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Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, good evening. I am going to call the July 20th, 2026 board of education meeting to order. Roll call, please.

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>> Miss Kerr, >> here. >> Miss Khan, >> here. >> Miss Martin, >> here. >> Miss Nolan, >> here. >> Miss Schwarz. >> Miss Thomas, >> here. >> President Owens, >> here. May I have a motion to move into close session to discuss individual student disciplinary matters pending probable or imminent litigation the

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appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees specific employees who serve as independent contractors in a park recreational or educational setting or specific volunteers of the public or legal counsel for the public body. The purchase or lease of real

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property for the use of the school board. The setting of a price for the sale or lease of real property owned by the school board. An internal audit, control weakness, identification of potential fraud, risk areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews, collective negotiating matters between the school board and its employees or

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their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. The review of close session minutes and individual student matters. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan,

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>> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. We're in close session at 5:31 p.m. Hey, hey, hey. Happy birthday. Oh, heat.

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Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hallelujah. Hello. Hey.

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Why? Our heat. Goodbye. Thank Hey, good evening everyone. I am going to resume the July 20th, 2026 board of education meeting. If I could have everybody stand as they are able to say

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the pledge of allegiance, please. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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>> Thank you everyone. The first item on our agenda this evening is accent on achievement. Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. Uh this evening we do have two accents on achievement. I recognize that our first group of students are actually unable to

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attend, but I'm going to read it into record anyway and then we will uh move on to looking around hopefully recognize our next student as well. So, first this evening we're recognizing Illinois future problem solvers. As part of the board of education's accent on

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achievement, the board of education would like to honor two students for earning first place at the Illinois Future Probleming Bowl held in Bloomington Normal in April. The Illinois Future Problem Solving Bowl is associated with Future Problem Solving Program International, an organization

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that seeks to develop the ability of young people to design and achieve positive futures through problem solving using critical and creative thinking. In the senior division, Andrew Puse of Elgen High School placed first as an individual competitor. And in the junior division, Terresa Puse of Glen Brook

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Elementary School placed first as an individual competitor. Uh we congratulate them. We are so very proud of their work and appreciate the support of our colleagues in U46 as well. We'll make sure they receive their certificates and appropriate recognition

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moving forward. Our next area then is actually recognizing our Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games winners. And as part of the board of education's accent on achievement, the board this evening would like to honor I'm gonna uh

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identify our first student who I know is not here and then I believe uh Dev Key was supposed to be here as well, so I gave it away a little bit. Um but uh was Ria Raj Raj of South Elgen High School for finishing in first place in the 25

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meter backstroke in the F86 division during the Illinois Special Olympics summer games. And now uh board member Samaring Khan is going to be here to help us honor Devki Patel of Central Swep uh as well. So u Miss Khan, will

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you go ahead and read the certificate for dev key if she is here? Certificate of achievement. The board of education of school district U46 hereby recognizes Devki Patel of Central Schools program SWP for earning gold in

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the 25 meter freestyle and 25 meter backstroke for the school district U46 blue stars at the Illinois Special Olympic Summer Games. presented this 20th day of July, 2026. Signed by board president Melissa Owens and

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Superintendent. We'll clap clap [applause] for all of them. I do not see Debki in attendance uh right at this time. So, we'll certainly uh keep our eyes out for Devki. Should she arrive, we'll make sure that we present her with that certificate in a

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little bit this evening. Thank you, Miss Khan. Thank you. And the next item on our agenda is strategic plan report. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Uh this evening we have a facility planning update. Brian Lindholm, chief of staff

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and Dr. Anne Williams, capital strategy and operations officer will present to the board of education an update on facility planning. Good evening. We're ready to go. Thank you for the opportunity to provide the board of education with another update on our

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facilities work. This summer represents a critical stretch to ensure our buildings are ready to receive students in late August under the newly configured attendance boundaries as well as the shift of sixth graders into our middle school. So, we have lots of good things to report this evening as well as

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some save the dates for you for some upcoming milestone events. So, as usual, we will report updates on all of the sites that we have listed here. And we're going to go ahead and start

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with Kimble. [clears throat] Our first update for this evening at Kimell where the teams have been very busy this summer completing the addition as well as getting back into the existing building for significant renovations. Recent milestones include significant progress

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in the courtyard as you can see from the picture in the on the middle of the screen. Um this is going to be a really great outdoor space that also serves to bring natural light into the building. There's also been significant work on flooring, painting, including repainting

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the existing lockers, windows, and roofing. And if you've driven by MLAN Boulevard, you've also seen the significant pro the significant progress on the new welcoming entrance that we are building there, the new secured

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welcoming entrance. The substantial completion date for this project remains July 31st to allow time to ensure that all furniture is in place, spaces are all cleaned and ready to welcome back staff by mid August. We have also scheduled the official ribbon

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cutting ceremony for the afternoon of August 19th. We think this will be an awesome opportunity to show off the amazing new Kimble Middle School. Our next update is at Kenyan Woods where final renovation work and the remaining

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site work is underway. On the exterior, the bus turnaround is nearly complete with utilities installed, curbs and asphalt in place, and final site landscaping taking place in the next two weeks. On the interior, new mechanical units have been installed in the

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renovated rooms with painting, ceiling grid, and case work not far behind. Additionally, the final few phases of furniture deliveries are taking place for the addition, all ready to be showcased at the ribbon cutting for this site on August 13th. We can't wait to

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give staff, families, and other community members the first peak into the beautiful new addition as well as the renovations in the existing building. We're hoping for a great turnout. So again, we hope you can join us on August 13th.

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Our next update is at Legacy Middle School, which remains a very busy site with over 100 trade people on site on a given day. As you can see from these images, work continues on site gra site grading and

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off-site roadway improvements along Rorson Road. The picture on the left shows you the actual turning lane that will alleviate some of the traffic concerns on Rorson Road. Work also continues throughout the building on the interior and exterior,

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including installation of permanent stairwells, framing, insulation, drywall, window frames, and glass, and painting. On the exterior, work continues on the roof and masonery, as well as other work around the site. The

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project schedule for this one calls for substantial completion in late fall, leaving plenty of time to move in well ahead of school starting next August. And with that, I'll turn it over to Mr. Lindholm to finish up. >> Thank you, Dr. Williams. Uh, so now we'll move into our elementary schools.

