graphics one is going to zoom People on Zoom see that right they'll see graphics and right where you send to it But unless they're on Zoom they won't
see it It's not going to go to YouTube or depends on what you're sending to YouTube I mean Okay good evening I'm going to resume the April 14th 2025 board of education meeting and call it to order Uh if I
could have everybody stand as they are able to say the pledge of allegiance of the United States of Americ Thank you everyone The first item on our agenda this evening is accent on achievement Dr Johnson Thank you President Owens Uh
this evening in recognition of school bus driver appreciation day on April 22nd 2025 a proclamation of appreciation is being presented to represent representatives of the U46 transportation department Members of the U46 transportation department including
drivers assistants mechanics shop staff trainers and office staff work together to safely transport approximately 24,000 children to and from 58 in district and approximately 20 out of district sites each day To accomplish this U46 drivers
travel more than 4 million miles every school year And I know tonight we've got quite a team from transportation here Uh and so I know we're going to welcome you to the front I'm going to read just a couple of the team members who I believe are are here and then I'm going to turn it over to Miss Nolan for this
proclamation Uh so this evening we have Heather Weiss Beth Lapa Admirie Westfall Janice Thompson Gumamo Martinez Cruz Nicholas Barcinis Amy Pulargar Pette Walsh Marcy Murphy think
we Amy Oscar if I didn't read your name please come forward and we're going to make sure we read your name um because we want to recognize and honor you for your your work So I'll turn it over now to Miss Nolan Welcome everyone
Hi I'm going to read this proclamation of appreciation for school bus driver appreciation day Whereas the U46 transportation department serves approximately 23,000 students daily transporting children to and from 55 in
district and approximately 27 out of district sites each day resulting in U46 buses traveling more than 4 million miles in a school year And whereas U46's bus drivers and assistants dedicate their lives to helping students get to
school safely every day playing a key role in supporting consistent attendance And whereas U46's school bus drivers and assistants go undergo rigorous training and provide exceptional service often acting as the first and last district employees many students see each day And
whereas bus drivers are supported by the entire U46 transportation staff who work closely together every school day to ensure a safe and timely journey for students Whereas the contributions of these individuals are recognized in honor of school bus driver appreciation
day which is recognized every year on the fourth Tuesday of April Now therefore be it resolved that the board of education recognizes its dedicated transportation department staff in honor of school bus driver appreciation day and asks administrators teachers
students parents and the community to join in thanking these individuals for their unwavering dedication exceptional service and commitment to the well-being and safety of children and youth presented this 14th day of April 2025 and signed by the board of education
president and superintendent Congratulations Uh thank you very much for this wonderful honor and it's great that our entire team was recognized for this It is u very true We are the first and last group of individuals that see our students most days
On behalf of DUT2 I'd like to thank the board for recognizing us Um it's been another uh rough year but we show up every day Um and we'll continue to be professional Thank you We're Oscar Oscar Yeah So Chris is here
as well who's our safety and operations manager and Oscar is our newest uh PM assistant manager for our big buses Thank you Thank you There we go Thank you Thank you Okay And our next uh accent on
achievement this evening is for our national merit scholarship program So as part of the board of education's ongoing access on achievement uh this evening the board of education recognizes Kyle B
Depacbo Frederick Laurak and Nina Mingriotis of Bartlett High School These students were recently named finalists in the prestigious 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program Uh so I'm going to turn it over to board member
Khan who will read uh their certificate in a moment Um the selection keeps these students in the competition for approximately 7,500 scholarships that are offered in the spring of 2025 Hey I want to first present the certificate of achievement Um the board
of education of school district 46 hereby recognizes Kyle Deepa Kakibbo of Bartland High School He'll be Congratulations Congratulations Okay And next we have um the board of education school district 46 hereby
recognizes Frederick Laur School for becoming a finalist in the 2025 national merit scholarship program Oh he's not here Okay And now we have um the board of education school district 46 hereby
recognizes Nina F Mangriotis of Bartlet High School Oh okay Well we should just have you our spokesperson Um we can ask Kyle you want to want to share anything about this process Sure
Um honestly earning this achievement was half luck and half my own efforts um taking the uh it how you get this is through the uh practice SAT which is what we I took my junior year and I just
happened to so you know everything just clicked into place for me and I felt like I was able to really do well and through that process I was able to get nominated onto semi-finalist and then it was a very lengthy process to actually apply to become a finalist afterwards
but I felt that it was a culmination of my efforts and my skills and I am very proud to be able to you know stand before the board today and hold this achievement So thank you very much [Music] [Music]
And I have your email And then you'll get make Nice to meet you Okay the next item on our agenda is comments from the audience Thank you President Owens Oh go for it
Good Good evening and welcome to the board of education meeting We are now at public comment portion of the meeting Attendees wishing to make a public comment in person or via Zoom tonight were asked to complete a request to speak for advance Those who chose to speak via Zoom were provided with a
webinar ID number to call in promptly at 7 p.m tonight As always speakers will be given three minutes to share their comments The board listens to the speakers but does not respond to individual questions or comments during the meeting A written response will be
mailed to the speaker if requested on the form Public comments may include the speaker students name if you wish All public comments must refrain from mentioning any other students protected personal information and name If your public comments include other students
information we will need to end your public comment at that time Those who provided a public comment but chose not to speak publicly in the meeting were asked to submit an email to board-46.org Those emails were posted on the board agenda for public use
[Music] Fore the nurse information Essos Our first speaker tonight is Betatina Pillo Good evening I am a resident of Elgen and I'm also a member of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgen I'm here
tonight because I would like to have a table in Elgen high schools um to give information about alternatives to the military once a month at each high school I had met with the assistant principal of
Elgen High School and she indicated she would call me back but she never called me back I called her several times and I never got a return Um I also uh called the principal
and also she never called me back although I called her several times There is other history About eight years ago we came to the school with the same request to have a table about mil about alternatives to the military At that
time you decided there was a violation of the first amendment and you decided that we were allowed to come into the high schools Then COVID came and we stopped going into the high schools One alternative that we provide
is called a cororps America Corps is a federal um program which offers $7,395 to students um who work for one year in America corpse They could be um uh
um things like going to uh health clinics or doing ecology work Um the military offers education funds also However the veterans education fund
is being slashed Students are entitled to hear about America corps and other programs That is why we need to be in the high schools I hope to hear from you soon Thank you for your time and attention Thank you
Our next speaker this evening is Cheryl Rumba Hayford Hello my name is Cheryl Burbach Hayford I'm an Elgen resident and the mother of a U46 graduate who attended Washington Elementary Kimell Middle and Bartlett High School I have to say an
aside quickly that I'm still heartsick that Washington is being closed I'm here to urge the board and the U46 administrators to instruct high school leaders to welcome representatives of our counter recruitment team who have requested to table at Larkin in Elgen high schools
during the lunch hour Prior to the pandemic I was one of the volunteers who tabled at Larkin every month offering students information about the military that recruiters will not tell them information that those students deserve to know before they sign up so that they
have full knowledge of what they are in for One of my primary concerns has been to make sure that young women and girls since the military recruiters begin targeting students so young well before they are legally of age to sign up that
young women and girls know what they face in the military Here are some of those facts and sources where you can look them up and verify them for yourselves Some sources say that one out of three women faces sexual assault in the
military The Department of Defense itself reports that about one in four active duty women report experiences of sexual harassment from a 2021 study by the Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and
Security Quote "Despite decades of zero tolerance policies sexual harassment and assault have long been a threat to the safety of US military personnel and particularly to enlisted women Female military personnel are more likely to be sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier
than killed in combat." The Georgetown study notes significant under reporting of sexual assault in the US military which means that the number of one in4 is too low In 2018 this is a quote more than 20,000 service members
13,000 women and 7,500 men were victims of sexual assault yet fewer than 8,000 reported it This is according to a 2021 paper from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military The Department of Defense's
most recent annexual assault in the military which is for the fiscal year 2023 reported in May 2024 Some progress has been made on decreasing these numbers but in 2023
