August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the minutes of the regular meeting of July 22, 2025, the executive session minutes of July 22, 2025, the special meeting minutes of July 29, 2025, and the executive session minutes of July 29, 2025, with all executive session minutes to remain confidential.

Description:  Dr. Patricia Ulrich, Rock Island High School Principal and Ms. Julie Hansen will recognize the 2025 Charles O. Austin, Jr. Scholars as presented. 

Description:  Ms. Annaka Whiting, Chief Financial Officer, will present the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2026. 

Description:  Ms. Annaka Whiting, Chief Financial Officer, will provide an update on the Facility Management Plan. 

Description:  Requests from persons wishing to speak on certain agenda items will be called upon at the appropriate time. 
Citizens wishing to address the Board of Education on items not on the agenda.  Comments should be limited to three (3) minutes.  (Matters regarding specific employees or students are of a confidential nature and will not be heard in open session.)

Description:  Opportunity will be given for the selection of items that need no discussion to be approved at the appropriate time on the agenda.  The following items are recommended for the Blanket Motion:

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve 4imprint as an approved vendor to purchase various promotional items district wide, not to exceed $16,500 for the 2025 - 26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the renewal of GravigyZone EDR security software, purchased from ConnectWise, 28819 Network Place, Chicago, IL 60673 for $37,440 for the 2025 - 26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the payment of $15,389 to Catalyst for Educational Change (CEC) 250 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601 to provide designated support for state-identified schools for the 2025 - 26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the contract for service with Management Information Technology, 303 Perimeter Center North, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 33046 to provide an online database program at $10,918.05 for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Destiny Library Software renewal from Follett School Solutions, LLC, 91826 Collection Center Drive, Chicago, IL 60683 for a cost of $17,579.26 for the 2025 - 26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve an agreement with Loffredo Fresh Foods, 4001 SW 63rd Street, Des Moines, IA 50321, to provide fresh produce to the district not to exceed $219,000 during the 2025 - 26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the payment of $30,000 to Regional Office of Education #49, 3561 60th Street, Suite 310, Moline, IL to provide designated support for state-identified schools for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education authorize IMEG to perform necessary work at various district locations throughout the district not to exceed $52,200 during the 2025 - 26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the contract for service with Spring Forward Learning Center, P.O. Box 1287, Moline, IL to provide Intersession and Summer programs not to exceed $205,485 for the 2025 - 26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the first invoice from SpyGlass, 25777 Detroit Road, Suite 400, Westlake, OH 44145, in the amount of $46,609.42 for the cost-savings audit during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education authorize bills for payment dated July 31, 2025, in the amount of $4,151,578.27.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the cost of $17,871 for the Builder's Risk insurance policy to remain in effect for the full duration of the Aquatic Center construction project. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve fire alarm system repairs completed by Johnson Controls, 11318 Aurora Ave., Urbandale, IA 50322 at Rock Island High School during Fiscal Year 25 at an additional cost of $24,435.50, and total contract amount of $67,288.36.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve Werner Restoration, 102 Innovation Way, Colona, IL 61241, for environmental remediation during the 2025 -26 school year for $500,000.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the certified appointment of Brittanie O'Brien and Kathryn Weber for the 2025 -26 school year.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified appointments of Nickolas Bryant, Taner Edens, Makayla Hawkins, Jessica Hilliard, Carolynn LaBotte, Heather Muir, Donna Nicholas, Troy Nimmers, Sarah O'Hern, La'Terionna Pugh, Gloria Ramsey, Jay Redington, Tanisha Roberson and Christy Steger.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified internal transfers of Pharoah Gay and Jeffrey Schmulbach during the 2025- 26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following non-certified to certified internal transfers of  Larry Harris and Ricky Spicer for the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified internal transfers of Lori Alvarez, Deann Cullor, Shannon Fuhrer, Shayna Kaha, Kristin Vanskike, and Kia Wilson during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the support coach appointment of Patrick Brown during the 2025 - 26 school year.

Description:  it is recommended that the Board of Education approve the non-certified support coach appointments of Hunter Aldrich and Jason Smith during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education accept the certified resignation of Mathew Claude, First Grade Teacher at Rock Island Academy with five (5) years of service during the 2025 -26 school year. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education accept the following non-certified resignations during the 2025 -26 school year of Cristian Amorino, Secretary at Longfellow Liberal Arts with six (6) months of service; Christie Blodig, District Wide Lead Nurse with two (2) years of service; Kara Hurst, Special  Education Paraprofessional at Ridgewood Elementary with eighteen (18) years of service; and Jennifer Walthall, Accounting Supervisor with three (3) years of service. 

Description:  The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Craig Harper who requested video surveillance footage showing the removal of [his] bicycle at approximately 1:00 a.m. on June 30, 2025.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Lisa King, who requested public records from school year 2024 - 25 and, if available, 2025 - 26 for the Transportation Department with regards to the student transportation budget, a list of transportation vendors, their rate structure, gross earnings, as well as a copy of the vendor contract. 

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Brooke Bennett, who requested enrollment numbers for each building in our district as of Jan. 7, 2025, and the total number of students in each class( 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) for Rock Island High School for the same date. Additionally, requested all of the same information for student enrollment, including the total number of students in each class at Rocky, as of June 9, 2025.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Shari Reid, who requested general purchasing records from April 4, 2025, to July 31, 2025.

The district received a FOIA request and responded within the required timeframe to Oshea Smith, who requested general purchasing records from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2025.

Description:  It was recommended that the Board of Education approve the revised PRESS 118 Board Policies received from the Illinois Association of School Boards and presented. 

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the Fiscal Year 2026 Tentative budget.

Description:  It is recommended that the Board of Education move to executive session to discuss pending litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probably or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS120/2(c)(11). In addition to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).  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).