WEBVTT METADATA Video-Count: 1 Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=6yIn2XuqA7k NOTE MEETING SECTIONS: Part 1 (Video ID: 6yIn2XuqA7k): - 00:00:53: Meeting Start, Agenda Approval, Public Comment Guidelines - 00:03:42: Superintendent Search Discussion with Dr. Rod Green - 00:16:17: Discussing Community Feedback and the Application Process - 00:29:02: Revisiting Superintendent Search Next Steps and Timeline - 00:39:35: Transparency, Qualifications, and Community Input Discussion - 00:51:50: Community Input Sessions, Timing, and Logistics Clarifications - 00:55:54: Communications: Teacher Appreciation Week Recognition - 00:58:36: Public Comment: Disrespectful Behavior Allegation, Apology - 01:00:59: Public Comment: Thanking Teachers and Board Collaboration Request - 01:03:00: Public Comment: Recognition of Bus Driver's Heroic Actions - 01:04:14: Public Comment: Teacher Appreciation and School Event Announcements - 01:05:54: Public Comment: Importance of Board Collaboration, Acknowledgement - 01:08:46: Formal Letter Regarding Unacceptable Dispositions Part: 1 1 00:00:53.600 --> 00:02:38.480 will start with number one. Okay. Here's one of them. We will now move to item number two. Approval of agenda the agenda. If there are no item number four, audience participation are expressable man. 2 00:02:38.480 --> 00:03:00.800 processed by public comments. Public comments of the meeting against members or school district employees that are unrelated to the matter 3 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:17.519 or employees perform his or her duties. Speaker, speakers should be a violated the rights of under the law of privacy. Such comments will result in legal. 4 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:42.159 Most comments can be decisively stated within three minutes and board focus on the topic not directed specific member. Okay. We will now move on to item number five 5 00:03:42.159 --> 00:06:03.400 superintendent search Dr. Rod Green from M Welcome. >> Yeah. And really So I prefer Okay. Remember 6 00:06:28.319 --> 00:07:44.440 I I don't know. What about I like the online. But what about doing it both way one day? What about the people? 7 00:08:23.520 --> 00:15:58.440 Right. What I'd like to do It's They have a senior. I thought it was I'm thinking The idea people. Okay. So, I can 8 00:16:17.519 --> 00:19:29.720 What do we do? Good stuff. I'm going to make Here's the problem. 5:30. All right. So, I have 9 00:19:31.679 --> 00:22:33.159 long applications. So, let's Think Start Monday. Foreign So what I like to do is 10 00:22:54.640 --> 00:25:35.720 I think I So, I like start like we All right. Whatever. as everyone. I don't know what 11 00:25:55.360 --> 00:29:02.399 I don't know. How about So far, Are you employ. super that's about an hour and a half. Okay. So what about the 16 12 00:29:02.399 --> 00:33:07.799 come back one week? Okay, we can do that one. Thank you for coming. So first opport What's happen? So we didn't I would probably I don't like 13 00:34:09.200 --> 00:38:54.760 27 No, we didn't. What am I doing? All right. Oh, one other thing. Follow August. Okay, one question. What we might do? 14 00:39:35.599 --> 00:43:52.880 You might It's cool. Right. Anyway, That's correct. Okay. not a lady. So this is really only 15 00:43:52.880 --> 00:45:26.720 I don't have Well, I My question to you is have the I believe no disrespect was part of that former 16 00:45:26.720 --> 00:46:30.240 superintend transparency qualify but I just don't ranges from And I know that for this crazy,000 Going back to the beginning of this page here, the 17 00:46:30.240 --> 00:47:16.880 second paragraph, I think the bottom of this honestly, I need to be real. Yes. Thank you so have 4,000 kids. No 18 00:47:16.880 --> 00:49:12.760 20 1903,000. I think we need to bring that 205. I mean, What would I do? I like that. Yes, sir. Right. 19 00:49:35.839 --> 00:51:39.520 For example, focus. That's why So the purpose What do we do? Think about that. I will tell you that all That's why I will 20 00:51:50.800 --> 00:55:28.319 Don't We'll get that. I'll be I have That's it. When do we start Okay. I got a question. You talked about the community input 21 00:55:28.319 --> 00:55:53.000 session starting at four o'clock in virtual might be better. I know people around me how 22 00:55:54.640 --> 00:57:45.359 to Thank you, Dr. Number six, communications. Any communications from the administration? Good evening to our board, our president, our trustees, our community, our staff that have joined us for tonight, the community that's online. Hello. Hello. Just want to recognize 23 00:57:45.359 --> 00:58:02.640 this is teacher appreciation uh week uh across the nation and especially here in Oak Park School. We just want to celebrate our educators. Thank them for all that