about 29,000 military personnel received unwanted sexual contact in the year prior That represents 6.8% of all the women in the military at the time only 1.3% of all men It is clear that women and girls face a severe threat in the military I
would encourage you to allow counter recruitment in the high schools Thank you Our next speaker this evening is Earl Silbar Good evening I'm going to address myself to
the question what is it that military recruiters don't talk to people about Their job is to recruit So Cheryl has just given you information about sexual unwanted sexual assault I'm
going to talk about some of the other areas I based this on five years experience going into Larkin High School on a designated day and time and place with our literature and talking with interested students about all all kinds
of things including the fact that the military doesn't talk to them about the high rate of suicides higher than the national average for young people of their age
They don't talk to them about the homelessness that's rampant among military veterans They don't talk to them about how widespread addictions are to alcohol and especially to
drugs And what I want to spend the remaining minute of my time is the poisons to which military personnel have been subject I'm old enough so that I remember in the 50s the United States military the army
set off atomic explosions in the Nevada desert and they marched soldiers to within a thousand yards of those explosions and they made sure that the soldiers could not sue the government and another use of
poisons In the Iraq war the United States government in the military used [Music] arament penetrating shells that were hardened to a super [Music] hardened sorry
They used shells that were hardened with uranium which had the impact of making these shells harder They could penetrate and blow up people who were defended in who were using tanks or other personnel
carriers That's just the top off the top of my head I made some notes If you're interested please contact me and I'll be happy to show you the information in the sources I just wanted to get across the idea of the importance of our being
present to share information that they otherwise wouldn't get which I assume you would agree is very important that they should have This is actually life and death And the other use of military
poison is dioxin which is known in the in the United States as agent orange which is one of the deadliest poisons that has been contracted from the chemical industry Millions of gallons of Asian arms were
sprayed over the fields in Vietnam on the Vietnamese and American soldiers indiscriminately because they're released from airplanes like crop dusters and they're not individually targeted They're whole areas
Thank you for your comment I'm gonna You're at the three minute mark Could I have you summarize your comments Do you have a summary that you'd like to leave us with The summary is I hope you will follow legal precedent but also the more the moral need to serve our students just as it
says in the mission and grant us with a written statement that you support our right to be able to be in the cafeterias Thank you so much Thank you
And our final uh speaker this evening Mary Shgrren Hi I'm Mary Schescreen I'm the chair of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice We are the group here requesting
uh a readmission to the role that our group had before of coming into the high schools to disseminate information counter to what the military recruiters say about what a military career can
bring And so we we did this for years and then the pandemic shut us down as it shut so many things down We're asking to be readmitted We understand that you if you
agree and do what we ask today and let us back in Some people in this polarized time may give you a hard time about that decision So I'm going to let you know that if somebody does give you a hard time about
that here's what you can tell them In 1983 in Chicago a group called Clergy and Leoty Concerned a group very much like Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice
very likely sued the Chicago public school system asking for the same thing we're asking for asking to be admitted into the schools to give information to
students about a different way to look at the uh lovely attractions of a military career And to the surprise of the school
system the court it was the United States District Court Northern Division found in favor of the the clergy and ley concerned found against the schools and said that by letting the
military recruiters in they had opened up a public forum and that the um refusal to let in people with an alternative viewpoint a counter viewpoint amounted to a violation of the
First Amendment The military recruiters were let in to talk to the students very freely and the this peace and justice group was
refused but they won And this decision happened in May 17th of 1984 It still stands It's never been appealed It's been used all over the
Northern Illinois area and you can point to it for evidence of why you decided to let us come in Thank you very much I'll send you the link to this decision if
you want Thank you Thank you Okay The next item on our agenda is other business Board member and superintendent update Do board members have any updates they would like to share Sue I I just wanted to say to thank Dr Justin and her team who gave
Miss Schwarz night a tour of Kimble this morning and the construction has already begun and it's very messy but it looks promising Don so I'm sure everyone is aware that this time of year gets very busy for our district and us as board members Um
since our last meeting several of us have been at the Kenwin Kenwin Ken oh my goodness Kenyon Woods ground breaking the Kimble Middle School groundbreaking We did both of those um to kick off some of our work that's going on there We
also had our uh U46 student summit which I know that update will come at a separate time but I'm always very excited to hear our students speaking and discussing all the hot topics that are going on within our schools Um and just as a reminder for all of our
community we it's kind of just like chaos for the next six weeks So you are going to see see us out and about at different schools and highlights for different graduations and all of the items So I just want to thank our community for always for supporting us as much as they have and our
administration for all of the work you'll be doing the next six to eight weeks on all of the great things that we have to wrap up the year Mahita I know you'll have a a a bigger update for us but did you want to say a few words about how the summit went Yeah so the summit went really well We had
over 200 students come and participate There was a lot of lively discussion questions and we sent out a Google form asking for more updates and questions that people had So um we'll have our like recap and presentation in the next meeting But I'm really proud of how it
went and I want to say thank you to everyone who made it possible It was a really fun event Thank you And thank you for all your work with that I know it's a it's a it's a heavy lift to get students from every high school uh together and and discuss those topics but thank you for the work
you're doing on that Anybody else I'll I'll second Sue uh what she said and and thank Dr Johnson and the team for the the tour uh that Veronica and I were on on Friday Um and it is it's good to see some of that initial
demolition work happening Um also wanted to thank uh Anna Mohler's office for having the education policy meeting uh to week and a half ago Um and it's always good to to uh be able to have the ear of state representatives and to
listen to what's going on at the the state level So thank thank you for the time for that I also uh have some some uh thank yous Uh as uh Miss Martin indicated this is a great time of year It's very busy We're
constantly celebrating I feel as though every time I talk to one I'm somebody I start with my favorite event One of my favorite events That's also one of my favorite events Well um I am going to do some preemptive proactive thank you for one of my favorite events that's that's
coming up this week Uh so in U46 we have a foundation works tirelessly to support uh the community and work um across school district U46 for students and teachers and also opportunities for post
U46 And so this week we actually have our networking event for the superintendent scholarship uh recipients and that's one of the scholarships primary scholarship foundation works to support It's very exciting We're going to have 30 students uh who will have an
opportunity to do some uh networking learn a little bit about what that means and begin to prepare uh their resume and their work for what happens after U46 And then the following week we we turn around and they actually receive the scholarships and it it's a wonderful
event So one I want to thank the foundation I want to thank uh members of the foundation uh Matthew Poose who actually happens to be in the audience tonight Jason Pierce who uh worked to restructure what that event's going to look like later this week But I also want to send some thank yous to
everybody who has made donations to those scholarship funds specifically the superintendent scholarship fund And then uh also just recognize that there are some significant donors who have made contributions to the foundation to be able to perpetuate continue that program
uh KCT and the Seagull Foundation and I know we'll be continuing to celebrate and recognize that But uh tremendous thank you from from my part to all involved and I know our students receive it and again it's definitely this week anyway It's the favorite event for this
week but that's the luxury that I have that is like always the next favorite event So looking forward to that Thank you Uh that will bring us to a considerable consent agenda Dr Johnson Yeah Everybody sit back Um on the
consent agenda this evening we have personnel report and workers compensation cases Minutes of board meeting February 10th 2025 Termination of Wasif Ali driver's assistant Termination of Matthew G Smith
bus driver route Termination of Terrence Miller Allen student success advocate Resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property Bid plant operations Larkin High School roof replacement project number
274-25 Bid plant operations integrated pest control management services Proposal assessment accountability and student success Kane County Regional Office of Education Learning Partner Proposal equity and innovation Northern Illinois University social justice camp
Proposal information services 2025 student Chromebooks Proposal information services network equipment refresh Proposal operations Unite U46 Kimble Middle School project Proposal operations Unite U46 new Elgen Middle
