September 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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2. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Recorder
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3. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
Board President
Description:
Please rise and join the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance
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4. Approve Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
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5. Student Recognition - EL Services Graduates
Speaker(s):
Dr. Julie Salamone
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6. Recognition of New Staff and Newly Tenured Teachers
Speaker(s):
Dr. Woell
Description:
The Board would like to welcome and recognize our new staff members as well as our newly tenured teachers.
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7. Recognition of GSF Staff
Speaker(s):
Dr. Woell and GSF Rep
Description:
Our partnership with GSF has been a tremendous blessing to Benjamin 25. The employees that work for GSF made it possible for us to complete all of our construction work this summer and be ready to open school. We found ourselves two weeks behind schedule, and they managed to make up the work through creative planning and some long hours. We are very appreciative of them and their work ethic.
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8. SEL Presentation on Everyday Speech
Speaker(s):
Dr. Huenecke
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9. Approval of Draft Minutes (Roll Call)
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9.a. Approval of the Draft minutes of the August 5, 2024 Regular Board of Education Meeting
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9.b. Approval of the draft Executive Session Meeting Minutes from August 5, 2024
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9.c. Approval of the Draft Minutes form the August 26, 2024 Facility and Finance Committee Meeting.
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9.d. Approval of the Draft Minutes from the Special Board Meeting of August 26, 2024.
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10. Public Hearing Regarding the FY25 budget
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11. Purpose of the Public Hearing regarding the FY 25 budget
Description:
Each year, as required under Illinois statute, a school Board must hold a public hearing regarding the Fiscal Year Budget. A notice must be published in a local paper, in our case the West Suburban Life, at least 30 days prior to the public hearing. The budget is presented to the Board and discussed during the public hearing. The Board will also receive public comment during the hearing.
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12. Presentation of the FY 25 Budget
Speaker(s):
Dr. Joel Filas, Business Manager/CSBO
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13. Public Comment Regarding the FY 25 budget
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14. Board discussion of Public Comment regarding the FY 25 Budget
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15. Motion to adjourn public hearing and return to open session
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16. Superintendent's Report
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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16.a. Presentation of IAR Data
Speaker(s):
Dr. Mike Fitzgerald
Description:
Every year Dr. Fitzgerald, Assistant Superintendent for Learning and Teaching, provides the Board with an update on the state's Illinois Assessment for Readiness (IAR) teat scores. These scores are used by the state to determine the designation status of each school in the state of Illinois.
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16.b. Staffing update for 2024-2025
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16.c. Sixth Day enrollment Report
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16.d. Capital Plan Update
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16.e. Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for Evergreen Addition
Speaker(s):
Dr. Woell, Josh Curran, VP Trinh
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16.f. Abre' Data Dashboard
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16.g. Threat Assessment Approval
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16.h. Joint Conference Presentation
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16.i. IASBO and WASBO Conference prsentations
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16.j. FOIA Report
Description:
SmartProcure - Requested Purchase Order Information.
Canon Solutions - Requested Copier Contract Information. DuPage Policy Journal x4 - Student clubs and activities, School Calendar, Student Enrollment, Retirees, and pending retirees. |
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17. President's Report
Speaker(s):
Board President
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17.a. Board Planning Calendars
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18. Board Reports and Requests
Speaker(s):
Board Members
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19. Citizens' Desire to Address the Board on Agenda Items
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20. Financial Report
Description:
Presentation of Certified & Non-Certified Compensation Packages
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20.a. Year-to-Date Financial Statements and Treasurer's Report for the Month Ending August 31, 2024.
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20.b. Accounts Payable
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20.c. Payroll Reports
Description:
August 12, 2024 Payroll: $56,657.87
10 EDUCATION FUND: $52,876.10 20 OPER, BUILD, & MAINT FUND: $3,781.77 August 30, 2024 Payroll: $357,391.59 10 EDUCATION FUND : $353,609.82 20 OPER, BUILD, & MAINT FUND: $3,781.77 |
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21. Consent Agenda (Roll Call)
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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21.a. Personnel Employment:
Description:
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21.b. Personnel Resignation:
Description:
Anitha Godwin - Part-time Permanent Substitute at Evergreen. The last day worked was May 30, 2024.
Cindy Conforti - Part-time Permanent Substitute at Evergreen. The last day worked was May 30, 2024. Evelyn Aguilar - Benjamin Secretary. The last day worked was September 9, 2024. |
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21.c. Personnel Leave: Maria Parisi FMLA Approximately the month October of 2024.
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21.d. Approval of Year-to-Date Financial Statements and Treasurer's Report for the Month Ending August 31, 2024.
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21.e. Accounts Payable
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21.f. Payroll Reports
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21.g. Second Reading of Board Policies.
Description:
Policy Update: 2:40 - Board Member Qualifications.
Policy Update: 2:260 - Uniform Grievance Procedure. Policy Update: 2:265 - Title IX Grievance Procedure. New Policy: 2:270 - Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin Prohibited. Policy Update: 4:70 - Resource Conservation. Policy Update: 4:190 - Targeted School Violence Prevention Program. Policy Update: 5:10 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment. Policy Update: 5:20 - Workplace Harassment Prohibited Policy Update: 5:130 - Responsibilities Concerning Internal Information. Policy Update: 5:200 - Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal. Policy Update: 5:300 - Schedules and Employment Year. Policy Update: 6:140 - Education of Homeless Children. Policy Update: 7:10 - Equal Educational Opportunities Policy Update: 7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited. Policy Update: 7:180 - Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment. Rewritten Policy: 5:100 - Staff Development Program |
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22. Action Items (Roll Call Vote)
Speaker(s):
Superintendent
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22.a. Approval of the FY25 Budget
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22.b. Approval of Abre Data Dashboard Recommendation
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22.c. Approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price for Evergreen Classroom Addition
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22.d. Approval of Arcon Contract
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23. Citizens' Desire to Address the Board on Non-Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
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24. Discussion Items
Speaker(s):
Board President
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25. Enter Executive Session
Description:
The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2 ( c ) (1)
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26. Action Items Out of Executive Session
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27. Adjournment (Voice Vote)
Speaker(s):
Board President
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