may 14

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7:00 PM

On February 13, 2024, the Board of Education voted to abate the working cash fund in the amount of $1,900,000 to be transferred to the debt service fund. This transfer requires the District to amend the 2023-24 budget that was approved by the Board at the meeting held on September 26, 2023.

An amended budget must follow the same process and legal requirements (105 ILCS 5/17-1) as the original budget, therefore, the schedule for potential adoption of this amended budget is as follows:

• April 9, 2024 | Present 2023-24 tentative amended budget
• Prior to April 12, 2024 | Publish notice for public hearing
• May 14, 2024 | Public Hearing (THIS AGENDA ITEM)
• May 14, 2024 | Adoption of final amended budget

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SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAMS | SOUTH & THOMAS

The Board recognized and celebrated the Science Olympiad teams at South and Thomas Middle Schools for their success in Science Olympiad competition this year.

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RETIREE RECEPTION

The Board and administration recognized and celebrated the employees who are retiring from District 25. School Principals and Administrators shared a few words about each individual as they were recognized and thanked for their service to the Arlington Heights community.

The following District 25 employees are retiring after this school year:

Dryden School

Michele Shalton, 16 years

Ivy Hill School

Tonia Santangelo, 8 years | Debra Sutor, 18 years

Olive-Mary Stitt School

Deb Wilson, 18 years

Patton School

Kathleen Corley, 20 years | John Dolniak, 28 years | Jean McLoone, 34 years

South Middle School

Mary Beth Delaney, 23 years | Judith Froemming, 21 years

Thomas Middle School

James Grant, 22 years | Maureen McDermott, 25 years | Diana O’Grady, 27 years

Susan Williams, 27 years*

Westgate School

Laurie Bousk, 20 years | Wendy Danley, 33 years | Julie Johnson, 2 years* | Karen Jones, 34 years

Carol Nelms, 24 years | Sandra Tassi, 38 years

Windsor School

Ken Brogni, 24 years | Karen Copeland, 27 years | Ana Fergus, 17 years

Dunton Administration Building

Eileen Ackermann, 25 years* | Lori Bein, 10 years | Carol Fromm, 32 years*

Christine Kasprzak, 24 years* | Julie Mendelke, 9 years | Karen Noorani, 44 years

*Retired in 2023

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In this portion of the meeting, Board members catch one another up on the happenings each member has experienced as an individual since the last meeting. Also, some Board members are appointed as representatives to attend meetings on behalf of the District 25 Board of Education for different organizations. Those members convey relative information to the entire Board at the monthly meeting.

• Board Member Updates
• ED-RED Education Research Development
• Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
• NSSEO

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Community members are invited to address the Board during this public comment portion of the meeting. According to Board Policy, public comment is heard for 30 minutes at Board of Education meetings and members of the community have three minutes to address the Board.

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Please remember that the Board can be reached outside of Board Meeting hours by emailing boardfeedback@sd25.org.

In this portion of the meeting, the three organizations below addressed Board Members.

• AHC PTA
  
• ABC25 Foundation
  
• ATA (Arlington Teachers Association)

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MOTION: APPROVED

That the Board of Education approve those items on the Consent Agenda as follows: (A) Personnel Report and Addendum to Personnel Report; (B) Treasurer's Report (C) Invoices; (D) Fixed Asset Disposal Report; (E) Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes of April 9, 2024.

With the approval of the consent agenda, the District hired a new Associate Principal at Thomas Middle School, Jeremy Fischer.

The consent agenda documents can be seen by clicking here to visit BoardDocs.

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MOTION: APPROVED

That the Board of Education approve the elementary literacy curriculum adoption as presented.

At the April 6, 2024 school board meeting, Assistant Superintendent of Student Learning, Dr. Becky FitzPatrick, and Literacy and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Coordinator, Sharon Nelles, presented a review of District 25's Literacy Program and a proposal for the Board to consider of implementing the preferred pilot program, HMH Into Reading, as the new District 25 elementary comprehensive literacy resource for reading, writing, & word study.

The Board voted to approve the proposal at this meeting.

