April 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

I. Call to Order Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

II. Roll Call     President Tomschin, Vice President Dominick, Secretary Terracino,
                   Members Couch, Manouzi, Moreno and Segura

III. Establish Quorum

IV. Pledge of Allegiance

V. Superintendent's Report

V.A. Informational Items

V.A.1. Monthly Board Report

V.A.2. Freedom of Information Act Requests

V.A.3. Enrollment Report

V.A.4. Suspension Report

V.A.5. Security Report

V.A.6. Presentation by Natalie Baeza, Miss Cicero

V.A.7. Recognition of Students Performing at the Elementary ILMEA Music Festival on April 15, 2023 at Unity Junior High School

V.A.8. Recognition of Unity's Underwater Robotics Teams:
*  Neptune, 1st Place in Open Class Division 
*  Atlantis, 2nd Place in Open Class Division
*  Phoenix, 2nd Place in Middle School Stock Class Division and scored in the top 3 of 40 Middle and High School Teams

V.A.9. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Kayla King, 4th Grade Teacher at Warren Park

V.A.10. Treasurer's Report

V.A.11. Departmental Updates Presentation

VI. Other Reports

VI.A. Construction Report - CCS International, Inc. 

VII. Correspondence

VIII. Comments from the Audience

IX. Adjourn to Executive Session

IX.A. 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 this Act.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

IX.B. 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)
 

IX.C. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)

IX.D. Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8).
 

IX.E. Student Disciplinary cases.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9).
 

IX.F. 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 must be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting; 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).
 

X. Adjourn from Executive Session

XI. Reconvene to Open Session

XII. Action as a result of Executive Session if necessary

XIII. Consent Agenda

XIII.A. Approval of Minutes

XIII.A.1. Regular Meeting Open Session March 8, 2023

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session March 8, 2023

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $ 10,772,963.25
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $     651,800.44
Transportation Fund                                               $     330,250.08
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $  11,755,013.77

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,273,469.79
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     259,957.63
Transportation Fund                                                 $     140,984.81
Capital Projects                                                        $     903,405.88
TORT                                                                        $       85,071.00
Debt Fund                                                                 $       20,797.74
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR APRIL                              $   3,683,686.85

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF APRIL         $          837,325.25

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

XIII.F. Approval of Resolution for Disposal of Personal Property

XIII.G. Approval to go out to bid for Screen Printed Student Uniforms, Student Sweatshirts and Employee Uniforms

XIII.H. Approval of Purchase Orders over $25,000.00

XIII.H.1. School Specialty       Student Materials                    $ 118, 456.81

XIII.H.2. GoGuardian       Renewal Lightspeed Filter                    $    77,040.00

XIII.H.3. Domo                Software Renewal                                $  78,970.00

XIII.H.4. Discovery Education     Software Renewal               $  137,100.00

XIII.I. Approval of 7-Year Adoption of Literacy Curriculum, Assessment Suite and Intervention System with Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) for Grades K-8

XIII.J. Approval of 5-Year Subscription and Adoption of iReady Math for Grades 6-8

XIII.K. Approval of User Agreement between Cicero School District 99 and State of Illinois State Police Law Enforcement for the provision of Clear and Present Danger Reporting Determinations 

XIII.L. Approval of eRate Extension with Crown Castle for the renewal of Dark Fiber Services

XIII.M. Approval of E-Rate470 Filing Internet Circuit (FRN#230003944)

XIII.N. Approval of Resolution to approve the Tentative Amended Budget for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year and to publish a Notice of Public Hearing for the Tentative Amended Budget for the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year 

XIII.O. Approval of Settlement Authority Request to Workers' Compensation Claim of Nick Dublino (22 WC 21049)

XIII.P. Approval to issue a public request for bids for Elevator Maintenance Services for 13 District Elevators

XIII.Q. Approval of Project Authorization #34 to Professional Services Agreement with FGM Architects, Inc. for the 10-Year Health Life Safety Assessments at various sites

XIII.R. Approval of School Safety Information Sharing Program with Illinois' Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center (STIC) 

XIII.S. Approval of Service Contract (Agreement) between Cicero School District 99 and Mobile Health & Testing Service, Inc. 

XIII.T. First Reading of proposed revised policies: 2:110, 4:40, 4:60, 5:30, 5:90, 5:125, 5:150, 5:260, 5:285, 6:135, 6:210, 6:230, 8:20 and 8:70

XIII.U. Approval of Partnership Agreements for the provision of After-School and Summer Programming for District 99 Students

XIII.U.1. Morton College - STEAMers Camp and ACTUp Theatre Camp

XIII.U.2. Striker Lanes

XIII.U.3. Pav/YMCA

XIII.V. Approval of Health and Dental Insurance Renewal with Blue Cross/Blue Shield for HMO/PPO

XIII.W. Approval of Student and Staff Travel

XIII.W.1. 2 Teachers and 6 Students to participate in the 2023 International SeaPerch Challenge,  on May 12-15, 2023, in College Park, Maryland

XIII.W.2. Emmie Pawlak, Director of Math and Accelerated Pathways, Neal Ansani, Natalie Madden and Krystyn Mischek, Science Teachers, SEPUP Academy, on July 9-13, 2023, in Holland, Michigan

XIII.X. Approval of Board Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.X.1. Tom Tomschin, Board Member, 2023 National School Safety Conference, on July 24-28, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada

XIV. Personnel Report

XIV.A. Certified Personnel

XIV.A.1. Employment

XIV.A.2. Resignations

XIV.A.3. Other

XIV.B. Non-Certified Personnel

XIV.B.1. Employment

XIV.B.2. Resignations

XIV.B.3. Other

XIV.C. FMLA Requests

XV. Resolution for Dismissal of Teacher who worked less than 120 days during the 2022-2023 school year

XVI. Approval and Agreement that Superintendent Aldo Calderin achieved all goals to date as outlined in his current Administrative Employment Agreement for 2021-2022 through 2023-2024 school years 

XVII. Approval of Administrative Employment Agreement Aldo Calderin for Superintendent, beginning July 1, 2023 and ending on June 30, 2027

XVIII. Student Discipline Dispositions

XVIII.A. Student Number 990022226

XVIII.B. Student Number 990033869

XIX. Old Business

XX. Informational Items

XX.A. Special Board Meeting to be held on May 1, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. at the Administration Building

XX.B. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on May 17, 2023, 6:30 p.m. at Warren Park School

XXI. Adjournment