. All right. Uh Director of Student Services. Good evening. You have in your memo there just a couple updates on professional development, few more things going on throughout the year. And then physical therapy services, we started the conversation last month, but looking at trying to
015hire our own PT depending on the approval this evening. Looking at cost savings for that. Obviously, they would be working with our IEP students. Right now, that's 43 students plus any 504 students that are needing those services. Historically, we've always contracted. That's just what we've done in the past. So, if we can hire any district, there's just lots of benefits there that I've shared with you in my memo. And then some ranges on the salary there. Compliance updates as Dr. Frankovich mentioned, we just had our county compliance. We will be having our special ed cyclical monitoring in 2028-2029, which sounds like it's not that far away, but they're already giving us all the things we need to have in place and ready. So, I was at a training yesterday with the state that was really
016exciting actually. So, it was laying out um people have already had it. So, just updated you on a couple of those indicators that we've reported on throughout the year making sure we're in step with those before we get to that. Any questions? All right. Director of Curriculum. Good evening. You have my board report. There was just one area that I wanted to highlight. We're looking forward to our upcoming Kagan training, which will be in June. It's a one-day training and it really focuses on engagement strategies for staff. So, we have about 40 staff members that are able to come. We know it is challenging to come over the summer. So, our plan is to take those strategies and embed them throughout the year at meetings and school days and SIP days so that everyone that
017isn't able to attend still benefits from those great strategies. So, we're just we're grateful that we can bring this and we're really looking forward to a fun day. Any questions about anything else in the board report? Will you be able to um put something together so that, you know, from the Kagan training that um when we come back in August that there'll be I don't want to say a summary, but just, you know, an introduction and Yes. That's our plan and the way that Kagan is structured, it's a lot of strategies that you'll implement in the classroom um and they're designed to be implemented in any core subject. So, it's not specific to ELA or math or science. What I envision is that a lot of the strategies we're learning will implement in our own
018staff meetings um throughout the year so that they had the staff weren't able to come have an opportunity to see what it looks like in real time and then to be able to highlight a handful that we'll do and then when we come back at SIP days or even at staff meetings to be able to talk and say, "Hey, did you try this strategy? How did it go? What did it look like in your classroom? What other supports do you need?" We'll also have the instructional coaches that will be able to put together some of that information. What we don't want to do is put together a huge packet and say, "Here you go. You're on your own. Good luck." What we want to do is make sure we provide support and provide maybe just
019a handful of strategies that we think will be high impact that staff can roll out during the year and then add to that as we go. Okay, great. All right. Director of Technology. Hello board. Um >> [laughter] >> Uh you you've received my board memo. I just wanted to highlight that we are looking at a 3-month delivery for our switches. Uh we're trying to work with the vendor um to get that process rolling as fast as possible um because that puts us on a tight deadline for this summer. Um as well as I have a meeting with the vendor who won the bid for the firewall on Monday. So, I'll also be discussing that with them and getting a timetable of hopefully when we can expect that as soon as they receive our PO for
020the firewall, hopefully no long delays with that. Are there any questions? Oh, yes. I was board approved yesterday at West Aurora District 129. So I will be accepting that position and I have put in my letter of resignation with the district. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. West Aurora, you're very lucky. Yes, it was a very tough decision for sure. Family first. >> Yes, 100%. Yep. 1,000 times over, but you will be missed. Yes. In a In a short amount impact in a short time. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thanks for all that you've done. Thank you. All right. Director of maintenance. All right. Principals? Don't know of principals for anything. All right. Um consent agenda. [clears throat] I need a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. Washington. Korecke. Uh roll call,
021please. Principal. Yes. Korecke. Yes. Dabney. Yes. Washington. Yes. Sidwell. Yes. Evelyn. Yes. Dusterhoft. Yes. Motion carries. I need a motion to approve the consolidated district plan. Korecke. Dabney. Barb and I are deciding who's going to talk about this topic right now. That's what the district puts together, sends to the state once it's board approved so that we can apply for grants when they open up in early summer. There's been no changes to it, so our recommendation would just be that the board approve it so we can get it submitted to the state so the state can approve it and then we can apply for all of our grants. All right. Roll call, please. Sidwell. Yes. Evelyn. Yes. Yes. Washington. Yes. Principal. Yes. Korecke. Yes. Dusterhoft. Yes. Uh motion carries. I need a motion to approve
