July 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Call to Order 

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Declaration of Quorum

Audiences:
       Persons wishing to address the Board of Education are expected to follow School Board Policy 2:230

Approval of Minutes

Action - Approval for the June 16, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting Minutes

Action - Approval for the June 16, 2025 - Executive Session Minutes

Interim Superintendent's Report - Dr. Brandon Cotter

Action - Approval for the FY26 A.E.R.O. Budget

Action - Approval for SY 2025-2026 RISE Administrative Agreement (retroactive)

Action - Approval for the Use of the Cafeteria by the Summit Police Department on Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 12:00 pm until 11:00 pm (Old Timers Fest)

Information — FOIA 

The District received five FOIA requests and all have been fulfilled.

Information - Board Committee Minutes 

Finance Committee — June 16, 2025

Policy Committee - June 16, 2025

Human Resource Director's Report - Mr. Greg Dietz

Action - Approval for Press Plus Policy 2:230 - Second Reading

Policy 2:230 - Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board

Policy to Review for First Reading - District Update

Policy 5:30 - Hiring Policy and Criteria

Policies to Review for First Reading - Draft Updates

2:80 - Board Member Oath and Conduct
2:120-E2 Exhibit - Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members
2:130 - Board-Superintendent Relationship
4:130-E Exhibit - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services; Meal Charge Notifications
6:250 - Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
7:10-E Exhibit - Equal Educational Opportunities Within the School Community
7:140 - Search and Seizure
7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics
8:80 - Gifts to the District

Policies to Review for First Reading - Draft Update - Rewritten

2:120-E1 Exhibit - Guidelines for Serving as a Mentor to a New Board of Education Member
2:220-E9 Exhibit - Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration
2:240-E1 Exhibit - PRESS Issue Updates
2:240-E2 Exhibit - Developing Local Policy

Policies to Review for First Reading - Review and Monitoring

1:10 - School District Legal Status
1:20 - District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements
1:30 - School District Philosophy
2:10 - School District Governance
3:10 - Goals and Objectives
3:30 - Chain of Command
4:50 - Payment Procedures
4:90 - Student Activity and Fiduciary Funds
4:180 - Pandemic Preparedness; Management; and Recovery
5:20-E - Resolution to Prohibit Sexual Harassment
5:270 - Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
7:40 - Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students
7:90 - Release During School Hours
7:130 - Student Rights and Responsibilities
7:325 - Student Fundraising Activities
8:110 - Public Suggestions and Concerns
 

Assistant Superintendent for Finance – Dr. Joseph Rojek

Action - Approval for Accounts Payable/Imprest

Final - FY25 (June) Bills

First - FY26 (July) Bills

Action - Approval for the Financial Report and Monthly Payroll for June 2025

Action - Approval to Adopt the IRS Standard Mileage Rate of $.70 per Mile for 2025-2026

Informational - Breakfast Expansion Grant FY26

President’s Report - Dr. Jennifer Grenier

Action - Approval to adjourn to Executive Session for the purposes of discussing:

The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, or independent contractor, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

Pending, probable or imminent litigation before a court or administrative tribunal.

Action - Approval for Revised Engagement Letter with Meaden & Moore LLP

 Action - Approval of Personnel Report for July 2025

Informational - A.E.R.O. Update
Mrs. Diane Ponce

Information

Two articles were published in the Desplaines Valley News and Patch.

Unfinished Business

New Business

Adjournment