July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting
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1. Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance / Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board President
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2. Review Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
Description:
The Board President or designee will review the agenda. |
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3. Communication
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3.A. Student Recognition
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Students will be recognized for their academic, athletic and extracurricular achievements. |
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3.B. Invitation for Public Comment (3-minute time limit)
Description:
The Board will accept public comment related to current agenda topics or other items limited to three minutes (time may not be ceded to another). Anyone wishing to speak is asked to complete the sign-up sheet provided at the meeting. The Board, typically, will listen, but not respond. When called upon, citizens are asked to come forward to the podium to provide their comments. Visit this link for complete guidelines for public participation.
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3.C. FOIA Requests
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FOIA requests received since last month's report: 2.
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3.D. Superintendent's Report
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The Superintendent will acknowledge awards, honors and recognition earned by students and staff and other items of interest or necessity. |
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4. Consent Vote Agenda
Description:
The consent agenda includes items that are routinely approved by the Board with a single motion - minutes, destruction of closed session recordings, educational tour requests, employment matters, disposal of obsolete capital equipment, bills payable, and financial reports. These items have gone through Board committee review and recommendation. Documentation concerning these items has been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any Board member.
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4.A. Regular Board Meeting Minutes - June 23, 2025
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Regular Board meeting minutes of June 23, 2025
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4.B. Destruction of Closed Session Audio Recording
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Destruction of closed session audio recording of January 16, 2024.
Under the Open Meetings Act (OMA), the verbatim record of closed meetings is not required to be reviewed and may be destroyed no less than 18 months after the completion of the meeting recorded, but only after: 1) the public body approves the destruction of a particular recording; and 2) the public body approves minutes of the closed meeting that meet the written minutes requirement as set forth in OMA. |
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4.C. Employment of Employees
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4.D. FY25 Bills Payable after June Board Meeting
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Attached is the bills payable list for items paid after the June board meeting but in FY25.
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4.E. Bills Payable
Description:
See attached bills payable for July 2025.
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4.F. Disposal - IT Equipment
Description:
See attached memo on the disposal for IT equipment.
Board Policy 4:80 requires board approval for disposal of district equipment.
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5. For Action
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5.A. Board Policies - Second Reading and Adoption
Speaker(s):
Briant Kelly
Description:
Update Board Policies as recommended by PRESS (Policy Reference Education Subscription Service) from regular reviews and updated Illinois Public Acts.
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5.B. Board Policies for Review and Monitoring
Speaker(s):
Briant Kelly
Description:
According to policy 2:240, Board Policy Development, "The Board will periodically review its policies for relevancy, monitor its policies for effectiveness, and consider whether any modifications are required." As part of the D128 subscription to PRESS Plus, there will be a cycle of policies for the Board to review. This system will replace the previous "Review and Monitoring Timelines" that was implemented by District Administration. |
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5.C. 2025-2026 ED-RED Membership
Speaker(s):
Jim Batson
Description:
ED-RED is an advocacy organization that monitors and actively influences education policy at the Illinois Statehouse, particularly issues that are priorities for the 80+ member school districts in suburban Cook and Lake counties.
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5.D. FY26 Rental Labor Rates
Speaker(s):
Dan Stanley
Description:
Each year we update our labor rates for rentals based on the current fiscal year earnings of the folks working those positions. Included are the recommended rates for FY26.
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5.E. Cell Tower Ground Lease Amendment
Speaker(s):
Dan Stanley
Description:
On October 23, 2000, the district entered into a 25-year ground lease with Cook Inlet/VoiceStream Operating Company, LLC, which was subsequently assigned to T-Mobile in January 2001. This is a 1000-foot ground lease for use of the cell tower on the site of Vernon Hills High School. This agreement is set to expire in October of 2025. This attached amendment extends the agreement for an additional 25 years. We currently receive $1,346.97 per month for this lease. The current escalator in the expiring lease increases 10% every 5 years. The new agreement sets our monthly income at $1,850 per month and will increase 15% every 5 years.
Just to note, this is in addition to a 2,500-foot ground lease at the same location that the district has with GSA/Crown Castle. This other lease was done around 2001 with SprintCom and was transferred to GSA/Crown Castle at some point with an amendment in March of 2009 to make it a 50-year lease that will expire around 2051. That agreement generates $2,307.88 per month and increases by CPI or 3%, whichever is less on an annual basis.
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5.F. 3-Year LHS Athletic Training Agreement
Speaker(s):
Dan Stanley
Description:
Our current 5- year agreement for athletic training services at Libertyville High School has expired. The desire is to renew for 3 years with the same provider, Illinois Bone & Joint Institute. The previous agreement had a 5-year fixed at $90k for 2 trainers and a part-time hourly billed separately. This agreement is a 3-year fixed at $150k for 2 trainers and a part-time hourly. The total cost is $210,000, which includes 1,200 hours of a part-time hourly as well. We are working on a final version of the contract that we will include once we have it.
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5.G. Change Order Approval for LHS Cafeteria Project
Speaker(s):
Dan Stanley
Description:
Due to the delay in the completion of the LHS Cafeteria, Gilbane's contract was set to be completed in August for substantial completion. Now that that is pushed to October, we have a change order to compensate Gilbane's team for the additional time. The change is $150,398 and requires board approval due to being over $50,000. Even with this change, we are still will have about $200k left in contingency as of right now.
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6. For Information
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6.A. Board Comments and Events
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Board members may provide general comments or report on events. |
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6.B. IASB Report
Description:
Delegate Batson may have information to report on activities related to the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB). |
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6.C. SEDOL Report
Description:
Delegate Austin may have information to report on activities related to the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL). |
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7. Future Agenda Items
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Board members and District Administration may propose future agenda items.
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8. Adjournment
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