August 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Committee of the Whole Meeting

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Regular meeting minutes of August 12, 2025, as well as the Executive Session minutes of August 12, 2025, to remain confidential. 

Description:  Ms. Nicole Berry will give a presentation on Horace Mann Early Learning Center.

Description:  Early Childhood Education

Description:  Requests from persons wishing to speak on certain agenda items will be called upon at the appropriate time.
Citizens wishing to address the Board of Education on items not on the agenda.  Comments should be limited to three (3) minutes.  (Matters regarding specific employees or students are of a confidential nature and will not be heard in open session.)

Description:  Opportunity will be given for the selection of items that need no discussion to be approved at the appropriate time on the agenda.  The following items are recommended for the Blanket Motion:

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the purchase of curriculum materials and digital licenses, including additional student licenses for a revised cost of $57,250 from Lexia Learning Systems, LLC, 300 Baker Avenue, Suite 202, Concord, MA 01742 for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Kohl Wholesale, 130 Jersey Street, Quincy, IL 62306, bid submitted to the Northwest Illinois Cooperative for Nutrition Service distributor for the 2025 -26 school year with an option to extend the contract.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education authorize bills for payment dated August 15, 2025, in the amount of $5,275,576.80.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the overnight field trip request for the Rock Island High School Varsity Volleyball team to attend a volleyball tournament in Edwardsville, Illinois, departing September 5th and returning September 6th, 2025.

It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the overnight field trip request for the Rock Island High School Boys Varsity Soccer team to attend the State Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, departing November 7th and returning November 8th, 2025.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the attached list of donations.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve Werner Restoration, 102 Innovation Way, Colona, IL 61241, for an additional $518,000 for environmental remediation during the 2025- 26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified appointments of Melance Bukuru and Jordan Ware for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following certified to non-certified transfer of Stacey Nordeen for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following non-certified to certified transfer of Derrick Anderson and Shannon Hudson for the 2025 -26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified internal transfer of Torre Brotherton for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the support coach appointment of Lindsey Bowman for the 2025 -26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following non-certified support coach appointments of Mary Ann Evans and Cynthia Newman for the 2025 -26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following certified resignation of Isaiah Tubbs, 7th Grade Boys Basketball Coach at Edison Junior High School with less than one (1) year of service during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education accept the non-certified resignation of Renuka Holland, Head Start Bus Monitor at Horace Mann Early Learning Center with two (2) year of service during the 2024 -25 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education accept the non-certified resignation of Ashely DeBord, Dishwasher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, with six (6) years of service, and Alexander Varble, General Help at Central Kitchen, with one and a half (1 1/2) years of service during the 2025 -26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education accept the following non-certified retirement of Torri Gundling, Special Education Paraprofessional at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School with twenty-five (25) years of service during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Adriana Blanco, who requested the total amount spent on menstrual products and feminine hygiene care from 2020 to the present, including expenditures for all school years up until the current budget (August 2025). The current inventory of menstrual products and feminine hygiene care being housed at the district’s administration office, along with a distribution schedule. The name and position of the individual(s) responsible for ordering these products, along with their ordering strategy to ensure that students’ needs are adequately met.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Emma Buker, who requested copies of any environmental assessments and reports related to the mold, as well as proof of remediation. Include any resulting mold testing reports.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Angelica Richardson, who requested the full investigation report of [14/18/25] related to an incident that occurred in April 2025.  

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Jeffrey Johnson, who requested for the dates of July 25th through August 5th, 2025. Requesting any & all documents, reports & contracts with Werner Restoration related to work involving mold at Rock Island High School. We are also requesting any & all documents, reports, test results & recommendations from Indoor Environmental Management related to work involving mold at Rock Island High School. Finally, we are requesting any correspondence between the Rock Island/Milan School District and the Environmental Protection Agency related to work involving mold at Rock Island High School.

The district received a FOIA request and responded (with redactions) within the required timeframe to Adriana Blanco, who requested the total amount spent over the last 10 years at Logan River Academy. The [sic] most recent copy of the contract between the school district and Logan River Academy. Demographics of youth who attended Logan River academy over the past 10 years.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Rhea Mae Lumanog, who requested information relating to the Architect Services request for solicitation due February 17, 2025.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education move to executive session to discuss pending litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the 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 probably or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(11). In addition to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).  Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).