January 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Call to Order. Secretary to the Board will take attendance.

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Three public comments were received via email related to agenda items. Those emails are included as attachments.


Individuals wishing to speak during public comment must complete the Public Comment Form and submit it to the Board Secretary prior to the start of the meeting.

Board Policy 2:230. At each regular and special open meeting, members of the public and District employees may comment to or ask questions of the School Board, subject to reasonable constraints. The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines:

1. Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President.
2. Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request in advance to speak for a longer period of time, the individual may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
3. Observe the Board President's decision to shorten public comment to conserve time and give the maximum number of individuals an opportunity to speak.
4. Observe the Board President's decision to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
5. Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board Policy, 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

Members of the public may speak during this portion of the meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes. Board members will not respond to public comments or questions during "Public Comments". Should total Public Comments approach or exceed a cumulative time of 30 minutes, the Board may suspend additional Public Comments until immediately prior to the Board and Superintendent Comments portion of the agenda.

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Board Policy 2:220 The President shall designate a portion of the agenda as a consent agenda for those items that usually do not require extensive discussion before Board action. Upon the request of any Board member, an item will be withdrawn from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda for independent consideration. 

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as the first item after approval of the Consent Agenda.

Description:  Regular personnel items.

Welcome back to Collette Oprondek, who will serve as the new Assistant Principal at Broadmeadow beginning later this semester. Mrs. Oprondek holds an MEd in School Leadership from UIUC and a BS in Elementary Education from Valparaiso. This is Mrs. Oprondek’s 21^st year in education. Prior to becoming an assistant principal, she served RCS as the instructional coach for Eastlawn Elementary for two years. The bulk of her career has been as a classroom teacher serving in Mahomet Seymour SD, Wood Dale SD7, Cass SD 63, and the Archdiocese of Chicago. Outside of work, she is a mom of three active kids (Norah, Claire, and Charlie).  She and her husband have been married for 15 years.  As a family, they enjoy traveling, eating, playing games, doing puzzles and watching their kids at their various sporting and dance events. According to Mrs. Oprondek, "I am excited to return to RCS and work with the knowledgeable and dedicated staff and get to know all of the families."

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• Lindsey Brotherton donated $100 to RCS.
• RCS received the FY 24 Illinois School District Library Grant in the amount of $1,364.37.

Description:  Verbatim records, which constitute the audio recordings of closed sessions, are subject to destruction once those recordings are 18 months old. The minutes of these meetings remain on file.

Description:  A log of closed session meetings and topics is attached. The Board is approving that these closed session minutes, which have been approved previously (December 14, 2023 to be approved this evening), are maintained as confidential.

Description:  The Board is asked to approve the Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract with WIER for $112,675.47. RCS may qualify for rebates of up to $20,500. This project is to convert the electrical fixtures to LED and upgrade energy control in the space leased by RCS at 1 Aviation Center Drive. It is projected that the energy savings costs for this project will "pay back" in three to six years. This project followed the required process for an RFP (Request for Proposal).

Description:  The Board is provided a monthly report detailing student in-school suspension, out-of-school suspensions, and placements in CARE. Due to the student record data contained in this report, this report remains confidential. 

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The Board will move to closed session for 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).