October 11, 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. Unity Day - October 18, 2023

V.A.7. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Raymond Garcia, 4th Grade Dual Language Teacher at Sherlock School
 

V.A.8. Treasurer's Report

V.A.9. 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. Public Hearing on the Waiver of Administrative Cost Limitations, September 13, 2023
 

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Open Session September 13, 2023

XIII.A.3. Regular Meeting Closed Session September 13, 2023

XIII.A.4. Public Hearing on the Budget for the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year, September 25, 2023

XIII.A.5. Special Meeting Open Session September 25, 2023

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $  11,155,744.50
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $      719,507.29
Transportation Fund                                               $      267,055.37
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $  12,142,307.16

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  2,239,462.26
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     327,977.71
Transportation Fund                                                 $     116,778.36
Capital Projects                                                        $  1,885,039.63
TORT                                                                        $      16,970.00
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR  OCTOBER                      $  4,586,227.96

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER         $        31,351.01

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

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

XIII.G. Approval of proposal with CEC Environmental Inc. for Vector Unit Cleaning at Goodwin School

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

XIII.H.1. Vista Higher Learning         Spanish LA Curriculum               $  42,636.31

XIII.H.2. FE Moran             Roosevelt Chiller Repair                   $  27,415.00

XIII.H.3. Curriculum Associates      Ellevation Subscription Renewal         $  68,161.50

XIII.I. Approval of School District Library Grant Application for FY2024

XIII.J. Approval of Affiliation Agreement with Chicago State University College of Education for the provision of Student Teaching Field Experiences beginning October 2, 2023 retroactively and ending on June 30, 2027

XIII.K. Approval of Agreement with Why Try LLC for the provision of Online SEL Toolkit

XIII.L. Approval of renewal of Agency Contracts for Special Education and Student Services for the 2023-2024 School Year
 

XIII.L.1. New Direction Solutions, LLC dba Bilingual Therapies

XIII.L.2. ProCare Therapy, a d/b/a of New Direction Solutions, LLC

XIII.L.3. Therapy Care, Ltd. 

XIII.M. Approval of Board and Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.M.1. Elisabeth Nealon, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, Krista Naff, Assistant Principal and Lisa Wojcik, Assistant Director of Early Childhood, Annual
AEYC Conference, November 15-18, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee 
 

XIII.M.2. Board of Education and Dr. Aldo Calderin, Superintendent, Annual NSBA Conference, on April 6-8, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana

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 Authorizing Issuance of Notice to Remedy to Teacher A

XVI. Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Notice to Remedy to Teacher B

XVII. Approval of Independent Consultant Agreements for providing support and  assistance to the Grant, Business and Educational Services Departments   beginning October 12, 2023 and ending on June 30, 2024
 

XVII.A. Colleen Arriola

XVII.B. Marybeth King

XVII.C. Susan Kleinmeyer

XVII.D. Coré La Versa

XVIII. Student Discipline Disposition

XVIII.A. Student Number 990021649

XIX. Old Business

XX. Informational Items

XX.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on November 8, 2023, 6:30 p.m. at Sherlock School

XXI. Adjournment