I call this meeting of the high school district 211 Board of Education to order. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> here. >> Miss Caval, >> here. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> here. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> here. >> Miss Russell, >> here. >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Mr. Rosenloom
>> here. Please stand and join me in the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all. All right. So the first item is that I make a motion that the board of education enter close session to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the open meetings
act. Appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives. and deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or
more classes of employees. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Any discussion? May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> hi. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom,
>> I. The motion passes. I move that the board of education return from close session. >> Second. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi. >> Miss Russell.
>> Hi. >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I. The motion passes. Please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Good evening everyone. The next item on our agenda is recognition. Dr. Campbell. Thank you, President Rosa
Bloom. I know you all often hear me say this each month, but this is truly one of my favorite portions of our board meeting where we recognize our amazing students who receive honors all the way from for the state. What we are looking
at tonight, our audience and families, thank you for being here. We have recognitions around HOSA, which is Health Occupation, Students of America, Future Business Leaders of America. IHSA State Journalism, FCCL8
State Competition, which is family, career, and community leaders of America, and ICM math team state championships. I'll turn it over to um Mr. Wowski, who is our director of athletics and activities, followed by
Miss Katie Wear, who is the director of food and nutritional services, who will uh help us recognize a special staff member following our students. Mr. Wowski, >> Board of Education, and Dr. Campbell, thank you for taking some time tonight to honor some talented students who have
had success at the state level in some of our co-curricular competitive activities. Here tonight to help me honor and support their students are Palatine High School principal Tony Medina, associate principal Kim Glazier, FM principal Mark Langanger and associate principal Michael Smith, and
Conan principal Julie Novak with associate principal Janette Ardell. Students, when you are introduced, please come forward and get the medal and stand uh in next to the podium. Once you're introduced, then please move forward between the board table here.
Um, when you're finished, you'll proceed to the risers. And then when we're done, we're going to take well, we usually it's a group picture, but I think it's going to be a couple of group pictures with the board with the board members. Guests of students, please stand and be recognized when your student is
introduced. All right, we'll start with Palletine HOSA. Palatine Hosa sponsor Alexis Mloud is unable to be here tonight, but in her place is associate principal Kim Glazer to present their students. Thank you. I'm happy to share some remarks um from Miss Mloud. Thank you to
the board of education and Dr. Campbell for the invitation to recognize the accompl accomplishments of our student here today. HOSA is an organization that seeks to promote leadership and knowledge in healthcare topics to better prepare students for careers in
healthcare in the future. Our students work hard independently to gain the knowledge they need to compete successfully against other students across the state. We are honored to have this opportunity to introduce Paul Putoutia Tichki who is accompanied by
his parents Anna and Voychek Putoutia Tichki. Paul is a junior. Paul is a junior at Palentine High School and is being recognized for his first place finish in both healthc care administration and medical assisting at
the Illinois HOSA State Leadership Conference. His outstanding work not only earned him two first place medals at the conference, but also earned him a spot at the HOSA International Leadership Conference, which he will be attending in June for medical assisting.
Congratulations, Paul. >> All right, now on to FBLA. Adrienne Stewart has been a member of the Palentine Business Education Department for over 20 years. She co-sponsors the Future Business Leaders of America and takes an interest in promoting young women in business careers. And Adrienne
is also a proud District 211 graduate. Adrien, >> good evening. I would like to begin by thanking the board of education superintendent Dr. Campbell, director of athletics and activities Mr. Wankowski, Paladin High School principal, Mr. Medina, and associate principal Mrs.
Glazer for their continued support of our competitive business program. Tonight, I am proud to recognize two state champions from Palatin High School's future business leaders of America chapter. First, I'd like to recognize Raj Kamapali, who is joined
tonight by his dad, Mr. Kamali. Raj earned first place at the state level in insurance and risk management. The FBLA insurance and risk management category is an individual objective test event that challenges high school members to demonstrate understanding of
how individuals and businesses identify, analyze, and mitigate risk through insurance products and strategic planning. Next, we recognize junior Sandep Pant, who is joined tonight by his mother, Mrs. Pant. Sandep earned first place at the state
level in the event of public administration and management. This event is an objective test that challenges students to demonstrate knowledge of how government agencies, public policy, and public sector organizations function. It focuses on public finance, leadership, and policy
creation. Raj and Sandeep's accomplishments are especially impressive as this was the first year our district transitioned from BPA to Future Business Leaders of America. They have represented Palentine High School and 211 with pride, professionalism, and
leadership. We look forward to seeing what you guys do in your senior year. On behalf of the Palentine Business Education Department, congratulations. All right, on the FME FBLA, John Summers has been a special education teacher assistant at FEM High School since 2008.