School project Contract renewal assessment accountability and student success Panorama student success dashboard and surveys Contract renewal chief of staff Projection staffing and mapping software Contract renewal curriculum and
instruction Canvas Contract renewal specialized student services Care Solace Contract renewal specialized student services News to you Statements of completion Three Coleman Elementary School water main project number 685
education services center stairs project number 334 and Streamwood High School picnic shelter project 24-001 occupancy permit one and approval of settlement agreement and general release in the matter
of Alahj versus school district U46 Thank you Are there any items that board members would like removed from the consent agenda Hearing none may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as stated So moved Second Any questions or
discussion Roll call please Miss Kirk yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owens yes Motion carried Thank you Next item is discussion action Dr
Johnson Thank you President Owens The first item this evening itemized bills April 14th 2025 Dr Frank Williams Assistant Superintendent of Finance will respond to questions from the board of education regarding the attached bills Administration recommends the board of education approve the list of bills in
the amount of 26,951,18768 May I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of $26,951,18768 So moved Second Roll call Or I'm sorry Uh any discussion or questions for Dr Frank
Okay Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owens yes Motion carries Next item this evening attendance boundary proposal Brian Lindholm chief
of staff Mark Moore assistant superintendent of human resources and Lola Murvich deputy superintendent of instruction will present the attached attendance boundary change proposal and will respond to the questions from the board of education Administration recommends the board of education vote
to accept the attendance boundary changes So I'm going to read the motion into the record and then uh once I do that I think that the panel will have um a couple updates for us and then board members will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions May I have a motion to approve the revised attendance
boundary proposal dated April 14th 2025 and as presented in our agenda So moved Second Okay Send the floor over to you for uh your updates Sure Uh so good evening Thank you for the opportunity to
summarize the final attendance boundary proposal uh that's before the board of education this evening Uh tonight's presentation is the second reading uh to the attendance boundary proposal that was provided to the board of education on March 24th Uh tonight we'll discuss the following uh
summary of the proposal on March 24th Two recommended adjustments to that proposal uh more details on our modified residency exception request process and then a summary of next steps So to start we will briefly recap the proposal that we brought forward on
March 24th This proposal was based on preliminary recommendations that were shared as early as December of 2024 as well as feedback that we've received since then from the board of education and from the U46 community during the series of mapping our future sessions
that we held uh across the district several weeks ago So on December 9th we presented preliminary boundary recommendations for the entire district which showed significant changes to our elementary and middle schools while only minor changes to our high schools The middle
school changes reflect the shift of sixth grade as well as the uh addition of a new middle school in Elgen significant additions to Kimell and Kenyon Woods middle schools and the eventual retirement of Abbott and Ellis middle schools The elementary changes
also reflect the shift of sixth grade to middle schools the addition of prek classrooms across the district and the retirement of three elementary schools Hannenburg Countryside in Streamwood and Lowry and Washington elementaryaries in Elgen The only high school change was to
the attendance area for Bartlett High School extending the boundary west beyond Route 59 to align with the attendance boundaries that we've established for the new Hawk Hollow Middle School So this evening we will not plan to review the entire district maps again as that detail has been shared uh during
the mapping our future sessions that we held in each of our feeder networks and it's all available on the district website underiteu46 We'd encourage anyone looking for more details to visit that page to review prior presentations watch some of the videos that we created and
visit our interactive online maps This evening's presentation will focus primarily on the adjustments that we are now recommending to the earlier proposal and then to share more details on timelines and the process for implementing these changes So as a reminder uh as part of
theite46 initiative we had identified several buildings to be renovated rebuilt or retired The boundary recommendations you will hear this evening reflect that these elementary schools will be retired and students will be reassigned to other schools for the 2627 school year As we shared
previously this is both due to declining enrollments particularly at the elementary level when we move sixth grade as well as to retire some of our oldest facilities that are no longer providing the optimal learning environments for our students Washington Lowry and Hannover
Countryside will be retired after the 2526 school year and McKinley will be retired when the new elementary school at the former David Cook site is ready for occupancy We're also starting work on muchneeded additions and renovations at Glenbrook and Century Oaks
elementaryaries The work being planned will dramatically improve circulation provide more natural light and create the safe and modern learning environments that we want to see in all of our U46 schools And finally Illinois Park will be retired as an early childhood center following the 2526
school year and will reopen as a K5 elementary school the following year of 2627 This is a smaller construction project that will primarily involve site work to make the school more accessible as well as building a new multi-purpose room that's more suitable for elementary
students And another important consideration for tonight's proposal is how we plan to manage the transition of our sixth grade students to our middle schools In previous updates we shared that the construction schedule for the new middle school in Elgen indicates this building will not be ready for
occupancy for the 2627 school year as we had originally planned The plans that you are considering this evening assume what we had called option C as it allows us to maintain our current schedule of implementing new boundaries and shifting sixth grade to the middle school for the
2627 school year Under this option we will need to use Abbott and Ellis Middle Schools or the 2627 school year to help serve the approximately 1100 students that would eventually be assigned to the new middle school in Elgen as it would not yet be ready for
occupancy Our recommendation includes keeping Abbott and Ellis open for an additional year to serve those students And in this case seventh and eighth graders that are assigned to the new Elgen Middle School would attend Ellis for the first year and the approximately 356th graders that reside in this
attendance area would attend Abbott the first year Abbott would also be able to keep its previously assigned eighth graders to allow those students to complete their middle school career without an extra transition And then in the following year the new middle school in Elgen
would be ready for full occupancy for grades six seven and 8 allowing us to retire Ellis and Abbott as originally planned So I will now hand it over to my colleague Mark Moore to describe the specific adjustments to our boundary maps These are the adjustments that we
discussed at the meeting on March 24th and we have just two changes from them So the ones that will continue uh they are in this final proposal Northern portions of uh proposed Bartlett Elementary and Liberty we um will discuss momentarily Uh the section uh along
Route 20 between 20 and Bluff City Boulevard we talked about that was going to a different high school than the middle school It will now be aligned The southern portion of New Elgen Middle School is moved from South Elgen to Elgen so that all of the new middle school can go to the same high school
The uh what we refer to as the Larkin cutout that is the part of Larkin High School that is currently east of the river will switch to Elgen and Larkin will be strictly west of the river Elgen east of the river Um the original proposal had a split for Highland going
to Canyon Woods and Kimble We moved the line so that all of Highland goes to Kimble and there is no longer a split Um there's a small change to the Bartlett and Streamwood boundary on Chestnut Street in Hanover Park to align with Ontario School And finally the correction that we discussed last time
uh near Sterns and Newport in Bartlett One change that we received many questions about is the new middle school assignment for the Nature Ridge Elementary attendance area uh being newly assigned to EU Middle School in Bartlett Previously this area had all been assigned to Kenyon Woods As we've
explained in previous boundary updates with Hawk Hollow Middle School opening in the southeast corner of the district the attendance boundary for East View switches from a north south to an east west orientation to keep the school operating near its full enrollment capacity In addition Kenyon Woods will
now be receiving students that had previously attended Abbott Middle School So we need to provide some enrollment relief to Kenyon Woods As such a majority of the Nature Ridge attendance area will now be assigned to East View in Bartlett Only the new portion west of Route 25 that previously attended
Clinton will remain at Kenyon Woods We acknowledge receiving many questions about the shift from major ridge families who are concerned about the travel times to school crossing the train tracks and the feeder pattern that would send these students to East for middle and then back to South Elgen for high school These students currently are
assigned to Kenyon Woods which is slightly closer for many of these students Parents have also expressed concern about heavy commuter traffic and railroad crossings that exist between their homes and East View Unfortunately we are not able to adjust the previous recommendation at this time
given the locations and capacities of our middle schools in this part of the district We do want to assure the U46 community that as we work to define these new attendance boundaries our team work closely with our transportation department as bus transportation east will be available to all of the Nature