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There were no items presented by the Department of Student Services.

MOTION: APPROVED

A. Award of Bid for Furniture

That the Board of Education award the bid for furniture to be funded through the IDEA grant funds to Frank Cooney in the amount of $123,658.30.

At the March 12, 2024 meeting, the Board of Education approved the furniture replacement plan totaling $1.63 million + installation/delivery. Assistant Superintendent of Business/CSBO, Stacey Mallek, presented the bids to be funded through the IDEA grant funds at this meeting.

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MOTION: APPROVED

B. 2024-25 Consolidated District Plan

That the Board of Education approve the Consolidated District Plan for Fiscal Year 2024-25 as presented.

The Consolidated District Plan (CDP) allows recipients of federal grants to answer one set of planning questions to meet the requirements of the following federal formula grants: Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, IDEA and IDEA preschool. District 25 receives funding through all of these grants except Title V.

Assistant Superintendent of Business/CSBO, Stacey Mallek, presented a CDP to be approved by the Board of Education.

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MOTION: APPROVED

C. Award for Bid for Food & Nutrition Services

That the Board of Education award the bid for Food Service Equipment to Boelter for $218,458.41.

School districts that operate federal meal programs are required to formally procure food service equipment when the estimated dollar value exceeds $25,000 (2 CFR 200). Bids were solicited for food serving equipment at Patton and food preparation/transport equipment for South & Thomas Middle Schools.

At this meeting, the Board approved the bids presented.

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MOTION: APPROVED

D. Adopted of the 2023-24 Amended Budget

That the Board of Education adopt the 2023-2024 Amended Budget as presented.

Assistant Superintendent of Business/CSBO, Stacey Mallek, brought the amended budget to the Board for approval.

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E. Award for Copy Paper Bid (postponed until June)

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MOTION: APPROVED

F. 2024-25 NSSEO Budget

That the Board of Education approve the NSSEO Amended Budget for 2023-2024 and the NSSEO Budget for 2024-25.

Assistant Superintendent of Business & Finance, CSBO, Stacey Mallek, presented for approval the NSSEO Amended Budget for 2023-24 and the NSSEO Budget for 2024-25.

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There were no items presented by the Department of Facilities Management.

MOTION: APPROVED

2024-2025 Employee Compensation

That the Board of Education approve the 2023-2024 employee compensation for current Teacher Assistants, Building Support Technicians (BST), Registered Nurses (RN), Educational Support Personnel (ESP), individuals classified as ‘Other’, Food Service, and Administrators as submitted.

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A. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REPORT

Superintendent, Dr. Lori Bein, updates the Board on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the public.

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B. FIRST READING OF POLICIES | PRESS 114

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The District 25 Board of Education often offers a second opportunity for public comment at each Board Meeting that takes place once all the agenda items have been presented, discussed, or voted on.

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FUTURE TOPICS & TOPICS WITH DATES TO BE DETERMINED

• eLearning | TBD
  

NEW TOPIC

• NONE

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2024 FROM 1PM - 3PM

Coco & Blu

12 S Dunton Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Join the Board of Education for some coffee and some discussion. Come ask your questions and give your feedback directly to our Board of Education members.

This event's topic is Planning for the Future of District 25.

Up to two Board members will attend each Coffee with the Board event.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2024 @ 6:15 PM

*The meeting will begin with Closed Session at 6:15 p.m., followed by the Regular Open meeting at 7:00 p.m.*

This meeting will be held at the Dunton Administration Building and broadcasted live and recorded. The link for the livestream can be found on the Board Agenda page (www.sd25.org/BoardAgenda) the week of the meeting.

Public Comments

Anyone who wishes to make a public comment can do so, in-person, at our Board of Education meetings. The Board hosts two public comment opportunities on their agenda: 1) at the beginning of the meeting, prior to any agenda items, 2) at the end of the meeting after the agenda items have been discussed/presented.

Meeting Recordings

A video of the meeting will be recorded and uploaded to our site the following day on the 'Board Agenda' page and on our 'Catch up on Meetings' page.