Since the summer of 2009, John has also taught consumer education in summer school. John has been leading the FEM business team for the last three years. John, >> good evening everyone. Summers, the proud sponsor of FM's Future Business Leaders of America,
FBALA. First and foremost, I'd like to express my gratitude to the board of education for giving us the opportunity to celebrate the exceptional achievements of our students. This is our first year participating FBLA, as Miss Stewart said, and our students earned first
place in four state events. Uh more impressively, these marks uh this marks the third consecutive year that FEM students have earned first place in at least four business competitive events. All of these students qualified to
compete in FBLA's National Leadership Conference this June in San Antonio, and many have accepted the invitation to compete on the national stage. I am incredibly proud of their hard work and dedication and perseverance these students demonstrated throughout
the year, the perseverance the students have demonstrated throughout the year. I'm also especially grateful of the for the tremendous support of their families whose encouragement helped these helped them make these accomplishments possible. First, I'd like to bring up George
Nasha. George won first place in the state in advanced accounting after also winning first place in the regional uh competition in January. is here tonight with his parents Elaine and Adele and with only this is George's only second
year in FBA proving no he's had two years of accounting >> at friend and this is his first year at FBLA proving sometimes even a rookie can hit a home run at his first at bat >> next leg Next, I'd like to bring up uh
Tanisha, please. Tanisha Lawani. Tanisha earned first place in the intro to marketing concepts. She is here with her parents, Nita and Retesh, and her brother, Manan, from our debate team. Despite being involved in sever seven
other clubs and activities, Tanisha still found the time to excel in this event. She will also be representing friend at nationals in June. Trinity Trinity Guravali earn first place in
Intro to Supply Chain Management. is here tonight with her parents Raji and Romesh and her brother Anarude who was another FBLA student who qualified for nationals. As a freshman, Serenity has enjoyed club five clubs including
our highly successful debate team where she earned third place in state. She is als she is already making an incredible impact at FEM. I know this is only the beginning of many future accomplishments. Krishna Krishna has earned first place in data
and science uh data science and AI. He is here tonight with his parents Jaya and Babu and his brother Ruth. Krishna has been a dedicated member of our business club since his freshman year. He earned fifth place in the state
in computer network technology last year. He will now have the opportunity to compete at the national level this June. I would have asked AI if he will succeed, but our real intelligence knows that he will. I would like to I would like to extend
my heartfelt thanks to our students, their families, our faculty, and our administration for their unwavering support and trust. Their encouragement has been instrumental in building a successful and impactful FBLA program at FRE. Thank you.
All right, we'll move on to IHSA journalism. Sean Burlman has been the been at Palatine High School for 23 years and 20 years as the adviser for the Cutless the student news site. Although I believe that Shawn brought some paper copies for the 150th
anniversary of the act of the actual Cutless paper. Uh they went they went old school on for 150 years. Um Sean is a certified journalism educator through the journalism education association. Sean, >> thank you. Uh Dr. Campbell, D211 board,
uh, principal Tony Medina, and assistant principal Kim Glazer. Thank you all for your support to these programs. Uh, it's my pleasure to highlight some of the students who make our student publication a success publications at this school year. Uh, they were nationally recognized by the National Scholastic Press Association and won 47
awards. Tonight, we celebrate those who placed in the IHSA state journalism. All of them received a prompt either written or through a presentation or u a news conference and then created a tremendous piece written graphic video audio under
time constraints. So for first I would like to introduce uh Clark Riley who's here with their father David Clark. Graceland's a freshman who placed first in state in yearbook theme development along with her partner Allison RmIrez
for that category. They got a motto and then had to create cover graphic design uh dividers as well as an overall theme in that time situation. So congratulations. Next I'd like to introduce Isabella
Borosova who's here with Anilia Borosova and Bobby Borosov. Isabella is a back-to-back state winner uh uh place in state to this year. She placed second in yearbook copywriting, an event where they had to portray student life in a vivid written piece of
under 400 400 words. Congratulations. Next I'd like to introduce Som Gorlaku who is here with uh Sushma Ram Rama Krishna and Ruchira Gorlatku. This is S's first time competing in caption writing where he got four
different photos with a plethora of information and had to create captions that brought to life those photographs. Congratulations Next, I'd like to introduce Jaylen Martinez, who's here with Paula Martinez and Jen Thompson.
This is Jaylen's third time qualifying for state with for radio news and the first time placing sixth place in radio news where after listening to a press conference or in this case it was a debate had to create a 90 second news piece also splicing in some of the
quotes from the presentation. Congratulations. And then finally, it's my pleasure to present Kareem Melik. Kareem placed in two events, sixth place for feature writing and fourth place for newswriting. Both of those involve not
only uh pulling out the most important pieces of information, but organizing and putting it together in tremendous piece together. These students uh had us place fifth overall in state, which is our highest ever accomplishment. Congratulations, guys.
