January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Consent Agenda - Request to Approve
Note:  Consent Agenda Items are routine, non-controversial matters and will be considered together and enacted by one motion and one roll call vote.  Anyone desiring to remove an item for separate consideration should request to do so before approval of this consent agenda.  

2.A. Agenda Approval

2.B. Minutes of September 10, 2025: Regular Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.C. Minutes of September 18, 2025: Special Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.D. Minutes of September 24, 2025: Regular Meeting; Closed Meeting

2.E. Human Resources: 

2.E.1) Regular Items:  Employments, Employment Changes, Leaves of Absence, Resignations, Retirements, Extracurricular Assignments/Changes

2.F. Business/Finance:

2.F.1) Regular Items

2.F.2) Business/Finance:

2.F.2)a) Bills paid from each fund pursuant to board's prior authorization (board policy 4:50)

2.F.2)a)(1) Education Fund                                                               $   840,534.08
Food Service Fund                                                          $   133,816.90
Operations and Maintenance Fund                                 $   101,058.15
Transportation Fund                                                        $     27,300.12
Liability Fund                                                                   $   100,513.79 
Fund Summary Total                                                       $1,203,223.04

2.F.2)a)(2) Payroll
Payroll dated December 19, 2025 in the net amount of $ 1,420,892.40
Payroll dated December 19, 2025 in the net amount of $        8,315.47
Payroll dated January 12, 2026 in the net amount of     $ 1,312,489.93
Payroll dated January 12, 2026 in the net amount of     $      12,465.31
Payroll Total                                                                    $ 2,754,163.11

2.F.2)b) December bills/checks from each fund - need Board approval

2.F.2)b)(1) Education Fund                                                              $   242,106.73
Food Service Fund                                                         $       4,375.28
Operations and Maintenance Fund                                $     72,269.37
Transportation Fund                                                       $     62,142.60
Liability Fund                                                                  $     15,839.34
Fund Summary Total                                                      $   396,733.32              

2.G. Staff Ethnicity Report

2.H. Illinois Freedom of Information Act - Request Received & Processed

3. Danville High School Foreign Exchange Student Report - Presentation 

4. Public Comments

5. Treasurer's Report - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

6. Commencement 2026:

6.A. 2026 North Ridge Middle School 8th Grade Step Up Ceremony - First Reading

6.B. Danville High School Class of 2026 Graduation Date - First Reading

7. Bilingual Educator Licensing - Teacher Vacancy Grant - Recommendation
Motion and Roll Call Vote

8. District Discipline Improvement Plan - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

9. Policy: 

9.A. PRESS Policy Issue 120 - First Reading

10. Superintendent Goals and Evaluation Tool - Discussion 

11. Approval of Board of Education Travel Expenses - Request approval of the Board of Education Members: Darlene Halloran, Alice Payne, Christopher Easton, Kimberly Corley, Dr. Thomas Halloran, Toni Towne, and Reggie Warfield's travel expenses to the National School Board Association 2026 Annual Conference and Exposition, held in San Antonio, TX, April 10-12, 2026 - Recommendation 
Motion and Roll Call Vote

12. Informational Items: 

12.A. 2026-2027 School Year Registration 

12.B. Registration Fees 

13. Superintendent/Board Comments

14. Suspend Open Meeting

15. Adjournment to Closed Meeting
Pursuant to IL Open Meetings Act.
A closed session in accordance with the Illinois Open Meeting Act (5ILCS120/2c)  will be necessary to consider one or more of the following subjects including, but not limited to:
120/2(c)(1) Employee appointments, employment, compensation, dismissals, complaints
120/2(c)(2) Negotiations
120/2(c)(3) Selection of a person to fill a public office
120/2(c)(5) Property Acquisition/Lease/Purchase
120/2(c)(8) Emergency Security Procedures
120/2(c)(9) Student Discipline
120/2(c)(10) The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students
120/2(c)(11) Actual/Potential Litigation
120/2(c)(16) Self-Evaluation, practices and procedures or professional ethics when meeting with a representative of a statewide association of which the public body is a member
120/2(c)(21) Closed Meeting Minutes Discussion/Review

16. Reconvene Open Meeting & Discipline Motions

17. Adjournment