Ridge families Please know that we establish bus routes in this area that travel these roads every day For example bringing students from the Liberty Attendance Area just east of Nature Ridge westward towards Kenyon Woods Our school bus drivers are able to adapt to changing traffic patterns or road
conditions and we are able to adjust our routes as appropriate to ensure students arrive safely and on time The Nature Ridge families can also be assured that school bus remains the safest mode of transportation for all students School buses are designed with safety in mind featuring reinforced structures high
visibility colors and strict safety standards For example school buses follow state law and strict procedures when approaching and crossing railroad tracks to ensure every bus crosses safely and without risk This is a critical safety measure designed to protect our students Additionally our
drivers are trained professionals who prior to oritize the safety of every student School bus drivers undergo extensive training background checks and regular evaluations to ensure safe driving practices They receive specialized training on student behavior management emergency preparedness and
defensive driving Our buses are equipped with GPS tracking and surveillance cameras for added security of students family and district staff We also carefully plan designated bus stops to be in the safest possible locations minimizing exposure to heavy traffic As we design the routes from this area to
East View our designated bus stops will be away from the main roads within the surrounding network neighborhoods We realize not every family will elect to put their student on the bus and also that families will still need to drive to school for before after school events athletics or extracurricular activities
We acknowledge this does represent a change for these families and are planning to offer anformational meeting at Nature Ridge later this spring to address this feedback directly We will share more details with families as this meeting date is confirmed So now there are only two
adjustments to the proposal adjustments we brought forward on March 24th Um they were based on feedback from board of education members and our community and will allow us to eliminate two split feeder patterns Individual families impacted by these changes received a
letter from U46 administration last week informing them of this change to our prior proposal The first one is in the north end of Bartlett south end of Streamwood You're looking at the map The vertical line on the left is Route 59 Uh the colorful
vertical line is the Streamwood version of Bartlett Road and the stairst step is the current boundary between Bartlett Elementary School and Hanover Countryside With Hanover being uh retired those students have to be assigned elsewhere Previously that
section north of the stairstep and south of Irving Park Road uh was going to be assigned to Bartlett We now move that to Sunnydale So in this model the current handover gets split three ways instead of four Additionally because Sunnydale
feeds on toft middle school this neighborhood will go to TE instead of Canton to maintain the feeder from Sunnydale onto Middle School The second change also occurs in Bartlett This section the vertical road north south road on the left is route 59
The blue east west road is Sterns Road The Walgreens is at the bottom left corner Um that section currently attends Bartlett Elementary is being proposed to move to Centennial That doesn't change What does change is that this section is
proposed to move from South Elgen to Bartlett High School to keep all of Centennial at Bartlett Uh the prior proposal had Bartlett or Centennial being split between Bartlett and South Elgen This allows them to all go to the same
school And with that those are the only changes to the boundary proposal And I now move back to Brian for the residency exception So at this point we'll transition to discussing next steps including our modification to the residency exception request process that we plan to make
available to families as part of the transition to these new attendance boundaries So while you've heard uh how we've made some updates to the boundaries based on feedback that we've received as illustrated by the Nature Ridge example not every suggestion has resulted in a change We understand this
may leave some families with concerns about the impact on their specific neighborhoods To help address these concerns we will continue to provide opportunities to submit a residency exception request which may allow a student to attend a school other than the one assigned under the new
attendance boundaries Our district has an established residency committee that consists of the deputy superintendent of instruction the chief legal office the assistant superintendents of schools equity and innovation and teaching and learning and the our executive directors
This committee works to review requests that are received throughout the year and makes determinations based on available information and documentation Our team has been working to modify our residency exception request process to allow or expedited requests from
families due to these attendance boundary changes So for the upcoming 2526 school year we plan to allow families to submit requests to have their students potentially preemptively move to their new school a year early if they are impacted by the pending
boundary changes However we want to make sure families are aware that approving the request will be contingent on available staff and space based on the current staffing allocations at the requested site and that parents or guardians will be responsible to provide
transportation Our team will be prepared to process the expected larger volume of requests and will work to accommodate these requests wherever possible within the guidelines that I shared earlier Once the new boundaries are approved we will immediately provide our families more information on how to submit these
requests The applications will be linked to our student information system So it will require the parent to authenticate with their district credentials or come to their school for assistance completing the online application Paper requests will not be accepted
We anticipate the deadline for submitting these requests for the upcoming 2526 school year will be on May 15th to allow the committee time to review the requests and to provide updates to our school-based staff before our 10-month employees leave for the summer We realize this will be a quick
turnaround but we need to process these requests to give our schools time to adjust enrollments and student schedules accordingly to support these potential shifts We will then create a schedule for when we will begin accepting applications for the following year of 2627 when the new
attendance boundaries before you this evening would take effect This will need to happen in the early to midfall to allow to align with our annual master scheduling and staffing timelines And finally part of our process will be scheduling individual sessions at each school that is impacted
by the boundary changes These sessions will be tailored for each building explaining the boundary changes the timelines the process to apply for residency exception requests and more details on opportunities to visit newly assigned schools to prepare for the transitions We will work to get these
scheduled later this spring after the board of education has formally approved new attendance boundaries As we look ahead to these upcoming changes our priority will be to support every family through this transition We are partnering closely with school principles to create a comprehensive
trans transition plan that includes clear communication open house events and community building opportunities Our goal is to keep families informed and supported throughout the process while providing chances to visit new schools and build meaningful connections before the 2627 school year begins We remain
committed to working handinand with our school leaders to ensure a smooth and caring transition for all of our students and their families And so next just a quick reminder of our timeline The slide shows the timeline for implementing the proposed boundary
changes um that you're seeing tonight The new attendance boundaries will be voted on by the board of education uh in this evening's meeting Following that decision administration will quickly share more details with our families regarding a timeline to submit their residency exceptional requests for the
upcoming 2526 school year As we've shared previously the only attendance boundary change that goes into effect for the upcoming 2526 school year is for our new Hawk Hollow Middle School in Bartlett The attendance boundaries for this school were approved by the board last spring and they will
also impact the boundaries of the neighboring schools of East View and Kenyon Woods as well Then the following year of 2026 27 is when the larger boundary changes that are being considered this evening would take effect and our sixth graders will move into our middle
schools As a reminder on the district website under our schools and our boundaries is an interactive map showing the current and proposed boundaries for our elementary middle and high schools Pending approval of the final boundaries by the board of education this map will be updated and posted to the UniteU46
website for our community This will be a great resource for anyone wanting to confirm how the new boundaries may or may not impact their particular household We've also worked with our partner Barraer to provide an address lookup page where a resident can simply enter their address and be presented
with the current and future schools assigned to that address And this link will also be accessible from the Unite U46 page following the approval of the final boundary proposal And that concludes a summary of the proposal for this evening Are there
any questions at this time Thank you for the presentation and for all of the additional information Um what I'm going to do I'm assuming that uh board members are going to have some comments uh possibly questions So I want to make sure everybody at least gets you know one
chance and then we'll go back for for repeated discussion Okay So we can start with Sue I don't have a question to just say thank you I know how tough boundary work is and I really appreciate all the work you've done the last couple of years with the forums and I think those
really gave people a chance to express their concerns and for you to listen and thank you for being so sensitive to all that So that's that's all I have to say Kate Yeah I don't have a question either Just my thanks for all of your hard work all of the details Um it's appreciated