>> All right, on to from journalism. From English teacher and journalism sponsor Grant Dawson is unable to be here tonight, so associate principal Michael Smith will introduce the from journalism student. Michael. Mr. Dawson was unable to attend the board meeting tonight due to a family
commitment, but he is proud to recognize Leroy Jing for placing first in the IHSA journalism state competition. The the difficulty of journalism competition lies in the lack of fornowledge of the topic. Students are expected to act as reporters, hear the
information, find the story in that information, and report on it under pressure. Leroy had to watch a taped interview and write a news story in just 90 minutes. It is a great honor to have the state's best student newswriter at
FEM High School. Congratulations, Leroy. >> We're gonna see Leroy again tonight. David Guisdala from Conan High School. David is in his 21st year of teaching AP English at Conan High School and is the English department chair elect at Conan High School. He in his n he's in his
19th year of advising the school newspaper, the Conan Crier. >> Thank you, Dr. Campbell and board of education for honoring the students tonight. And thank you to our uh principal Julie Novak and associate principal Janette Ardell for their support of our program. Um, I'd like to
first honor uh Nate Palano, who was here with his mom, Melissa. Nate was the sectional champion and placed third at the state journalism competition for review writing. He serves as the co-entertainment editor for The Crier. And in this role, he's contributed reviews on Florence and M
and the Machine, Doicat, and Charlie XCX. Nate is a consistent, reliable member of the student newspaper and his engaged, fun personality makes a palpable difference in building camaraderie among our team. He is a true leader on our staff and the crier would not be the same without his presence and
leadership. Congratulations, Nate. And here with her parents, Sandra and Richard, is Jess Michael. Jess placed third at the state journalism competition for headline writing and she was the sectional champion in yearbook caption writing. Jess has been an integral part of Crier
this year, especially through her podcast Film Brothers, where she provides engaging, humorous, and insightful commentary on pop culture. I especially enjoyed her Halloween episode ranking iconic horror villains and her first episode of the year ranking iconic school dance scenes. She brings intelligence, wit, and dedication to her
work on Crier. and her involvement this year helped create new pathways to engage our students. Congratulations, Jess. All right. Linda Saraphini. Miss Saraphini has been a member of the District 211 family and consumer science faculty since 2000.
During this time, she has served as an FCCL adviser for over 19 years. Linda, >> good evening. Thank you to Dr. Campbell, Mr. Langanger, Mr. Smith, the entire school board for your continued support. Founded in 1945 was FCCLA, Family Career
Community Leaders of America. It's a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women enrolled in family and consumer science education programs. FCCLA is the only national career and technical student organization with a family as its center focus. Its mission is to
promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education, helping students build valuable real world skills at front high school and throughout district 211. FCCLA has provided students with incredible opportunities to develop their skills in culinary arts
leadership and beyond. Through compet competitions and club events, these students have proudly represented themselves from high school in the entire district. The students you see here today have gained not only technical knowledge but also the confidence, leadership, and determination that will serve them well
for the rest of their lives. Our FCCLA state winners from High School under frosted cakes are Helena Row, a gold medal, third in the state, daughter of Yan Sukcha. Lena made a cake that was based on a game series. This year, all the cakes
had to be based on different games. Hers was based on a game peak. It was one of the tallest cakes um at the competition and they only had 70 minutes to complete it. So, good job, Lena. Next, we have Nicole Cleta, also a gold medal winner and fourth in
the state, daughter of John Cleta and Colleen King. Mickey's cake was a beautiful masterpiece based on um the game Dungeons and Dragons complete with a dragon on top with wafer paper wings and made out of spaghetti and wafer paper
and edible dice. >> And then in fondant cakes we have Matt Ho who is gold medal, first place and most outstanding in the state, son of Taiho and Dong Deng. Matthew's beautiful masterpiece was a um
Mario themed with all the blocks, all the coins. Worked on it for weeks. It was quite the masterpiece. Congratulations. All right. Jackie Brown has been a member of the Conan family and consumer science faculty since 2007. In addition to teaching, she also serves as the
National Honor Society adviser and of course the FCCLA sponsor. Jackie also runs the Cougar Perk program at Conan High School. So if you've ever had one of her desserts, yum. >> Good evening. We would like to thank you
guys for all um honoring FCS FCCLA from Conan, Dr. Campbell, Board of Education, and of course our Conan administration as well. This year we had nine students compete in apparel construction, culinary arts, and fashion apparel display at the sectional level, and six were eligible to advance to the state
competition Springfield last month. Tonight, we have Lizzie Petrov here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Petrov, and her grandmother. Lizzy won a gold medal, was a top five finalist in shakuerie board. So, she
brought all of her items to Springfield and created a shakureri board in front of the judges in Springfield. You again for honoring all of FCCLA this evening. All right. And our final team to recognize are our math leads. It's the
FEM uh high school math team. Chris Katon is a nationally board certified math and consumer science teacher at FM High School and is a familiar face here at the board of education meetings. He has been coaching FM's math team since 2007 and has been the team's head coach since 2012. And Chris is a proud
district 211 graduate. >> Thank you. It's my pleasure to introduce the members of the FEM High School math team this evening. The FEM math team earned fifth place at ICTM state and we're here tonight to recognize a large number of team medalists who contributed to our
fifth place finish by earning fourth or better in their event. I'd first like to start by thanking Dr. Campbell and the board of education for their enthusiastic support of our program. Next, I'd like to take a moment to recognize the parents and guardians of our medalists. Thank you for being here tonight, for fostering your students
love of mathematics, for supporting our program, and for the 10 p.m. pickups after weekn night meets. Parents, please stand and be recognized. Math team is a bit like track and field. There are many different team uh team events that contribute to our total score. The fifth place trophy our
students earn represents many successes, including the freshman sophomore eight-person team that earned fourth place, the algebra 2 written team earning third place, the oralist team earning third place, the pre-calculus team earning second place, and the
junior senior eightperson team earning second place in the state. I'm so proud of the work our stu students did all season, their achievements, and the strong commu community that they built. At this time, I'd like to call each team member forward to receive a District 211 medallion recognizing their
accomplishment. Students, when you hear your name, please come forward. And as you're walking, I'll also read the events for which you earned a medal. Charles de Julio Frost 8 person Anna D. Frostoff 8 person. Arnav Gupta, algebra 2 written.
