December 10, 2025 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 Manouzi,
                  Members Terracino, Couch, Moreno and Barrera

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. Recognition of Morton College Students – Photo/Video Internship
Diego Reyes, Jeanette Villegas, Anahi Salgado and Erick Nonato Garcia

V.A.7. District 99's Very Own Award - Employee of the Month Recipients:
Sonia Martinez, Program Assistant at Lincoln School

V.A.8. Treasurer's Report

V.A.9. Presentation by Eccezion Consulting on the 2024-2025 Audit

V.A.10. 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. 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 E-Learning Program, November 12, 2025

XIII.A.2. Regular Meeting Open Session November 12, 2025

XIII.A.3. Regular Meeting Closed Session November 12, 2025

XIII.B. Approval of Payrolls:
Education Fund                                                      $   8,214,273.01
Operations, Building & Maintenance Fund             $      487,511.49
Transportation Fund                                               $      264,669.50
GRAND TOTAL SALARIES                                   $    8,966,454.00

XIII.C. Approval of Bills:
Education Fund                                                        $  1,722,164.11
Building & Maintenance Fund                                  $     865,333.86
Transportation Fund                                                 $     220,600.65
Capital Projects                                                        $     625,212.70
Debt Fund                                                                 $      20,899.23
Tort                                                                            $        6,679.59
TOTAL EXPENSES FOR DECEMBER                     $  3,460,890.14

XIII.D. Miscellaneous Monies
TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER      $   4,181.00  

XIII.E. Approval of Use of School Facility Requests

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

XIII.G. Approval to rescind the November 12, 2025 approval of Purchase Order for Grand Classroom in the amount of $64,220.00

XIII.H. Approval of Purchase Order for Grand Classroom in the amount of $64,620.00

XIII.I. Approval of Purchase Orders over $35,000.00

XIII.I.1. CDW            Renewal of Rubrik                      $ 403,009.68

XIII.J. Approval of donation of coats from Youth Crossroads with an approximate value of $5,000.00 that will be given to students at Liberty School

XIII.K. Approval of Agreement with Restore Construction, Inc. for the provision of Restorative Services at Lincoln School due to the fire incident of August 23, 2025
 

XIII.L. Approval of Settlement Authority Request Relative to Workers’ Compensation Claim of Tina Bruscato (24WC23880)

XIII.M. Approval to apply for the FY26 School Maintenance Project Grant

XIII.N. Approval of renewal of Electric Services Agreement with ENGIE Resources, LLC

XIII.O. Approval of renewal of Cyber Liability Insurance

XIII.P. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between the Children’s Center of Cicero-Berwyn and Cicero School District 99 for 2025-2027 school years 

XIII.Q. Approval of Agreement with Child and Family Connections for the provision of Early Intervention Technical Transition Assistance Services for the 2025-2026 school year

XIII.R. Approval of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the UNIFY Friday Program beginning December 5, 2025 and ending on April 17, 2026 at Unity Junior High School
 

XIII.S. First Reading of proposed revised policies: 2:120, 2:150, 2:270, 4:10, 4:30, 4:80, 4:140, 5:10, 5:90, 5:100, 5:190, 5:200, 5:220, 5:280, 5:300, 6:20, 6:40, 6:60, 6:130, 6:160, 6:260, 6:280, 6:315,  7:10, 7:70, 7:150, 7:180, 7:190, 7:290, 7:310, 7:340 and 8:30

XIII.T. Approval of Staff Travel for Conference Attendance

XIII.T.1. 5 Administrators and 5 Teachers, One-Day Instructional Coaching Intensive, January 16-18, 2026, in New York City, New York

XIII.T.2. Heather Mathis, Principal and Anthony Grazzini, Executive Director of Grants & Accountability, The Summit on PLC at Work, on February 24–26, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona

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 Denying Concurrence Of/Rejecting Resignation of Janet Bracero to Accept Another Teaching Assignment

XVI. Approval of Tax Levy Resolution

XVII. Approval of Resolution regarding Special Tax Levy for Special Education

XVIII. Approval of Resolution regarding Special Tax Levy for Lease/Technology

XIX. Approval of Resolution allocating Tax Levy to Individual Funds of District Property Tax Extension Limitation as Amended

XX. Old Business

XXI. Informational Items

XXI.A. Next regularly scheduled Board Meeting to be held on January 14, 2026, 6:30 p.m. at Sherlock School

XXII. Adjournment