February 25, 2016 at 7:00 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 Activity Accounts

5.2. Approve Personnel Report

5.3. Approve Minutes

5.4. Approve Treasurer's Report

5.5. Approve Payroll

5.6. Approve Accounts Payable

6. Report of the Superintendent (2:130)

6.1. Recognition of Service

6.1.1. Megan Forti

6.2. Springfield Update

6.2.1. http://www.isbe.net/budget/fy17/FY17-budget-compare-gov.pdf

6.2.2. http://files.ctctcdn.com/02c2f3ef001/874e8433-2172-4154-9779-67d3ea775da9.pdf

6.3. QSCBs http://www.isbe.net/board/meetings/2016/feb/packet.pdf

6.4. Administrative Cost Cap

6.5. ISBE advisory committee

6.6. FOIA

6.7. Bond Rating

7. Year-to-Date Budget Update (4:10)

8. Notices and Communications

9. 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 address 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.)

10. Director Reports - Transportation (3:50)

11. Unfinished Business

11.1. Approve FY 17 BOE Calendar (6:20)

11.2. Vision

12. New Business

12.1. Resolution providing for the issue of not to exceed $9,300,000 of school fire prevention and safety bonds of the District and not to exceed $4,500,000 of refunding bonds of the District, providing for the levy of taxes to pay the bonds and providing for the sale of the bonds to the purchaser thereof (4:40)

12.2. Resolution amending prior continuing disclosure undertakings of the District in connection with the issuance of general obligation school bonds

12.3. Approve Opterra Contract (4:60)

12.4. Approve Seniority List (5:290)

12.5. Accept donations (8:80)

12.5.1. Approve donation A in the amount of $12,972.00

12.5.2. Approve donation B in the amount of $25,000.00

12.6. Approve HLS amendments (4:150)

12.7. Dismissal of First-Year ProbationaryTeacher "A" for Reasons other than RIF (5:200)

13. Board Comments

14. Adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the District, and other
stated exceptions to the Open Meetings Act. (2:220, 2:200)

15. Reconvene in open session

16. Adjourn(2:220)