It's noticed Um thank you You sine did you have anything Same thing Okay Thank you Shondaanda Same Thank you As this being my first time going through this it's been amazing to see the level of detail
and then also the community meetings to generate feedback and and comments So thank you for all of your work Don yeah I'm just a thank you to our staff and our administration for the amount of work that's gone in Thank you to our community who has showed up to
these meetings Um it really was vital to get feedback from the whole community and work together as a team on this um these these boundaries are going to have long lasting impacts We are not looking to do this again anytime soon So I just thank you to all the um all the people involved in the process
Veronica uh and you know I repeat thanks to everyone involved and also to our parents who are going to you know have to deal with changes with their students and modeling that that behavior and and also the schools that are going to be welcoming those new students that you know normally didn't attend their school
I mean it's a it's a team effort all around with our families and with all our staff and everyone that's worked on this So I I appreciate it and I want to just basically thank everyone including parents And I want to thank you all as well The
my very first CAC meeting way back in 2009 2010 uh was a a boundary meeting Um and I think back to the process that we had then not that it was not that it was a bad process but um the the the amount
of work that's gone into this has been substantial Um and I recognize all of the the time and the effort especially making this information digestible to everybody Um even though the changes may not be everybody's first choice Um and I
can certainly um say that coming from the Nature Ridge community um I recognize that this is uh not the most welcome change to all of my neighbors Um I do want to reiterate that we've put a
lot of time and effort to try to make sure that we are making the best possible decision that we can make um based upon the need to first rightsize the the the schools in our district um
and also contend with the inventory that we have both with the the older buildings that we that we do need to retire um because they are not serving students the way that we need them to to be and also the new schools that are
going in in places where you know we have the land available for us to use Um I did ask for uh additional information from administration regarding uh any information that we had on tardy and
attendance um for students that live in the the Bartlett West Chicago area that now go to Kenyon Woods um knowing that that's the reverse commute that students are making that the students from the
Nature Ridge area will now be making to go to Kent to uh East View Um and so I thank the administration for pulling that information together Um I did not see any compelling evidence that there were any marketked issues with attendance and
with tardy um concerns with that commute Um I know that that does not relieve still the concerns that parents have Um I have gone to a lot of work and I have notes here about you know commute times
that um residents from West Chicago right now and Woodland Hills Those students are traveling 8 to 10 miles a day um to go to Kenyon Woods right now Um and so part of the right sizing that we've done with the district in opening
up Hawk Hollow is to alleviate some of that commute which brings their commute down to more like the 3m four mile range Um which is very um I I think is going to be a welcome change for for those residents At the flip side of that if I
measure where my house is going to Kenyon Woods it's about three miles And if I go to East View it's about four or four and a half miles Um and so I recognize that there is a a change and that is going to be um something that um
is going to to look different for everybody Um but when I look at that mileage it is not all that different from some of the mileage that other residents are doing if they are on the borders of their attendance
area Um I think that four mile mark is pretty common if you're out on the border of your attendance area Um and so you know given all of that um I am going to be voting in favor even though um I know that
there's concerns from my neighborhood but there are still these uh what what we are doing comprehensively um is going to serve the district in the long run Did anybody else have anything else that they'd like to
say Suzanne Uh thank you President Owens Uh well to begin I want to uh thank uh the board of education uh and I I know uh the extensive leadership support the vision uh that you have provided administration
um with this work over really dating back now three plus years uh with starting withite U46 and and that that community effort So I want to thank the board I want to thank our communities as well Uh again uh the collective effort of supporting this work um being
actively engaged and participating in variety of the meetings theformational sessions all of the information that has been shared in a variety of ways So thank you to the community and a tremendous thank you to uh the administrative team and their ongoing
efforts to review the data um and to look at it a variety of different ways So as as questions came forward as scenarios came forward uh the team really spent a lot of time looking at that Um Brian uh Lindholm and and Mark
Moore uh have spent hours and hours uh driving the district checking out all of the questions and scenarios and the whatifs that I thought and can you explain please tell me how And and we really they they've done a tremendous job to do all of that and more Uh thank
you to our principles who have supported this effort as well and it will be an ongoing effort Uh so it this um you know this evening we expect that this will transition now to the next portion of of this work around communication and
literally starting that transition work for our students and our colleagues alike across our system Uh but I I thank all involved for trusting us with this work and supporting all of us as we as we move forward So I'm excited to be
part of it Thank you If there's nothing else I will call for a roll call Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owens yes Motion
carried Thank you everyone Our next item this evening is the renewal of school district U46 High School membership in the Illinois High School Association IHSA 20252026 Dr Dr Natavdo assistant
superintendent of schools will present a request to the board of education to certify the renewal of membership in IHSA IHSA membership will not require payment of dues The district's five high schools participate in the organization and the district will submit five signed
membership membership copies due by June 30th 2025 And may I have a motion for the renewal of school district U46 high school membership in the Illinois High School Association for the year two uh school year 2025 through 2026 So moved Second
Any questions or discussion Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owen yes Motion passes Thank you
Our next item this evening biology curriculum resource proposal Uh coming forward we have Lela Mistovich deputy superintendent of instruction Celia Banks director of curriculum and instruction Deb McMullen coordinator of K12 science and planetarium and Frankie
Valencia secondary science instructional coach who will be available for questions relating to the biology curriculum resource proposal Hey may I have a motion to approve the biology curriculum resource proposal with an associated estimated cost of
$728,910.76 So moved Second Do we have any questions for our science and curriculum experts Sue So I'm going to support this And the reason I am is because I actually took a deep dive into it since it's an open-source thing I could sign up and
pretend I was a teacher and they made all the materials accessible I was really impressed Um just to give you what what what impressed me was it would begin each lesson began with one topic one subject to sort of grab the kids' interests and then it just exploded from there and brought in different
scientific concepts Um for example they had zombie wildfires I think is the second lesson in biology Fires up in the Arctic under under the surface which it so they they explained those but then they got into photosynthesis They got into other issues Really impressive I
was also impressed at the collaboration that they that it emphasized among the students And I like the fact that um the they gave the teachers a lot of details on scheduling that said you you should spend you know about an 8 minutes do this you should do this sort of material
So I I was really I liked it So I have two questions for you One is one thing I picked up as they were you know as you go through this they say well you they should have had this background in middle school How do we feel about that Do we feel like our kids have that background or will they have that
background Is is this on I feel very strongly that they're going to have that background Um I had my middle school expert here with us but um but our middle school teachers have actually embraced this model um for five years
now And so this has been happening at the middle school level for quite a while the sense making process So okay good Feel good about it Okay And my second question is I think you said last time this is not going to be for the honest students This is for the regular
biology classrooms I could see kids getting so excited about biology they want to take AP biology Are they going to be able to be up there with the kids who did honors biology Yeah Yes Um so in all the groups that we
interviewed um across the country many school districts have open sad as the curriculum for honors Neapville is apparently getting rid of honors just using this I I read Yeah Yes Okay and we when Neapville was one of
the school districts that we talked to and collaborated with So um the answer to that is yes I think the honors um curriculum that we have in place is very rig rigorous It is um it was built to model um preap Um but what we we had to
do a lot of work to make it threedimensional because as as it was it was very content and actually lower rigor than NGSS So we had to do a lot of work with that honors biology curriculum to really raise the rigor of it so that
there would be a distinct difference Um but the as you saw that honors or that that open sad really treats kids like scientists they have all of the collaborative skills and so a student would would be able to and we did some
dives into open sad and actually compared it to um honors bio and AP bio like side by side and um all of our reports came back that there was equity in it a kid could go okay thank you yeah of course thank
you any other discussion or questions so I'm I'm voting yes um I just want to say though the number of like memos we've seen from instructional counsel in the past This one just concerns me a little bit because there's just more concerns in