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Uh, starting at Century Oaks Elementary School in Elgen. Uh, this continues to be a very active job site. Um, this summer has been a key transition phase for the project. Uh, with the new addition coming online, portions of the existing building uh, under renovation,

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and the start of two new building additions on the horizon. Uh work on the main addition is in the home stretch with final finishes underway. New flooring in the gross motor room, which is the space that you see off to the left. Um which I think is going to be a really awesome space that our our kids

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are going to love. Um painting throughout, casework being installed, uh and then on the exterior, the north parking lot is nearly complete. Trees and landscaping are being installed this week and our construction crews are relocating um their operations to the

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south side of the property to support uh their next phases of work. Uh another big milestone is the mobile classroom complex started arriving last week and our teams are now um preparing to make final connections for power, water and life safety systems uh over the next two

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weeks. And then within the existing building, many of the walls have been removed and the crews are making steady progress on the the new light wells uh that will completely transform the interior uh of this building uh when the project is completed. So this phase of construction uh calls for substantial

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completion in early August uh to ensure that all of our instructional spaces are ready uh for the start of what will be a transitional year for Century Oaks. Um then work will continue during the school year. Um specifically on the extensive renovation

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uh to the existing building. Uh and then we will be um excited to open the completely finished uh new Century Oaks. Then next August, uh our next update is at Glen Brook Elementary in Streamwood. Um the image on the left shows the um previous

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instructional area with uh basically with the hole punched in in the the ceiling for what will become the open air courtyard. For any of you who've been to Glenard, been to not Glenard, Glenbrook. Um it's almost unrecognizable. Um the space looks it it

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so spacious. Um some of the days that we've been there um have been bright, sunny summer days, and you're going to see how much natural light this is going to really bring in. Um huge improvement to the the natural light and the circulation in the building, which was one of our goals. Uh the interior

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demolition is nearly complete and the crews are now focused on the foundations for the new additions. Um and you can see that off uh image on the right is the addition for the uh uh gross motor play area at Glenbrook. Uh as well as

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masonry masonry bearing walls, site utilities, and underground plumbing also underway. Geothermal well drilling has been completed and they're making the final lateral connections um over the next few weeks. So, lots of great progress really since the uh since the

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end of the school year at Glen Brook. Uh as we've shared previously, um we made arrangements that the staff and the students at Glen Brook will will be moved to Hannover Countryside Elementary for the upcoming school year, which then leaves the construction teams with full access to the site uh to complete the

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addition and the extensive renovations um prior to reopening the school. Then next August, so August of 2027. Uh next we'll move to Illinois Park on Wing Street in Elgen where the team is also making great progress. Um much of the renovation work on the interior is

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actually nearing completion. Um nearly all of the ceiling grid is now back in place along with light fixtures and mechanical trims. Mechanical unit startup, ceiling tiles and final cleaning will uh continue over the next two weeks. And work on the addition has

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also u made great progress. The roof is now nearly complete. Uh concrete slab ongrade is completed. Exterior brick work is underway. Um as well as interior masonry walls. Site work continues with new curbs, sidewalks, and asphalt lanes

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being created. Um and in addition to the new pickup and drop off lane that will really um relieve some of the traffic backup um from Wing Street, crews also continue to um restore the site and adjust the construction operations um to support the the beginning of school

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later in August. The new principal uh of Illinois Park uh Miss Cody Pap joined us for visit last week. So you can see Cody on the on the right. She had uh lots of great questions, uh lots of of great observations, and um she's understandably very anxious to uh to get

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into her new building uh next month. This project remains on schedule to complete the renovations uh and the site work uh by the end of July. The new multi-purpose room then will come online later this fall uh by the end of October.

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And then our final update for this evening is at the new elementary school in Elgen. Uh I like this overhead visual of the site. I think it both shows the extent of the demolition of the uh former David C. Cook warehouse almost 200,000 square foot facility. You can

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see um from from this view how how massive the the footprint of that site was. Uh but it also shows off the beautiful site that we've selected u for our new school with the uh all the mature trees, the proximity to the Fox River um and the the very um sort of

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unique neighborhood that uh that we've selected. As you see here, uh the demolition of the former David C. Cook uh building is is really in full swing. Much of the above grade structure has already been removed. Um the image uh if you can see

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off to the lefth hand side that the teams were also very careful um to suppress all of the dust that was created during demolitions. They used high power misting systems. Um crews are now focused on demolishing the basement foundations and walls and uh also

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preparing to expand work onto other portions of the site um to start with utility work, hall roads and construction access. We are so excited to be building the state-of-the-art elementary um school on such a unique site and in such a neat

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neighborhood in one of the historic districts of Elgen. Um we expect demolition will continue um throughout much of the summer with construction scheduled then to start in early fall. And we have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for Wednesday, September 9th at 3:30. And we hope to see many of you

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there. Uh so as we wrap up tonight's presentation, I have a short video that we'd like to share highlighting progress at a few of our projects. Um thank you to our partners at ICI for putting this together. As you can see, our teams have been really busy this summer. Um and we

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still have a lot of work to do over the next four or five weeks um to prepare our buildings to welcome students and staff back later in August. So we'll go ahead and uh play the video. It's the demolition work at the David C. Cook site.

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Century Oaks. You can see the concrete off to the left hand side there. That's where the mobile classrooms will be placed this year. And this is the addition. Uh you can see the gross motor play area with the high ceiling in the center

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park. There's a lot of work on the roof right now with the new HVAC units. This is one brook from overhead. There's that open air courtyard I mentioned. There's the addition for their gross

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motorplay area. Some of the other site work happening there. Again, thank you to our partners at ICI. Uh, so that concludes tonight's presentation. Are there any questions?

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>> Thank you so much for your presentation. Board members have questions? >> No. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Okay. The next item on our agenda is comments from the audience. >> Uh, thank you, President Owens. This

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evening, we do have two public comments and our I'll wait for the directions and then I'll introduce our speakers. >> Good evening. We are now opening the public comment portion of the board of education meeting. Those who completed a

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request to speak card will be called to provide comments in the order in which the cards were received. Online participants have been provided meeting access via Zoom. Written comments emailed to boardw6.org have been posted to the agenda for

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public viewing. To ensure that all comments are heard, speakers must comply with the following procedures. Individual comments are less than three minutes and comments may not mention the name or personal information of any student other than the speaker's own

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child. Please note that while board members listen to speakers, they do not respond to comments or answer questions. Thank you. particip. board. I'm so sorry. Apologize. Our Our our first speaker

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this evening is Paul Halverson. >> Good evening. My name is Paul Halverson. I'm president of the Chapel Creek Homeowners Association. It's immediately south of the Legacy and Hill Types Hilltop school sites. As a neighborhood, we shared some concerns in a six-page

