##VIDEO ID:bYER8LgSeYo## good evening uh we are going to call the Oak Park School board meeting to order and we are just giving it a few more seconds so that we do so and uh are following the guidelines and it is now 6 o' so we call the Oar Board of Education regular meeting to order at 6 o' um is this is the November 25th 2024 meeting Miss G would you please call the RO Clark here cin Davis here Elvin here here Madison here and Smith here okay we indeed do have a quum we'll go to item number two recitation of the district mission and vision trusty Clark has a smile on her face and is uh brigh eyed and bushy tailed and ready to give us the district mission and vision go forth and con our mission is to create an inclusive learning community that provides the best academic and social experience by educating the whole child one child at a time our vision is cultivating Visionary leaders and compassionate citizens engaged in the global Community thank you uh we are now going to item number three which is the approval of the agenda the agenda was circulated prior to today today's meeting are there any questions on the agenda hearing none without objection we'll pass a motion to approve the agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so you don't object either hearing none the agenda is hereby approved we go to item number four consent agenda uh we have two items on the consent agenda this evening the minutes from November 11th Personnel actions from November 25th are there any concerns relative to the consent agenda hearing on without objection we will pass a motion to approve the uh consent agenda by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so okay then the uh that said the consent agenda is hereby approved uh and uh congratulations first of all I like to say thank you for inviting me to the meeting and then most of all thank you for approving me to come to your District so I do bring a lot of years of experience as a special educator um it is at the heart of what I do as a teacher and now a leader of teachers I look forward to serving I'm very hardworking uh I'm dedicated to what I do and um my cell phone is always open to everybody so you want my cell phone what it is u i rather you call me than call somebody else um but just know that I'm open to working here and I look forward to serving Oak [Music] Park okay uh we will go to item number five presentations we have none we go to item number six reports we have one from from our superintendent Mr abdulahad thank you president Alvin Tracy welcome um was excited to participate in uh Tracy's interview um and it took me 30 seconds of hearing her before I passed the note to Ayah and said she's the one she's the one you could just feel the energy um as she's talking about serving our students and um providing fair and Equitable education uh which our students are entitled to legally and and just as human beings just Everyone's entitled to a fair accable education and I believe that Miss Springfield will take our special education department to new heights so we're excited and welcome um we'll give your District cell phone so you don't have to give um also want to remind uh the community that this is the first time ever ever that we were invited to the Thanksgiving parade downtown for our band UD so they are going to be performing Thanksgiving Parade which you know it's exciting it is exciting we got two Oak Park different groups we got um I just shared it on Facebook his name is um he just won the gold I believe it was the gold medal in the olypic was wasn't it yeah y so he's also going to be he was also invited Jaden Blackwell what is it Jaden Blackwell yep Jaden Blackwell uh so so we have two different we got Athletics from o Park represented we got Fine Arts and Music repres presented um it's exciting uh we were also invited to the Downtown Development Authority to have the band there I know I sit on that board but they also asked if we could perform there um we are also transitioning this week the custodial so they're doing the switching of the guards there with the custodian um they have tasks that they're doing the buildings um right now um kids are soing and so um even though the district's closed there's a lot of things going on within the district and so that is all I have for my report president thank you so much any questions for superintendent of doe hearing none uh we will go to the next item which is public par we come to the part of the meeting where the public has the opportunity to address the board if it so desires public participation is one way Communication in which members of the public are asked to address the full board with the understanding that board members will not be able to respond Mr Smith would you please provide the public comment guidelines oh oh you're here [Music] sorry he did it last time in your action so please um please all right because of O Park Board education values public meetings not just meetings in public we welcome public comment on school issues speakers are asked to express themselves in the Civ manner with due process for the dignity and privacy of others who may be affected by public comments the public comment portion of the meeting cannot be used to make personal attacks against a school board member or school District employees that disrupts the order of the meeting and is totally unrelated to the manner in which the member or employee performs his or her duties speakers should be aware that statements violate the rights of others under the law of defamation or invasion of privacy such comments may result in legal liability most comments can be concisely stated in three minutes and the board respectfully ask the com remain focused on the topic or issue and not be directed at specific Personnel or board members at this time I do not have any public comment okay there are no public comment cards are any members of the public W to address the board didn't amri okay there if you wouldn't mind just putting your name on the card and let us know the information that we need happy to have you in fact if you want to go ahead and for expediency why don't you go ahead and take the microphone and then if you fill out the card right after that would be helpful okay so my name is Ban Gordon to the microphone you say speak in it yes please my name is Ban Gordon I have two children Makai and Brio Carter that has been a part of OA School District since they started with gsrp this school year ever since I guess I shouldn't say that this school Year my son um um experienced bullying Einstein did nothing to the point that my son said he wanted to kill himself I went through for a month I started with the teacher I went through the Dina students I went to the principal I've even been here I've talked to somebody named sha and I've got nothing back from nobody so yes I just Rec withdraw them from opar school district because I didn't feel safe for my kid and nobody did anything about it I graduated from o Park so I I don't understand why or how the balls dropped but it's not okay I don't know what more nobody wants to say but why just for your knowledge this is is one way communication we're not allowed to respond you can tell us you're how you feeling and then if there are ways we can talk dialogue after this meeting um but during the meeting this is one way communication this is your opportunity to say how you feel okay so we're not able to respond unfortunately okay well that's why I'm here cuz I needed y'all to know that that wasn't okay understood and y'all just lost two students understood can you fill out the car for me and put your information on there for us uh is there anyone else who wishes to