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

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

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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).

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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.

Description:  The calendar is amended throughout the school year and submitted to the Regional Office of Education for approval. Barring no additional emergency school closures, the final day of school will be a half-day of school on Tuesday, May 28.

Description:  The board is asked to approve the 2024-2025 regular meeting calendar.

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Real world, hands-on experiences are part of what is making RISE Academy a success. The initial plan for RISE called for a "foods lab", but this was not included in the initial build out due to time and cost. Most of the hardware/fixtures were purchased last fiscal year.

Currently, RISE Academy does not have a functioning kitchen. Working with our architect and RISE staff, the district is recommending renovation of an existing classroom space into a food lab that will be used by RISE students and staff for educational purposes as well as for breakfast and lunch service. Most of the work is to upgrade plumbing and electrical and installation of existing equipment.

This project does not go out to bid because it is probable that a project of this limited scope would be more expensive if the district went through the bid process and engaged a general contractor.

General Trades work by Broeren Russo: $42,000.00
Electrical Trade work by Davis Electric: $7,773.00
Plumbing Trade work by Davis-Houk Mechanical: $49,500.00; Plumbing fixtures are supplied by the district and will be installed by Davis-Houk Mechanical.
No Mechanical Scope.
The work is planned to start as soon as possible and during the school day.

Description:  4-10-2024; bellis@walzeq.com; "[E]lectronic copies of the lease agreement and lease invoice for the postage machine.  This is the machine that adds postage to envelopes."

Description:  Observing the Sun's Impact. ASU News-Article Attached.

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. 

Description:  Recommend accepting the updates/revisions to the Board Policies as listed. Additional details about changes are noted in the PRESS Memo.

Changes/updates as a result of five-year review: 2:40, 2:60, 2:140, 4:20, 6:185.

Related to pending changes to Title IX rulemaking: 2:260, 2:265, 4:165, 5:120, 7:185.

2:270, Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Color, and National Origin Prohibited. New policy in response to 105 ILCS 5/22-95: Other policies updated/reformatted due to this new policy: 5:10, 5:20, 5:300, 7:10, 7:20.

4:190, Targeted School Violence Prevention Program. Policy updated in response to "Threat Assessment in Virginia Public Schools..."

5:100, Staff Development Program. Rewritten in response to multiple state laws and anticipated Title IX rule making changes.

6:60, Curriculum Content. Policy unchanged, footnotes updated.

7:180 Policy footnotes updated in relation to ILCS 5/27-23.7 and new policy 2:270.