022the physical therapist job description and salary range. Washington. Dabney. Any No. Does anyone have questions? >> [laughter] >> I would just like a PT. Uh do you think is there a market for for What's the market like? >> It's hard to tell. Okay. >> We haven't interviewed for one in a while. I will say we have a couple of agencies we've used in the past that are waving the no compete clause, so we have had people that have worked in the district who have the ability to apply now. So we'll see. That's been very kind. So Yeah. Well, that's No guarantees, but Right. That's actually I mean that's an amazing option. I think younger PTs would like school hours and things like that, but salaries are different than what you get in hospitals, so it
023kind of depends. Kind of like the Oh, okay. Sure. All right. Well, good luck with that. >> [laughter] >> Roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Motion carries. All right, discussion. Uh fifth grade Departmentalization. There it is. >> [laughter] >> I'll just let it be there. >> [laughter] >> A long time to figure out how to say that correctly, too. So um you know, departmentalization um is an instructional model that reflects teachers really honing in on one or two specific content areas. And this allows them to be content area experts in those areas. So this notion it's been talked about for many, many years, long before I've been here, long before most of the administration has been here. Um and there was always a hindrance of scheduling, right? Um wasn't schedule wasn't able to be put together
024to allow this to happen. So we didn't want to let that come in our way of being the reason why we didn't investigate this a little bit more. So at the beginning of this year um in fall and early winter, we took a look at you know, can we create a schedule that will allow us to embrace this departmentalized model at Ludwig? And the answer to that was yes. We also then looked at do we have the current staff in place that still have this desire to go down this path and implement a a departmentalized model in fifth grade? And the answer to that was also yes. So that really got the ball moving at the start of the school year. From there we did some site visits. We went to Lamont specifically where they
025have recently embraced this this model. They recently put it into place at the beginning of this year and that allowed us to really pick their brains, find out you know, what were those pain points, what really worked for them, just solicit as much feedback as we possibly could get from them. And that feedback was really invaluable, right? It gave us things to consider that we might not have considered initially. And it gave us actionable steps moving forward of things that we need to look at before we were to put this sort of model into place. It also alleviated some stress from staff members hearing that hey, we were in the same spot you were a year ago and we've enrolled this fairly successfully in our school district. So that information was wonderful. Um from there
026we were able to determine what teachers are going to be teaching what subjects. We did some interest surveys with staff members. I sat down with our staff members. We looked at student data trends over time. We looked at credentials, teaching credentials for staff. And last week teachers found out what they are going to be teaching, who their teaching partners are going to be. We did a fun little scavenger hunt around the building where they went and they found their their name placards with their content area and their teaching partner. So that was a fun way to roll that information out. And then the next step for us really is planning from there on out, right? So we have SIP days available to us. We have team meetings. We have PLCs where we can really ensure
027that our teachers and staff are set up for success when we move to this departmentalized model next year. The last piece that we're currently working on right now is parent communication. So I've put together and created a slideshow with some voiceovers and videos explaining what departmentalization looks like and how it'll impact our current fourth graders as they move up into fifth grade next year. Um the a really nice piece of information is we do have some departmentalized um aspects currently taking place at Ludwig. Our students switch for power time. Many of our students switch for science and social studies already. They are used to having multiple instructors over the course of the school day. So we have this slideshow ready to go for our parents. I'm also going to host a coffee with the principal
028in May to where if parents do have questions, the building is open May 11th 9:00 to 9:30 in the morning, so parents can come on by and ask questions if they have any. So we are ready to rock and roll and we're working on those final details and those final preparations moving into next school year. Does anybody have any questions? Would you share where you guys landed on standards based learning and grading for fifth grade? So standards based learning and grading, right? Because of the the large shift in how we are going to roll out what instruction looks like, we are recommending that we remain letter grades in fifth grade for next school year. Is that something we anticipate long term, too? I would I would believe so. Not actually moving. Correct. Fifth graders. That's
029good. Um do we have to approve this next month or we It's just information. Yeah, that's fine. I didn't think so. All right. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Grand Prairie first student bus driver attendance benefit. All right. Oh, jeez. Another mouthful, sorry. So I'm at table here. I do apologize for the at table. I normally don't like doing this, but here here's some backup information. Uh Jeff, Dr. Frankie and I were in communication yesterday pulling together some additional data to help this decision or maybe help the board with this decision. Um so so really what what the what the information that you have now in front of you at table is what have we paid last year? So FY 25, the um is on the bottom portion there, the $6,400.