Leroy Jing, Oralist competition and algebra 2 written. Isha Konchi Frostoff 8 person Aditia Kushup Frostoff 8 person Ryan Kim pre-calculus written and he was also a uh individual medalist for the
pre-calculus competition Gabriel Lee Frochoff 8 person and he was also an algebra 1 written individual medalist Sophia Lynn, junior senior 8 person in algebra 2 written. Christa Louu, junior senior 8 person in
pre-calculus written. Samuel Malcolm, junior senior 8 person in pre-calculus written. Kate Mu Frostaf 8 person Bashak nilmana junior senior aid person and pre-calculus written Arnav Shenoi junior senior 8 person and
pre-calculus written Bernie Sonoff 8 Finally, I'd like to quickly recognize some medalists who could not be here tonight because they're at their final Chicago area regional math league pra p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p practice before they compete in Iowa City on May 30th. Abiagos was a member
of the junior senior eightperson team and the algebra 2 written team and Daniel Shiao was a member of the pre-calculus team, the oralist team and he was also an individual medalist on the pre-calcul pre-calculus competition. Congratulations to all of you.
You have truly upheld the friend math team's tradition of excellence. Thank you. So, another favorite moment. Um, at this time, if we could have building administrators please join. We're going to try to see if Mr. Patrick can get us all in this amazing photo if we filter
in on both sides. If not, we may have the math team step up in just a moment. So maybe the math team move to the side and then we'll swap them out for two groups. Thank you. We do have another item for recognition
tonight. So, if you'd like to stay and observe one more honore that we have tonight, you are very welcome to do that. >> All right. Hi, I wanted to thank Dr. Campbell and the board of education for
taking the time to honor um our manager at Palatine High School. So, it's my pleasure to introduce Miss Debbie Mayday who's being recognized for this evening for being named the Mayday Mayday.
So Debbie is being recognized tonight for being named the Illinois School Nutrition Association's 2026 Manager of the Year. Debbie has dedicated more than 35 years of service to District 211, beginning her career in 1988. As the
kitchen manager at Palatine High School, she has consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication, and care for her students and staff. In addition to her work in food and nutrition services, Debbie also supports the school community through managing
concessions and coaching softball. Her commitment, worth work ethic, and positive impact on the Palatine High School community make this recognition truly welldeserved. Please join me in congratulating Debbie Mayday on this outstanding achievement.
Congratulations. We're gonna capture a picture with you also. >> There we go. Okay, moving on to our next item. Next on our agenda is public comments.
The board welcomes your participation and values hearing from our community. Please remember this is a meeting of the board held in public and not a dialogue. So board members will not respond or answer questions during this time. Comments should focus on school district
matters and to protect privacy. Please do not mention or identify individual students. We ask everyone to speak with respect and civility so each voice can be heard. Vulgar, obscene, lielist language or interruptions will not be
tolerated. If you have concerns about district staff or board members, please follow the district's communication protocols so they can be addressed appropriately. Please note this meeting is recorded and livereamed. It's being watched by people
from across our community, including neighbors, staff, parents, and students. Therefore, we ask that you value the procedures and decorum of our meeting, being nice and respectful of those at the podium so they may be heard. When I
call your name, please come to the podium and state your name for the record. You may also choose to state if you are a resident or a student of the district. You will have three minutes to share your comments. Please note that your time may not be given to another
speaker. The timer on the display will guide you. If you'd like a response from the superintendent, please leave your contact information with Mr. Shoemaker at the table to your left. Thank you.
