September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

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The Board President or designee will review the agenda.

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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Student School Board Representatives will report on current activities in their buildings.

Description:  FOIA requests received since last month's report: 8

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The Superintendent will acknowledge awards, honors and recognition earned by students and staff and other items of interest or necessity.

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.

Description:  Closed Session minutes remain in the closed file.

Description:  Destruction of closed session audio recordings:
February 25, 2024
March 18, 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.

Description:  1. LHS Model UN to South Bend, IN 11/2025
2. LHS Boys Lacrosse to South Carolina 03/2026
3. LHS Baseball to Scottsdale, AZ 03/2026
4. D128 Social Studies Tour to Finland, Sweden, Denmark 05/2026

Description:  See attached list of bills.

Description:  Annual resolution as required by Board policy. This item was on the July 28, 2025 P&P meeting for review, but was inadvertently left off of the July Board meeting agenda for Board approval. 

Description:  To reaffirm the Board Governance Handbook

Description:  This is the graduation agreement for 2026 graduation for VHHS at the  Rosemont Theater. The amount is $44,650, a 3.84% increase over the prior year. 

Description:  Per discussion at the September Committee meeting, we have approval of two bids for additional concrete and ceiling work for the LHS Cafeteria. We received 4 bids for concrete and 3 for ceilings. The low bid for ceilings rescinded their bid.

Therefore, the low bids are Schaefges for concrete at $261,000 and Integrity Specialty Contractors (current contractor) at $117,393 for a total of $378,393.

Information about the alternates are included in the bid tabulation.

In our estimate at the September meeting, the estimate for this work was $300,000, putting the final bids higher than estimate. This is partially due to some scope adjustments since our meeting. On the other hand, there was an estimate that we would get $60,000 in credits from existing trades which will be closer to $90K-$115K.

Description:  Each year the district administration shares a report with the Board of Education providing an overview of the District 128 Summer School program.  This report provides the Board with the summer school enrollment, the programs and courses offered, a financial snapshot of District resources allocated to summer school, and a brief synopsis of the successes and future directions of the program.

Description:  This is an annual reporting requirement. See attached memo and report.

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Board members may provide general comments or report on events.

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Delegate Batson will initiate discussion on the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) Lake Division proposed bylaws revision and election of division officers.

The Lake Division Executive Committee is recommending to its membership to amend the existing Lake Division Bylaws, Article VI: Officers, Section A, to change from two (2) to four (4) Directors-At-Large.

The Lake Division Nominating Committee is proposing the following slate for Lake Division Officers:
Director: Marc Tepper, Kildeer-Countryside CCSD 96
Chair: Michael Francisco, Round Lake CUSD 116
Vice Chair: Jim Batson, CHSD 128
Resolutions Chair: Odie Pahl, Gurnee SD 56
Director-At-Large: Stephen Mack, Comm Con SD 46
Director-At-Large: Eileen Maloney, Lake Zurich CUSD 95 (new to slate)

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Delegate Austin may have information to report on activities related to the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL).

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Board members and District Administration may propose future agenda items.
October 14, 2025 - P&P Meeting
- Title IX Update
- Annual Review of D128 Student Handbook
- Village of Libertyville IGA
- Q1 Survey Updates (SEL)
- Q1 Equity and Inclusion Update
October 14, 2025 - F&F Meeting
- 2025 Estimated Tax Levy
- Summer Capital Projects - 2026
- FY25 Budget Performance

Description:  The Board will convene in closed session to discuss:
1. the selection of a person to fill a vacancy on the school board 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3)
2. the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10)
3. the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees or legal counsel, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or legal counsel to determine its validity 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

Description:  The Board will reconvene in open session.