April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Recommended Motion:  "I move that the Board of Education approve the Abstract of Votes from the April 4, 2023 Consolidated Election as canvassed by the Lake County Clerk." Roll Call Vote

Description:  Suggested Motions: "I move that the Board of Education appoint Amy Copeland to a 4-year term on the Board of Education" (Roll Call Vote)

Description:  Suggested Motions: I move that the Board of Education appoint Allison Bowman, Steven Levine, and Kistas Metropulos  each to 4 year terms on the Board of Education (roll call vote)

Description:  Suggested Motions: I move that the Board of Education appoint Brian Kueber to a 2-year term on the Board of Education (roll call vote)

Description:  Superintendent Dr. Scott Herrmann will administer the Oath of Office to Amy Copeland, Allison Bowman, Steven Levine, and Kostas Metropoulos to four-year terms and Brian Kueber to a two-year term on the Board of Education

Description:  1) Election of School Board President Recommended Motion: "I nominate_____for the position of President of the Bannockburn School District 106 Board of Education". Notes:  Election is by voice vote, even if only one person is nominated.
2) Election of School Board Vice-President Recommended Motion: "I nominate_____for the position of Vice-President of the Bannockburn School District 106 Board of Education". Notes:  Election is by voice vote, even if only one person is nominated.
3) Election of School Board Secretary Recommended Motion: "I nominate_____for the position of Secretary of the Bannockburn School District 106 Board of Education". Notes:  Election is by voice vote, even if only one person is nominated.

Description:  Note: All public bodies, during the course of a business meeting, must provide an opportunity for public comment.  Board members may limit the public comments to items listed on the agenda (not usually necessary) and a certain amount of time for each individual comment (generally only important when there is a highly controversial issue and high public demand to make a comment before the Board).  The public comment portion of the agenda is generally NOT a time for the Board to interact with the public or to respond to the comments made by any member of the public.  It is a time to allow comments to be heard by the Board.  If a member of the public wishes to make inflammatory comments regarding an employee of the District, the Board should request that such communication take place in Closed Session to protect the privacy rights of staff.

Description:  12 Requests were received.
1) One from Smart Procure requesting vendor and purchasing information.  This request was answered in a timely manner
2) From ACB <Ad.Cuius.Bonum 10 requests were made for financial information from several years. The first several were answered. Then, directions on where to find this information online was sent, with the direction that future requests would be disregarded.
3. From Owen Wang of the Lake County Gazette, a request was made for any use of the term "unit of study" and "Lucy Calkins" in communications for the past 12 months. This is not subject to FOIA, and the request was denied.
 

Description:  Review of  FY23  Budget Timeline

Description:  Recommended Motion:  "I move that the Board of Education approve the consent agenda items, as presented"  (Roll call vote)

Description:  Note:  Although Lisa and I have been gathering data for the FY2022 budget for some time, the law requires the Board to officially authorize the superintendent to begin the budget process.

Description:  Recommended Motion: I move that the Board of Education appoint Lisa Pease as the Treasurer for Bannockburn School District 106 beginning July 1, 2025. 

 Note:  Appointment of School Treasurer is routine and required by law

Description:  Recommended Motion "I move to accept the resignations of certified staff members as listed."

Description:  Recommended Motion: I move to adust the Board paid premiums of non-certified 12 month employees to the same level as certified staff effective with the 2025-2026 school year.

Description:  Recommended Motion: “I move that the Board of Education certify Serious Safety Hazard Findings and authorize the administration to submit such findings to IDOT for the following locations: 
a. Route 22 West of Telegraph Road #106-04-01
b. Route 22 East of Telegraph Road #106-04-02

Note: The Board is required to annually approve hazardous routes to allow for free bus transportation for students who qualify based on IDOT regulations for hazardous routes. Due to the failure of proposed legislation to eliminate the requirement for districts to provide bus transportation for students living over 1.5 miles from school, it is advisable to once again approve these routes and submit the information to IDOT to justify our services.

Description:  At this time, there is no need for closed session.