January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM - School Board Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Approve Agenda

5. Approve Consent Agenda (2:220)

5.1. Approve Personnel Report

5.2. Approve Payroll

5.3. Approve Accounts Payable

5.4. Approve Minutes

5.5. Approve Treasurer's Report

5.6. Approve Activity Accounts

5.7. Approval for the Superintendent to Begin Construction of the
FY 27 Tentative Budget

5.8. Move to Keep Closed Session Minutes Closed- Action Expected
No less than semi-annually, a public body must meet to review minutes of all closed meetings. This can occur in closed session. At the meeting, the public body must make a determination that (1) the need for confidentiality still exists as to all or part of those minutes; and (2) that Page 15 the minutes or portions thereof no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection. The determination must be reported in open session. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d).  

 

5.9. Move to Destroy Closed Session Minutes 18 Months or Older - Action Expected
Destruction of Closed Session Verbatim Recording: The verbatim record of a closed session may be destroyed without notification to or approval of a records commission or the State Archivist under the Local Records Act or State Records Act no less than 18 months after completion of the meeting, but only after (a) the public body approves the destruction of a particular recording; and (b) the public body approves the minutes of the closed session that meet the requirements of the OMA. 5 ILCS 120/2.06(c). 

6. Recognition of Students

6.1. Illinois State Scholars:
Gage Broski
Abigail Dennis
Josephine Gibson
Grace Jacobson
Dawson Johannsen
Evan Jones
Cale Kleinschmidt
Connor O Sullivan
Audrey Payne
Zaiah Reed
Brandon Reisinger
Jack Sparrow
Charles Steele
Brady Stewart
Isabella Sugden
 

7. Principal Student Advisory Council

8. Year-to-Date Budget Update

9. Report of the Superintendent (2:130)

9.1. Superintendent's Report

9.2. Springfield Update

9.3. FOIA

9.4. Month by Month BOE To-Do

9.5. Mid-Year Enrollment Counts

9.6. Support Staff Seniority List

9.7. Strategic Planning

10. Administrator/Director Report
Technology Director - Nick Belmonte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYKQYBiuQDs

11. Facilities Report - Heather Alderks

12. Notices and Communications

12.1. Review Code of Conduct:  
I will be sufficiently informed about and prepared to
act on the specific issues before the board, and remain
reasonably knowledgeable about local, state, national, and
global education issues.

13. Community Input (2:220)
(This is the time when visitors may request to address the Board of Education on any item
relating to the role and function of the Board of Education. When the Board President
so directs, persons should stand, give their name and begin their statements.
Persons are asked to refrain from making any personal comments regarding any individual.
The Board President reserves the right to limit presentations to five minutes.)

14. Unfinished Business - Action Expected Unless Otherwise Noted

14.1. Press Policy Update 120

14.1.1. Press 120 Memo

14.1.2. Press 120 Executive Summary First Reading

15. New Business - Action Expected Unless Otherwise Noted

15.1. SVHS 2026 - 2027 Course Guide

15.1.1. Course Guide - Clean Version

15.1.2. Course Guide - Red-Lined

15.2. ISBE School Maintenance Project Grant - SVHS Storefront Replacement

15.2.1. ISBE Grant Application

15.3. MJHS Main Gymnasium Floor Refinishing Project

15.3.1. Proposal

16. Adjourn to closed session to discuss Student A discipline. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9), collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District, and other stated exceptions to the Open Meetings Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

17. Reconvene in open session

17.1. Discipline of Student A

18. Adjourn