Heat. Heat. I'm getting Heat. Heat. Oh yeah. Hey, hey, hey. You're Hello. Oh. Down.
I can feel Hey, good evening everyone. I am going to call the May 4th, 2026 board of education meeting to order. Roll call please. >> Miss Kerr >> here. >> Miss Khan. >> Miss Martin >> here. Miss Nolan
>> here. >> Miss Schwarz >> here. >> 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 appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
employees, specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting, or specific volunteers of the public or legal council for the public body. The purchase or lease of real 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 school board and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary
schedules for one or more classes of employees, review of close session minutes, and individual student matters. >> So moved. Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, yes. >> Miss Thomas, yes. >> President Owens, yes. We're in close
session at 6:18 p.m. I down. That's going to stop. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Good evening everyone. Everyone, I am going to resume the board of education
meeting for May 4th, 2026. If I could have everybody stand as they are able for the pledge of allegiance, please. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nationy
and justice for all. Thank you everyone and I will uh note um with some thanks for last week when we were working through some technical issues. Uh we have changed platforms that we are using for our board
documents online. So I'm going to ask for just a little bit of grace as we manu manage you know through this process of working in a brand new platform. Um, but we uh have all of the documentation and everything that we
need on this new platform. So, we are excited to move forward with that. Uh, and with having said that, I will move on to the first item on our agenda, which is accent on achievement. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Uh, this evening, our first accent on achievement
is for teacher appreciation week. In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week, the U46 Board of Education will present a proclamation of appreciation on behalf of all U46 teachers for providing inspiration, knowledge, and motivation in an effort
to create exemplary citizens. School District U46 has 2600 teachers serving more than 33,000 students from 11 communities across Kain Cook and DuPage counties. The role of a teacher is to provide knowledge, build a welcoming environment, mentor students, and be a
role model while continuing to grow in their individual knowledge. Our educators demonstrate a commitment to education and a love for teaching and learning. So, at this time, board member Sue Kerr will present Elgen Teachers Association President Scott Sternal with
this proclamation. >> And I will read this proclamation. So, this is for National Teacher Appreciation Week. Whereas teachers inspire, motivate, and mold future citizens through guidance and education. And whereas our country's future depends
upon providing quality education to all students. And whereas teachers are constantly learning and adapting to meet the needs of young people in our schools, working to maintain student engagement and ensure students have the tools and support necessary to reach their full potential. And whereas
teachers develop relationships with families, treating them with respect and care. And whereas school district U46 employs approximately 2600 teachers. And whereas our community recognizes and supports its teachers in their valuable work for educa educating today's
students. Now therefore, be it resolved that the board of education proclaims May 4th through 8, 2026 to be teacher appreciation week. And be it further resolved that the school district U46 board of education strongly encourages all members of our community to join
with it in personally expressing appreciation to our teachers for their dedication and devotion to their work. Presented this fourth day of May 2026 signed by Board of Education President Melissa Owens and Superintendent Dr.
Suzanne Johnson. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> So, as always, appreciate all of you. Thank you for the recognition. This year in particular, um feeling extra appreciation. We've done a lot of work this year. I know you guys have so many great initiatives coming up with new
schools, new boundaries, great opportunities for our kids, and we've taken the time as a district to make sure that we are staffing our buildings and making sure that our teachers get where they need to go and are in places where they can be most successful. So, all the things that you just mentioned here get done, right? Because it's a lot
of hard work. I will tell you, it's my first year not in the classroom fully, and my appreciation for our teachers is just through the roof. Like, they do just so many great things and I've had a great opportunity to do that. and Dr. Johnson's been very supportive in me getting out to buildings and doing that work this year. So, I just want to say
thank you for that. So, appreciate this. Thank you all and uh yeah, thanks. Thanks. Okay. And our second accent on achievement is to recognize National School Nurse Day. In recognition of National Nurses Week, the U46 Board of
Education will present a proclamation of appreciation on behalf of all U46 nurses in recognition of National School Nurses Day on May 6th, 2026. School District U46 encourages all members of our community to join with it
in personally expressing appreciation to our school nurses for their dedication and devotion to their work. Presenting the proclamation is board secretary prom Shondaanda Schwarz and I know that we have accepting we have Cheryl John uh
Johnson certified school nurse and I and I need your colleague to introduce herself as well. I apologize. >> I'm Andrea. I'm a building nurse at Springfield Elementary. >> Welcome Andrea. Thank you for being here. Okay. And I will read the proclamation of appreciation for
National School Nurse Day. Whereas all students have a right to have their physical and mental health needs safely met while in the school setting. And whereas school nurses play a vital role in student health and academic success and supporting students in time of
crisis. And whereas school nurses address the v various factors that impact students health. And whereas school nurses act as a liaison to the school community, families, and health care providers on behalf of children's health by promoting wellness and
improving health outcomes for children. And whereas our community recognizes and supports its school nurses in their valuable work of meeting the needs of today's students. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the board of education proclaims Wednesday, May 6, 2026 to be
school nurse day. And be it further resolved that the school district U46 board of education strongly encourages all members of our community to join with it in personally expressing appreciation to our school nurses for their dedication and devotion to their
work. Presented this fourth day of May, 2026, and it's signed by Board of Education President Melissa Owens and Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Johnson. We enjoy keeping all the students healthy and safe so that they can learn
as much as they can to reach their potential. Okay, we will move to the uh next item on our agenda which is strategic plan report. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Our next item is a strategic plan report uh with
an update for the 2026 2027 transition planning. Lola Mtorvich, deputy superintendent of instruction, will present an update to the board of education on the boundary transition for 2026 2027. >> Good evening, members of the board.
Tonight, I'm providing our May update on the 2026 2027 boundary transition. As at this point in our work, we are continuing to see strong progress across all major areas as we move closer to implementation.
Tonight's update will focus on an enrollment and registration Snapchat, transportation routing updates, staffing and professional learning, transition event participation, and summer experience enrollment. >> L you want to hold for a minute because it's not presenting.
