BOE Recap

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This regular Board of Education meeting was held in person at the District Center.

The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.

The agenda was approved.

The tragic passing of Mrs. Maureen Wener earlier this year left a vacancy on the DPS 109 Board of Education.

By statute, this position needed to be filled by appointment, with applications made available to all eligible residents in the DPS 109 boundaries.

After an interview process, the Board of Education has determined that Mrs. Kate Joyce should be appointed to fill the seat and the remainder of Mrs. Wener's term, which expires in 2025.

The board unanimously voted to accept this appointment.

Mrs. Joyce took the oath of office and was officially seated as a member of the Board of Education.

Jessica Sewell, the Chicago Outreach Director for the office of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, presented an update to the Board of Education. She covered resources that are available to constituents and some of the Senator’s top legislative priorities. You can click below to watch her report to the BOE.

Mr. Simeck says we are heading into the home stretch of summer. We have been busy finishing up a list of summer maintenance items at all facilities. There are back to school events coming up in the next few weeks. We are just 11 days away from New Teacher Orientation.

The spring issue of The 109 Way has been mailed to all homes and businesses and is available for pickup at a number of locations around the area.

The district will be hiring a Director of Safety & Security, Solveig Jurmu. This will be a shared employee with Districts 106 & 112. Her contract will be approved next month but she will be in place to start before school.

There will be an upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting regarding Master Facility Planning this fall. You can look for updates on our website or in the 109 News. Click below to go right to the portion of our live streamed meeting with the Superintendent's Report.

There were no speakers present.

Dr. Filippi says we received two requests and the information is in the board packet in greater detail.

Dr. Filippi presented the preliminary budget to the board. You can watch his presentation if you click below.

He gave an overview of the budget timeline process, the revenue assumptions, and the expenditure assumptions.

This is our 19th consecutive balanced operating budget. It also grows the Capital Projects Fund balance for anticipated capital needs in the coming years.

Dr. Filippi presented this agreement concerning the hire of a Director for School Safety & Security, Solveig Jurmu. This is a shared position with Districts 106 (Bannockburn) and 112 (North Shore). This would not replace the day-to-day work of our existing school resource officer. The agreement is pending approval by the other boards.

Dr. Filippi presented this item, which is done twice a year. If surplus equipment cannot be sold, it is recycled or donated. A list is provided to the board. You can find a list if you click into the agenda loaded into BoardBook below.

*Item 9.1.1 concerning Meeting Minutes was removed prior to the meeting.

Personnel items were approved.

Bills for payment were approved.

The report was approved.

The resolution was approved.

The agreement was approved.

The recommendation was approved.

The contract was approved.

The recommendation was approved.

The recommendation was approved.

The minutes were approved.

The minutes were approved.

Mr. Morrison said that the policy committee met today and reviewed a number of proposed changes. They will submitted to the board as information in August and possible approval in September.

Mrs. Jakymiw said that TrueNorth had a leadership meeting in the past month. She recently participated in a 3-day virtual equity conference.

There were no speakers present.

President Montgomery thanked communications for The 109 Way magazine. She thanked Drs. Filippi & Fisher for their work on hiring the new security position. She thanked the finance department for their work on the budget. She thanked Dr. Dornfeld and Mrs. Bonar for all of the training they have been doing and her fellow board members for their work in their candidate selection process. She thanked Mrs. Joyce for her service to the community. She thanked Mr. Simeck, Mr. Steckling, and Mrs. Rudd for the IASB Governance Award work.

The meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.

Thursday, August 17, 2023 @ 7 p.m. - Regular Board Meeting