September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order/Roll Call (7:00 pm)

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Superintendent Report

5. Information & Presentations

5.a. Recognition: Crossing Guard Heroism (Policy 5:110)

5.b. Presentation - Strategic Change Agenda Update (Policy 1:30)

• Wildly Important Goals (WIG): Teaching & Learning & Dual Language Transition

5.c. Humanex Staff Culture Survey (5:100)

5.d. 2025-26 Annual 6th Day Enrollment Report (Policy 4:150)

5.e. Review of FY25 Budget vs. Estimated Actuals  (Policy 4:10)

5.f. Preliminary Discussion of Proposed 2025 Levy Timeline (Policy 4:10)

5.g. Freedom of Information Requests (Policy 2:250)

6. 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.

7. Action Items

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

7.a.i. Emergency Meeting Minutes - August 12, 2025

7.a.ii. Closed Session Minutes - August 12, 2025

7.a.iii. Regular Meeting Minutes - August 19, 2025

7.a.iv. Closed Session Minutes - August 19, 2025

7.b. Consent Agenda (Policy 2:220)

7.b.i. Personnel Recommendations: Employment, Resignation, Retirement & Leave of Absence (Policy 5:30)

7.b.ii. Bill List (Policy 4:50)

7.b.iii. Treasurer's Report - August 2025 (Policy 4:80)

7.b.iv. Destruction of Closed Session Recordings from 3/12/24 (Policy 2:220)

7.c. Approval of Gilbane Sherwood Bid Award 2 - 09G Flooring/Tile (rebid), 10A Signage, 32B Landscape (Policy 4:60)

7.d. Approval Annual Salary Compensation Report (Public Act 97-0256)

7.e. Approval of Change to 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)

7.f. Approval of 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. 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.

9. Committee Reports (Policy 2:150)

10. Board/Superintendent Other

11. Closed Session (Policy 2:200)

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

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

12. Adjournment