>> Yep. as always. just got away from us. Here we go. So, registration for the 2026 2027 school year continues to progress steadily. At this time, we have over 30,000 students enrolled for next
school year with approximately 33% of our kindergarten through 12th grade students registered. At the kindergarten level, we are seeing particularly strong part progress with 77% of our known kindergarten students already registered. We will continue to support
families through the registration process and monitor enrollment trends closely as we finalize planning for staffing, transportation, and classroom readiness. Transportation routing continues to move toward final readiness. Our team is actively reviewing transportation
hazards and making any necessary route adjustments to ensure safety. This week, families who no longer qualify for transportation will receive communication, providing clarity as we move toward final route assignments. And for families who do qualify, transportation route information will be
available in Infinite Campus by August 15th, ensuring families have access to bus stop and timing information well in advance to the start of the school year. Staffing for the 2026 2027 school year is progressing as planned. Our internal
transfer and reassignment process has been completed with our ETA staffing, which allows us to align current staff to positions across the district. As of today, positions have been posted to external candidates, and we are continuing to recruit to fill any remaining vacancies. We will continue to
monitor staffing closely to ensure all positions are filled and schools are fully staffed prior to the start of the school year. Professional learning to prepare for next year is already underway. Learning has already been started for the new
envisioned resource for elementary math as well as UKU training and new teacher orientation planning. In August, we will provide targeted learning for new middle school staff as well as staff supporting MAC and prep programming. And we're also launching a new professional learning
hub on May 18th, which will support ongoing access to learning resources for staff. These efforts ensure that staff are prepared to support students effectively on day one. And our transition events have been taking place throughout the spring and
we are seeing strong participation across schools. Principles have reported a high level of engagement from families which is an important indicator of a successful transition. These welcoming events provide opportunities for families to visit schools, meet staff, and connect with both district and
community resources. This engagement helps build familiarity and confidence as students and families prepare for the next school year. Summer transition experiences are also seeing strong participation. As of April 27th, over,200 incoming sixth and
seventh grade students have registered for the middle school experience. In addition, nearly 400 incoming 9th grade students have registered for freshman connection. These programs play an important role in supporting students as they transition into new school environments and expectations.
And as we look ahead, we will continue to provide focused updates to the board. In June, we will share an updated enrollment and registration snapshot, a staffing and professional learning update, and a moving status update as summer work begins. These updates will continue to reflect our progress toward
full readiness for the start of the school year. Thank you for your continued support as we move through this important transition work. We are seeing strong progress across all areas and remain focused on ensuring a smooth, safe, and successful start to the 2027 2026 2027
school year. And at this time, I am happy to take any questions. Thank you so much for the presentation and for all the work that's being put into um especially this year, right? Because of all of the different transitions that we have um that are that are unique to this
part year in particular. Do board members have any questions, Don? >> So on Thank you for the update. Um slide five uh has listed that we have about 350 teacher vacancies at this point. How does that compare to a normal year? It
feels high is why I ask. Um it's a little high, but we did have a reduction in force. And so um as of today, all of those vacancies have been posted and about 180 teachers who were a part of that reduction in force have the ability
to reapply for those vacancies. As long as they apply and if they are hired prior to May 15th, they will have no HR breakin service. So they can maintain employment. It's just as if they never left. And so, um, I'm not exactly sure in previous years what the exact number
after that, um, would be so I can get that get back to you and work with Mark, um, in HR and get you a memo. >> So, as a followup, do we have like areas and I guess I mean I guess one of my concerns would be could we move sixth grade to the middle school? Do we have
areas like that where we might have an increase in vacancies at this point? Uh, >> currently our largest vacancy is for specialized student services. >> Okay. Thank you. Any additional questions? Just one question um from me on uh the
slide with the enrollment registration snapshot. Um we have on here the um and that's slide three. I apologize. Um 77% of kindergarters registered 927 out of a known uh 127.
Do we expect that number to go up at all? Well, we do have kindergarten kindergarteners who register over the summer. So, we do expect it to increase. Um, but it's pretty it's it's we our projections are we're about 2,000 students. And so, we're hoping that it
increases. That's where we're at right now with how many students we we actually have in the system. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Anything else? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Next item. Thank you, President Owens. Our second strategic plan report
this evening is a culture and climate update. Uh so Mark Canella, director of culture and climate will also be joined by Dr. Colleen Evans, uh, coordinator of culture and climate to present the board of education, uh, this update.
Hey, good evening. My name is Markella, director of culture and climate. I am joined here by my esteemed colleague, Dr. Colleen Evans, who is the coordinator for culture and climate. This evening, we will be reviewing several key factors related to the department of culture and climate, such
as attendance, behavior referrals, and proactive and reactive supports for our students. The department of culture and climate focuses on supporting the four goals of the strate of the U46 strategic plan. Our offer our office specifically
concentrates on goal two which is safety, sense of belonging and inclusion. More specifically, goal two measures how students build relationships, the impact of daily attendance and building a culture of belonging through other
activities. The office of culture and climate is composed of one social emotional response team member or CS per network. The tactical assessment team which is also called TAT is comprised of three U46 staff members which is currently a
teacher, a school social worker and a school psychologist along with the school resource officer officer Fiser when needed. Additionally, the department has one prevention specialist position. The Department of Culture and Climate
focuses on practice measures and supports including the every minute matters attendance campaign, CPI instruction, crisis support, bullying interventions, restorative practices, and communities of practices with the assisted principles of culture and
climate. And here are some of the communities of practice topics that we have covered thus far this year. for assistant principles of culture and climate to bring back to their building staff. We've also developed high school dean meetings to discuss these same topics to
spread to high school deans. This year, the every minute matters campaign was integrated into the department of culture and climate. As part of this continued work, the attendance working group developed a
centralized dashboard for all U46 staff, providing quick access to resources, presentations, and guidelines. In addition, we launched the March Attendance Madness Competition where schools across the district engaged in a
friendly challenge to improve attendance during a time when we typically see a dip leading into spring break. We have also created a community information flyer and expanded resources within our monthly focus calendar to further
support ongoing attendance efforts. The overall comparison between 2024 and 2025 attendance data reflects a positive upward trend with the average increasing from approximately 89.6%
to 90.4% a gain of 0.8 percentage points. While this increase may appear modest, it is meaningful at scale and represents a significant number of additional instructional minutes for students
across the district. Specific individual school sites continue to show growth in their overall attendance. What is particularly noteworthy is that the greatest gains occurred during January and February of 2026.
Historically, these months present the most challenging times for attendance due to factors such as weather and seasonal illness. Seeing improvement during this time suggests that targeted strategies, consistent messaging, and
school-based efforts are beginning to shift patterns that have traditionally been difficult to influence. In the 2024 2025 school year, the average chronic absenteeism rate was approximately 28.4%.
This indicates that more than one in four students missed a significant portion of the school year, highlighting the continued need for targeted proactive strategies to to support consistent attendance during the 2526
school year. However, the average chronic absenteeism rate was 25.5%. This 2.9% decline shows considerable growth. Districtwide behavior referrals
decreased by 5.6% 6% year-over-year, comparing August to March of 24 and 25 to August and March of 25 and 26, indicating positive progress in our behavior supports and school climate efforts.