So, the first name on the list is Jack Baker. Hello, my name is Jack Baker and I am a senior at Shamberg High School and I just wanted to share about the baseball fields. Um, I've played baseball my
whole life in the Shamberg community and areas around. And over these years, especially through travel experiences and even during my high school years, um, I've played at many different fields. um turf, dirt, you name it, I've
probably played on it. Um and one of the big topics I wanted to hit on is our our field and I think it's embarrassing what has been become acceptable. Um our infield is very bumpy
and it is very bad to play on. Um I personally have dealt with some injuries from the field. um not only me but my teammates and teams that we've played against. And it is also very
it's very heart-wrenching when any rain comes. It is it is very hard to think and hope that we'll play on our field considering how bad the drainage is, which makes it
tough to look forward to going out playing and playing the I love with my brothers. And I may be a senior and I may be on my way out, but I'm looking out for all the people that come after me. Not just the juniors, sophomores,
and freshman right now, but for my siblings who will later be playing on that field. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next is Nathan.
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna try. Sorry. >> Good. All good. >> Okay. >> Um we good? Yeah. Okay. Hi guys. My name is Nathan Barnett. I'm a senior at Shamberg High School. Um and I've been on the Shamberg varsity baseball team since I
was a freshman. Um and I play center field. I'm here tonight to share my experiences with with um talking about our poor field conditions, not just for myself, but for the players that come up behind me. Um including my younger brother Ryan, who is on the JB team and
also play center field. This season, um I was injured in the outfield just like many of my other teammates were. I rolled my ankle during an important uh during an important game because the field is uneven as well as I stepped into a a very pretty big divot in the in
center field. Um when you're playing center field, you're focused on looking up, tracking the ball, and dealing with the sun. You're not looking at your feet. You have to trust the field um and tracking the ball or sorry, trust your feet, trust your field underneath you.
Um, I had to wrap my ankle quickly to stay in the game, but I was playing through pain and no player should really have to do that. And that and not just um uneven ground, but the field has ongoing drainage issues like Jack talked about um for a long time. It floods and
be and becomes swamplike. Yes, we've had rain this season like every other every other team does. Um, but other schools in our conference have managed to play significantly more games because their field is properly maintained. It's not only a varsity that suffers, but JV pays
the price, too. Their games get cancelceled, so varsity can move to the opposing team, opposing teams very safe and playable field. To date, Conent JV has played 10 more games than Shamberg's JV team. My brother and his teammates
are losing opportunities. Um, this program overall um should be something we are proud of and younger players should be excited about. On game day, no one should have to worry about injuries due to field safety. We should be focused, driven, and determined. All I'm
asking um is this. Take this seriously, fix our field, and give the players who come after me, including my brother, the safe experience that they deserve. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Next is Anthony Tribus.
>> Hi, my name is Anthony Tribus and I'm a sophomore at Shambry High School. I play shortstop for the varsity baseball team. I would like to ask the board why our varsity field is unplayable for days after it rains and why the field is unsafe to play on. the infield lip is not supposed to be there and I have to
play the lip instead of the ball um for fear of getting hit in the face or, you know, tripping on it or whatever. Um it puts me at a very unfair disadvantage compared to other shorts stops who play for teams competing in our conference in the IHSA.
And why are we not allowed to play in an out of state tournament in a warmer climate during winter break? Many teams that we compete against are allowed to go different places and are 10 games or even more ahead of us before our season even begins. Thank you for your time and
for these questions. >> Thank you. Next is Jacob Mayners. >> Miners. Jacob Miners. >> Uh good evening uh members of the board. Uh I'm Jacob Miners and I'm a student athlete uh junior on the baseball
varsity team for Sher High School. I'm here tonight to speak about the conditions on our field as I think they're completely unacceptable for player safety. Uh I play third base for the varsity team and one of the biggest issues on our field is that the giant lip that sits in between the grass and
the dirt. These balls can take dangerous dangerous and unpredictable hops on the players that that can cause injuries. Uh our last season when I was on JV, one of our other third basemans suffered three concussions from the same lip. I
thankfully was not hurt and but was left with a few bruises on and around my chest area. Situations like that should never happen because of the field conditions. As players, we understand that injuries are a part of the sport and they will happen, but them being caused by
preventable injuries, like preventable things that could be fixed is not acceptable in my eyes, just because of the uneven lane surfacees. Um, our baseball program takes pride in representing this district and we simply want uh a field that is safe and simply
able to be playing on every day, which we understand that rain happens, but when we go and we all the other places are almost completely untouched by rain and we look at our field and it's completely destroyed where we're not maybe not even able to play that week. I
think that's completely unacceptable and improving the infield service would definitely help protect the players and improve the quality of competition and show that the student and player safety is our number one priority. I appreciate your time and consideration. Uh thank you.
>> Thank you. Next is Tyler Fitzgerald. Uh hello uh my name is Tyler Fitzgerald. I am a junior at Shamberg High School and I play second base for the varsity team. Uh the Shamberg fields are some of the worst fields I have played on over
the last 12 years. when it rains, we get cancelled and moved inside or often have to move to uh other schools around us. Uh affecting like they said uh our JV team or even our freshman teams that have to get cancelled.
