December 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Consideration to Approve: Agenda

4. Board Recognition

4.A. W.C. Petty Volunteer

4.B. W.C. Petty Student Council Officers

4.C. Hillcrest Recognition

5. Presentations

5.A. Audit Report for 2023-24

5.B. Master Facilities Plan Presentation | Green Associates

6. Superintendent’s Report

7. Public Participation

8. Information/Discussion Items

8.A. Policy | Press 117 | 1st Reading

9. Donations

10. Board Committee Reports

11. Consideration to Approve: Consent Agenda

11.A. Minutes

11.A.1. Regular Meeting Open Session Minutes - November 12, 2024

11.A.2. Regular Meeting Closed Session Minutes Part 1 - November 12, 2024

11.A.3. Regular Meeting Closed Session Minutes Part 2 - November 12, 2024

11.B. Financial Reports

11.B.1. Activity Fund Statements- November 2024

11.B.2. Bills- November 2024

11.B.3. Bills- December 2024

11.B.4. Payroll Report- November 2024

11.B.5. Treasurer's and Investment Report- November 2024

11.C. Personnel Consent Agenda

11.C.1. New Hires/Appointments, Leave of Absence Requests, Resignations, Notification of Intent to Retire, and Discharge of Staff

11.C.2. Stipend Report

11.D. Enrollment Report

12. Consideration to Approve: Action Items

12.A. Proposed 2024 Tax Levy

12.B. Purchase of a Wheelchair-accessible School Bus

12.C. Contract Extension - Special Education Transportation

12.D. Addition of Bus Monitor temporary positions

12.E. Addition of a Bilingual Teacher - Spanish 1.0 FTE for 2025-26

12.F. Lakes Historical Society Lease Agreement

13. Closed Session – Per the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of:

13.A. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, 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 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 with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).

13.B. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the District, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5).

13.C. The setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the District.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(6).

13.D. Security procedures, school building safety and security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public, or public property.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(8).

13.E. Student disciplinary cases.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9).

13.F. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10).

13.G. Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular District has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the District finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the closed meeting minutes.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

13.H. Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed, 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).

13.I. Meetings between internal or external auditors and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards of the United States of America. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(29). 

14. Reconvene to Open Session

15. Consideration to Approve: Action Items

15.A. Destruction of Closed Session Recordings

15.B. Review of Closed Session Minutes

16. Information/Discussion Items

16.A. Future Agenda Items and Meeting Summary

17. Adjournment