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memo with your administrative team on October 5th, 2023. and on January 23rd, 2024. Our concerns included the following: equity issues, traffic, water runoff, and landscaping. There are many other tangent issues that were listed, and we

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acknowledge that there will be others that arise. We have watched the progress of the school site's construction. First, we'd like to acknowledge that the landscaping with the trees lining Cardinal Drive is an improvement that will be enjoyed for years. We appreciate

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the limiting of construction traffic on Cardinal Drive and into the neighborhood. Construction personnel have mostly respected this. We have refrained from complaints regarding the construction starting times in the morning, sometimes by 5:30 a.m. We do appreciate the timeline and the hot,

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humid weather conditions. Now, on a specific note regarding the weather events of late June and July 4th, this is in direct relation to our concerns raised from our first meeting with the U46 administration in October 2023. Those of us who have lived in this

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neighborhood prior to Hilltop have shared experiences and comments regarding water runoff. We have documented our observations in the water runoff, how it changed with Hilltop and now with further development of Legacy. And if you look at the site, it's well

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over probably about 70 75% of the site is now building or parking lot. We are aware that weather events regarding the amount of rain was significant. However, we are concerned that there will be similar events in the future. On July

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4th, there were high winds and unusual amount of rainfall. After the rain, I and others went to the intersection of Cardinal Drive and Rorson Road, which when Dr. Williams showed our site construction update. That was the intersection that was being shown. As I walked the area, the intersection was

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covered with gravel that was washed out from the turn lane construction. Within 15 minutes, I witnessed three near misses of what could have been serious accidents of vehicles traveling north on Wars Road and then skidding on the gravel to avoid vehicles traveling south on Warsson Road. There was a onelane

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sign that was blocking northbound traffic at the turn lane site and I was almost blind as people were coming north. Due to this condition, I called the Elgen Police Department 911 to report it as I was concerned that accident or accidents could occur or would occur

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after dark. In addition to this situation, everyone should be aware that no one from U46 nor construction management visited the site to check at any issues or damage from the weather event. With the scope and size of this project, there's no excuse for

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responsible parties to not be on site. We are hopeful that the water runoff concerns will be addressed to mitigate any further damage that our residents experience. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And our next speaker is Dave Esqual. >> Good evening.

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Good evening. My name is David Esavl. I am speaking as a neighbor and a board member of the Chapel Creek Home Owners Association located across the street from the new U46 middle school construction site. On Sunday, April 26,

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20 26 during the middle of afternoon, one of our neighbors witnessed a suspicious vehicle on Cardinal Drive near the construction site. The individuals appeared to enter through an area where the fence had been cut and loaded copper piping into the vehicle.

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The neighbor immediately brought the incident to my attention before law enforcement arrived. I reviewed our neighborhood uh security cameras and located the vehicle in question. Our security system captured the make, the

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model, color, license plate along with the occupants of the vehicle along with the photographs showing piping extending from the uh rear of the vehicle. When they when we contacted law enforcement,

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officers responded, took our report, and I provided them with all the available video footage, photographs, vehicle information based on what we observed, and this was all in real time. It appeared that possible the individuals

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had prior knowledge to the construction site and may have prepared uh for the theft during the work week before returning on Sunday. That is of course a matter for law enforcement and the district to investigate. I'm sharing this incident because this is what good

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neighbors do. We remain observant. We communicate with one another and we look out for the safety and the property of our community. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for the comments. Next item on our agenda is other

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business board member and superintendent updates. It's an opportunity for board members to give updates to the rest of the board. Does anybody have an update to share? No. I just want to say um we've been uh out of having board sessions for about

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four or five weeks. Um so we we recognize that even though the board was not meeting um much of the district staff is still at work and so we recognize that and and thank everybody for the work carries on in the district even when we are not meeting. So thank

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you for that. Dr. Johnson, do you have anything to share? Um I I would uh just like to give a brief uh reminder that those who have enjoyed uh the 5K sponsored by the U46 Foundation in Gilboard in Alter de Las Kalakas is

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returning again this year. Uh the race will be hosted October 10th at 9:00 a.m. and registration is out there and available. So uh you're able to access that either through the U46 Foundation site or the Gilbordon site as well. We appreciate all of the support and of

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course encourage our community to come out together for a good cause. So thank you very much. >> Thank you. Next item is for requests. Dr. Johnson. >> Uh this evening we have 16 freedom of information act requests that are available on uh the diligent website and

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again later this week we'll also be be moved to the U46 website as well. >> Thank you. Next item is consent agenda. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. We have personnel report and workers

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compensation cases. Minutes of board meetings. Resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property partitions and desks. Bid curriculum and instruction secondary classroom libraries. Bid curriculum and instruction elementary teacher novels. Proposal plant

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operations postage. Proposal curriculum and instruction Xanadu. Proposal human resources red rover absence management and Elgen High School auditorium house lighting and stage rigging replacement

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project number 249. >> Thank you. Are there any items that board members would like remove from the consent agenda? Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as read into the record? >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kurt. >> Yes. Miss Khan,

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>> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> The next item is discussion action. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Our first item this evening, itemized bills for

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July 20th, 2026. Robin Cornell, executive director of financial services, 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 91,280,25489.

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>> May I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of 91,280,25489. >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions? >> Hey, roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, yes. President Owens. >> Yes.

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>> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> And next item. >> Our next item, Community Advisory Council bylaws. Um I'm available to answer questions relating to the community advisory council bylaws.

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Administration recommends the board of education adopt the community advisory council bylaws. >> May I have a motion to adopt the community I'm sorry, let me read that again. May I have a motion to adopt the community advisory council bylaws? >> So moved.

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>> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin? >> Yes. >> Miss Nolan? >> Yes. >> Miss Thomas? >> Yes. >> President Owens? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next item is a resolution to approve

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2026 2027 tentative budget and set public hearing. Dr. Kyle Vonneesy, deputy superintendent of operations and Robin Cornellis, executive director of financial services are available for questions regarding the tenative budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year and the

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supporting resolution. On or before August 14th, 2026, the tenative budget will be made available for public inspection and a public notice will be published in a newspaper of general circulation. The resolution presented tonight requests approval of the budget in tenative form and addresses the

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requirement regarding the notice of the public hearing. This timeline fulfills all Illinois school code requirements. Administration will be available to respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends adoption of this resolution. May I have

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a motion to adopt the resolution to approve the 2026 2027 tentative budget and set public hearing? >> Second. Any questions or discussion? Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, yes.

