March 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Description:  Per Policy 2:230 - Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board
During each regular and special open meeting of the Board, any person may comment to or ask questions of the School Board (public participation), subject to the reasonable constraints established and recorded in this policy’s guidelines below. The Board listens to comments or questions during public participation; responses to comments to or questions of the Board are most often managed through policy 3:30, Chain of Command. 
To preserve sufficient time for the Board to conduct its business, any person appearing before the Board is expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President. This includes following the directives of the Board President to maintain order and decorum for all.
2. Use a sign-in sheet, if requested.
3. Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, the time for any one person to address the Board during public participation shall be limited to five minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request to speak for a longer period of time, the Board President may allow a person to speak for more than five minutes. If multiple individuals wish to address the Board on the same subject, the group is encouraged to appoint a spokesperson.
4. Observe, when necessary and appropriate, the Board President’s authority to:
   • Shorten the time for each person to address the Board during public participation to conserve time and give the maximum number of people an opportunity to speak; and/or b.
   • Determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
5. Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board policy 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

Petitions or written correspondence to the Board shall be presented to the Board in the next regular Board packet.

Description: 

We will be recognizing the MG Early Learners star students and KG students of the month.

Description: 

We received no requests under the Freedom of Information Act since the February 2024 meeting of the Board of Education.

Description:  Attached is the suspension report for Kelvin Grove for month of February 2024.  There were no suspensions at Milne Grove for the month of February 2024.

Description: 

On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Visser, Mrs. Bolte, and Mrs. Koziol will provide an update on the reading intervention supports during the last two years at Milne Grove.  In addition, Mrs. Detman and Mr. Jennings will provide an update on the math intervention support for the last two years at Kelvin Grove. The presentation will include student progress for those who have been a part of the intervention groups.  

At the conclusion of the two presentations, a recommendation will be made to continue the two intervention positions and utilize local funds and evidence-based funding (EBF) to support the programs moving forward.

Description: 

The Committee of the Whole will meet on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 5:45 pm in the Kelvin Grove Gymnasium.  The agenda discussion items are listed below.  All members are invited to attend the meeting.

Committee Discussion Items

• • Strategic Plan Subcommittee Report
  • Additional Staffing Considerations for 2024-25
  • Summer Renovation Proposal for MG and KG
  • Math Committee Update
  • Superintendent Evaluation

Information discussed at the meeting will be reviewed with the full board during the Board reports/discussion items portion of the meeting on Tuesday.  I look forward to seeing all board members who are able to attend on Tuesday at 5:45 pm in the MG Gym.

Description:  RECOMMENDATION:

Approve the Lockport School District 91 Four-Year Strategic Plan to start in 2024-2025 school year.

BACKGROUND:

In the fall, the board of education began the process of developing a new strategic plan for the district.  The process began with recruiting people to attend the Community Day that focused on collecting feedback and thoughts on where the district is and where they would like to see if go.  In addition, a survey was sent out to all staff and parents to collect their feedback as well.  After the initial data collection, the next steps was forming a Strategic Plan Subcommittee.  The group included individuals who expressed interest in continuing the work after the community day. 

The subcommittee work included the development of new mission, vision, core values, goals and action steps for the district to follow during the course of the next four years.  The work that was being developed was presented to the board following each meeting to gather feedback from the school board.  After gathering any final feedback from the board on the strategic plan at the Committee of the Whole this evening, the plan should be ready for approval.    

It is my recommendation that the Board of Education approve the four-year strategic plan as presented to begin during the 2024-2025 school year.
 

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RECOMMENDATION

Approval to continue employment of the listed non-tenure certified staff members listed below for the 2024-2025 school term.

 

BACKGROUND

Each of the certified staff members listed has done an excellent job and we look forward to continuing to work with them during the 2024-2025 school year. 

It is my recommendation that the Board of Education continue employment of the individuals listed below for the 2024-2025 school term at their appropriate place on the salary schedule.

Name	Length of Service (towards tenure) end of 2024 school term
Nicole Richardson Jessica Bonner Jessica Maloney Alisha Carrescia Shannon Detman Francesca Velcich Kara Torres Nicole Kubik Rebecca Maly Emily Peters Stacy Mihalski Karen Worthing Nicole Morales	4 years ** 3 years  3 years  3 years  3 years  2 years  2 year 2 year 2 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year

** Tenure at the end of 2023-2024 school term.

Description: 

RECOMMENDATION

Authorize local dollars to support the cost of a reading and math interventionist, an additional social worker, and the new position of SEL aide.

BACKGROUND

Over the past two years, the use of ESSER III funds have been utilized to support a second reading interventionist at MG and a math interventionist at KG.  Per the success of these two positions in providing academic support to close the gap for struggling students, it is recommended that the Board authorize local dollars to cover the cost of maintaining the two district intervention supports to continue improving student growth.  In addition, based on the social-emotional needs of students since the pandemic, we are recommending an additional social worker and SEL aide to support the needs of students district-wide.

 

Description: 

RECOMMENDATION

Authorize local dollars to cover the cost of Title I services that might not be covered by the FY25 Title I allocation.

 

BACKGROUND

We do not know for sure how much our grant allocation will be for the coming school year. Each year, the Board is asked to approve local funding for any shortfall that may occur. Most years, the Title I grant pays for the full Title I teacher salary, supplies, and most of the benefits.

It is recommended that the Board authorize local dollars to cover the cost of Title I services that might not be covered by the FY25 Title I allocation.

Description: 

RECOMMENDATION:

Authorize the Superintendent to prepare a tentative budget for the 2024-2025 school year within the parameters provided by the Board of Education.

 

BACKGROUND:

Each year the Board authorizes the Superintendent to prepare a tentative budget for the coming year. This year I will prepare a draft tentative budget which will be updated and presented to the Board in August.

Some of the information required to build the annual budget will not be available until late spring/summer, therefore we will begin building the budget with what we know for sure will be included. We are awaiting information on EBF and grant funding from the Illinois State Board of Education and the financial impact of proposed legislation. 

It is my recommendation that the Board of Education authorize the Superintendent to begin work in order to prepare a draft tentative budget for the 2024-2025 school year.

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RECOMMENDATION

Accept the monetary donation from American Water in the amount of $950 and Knex Arcade donation for the KG LRC MakerSpace.

 

BACKGROUND

We received a monetary donation from American Water in the amount of $950 on behalf of their employee incentive program.  Thank you to Mr. Dorion for choosing Lockport School District 91 as his choice for the employee incentive.  

In addition, we received a Knex Arcade donation from Mrs. Woodworth to be used in the KG LRC MakerSpace.  See the attached document for more details.

Description:  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 or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity. [1] 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 the [the Open Meetings Act].  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 99-646