October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

Description:  Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting. Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments until immediately prior to the Board and Superintendent Comments portion of the agenda.
 

"Board Policy 2:230. At each regular and special open meeting, members of the public and District employees may comment to or ask questions of the School Board, subject to reasonable constraints. The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:

• Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
• Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request in advance to speak for a longer period of time, the individual may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
• Observe the Board President's decision to shorten public comment to conserve time and give the maximum number of individuals an opportunity to speak.
• Observe the Board President's decision to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
• Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board Policy, 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property."

Description:  "Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration." There will be no separate vote on these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Description:  Consistent with Board Policy 2:220, the Board is asked to approve meeting minutes, and, once approved, open session minutes become public.

Description:  Regular personnel items.

Description:  This agreement provides for shared bussing for a Thomasboro student.

Description:  RCS employee health insurance is through the Illinois Educators Risk Management Program (IERMP). Currently, if both spouses are employed by RCS, these employees have the option to pool their board-paid health insurance contribution to purchase family coverage. This is a cost savings to the employees and no additional cost to the district. Through this type of IGA, we are able to extend this benefit to employees whose spouses are employed by another IERMP district when both districts are in agreement. Again, this is a cost savings to the employees and no additional cost to the district. RCS has extended this opportunity to all of its employees. An IGA will be required for each employee wanting to take advantage of this benefit.

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After reviewing plan offerings provided by the IERMP, the recommendation is to offer the $2800/100% plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield for the plan period starting January 1, 2026. The current plan ($2,500/100%) is no longer being offered and the $2800/100% plan is essentially the same with slight changes to out-of-pocket amounts and deductibles. The district pays 91% of single employee coverage of the base plan. Currently, the District pays $682.50/month/covered employee, and it will increase to $801.72/month/covered employee, which represents an increase of 17.47%. In addition, we will continue to provide healthcare reimbursement to employees for the last $250.00 of the individual deductible. Our additional insurance offerings through The Standard are for Dental, Vision, and Life and iSolved for other supplemental offerings. Our offerings will remain the same. This year Dental insurance increased by 15%. The District pays 100% of the employee-only premium. The Vision insurance increased by 11%. The District does not contribute towards any cost of vision insurance. There is no increased cost for the life insurance benefit provided by the District when compared to last year. This continues the Board's commitment to offer competitive compensation and benefits for our employees. See the attached document for pricing information.

Description:  At the September meeting, the board met in closed session with IASB to review and revise its working protocols and Board-Superintendent expectations. The board is asked to approve these operational documents.

Description:  Link to article referenced in the presentation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/passive-aggressive-diaries/201211/is-it-rude-is-it-mean-or-is-it-bullying 

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10/8/2025 Owen Wang; Chambana Sun; foia@chambanasun.com; information related to high school honors and awards.

Description:  The Board is provided a monthly report detailing out-of-school suspensions. Due to the student record data contained in this report, this report remains confidential. 

Description:  Presidio Networked Solutions LLC, $21,533.67.
NOW Immigration Law LLC, legal services. $8,000.

Description:  The information in this report has been posted to our website as per statute.

Description:  The information in this report has been posted to our website as per statute.

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The Board will move to closed session for 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).