Um, I've had games canled and then driven in 15 minutes to watch some of my friends from like Conan or Hoffman and they have the same field conditions if not
um, a little different. Uh, when the weather dries and we get the opportunity to play, the condition of the field is still pretty rough. There are lips where the grass uh meets. Dirt in the grass itself has divots which creates the
funny bounces that can cause real life injuries. And uh for like some plays like like slow uh grounders that you have to charge sometimes like me and like some of my teammates, it's it's harder to charge because you don't you don't know
if it's going to randomly bounce up at you and that that shouldn't happen because of because of uh field conditions. It feels unfair that other schools in our conference and district have better fields. Uh I hope you guys choose to do
something about it. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Next is Kashira Cartik. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Shira Karthik. I am a sophomore at FEM High School and tonight I will be sharing my
thoughts through a poem I wrote for writer's week about issues that impact many people in our country. It's called I Pledge. I would like you to think about the last time you spoke the pledge of allegiance and whether you stopped to question it. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America. I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country who hates my skin and my voice and my name and even the shade of my face in the frame. I pledge allegiance to the flag
of a country that sees difference before it sees humanity. I pledge allegiance to the flag of a country that isn't accepting of my kin. To the country where rules feel set before I begin. I can never win. To a country who still
segregates. To a country who always discriminates. I pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Allegiance. A l e g i a n ce. Allegiance. A word I learned to
say before I learned what it asked of me. And to its republic for which it stands. Holding on for dear life. A republic crumbling. A republic held together by promises it struggles to keep. What does
it stand for? Who does it stand for? One nation under God. But God is different for each one. The God used to draw lines to make rules feel righteous and pain feel necessary. And that has that made us the people
indivisible. Indivisible. Yet we are all divided by color, by identity. We are invisible with liberty and justice. But aren't we the people supposed to ensure domestic tranquility? So why? Why are we still
struggling to fight for justice in classrooms, in hallways, in public walkways, in silence? Why are we still struggling to fight for all of those who are unseen, unheard, unprotected? For all. But if not all are included, if
some are erased or conveniently muted, then who is this all really for? Because equality is locked at the front door. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to its
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for some. A pledge have spoken, a truth left undone. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Next on the list is Lee Bennett. Hello, Superintendent Campbell, Mr. Shoemaker, Mr. Wowski. President Rosenlum, board, staff, and
community. I'm Lee Bennett, a Bears and Palentine's pirate fan, the IHSA tournament brackets for spring sports are set. So, the planning for next year is on deck. Before the sports next meeting, athletic directors will determine how to improve things for next
year. Here are four reasons adding a boys volleyball team is an appropriate improvement. national growth, regional practice, student interest, and student behavior. Due to a path dependency problem, high school sports offerings are out of
balance with student interests. Schools provide less support for boys volleyball than other offerings with similar levels of student interest. Nationally, this is changing as more states sanction boys volleyball. In the last few years,
Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, Missouri, Minnesota, Kentucky, and now North Carolina have done so. Our schools implemented this sport over 30 years ago, just ahead of sanctioning by Illinois. But this the district 211
program has not grown with the sport. We are behind surrounding public school conferences, which already provide four levels of play. Now that all our feeder districts are offering boys an equal opportunity to play this sport, it's time we add a fourth team for our
schools. Surveys of our students interest shows that volleyball is one of the most popular sports with total interest similar to basketball. More important than this stated preference, students reveal their preferences by trying out. And even
after keeping more boys per team than girls volleyball, we cut a higher percentage of boys volleyball players than any other sport. On Saturday, I saw 16 present on fresh on FEM's freshman team. More players
than the maximum allowed by past IHSA tournament rules. It's tough for a coach to manage such a large team. I recognized many of the boys on that team as able play. I recognized many boys on that bench as
able players who were the first male volleyball players to represent their middle school last year. This year's district 15 tournament included an even larger quantity of quality players. These boys and many others
denied the right to suit up deserve another team. even if some of them will be wearing green and gold. Please add a frostoft boys volleyball team at our high schools. Thank you very much. Thank you.
And Kristen Baker Good evening. I first want to start by thanking the board and the Shamberg community on behalf of our entire baseball family for the love and support that everyone has shown for Cookie this week and for you guys for taking a moment of silence
tonight. First, we want to acknowledge and appreciate the movement surrounding tonight's meeting and discussion. So, this does So this matter does not continue to face additional delays.