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>> Miss Nolan, yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next item is a bid for Specialized Student Services 2026 2022 multi-abilities classroom materials, equipment, and furniture. Amanda

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Leatherbeby, director of specialized student services. Jennifer Walker, assistant director of curriculum and instruction are available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders Lakeshore Learning in the amount of 20.

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Give me one second. I'm going to get this correct because misplaced this Lakeshore Learning in the amount of $26,354.19. School specialty in the amount of 37 $31,7162.

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School outfitters in the amount of 25,33041. Early Childhood LLC in the amount of $24210 and fund and function in the amount of $583.80

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for the total amount of $84,227.12. 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 2026 2027 fiscal year. May I have a motion to

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approve the proposal for the 2026 2027 multi-abilities classroom materials, equipment, and furniture in the uh award to the lowest or sensible builders including Lakeshore Learning in the amount of $26,354.19.

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School specialty in the amount of $31,7162. School Outfitters in the amount of $25,33041, Early Childhood LLC in the amount of $24210 and fun and fun infuction in the amount

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of $583.80 for the total amount of $84,22712 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. >> So moved. Second. Any questions or discussion? Hey, roll call, please.

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>> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Our next item is a proposal operations, Unite U46 Kimmel Middle School classroom

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storage. Dr. Anne Williams, capital strategy officer um or capital strategy operations officer and Denise Smith, procurement coordinator will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of

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the proposal submitted through the Omnia Cooperative from Warehouse Direct in the amount of $39,21126 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund. The cost is included in the budget for

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the 2026 2027 fiscal year. May I have a motion for the approval of theite46 Kimble Middle School classroom storage proposal submitted through Omnia Cooperative from warehouse direct in the amount of $39,21126 and grant authorization for district

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administration to execute the related documents. So moved. >> Second. Any questions or discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, yes. >> President Owens, yes.

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>> Motion carried. >> Our next item is a proposal plan operations, Centennial Elementary School flood flooring replacement. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, and Brent Barasi, director of plan operations, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education.

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Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Northwest Contractors in the amount of $140,1765. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. The expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included

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in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. May I have a motion to approve the proposal for Centennial Elementary School flood flooring replacement from Northwest contractors in the amount of $140,1765 and grant authorization for district

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administration to execute the related documents. >> So moved. Second. Any questions or discussions? Sue, >> couple questions. One is I assume since it's a newer building, we don't have to worry about remediation. >> Correct. So our we did have the environmental coordinator walk but

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everything was clear so it's just repair. >> Okay. And the second question is more for um administration. >> We have a new principal at Centennial. Has she been able to get into the building or is she working out of another building or >> she has walked the building. Um and the

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lower level is the only level that's impacted. So the main office wasn't affected. I don't Yeah. I don't know if she's currently working out of the main office but she does have access to the main office. So people can I mean staff could go into the it's just the lower level. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome.

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>> Any other questions? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin? >> Yes. >> Miss Nolan? >> Yes. >> Miss Thomas? >> Yes. >> President Owens? Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Our next item, uh, proposal information

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services 2026 2027 iPad refresh. Jim Wolf, director of information services, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Apple, Inc. in the amount of $57,950.

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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 2026 2027 fiscal year. Do you believe though Jim Wolf has some

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any additional information on this one or >> can I read the motion into the record first and then yes then we can go to Mr. Wolf. Okay. So, uh may I have a motion to approve the proposal for the 2026 2027 iPad refresh from Apple Inc. in the

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amount of 57 $57,000 950 and grant authorization for district administration to execute the related documents. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And Mr. Wolfie had something to add? >> Um, good evening. Um, Apple notified

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district administration earlier today of an immediate non-negotiable manufacturer price increase affecting the current quote. Under the terms of Apple's master agreement, Apple reserves the right to adjust pricing at its sole discretion,

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and the district has no ability to negotiate or modify these changes. As a result, the total purchase price has increased by 1.9% from 57,950 to $517,950. Despite this increase, district

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administration recommends proceeding with the purchase as outlined in the original board proposal as these devices are essential to supporting instruction. So, may I make a recommendation that we either resend the motion or that we amend the motion to include the

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increased dollar? >> Let's go ahead and resend the motion. >> Okay. Can I please have a motion to resend the motion to uh approve the expenditure of $57,950

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for Apple, Inc. for item number 137. >> So moved. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss K, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes.

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>> Motion rescended. >> Okay. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to uh create a new motion then for the increased cost and then we can have the opportunity to ask questions after the motion. So, may I have a motion to

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approve the proposal for the 2026 2027 iPad refresh uh from Apple Incorporated in the amount of $517,950 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. So moved.

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>> Second. >> Now, do we have questions from the board? Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin? >> Yes. >> Miss Nolan? >> Yes. >> Miss Schwarz? >> I'm sorry. >> Miss Thomas?

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>> Yes. >> President Owens? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next item is a resolution amending the current administrator's benefit form. Mark Moore, assistant superintendent of human resources, will

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review the attached resolution and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution amending the administrator's benefit form. >> May I have a motion to approve the resolution amending the administrator's

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benefit form? >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? Right. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kirk. >> Yes. >> Miss K. Yes, >> Miss Martin. >> Yes, >> Miss Nolan. >> Yes, >> Miss Thomas. >> Yes, >> President Owens. >> Yes.

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>> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> The next item on our agenda is other business. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. The first item is the May financial report. Robin Cornell, executive director of financial services, will review the attached financial report and respond to

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questions from the board of education. Good evening. Tonight, I will present the district's May 2026 financial update. May closed with a monthly deficit of 26.6 million, bringing the year-to-day deficit to 59.8 million with

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an overall ending fund balance of $775.7 million. The current plan deficit is due to the Unite U46 expenditures and currently in line with our annual budget. As of the end of May, the FY26 Unite U46 expenditures total $103.9

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million. May revenue, including finan uh financing sources, totaled approximately 55.6 million, bringing year-to-ate revenue to 793.2 million or 79.9% of the annual revenue

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budget. This is slightly ahead of budget expectations as the projected revenue percentage through May is approximately 78% which is 1.9% above the district's historical trend for this point in the fiscal year. Property tax payments from

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DuPage and Kain counties began arriving in May and continued throughout June, contributing to the increase in revenue. May expenditures, including transfers, totaled approximately 82.2 2 million bringing year-to-ate expenditures to 853

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million or 81.4% of the annual expenditure budget. This remains well within budget expectations as approximately 90% of annual expenditures were projected to occur by the end of May. Actual year-to-ate expenditures are

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8.6% below the district's historical spending trend. While salaries and employee benefits are projected to finish the fiscal year slightly over budget, expenditures for purchase services and supplies and materials are currently $42.4 million below budget.