As we continue to improve disproportionality for all subgroups compared to last year, behavior referrals for black and African-American students have decreased by 4% relative to their enrollment, reflecting progress in reducing disproportionality. 6.5% of African-American or black
students enrolled in U46 make up 10.1% of our behavior referrals. Likewise, 58.6% 6% of Hispanic Latino students enrolled in U46 make up 60.7% of our behavior referrals. We continue to work as a district on
disproportionality. Research shows that restorative practices reduces disproportionality and we are continuing to increase district-wide training. We also provide other resources from Panorama and continue to work with the assistant principles on developing alternative methods to suspensions.
As a district, out of school suspension by grade have decreased by 163 students this school year. For instance, during the 2425 school year, 1,24 students received an out school suspension. During the 2526 school year, 141
students received an out of school suspension. Therefore, out of school suspensions continue to make up 3% of all behavior resolutions. And here we see out of school suspension incidents by ethnicity, which has decreased from previous years. Most of
these students in the bar graph are repeat offenders with multiple incidents. Again, one way to attempt a decrease in recidivism and disproportionality is with restorative practices training, which is a focus area and showing impact with referrals.
This illustrates the number of bullying reports that the culture and climate office has received this year compared to last year at this time. Again, our service received these reports, help investigate cases, and provide resources to the victims and buildings. The table
shows a decrease of bullying cases reported from last year. In partnership with the ETA second vice president and the safety council, six staff road shows were conducted on the student code of conduct and effective behavior writing behavior refer referral
writing. These sessions emphasized viewing referrals as data, provided guidance of when and how to write them properly, addressed considerations for students with special needs, and promoted interventions over consequences for for prevention. Ongoing
presentations at school staff meetings have continued this work, resulting in increased clarity and a reduction in office referrals. The student code of conduct continues to be updated every year with the assistance of safety council, the department of safety, and legal. Upon
board approval, it will be available publicly on the U46 website. The staff guide to student code of conduct, which provides district staff and administration with additional information, continually receives updates in order to build consistency of
practice across the district. This too is posted online for staff to view and access and is live digitally throughout the school year. Finally, please join us on Saturday, August 15th between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. at the Welcome Center parking lot
for a back to school event called Get You Connected. This event will feature back- to-school resources for our community to ensure that students and families feel prepared and connected for the 2627 school year in alignment with our strategic plan goal number two. The
event is sponsored by the Department of Culture and Climate. Thank you and we welcome any questions at this time. >> Thank you for the presentation. Do board members have questions? Shondaanda, thank you for the presentation. Um, I
think my question will also relate to a later agenda item that I asked before this meeting about um, parent involvement on the safety council. Um, it sounds like there have been issues in trying to recruit more parent representation and maybe this is something for the board to also talk
about because we definitely want that parent representation on the safety council. What um, what methods have you used to recruit? And then is the safety council like criteria for being on the safety council? Is that somewhere where
parents can see that and be able to know that maybe they can apply to be on the safety council? How would a parent be on it? I know that was a lot of questions. >> Um, you know, I could uh I could look that up and and get back to you on that in a
later memo. Uh, we did have a parent up to last year uh who stepped down due to personal commitments. Um, and I've been working with a second vice president of the ETA uh to recruit parent involvement and we still have a vacant area, but we look for a parent to come aboard the
safety council next year. >> Okay. And a follow-up question to that. Um, how many parent there's just one parent that spot for the safety council or how many? >> I believe there's I believe there is two. Two. >> Um, but again, for the past couple
years, we've only had one. Um, so is there is some work needed to advertise that uh to the parents in the community? >> Okay. And then does anyone else have questions? Oh, >> we'll take you one from Samarine and
then Samarine. >> No, go ahead. >> Go ahead. Go ahead. >> Okay. Okay. Sorry. So, I have a question on slide eight. Um the links to some of these articles are really interesting and as a parent myself, is there a way to work with um schools to include this
in our weekly newsletters or just to kind of help promote some of these articles and information? >> Yes, absolutely. for our monthly focus calendar surrounding attendance. Um we do share that out in the office of schools newsletter so all administration
has access to that at the beginning of every month and then they can prioritize where it would best fit in with their own individual school site. >> Okay, that's good to know. Thank you. Um and again um slide 12.
I know as a community at U46, we are trying our best um to reduce some of these rates. you know, when we're talking about student behavior, I'm what concerns me is, you know, of course looking at the number the orange
um 60% of the Hispanic Latino demographic groups of students who I mean just I know their intervention strategies and I know have you explored any non-traditional intervention with like more community
involvement maybe um >> yeah so along with safety council we are exploring the option of uh community service um within the school and outside of school as well. Uh so within the school we are looking for uh you know what students can do within the school
that would fit um the behavior but we also wanted to be more of a restorative approach uh for outside services. Uh that's something where each neighborhood is different. So we have to have better communication with neighborhoods and see what they have outside of school that
students can um go and do a community service uh duty within those um within those neighborhoods as well. And um there's also some requirements when it comes to parents attending community service activities with along with their
child. Sue >> ju just a clarifying question on slide 12 to take for example the Hispanic Latino population 58.4% 4% of our district is Hispanic. Correct. And the 60.7 is that
the percentage of the Hispanic students who get referrals or is it the percentage of referrals? In other words, 60.7% of our referrals are Hispanic students, >> right? So, uh that's the percentage of students with referrals. >> So, we it could be 60.4% of 500 or
something, right? Okay. Okay. Thank you. >> Anyone else? Shala, >> I just had a follow-up question for um slide 12 and then the process you mentioned about restorative practice. Um how much are you able to assess bias
when it comes to writing referrals in your process? >> Uh I mean that's that is something we continue to work on. Um it's uh what we do is we could also decipher information from my data zone infant campus to look at those specific referrals. Uh it is a
little bit difficult since there are a lot of referrals and a lot of reports that we have to look through. Um through the staff road shows we do address bias and how to correctly write a referral to prevent uh that from happening. >> Okay. >> And I did see that there was more
training on how to write a referral and uh that seems to be helping with reducing the number of referrals as well. Correct. >> That's good. Thank you. >> Any additional questions, Kate? >> Um, yeah, I want to follow up a little bit on um what Miss Schwarz was saying.
Like I think that that the problem could potentially be that not that the referral wasn't written properly or that they need to go do community service, but that the referral shouldn't have been written in the first place because the adult in question was relying on
their implicit bias rather than making an honest assessment of the ch of the student's behavior. So, I think that's the piece that we need to make sure that we're really honing in on it. It It's not enough to just write
them better. We have to make sure that they should have been written in the first place. >> So, when we discuss in those road shows as well, when we discuss writing referrals, before I go into how to write a referral properly, we do talk about levels of behavior according to the code of conduct, uh, which is like a level
one through a level four. Level one being where it's teacher managed. Uh we do train and we do help staff, you know, um realize that maybe a level one behavior may not be a referral that needs to be written or needs to be
addressed by the office. >> Okay, that's great. But we also have to make sure that we're accurately assessing if the if the kids who of color are actually hitting that level or is there just an assumption because of the
implicit bias. >> So I just want to make sure that we're really honing in on that piece. >> Makes sense. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Sh. If I could just add to that when you and um also focus on if a referral is written that it's written accurately and
not like as egregiously because sometimes referrals are written and you have like three different viewpoints of what happened and it becomes worse on paper than what actually happened and that's that's really important as well. >> Right. So we are also trying to provide more exemplars of of that as well.
