October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Per Policy 2:230 - Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board
During each regular and special open meeting of the Board, any person may comment to or ask questions of the School Board (public participation), subject to the reasonable constraints established and recorded in this policy’s guidelines below. The Board listens to comments or questions during public participation; responses to comments to or questions of the Board are most often managed through policy 3:30, Chain of Command. 
To preserve sufficient time for the Board to conduct its business, any person appearing before the Board is expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President. This includes following the directives of the Board President to maintain order and decorum for all.
2. Use a sign-in sheet, if requested.
3. Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, the time for any one person to address the Board during public participation shall be limited to five minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request to speak for a longer period of time, the Board President may allow a person to speak for more than five minutes. If multiple individuals wish to address the Board on the same subject, the group is encouraged to appoint a spokesperson.
4. Observe, when necessary and appropriate, the Board President’s authority to:
   • Shorten the time for each person to address the Board during public participation to conserve time and give the maximum number of people an opportunity to speak; and/or b.
   • Determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
5. Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board policy 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

Petitions or written correspondence to the Board shall be presented to the Board in the next regular Board packet.

Description:  We will be recognizing our two building principals, Mr. John Jennings III at Kevin Grove and Mrs. Jaime Koziol at Milne Grove.

Description:  We will be recognizing the students of the month, Art Club and Yearbook Club from KG.  We will also be recognizing the third-grade student representatives from MG.  

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We have received a few requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act since the September 2025 meeting of the Board of Education.   Please find the requests and responses attached.

Description:  Attached is the suspension report for Kelvin Grove for the month of September 2025.  There were no suspensions at Milne Grove for the month of September 2025.

Description:  The Committee of the Whole will meet on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 5:45 pm in the Kelvin Grove LRC.  The agenda was posted and available on the website.  If there are board members who were not in attendance at the committee meeting, an update will be provided.

Description:  On Tuesday evening, Ms. Garrett and Mrs. Oxley-Turner will share an update from the Lockport Area School Board meeting they attended on Thursday, September 18^th.
 

Description:  As of Friday, October 10, 2025, the document attached includes the poll results that were collected.  On Tuesday evening, we will be discussing what the Monthly Buzz question will be for the November board meeting. 

Description:  Attached is a copy of the IASB Report to the Membership - 2025 Resolutions Committee Report. Please review this report before the November 11, 2025 meeting in preparation for providing input to Mrs. Rodriguez so she can fulfill her responsibilities at the 2025 Delegate Assembly on November 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.

Description:  In 2016, PA 099-0604 went into effect, resulting in units of local government adopting policies and forms related to reimbursement for travel expenses. In January 2020, the Board of Education approved the attached resolution setting the reimbursement rate of up to $800/day.

This year, the Triple I Conference is only being held November 20-23, 2025, and we are required to review this resolution (attached) annually.

Description:  Attached is an updated student recognition schedule for the 2025-26 school year. This schedule will include club/activity recognition in addition to monthly student of the month recognition. 

Description:  Due to exceeding the 5% administrative cost cap, the board is required to hold an administrative cost hearing no later than the December board meeting.  At this time, the district will be following the attached timeline with the anticipation and notifications to be prepared and ready for the hearing to take place at the November board of education meeting.

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In November, we will have an action item to approve the estimated amounts necessary to be levied for the 2025 levy.  At this time, a final CPI is unknown for the 2025 tax levy, but we are located in a tax-capped region, which means the maximum we can get is 5% of the CPI.  In order for the district to capture new property, we should levy above the 5% tax cap to make sure all taxes are captured.  Our new property is estimated to be ~$1.5 million, following trends the district has seen in recent years.  As we have done in the past few years in this same situation, we will be levying over the 5%, so we can make sure we will capture our full entitlement with the new property.  

In order to levy above the 5% to capture our full entitlement, we are required to hold a Truth In Taxation hearing during our December meeting.  This will include publishing a notice in the paper with the time/date for a hearing at the December board meeting prior to approving the certificate of tax levy in December.  More information will be shared at the November board meeting, but I wanted to make you aware early in case you have any questions.

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RECOMMENDATION

Accept the various donations that were made to District 91 since the September board meeting.

 

BACKGROUND

There were multiple donations by various donors made to the Kelvin Grove LRC/Makers Space this past month as well as Noah’s Garden.  The one for the garden came from a Donor’s Choose that was sent out and funded in a short amount of time.  Please see detailed information on the donations in the attachments provided for the board.

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RECOMMENDATION

Approve the disposal of technology as described.
 

BACKGROUND
Here is a list of technologies that are being recommended for disposal and sent to recycling:

58 Desktops

24 Laptops

25 iPads

16 Chromebooks

60 Monitors

2 Loudspeakers

Assorted Chromebook Chargers

The desktops and laptops are devices that were purchased 8+ years ago and are well beyond their useful life. Teacher devices that were just phased out this summer are being kept and repurposed where appropriate. iPads are all more than a decade old and well past their end of life. Chromebooks are leftover models from two to three refresh cycles ago and past their update expiration date. Monitors are smaller, low-resolution models, some of which date back to 2008. Chargers are for old Chromebook models and are no longer useful.

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RECOMMENDATION

Extend the Memorandum of Understanding with the Lockport Teachers Association regarding the HMO4 Insurance to include the 2025-26 school year.
 

BACKGROUND

Through the insurance committee meetings with the broker, the board and union were presented with the renewal rates for the January 1st renewal date during the 2025-2026 school year.  Within those rates, the HMO 4 plan premiums remain below those of the other two medical plans offered.  To keep the district contribution similar for all three plans, a recommendation is being made to extend the HMO 4 plan coverage that was approved for the past two school years. 

Description:  Collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILC 120/2(c)(2).