030That top portion, the $13,600 is what's been paid this year. Uh second page then goes into FY 25. You can see then the number of bus drivers in the time period, number of routes, number of sick days called off, and then the number of drivers receiving the bonus. And so as last year started, it was at the high of 17 drivers received the bonus. And then by the end of the year we were down to 11 drivers. You see the list down below of the drivers that actually received the award each month. Um so on the high, you know, we had two drivers last year that had perfect attendance for for those those five months. Fast forward then to FY 26. Um a little bit of a different picture here where you know, the the
031numbers are a little different in terms of what we're seeing, but yeah, still sort of a drop off as the year has progressed. Very normal. I mean I think in terms of sicknesses and other life events, those kinds of things that make sense. I did try to confirm with Grand Prairie so since the question came in yesterday or Sunday rather, try to confirm some data with Grand Prairie. We don't have attendance data, sick day usage for those their drivers prior to starting this. So it wasn't part of the contract when we bid this out saying we need to track and see exactly your your your drivers' attendance on a daily basis. That wasn't something we were tracking. So I don't can't go back before what we what we initiated in last year in in January.
032We can I did confirm though with Grand Prairie today. You know, their drivers are hired in at 25 and a quarter. They were unable to really give me any other comps of sort of where their drivers where other drivers are. I'll be interested to see sort of where does First Student land. That is a CBA so we should be able to pull that at some point. Um The other thing that I confirmed was the number of hours. So it's kind of questionable like, well, how many hours are the drivers actually working through through Grand Prairie? They're guaranteed 20 hours a week. Most of them are between 30 and 35. So we're we're talking people that are doing this in probably as as one of their main sources of income. So that's some backup information for
033the question that questions that were asked. In the memo though obviously based on what the direction from the board was several months ago was to look at the attendance incentive and and use this year as the end year where we were going to roll it out and say, you know, we'll run through the year. I have talked to Grand Prairie because I'd be interested just to, you know, maybe anecdotal, talk to a couple of their key drivers who've had perfect attendance and just say, is is is this important? You know, but I'm not going to go there. That's up to Grand Prairie to really manage that. That's it's their employee. The drivers aren't our employees. So this was a strategy just to recap where we were when we rolled into Grand Prairie last year. We
034had high levels of absence. It was a new contract where they had not been driving Gen Ed for us. And so we were trying to encourage and make sure that we had stability as we rolled into a new contract with a new vendor. And so because they were they were doing both of our special ed and Gen Ed transportation was critical to come up with a strategy to address this. The attendance incentive at that time seemed to make a lot of sense. Hearing the board's discussion though, I'll leave it in the board's hands of what do we want to do? It's basically the board's decision on not tonight but we I can bring this back in in May. I have talked to Grand Prairie to say, if this goes away, I just, you know, just
035don't want you to be surprised by it. And we will, you know, see see what happens but happy to answer any questions and go back and pull any other data together that the board might require. I just want to see how it plays out with First Student. Yeah, so I'm okay discontinuing it and seeing what happens. You're okay with what? I didn't Discontinuing it so that we can see how it the merger you know I would agree. Yeah, there this this was Grand Prairie. We had all discussed that you know the miscommunication on the timeline. We were sunsetting this and and that's it. We're done. We've got a We basically have a new vendor starting out next year. So are they consolidating I mean are they going to be getting rid of head count or
036is that not they're not providing any information? >> When when Dr. Frankovich mentioned I've met with them, there were there were no details about that. The one thing they could confirm is their buses are going to be rebranded this is the one thing we know. We also know that they're wearing vests. They're wearing yellow safety vests that you that that's been implemented already as well. That's all they would confirm. Oh, great. >> The other thing they do have is they have deep bench strength for drivers. So you know, will our drivers potentially have a change? I don't think so because they were pretty confident that when it comes to transportation, when it comes to like my you know, my point person at Grand Prairie that's going to stay the same. So I've got basically two
037people that I can turn to every day. We we text every day. We know what's going on. That's going to stay the same. So they were pretty confident that personnel wise it was going to stay the same. That if there were drivers that, you know, obviously that wanted to be still on our routes, they were going to remain. But I think because it's going back to a different company, you know, it's I think maybe a a toss up right now. Yeah, so my my only thought is well, one, I think it's I agree. I think we abandon this but my thought is if we have 50 buses and drivers and we're worried about them calling in sick and so on. Now you've got 150 drivers and buses. Don't we have a backup plan and more
038support now? Oh, absolutely. >> Is that so I feel like we're in a better position. Yeah. >> Grand Prairie's size when we rolled into them with with Gen Ed, it was unknown we didn't know. And so this was truly based on how the fall started last year, this was a reaction to we need some more stability. You know, we we were getting notifications every day of just the numbers of people that were subbing and we know that I mean the the ramp up time to to get your certification to drive a bus, it just doesn't happen immediately. So there's a lengthy process of safety and behind the wheel of just testing, all those things. We were worried just from the fact that if they were subbing so much at the beginning of the year, didn't
039like where that was headed and so that was really the strategy. 100% though, First Student has got their their their bench is deep and I don't think we're going to have an issue with we still will have subs. I don't want to, you know, portray that the people will never call off. But they at least have enough subs and and we've never had it with Grand Prairie where they haven't had a driver. It's just the sporadic changes where, you know, for all of our kids and families, it's nice to have consistency. That's what what this was driving for. So we'll still have inconsistency with different drivers, subs and those things but I don't think they'll ever run short most likely. So yes, you can bring it back. All right. 2026-27 Board of Education meeting dates.
