April 15, 2025 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. Hillcrest Student Council

4.B. Hillcrest Parent Volunteer

5. Superintendent’s Report

6. Public Participation (on Agenda items)

7. Board Committee Reports

8. Consideration to Approve: Consent Agenda

8.A. Minutes

8.A.1. Committee of the Whole | Open Session Minutes | March 4, 2025

8.A.2. Regular Meeting | Open Session Minutes | March 18, 2025

8.A.3. Regular Meeting | Closed Session Minutes | March 18, 2025

8.A.4. Committee of the Whole Meeting | Open Session Minutes | April 1, 2025

8.A.5. Committee of the Whole Meeting | Closed Session Minutes | April 1, 2025

8.B. Financial Reports

8.B.1. Activity Fund Statement | March 2025

8.B.2. Bills | March 2025

8.B.3. Bills | April 2025

8.B.4. Payroll Report | March 2025

8.B.5. Treasurer's and Investment Report | March 2025

8.C. Personnel Consent Agenda

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

8.C.2. Stipend Amounts for Individuals by Building

8.D. Enrollment Report

9. Consideration to Approve: Action Items

9.A. Administrator Contracts | 2025-26

9.B. Staffing Plan | 2025-26

9.C. YONDR Pouches for AUGS

9.D. EL Resource Purchase |  Continental Press Materials

9.E. Professional Development Agreement with Love Your Classrooms

9.F. Consolidated District Plan | 2025-26

9.G. Intergovernmental Agreement with D117 for Fingerprinting Services

9.H. Intergovernmental Agreement with the Village of Antioch for Fingerprinting Services

9.I. Intergovernmental Agreement with D117 for Facility Usage for Graduation Purposes

9.J. Recommendation for Audit Services

9.K. Resolution providing for the issue and sale of not to exceed $51,500,000 of General Obligation School Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source) to build and equip an early learning center and construct other school building and facility improvements, for the pledge of certain revenues to pay the Bonds and for the levy of taxes to pay the Bonds if the pledged revenues are insufficient.

9.L. Resolution providing for the issue and sale of not to exceed $11,000,000 of Working Cash Fund and Refunding Bonds and for the levy of taxes to pay the Bonds

9.M. Revised Student Fees | 2025-26

10. Public Participation (for non Agenda items)

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

11.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).

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

11.C. A. Student disciplinary cases.  5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9).

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

11.E. 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).

12. Reconvene to Open Session

13. Information/Discussion Items

13.A. Future Agenda Items and Meeting Summary

14. Adjournment