August 11, 2025 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, July 14, 2025

2.2. Executive Session, July 14, 2025

2.3. Special Meeting, August 5, 2025

3. RECOGNITION, AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS

3.1. Elementary Literacy Pilot – Shonette Sims & George Petmezas

3.2. 2025-26 Capital Improvement Plan (Policy 4:10) – Todd Latham

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. Policy Updates: Second Reading – Updated, Reviewed & New (Policy 2:240) 

7.1.1. Policy 2:260, Uniform Grievance Procedure – Updated

7.1.2. Policy 2:265, Title IX Grievance Procedure – Rewritten

7.1.3. Policy 4:15, Identity Protection – Updated

7.1.4. Policy 4:80, Accounting and Audits – Updated

7.1.5. Policy 5:10, Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment – Updated

7.1.6. Policy 5:20, Workplace Harassment Prohibited – Updated

7.1.7. Policy 5:60, Reimbursement Expenses – Updated

7.1.8. Policy 5:100, Staff Development Program – Updated

7.1.9. Policy 6:150, Home and Hospital Instruction – Updated

7.1.10. Policy 6:235, Access to Electronic Networks – Updated

7.1.11. Policy 7:10, Equal Educational Opportunities – Updated

7.1.12. Policy 7:20, Harassment of Students Prohibited – Updated

7.1.13. Policy 7:60, Residence – Updated

7.1.14. Policy 7:70, Attendance and Truancy – Updated

7.1.15. Policy 7:180, Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment -Updated

7.1.16. Policy 7:185, Teen Dating Violence Prohibited – Updated

7.1.17. Policy 7:190, Student Behavior – Updated

7.1.18. Policy 7:200, Suspension Procedures – Updated

7.1.19. Policy 7:210, Expulsion Procedures – Updated

7.1.20. Policy 7:250, Student Support Services – Updated

7.1.21. Policy 7:255, Students Who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence - New

7.1.22. Policy 7:270, Administering Medicines to Students – Updated

7.1.23. Policy 7:310, Restrictions on Publications; K-8 schools – Updated

7.1.24. Policy 7:315, Restrictions on Publications; High Schools – Updated

7.1.25. Policy 7:340, Student Records – Updated

7.2. 2025-26 Capital Improvement Plan (Policy 4:10)

8. WORK-STUDY TOPICS & FUTURE ACTION CONSIDERATIONS           

9. INFORMATION

9.1. Board Meeting/Presentation Schedule (Policy 2:220)

9.2. FOIA Requests & Board Correspondence (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. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $1,000, Ken’s Auto Center, Inc., for the VocEx Special Education 2025 Car Wash

10.3. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $12,000, Fabyan Elementary PTO, for new furniture in the library (Policy 8:80)

10.4. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $1,500, Maid Brigade of Central DuPage & Kane Co., for GHS athletic team supplies, uniforms and other needs (Policy 8:80)

10.5. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $1,500, Viking Eyecare LLC DBA Pearle Vision, for GHS athletic supplies/uniforms purchases/needs (Policy 8:80)

10.6. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $7,500, Linda Bergemann Baird & Warner ($1,500), Geneva Pool Service ($1,500), Mocat, Inc. (Nobel House) ($1,500), Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers ($1,500), Bob Jass Chevrolet, Inc. ($1,500), for GHS athletic supplies/uniforms purchases/needs (Policy 8:80)

10.7. Gifts, Grants, Bequests: $20,951.28, Geneva All Sports Boosters, for GHS athletic teams spring state patches & apparel and Hudl annual subscription (Policy 8:80)

10.8. Maxim Healthcare Services Contract (Policy 4:60)

10.9. Disposal of Paper Student Files

10.10. Superintendent’s Contract (Policy 3:40)

10.11. Disposition of Verbatim Record of Closed Meetings January 2023 through December 2023

10.12. Easement Agreement

10.13. Speech Language Pathology Contract 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 THE DISCUSSION OF MINUTES OF MEETINGS LAWFULLY CLOSED UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WHETHER FOR PURPOSES OF APPROVAL BY THE BODY OF THE MINUTES OR SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE MINUTES AS MANDATED BY SECTION 2.06 [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).  [5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11)] (Policy 2:220)

14. POSSIBLE ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION

14.1. Disposition of Closed Session Minutes – January 2025 through June 2025

15. ADJOURNMENT