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Capital outlay expenditures are at 61.6% of the annual budget. However, with theite46 construction projects in full swing, higher capital expenditures are expected during the final month of the fiscal year. Expenditures for non-c

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capitalized equipment and other objects remain at 59.5% of the budget, also well below projected spending levels. As of the end of May, the district's fund balance ratio is 75% with nine months of cash on hand. As we

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approach the close of the fiscal years, the state of Illinois owes the district approximately 1.2 2 million representing the timely categorical payments that were vouchured in May. As of the end of May, the district held cash and money market balances of 253.4

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million, 589.1 million in investments for a total liquid asset of 842.5 million. As of the end of May, student activity fund balances total 4.1 million across all district schools. Year-to-

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date receipts exceeded dispersements by approximately 423,000. Financial activity continues to reflect student fundraisers, field trips, athletic programs, and the annual remittance of district fees. Overall, the district remains in a strong

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financial position as we enter the final month of the fiscal year with revenues exceeding expectations, expenditures remaining below historical trends, and significant liquidity to support ongoing operations and capital investments. Thank you for your time and I'm happy to

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answer any questions you may have. >> Thank you for the report. Board members have any questions? >> Okay, thank you. Our next item, age and obsolescence plan for bus replacement 2026.

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Marcy Murphy, director of transportation, will present the updated age and obsolescence plan and respond to questions from the board of education. >> Good evening. You all have received a copy of our most

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recent and updated ANO plan for our school bus replacement. Uh similar to past years, we are running on an average age of fleet of 12 years with the plan to purchase new vehicles. Um we do have later on the agenda our

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purchase for this coming school year and our next purchase uh is not set till the 2829 school year to retain our fleet with the average age of 12 years. And the replacement that we're looking at is a mix of vehicles. So we are

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replacing not only our large school buses but also our smaller vehicles for our special services students which include wheelchair capability. >> Anybody have any questions? >> Do board members have questions? Sue.

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>> So with gas prices, diesel prices going up, have electric buses become more palatable as an alternative or are they still pretty pricey because of all the infrastructure we need? they are extremely expensive to purchase. And then the infrastructure coverage. Um

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there is a lot of talk of grants and uh one of our sister districts in uh King County did obtain some some electric buses last year under the grant, but the infrastructure is 100% on our backs to cover as a district. Um I do have

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concerns with electric fleet given the number of miles that we run as well and then also have concerns with uh their v their feasibility in colder weather. >> So that is a concern but it's not off off the table but nothing has come that

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would uh entice us to move in that direction. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Don. So, the um buses that we will be buying, do these need to comply with the new seat belt regulations that the state rolled out? >> Technically, they don't because we do

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have until 2031. However, everything that we're purchasing >> will be fully seat belted because we want to get ahead of that with us, you know, with this large purchase that we're anticipating coming up. Um, we do want those buses fully belted and we

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will move forward with further future purchases as well. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Just one quick question. It looks like we are um changing the the composition of the fleet slightly by reducing the

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large buses by three and increasing the small buses by three. >> Is that just a reflection of the type of routes that we're running right now? Does that have anything to do with the the change in in the the district-wide boundaries and and enrollment?

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>> Um it would be coupled with both. Okay. >> Our our special services is definitely increasing and um with the boundary changes and the bell changes, we are uh have much more efficient routing. So, our larger buses are less needed that we

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need to replace our our smaller fleet for our special services students. >> Okay. Yeah. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Thanks for the report. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And the next item is work session. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Our first item is the list of authorized

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depositories. Dr. Kyle Vashnesy, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, will present the attached list of authorized depositories and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the list of authorized depositories. Do board members have any questions

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about the depositories? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. And now for the main events. >> Here we are uh with board policy updates. What everyone has anxiously been waiting for tonight and where Trisha Olsen, our chief legal officer,

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is going to shine as usual. She is here to present proposed changes to the following board policies. Administration recommends adoption of the proposed policies. >> Thank you. No pressure at all. Um, I am happy to present board policy 2 colon

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200 types of board of education meetings to the board this evening. This policy is updated with minor changes including style changes. In addition, there is a a request for the board to consider changes to address legislation made um regarding election day. It's public act

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104438. as well as a suggestion to consider both how the agendas for how notices and agendas for special meetings are posted. The legal department is making a recommendation that we post for those notices and agendas at both the main

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office and at the location where a meeting is held for special meetings. Next, I present board policy 2220, which addresses school board meeting procedures. The policy is updated to address changes made legislatively for

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the open meetings act. In addition, there are options that are available for the board to consider in certain footnotes. Footnote five asks the board of education to consider if the president should have discretion and whether or not to add an item to an agenda when another member requests it.

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If so, there is language add as an option. Otherwise, the default is that the matter is automatically placed on the agenda when requested by another member. We would have no opinion at this unless the board of education chooses to limit that ability to the president. And

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we would recommend that we default to the press option, which would be to have it placed on the agenda. Next, in footnote 10, there is an option for the board to entertain rotating the casting of votes. The board of education

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previously considered this um and the board has decided historically not to rotate votes. We recommend continuing with the board's current procedure. Footnote 11 asked the board of education to consider whether or not written explanation of board member votes will be permitted. The current board policy

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does not call for that and so we recommend consistent treatment with how the board currently treats that matter. And finally, I do want to note that the board uh policy has been updated to address that virtual attendance at meetings is now permitted to board

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members who are performing active military duty as service members. Also happy to present board policy 2250, access to district public records. This has been updated to address substantive changes made through legislation to the Freedom of Information Act, including

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that public records do not include junk mail, that written requests under FOYA must be submitted to a public body in the body of an email and not via an attachment or a hyperlink, and that FOY requests that are believed to be made by an AI entity may be requested by the

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public body to identify that they are a live person and not an AI entity. I'm presenting board policy 2260 which is a uniform grievance procedure with only minor changes including style changes. Board policy 2265 the title 9

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grievance procedure similarly has only minor changes including changes to the footnotes that are updated. Board policy 44 addresses incurring debt which similarly has only updates to the footnotes. Board policy 4 colon 165 addresses

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awareness and prevention prevention of child sexual abuse and grooming behaviors. This board policy has been updated to address legislation that was passed including recodifying the sections addressing sexual abuse of prevention into a new section of law

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which is article 27-105 of the school code. and the legal department is working directly with the impacted departments within the district to make sure that additional changes regarding physical education and curriculum um is addressed

