May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

I. CALL TO ORDER
Location: Winfield Central School Cafeteria. The live meeting is available to be viewed on facebook live at this link: https://www.facebook.com/Winfield-School-District-34-1418142601818685

II. ROLL CALL

III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA

V. PUBLIC COMMENT: We request members of the audience who wish to provide public commentary complete the Public Comment Request card and limit their comments or questions to three minutes. Public comments submitted by digital form will be read by a board member or administrator during the Public Comment portion of the meeting. Comments may be submitted to https://tinyurl.com/winfield34boardcomment.  Questions that Board members cannot answer in a timely fashion will be referred to the appropriate administrator who will respond within the week or as soon as time permits. Thank you.

VI. PUBLIC PRESENTATION / DISCUSSION

VI.A. Student Recognition - Isabella Adams & Caleb Garcia

VI.B. Board Award

VI.C.  2024-2025 Winfield 34 Staff Years of Service Recognition

VI.D. Recognition of Long-Term Substitute Teachers

VI.E. Recognition of Winfield PTO and Winfield Education Foundation Leaders

VI.F. TIF 2

VI.G. Board Retreat

VII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

VIII. CONSENT AGENDA (Routine matters that do not require discussion)

VIII.A. Approval of Finance Reports    

VIII.A.1. Bill List - Payable List and List of Other Payments

VIII.A.2. Treasurer/Fund Balance/Bank Reconciliation Report

VIII.B. Other Approvals

IX. COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD

IX.A. Superintendent's Report

IX.A.1. Legislative Update

IX.A.2. Facility Updates

IX.A.3. WEF Update

IX.B. Principal's Report

IX.C. Finance Report from Director of Business Services

X. OLD BUSINESS

X.A. 2025 - 2026 Board Meeting Calendar

XI. NEW BUSINESS

XI.A. Personnel

XI.A.1. Approve Lease Agreements with SASED

XI.A.2. Intergovernmental Agreement with the Park District

XI.B. Approve Change to 2024-25 Board of Education Meeting Calendar, Rescheduling June Board Meeting to June 18, 2025 at 7pm.

XI.C. Approve Four-Year contract with Cengage Learning for Big Ideas Math at a cost of $20,878.00.

XI.D. Approve Mathematics Professional Learning Contract through University of Illinois Chicago with the Metro Chicago Math Initiative

XI.E. Approve Change Order to Video System Installation

XI.F. Approve First Reading of Policies:

Draft Update:
2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure
4:15 Identity Protection
4:80 Accounting and Audits
5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited
5:60 Expenses
5:100 Staff Development Program
6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction
6:235 Access to Electronic Networks
7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities
7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited
7:60 Residence
7:70 Attendance and Truancy
7:180 Preventing Bullying and Other Aggressive Behaviors
7:190 Student Behavior
7:200 Out-of-School Suspension Procedures
7:210 Expulsion Procedures
7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
7:310 Restrictions on Publications; Elementary Schools
7:340 Student Records

Draft Update - New
7:255 Students Who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence

Draft Update - Rewritten
2:265 Title IX Grievance Procedure



 

XI.G. Board Procedures and Exhibit Updates
For information only, no Board approval needed.

Administrative Procedures Update based on policy updates.

XI.H. Freedom of Information Act Requests

XII. Items for Future Agendas

XIII. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION  –  Reason 1. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with [the Open Meetings Act]. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1). Reason 12. 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 probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11). (ROLL CALL VOTE)

XIV. ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION TO REGULAR SESSION

XV. ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION

XV.A. None

XVI. ADJOURNMENT