general from our instructional council about um the three programs that we're rolling out So I mean I really do look forward I will be watching to see how our pilot rolls out for the other two programs and I look forward to an update for how the staff accepts the program I
do have concerns that it seems like it's a little bit more work for our teachers So I'm just going to be excited in a year or two to see how the curriculum rolls out and make sure it's working the way we hoped And I will say though though Deb provided lots of information for our instructional council members I
think there was still some misunderstandings when the memo was written and I write the memo to reflect what they say exactly No that's fair Thank you Anyone else I'll just I'll uh I'll agree with Sue I would didn't have the time
that I would have liked to have had to to do the dive into the the curriculum but you know coming from the the generation where biology high school biology meant dissecting a frog right Like that was the only thing we got out of high school biology basically um to
be moving in this inquirybased um you know it's uh just I I said again um the when we had the proposal three weeks ago that um given what I've seen um during my own master's program in
biology this syncs up so well with that and so you know knowing that the experience that our students are going to get here is continued then in secondary education I think that that's a that's a huge bonus for us So thank you Welcome Thank
you We can take a roll call Miss Kirk Yes Miss Khan Yes Miss Martin Yes Miss Nolan Yes Miss Schwarz Yes Miss Thomas Yes President Owens Yes Motion carried Next item is the chemistry pilot
proposal Our team remains at the deis and they are available for questions relating to the chemistry pilot proposal Hey may I have a motion to approve the chemistry uh chemistry pilot proposal with an estimated cost of full implement
for full implementation of $593,69724 Second Any additional questions or comments Sue just just one question about the pilot Are you going to allow teachers to say pilot one of the lessons I mean if they don't want to do the whole year thing or how much flexibility
are we giving teachers We're going to need them to pilot the entire thing Not to say that if they aren't in the pilot and they want to dabble they could but in terms of making sure that we have the appropriate materials they need that decision up front Okay Do you have a number yet of how many teachers might be
interested in playing Not yet but we hear from we're hearing from people So it's good Good It's good Thanks Anyone else Okay Roll call please Miss Kurt yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss
Thomas yes President Nolan yes Motion carried Next is the physics pilot proposal Again our team of science experts remain at the ready to address questions May I have a motion to approve the physics pilot proposal with an estimated
cost for full imple implementation at 549,61784 So move second Any further questions or discussion Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Short yes Miss Thomas yes
President Owens yes Motion carried Thank you Thank you Our next item is the German French and Spanish curriculum proposal Uh joining Lala Murvich deputy superintendent of instruction and Selia Banks director of
curriculum instruction um is Jacob Vandy Mortell coordinator of K12 social studies and world languages All are available for questions relating to the German French and Spanish curriculum proposal May I have a motion to approve the German
French and Spanish curriculum proposal with associated estimated costs of 929,73741 So moved Second Any questions for the panel or discussion None Okay Roll call please
Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owen yes Motion carried Thank you Next uh is the high school civics economics United States history and American studies world geography and world history social
studies curriculum resource proposal Our team continues to be available for questions relating to the high school civics economics United States history and American studies world geography and world history social studies curriculum resource proposal May I have a motion to
approve the high school civics economics United States history and American studies world geography and world history social studies curriculum resource proposal with an associated estimated cost of 1,132,125
So moved Second Any questions or discussion Okay Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Barton yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Nolan yes Motion carried
Our next item is the high school advanced placement social studies curriculum resource only proposal And again our team remains uh ready to answer questions relating to the high school advanced placement social studies curriculum resource proposal May I have a motion to approve the high school
advanced placement social studies curriculum resourceonly proposal with an estimated cost of 136,87169 So moved Second Any questions or discussion Okay Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Barton yes
Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owens yes Motion passes Thank you Thank you Thank you Our next item is a proposal from the chief of staff annexation agreement Brian Lindholm chief of staff and Dr Anne Williams deputy superintendent of
operations will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education Administration recommends approval of the annexation agreement with the city of Elgen for the property located at 2604 Rorson Road in Elgen Illinois and
requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents May I have a motion to approve the annexation agreement with the city of Elgen for the property at 2604 Roren Road in Elgen Illinois and authorize district administration to execute
related documents moved second Did you have any information you wanted to share with the board Uh I could provide a a a quick summary So the um of the two properties adjacent um the southern parcel which is our our new
property is currently vacant and undeveloped and it's an unincorporated Cook County The northern parcel where Hilltop Elementary sits is uh in the city of Elgen It's zoned in their community facility district So our proposed middle school project
will actually span the two parcels So to be able to receive the um zoning and permits and things through the city of Belgium we really needed to annex the property of the city of Belgium as well as to receive municipal services like city sewer and water Um so the prior owner was the arch dasis of Chicago who
had owned the property for many years never really came forward with any plans to develop anything on the property So they had not taken the steps to annex the property Board members have any questions Okay Roll call please Miss
Kirk Yes Miss Khan Yes Miss Martin Yes Miss Nolan Yes Miss Schwarz Yes Miss Thomas Yes President Owens Yes Motion carried Thank you Next item Minutes of board committee meetings Attached to the board of education's review are the following
board committee meeting minutes February 24th 2025 Board of Education Finance Committee meeting Administration recommends the board of education accept the minutes May I have a motion to accept the minutes of the February 24th 20125 board of education finance
committee meeting So moved Second Any questions or discussion Okay Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owen yes Motion
passes Okay that brings us to other business Dr Johnson Thank you President Owens Uh this evening we have the February financial report Dr Frank Williams assistant superintendent of finance will review the attached financial report and
we'll respond to questions from the board of education Hey All right Good evening The February the district achieved a surplus or approximately 1.4 4 million before financing activities and with the financing which of course is was the bond issuance Revenues
exceeded expenditures by 61.4 million The district's financial health remains strong supported by cash reserves disciplined spending and well-managed fund balances The monthly financial report provides insight into current spending while aiding in planning for the rest of the fiscal
year A revenue perspective in February the district received around 55.7 million in revenue without financing reaching about 60% of the annual budget target An improvement over historical average of about 53% usually this time of
year Notably interest income has been strong with 2.3 million in February bringing the year-to- date to around 20.2 million which will help in the funding of all the ongoing Unite U46 projects From an expenditure perspective total
expenditures for February were about 54.3 million representing nearly 60% of the annual budget Expenditures as a percentage of the budget are trending a little below historical averages which is around 67% The primary spending areas were salaries and benefits which accounted
for roughly 69 to 66% of their respective annual budgets Construction project spending continued with a year-to-ate total of 25.8 8 million at the end of February These costs are expected to increase as we advance towards the end of Hawk Hollow project
and have participated in a few ground bound breakings recently The district's liquidity remains robust with cash and money market balance totaling 364.6 million investment balance nearing 462 million resulting in total assets of
826.3 million With over 330 days of cash on hand at the end of February the district is well prepared to meet short-term obligations and is well positioned for future expenditures Thank you for the report Do board members have any questions Ju just one
on the revenues We get uh Cook County and DuPage property taxes in May or June or so Yeah Cook County was has been coming in through February and March time frame It's dupage that usually start about May Right now they're scheduled to towards the end of May and then we'll go all the way through
typically July Okay Thank you Anyone else Thank you Okay that brings us to work session Dr Johnson Thank you President Owens This evening we have the high school career and technical education childhood
education curriculum resource proposal Silly Banks director of curriculum and instruction Dorene Roberts coordinator of career and technical uh education and La Stovich deputy superintendent of instruction will provide the board of education with information relating to the high school career and technical
education childhood education curriculum resource proposal All right Good evening Thank you for the opportunity to present this proposal This presentation is for item 14A on tonight's agenda because there's two proposals I'm here to propose the adoption and
funding of new childhood education curriculum and resources for our high school courses The adoption and implementation of the curriculum and resources for these courses aligns with the pillars of student success and effective and engaged staff in the district's
