September 21, 2020 at 7:10 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Opening of Meeting: Call to Order, Roll Call

2. Agenda Approval

3. Comments and Suggestions from Audience

4. Commendations

4.A. Congratulations to District 89 on receiving Association of School Business Officials International's Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting based on our FYE 2019 CAFR. Thanks to Assistant Superintendent Maureen Jones for your dedication and commitment to financial transparency.

4.B. Responsive Classroom (RC) reached out to certified teachers looking for ideas of how to create virtual morning meetings for students during stay at home COVID school closures. They were working on compiling a free resource for teachers this fall. Our very own Instructional Coach, Jessica Langman, shared a few of her ideas of how she created and helped teachers with creating virtual morning meetings this past spring. Since then, RC has created a free resource for morning meetings for students. They have listed Jessica as a contributing teacher in this free resource. Thank you Jessica for your innovative ideas to student learning!

4.C. Tony Chivardi is a fifth-grade student at Westfield. This past spring and summer, Tony ran a mask-selling business. Tony learned about starting a business from a lesson in Mr. Mennecke's fourth-grade class. Tony originally wanted to start a business so he could buy a VR headset, and his idea was to sell masks made by his grandmother's friend. Thanks to some online advertising, he sold more than 80 masks. Rather than buying something for himself, he decided to donate his profits to his school. He gave Principal Matt McDonald $100 on the first day of school. Tony hopes the school will use the money to add more coding to the library. 

5. Board Reports

5.A. Review of proposed 2020-2021 Board Goals

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Approval of Minutes from the August 17, 2020 Regular Meeting

6.B. Approval of Bills Payable and Acceptance of Financial Reports

6.B.1. Budget Status

6.B.2. Treasurer's Report

6.B.3. Payroll for September 1, 2020 and September 15, 2020

6.B.4. Bills Payable

6.B.5. Student Activity Reports

6.C. Approval of Administrative Recommendations - Personnel

6.C.1. Horizontal Salary Advancements

6.C.2. Certified Staff Changes

6.C.2.a. Leaves of Absence

6.C.2.b. New Hire

6.C.3. Non-certified Staff Changes

6.C.3.a. Leave of Absence

6.C.3.b. New Hires

6.C.3.c. Resignation

6.D. Approval of IMRF Salary Compensation Report (P.A. 97-0609)

6.E. Approval of EIS Administrator and Teacher Salary and Benefits School Year 2020 Report

7. Discussion Items

7.A. Equity Audit Progress Report (SP Goal: Learning Conditions)

7.B. Learning in 2020-2021 Update (SP Goal:  Learning Conditions):  An update will be provided regarding in-person and remote learning.

8. Action Items

8.A. Adoption of 2020-2021 Budget

8.B. Approve Updated 2020-2021 School Year

9. Superintendent's Report

9.A. FOIA Requests

9.B. Board-Superintendent Reports and Agenda Planning. The superintendent and the Board will discuss follow-up reports to be completed during 2020-2021 as well as Board agenda planning. 

9.C. Student Board Member Interviews

9.D. Agenda Planning for the October 19, 2020 Board of Education Regular Meeting

9.E. IASB DuPage Division Fall Meeting, November 4, 2020 at 6:15PM via Zoom

10. Comments and Suggestions from Audience

11. Future Events and Informational Items

11.A. School Improvement Half Day, Friday, October 9, 2020

11.B. Board of Education Meeting, Monday, October 19, 2020, 7PM

11.C. Tuesday, November 3, 2020, No School

11.D. IASB DuPage Division Fall Meeting, Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 6:15PM via Zoom

12. Closed Session
The Board will enter into closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the District or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity as mandated by Section 2 5ILCS 120/2(c)(1). 

13. Adjournment