040All right, if you look in your board packet, you'll find our meeting dates for the 26-27 school year. We do meet on the third Tuesday except you'll notice August 11th and November 10th. Those are not the third Tuesday. We traditionally have moved up the August date due to starting school. That's the first week that we're welcoming back students and staff and then November 10th, we move that one up as well as the board attends the IASB conference. Thought I saw Decem What? Don't look look at the what's in the board book now. >> Okay. Cuz something I saw something December seemed really late and now Okay. >> Yeah, failure is your first attempt at trying. First first attempt in learning there. We're we Cuz I think it was like the 21st and I thought I
041wanted that one moved but the 15th is good. It's good. Okay. Never mind. Uh We'll approve those next month. Yes, I will bring that back. Those have to come back. >> Yep, that will come back for approval next month. So if there's anything that pops up, let us know. Nothing nothing August. I'm just thinking ahead. It's one of those I can't make it. Do not ever move anything just for me. But I don't think we do anything major in August. Last minute hiring is one of the major reasons and keep it off of the start of school. >> I'm just thinking we don't that's not budget. That's not anything. >> No. No, no, no, no. >> [clears throat] >> No, okay. Uh steering committee spring 20 2026 meeting discussion. All right, so huge shout out
042to steering committee members that were with us and to union they had some really great ideas. So one of the first things that they had brought to our attention before was just some inconsistencies previously in how our school leadership teams were running. There was kind of this leader and member system and they had said it wasn't really defined and so they had brought that to our attention so we were able to kind of develop a better plan to clean that up. So they'll just be the school leadership team leader position that will be in there so we were able to bring that to discussion. Then we also discussed early intervention transition team lead position which would really be just a time card position and it's just going to be a trial year. So one of
043the things with early intervention is you're never quite sure how many kiddos in the community are going to turn three and be joining us for preschool. So some years you you might have a lot. In other years you might not. And so we're going to kind of go into a one year trial for that. Super excited for a podcast club stipend. We were working out just verifying contact time versus prep time and they have given me that information and in full disclosure there's a very complicated system to this where my steering member friends to agree to this. >> [laughter] >> It is when we did it. So I I I want to I want to get it everything to the committee and verify it because it is So, when we bring that back, there'll be
044specific numbers. Um but um if you don't know about Ludwig's Podcast-A-Thon, you are missing out because we really have some some super talented um educators that it's amazing what they put on and and how they help, you know, the students really put it on. Um so so just pumped for this one. Um and then um traditionally a shout-out to union leadership as well. Um So, lunchroom supervisors. So, there were some just inconsistencies for students that had been brought to our attention in um how maybe for staff to have a a different schedule can be challenging every week. Um so, looking to provide consistency for both students and staff. So, we'll be bringing that um lunchroom supervisor stipend back as well for approval. And then as we met, um we have a lot of questions, but
045the the candidates that bring the proposals aren't there with us. And so, that's a change that we agreed to implement for next year as well is that um any um of our our team members that are going to bring a proposal we'll give them an agenda with a time frame so that they know when they would be presenting. That way we can kind of engage in a dialogue in real time to get questions answered. So, um exciting stuff. So, um I'll work out everything and solidify dollars and bring that back um for board approval next month. All right. Oak Prairie math. So, one of the things that we've been looking at this year are ways to increase the instructional minutes in math. This isn't a new conversation for us. It's one that we've had for
046the last couple of years. So, we're really looking at what does that look like potentially for the 27-28 school year. So, administration's going to reach out and talk with staff in May um to kind of get their feedback and hear some of their ideas. And as we look at different ways to do this, we know that each of these models that we could potentially look at has some pros and some cons. And some of those tradeoffs that we see might be um a change in instructional minutes in other classes or an increase in our FTE or even um a shift in electives. So, making sure that we're looking at all of the possible scenarios that we have to really look and say, "What is going to help us get additional instructional minutes in math, but
