August 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

1. Call to Order

1.A. Pledge to the Flag

1.B. Roll Call

2. Superintendent's Report

2.A. Introduction of Newly Hired Personnel

2.B. FY26 Tentative Budget & Financial Forecast Presentation

2.C. Institute Day & Professional Development Update

• Telling Our Story: Portrait, Finance, Curriculum, Program

2.D. Registration & Enrollment Update

3. Approval of the Consent Agenda Items
 

3.A. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 11, 2025

3.B. Minutes of the Special Closed Board Meeting of June 18, 2025

3.C. Minutes of the Special Finance Meeting of August 5, 2025

3.D. Approval of Bills & Payroll for June & July 2025

3.E. Review of Schools' Activity Accounts for June and July 2025
 

3.F. Personnel Report

3.F.1. Employment:

1. Ariana Herrera, Pre-K Paraprofessional, Indian Hill, effective August 19, 2025
2. Nancy Moran, Kindergarten Paraprofessional, Indian Hill, effective August 19, 2025
3. Quinn Lyons, Paraprofessional, Indian Hill, effective August 19, 2025
4. Melanie Burdelik, Occupational Therapist, District-Wide, effective August 19, 2025
5. Leibelle Trejo, Custodian, Chippewa, effective August 19, 2025
6. Victoria Puttkammer, Paraprofessional, Independence, effective August 19, 2025
7. Tyler Buell, Paraprofessional, Independence, effective August 19, 2025

3.F.2. Resignation

1. Destiny Martinez, Paraprofessional, Navajo, effective July 25, 2025
2. Jessica Bender, Paraprofessional, IJHS, effective August 1, 2025

4. Old Business

4.A. Semi-Annual Review of Closed Session Minutes to Keep Closed

• September 18, 2024
• October 16, 2024
• November 13, 2024
• December 18, 2024
• January 29, 2025

4.B. Facility Project Updates

4.C. Review of Mandated Reporter Responsibilities of Board Members

4.D. Update of Board of Education Goals in Relation to the Portrait of a Learner

4.E. Second Read and Approval of April 2025 Policy Updates

Draft Updates

1. 2:260 Uniform Grievance Procedure

2. 4:15 Identity Protection

3. 4:80 Accounting and Audits

4. 5:10 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment

5. 5:20 Workplace Harassment Prohibited

6. 5:60 Expenses

7. 6:150 Home and Hospital Instruction

8. 6:235 Access to Electronic Networks

9. 7:10 Equal Educational Opportunities

10. 7:20 Harassment of Students Prohibited

11. 7:60 Residence

12. 7:70 Attendance and Truancy

13. 7:180 Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment

14. 7:185 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited

15. 7:190 Student Behavior

16. 7:200 Suspension Procedures

17. 7:210 Expulsion Procedures

18. 7:250 Student Support Services

19. 7:270 Administering Medicines to Students

20. 7:310 Restrictions on Publications; Elementary Schools

21. 7:340 Student Records
    
    New Policy

22. 7:255 Students who are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence

Draft Update - Rewritten

23. 2:265 Title IX Grievance Procedure

5. New Business

5.A. First Read June 2025 Policy Updates

Draft Updates

1. 2:80 Board Member Oath and Conduct

2. 2:120 E2 Board Member Development

3. 2:130 Board-Superintendent Relationship

4. 2:220 E4 Open Meeting Minutes Procedure

5. 2:220 E7 Board of Education Meeting Procedure

6. 7:140 Search and Seizure

7. 7:300 Extracurricular Athletics

8. 8:80 Gifts to the District

Draft Updates Rewritten

9. 2:120 E1 Board Member Development

10. 2:220 E9 Board of Education Meeting Procedures

Review and Monitor

11. 2:240 Board Policy Development

12. 2:240 E1 Board Policy Development

13. 2:240 E2 Board Policy Development

14. 1:10 School District Legal Status

15. 1:20 District Organization, Operations, and Cooperative Agreements

16. 1:30 School District Philosophy

17. 2:10 School District Governance

18. 3:30 Chain of Command (Org Chart)

19. 4:50 Payment Procedures

20. 4:90 Student Activity and Fiduciary Funds

21. 4:180 Pandemic Preparedness; Management; and Recovery

22. 5:20 E Resolution to Prohibit Sexual Harassment

23. 5:270 Employment At-Will, Compensation and Assignment

24. 7:40 Nonpublic School Students, Including Parochial and Home-Schooled Students

25. 7:90 Release During School Hours

26. 7:130 Student Rights and Responsibilities

27. 7:325 Student Fundraising Activities

28. 8:110 Public Suggestions and Concerns

5.B. Set Budget Hearing for September 17, 2025 at 6:00pm

5.C. Superintendent Goals (2025-2026)

6. Audience Participation
If you are coming up to speak, please identify yourself by name and connection to the district and we ask that comments remain brief to accommodate everyone wishing to speak. Policy ordinarily provides up to 3 minutes per speaker and 15 minutes collectively on a topic.

7. Information Items

7.A. YTD Financial Summary

7.B. Freedom of Information Act Items

8. Closed Session
Discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of a specific employee; collective bargaining matters or deliberations concerning salary schedules for classes of employees; discussion of possible litigation; and student disciplinary issues. The placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students. 5 ILCS 120/2(C)(1)((2)((9)(10)(11)

9. Return to Open Session

10. Adjournment