August 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Call to Order 

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Declaration of Quorum

Audiences:
       Persons wishing to address the Board of Education are expected to follow School Board Policy 2:230

Approval of Minutes

Action - Approval for the July 21, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting Minutes

Action - Approval for the July 21, 2025 - Executive Session Minutes

Action - Approval for the August 4, 2025 Special Board Meeting Minutes

Interim Superintendent's Report - Dr. Brandon Cotter

Action - Approval for Interim Director of Activities' Employment Contract for SY 2025-2026

Information — FOIA 

The District received two FOIA requests and they have been fulfilled.

Information - Board Committee Minutes 

Finance Committee — July 21, 2025

Policy Committee - July 21, 2025

Human Resource Director's Report - Mr. Greg Dietz

Policy to Review for First Reading - District Update (pulled from July board agenda)

Policy 5:30 - Hiring Policy and Criteria

Action - Approval for Press Plus Policies - Draft Updates - Second Reading

2:80 - Board Member Oath and Conduct
2:120-E2 Exhibit - Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members
2:130 - Board-Superintendent Relationship
4:130-E Exhibit - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services; Meal Charge Notifications
6:250 - Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
7:10-E Exhibit - Equal Educational Opportunities Within the School Community
7:140 - Search and Seizure
7:300 - Extracurricular Athletics
8:80 - Gifts to the District

Action - Approval for Press Plus Policies - Draft Update Rewritten - Second Reading

2:120-E1 Exhibit - Guidelines for Serving as a Mentor to a New Board of Education Member
2:220-E9 Exhibit - Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum and Participation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration
2:240-E1 Exhibit - PRESS Issue Updates
2:240-E2 Exhibit - Developing Local Policy

Action - Approval for Press Plus Policies - Review and Monitoring - Second Reading

1:10 - School District Legal Status
1:20 - District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements
1:30 - School District Philosophy
2:10 - School District Governance
3:10 - Goals and Objectives
3:30 - Chain of Command
4:50 - Payment Procedures
4:90 - Student Activity and Fiduciary Funds
4:180 - Pandemic Preparedness; Management; and Recovery
5:20-E - Resolution to Prohibit Sexual Harassment
5:270 - Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment
7:40 - Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students
7:90 - Release During School Hours
7:130 - Student Rights and Responsibilities
7:325 - Student Fundraising Activities
8:110 - Public Suggestions and Concerns
 

Assistant Superintendent for Finance – Dr. Joseph Rojek

Action - Approval of Posting of 2025-2026 Tentative Budget

Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Legal Budget Form

Thirty (30) Day Posting Starts August 19, 2025

Budget Report

Action - Approval for Replacement of Track - Phase One

Action - Approval for Accounts Payable/Imprest - July 2025

Action - Approval for the Financial Report and Monthly Payroll - July 2025

Informational - Flood Recap

President’s Report - Dr. Jennifer Grenier

Action - Approval to adjourn to Executive Session for the purposes of discussing:

The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, or independent contractor, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

Pending, probable or imminent litigation before a court or administrative tribunal.

 Action - Approval of Personnel Report for August 2025

Information

One article and four notices were published in the Desplaines Valley News.

Unfinished Business

New Business

Adjournment