Families do recognize movement when it happens. Since April 16th, families have formally raised concerns, attended meetings, submitted foyer requests, participated in public comment, provided engineering resources, and continued attempting to
work collaboratively with the district. During that same time, the district has acknowledged ongoing field concerns, review efforts, possible alternatives, and the existence of a substantial engineered drainage project completed in
2017. We've all acknowledged that at this point, the central issue is no longer whether a project existed. The the issue is understanding why substantial engineering uh engineered
drainage work appeared to have resulted in field conditions that continue creating chronic playability concerns years later many years later. Additionally, um publicly observable
elevation via Google Earth was able to show our grading irregularities raised further questioning regarding whether um surface pitch, drainage flow, or grade inconsistencies may still be contributing to the chronic field performance issues that are being
experienced today, every day, and every week of this season. We acknowledge we live in the Midwest. This is far beyond normal weather that every school surrounds us with or that every other school deals with. While families are not claiming to be engineering experts,
these observations further reinforce the need for formal professional assessment rather than continued informal reviews alone. Yet, despite weeks of communication, back and forth, and promised phone calls and updates,
we need to acknowledge the concerns that families still have not still have not have a publicly identified action plan, a professional assess assessment timeline, a remediation timeline, an accountability
structure, or a clear communication regarding the next steps. From a point of student athlete development perspective, long-term instability matters. Chronic displacement, uncertainty surrounding plane conditions, and everything that these boys have said, we stand in full
support. We beg you, Miss Campbell, Dr. Campbell, to acknowledge this and fix it. Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes public comments for this evening. We have a person with a hand up. May I
help you? Yes. >> Okay, you can you can go. You you will have three minutes. >> If you could please state your name for the record. >> Bobby Sloan and I'm a res. I gota find
Thank you. Um, okay. Um, I've lived in Shamberg for 46 years and I think this is the second meeting that I've attended. I've never spoke at the other one. Um, I really enjoy all the wonderful things that the high schools
are doing and Pete Dumbrosski suggested that I would enjoy the band concert last Wednesday at 7 o'clock. He said that they as in all of you like the public to attend really. So I struggled to find a
parking spot. So obviously something else was going on. I found out like four other sports things were happening. I got there at 6:15 for the 7:00 show because I wanted to sit in the front row. My friend and I entered at the back
of Conan because we figured it would be in the auditorium because that's where productions are. There was some man wearing a lanyard by the door. I asked if it would the concert would be in the auditorium. He said he didn't know, but he did open the door and the room was
dark and there was nobody on the stage and so he left. So then I stopped some lady walking down the hall and asked her and she said she was teaching English and had no idea about a concert. Then another pleasant lady came up and she said to look at the electronic sign
board on the other side of the hall. Okay. It said concert to be held at 7:00. A few more people came in but no one looking authoritative until a Mr. Somebody or other showed up. He didn't know about the concert either. So then another gentleman appeared and he was
the assistant something and said the concert had been cancelled. My friend who accompanied me had looked at the website in the afternoon. It stated the concert would be held at 7:00. The man that I the last one said the dress rehearsal was on Tuesday and a few
of the board members mentioned they couldn't make it on Wednesday due to gymnastics finals on Wednesday. So, the band leader said, "Okay, we'll just go with this rehearsal and cancel tomorrow's concert. Why wasn't the website changed? Why wasn't the
electronic board changed? Why weren't there any signs? Why wasn't there any seating? I had to sit on a marble staircase. I'm a senior. I have leg issues and I'm sitting on this horrible staircase. I couldn't even get up. Somebody had to help me up out of
there." Um, wrong. And so, this assistant guy helped me up. He did apologize. But if you if you people really want the public to attend things, shouldn't you make it easy to access and
inform the public? Not I don't know who you informed. I I mean there were like say 10 people standing around. Nobody knew anything. That's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Before we go on, is there
anybody else? All right, thank you so much. We will continue on with our agenda. >> Before we continue on with our agenda, I just wanted to thank our students for coming to tonight's board meeting and speaking. I really do appreciate hearing from you all. >> I I second that emotion.
Thank you guys. >> Thank you. All right. Next on our agenda is the consent agenda items. So, um, because not all board members were present for the special board of education meeting of April 30th, 2026, a
separate motion on approval of the minutes of that meeting is going to be held. So, I make a motion that the consent agenda with the removal of the minutes of the special meeting of April 30th, 2026 be
approved as presented. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Any discussion? May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk,
>> hi. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. Next, I would like to make a motion that the minutes of the special meeting of April 30th, 2026 be approved as presented. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Any discussion? May I have a roll call,
please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrosski, >> abstain. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> abstain. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom, >> I. The motion passes.