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appropriately. Board policy 5 col 30 uh I'm presenting to you regarding hiring process and criteria. The policy includes minor changes including style changes throughout and provides guidance regarding the use of AI and recruitment. legal department is already working with

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human resources department for the district to confirm that the district does not use AI and recruitment activities. Board policy 550 regarding drug and alcohol-f free workplace ecigarettes, tobacos, and cannabis prohibition is also up for the board to

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consider. This has additional changes including style changes and footnote updates. In addition, this board policy specifies now additional information regarding when employees are considered on call for purposes of drug and alcohol-f free workplace. And U46 does

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use on call staffing. So, this clarity is helpful. Footnote 11 also addresses circumstances in which employees are considered under reasonable suspicion of being under the influence at work. And we recommend that the board keep this language which is consistent with board

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policy. The board is also able to consider footnote number 19, which includes optional language addressing the opportunity to educate students on substance abuse and the connection between violence and drugs and alcohol. We recommend keeping the optional

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language, which is consistent with the board's practice. And finally, footnote 27 has an option for the board to consider, including the option to define a vape pen. We do not recommend this new definition. Uh we recommend currently

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keeping the current policy language which simply utilizes ecigarette because technology and language regarding ecig cigarettes is subject to change and we believe that this will provide additional um opportunity for this policy to remain consistent with law

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without requiring additional changes. Board policy 5 col2 250 addressing leaves of absence is also provided for the board to consider uh with minor changes including style changes. The policy also explicitly adds spouse to

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the language regarding bereavement leave and makes additional changes addressing legislation that was passed the family neonatal neonatal intensive care leave requirements under public act 104259. I provide board policy 5 colon 330

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addressing sick days, vacation, holidays, and leaves which includes minor changes including footnotes throughout. In addition, the board can consider footnote 3 which addresses um the very minimum requirements of law for sick days, vacation days, holidays, and

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leaves. And for all of the options throughout for this um policy consideration, including footnote three addressing the bare minimum of law, footnote six addressing vacations, footnote 8 addressing holidays, footnote

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10 addressing personal leave. The legal department recommends that we do not include the optional language and instead defer to the current policy language which refers individuals to collective bargaining agreements, contracts or benefit sheets. In

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addition, this policy is updated to address the legislation I mentioned a moment ago, the family neonatal intensive care leave act. I also provide board policy 650 school wellness which includes minor changes

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throughout including updated footnotes for the board's additional consideration is footnote 4 which provides the opportunity for the board to specify a specific person other than the chief executive officer or superintendent to be responsible for implementing this

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policy section. We currently recommend keeping the language as it stands as chief executive officer and superintendent. In addition, the board may consider footnote 11, which addresses additional goals for physical activity or school-based activities.

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We do not re recommend that the board deviate from the standard press language and that the board keeps the language that is um the basic option for the press edition. Footnote 17 offers an additional option for the board to

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consider, which would delete language making competitive food standards not applicable to foods that are not sold. So, for example, brown bag lunches or other foods that might find their way into the school would not have applicable competitive food standards.

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We recommend that the board keep the language uh which is uh the default language as it's in line with current board policy language. The board also has the option to considerformational changes in footnotes 19 and 23 which

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address the legal requirements for food service based upon participation in the National School Lunch Program and National School Lunch Act. We recommend continuing to retain the language in those footnotes and apply them as we have done in past practice. And finally,

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the board may consider footnote changes uh regarding the wellness committee if it would like to implement one as recommended in footnote 27. Uh this is not in line with current policy or current practice and so we do not recommend adding a new wellness committee. I'm happy to present board

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policy 665 students social and emotional development which has minor changes including style changes throughout. I'm happy to present board policy 600 using animals in the educational program

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which similarly is updated with minor changes including style changes throughout. I'm happy to present board policy 6 col145 addressing migrant students which similarly has minor changes including style changes throughout as does board policy 61 170 addressing

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title one programs which has minor changes throughout board policy 61 180 I'm happy to present regarding extended instrual programs there's minor rewarding for clarity otherwise there's changes to citations

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and minor footnote updates. I'm also presenting board policy 7 col 20 harassment of students prohibited. The policy has minor updates throughout including to footnotes. I would also um uh note for the board's attention footnote number two which addresses

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optional language uh which further specifies uh how gender is defined in this section. We currently recommend including the current policy language and not changing from the board's practice. That way, the board has additional flexibility in the event of

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any future state or federal language changes. We also have additional option to provide the board of education for footnote 3. The board of education has historically included examples of prohibited conduct in the policy and we

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recommend retaining those examples um because they have served the board in the past and they have been helpful to include those examples. I'm happy to present board policy 750 school admissions and student transfers to and from non-district schools. The

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policy is updated with minor changes throughout. In addition, the board has two additional footnotes to consider. Footnote 17 addresses optional language for the board of education to re-examine discipline of students who are transferring from non-district schools.

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The board has retained this optional language in the past and we continue to recommend that the board continue it. Footnote 18 addresses additional optional language that exchange students on J1 visas are not required to pay tuition, which the board has opted to

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include in the past and we recommend continuing that language. I'm happy to present board policy 7 colon 100 health I eye and dental examinations immunizations and exclusion of students. This policy is updated with minor changes throughout including style

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changes and footnote changes but I would highlight for the board of education footnote nine includes an optional language change regarding social and emotional screening for students. The board has not historically utilized this optional language even though it has been present in the past and we continue

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to not re recommend including it. Footnote number 13 also addresses um a historical option that the board has had um and that the board has exercised in the past. However, this addresses uh the opportunity for the board of education

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to choose a date earlier than October 15th of each school year to require that students comply with health examinations and immunization requirements. Historically, the board has opted to make that requirement be the first day of school, and the legal department is continuing to recommend that that health

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requirement be met by the first day of school. I'm happy to present board policy 7185, teen dating violence prohibited, which includes minor changes throughout. I'm happy to present board policy 7220 bus conduct. The policy has minor

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changes throughout, but I'd like to highlight one footnote option for the board of education is footnote two, which has the ability to uh which the would have the board remove the following sentence from the policy. The sentence that would be removed is the

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district's regular suspension procedures shall be used to suspend a student's privilege to ride the bus. The historic option that the school district and the board of education has used is to include this language. And we continue to recommend including that because it

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provides a procedure for uh constituents and families and students to follow when there are suspensions from buses. Happy to present board policy 7230 misconduct by students with disabilities which includes minor changes throughout including footnote changes.