>> Thank you. Any additional questions? So, one question I have and and again still on on slide 12 with the and I you know recognize that the district has um had a focus on disproportionality for you know for for the last couple of
years right um and I I I'm glad that we have had that focus these numbers here they're in the aggregate so can you give me a sense of where we tend to see higher rates of dis disproportionality.
Is it in the middle school, elementary school, high school? And what specifically, you know, wherever that rate tends to be higher, what specifically is being done within those bands to to address that issue?
Um again I mean that's something that I could look into. >> Okay. >> And return that information so that way I could decipher the great bands and get that information for you. >> Yeah, that would be great. Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Anybody else? >> May May I? Yeah.
>> Yeah. Um so I know this evening uh the board of education was re uh received this update. We expect to bring back our um office of culture and climate uh on a more regular basis to the board of education, provide updates on the data, especially as we return this summer uh
to share some of our work around our school improvement planning efforts in alignment with strategic plan goals as well for the board of education. So, we will certainly take the questions and considerations presented here tonight. We will provide a response to the board, but we'll also see our team more
regularly going forward in front of the board to be able to provide these updates. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The next item on the agenda is comments from the audience. Dr. Johnson. >> Uh we do not have any comment this
evening. We did have one submitted but has since been withdrawn at this time. >> Okay. Thank you. Next item is other business board member and superintendent updates. Um just real quickly um as far as a board update, uh next week we will
have our uh meeting where we recognize and congratulate the top 2% of our high school classes. Um traditionally we have done that ceremony at um South Algen High School. We will be doing that meeting here. So that
ceremony here. Um so make sure that you have this location pegged as as where that will be. And then following that we will uh undergo our annual uh board self-evaluation. You all should have received an email
from Laura Martinez about preparation for that meeting. Um if you do not have it, I I know that for some board members it went into the spam folder. Um, so make sure that you if you don't see it in your regular folder, look in your spam folder. If you don't see it there,
let me know as soon as possible and I can get you that a copy of that email. >> Okay. And with that, does anybody else have any other updates they would like to share? >> Oh, you were at the >> I'm sorry. >> I was going to um suggest that you talk
about the cane roe, but you weren't um red, but you weren't there, so that would be a little challenging. >> Regretfully. Yeah. So, I would love to hear about it. >> Yeah. No, there were several of us that went down to the Q Center on um Friday night. Um a number of U46 staff were nominated in the various categories. Um
and uh we ended with on an incredibly high note as Nomi Hernandez >> Noami from um Washington >> was nonated was won the Kain County teacher of the year. It was a very
exciting, very exciting moment. >> That's awesome. >> It was very impressive to be just in the room with all of those phenomenal teachers. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It was really cool. >> Did you have anything, Dr. Johnson? >> Uh, I wanted to again thank uh the U46
Foundation and our community for supporting the superintendent uh scholarship event last week as well. We recognized 30 soon to be U46 graduates and had the opportunity to do some networking with them. Um, and then I'm
going to ask uh Donvie to announce an award that she had recent she received um was it about a week and a half ago as well, but I felt like it was her it was her news to share. So, if she would uh share the award she recently received.
>> Uh thank you. So, um, around, yeah, a week a week week and a half ago, I won the Handover Township Youth Volunteer Service Award, which was really exciting. But, um, it's definitely I want to say thank you to everyone on the board for letting me be the student adviser this year because if it wasn't
for all of you, I wouldn't be able to have this opportunity and to be able to learn what goes on in the district and be able to meet so many student leaders and peers, too. So, I just want to say thank you to all of you for that. So, thank you. Congratulations on that award. Well, welld deserved.
Thank you. Okay, we can move on to for requests. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. This evening, uh we have 10 Freedom of Freedom of Information Act requests available on the public domain of
Diligent. Uh they will also be available on the U46 website later this week. >> Thank you. The next item on our agenda is consent agenda. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you, President Owens. Our first item, personnel report and workers
compensation cases termination of Brandon Alexander driver's assistant contract renewal curriculum and instruction. HMH Aria Laura contract renew renewal curriculum and instruction. Newella balanced assessment
by formative contract renewal curriculum and instruction. Gale sungage learning contract renewal curriculum and instruction Scholastic News contract renewal curriculum and instruction. ProQuest contract renewal curriculum and
instruction Vista Higher Learning Contract renewal plant operations train maintenance service building permits five administration recommends the board of education approve the attached application for submission to the Kain County Regional Office of Education for
issuance of a building permit for the following projects. Fox Meadow Elementary School heat pump replacement project number 728-26. Huff Elementary School warming kitchen renovation project 10003-26.
Liberty Elementary School building envelope project uh project number 1102-26. South Elgen High School intercom replacement project number 285-26. Tuft Middle School HVAC Replacement
Project number 532-26. >> Thank you. Are there any items that board me board members would like removed from the consent agenda? Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as read into the record? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kirk, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. Miss Thomas. >> Yes. >> President Owens. Yes. Motion carried. >> Okay. The next item on our agenda is discussion action. Dr. Johnson.
>> Thank you, President Owens. Our first item, itemized bills for May 4th, 2026. Robin Cornellison, 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 22,120,6856. >> May I have a motion to approve the list of bills in the amount of 22,120,6856? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin,
>> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. Miss Schwarz. >> Yes. >> Miss Thomas. Yes. >> President Owens. Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next item. >> Next item is a recommendation for the 2026 2027 student advisor to the board of education. Members of the
superintendent student advisory council. Thomas Aman of Larkin High School, Niha Ali and Nita Chowdery of Bartlett High School, Andrew Puse of Elgen High School, and Victoria Steven of South Elgen High School. uh joined me in recommending two finalists in order
preference to be the 19th student adviser to the board of education. Uh and of course recommending Stephanie Flores to be the uh nomination the to be sorry uh the student adviser to the
board of education for the 2627 school year. >> Thank you. May I have a motion to accept the administration's recommendation for our two finalists in order of preference? That would be Stephanie Flores as the uh next student advisor uh
followed by Erica Hawk uh as the um as the uh alter alternate selection for the student advisor to the board of education. >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions or discussion? Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr,
>> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Next item. >> Uh, coming forward is Mark Moore, assistant superintendent of human human
resources to present the 2027 2028 and 2028 2029 school calendars. He is available for questions regarding the proposed calendar for the 2027 2028 and 2028 2029 school years. May I have a
motion to approve the draft calendars for the 2027 2028 school year and the 2028 2029 school year. >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions or discussion? Done.
