April 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

A. Call to Order

B. Pledge of Allegiance

C. The mission of Sunnybrook School District #171 is to maximize student achievement by cultivating: critical thinking skills, innovative instructional practices and a collaborative school, home and community partnership.

D. Roll Call

E. Any person wishing to address the board about an item that is on the agenda should do so when that item is up for discussion. Visitors' statements will be limited to two minutes per person. A total of 30 minutes will be allocated for visitor comments. All comments about items not on the agenda will be held until the Visitors' statements a tht end of the meeting. Items related to personnel issues will be redirected to the appropriate Administrator. 

F. Recommended Motion: Consent Agenda
Recommended Motion: To approve the regular board of education meeting minutes of March 17, 2025, April expenses and March payroll in the amount of $1,547,638.76, as presented. 

G. Communications

H. Informational Items:
FOIA Requests #1-9:
ACB (Ad.Cuius.Bonum@proton.me)
Requesting Expenditure data for vendors, contractors and individuals at or greater than $500 for the following fiscal years: 2024, 2014, 2004, 2019, 2009, 1999, 2020, 2010, 2000, 2021, 2011, 2001, 2022, 2012, 2002, 2023, 2013, 2003, as presented.

I. Board Reports

J. Administrator Reports:
Dr. Erika Millhouse Pettis, Superintendent
Dr. Lori Owens Stranc, Assistant Superintendent
Mr. David Shrader, Chief School Business Official
Ms. Juliann Greene, Director of Special Services
Dr. Mike McGowan, Technology Director
Mrs. Chantelle Cambric, Principal, Heritage Middle School
Mr. Joseph Kent, Principal, Nathan Hale School
 

K. Recommended Motions:

K.1. Recommended Motion: 
To accept the retirement of Mrs. Kimberly Warner, Secretary, Nathan Hale School, 
effective at the end of the 2026/2027 school year, as presented. 

K.2. Recommended Motion:
To accept the retirment of Ms. Jennifer Brown, 7th Grade ELA Teacher, District Librarian, Heritage Middle School, Nathan Hale School, effective at the end of the 2026-2027 school year, as presented. 

K.3. Recommended Motion:
To approve the resignation of Mr. James Dankert, 8th grade Special Education teacher, effective at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, as presented. 

K.4. Recommended Motion:
To approve the FMLA (Family Medical Leave) for Ms. Carmen Lowry, School Counselor, Heritage Middle School, for the duration of the 2025-2026 school year, as presented. 

K.5. Recommended Motion:
To approve the FMLA (Family Medical Leave) for Ms. Te'Shica Caldwell, School Nurse, effective April 22, 2025, as presented. 

K.6. Recommended Motion:
To approve the renewal of Renaissance products and services, including Freckle, Accelerated Reader, STAR 360, and Lalilo, in the amount of $62,722.00 for the 2025-2026 school year, funded by Title I, as presented. 

K.7. Recommended Motion:
To approve purchasing 25 desktop computers from ByteSpeed at a cost of $16,875, as presented. 

K.8. Recommended Motion:
To approve the renewal of our Securly agreement for Securly Filter, Classroom, and Pass for three years at a cost of $42,060.95, to be split between Title I and District funds, as presented.

K.9. Recommended Motion:
To approve the honorable dismissals for the following Paraprofessionals:
Sammyka De los Angeles, Denise Szorc, Diamond Sanders, Allanna Applewhite, Vivianna Lopez, Aaliyah Mayfield, Roxanne White, Tracy Van Witzenberg, Kya Wilson, Carol Linville, Jeri Lawrence, Carol Wallace, Araceli Vargas, Carolyn Hillard,
Kimberly Mayfield, as presented.

K.10. Recommended Motion:
To approve the 2025-2026 Food Management Services Contract with Just A Dash Catering, LLC, incorporating a 3.6% contractual increase. The contract includes an adjustment to the contractual amounts based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers - Food Away from Home annual rate for December 2024, which is 3.6%, as presented. 

K.11. Recommended Motion:
To acknowledge the staff for their years of service, as presented.
Certified Staff:
25 Years: Kristen DeBartolo
20 Years: Amy Pelke
10 Years: Charity Lane, Mark Peebles, David Shrader, Raul Torres
Support Staff:
25 Years: Tracy Van Witzenburg
20 Years: Judith Trask, Kimberly Warner

K.12. Recommended Motions: 
Motion to approve the following contracts for the 2025-2026 school year:
Dr. Lori Owens Stranc, Assistant Superintendent
Mr. David Shrader, Chief School Business Official
Dr. Mike McGowan, Technology Director
Ms. Juliann Greene, Director of Special Services
Mrs. Chantelle Cambric, Principal, Heritage Middle School
Mr. Joseph Dolan, Assistant Principal, Heritage Middle School
Mr. Joseph Kent, Principal, Nathan Hale School
Mrs. Angela Cuevas Montemayor, Assistant Principal, Nathan Hale School

Mrs. Brenda Camalick, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
Ms. Shari Hooton, Bookkeeper
Mrs. Helene Mendoza, Secretary to Special Services Director

 

K.13. Recommended Motion:
To approve the Independent Contractor Agreement with Ms. LeQuisha Dancy, 
Dancy Consulting and Psychological Services for the 2025-2026 school year, as presented. 

K.14. Recommended Motion:
To approve the Independent Contractor Agreement with Select Savvy/Staffing Partners, Ms. Moniet Holloway, School Social Worker, effective for the 2025-2026 school year, as presented.

K.15. Recommended Motion:
To approve the recommended tenure for the following teachers, as presented.  Nathan Hale School:
Ms. Kimberly Creed, Ms. Kahleigh Dockery, Ms. Josette Gonzalez, Ms. Kelly Gier, Ms. Karen Hanlon
Heritage Middle School:
Simeon Black, Rebecca Bosco, Aarti Malhotra, Ashley Smith, Jillian Verta
 

K.16. Recommended Motion:
To approve the 2025-2026 Student Registration and Extracurricular Fees, as presented.

K.17. Recommended Motion:
To approve the one year 2025-2026 transportation renewal contract with Kickert School Bus Line, Inc. with a 4.25% increase from the 2024-2025 contract, as presented. 

K.18. Recommended Motion:
To approve the transportation contract with K.E. Transportation for the 2025-2026 school year, as presented. 

K.19. Recommended Motion:
To approve the ECHO Executive Board of Directors meeting minutes, as presented.

L. Visitors' Statements
 

M. Recommended Motion:
To move in to closed session for the purpose of the appointment, compensation, student discipline, performance for dismissal of specific employees of the district. 5ILCS 120/2 (c). (1). Superintendent/Board Relations.

N. Adjourn