047it's also good for kids in all of these other areas?" Because we don't want to trade instructional math minutes for something else that might not be good for students. So, what we're really looking for from the board is direction with, you know, how much involvement do you want in this? Would you like us to bring some different options in May looking at what we could do with instructional minutes and then what those tradeoffs would be? Just kind of the direction you would like and what information you would like from us. I'd love that. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Cuz there are there are a lot of different scenarios and ways that you can do this. And what we want to make sure that we do is I know we would probably love to have it for
048next year, but we don't want to rush it and then go back and say, "Gosh, we wish we would have chosen this model." We want to really be thoughtful and hear from um you know, everyone involved from teachers um from administration just to know like what will really help us get the math minutes we think will be really impactful for our kids without um without this huge tradeoff for something else. So, we'll work on that and we'll bring that to you in May. Mhm. And ELA resource group. So, OP is also looking at um an ELA resource. So, the current resource they have we adopted in 2020 and it's My Perspectives. And we're happy with the resource. Um the current version that we have was published in 2017. Since then, there have been a couple
049of updates. So, what we're really doing is looking at the updated version to see um would we like to maybe switch into that. What's nice about it is it's not a completely new resource. When we look at that newer version, enhancements include um looking at better instructional practices. They took a lot of feedback from staff that were already using it to be able to say, "Oh, this would be a better text selection." So, just text selections for students. They also with their digital platform tried to make it a little more user-friendly for teachers where they have um slide decks that teachers can edit. So, it kind of helps with that prep time. So, they took some time on the SIP day to look at what that new what the updated version of that resource looks
050like. The nice thing about it is the cost of the student workbooks is the same regardless of the version we would choose to use for next year. Um there would be a small incremental cost of getting newer teacher manuals. We What we have now So, when we first adopted, it was a 6-year adoption. That 6-year adoption has ended. So, now we're doing year by year. What we would look at would potentially being um a 3-year cycle so that we get a little bit better cost with it and then the teachers aren't looking at changing something the following year. Um How does the the resource for Oak Prairie differ from the grade schools? Because at Oak Prairie, we're doing way more much more novel reading, right? So, is it uh it doesn't make any sense or
051does the CKA [clears throat] CKLA CKLA >> [laughter] >> Mhm. So many letters. CKLA CKLA >> There you go. Does that not make sense to move it up because it's it's aimed at early readers versus novel readers? We can certainly look at that. Um what we didn't want to do was say, "We're going to switch to this newer version um and have staff only use it for a year and then say, 'Let's start looking at other resources.'" We're we're happy with the results we're getting from My Perspectives. We we see that most of our students are proficient when it comes to state tests. We've implemented and made supplemented where we needed to with the resource because we know any resource that we get isn't going to be perfect. There are going to be areas that
052we need to supplement. Um staff feel pretty comfortable with it. So, our goal would be if we did a 3-year adoption of the newer version and then in year two start looking at what other resources are there. It doesn't mean we wouldn't look at My Perspectives and still consider it, but it is good to look to see what else is there. What you you don't necessarily want to hold onto a resource just because you're comfortable with it. Um you want to make sure that you're looking at what is really going to be the best resource for our students. Is there more digital content and um I guess additional with the late newer versions of of My Perspectives or is it still pretty pretty standard to what we had in 2020? >> It's It's pretty standard.
053The biggest changes that we have uncovered as we started looking at this um is the text selection piece. But also, they did look at that digital component when it comes to we know students get a lot of digital information and making sure students are savvy when it comes to navigating that and understanding like what is actually real information that you're getting. So, they did add that component in there just knowing what our 21st century learners look like and how inundated they are with digital literacy um just giving them those skills. All right. Thank you. You're welcome. >> [clears throat] >> Uh there's no old business. Any new business? FOIA requests are in the packet. Student conduct review is in the packet. Um communications are in the packet. Public comments not on the agenda. None? All
054right. Well, then I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. Washington. Tedwell. Uh all those in favor