>> Um so I had submitted some comments. Thank you. I'm sure Dr. Johnson can poured those on. Just things to keep in mind as we move forward, but I was curious if we got any feedback from staff or community regarding the calendars either via Let's Talk or emails. I did not personally as a board
member, but I wanted to >> I got exactly one email from somebody who found a typo. >> Okay. All right. Thank you, >> which is correct. >> Any other questions? >> Roll call, please.
Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, yes. >> Miss Schwarz, yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, Motion carried. >> Okay, next item. >> Next item. Uh, Rich Bosch, director of school safety, will be presenting the
reciprocal reporting agreements with local municipalities. is available for questions regarding the reciprocal reporting agreements with the city of Elgen and villages of Bartlett, Carol Stream, Hannover Park, Kaufman Estates, South Elgen, Streamwood, and Wayne.
These agreements are pre presented to the board of education after they have been approved by the municipalities. The attached memorandum provides additional details regarding the reciprocal reporting agreements. May I have a motion to approve the reciprocal reporting agreements with the city of
Elgen and the villages of Bartlett, Carol Stream, Handover Park, Hoffman Estate, South Elgen, Streamwood, and Wayne. >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> I just want to thank you for answering all my questions. I know they came in a bit late, but I really appreciate the
answers prov. >> Thank you. >> Any additional questions? >> Okay, roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr. Yes, >> Miss Khan. >> Yes, >> Miss Martin. >> Yes, >> Miss Nolan. Yes, >> Miss Schwarz. Yes, >> Miss Thomas. >> Yes, >> President Owen. >> Yes. >> Motion carried.
>> Next item. >> Next item is advancement via individual determination AVID 78 and AVID 1 through 4 curriculum proposal. Beth McKini, coordinator of instructional programs and supports, is
available for questions regarding the AVID 78 and AVID 1 through4 curriculum proposal for the 2026 2027 school year. Administration recommends approval of the AVID 78 and AVID 1 through4 curriculum proposal at no cost to the
district as it is included in the board approved AVID membership and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025
2026 fiscal year. >> May I have a motion to approve the AVID 7 grades seven and eight and AVIDs 1 through 4 curriculum proposal uh at no additional cost to the district and provide authorization for district administration to execute 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 Schwarz. >> Yes, >> Miss Thomas. Yes, >> President Owens. >> Yes. >> Motion carried.
>> Next, we have honors Spanish 4 curriculum and resource proposal. Celia Banks, director of curriculum instruction, and Jacob Vandy Martell, coordinator of K12 social studies and world languages are available for questions regarding the honors Spanish 4
curriculum proposal for the 2026 2027 school year. Administration recommends approval of the honor Spanish 4 curriculum proposal in the amount of $16,88.39 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be
charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. May I have a motion to approve the honors Spanish 4 curriculum proposal in the amount of $16,88.39 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related
documents? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes.
>> Motion carried. Next item is the advanced placement French curriculum and resource proposal. Our team remains to address questions regarding the advanced placement French language curriculum proposal for the 2026 2027 school year. Administration
recommends approval of the advanced placement French language curriculum proposal in the amount of $14,201 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost
is included in the budget for the 20252026 fiscal year. >> May I have a motion to approve the advanced placement French language curriculum proposal in the amount of for 14 million $201 and grant authorization for district
administration to execute related documents. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Let me reread the motion. May I have a motion to approve the advanced placement French language curriculum proposal in the amount of $14,201 and request or I'm sorry and grant
district administration the authorization to execute related documents. >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion or questions? Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan,
>> yes. Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next item is a resolution declaring the need to continue usage of temporary classrooms. Sheila DS, assistant
superintendent of operations. It's available for questions regarding the attached resolution and updated summary list of mobile classrooms that will be used in the FY27 school year. And we'll respond to questions from the board of education. The FY2027 temporary facility
reports are attached and contain a part one and part two. Administration recommends the board of education approve the resolution declaring the need to continue usage of temporary classrooms. >> May I have a motion to approve the resolution declaring the need to continue usage of temporary classrooms?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? Don. >> So I know I ask this all the time when this is brought up. So I mean no one loves mobile classrooms. Um, I know from the list at least three of these I do believe are related to construction and
boundary moves. Um, so I anticipate us at least for those sites only needing them for the one year. It looks like several of these we should not need within the next couple of years. Is that an accurate take on this list? >> That is absolutely the goal. And so after we complete moving the U um and
all of the other initiatives like the boundaries, we will absolutely reassess. But the goal is to eliminate them wherever possible. Perfect. Thank you. You're welcome. >> Any other questions? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin? >> Yes.
>> Miss Nolan? >> Yes. >> Miss Schwarz? >> Yes. >> Miss Thomas? >> Yes. >> President Owens? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Next is a bid for the Office of Schools Elementary Supply Kits. Dr. Nao, assistant superintendent of schools is available for questions regarding the
attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible biders school family media DBA educate in the amount of $631,86957 and Paula Supply Company in the amount
of $77,644.80 80 for the total amount of $79,514.37 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026
2027 fiscal year. >> Okay. So, in the matter of the elementary supply kits, may I have a motion to award the lowest to the lowest responsible biders, school family media, DBA educate in the amount of $631,86957
and Pala Supply Company incororated in the amount of $77,644.80 for the total amount of $79,514.37 in grant authorization for district administration to execute the related documents. >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Any questions or discussion? Don, >> thank you for bringing this forward again. And I just want to um I'm kind of asking this just so our community is aware that I do believe this was we're doing this similar to last year where it is our title one elementary schools. And if parents are unsure, I assume their
best bet is to talk to their principles at their schools about whether or not they'll be provided supplies for next year. Is that the best way for parents to >> Excuse me. Yes, that is accurate. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Okay, roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr,
>> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Our next item is a bid. Office of School Secondary Planners. Dr. Oavdo uh is
continuing to be available for questions regarding the educa the attached proposal summary to respond to questions from the board of education. The administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder global printing and design incorporated in the amount of $38,522
and requests authorization for district 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. >> And for the secondary planners, may I have a motion to award to the lowest
responsible bidder, Global Printing and Design Incorporated in the amount of $38,522 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Roll call, please.
>> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin. Oh yes, >> Miss Nolan. >> Yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, yes. Motion carried. >> Next is a bid from plan operations, South Elgen High School intercom and clock system replacement. Sheila DS,
assistant superintendent of operations and Jolene Linman, capital projects coordinator will be available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder low voltage
solutions incorporated in the amount of $2,885,773 and request authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 through
2026 2027 fiscal years. >> Okay. for the South Elgen High School intercom and clock system replacement. May I have a motion to award to the lowest responsible bidder low voltage solutions incorporated in the amount of $2,885,73
and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. >> So moved. >> Second. And before I uh ask for any questions or discussion, I have a little flag that there's a a comment from Miss Downs regarding the the item.
>> Yes. Our apologize our apologies to the board. We noticed a price discrepancy from an administrative error on this um where the numbers were inverted. Um this was a difference of $40 on the um board document.
>> So the price that was read aloud is correct. >> Okay. So, the the previous uh first brought to us last week, um it was $40, >> correct? And that is since been clarified and so the document in front of you is correct. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions or
discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens. Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Next, we have a bid. Operations Unite
U46 Kimble Middle School Capital Improvement Project Bryant Abatement. Sorry, I'm going to read it again. Bid Operations Unite U46 Kimell Middle School Capital Improvement Project Abatement. Brian Lindholm, chief of staff and Dr. Anne Williams, deputy superintendent of operations are
available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder M and O environmental in the amount of $160,600 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 the 2025 2026 fiscal year for the Unite U46 Kimbo Middle School capital improvement project abatement. May I
have a motion to award to the lowest responsible bidder M environmental in the amount of $160,600 and and grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Any questions or discussion? Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, Motion carried. Next, we have a bid operationsite U46
new Elgen Elementary School construction. Our team uh continues to be available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the following lowest responsible biders including base bid
and alternates 001 and 002 in the total amount of $41,988,841.91 and request authorization for district administration to execute related documents. I'm going to read all of them into record including package description, recommended bidder and
award amount. 01 excavation and site work Kellenburgger Incorporated 3,730,875 package zero 02 landscaping and retaining walls Katy Landscape Incorporated 1,879,000
package 03 building concrete Ed Fogerty Concrete Construction Incorporated 2,329,610 package 04 masonry Awansky Masonry Incorporated, $5,740,000. Package 05, Steel Affordable Welding US
Incorporated, 3,235,000. Package 06, roofing, Melor Roofing of Illinois Incorporated, 1,837,400. Package 07, General Trades, Hargrave Builders Incorporated, 4,672,450. Package 08, Glass and Glazing, 3F
Corporation, $1,985,000. Package 09, Painting, Uptown Painting and Construction Incorporated, $365,190. Package 10, flooring and ceramic tile, Diversifi Pro LLC, 1,398,646.
Package 11, Casework, Hargrave Builders Incorporated, $843,450. Package 12, Fire Protection, Nelson Fire Protection Company, $332,689. Package 13, plumbing Hartwig Mechanical
LLC, $1,565,000. Package 14, HVAC Decal Mechanical Incorporated, $4,825,000. Package 15, electrical, Kerry Electric Contracting LLC, 5,26,888. Package 16, Kitchen Equipment, Trrimark
Marlin LLC, 204 413.91. Package 17, Building Demolition American Demolition Corporation, $861,230. Package 18, Asphalt Paving and Sight
Concrete, Schroeder Asphalt Services Incorporated, 1,157,000. This expenditure will be charged to the capital projects fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 and 2027 2028 fiscal years.
>> Thank you, Dr. Johnson. for the night 46 new Elgen Elementary School construction. May I have a motion to uh award the lowest responsible biders as read into the record in the total amount of
$41,988,841.91 and grant authorization for district administration to execute the related documents. >> So move second. Any questions or discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes.
>> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Next is a proposal information services 2026 2027 student Chromebooks. Jim Wolf,
director of information services, will be available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from CDW government LLC in the amount of $3,381,600
and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> For the 2026 2027 student Chromebooks,
may I have a motion to approve the proposal from CDW Government LLC in the amount of 3,381,600 in grant authorization for district administration to execute related documents. >> So moved. Second.
>> Any questions or discussion? Don, >> so I want to thank you for highlighting um the amount of the increase and the why behind the increase. I don't a lot of people don't realize how AI is affecting just getting electronics on any scale. Um and I did notice that in
the later proposals also, but I wanted to bring it up. I thank you for highlighting because otherwise, you know, we don't always know the wise behind it. Are we do you know if we're also seeing lag on getting some of these electronics? >> There is. So basically whatever is currently built and on the market that
is what's available. >> Okay. >> Um a lot of the uh random access memory RAM. >> Yeah. >> That's all been pre-ordered. >> Um so it's not really available to most manufacturers as well as processors. >> Okay. >> Those are those are kind of like
backorded if you will. >> Um so we're we're really seeing that >> in um like vendors not holding votes for us. Okay. >> We used to have longer quotes help quotes held for like one month, two month. Now they're updating quotes every
week, every two weeks, and it's obviously not to our benefit. >> It is not. So like the one that we're approving now, and then the ones we're seeing later, we're saying that is stock that our vendors have in hand and we're comfortable we will have in time. Okay.
Thank you. >> Any additional questions? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. Motion carried.
>> Next is a proposal. Office of Schools Instructional Empowerment. Dr. Anat, assistant superintendent of schools is available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval and propo of the proposal from instructional
empowerment in the amount of $273,600.6060. 60 cents and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged 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 approve the proposal from instructional empowerment in the amount of $273,60060 and grant authorization for district administration to execute the related documents. >> So moved. Second.
>> Any questions or discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, yes. Motion carried. >> Uh, next we have a proposal plan
operations agent obsolescence food service truck purchase. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, is available for questions regarding the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Trans
Chicago Truck Group in the amount of 381,586 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included
in the budget for the 2025 2026 and 2026 2027 fiscal years. >> May I have a motion to approve the proposal from Trans Chicago Truck Group in the amount of $381,586 and grant authorization for district administration to execute related
documents. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. Motion carried.
>> Thank you. >> Next, we have a resolution of the board of education of Oh, should you be reading this because it's a resolution or do you want me to go ahead and read it? >> I'm sorry. >> The next item is a resolution for the So, do you want me to go ahead and
proceed? Okay. Resolution of the board of education of Elgen School District U46, Cook Dupage in King County counties, Illinois to publish notice and sell real property. Brian Lindholm, chief of staff and Dr. Anne Williams, deputy superintendent of operations will present the attached resolution to respond to questions from the board of
education. Administration recommends the board of education adopt the resolution of the board of education of Elgen School District U46 Cook Dupage and King Counties, Illinois to publish notice and sell real property located at 2001 Oak
Avenue, Hannover Park, Illinois. >> Thank you. May I have a motion to adopt the resolution uh from the board of education of Elgen School District Elgen School District U46 Cook DuPage and Kain counties Illinois to publish notice and
sell real property located at 2001 Oak Avenue, Hanover Park, Illinois. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. Yes. Miss Nolan, >> yes.
>> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And thank you everyone for bearing with us through a a rather long discussion action section. We felt um after the board meeting last week where we did not
have a fully capable um digital system with all of our attachments that it was important to go through a full um vote of each indiv item individually. um just so that we were made sure that we had the documentation that we needed to
make those votes happen. So, thanks for bearing with us on that. And with that, I will move to the next agenda item, which is recognition of service of student board members. Do you want to come over and join us? So I have here oops
I have here a recognition for our 2025 2026 student board member Danvi Danati as the 18th student serving on the U46 board of education. We thank you for your dedication and applaud you for your
faithful and committed representation of those we serve, our students, and congratulations and good luck. So, I'm happy to present to you this plaque. Um, this is always a very bittersweet moment
um because we have grown very accustomed to having you sitting at our board. We are just abundantly thankful for the opportunity to have you on our board. Um the the way that you have represented
our school board with enthusiasm, with grace, with confidence um and with great professionalism and um the the amount of work that you have had to put into this role, especially with the student summit. And we were lucky enough to have
the presentation last week um from your uh fellow students um and all of the work that went into that student summit, all of the input that we get back um to us as board members, which is invaluable to have that link right between the the
board and the student voice. So, thank you for everything that you have done for this board. We know that you are going to go on to wonderful things. Um, and we appreciate all of your time and your talent. So, thank you. >> I'll give you an opportunity to say a
few words if you'd like. >> Uh, I just want to say thank you all so much for this opportunity. It really has been one of the best things I've been able to do in high school. I think U46 is a great district for being able to allow students like me to share their
voices in this way and to be able to act as a leader to their other students. I've been able to meet so many of my peers who are doing great things and making a difference within the district. And so for that, I want to say thank you so much and this has been a real privilege to me throughout high school. And also congratulations to Stephanie on
next year. And I will let uh if there are other board members that would like to chime in with congratulations. I know that we're all very excited to celebrate with you in just a few short weeks your actual graduation. Um but if anybody else would like to offer some words of congratulations. I'll open up the floor
to be able to say those. >> Congratulations to your dad. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> It was like break. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Okay, the next item on our agenda is the oath of office for the new student board member. Uh we will have the newly appointed student board member of education. Stephanie Flores will be sworn in by the board of education
secretary. You're welcome to. >> Um, so I'm going to read your oath. Please say I will after the following. Do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of member of the board of
education of school district U46 of Kain County, Illinois as student board member in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Illinois and the laws of the state of the of Illinois to the best of your ability? and further swear that
you shall represent all school district constituents honestly and equally and refuse to surrender your responsibilities to special interest or partisan political groups. Shall avoid any conflict of interest or the appearance of impropriy which could
result from your position and shall not use your board membership for personal gain or publicity. shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by your fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board. Shall take no private action that might
compromise the board or administration and shall abide by a majority of decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek channels changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. >> I will congratulations
Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Hey, welcome Stephanie and uh we'll make sure that you have as much guidance as you need as we proceed through the rest of the uh the board meeting today. Um
but let us know um how we can help if you have questions about the proceeding. Okay. >> Thank you. Congratulations. >> All right. The next item on our agenda is election of officers. >> Thank you, Madam President. The current
officer's terms have ended. The election process will now be turned over to me as the board secretary and I will lead the election process for board president. The election procedures are thus. Nominations can be made by any board member and do not require a second.
However, a motion to close nominations is required. Election will be by roll call. Although the school code of Illinois specifies that board officers can serve two-year terms, the board of education for school district U46 has
passed board policy 2 colon 110, limiting these terms to one year at any given time. I will now take nominations for board president. >> I would like to nominate Melissa Owens as board president. >> Any further nominations?
Thank you. Can I have a motion to close the nomination period? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. I will now call roll for the nomination period to close. Miss Kurt, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. Miss Nolan, >> yes.
>> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> The nomination period is closed. I'd like to now call role to elect uh Miss Owens as president of the board of education.
>> Um, no. >> My apologies. Can I have a motion to elect Miss Owens as a president of the board of education? >> So moved. >> Second. And the move was by Miss Thomas. Correct.
>> And I second. >> Okay. Wonderful. Thank you. All right. I will now call role to elect Miss Owens as president of the board of education. Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens,
>> yes. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. I will now continue with the uh nominations and and uh roll call for the board vice president. Uh so at this time
I will take nominations for board vice president. >> Um I'd like to nominate Shondaanda Schwarz as board vice president. >> Any other nominations? May I have a motion to close the nomination period? >> So moved.
>> Second. I have a roll call to close the nomination period. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> May I have a motion to elect Shondaanda
Schwarz as vice president of the board of education. >> So moved. Second. >> Okay. Uh, roll call. I'm sorry. Roll call to elect Miss Schwarz as vice president of the board of education. >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes.
>> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> Congratulations. >> I will now take nominations for Secretary Prom of the Board of Education.
>> I would like to nominate Kate Thomas as Secretary Prom. >> Any further nominations? Okay. May I have a motion to close the nomination period, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call to close the
nomination period? >> Miss Kerr? >> Yes. >> Miss Khan? >> Yes. >> Miss Martin? >> Yes. >> Miss Nolan? >> Yes. >> Miss Schwarz? >> Yes. >> Miss Thomas? >> Yes. >> President Owens? >> Yes. May I have a motion to elect Kate Thomas as Secretary Prom of the Board of Education?
>> So move. >> Second. May I have a roll call to elect uh Kate Thomas as secretary prom of the board of education? >> Miss Kerr, >> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens,
>> yes. >> Motion. >> Hey, congratulations to everyone in the nominations. Um, we will switch board seats for the next board meeting, but we won't do that for for this evening. So, thank you for uh putting in um the the
additional year of service. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Next item on the agenda is other business appointment of IASB governing board member. Um unless I am
mistaken and I know that we had a conversation about this last year because this tends to be an item or it's it's it's it's it seems to be a little bit of a a title without um much of a actionable um
work as far as a position goes, but I believe Miss Kerr was the uh nomination last time or the appointment last time of the IASB governing board member. Um Miss Kerr's offered to continue that role again this year.
and if I can get a uh we can we do that by acclamation or do we need to do a local vote. >> So as long as we are in agreement with that and Miss Kerr the position is yours. >> All right. >> Thank you for stepping up to that.