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Happy to present board policy 7 colon 240 code of conduct conduct code rather for participants in extracurricular events with minor changes throughout. I would highlight that footnote 2 provides an option for the board of education to

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reference that those participants in extracurriculars must comply with the rules of the sports association the district maintains membership in. The board of education has not historically included this language and we recommend continuing with the board's current

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practice to exclude that language. We also have an option in footnote five where there's a recommendation that the board consider language on extracurricular drug and alcohol testing programs. The board of education has historically included this language and

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we continue to recommend inclusion of that language. Board policy 27 colon 260 I present for your consideration which is exemption from physical education with minor updates throughout. I would highlight though that footnote four provides

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certain clarification for exclusions from physical education on the basis of religious exemptions and that footnote 10 provides additional information on excusal from seventh and eighth grade physical education based upon participation in intercalactic or

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extracurricular programs. The board has historically included this language and legal recommends continuing to include that language in the policy. I'm happy to present board policy 7 colon 280 communicable and chronic infectious disease with minor changes throughout

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and I'm presenting board policy 7 colon 300 extracurricular activities policies updated with minor changes including style changes footnote 5 does provide additional language about drug and alcohol testing that is optional and as described above in line with board

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policy 7:240 we continue to recommend that the board continue that language in the policy policy. And finally, I'm happy to present board policy 8 col 90, parent organizations and booster clubs, which has minor updates throughout.

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So, I have I believe I think it's 12 policies that require >> consideration. So um we can proceed in one of two ways. We can discuss those options tonight. Um we can bring them

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back for discussion when we vote on these next week or you know two weeks. Um I don't know if there's a recommendation from legal is how we proceed on them. Are we prepared to discuss them tonight?

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If there's um questions and a desire for discussion, um I would be happy to entertain those questions here to the extent that we're able. Um I'm not sure if the board has come prepared with those questions tonight or if you'd prefer to defer the discussion. If you would prefer to defer the discussion, I

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might recommend that we um pull those apart separately from um the uh board policies to require a separate vote. And the default would be a motion to um accept the recommendation and then if

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there is um additional conversation, we could amend the the vote at that point in time. >> Okay. Does that sound okay with all board members to come back and discuss those then at the next board meeting? >> Yeah. I I do want to just highlight one

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of the um one of the the policies the I think it's 2 col 220 >> um >> which addresses school board meeting procedures. So, footnote five, um, should the

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president have discretion on whether or not to put an item on the agenda when another member requests it? Um, if so, we have language to add as an option. Otherwise, the matter is placed on the agenda when requested by another member. We actually cover that in our board agreements.

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Um right now our board agreement says that um under the category of placing items on the board agenda, board members may suggest future topics for the agenda during the other business board member and superintendent update portion of the meeting. When possible, board members

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will first contact the board president and superintendent with their intent to make a suggestion. If there are majority of board members interested in pursuing the agenda item, the item will be placed on a future agenda. This will give staff time to research the topic so that board members have sufficient information for

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an informed decision. So if we change I think what the recommendation was, we would also have to change our board agreements. So I'm just kind of highlighting that piece of it because we've already had that discussion at at our self-evaluations.

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I I think in this instance it would be appropriate if the board chooses to conform the language of two colon 22020 to the board's current board agreement language. Okay. >> And that way it would be in alignment with what the board has already selected to do in this instance. So I'm happy to

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make that recommendation for change. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that sounds good. >> So >> one of the requests I have some of the um items mentioned footnotes but we don't see the footnotes in this. So could we have the version Press plus it has the footnotes. >> I will absolutely attach.

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>> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. >> And then I just have um one other question. There are several places where you just talked about minor changes, style changes. Can we just make sure that we take one once over through these to assume to assure ourselves that all

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the language is gender neutral? >> That is something that we are doing as they come up for um revision. And just for clarity sake, um, a lot of the changes that are made to update language, for example, instead of referring to legislation as the open

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meetings act, now there's an abbreviation to refer to them as the OMA. And there's other minor similar minor changes made throughout. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Anyone else? And I just want to thank you, Miss Olsson, for putting together

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the memo to go along with this. that was very helpful to be able to to kind of synthesize what is what is actually happening with these policies. So, thank you. That's very much appreciated. >> Okay, that will move us along then to and my apologies because my agenda has

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skipped all over the place. >> To work session resolutions. >> Thank you, President Owens. Our first item is a resolution authorizing participation in federal and state grant programs. Uh the district receives many federal and state grants that require board of education approval. This annual

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resolution allows the grant application and acceptance process to move ahead without each individual application coming to the board of education for approval. Robin Cornellison, executive director of financial services, will present the attached resolution to respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the

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board of education adopt the resolution authorizing participation in federal and state grant programs. Do board members have any questions on the resolution? >> Okay, thank you. Our next item is a resolution authorizing the school treasurer to make

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bond and interest payments. This resolution is presented annually. Adoption of the resolution gives the treasurer authority to make bond and interest payments in FY2027 beginning July 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th, 2027. Dr. Dr. Kyle Vonzy, Deputy

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Superintendent of Operations, and Robin Cornell, executive director of financial services, will present the attached resolution and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education adopt the resolution authorizing the school treasurer to make bond and interest

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payments. Do board members have any questions on that resolution? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Next is a resolution authorizing the submittal of serious safety hazard findings to the Illinois Department of Transportation. This resolution is

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required annually by the Illinois State Board of Education. The attached resolution confirms that district administration and the transportation routing team have completed a comprehension comprehensive review of all newly established attendance boundaries for the 26 2026 2027 school

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year. These locations will be submitted to the Illinois Department of Transportation once approved by the board of education and students who reside within designated areas during the 2026 2027 school year will be provided free transportation services.

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The district will request reimbursement from the state for transportation services provided. Marcy Murphy, director of transportation, will present the resolution and will respond to questions from the board of education. administration recommends the board of education adopt the resolution authorizing the submittal of serious

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safety hazard findings to the Illinois Department of Transportation. >> Do board members have any questions? >> I just want to thank you and and I know Dr. Bonese had a lot to do with the investigation on these additional um findings. So, thank you very much.

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>> Absolutely. Thank you. Next is a resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property, career and technical education equipment. Micah Kennedy, assistant director of postsecary success, will review the attached resolution and respond to questions from the board of education.

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Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property. Do board members have any questions? Okay. Next is a resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property vehicle. Marcy

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Murphy, director of transportation, will review the attached resolution and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution for the disposal of surplus personal property. >> Do board members have any questions?

