August 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order/Roll Call (6:15 pm)

2. Adjourn to Closed Session 

2.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. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1)

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

3. Reconvene to Open Session/Roll Call (7:00 p.m.)

4. Pledge of Allegiance

5. Approval of Agenda

6. Superintendent Report

7. Public Hearings 

7.a. Public Hearing & Presentation of 2025-26 Budget (Policy 4:10)

7.b. Public Hearing: Interfund Transfer from the Education Fund to the Operations & Maintenance Fund (Policy 4:10)

7.c. Public Hearing: Interfund Transfer from the Education Fund to the Transportation Fund (Policy 4:10)

8. Information & Presentations

8.a. Presentation - ADA Accessible Outdoor Play Spaces (Policy 4:150)

8.b. Recommendation to Shift School Attendance Area for New Housing Development at 711 Lincoln Avenue West and 1349-1357 Oakwood Avenue (former site of Lincoln School) (Policy 7:30)

8.c. First Reading Policy Updates & Periodic Reviews* (Policy 2:240)

• 1:10 School District Legal Status*

• 1:20 District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements*

• 1:30 School District Philosophy

• 2:10 School District Governance*

• 2:80 Board Member Oath & Conduct

• 2:130 Board-Superintendent Relationship

• 2:220-E9 Requirements for No Physical Presence of Quorum andParticipation by Audio or Video During Disaster Declaration

• 2:240 Board Policy Development*

• 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure

• 2:265 Title IX Grievance Procedure

• 3:30 Chain of Command*

• 4:15 Identity Protection

• 4:50 Payment Procedures*

• 4:80 Accounting & Audits

• 4:90 Student Activity Fund*

• 4:180 Pandemic Preparedness;Management & Recovery*

• 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity & Minority Recruitment

• 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited

• 5:60 Expenses

• 5:80 Court Duty

• 5:100 Staff Development 

• 5:220 Substitute Teachers

• 5:250 Leaves of Absence

• 5:270 Employment At Will*

• 5:290 Employment Termination & Suspensions

• 6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues

• 6:150 Home & Hospital Instruction

• 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks

• 7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities

• 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited

• 7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students*

• 7:60 Residence

• 7:70 Attendance & Truancy

• 7:90 Release During School Hours*

• 7:130 Student Rights and Responsibilities*

• 7:140 Search and Seizure*

• 7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying

• 7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited

• 7:190 Student Behavior

• 7:200 Suspension Procedures

• 7:210 Expulsion Procedures

• 7:250 Student Support Services

• 7:255 Students Who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic

• or Sexual Violence

• 7:270 Administering Medicines to Students

• 7:300 Extracurricular Athletics

• 7:310 Restrictions on Publications; Elementary School

• 7:325 Student Fundraising Activities*

• 7:340 Student Records

• 8:80 Gifts to the District

• 8:110 Public Suggestions & Concerns*

8.d. Extension 2025-26 Intergovernmental Agreement City of Highland Park - School Resource Officer (Policy 1:20)

8.e. Freedom of Information Requests (Policy 2:250)

9. Public Comments Related to Matters on the Agenda (Policy 2:230)  The Board welcomes comments and gives them serious consideration.  The first community participation is solely for comments about matters on this agenda.  Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker and will become part of the public record.  Individual topics will have a limit of 30 minutes.

10. Action Items

10.a. Consent Agenda (Policy 2:220)

10.a.i. Approval of Meeting Minutes (Policy 2:220)

10.a.i.1. Regular Meeting Minutes - July 8, 2025

10.a.i.2. Closed Session Minutes - July 8, 2025

10.a.ii. Personnel Recommendations (Policy 5:30)

10.a.iii. Bill List (Policy 4:50)

10.a.iv. Treasurer's Report - July 2025 (Policy 4:80)

10.a.v. Destruction of Closed Session Recordings from 2/13/24 (Policy 2:220)

10.b. Approval of Amended Special Meeting Minutes - June 26, 2025

10.c. Approval of 2025-26 Educating Outside the Lines Agreement (Policy 4:60)

10.d. Approval of Extension 2025-26 Intergovernmental Agreement City of Highland Park - School Resource Officer (Policy 1:20)

10.e. Approval of 2025-26 Budget (Policy 4:10)

10.f. Approval of Resolution 250819 Authorizing Interfund Transfer from the Educational Fund to Operations and Maintenance Fund (Policy 4:20)

10.g. Approval of Resolution 250819a Authorizing an Accounting Interfund Transfer from the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Capital Projects Fund (Policy 4:10)

10.h. Approval of Resolution 250819b Authorizing an Accounting Interfund Transfer from the Education Fund to the Transportation Fund (Policy 4:10)

10.i. Approval of Resolution 250819c Authorizing an Accounting Interfund Transfer from the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Debt Service Fund (Policy 4:10)

10.j. Approval of Resolution 250819d Designating and Preparing FY27 Budget (Policy 4:10)

10.k. Approval of Resolution 250819e Authorizing the Emergency Expenditure of Funds and an Emergency Food Service Agreement with OrganicLife (Policy 4:120)

11. Public Comments - The Board welcomes comments and gives them serious consideration. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker and will become part of the public record.  Individual topics will have a limit of 30 minutes.

12. Committee Reports (Policy 2:150)

13. Board/Superintendent Other

14. Closed Session (Policy 2:200)

14.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. 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1)

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

15. Adjournment