strategic plan The childhood education courses have not been updated in over a decade This led to outdated curricular resources inconsistent curriculum implementation lack of standards alignment and lack of common assessments
across our high schools The proposed updates and revisions help us align this pathway to the post-secondary and workforce readiness act that was passed in 2016 In order to assess the effectiveness of our curriculum we need relevant and common rigorous curriculum and assessments in our childhood
education courses There has been work leading up to these course to these course recommendations over the last few years This year I was able to assemble a team of childhood education teachers to review the resources and the curriculum This team of childhood education teachers met and
supported developing this recommendation In addition to these teachers Corey Maynard U46 preschool coordinator and Micah Kennedy U46 assistant director in the post-secary success department and the assistant principles who oversee childhood education in each high school
provided input and feedback This process began in 2022 when childhood education teachers along with other CTE teachers were brought together to review course relevancy and identify learning standards for their CTE content areas In the fall of 2024 resources that
align with the selected industry standards were identified A team of childhood education teachers was selected to identify a scope and sequence for each course and reviewed the standard aligned resources All childhood education teachers were given
the opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations of the team Of our 13 childhood education teachers 41 resource review forms were completed The team then reassembled to review the feedback and make a final recommendation The team's recommendations are being
presented this evening The standards that were selected for these courses include the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education Early Childhood Standards NAI the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Professional Standards for Early Childhood Educators Educator Rising Standards and Illinois English Language Arts Standards The team determined these standards represent the knowledge and skills students will need to be successful in their post-secary journeys in the education
field The childhood education program of study begins with the basics of human development As students progress through these courses they demonstrate their knowledge assisting in a preschool setting planning and facilitating learning experiences in the preschool setting and taking on collaborating with
teachers in the elementary school classrooms In the childhood education sequence students can begin with child development or childhood education in either grade 9 or 10 These courses do not have a prerequisite allowing for
flexibility in the pathway In childhood education and advanced childhood education the high school students spend portions of their time in the preschool classrooms As students move through these two courses they learn to assist in the preschool then plan and facilitate the learning of the preschool
students Students who move on to education internship will use what they have previously learned and apply it to working with mentor teachers in elementary classrooms Although students in this pathway practice teacher roles in multiple courses there are opportunities to learn about the many
careers in the field of education The learning students will achieve in this course sequence will prepare them for pursuing careers in the field of education Along with the revised course curriculum the team recommends texts and resources There will be classroom sets
of texts as well as online access The online access includes supplementary materials for both teachers and students such as banks of videos for supporting the content extension activities and career connections You'll notice that we
have included curriculum resources that are currently used in our district preschool programs This is intentional to support our high school students and using research play-based curriculum to plan as well as support high schools that may transition to incorporating
preschool for all classrooms at their buildings The implementation of the curriculum and resources in the childhood education pathway will begin in the 2025 2026 school year To prepare for implementation voluntary professional development will be offered
and resource training is included in the cost of our purchase from the publishing companies As the curriculum is implemented data will be used to monitor the implementation monitor student achievement and determine professional learning needs for staff Professional development will be
offered in each course Teachers will have the opportunity to unpack the curriculum and assessments and to collaborate with colleagues to plan instruction Childhood education teachers will participate in training on the resources that will be used in each of the courses The total cost of initial
implementation of the four childhood education courses is listed here The cost includes textbooks online licenses supplementary materials and professional development time There will be an ongoing yearly cost for consumables to implement the curriculum
which comes to approximately $20 per student in childhood education courses And as a result of the implementation of the updated childhood education curriculum we expect students to be engaged and excited about the curriculum and opportunities ahead of
them That common resources and assessments will be used across school sites There will be alignment with the PWR act and our ability to explore pathway endorsements in childhood education There may be increased enrollment in our CTEU courses and we
can explore incorporating opportunities to earn industry credentials in this pathway and students will be ready for college and career after leaving our schools The childhood education pathway will be reviewed on reviewed on an annual basis
by analyzing feedback and data to inform adjustments in the curriculum and professional learning for staff And that concludes the childhood education presentation Thank you for the presentation Do board members have questions Don I don't have
a question I just want to say I'm actually really excited to see this tonight Um literally last week I had a parent showing me their incoming freshman schedule and the parent was like "Oh they chose to take childhood education one I don't know where they go with this." And I was like "It's one of
our pathways." Like there's other education courses It leads through them through ch and they just didn't know I feel like some of our courses that we have a set pathways because they don't lead to certifications or they're not as they're not talked about as much so that our families don't know So I was really
excited to see this tonight because I was like I I was literally just talking to a parent and they were really excited to hear that that this is a you know that there was an education pathway They didn't know about it So I'm glad to see it tonight I'm glad that we're putting more investment into it and modernizing it and remind our families that we have
lots of pathway options There's so many choices in our schools and education is one of them Thank you for bringing this forward Yes of course Anyone else Okay thank you
All right so this team is going to stay right here And as Darin indicated there was a second proposal uh for high school career and technical education culinary arts curriculum resource proposal this evening as well Yeah Okay Um well thank you for the
opportunity to present a second proposal to you this evening This one aligns to 14B on tonight's agenda This is for the adoption and funding of new culinary arts curriculum and resources for our high school courses The adoption and implementation
of the curriculum and resources for these courses also aligns with the pillars of student success and effective and engaged staff in the district strategic plan The culinary arts courses has have also not been updated in over a decade This
led to outdated curricular resources inconsistent curriculum implementation lack of standards alignment and lack of common assessments across our high schools The proposed updates and revisions prepare us to align to education pathway endorsement requirements of the PWR Act In order to
assess the effectiveness of our curriculum we need to have relevant and common rigorous curriculum and assessments in our culinary arts courses There has been work that led up to these course recommendations over the last few years This year I was able to assemble a team of culinary arts
teachers to review the resources in the curriculum Here are the culinary arts teachers that met this year and assisted in this recommendation In addition to these teachers Micah Kennedy an assistant director in the post-secary success department and the assistant principles who oversee culinary arts in
the high schools provided input and feedback This process also began in 2022 Mon culinary arts teachers along with other CTE teachers were brought together to review course relevancy and identify learning standards for the CTE content
areas In the fall of 2024 resources that align with the standards were identified A team was selected for culinary arts The team identified a scope and sequence for each course and reviewed the standards standard aligned resources All culinary arts teachers were given the
opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations of the team We have 20 culinary arts teachers in our district and we received 11 resource review forms Some teachers provided informal feedback and the team then reassembled to review
the feedback and make a final recommendation The team's recommendations are presented this evening The industry aligned learning standards that were selected for these courses include the national standards for family and consumer sciences food
production services and the Illinois English language arts standards The team determined these standards represent the knowledge and skills that students will need to be successful in their post-secary journeys in the hospitality field The culinary arts program of study
begins by introducing students to residential kitchen essentials and home focused cooking techniques As students advance through the courses they build on their knowledge to per to perform in a restaurant setting learning elements of the hospitality industry and running a restaurant within the school
Throughout the courses students will focus on building content knowledge and applying what they have learned in the kitchen lab setting The culinary arts courses course sequence begins with the introduction to culinary a arts offered in grades 9 and