>> Next item then would be work session. Dr. Johnson. >> Thank you President Owens. We have the student code of conduct. Markinella, coordinator, director of culture and climate, and Trisha Olsen, chief legal officer, are here to present proposed changes to the STO student code of
conduct. Attached for your reference, please find a memorandum to uh me, Dr. Suzanne Johnson, superintendent from Marinella, uh regarding the proposed changes to the student code of conduct as well as the proposed student code of
conduct. Okay. Uh, do I have any uh questions for Mr. Ganella on the student code of conduct? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next item is approval of the board of education's travel expenses to the
Illinois Association of School Board's 2026 joint annual conference. The board of education will vote on the travel expenses related to the Illinois Association of School Boards 2026 joint annual conference. For your reference, please see the attached memorandum to
Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Johnson from Miss Evelyn Bevens as well as information sheet regarding the Illinois Association of School Boards 2026 joint annual conference. >> Okay, this item uh is referencing the annual travel for the joint annual
conference. um as uh we have done in previous years. Thank you to Mrs. Beans for putting the uh expenses together for us. Do board members have any questions regarding the list of expenses? >> We move on to the next item.
>> Thank you. Our next item, we have work session um bids and proposals. Our first item is a bid for early learner initiatives 2026 2027 preschool classroom kits and movement materials.
Brian Tennyson, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning and Pam Maxi, administrative curriculum and assessment and student success for early learners will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest
responsible bidder school specialty in the amount of $150,735.13 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025
2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions regarding this bid? >> Okay, thank you. Uh, next we have a bid plan operation South Elgen High School parking lot replacement project. Uh, we have Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of
operations and Jolene Linnamman, capital projects coordinator to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends awards the lowest responsible bidder a lamp concrete contractors incorporated in the
amount of $2,112,500 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. Cost is included in the budget for the 202526 and 2026 2027 fiscal years.
>> Do board members have any questions regarding the bid for the South Elgen High School parking lot replacement? Next item. >> Next is a bid plan operations Larsson Middle School domestic water piping replacement abatement and tile removement remove tile removal project
number 508-26. Our team continues to be available to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder CEC Environmental Incorporated in the amount of $327,800
and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 and 2026 2027 fiscal years.
>> Do board members have any questions on the Larsson Middle School replacement? Thank you. >> Next is a bid for plan operations streamwood high school loading dock replacement project number 401-26. Our team continues to be available to
present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder troop contracting incorporated in the amount of $633,516 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related
documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 and 2026 2027 fiscal years. >> Do board members have any questions regarding the loading dock replacement?
>> Okay. >> Next is a bid plan operations TE Middle School HVAC abatement project number 532-26. Our team is still here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder CEC
Environmental Incorporated in the amount of $145,200 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year.
>> The board members have any questions regarding the Hback abatement. >> Okay. Thank you. Next is a bid plant operations Kimell Middle School lower level abatement and renovations. Cassandra Reinbach,
assistant director of planning and systems and Jasp coordinator of maintenance operations will present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. administration recommends award to the lowest responsible bidder nationwide
environmental and demo LLC in the amount of $157,520 and Northwest Contractors Incorporated in the amount of $744,539 for a total amount of $92,59. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related
documents. This expenditure will be charged to the operations and maintenance fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 and 2026 2027 fiscal years. >> Do board members have any questions regarding the Kimble Middle School bids?
>> Thank you. >> Next is a proposal equity and innovation niu camp for responsive education. Lisa Jackson, director of equity and innovation, will present the attached proposal summary and will respond to questions from the board of education.
Administration recommends approval of the proposal from Northern Illinois University in the amount not to exceed $51,277.50. Requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost
is included in the budgets for the 20252026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions regarding this proposal? >> Thank you. >> Next is the proposal information services 2026 2022 staff and student
laptops. 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 Northstar K12 Incorporated in the amount of $2,86,260
and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions regarding the laptops?
>> Next item. Next is a proposal information services data center refresh. Jim is still here to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the propos proposal from
CDWG in the amount of $955,848 and requests authorization for the district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2025 2026 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions
regarding the data center refresh? >> Thank you. Uh next we have work session contracts over $35,000. We have a contract renewal for information services crowd strike CDWG. Jim Wolf 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 CDWG in the amount of $1,440,000 over five years and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost
is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 through 2030 2031 fiscal years. >> Thank you. And just a note that that moved us to the work session contract section. >> I'm sorry. Go forward. I was just on a roll. I couldn't couldn't stop today.
>> Work session contracts over 35,000. Um, just so we're on track with the agenda. Do board members have any questions regarding the crowd strike? >> Uh, just one question. This is a company that provides us with cyber security. If we were to be a victim of a cyber
security attack and a victim of ransomware, would they have any liability or >> Yes, >> they would. Okay, >> they do have liability um because they they are endpoint detection and response. Um they're they're responsible for like letting us know, hey, we found
a threat here and then it's our responsibility to go in and mitigate that threat. Um so we we rely on them to let us know what they see. They're looking at things from from outside of our organization and we're looking at
things from within the organization. So they're they're um they they would they do have a certain amount of liability if something happens if they don't notify us. >> Okay. That so they don't warn us. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any additional questions?
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next item is a contract renewal curriculum and instruction career and technical education send gauge learning. Cecilia Banks, director of curricul curriculum and instruction, will present the attached proposal summary and
respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of the contract renewal with Sengage Learning in the amount of 141,264.50 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be
charged to the education fund. cost is included in the budget for the 2026 2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions regarding the Sungage contract renewal? >> Thank you. >> Our next item is a contract renewal
curriculum and instruction click view. Silia Banks, director of curriculum and instruction is joined by Jacqueline Johnson, coordinator of literacy and libraries to present the attached proposal summary and respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends approval of
the contract renewal with ClickView in the amount of $57,372 and requests authorization for district administration to execute related documents. This expenditure will be charged to the education fund. The cost is included in the budget for the 2026
2027 fiscal year. >> Do board members have any questions regarding the click view contract renewal? >> Thank you. Okay, that moves us to work session. Change orders. Dr. Johnson. >> Our item this evening, change order,
plant operations, Streamwood High School boiler, pumps, electrical switch gear, and generator replacement project number 323. Sheila DS, assistant superintendent of operations, and Jolene Linnamman, capital project coordinator, will present the attached proposal summary
and will respond to questions from the board of education. Administration recommends the board of education approve the change order from Monaco Mechanical Incorporated in the amount of minus $224,398. Do board members have any questions
regarding the change order. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That is the last item on our agenda. I will take a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second. Roll call, please. Miss Kerr,
>> yes. >> Miss Khan, >> yes. >> Miss Martin, >> yes. >> Miss Nolan, >> yes. >> Miss Schwarz, >> yes. >> Miss Thomas, >> yes. >> President Owens, >> yes. >> We are adjourned at 8:37 p.m. >> Thank you, everyone. Oh,
hey. Heat. Heat.