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:  This month, we be recognizing four STAR Staff winners who have been nominated by their colleagues during the month of December.

Description:  We will be recognizing the MG first grade student representatives, KG students of the month, Culture Club, and Student Council members.

Description:  We have received two requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act since the December 2025 meeting of the Board of Education. Please see attached for the request and response.

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

Description:  The Committee of the Whole will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 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: 

Tuesday evening, a couple of drafts of the 2026-2027 school calendar have been attached for the board to review. Each draft that has been developed included collaboration of the administration and the teachers’ union leadership.  

Each draft school calendar includes both winter and spring break holidays that align with the high school-approved calendar for the 2026-27 school year.  

After the January discussion, we will plan to have the calendar hearing and have the Board officially approve the calendar in February.  Once the calendar is approved, we will release it to our D91 families.

Description:  As we prepare to approve the school calendar in February, the two drafts are very similar; however, they differ when it comes to a blend of late arrivals and early dismissals versus all early dismissals.  For the monthly poll question, we are proposing to ask the D91 parents/staff which of those options they prefer.  The results will help in making a recommendation for the board’s consideration at the February meeting.  On Tuesday evening, we are looking to get feedback from the board of education on this topic.

Description: 

A reminder to add to your calendar the following two dates: 

• Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 6pm for a board workshop led by IASB

• Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 6:15pm for the Superintendent Evaluation

Description:  Attached, you will find a list of winter break projects that were completed over the winter break.  Dr. Wilkey will provide a general overview of what was completed on Tuesday night.  Please be prepared to ask any questions you may have on the projects that were completed. 

Description: 

RECOMMENDATION

Approve quote in amount of $34,872 with Hayes Mechanical for a building automated control system at Kelvin Grove.

 

BACKGROUND

As part of the IL School Maintenance Grant that was written for this fiscal year, it included the purchase and installation of a building automated control system for the only section of Kelvin Grove that does not have an automated system for the HVAC system.  This area involves the LRC, pod classrooms, and main office. The control system will be the same operating system that was recently installed through the recent HVAC installation this past summer at both MG and KG.  

Currently we have a contract with Hayes Mechanical for the maintenance on our HVAC systems at KG, so they are familiar with the control systems we have in place.  Our recommendation is to approve the purchase of an automated control system with Hayes Mechanical in the amount of $34,872 as part of the projects listed in the IL School Maintenance Grant for the FY26 fiscal year.

Description: 

Recommendation: 

To adopt the updated/revised/new policies from Press Policy Issue 120, also included below, as discussed during the first reading at the December 2025 general meeting.

 

Description: 

RECOMMENDATION

Closed session minutes noted in the table provided as "open" are no longer considered confidential and can be disclosed. Closed session minutes, as noted with "closed," should remain closed as they contain information still considered to be confidential.

To destroy existing taped closed session minutes through November 2023.  The required 18-month period for saving taped minutes has expired, allowing us to destroy these tapes.
 

BACKGROUND

We are required by law to review the Closed Session minutes every six months to determine if they still need to remain closed. We are also required to tape closed-session meetings and save such tapes for a period of 18 months.

It is my recommendation that the Board of Education open the closed session minutes that are marked with "open" in the table, as information is no longer considered to be confidential. Closed session minutes labeled "closed" in the table should remain closed as they contain information still considered to be confidential.

In addition, it is recommended that the board approve the destruction of taped closed session minutes through November 2023.  The required 18-month period for saving taped minutes has expired, allowing us to destroy these tapes.

Description: 

Attached, you will find the quote for the athletic program survey to be conducted by Dr. Pezanowski.    Before proceeding, Dr. Wilkey is requesting the board to take action on the expense for this survey to be conducted as the funding was not originally included in the approved budget.  If approved, the cost for the consultant will be included in the amended budget to be approved in June.  

Description:  The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity. [1] 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 the [the Open Meetings Act].  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 99-646

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).