April 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER (Policy 2:220)

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Welcome

1.3. Pledge

1.4. Reminder to Sign Attendance Record

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Policy 2:220)

2.1. Regular Session, March 11, 2024

2.2. Executive Minutes, March 11, 2024

3. RECOGNITION, AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS

3.1. Viking Leaders Award – WES Students (Policy 6:330)

3.2. 2024-25 Transportation Preliminary Budget – Todd Latham, Mary Dunmead & Matt Johnson 

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Per Board Policy 2:230, attendees wishing to speak at the Board meeting must register their intention to participate in the public portion(s) of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting. Complete the form found in the Welcome to Our Meeting brochure (print legibly) and give it to the Presiding Officer or the Recording Secretary before the meeting is called to order.

5. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

6. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (Policy 3:40)

7. BOARD DIALOGUE TOPICS & PENDING ACTION CONSIDERATIONS

7.1. Annual Resolution for Dismissal: Part-time and Select Educational Support Personnel (Policies 5:200 & 5:290)

7.2. Annual Resolution for Dismissal: Part-time and Select Certified Staff (Policies 5:200 & 5:290)

7.3. Resolution Authorizing Intervention In Proceedings Before the State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board

8. WORK-STUDY TOPICS & FUTURE ACTION CONSIDERATIONS           

8.1. 2024-25 Recommended Staffing Plan (Policy 5:200)

8.2. 2024-25 Textbook and Resource Review (Policy 6:40)

9. INFORMATION

9.1. Board Meeting/Presentation Schedule

9.2. FOIA Requests (Policy 2:250)

10. CONSENT AGENDA (Bylaw 0166.1)

10.1. Personnel Report: Resignations, Retirements, Leave Requests, Changes in Assignment/FTE, New Hires (Policies 3:50, 5:200, 5:280)

10.2. Monthly Financials – February (Policy 4:40, 4:55) 

10.3. 2024-27 Edmentum Contract

10.4. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $800, Kiwanis Club of Geneva & Batavia, for the GHS Key Club for State Convention (Policy 8:80)

10.5. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $32,536.18, Geneva Academic Foundation, to support the purchase of teacher “Wish List” items for classrooms (Policy 8:80)

10.6. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $696.47, ABBVIE on behalf of the Green Family, for field trips for their daughter’s grade level or other grade level projects

10.7. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $911, Midwest Trading Horticulture Supplies, Inc., garden soil for GHS flower show & composted mulch for WAS gardens

10.8. Request to Purchase: $41,769, Heartland Business Systems, for 63 HP Pro devices w/3-year warranty (Policy 4:60)

10.9. Request to Purchase: $85,959.12, Insight Public Sector, for 52 Lenovo devices w/3-year warranty (Policy 4:60)

10.10. Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperative Joint Agreement

11. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS 
Policy Committee, Finance Committee, Boundary Task Force, Communications Task Force, Facilities Task Force, Joint PTO, Geneva Academic Foundation, Geneva All-Sports Boosters, Geneva Music Boosters, Geneva High School Theater Boosters, GEARS, K-12 Discipline Committee, Geneva Coalition for Youth, PRIDE, Fox Valley Career Center, IASB/Legislative, IASB Kishwaukee Governing Board, REMS Grant Advisory Board

12. NOTICES / ANNOUNCEMENTS

13. EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER MATTERS PERTAINING TO COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING MATTERS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC BODY AND ITS EMPLOYEES OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, OR DELIBERATIONS CONCERNING THE SALARY SCHEDULES FOR ONE OR MORE CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)]; APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION, OR DISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF 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 THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAGE INCREASE TRANSPARENCY ACT MAY NOT BE CLOSED AND MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)]; 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 SHALL BE RECORDED AND ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES OF THE CLOSED MEETING [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)]. [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)] (Policy 2:220)

14. POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING EXECTIVE SESSION

14.1. Employee Discipline – Employee A

15. ADJOURNMENT