address the board going once going twice okay um no others that want to address the board so we are going to go to item number eight which is call for Clos session um I'll make the motion I'll just ask for a second resolve that o Park Board of Education goes into Clos session pursuant to Section 8 C of the open meetings act for the Strategic discussion of the O Park educational support Personnel Association letter of agreement gosh that was a mouthful is there a second second second uh motion B by myself second by trustee Smith are there any questions on that motion hearing N Miss career please call the rooll Clark yes Davis yes Elvin yesoda yes Madison yes and Smith yes okay we are here by going into close session we will like reset for about 3 minutes and we'll go to close session all right thank you e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e hereby approve the appointment of the following candidates for membership to the op youth assistant board of directors Emily Clerk and Deana Taylor Made by Trust trusty Smith there second second seconded by trusty Clark any questions on the motion trusty Clark um just the typo it's supposed to be Emily Clark not Clark okay so Clark it is thank you for that there's no there's no one who has an issue with that change right okay so we're changing to Clark not Clark anything else trusty HOA um I was not in attendance of the last meeting but I did notice in the minutes that there was a question at the last meeting on this on this this motion about providing us with information about these proposed board members do we did we receive that information no but it's my understanding that that board member re Rie the request okay do you do you feel uncomfortable voting here I mean I would definitely feel more comfortable having information about the person I'm being asked to vote for if I may trusty Clark I did join the o Opia Zoom last week and was given some information that Emily Clark was voted as their um secretary with the leaving of Crystal Van ble and she's been working very hard with the with them um she's very active always you know participating and Di Deanna Taylor excuse me um she was pretty much the spearhead for their program that they did for homecoming she did the makeup she sourced hairdressers always shows up always works hard so these are two very valued individuals to their organization they wanted to thank you anything else none Miss call Smith yes Madison yes Elvin yes Hoda yes Davis yes Clark yes okay motion passes we'll go to item 8 B excuse me 11b Park educational support person Personnel should be personel Association letter of agreement uh trusty Smith wants around for being resolved the Oak Park Board of Education has thoroughly reviewed the implications benefits and impacts of the letters of agreement between the Board of Education and the Oak Park educational support Personnel Association Opa regarding pay increases and modifications to the health insurance provider the Oak Park Board of Education formally accepts and approves the letters of agreement as presented support motion made by trusty Smith seconded by trusty HOA are there any questions okay um Harry n m pleas Madison yes Smith yes Oda Yes Alvin yes yes and Davis yes okay the motion passes I I understand Miss Mullen has some words that she wants to provide so the microphone is yours for thank you well to the captain our Administration Miss Fenderson Miss FIS Dr feris and well actually Dr Foster congratulations and our superintendent Mr adahy I just want to say thank you so much our board thank you for passing it it it has come full circle and I appreciate the opportunity to feel as one unit um where we feel equal as we say equal and Equitable I appreciate all the hard work on Miss Fenderson part working with me angel being available to answer our questions um Miss far in her absence and my board here my vice president my secretary and our building leader here miss PA on behalf of O PPA we humbly thank you and we will not let you down or make this decision go anywhere other than upward thank you so much uh that with that said we're at information ads we have n now we're at board in administration Communications and Communications from members of the administration I I just want to say congratulations uh they work super hard uh we see them um and and I always tell them I I can't even put on the vest and the armor that they put on day in and day out their hard work and dedication they so much appreciated and um we're grateful for the board for support working together thank app any Communications from members of the board trusty hard um I want to recognize our board members truste Smith and trusty Davis um for whom anticipate this is going to be their last board meeting with us and it's really been um trusty Smith and I have served on the board for a long time together trusty Davis a little bit less but it really has been a um an a growth experience for me to to have to work together with both of you and I thank you for your commitment to our students um for your commitment to our community taking the time to to be here and make the tough decisions and for working together on behalf of our community and our students so um I just want to express my appreciation to you for that and although this is my second to last board meeting um I know trusty Clark is going to be taking a little bit bit of a break off the board for a couple meetings and then come back for the full six-year term um so um I want to take this opportunity also in case I don't see you next meeting um to say thank you as well really trusty Davis and trusty Clark both stepped up at a time when we had vacancies and we we did those interviews and really in those interviews really showed how um how much they had to give and in their time since then on the board really have um shown Beyond those expectations so I'm really excited about the future of our district um with trusty Clark on board and I wanted to take this time to express my appreciation thank you well stated thank you anything else from members of the board okay uh can we sure trust is Trusty Smith early oh you're right I I went too early on trusty trusty Smith is going to be around till the end of the he should be around sorry I take back everything I only about trusty Davis and trusty CLK well to the to the extent that that if this is anyone's last meeting we appreciate you uh for your willingness to serve I know you'll be back um I know this may very well be your last we're still waiting on the election results to be certified so once we have notification of that that's when we will uh make some some changes but we will certainly miss you okay um and I know we haven't gotten to your date yet so I'll sa yours for later anything anything else for members of the board yeah I I do want to say something to Dr Davis that uh I really enjoy serving with you and Ste you stepping up to the plate outstanding sered with and you actually enhanced my boarding experience as well as so thank you so kind appreciate you okay um much appreciate it well congratulations trusty Clark we already I already told you congratulations I'm going keep congratulating you because you got all kind of personal achievements going on um Happy Thanksgiving yes Happy Thanksgiving go lion to celebrate Happy Thanksgiving the Lions R forward down the field all that stuff if nothing else then uh trusty Davis would you like to provide the information on the next meeting the next meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Monday December 924 at 6 in theard at the administra thank you if nothing else without objection we'll pass a motion to adjourn is there an objection to doing so hearing