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Next item is a work session for bids and proposals. Yeah, Marcy shouldn't get too far because she's up first. [laughter] She's got a big one. >> I know. It's the Marcy Murphy show tonight. This is

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>> We're all about transportation. My favorite topic. >> About time. Uh so we have a bid from transportation for school bus purchase. Marcy Murphy, director of transportation, and Elizabeth Lapa, assistant director of transportation, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions

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from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder Midwest Transit Equipment in the amount of 14,441,372 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related

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documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Next is a proposal from the office of

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schools football helmet shoulder pad replacement and reconditioning. Mark Spicone, coordinator of athletics and activities will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Ryell in the amount of

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$97,39254. 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 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions?

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>> Thank you. That brings us to work session contracts over 35,000. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. First is a contract for Specialized Student Services Health Services automatic external defibrillator maintenance program with school health. Amanda

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Leatherbeby, director of specialized student services, and Melissa Robersonson, assistant director of specialized student services, will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the three-year contract with school health in the amount not to

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exceed $253,675.72. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budgets for the 2026 2027 through 2028 2029 fiscal

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years. >> Do board members have any questions on the contract. >> Okay, next item. >> Next item is contract renewal for Specialized Student Services, the Northwestern Illinois Association. Amanda Leatherbeby, director of specialized student services, is still here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from

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the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the Northwestern Illinois Association in the amount of $266,480. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be

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charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on the contract renewal? >> Okay, next item. Next is a contract renewal for Specialized Student Services School Social Workers. Joining Amanda

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Leatherbeby again is Melissa Roberson, assistant director of specialized student services to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the vendors listed below in the amount not to exceed

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$125,400 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. Emerges Healthcare staffing $85 per hour. AMN Healthcare Incorporated 87 to $95 per hour. Epic

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Special Education Staffing $85 to $100 per hour. PDS Staff AHS $83 to $90 per hour. Sage Connections $75 to $90 per hour. Solient Health LLC $80 per $80 to $85 per hour. and the Stepping Stones

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Group LLC $78 to $85 per hour. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2022 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal?

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>> Okay, next item. >> Next is a contract renewal for specialized student services speech and language pathologists. Our team is still here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the vendors listed below in

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the amount not to exceed $2,178,000 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. PDI staff AHS $68 to $100 per hour. Emergous healthcare staffing $105

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to $110 per hour. AMN Healthcare Incorporated $85 to $115 per hour. Commandukate Therapy LLC, $105 per hour. Quantum Speech and Language Services LLC, $103 per hour. Diverse Foresight

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Incorporated, DBA, Miss Paula Speech Services, $100 per hour. Epic Special Education Staffing, $81 to $100 per hour. Sage Connections, $65 to $110 per hour. Solient Health LLC, $70 to $90 per

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hour. Speech Path of Illinois LLC. Maria T. Rodriguez, $115 per hour. The Stepping Stones Group LLC, $85 to $115 per hour. Tanama Speech and Language LLC, $119 to $125 per hour. Therapy

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Care, $78 to $88 per hour. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. Cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal? Next item. Contract renewal specialized student

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services school psychologists. Again, our team is here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the vendors listed below in the amount not to exceed $151,800 and requests authorization for district

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administration to execute related documents. Emergency health emerges healthcare staffing $105 to $110 per hour. AMN Healthcare Incorporated, $95 to $110 per hour. Epic Special Education Staffing, $95 to $105 per hour. PDIA

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Staff, AHS, $88 to $105 per hour. Reber Consulting, $2,000 per evaluation or $200 per hour. Sage Connections, $100 to $120 per hour. Solient Health LLC, $90 to $95 per hour. the Stepping Stones

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Group LLC $110 to $125 per hour. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal. >> Next item. >> Next is a contract renewal health

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services occupational therapy. Our team is here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the vendors listed below in the amount not to exceed $728,640. Request authorization for district

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administration to execute related documents. Emerges healthcare staffing $90 per hour. AMN Healthcare Incorporated $82 to $87 per hour. Core Medical $85 per hour. Epic Special Education Staffing $80 to $90 per hour.

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PDIA staff AHS staffing $60 to $92 per hour. Sage Connections, $90 to $105 per hour. So Solient Health LLC, $75 to $85 per hour. Stepping Stones, $90 per hour. Therapy Care, $84 per hour. This

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expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal? >> Next item. >> Next item. Contract renewal health services registered n nurses. Again, our

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team is here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with the vendors listed below in the amount not to exceed 989,184 and requests authorization for district

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administration to execute related documents. Arleneale Healthcare Incorporated DBA bright $94 per hour. Maximum Healthcare $90 to $9450. $94.50 per hour and team select home

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care $79 per hour. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal? No. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.

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>> Our next item is a contract renewal curriculum and instruction project lead the way. Dr. Latrice Satwite, assistant superintendent of equity and innovation, and Nicole Jensen, coordinator of career and technical education, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of

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education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with project lead the way in the amount of $24,546.99. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund and the

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cost will be included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions on the contract renewal for project leading? >> I have a question on the 2026 27 enrollment for the high schools. Is it possible when school starts to get the

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actual number of students who have enrolled just to kind of see what their interests are? >> Of course. Um I have the actual numbers up to date today, too. >> Oh, you do? >> Yeah. So, I can send those over. Thank you. >> Anyone else? Good. Thank you.

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>> Our next item is a work. Oh, nope. Sorry. One more. >> Contract renewal of plan operations. Moving ahead. Automatic building control services. Sheila DS assistant superintendent of operations and Josh Buu coordinator of maintenance operations will present the attached proposal summary. Respond to questions

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from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the three-year contract renewal with Automatic Building Controls LLC in the amount of 1,42,947.31 requests authorization for district administration to execute related

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documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund and the cost will be included in the budgets for the 2026 2027 through 2028 2029 fiscal years. Do board members have any questions on this contract renewal?

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That brings us to work session change orders. Dr. Johnson. Thank you, President Owens. Uh we have plant operations summer 2026 moving the U district classroom moving services. Dr.

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Dr. Kyle Vonneesy, deputy superintendent of operations and Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations will present the attached change order and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the change order for Advanced Moving and Storage

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Incorporated in the amount of $5,583. Armstrong Relocation and Companies in the amount of $62,782 and two men and a truck in the amount of $11,300 for a total amount of $79,665

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and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. Do board members have any questions on this change order? >> Okay, thank you. >> Thank you. Hey, that is the last item on our

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agenda. I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> We are adjourned at 8:28 p.m.

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>> Thank you, everyone. Heat. Heat. N.