10 Students then move into culinary arts advanced culinary arts and culinary arts and restaurant management During two of these courses culinary arts and the culinary arts and restaurant management course students will have the opportunity to earn an industry
credential They can earn the serve safe food handler certification and this is needed to work in a setting where food is prepared and served The certification is offered when students are at the approximate age to start entering the workforce Then in the capstone course
students have the opportunity to earn the serve safe manager certification The certification expands on the food handler certification by including the skills to manage in a food service setting and set students up for success in the school restaurant Along with the revised
curricula course curriculum the teams have recommended texts and resources There will be a classroom set of texts as well as online access to the books The online access includes supplementary materials for both both teachers and students There will be banks of videos
supporting the content recipe banks extension activities and career connections The implementation of the curriculum and resources in culinary arts will begin in the 2025 2026 school year To prepare for implementation there
will be professional development that is offered and research and resource training which is included in the cost of our purchase from the publishing companies As the curriculum is implemented data will be used to monitor the implementation student achievement and determine professional learning
needs for staff Professional development will be offered for each course Teachers will have the opportunity to unpack the curriculum and assessments and to collaborate with colleagues to plan instruction They will participate in resource training that will be used in each
course The total cost of initial implementation for the four culinary arts courses is listed here The cost includes textbooks online licenses supplementary materials and professional development time There will be an ongoing yearly
cost for consumables to implement the curriculum which comes to approximately $90 per student in the high school culinary arts courses And as a result of the implementation of the culinary arts curriculum we expect that students will be engaged and excited about our courses
and the opportunities that they have We expect common resources and assessments to be used across school sites There will be alignment with the PWR act and our ability to explore pathway endorsements in culinary arts and hospitality areas There will be an
increase in CTE enrollment We hope students will earn industry credentials and students will be ready for college and career after leaving our schools The pathway will be reviewed on an annual basis by analyzing feedback and data to inform adjustments in the
curriculum and professional learning for staff And that concludes the culinary arts presentation And thank you for that presentation Do board members have questions Sue uh just a quick question I know I think all of our high schools had
a a cafe that could be a studentrun cafe Are they active at all these days I I know they closed down around COVID but I'm not sure the status of all of them Yeah they they still run and that's the cafe that gets um run during the um capstone course the restaurant management course Okay So usually a
couple times a week or Okay great Thanks Any other questions Sure Thank you Thank you The next item on the agenda is work session bids and proposals Dr Johnson Thank you President Owens This evening
uh we have a bid for plant operations Bartlett Elementary School emergency generator installation Clinton Elementary School emergency generator installation and Hillrest Elementary School emergency generator replacement projects number
535-25 653-25 and 929-25 Sheila DS executive director of facilities will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Newcastle
Electric Incorporated in the amount of 1,728,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 through 2025
2026 fiscal years Do board members have any questions Okay thank you Our next item is a bid early learner initiatives department early learners furniture Lala Murovich deputy
superintendent of instruction along with Katie Cox director of early learners Is Pam coming too Sure The entire early learning team uh is here Uh administration recommends
award to the lowest responsible biders discount school supply in the amount of $1,439.95 Frank Cooney Company in the amount of $30,168.70 Kaplan Early Learning Company in the amount of $18,544 Lakeshore Learning Materials in
the amount of $15,34860 School Outfitters in the amount of $1,12.86 86 and school specialty in the amount of $112,75859 for the total amount of $179,363.14 and requests authorization for district administration to execute
related documents This expenditure will be charged to the education fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year Do board members have any questions for the early education team Oh okay Thank
you Next a bid plant operations Bartlett Elgen Larkin South Elgen and Streamwood High School's backs stop replacement project number 2072-25 Sheila DS returns to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education
Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Omni Commercial Group Incorporated in the amount of $820,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund The cost is included in
the budget for the 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years Do board members have any question Okay Next is a bid for plant operations Highland Elementary domestic water piping replacement project number
9002-25 Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Northwest Contractors Incorporated in the amount of $913,682 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the operations and
maintenance fund cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years Do board members have any questions Okay Next to bid for plan operations Bartlett High School Pathways
Phase 1 automotive and engineering and phase 2 culinary arts and healthcare science renovation project number 210-25 Administration recommends award the lowest responsible bidder the George Sollet Construction Company in the amount of
3,791,973 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 and 2025 2026
fiscal years Do board members have any questions done Is it possible to get a reminder very highlevel overview of what the work is that we're doing Yeah absolutely Thank you So um a lot of things are compliance related and so there are a lot of safety
items that um go into effect and so we're going to separate the engineering and the automotive spaces make sure that the exhaust is done properly We're going to replace the flooring the lighting and such Um and then in the culinary spaces um we're doing um very similar work in
that we're upgrading some of the appliances going to do floor lighting and um all of that as well Thank you You're welcome Any other questions Okay Next bid plant operations Coleman Elementary School roof replacement
project number 686-25 Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Crowther roofing and sheet metal in the amount of $1,643,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will
be charged the operations and maintenance fund cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 and 2025 2026 fiscal years Do board members have any questions Okay Next a proposal plan
operations Vermeier brush chipper administration recommends approval of the proposal from Vermeier Midwest in the amount of $70,250 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will
be charged the operations and maintenance fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year Do board members have any questions Okay Next proposal plan operations Hilltop Elementary playground playset
replacement Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Game Time Care of Cunningham Recreation in the amount of $93,38.65 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This this expenditure
will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year Do board members have any questions Don sorry I'm full of questions tonight So I was looking at our proposals and I
noticed that it says that we have a certified playground safety inspector on staff We do We actually have several within the grounds department It's something that they're extremely proud of but it saved the district a lot of money because we are able to install our playgrounds Um so we've adopted
standards so they are very familiar with those standards but they install them internally That's fantastic And I'm going to assume that they also do regular inspections then on like all of our PL So like we have them in-house We can do regular inspections and use Correct They have an inspection program That is fantastic Thank you You're
welcome Any other questions Okay All right And the last one at least for a little while Uh proposal plan operations prek playground play sets and surfacing Uh Sheila remains here of course Administration recommends approval of
the proposal from Game Time Care of Cunningham Recreation in the amount of $1,470,14062 Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year
Do board members have any questions Okay Thank you Thank you very much That brings us to work session contracts over 35,000 Dr Johnson Thank you President Owens Our first item contract renewal information services Microsoft
licenses Jim Wolf director of information services will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with CDW Amplified in the amount of $149,27.20
20 cents and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will be charged to the education fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 fiscal year Do board members have any questions
Okay Our next item contract information services Google Workspace Administration recommends approval of the contract with CDW Amplified in the amount of $44,868 and requests authorization for district administration to execute
related documents This expenditure will be charged to the education fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2024 2025 through 2026 2027 fiscal years Do board members have any questions Okay And finally a contract
information services mindsite fornet firewall Administration recommends approval of the contract with Mindsight Incorporated in the amount of 1,54,985 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents This expenditure will
be charged to the education fund The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year Do board members have any questions Thank you Thank you Okay that being the last item on our agenda I will take a motion to adjurnn
So moved Second Roll call please Miss Kerr yes Miss Khan yes Miss Martin yes Miss Nolan yes Miss Schwarz yes Miss Thomas yes President Owens yes We are adjourned at 8:50 p.m