July 12, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education - Regular Meeting
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I. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS AND VISITOR PARTICIPATION
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In an
effort to keep Board meetings to a reasonable length, we ask visitors
to make all statements regarding agenda items or other issues at this
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II. COMMUNICATIONS (Information)
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II.A. 2016 LEA Determination Status
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Once again, District 23 Special Education programs and services were found to meet expectations with perfect, 4.0 scores in all areas. Many thanks to Dr. Sroka and the entire Student Services team for their outstanding work on behalf of the students and families of District 23.
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II.B. Legislative Update
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In an effort to provide the Board public opportunity to review ongoing legislative activity, this agenda item will be used to share any updates or information pertinent to the District.
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III. COMMITTEE REPORTS (Information)
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III.A. Building and Sites
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Jeff will report.
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III.B. I.A.S.B./ED-RED
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Mari-Lynn will report.
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III.C. Policy
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No report this month.
Need to set a date to review recent updates. |
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III.D. School/Community Relations
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No report this month.
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III.E. N.S.S.E.O.
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Carol will report.
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III.F. Finance
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Mari-Lynn will report.
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III.G. Negotiations
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No report this month.
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IV. CONSENT AGENDA (Action)
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Tonight's consent agenda includes minutes from the June 12 Regular and Executive Session meeting, corrected minutes from May 10, the July personnel report which includes the hiring of Samantha Lynn, our new FACS teacher; Violet Jimenez, our new part-time nurse assistant; Joanne Engstrom, our new part-time receptionist/registrar; and Liz Guza, a program assistant at Ike moving from part to full time at Ross. We also have the resignation of Kevin Bazan, Art teacher at MacArthur. Lastly, two policies that were reviewed at last month's meeting regarding purchases and service recognition.
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IV.A. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2017
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IV.B. Approval of Executive Session Minutes of June 12, 2017
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IV.C. Approval of Corrected Regular Meeting Minutes of May 10, 2017
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An error was discovered in the May Meeting Minutes that were approved last month. Under the Financial Report (p.5) the incorrect total of bills was listed last month. The correct dollar amount was approved in the motion, but the minutes indicated a different, incorrect figure. This version corrects that error and will replace those minutes.
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IV.D. Approval of Personnel Report
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IV.E. Approval of 2018-2019 School Calendar
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IV.F. Approval of Policy Changes
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These were presented last month: 1) Struck language in Service Recognition that was incongruent with the rest of the policy. and 2) Strengthens policy language by requiring non-customary purchases and expenditures over $10,000 that are not in the budget be brought to the Board for approval.
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IV.F.1. Policy 4:60 Purchases and Contracts
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IV.F.2. Policy 5:112 Service Recognition
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V. FINANCIAL REPORT
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V.A. Approval of Financial Report (Action)
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I move to approve the financial report for the period of June 15, 2017 to July 11, 2017 as presented.
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V.B. Tuition Reimbursement Report (Action)
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Tuition reimbursement is reported and paid out three times each year. This trimester, 13 teachers received tuition reimbursement totaling $7,800.
I move to approve the Tuition reimbursement as presented.
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VI. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
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VI.A. Update on Enrollment Projections (Information)
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Dr. Angelaccio will present an update on the current enrollment and the impact of staffing and section counts at each grade level.
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VI.B. Review of 2017-2018 Annual District Goals (Information)
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Dr. Angelaccio will present a draft of the 2017-18 District 23 Blueprint. Following discussion, a final version of these district goals will be presented for approval in August.
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VI.C. Freedom of Information Act Requests (FOIA) (Information)
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There was only one request made that required a response during the time since the last BOE meeting. That response was circulated to the BOE members and is included in the agenda. The request was from Smart Procure and is a regular request made for commercial purposes.
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VI.D. Approval of Resolution for Interfund Transfer -- Education Fund to Debt Service Fund (Action)
Description:
Mr. DeBartolo will present the rationale for approving the transfer of funds from Education to Debt Services for the purpose of paying the leases of District copiers, Sullivan iPads and the final payment for the MacArthur iPads.
I move to approve the Resolution for Interfund Transfer from the Education Fund to the Debt Service Fund for the purpose of paying the leases of District copiers, Sullivan iPads and the final payment for the MacArthur iPads as presented.
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VI.E. Approval of Resolution Authorizing Use and Obtainment of Procurement Cards
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Mr. DeBartolo will present a resolution to use and obtain procurement cards.
I move to approve the Resolution authorizing the use and obtainment of procurement cards as presented.
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VI.F. Approval of Orchestra Instrument Lease
Description:
Mr. DeBartolo will present a contract for the lease of orchestra instruments.
I move to approve the contract for lease of orchestra instruments as presented.
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VI.G. Approval of Sound Inc Contract
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Mr. DeBartolo will present a contract for telephone maintenance and intercom services with Sound, Inc.
I move to approve the contract for telephone maintenance and intercom services with Sound, Inc. as presented.
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VII. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS AND VISITOR PARTICIPATION
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In an effort to keep Board meetings to a reasonable length, we ask visitors to make all statements regarding agenda items or other issues at this time.
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VIII. OLD BUSINESS
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IX. NEW BUSINESS
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IX.A. IASB, IASA, and IASBO (Triple I) Conference (Information)
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We will discuss rationale for participation in Triple I conference and solicit direction for Administration.
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IX.B. Board of Education Self-Evaluation Workshop (Information)
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Just a reminder that we will conduct a special closed meeting on August 8, 2017 for the purpose of Board Self-Evaluation and to set Board and Superintendent Expectations.
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IX.C. Semi-Annual Review of Executive Session Minutes (Information)
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According to Board Policy 2:220, the Board must conduct a semi-annual review of Executive
Session Minutes, and also review audio recordings of closed meetings to determine whether: (1) there continues to be a need for confidentiality, or (2) the recordings no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection. Additionally, after 18 months have passed since being made, the audio recording of a closed meeting is destroyed provided the Board approved its destruction. The Board’s past practice has been to appoint the Secretary to review these minutes in a meeting with the Superintendent and make a recommendation at the following Board meeting. |
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X. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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I move we adjourn to Executive Session for matters regarding personnel, negotiations, litigation and purchase or lease of real property. There will be no action after Executive Session.
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X.A. Personnel
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X.B. Litigation
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Micheal will share an update regarding a worker's compensation settlement.
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X.C. Purchase or Lease of Real Property
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XI. OPEN SESSION
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XII. ADJOURNMENT
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