March 20, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Regular

I. Roll Call

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Communications from the Superintendent

III.A. Superintendent Report

III.B. Student Board Member Report

III.C. Community Relations Report

IV. Discussion/Presentation:

IV.A. Preschool Expansion Update - Beatrice Reyes-Childress

IV.B. Benavides Kindergarten Center Renaming - Beatrice Reyes-Childress

V. Public Comments/Questions

VI. Board Comments

VII. Motion to Approve the Following Consent Agenda, as listed:

VII.A. Board of Education Meeting Minutes of February 21, 2017

VII.B. Executive Session Meeting Minutes of February 21, 2017

VII.C. Monthly Financial Reports, as listed:

VII.C.1. List of Bills

VII.C.2. February 2017 Financials

VII.C.3. Fund Balance Report

VII.C.4. Investments Report

VII.C.5. Payroll Report

VII.D. Personnel Report, as listed:

VII.D.1. Resignations

VII.D.2. Appointments

VII.D.3. Adjusted Appointments

VII.D.4. Retirements

VII.D.5. Resolution Regarding Non-Renewal of Part-Time and Grant Certificated Teachers

VII.D.6. Resolution Regarding Non-Renewal of First Year Probationary Teachers & Administrators

VII.D.7. Honorable Release

VII.D.8. Suspensions

VII.E. Approval of the Official 17/18 School Calendar

VII.F. Donations, as listed:

VII.F.1. $2,258.38 Worth of Goal Sets, Soccer Balls, Basketball Hoops, Basketballs, Playdough, Costumes and Phonemic Awareness Activity Tins from Donors Choose for the Benavides Kindergarten Center

VII.F.2. 400 Gently Used and New Books from Mike Putin - Principal at Holy Cross School for the Benavides Kindergarten Center

VII.F.3. $1,942.65 in Classroom Supplies from Donor's Choose to Johnson Elementary School

VII.F.4. $250 for East High School's Survivor Literature Project from Cordogan & Clark & Associates

VII.F.5. $190 for Headphones from Donor's Choose for Johnson Elementary School

VII.F.6. $50 for Supplies from Kohl's for Johnson Elementary School

VII.G. Grants, as listed:

VII.G.1. $250 for East High School from the City of Aurora's Neighborhood Festival Funds

VII.G.2. $11,000 from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation for Cowherd Middle School

VII.G.3. $8,893.87 from the Office of the Secretary of State's School District Library Grant

VIII. Curriculum and Programs Committee, Kimberly Hatchett, Chair, met March 6th at 5:00 p.m. at the SSC

VIII.A. Informational/Discussion Items:

VIII.A.1. Meeting Schedule - Monday, April 3rd at 5:00 p.m. at the SSC

VIII.A.2. Curriculum Meeting Minutes of March 6, 2017

VIII.A.3. Curriculum Cycle and Program Evaluation

VIII.A.4. Assessment within Core Resources

VIII.A.5. Calculating High School Graduation Rates

VIII.B. New Business:

VIII.B.1. Textbook Adoption and New Electives in Technology, Foreign Language, Art and Music at the High School

VIII.B.2. Dual Language

VIII.B.3. Summer School

VIII.B.4. Health Requirement

VIII.B.5. Benchmark Data

VIII.C. Action Items: None

IX. Building & Grounds Committee, Ken Darby, Chair, met March 8th at 4:30 p.m. at the SSC

IX.A. Informational/Discussion Items:

IX.A.1. Meeting Schedule - Wednesday, April 5th at 4:30p.m. at the SSC

IX.A.2. Building & Grounds Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2017

IX.A.3. Preferred Vendor List

IX.A.4. Monthly Construction Update

IX.A.4.a. General Update

IX.A.4.b. High School Security Vestibule

IX.A.4.c. Early Childhood Expansion

IX.A.4.d. Waldo Improvement List

IX.A.4.e. Construction Project Labor Agreement

IX.B. New Business:

IX.B.1. Lead Testing Drinking Water Sources

IX.B.2. Training of Asbestos Awareness

IX.C. Action Items:

IX.C.1. Motion to Approve East High School's Phase 2 Stadium Scoreboard Bid Package to Correct Digital Displays in the Amount of $106,689

IX.C.2. Motion to Approve the Middle School Science Room Renovations to Construction Solutions of Illinois in the Amount of $374,238

IX.C.3. Motion to Approve the Following Roofing Bids:

IX.C.3.a. Adler Roofing, Inc. Bid in the Amount of $348,330 for Cowherd Middle School

IX.C.3.b. Malcor Roofing of Illinois, Inc. in the Amount of $494,800 for Simmons Middle School

IX.C.3.c. Olsson Roofing Company in the Amount of $506,000 for Waldo Middle

IX.C.4. Motion to Approve the Following Masonry Repair Bids:

IX.C.4.a. Beton Construction in the Amount of $845,800 for Waldo Middle School

IX.C.4.b. April Building Services, Inc. in the Amount of $36,510 for the Magnet Academy

X. Finance/Personnel Committee, Annette Johnson, Chair, met March 14th at 4:30 p.m. at the SSC

X.A. Informational/Discussion Items:

X.A.1. Meeting Schedule - Tuesday, April 11th at 4:30 p.m. at the SSC

X.A.2. Finance/Personnel Meeting Minutes of March 14, 2017

X.A.3. Discussion on the Revision of the Following IASB Press Policies:

X.A.3.a. Policy 6:60 (Instruction - Curriculum Content)

X.A.3.b. Policy 6:145 (Instruction - Migrant Students)

X.A.3.c. Policy 6:160 (Instruction - English Learners)

X.A.3.d. Policy 6:170 (Instruction - Title I Programs)

X.A.3.e. Policy 7:30 (Students - Student Assignment and Intra-District Transfer)

X.A.3.f. Policy 7:50 (Students - School Admissions and Student Transfers to and from Non-District Schools)

X.A.3.g. Policy 7:60 (Students - Residence)

X.A.3.h. Policy 7:70 (Students - Attendance and Truancy)

X.B. Action Items:  

X.B.1. Motion to Approve a Resolution for Authorized Signers for East High School

X.B.2. Motion to Approve Extending the Contract with Preferred Meals for One Year

X.B.3. Motion to Approve Extending the Contract with Sodexo for One Year

X.B.4. Motion to Award the Website Re-Design Bid to Schools by Floodlight for $108,000 Over Three Years

X.B.5. Motion to Approve the Resolution Authorizing the Sale of Personal Property (Technology)

X.B.6. Motion to Approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Aurora for the Collection of Impact Fees

XI. Executive Session for the Purpose of Discussing Student Discipline and the Appointment, Employment and Dismissal of a Specific Employee

XII. Action, if any, Resulting from Executive Session

XIII. Informational Items, if any

XIII.A. News Articles

XIII.B. Confidential Newsletter

XIV. Adjournment