Board RECAP

The High School District 211 Board of Education met Thursday, May 25, 2023, in the Board Room of the G.A. McElroy Administration Center. The following is a recap of items acted upon.

The Board recognized students who received state recognition, and also honored those who served as President of school Booster associations this school year.

Recognized students were:

William Fremd High School

ICTM State

Presented by Sponsor Christopher Grattoni:

Sairam Bitra - 4th Place at ICTM State
Ryan Kim - 4th Place at ICTM State; 1st Place Algebra 1 Individual; 4th Place Calculator Team
Ethan Liu - 4th Place at ICTM State
Arnav Shenoy - 4th Place at ICTM State
Murari Thota - 4th Place at ICTM State
Daniel Xiao - 4th Place at ICTM State; 1st Place Freshman/Sophomore 2-Person Team
Rishi Kanchi - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Geometry Team
Joshua Lin - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Geometry Team
Alex Park - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Geometry Team
Andrew Qian - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Geometry Team
Niv Roy Chowdhury - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Geometry Team
Eddie Zhou - 4th Place at ICTM State; 1st Place Freshman/Sophomore 2-Person Team; 4th Place Geometry Team; 4th Place Calculator Team; 2nd Place Geometry Individual
Aditya Gupta - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Calculator Team
Daoud Hussain - 4th Place at ICTM State
Joseph Jiang - 4th Place at ICTM State
Alexander Kim - 4th Place at ICTM State
Pranaav Senthilkumar - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Calculator Team
Gautham Velupally - 4th Place at ICTM State
Andrew Di - 4th Place at ICTM State
Albert Ji - 4th Place at ICTM State
Thomas Lu - 4th Place at ICTM State; 4th Place Calculator Team
Sourojit Mazumder - 4th Place at ICTM State
Jason Sze - 4th Place at ICTM State
Megan Wang - 4th Place at ICTM State
Sophia Zhao -4th Place at ICTM State

Schaumburg High School

IHSA E-Sports State Tournament

Presented by Sponsor Adam Koschnitzke:

Christian Chavez - 3rd Place, FIFA

Carlo Bautista - 1st Place – Super Smash Crew

Aiden Keomanivong - 1st Place – Super Smash Crew

Soya Lee - 1st Place – Super Smash Crew

Damian Long - 1st Place – Super Smash Crew

Matthew Pacione - 1st Place – Super Smash Crew

Recognized Boosters were:

Palatine High School Pirate Booster Club

Jennifer Lang and Mindy May, Co-Presidents

William Fremd High School Viking Booster Club

Jennifer Mears, President

William Fremd High School Music Association

Melissa Schlesinger, President

James B. Conant Cougar Booster Club

Traci Garcia, President

James B. Conant Band Booster Club

Nieca Hickland, President

Schaumburg High School Very Interested Parents Booster Club

Dawn Hoelzer and Sonya Mortell, Co-Presidents

Schaumburg High School Band Booster Club

Vicki Shadel, President

Hoffman Estates High School Loyal Partners Booster Club
Pam Conway, President

Hoffman Estates High School Music Parents Association

Donica Luzwick, President

Showcasing students who committed to becoming educators. https://youtu.be/AvRVDJqtlr8

The Board approved the minutes of its Thursday, May 11, 2023 meeting.

This year, we expect to employ approximately 200 academic summer school teachers plus administrators. Jacquese Gilbert, Director of Summer School and Community Outreach, provided names of teachers with pending contracts for the 2023 summer school session. The Board adopted the resolution to employ licensed staff for the 2023 summer school session as presented. More names will be presented to the Board at future meetings. Full details are here.

As a service to parents who wish to supplement their medical insurance coverage, District 211 provides access to student accident insurance. Parents and students are given the option to purchase accident insurance at a reasonable cost. ZevitzRedfield & Associates, Incorporated has provided student accident insurance for District 211 for the past 22 years. The proposed rates for the 2023-2024 school year remain the same as those for the 2022-2023 school year.

The Board approved the distribution of information regarding student accident insurance.

More details are available here.

Board members, subject to their own personal interest, may serve as liaisons on a number of administrative groups or outside organizations. Board members presented their interests to the Board of Education President for review, and the Board reviewed a proposed list of liaisons.

The list can be viewed here.

Public Act 101-0652 states that all law enforcement agencies must implement the use of body worn cameras for all law enforcement officers and indicates usage requirements. Body worn cameras can be attached to the body of an on-duty officer and record, from a first-person perspective, events that take place while the officer is on patrol or completing other assignments as required by Public Act 101-0652. The Board reviewed a summary and agreement addressing the unique position of School Resource Officers in regard to the use of police-issued body worn cameras.The Board also authorized the Superintendent to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Schaumburg for use of the cameras on school property.

A summary of the recommendation is available here.

The Intergovernmental Agreement can be viewed here.

Two-way radios are used as critical communication tools inside and outside of schools, providing communication channels between administration, the School Resource Officer (SRO), security and supervision staff, and operations and maintenance staff. The Motorbo R7 portable two-way radios are digital radios designed to provide reliable communication.

The Board approved the purchase of 46 Motorbo R7 two-way radios, including programming, from Chicago Communications at a cost of $52,624. These replacement radios will be used by building administration, including SROs, in all five of the District’s large high schools.

The next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held Thursday, June 15, 2023, with closed session beginning at 6:30 p.m. and open session beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne Koller Board Meeting Room at the G.A. McElroy Administration Center.