February 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

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

2. Agenda Approval

3. Commendations

3.A. The February Student Spotlight will focus on the Glen Crest Middle School Friends Helping Friends Club. The Friends Helping Friends Club creates opportunities for students with disabilities and peer buddies to work together in an inclusive environment. Members of the club play games together, work on service projects, and build awareness around inclusivity. 

3.B. The Glen Crest math team opened the season with the regional math competition at Marmion Academy, competing against 17 teams. The Glen Crest team finished 6th overall and finished 7th in the individual competition.
In the third regional math competition at St. Francis high school, in the individual section, Team A finished in 5th place. Overall, the Glen Crest team finished 4th in the competition. 
In the fourth regional competition run by MathCounts, the Glen Crest math team finished 7th overall.
Our outstanding mathletes are: Andrew Benesch, Kellen Binder, Srihitha Gandla, Dea Gjata, Emily Goodin, Agnius Gramauskas, Ellie Koger, Claire Long, Aditya Narayanan, Agastya Pabba, Matthew Park, Shreenithi Rathinam Sarvaghan and Mekael Sultan. Congratulations to all of our mathletes!

3.C. The Board of Education would like to honor and thank Vesna Plavsic. Through February, Plavsic has served as a substitute teacher every day of the 2023-24 school year. Plavsic's commitment to CCSD 89 ensures that students always have a reliable teacher leading them through lessons. We appreciate her dedication to the children of this community! 

3.D. Each year, Anderson's Bookshop curates a list of 25 young-adult novels that might be nominated for the annual Newbery Medal for distinguished children's literature. Glen Crest students are challenged to read the books between November and January.
This year, 11 students finished all 25 novels. Congratulations to sixth graders Ellie Koger, Olivia Loftsgaarden, Jesusa Moturi, Dania Sultan, Francesca Tenconi and Skylar Usalis; seventh graders Kayla Curran, Camden De Leon and Alayna Zainab; and eighth graders Charlotte Edwards and Nora Martinez. 

3.E. Congratulations to Westfield Elementary kindergarten teacher Laura Lipinski. Lipinski was named the 2024 Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year for CCSD 89! 

4. Comments and Suggestions from Audience

5. Board Member Reports

5.A. Student Board Report

5.B. Board Member Self-Evaluation

6. Consent Agenda

6.A. Approval of Minutes from the January 22, 2024, 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 February 1 and 15, 2024

6.B.4. Bills Payable

6.B.5. Student Activity Reports

6.C. Approval of Administrative Recommendations - Personnel

6.C.1. Certified Staff Changes

6.C.1.a. Leaves of Absence

6.C.2. Non-Certified Staff Changes

6.C.2.a. Leave of Absence

6.C.2.b. New Hires

6.C.2.c. Resignation

6.C.2.d. Staff Change

6.D. Approval for the Destruction of Audio Recordings of Closed Sessions Meetings

7. Discussion Items

7.A. Legislative Education Network of DuPage (LEND) Update (BOE Goal: Continuous Improvement). Peg Agnos, Executive LEND Director, and Jennifer Figurelli, will give an update on legislation and other current topics from Springfield. 

7.B. Audit Report (BOE Goals: Changing financial needs). Cynthia Park from Baker Tilly will provide an overview of the 2023 audit.

7.C. Financial Projections (BOE Goals: Changing financial needs and collaborative and inclusive culture). A review of the district’s financial projections will be provided, as well as a discussion regarding long-term financial planning. 

7.D. 2024-2025 Board Meeting Dates - The Board of Education meeting dates for the 2024-2025 school year will be reviewed.

8. Action Items

8.A. Approval of Resolution #870-24 Closed Session Minutes Non Release/Release

8.B. Acceptance of 2023-2024 Audit Report and Annual Financial Report

9. Superintendent's Report

9.A. FOIA Requests

9.B. Staffing 2024-2025

9.C. Calendar 2023-2024

9.D. Summer school update

9.E. DuPage Division Meeting, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 6:15PM

9.F. Agenda Planning for the March 18, 2024, Board of Education Regular Meeting

10. Comments and Suggestions from Audience

11. Future Events and Informational Items

11.A. No school, Friday, March 1, 2024, Teacher Institute 

11.B. Board of Education Meeting, Monday, March 18, 2024, 7PM

11.C. Spring break, March 25-29, 2024

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 allowed by Section 2 5ILCS 120/2(c)(1), to discuss collective negotiating matters between the District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees as allowed by Section 2 5ILCS 120/2(c)(2), to discuss student disciplinary cases as allowed by Section 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) and for the purpose of litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the District has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting as allowed by Section 2 5ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

13. Adjournment