they do, how they show up being here tonight being engaged in this process, uh working very hard. Uh it is certainly a labor of love in 24 00:58:02.640 --> 00:58:20.160 the year 2026, the year of our Lords to work with young people and so we celebrate them on tonight. We hope we have uh showered them with love this week as best we could uh in the midst of things that are happening in our district. Uh we don't want to take our sights off why we here to do business here in Oak Park schools to love on to 25 00:58:20.160 --> 00:58:36.559 celebrate and to educate the young people and there therefore love on the people that support them. We thank our board tonight for going forward with this process uh to choose the best person that's going to our schools to greatness and the progress that we know and the opportunities that we know that is ahead for the Oak Park school 26 00:58:36.559 --> 00:59:28.400 district. We love it here and we're proud to be park educators. OPA, Opsa and Oak and then we had a meeting couple weeks ago. Mr. Adam was very disrespectful to us, very 27 00:59:28.400 --> 00:59:58.720 disrespectful in every way. over to go direct. I just don't I feel that I'm asking a letter 28 00:59:58.720 --> 01:00:34.760 of another legal from that team from our law. He did apologize. And so I for one person, but It was very 29 01:00:59.920 --> 01:02:22.319 Just want to say thank you for all of our teachers. I appreciate you so much. I really hope Welcome. >> I do apologize. I would one 30 01:02:22.319 --> 01:02:41.079 request that if Madame President decides to collaborate to go to the school on such a special day as teacher 31 01:02:43.760 --> 01:03:00.079 I was a little upset to see that the board was not aware that there was a plan to be as open to the to the future, but I would love to be a part of that. Also, 32 01:03:00.079 --> 01:03:28.000 I ask that the young man that was the bus driver last week, if we can, but I know I did talk about the um the newsletter. Yeah. First, you know, there's a lot of tragedy that happens on 33 01:03:28.000 --> 01:03:44.400 school buses. school driver who goes into a medical emergency where the kid help a bus driver, you know, she was having an asthma attack. There was, you know, just a lot of things that happened. And just to know 34 01:03:44.400 --> 01:03:58.559 that he was recognized for that. I don't want that like that that's like spotlight because um a lot of you know a lot of work to go home is 35 01:03:58.559 --> 01:04:14.960 he decided to help his whole entire um you know team starting you know being started and you know just looking up that's request thank you okay 36 01:04:14.960 --> 01:04:30.960 so um Keep in mind that I'm a parent of three children in the school district. I take focus of appreciation to my children's teachers as a parent. I didn't I didn't plan it or anything 37 01:04:30.960 --> 01:04:50.079 like that. But I able to when I came to where did I go to my child as well as just um I have I do want to say happy teacher appreciation week to all the teachers 38 01:04:50.079 --> 01:05:04.400 especially the ones that are here. You guys are awesome. keep you know going and growing and thank you for all the I have a few newsletters from Messenger 39 01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:19.920 um GFI open house um Friday May 8th from 12 to 3 um come learn all about Leer and how to roll um they have a family on 40 01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:54.960 Thursday May 7 from 1 to 3 um at least hot dogs with dad. They male volunteer male volunteers who come with that and that's on June 7 from 1 to 3. I just want to make it very clear. This 41 01:05:54.960 --> 01:06:10.640 was not a comeback. It was disaster asking leadership of this board. Even if you were to visit or whatever the situation might have been, I just wanted to just say that the board just you know collaborate together 42 01:06:10.640 --> 01:06:28.960 to um to go over to the school as a board. Not always like as individuals. It was not a down. It was just saying that that's a great idea. I'm not 43 01:06:28.960 --> 01:06:54.559 no consider. That's >> also what everyone else said. Happy teachers appreciation week. You are appreciated. you know, um I know your students appreciate you and especially the parents. Um we all appreciate you up 44 01:06:54.559 --> 01:08:25.960 here and I wish there was more that we can do for you to show that maybe in the near future we can really get out there and show you that we do appreciate you. I want to know. I'm probably That's 45 01:08:46.080 --> 01:09:07.920 So we come to every Yeah, I I would say formal very formal letter to that firm making them very aware that that disposition is not going to be accepted 46 01:09:07.920 --> 01:09:32.839 by this board. Item number 7:08 p.m.