Next on our agenda are board updates and information. So the first item is the certificate of excellence in financial reporting. This is an information item. Next is freedom of information act
requests. That's an information item. Next is the FY26 budget and five-year financial projection update. This is an information item. And the last item is community and
family input protocol. This is an information item, but I do have some comments on this. This item is to discuss how how and how the timeline and the process works
associated with bringing community and family community and school family concerns to the attention of the schools, district administration, and board of education. This evening, we heard from several students and family
members regarding a concern that has been brought to the attention of this district. And I wanted to to make mention that we appreciate the information and the the attention uh to these items. I know that there are some
things being done and I will let Dr. Campbell perhaps um mention something if she's able. Are you able or is this something that's going to be communicated in another fashion? >> Well, what I what I I don't have a
problem. Thank you, President Rosenboom. Um some of the things that we are looking and the team is looking to do is in short term have some short-term solutions uh brought to uh the families the Shamberg baseball teams and their
families related to how do we ensure safety and security for short term um and short term is for the duration of the season if I'm correct. I think we have about five five maybe four now games left in the season
and then there will be long-term solutions that will include professionals because again this is not an area that um we can assess accurately um without having some professional input but recognizing it does take a
little bit of time that this is not going to be an overnight uh solution but that we have heard the concerns and we have short-term term and long-term um that we're working towards, but the short term should have been communicated to the coaches through our athletic
director um back to our families. Okay. So, um so again, it was communicated to the coaches and the and the school administrators. So, it needs to now be communicated further to the families and the and the students involved. So,
anticipate that. Um, also while while certainly we understand the sense of urgency, especially for right now, and as was mentioned even by some of the players, you all have siblings and I think it's wonderful that you're looking out for people to come behind you um
into into the team and into the the sport. Um, as you can imagine, these things take time, right? And so there needs to be professional assessments and and determination by those professionals who know, you know, don't have me come
out and look at your field because I'm going to say it looks green and I see holes and, you know, looks like a baseball field. So, um, so we need professionals who know about those things to do the assessments, to make the plans, to give us recommendations. we could take that into consideration
and put those plans in place that that Miss Baker has been suggesting and requesting. So, so those are things that um that we totally understand. Um so keep that in mind. But I also want to make mention that when there are matters
concerning an individual school um that need to come to the attention of I'll say the authorities in the schools in the district. um the best place to start is with the principal of that school. So and that's and that's I'm just making
mention for not just yourselves but people who are in the audience and watching online. So if the problem cannot be resolved at the school then the next step is to bring it to the attention of the superintendent. So, so there is kind of a a process,
right? Um, one thing I learned when I first joined the board almost 10 years ago was the the term chain of command and local things starting at the school level and addressing it there. If you're not satisfied, then go to the next level. If you're not satisfied, go to
the next level and so forth. And um, and so I just want to make mention of that, too. But um but obviously we hear you and we hear concerns from not just uh this particular situation but regularly this board hears from members of the
community. We hear issues and concerns and oftentimes we are redirecting when someone comes to us uh we ask did you already talk to the school right did you talk to the if it's a classroom issue did you talk to the teacher right if
you're not happy with the teacher did you talk to the department chair if you're not happy there you go to the principal of the school so there's you know there's protocols and and methods and and a process around doing that and so um So, I just wanted to make mention
of that in regards to this particular item on the agenda. Does anybody any other board members have anything they'd like to to add to this? Um, the only thing I would add is that um
unfortunately this institution, the board is simply just not built to move as fast as a lot of us would wish it to to move. And we don't really tolerate interruptions. We didn't interrupt you when you were
speaking. Okay. And so as a person who has stood at a podium and been very aggravated at their local school boards, I certainly understand the sense of frustration. The reality is we have processes in place and those processes
take a frustrating amount of time sometimes which is why we have a combination of short and long-term solutions that we're working on. Um my concern is we have coaches for baseball and they're putting these students out on the field in this
condition and they haven't spoken to us. we haven't received any complaints from the coaches on behalf of the team. Is that correct? Do I understand that? >> I mean, >> but but I will say an answer to that,
the first awareness was when I received um correspondence from our our parent, Miss Baker and and the family. So, that was the first of my awareness. >> I just want to make sure that our coaches aren't being negligent if there are actual safety issues here.
And it just sounds like we don't have that answer right now to you know there's an investigation and there's obviously a process being put in place to address the issue short term and longer term with field conditions. So Miss Baron
>> yeah um thank you so much for coming to the board and bring it up to the board's attention. Um I think um like Miss Caval said things don't work as quick um but do know that we are at the short-term
solutions. Um, thank you to our um, administration team and our buildings and manager um, Browns folks who um, I personally went out to um, see the baseball fields and kind of got um, good overview of what some of those
short-term long-term goals. So, please know that we are doing something about it. The long-term goals um, are going to take a little bit longer, but we want to make sure that our fields are safe for our students. Um, hearing today. You know, some things have happened. Um so
we want to make sure um any further we're addressing right away and they are being addressed right away. Um and also thank you to our building and grounds folks um who are out there pumping out the water, making sure like the field is safe.
really take pride in making sure uh that our schools are safe, usable, and um are out there trying their best to make sure that those fields uh those games aren't cancelled. So, please do know that we do take this serious and we are doing something about it.
and um and thank you for all coming and allowing us the opportunity to have this as an item for discussion on the agenda and obviously an opportunity for us to to respond to the concerns as they've been brought to our attention. So, more
to come. Thank you all. Okay, moving on to new business and approvals. First, we have the consolidated district plan. And I make a motion that the district
211 board of education approve the 2026 2027 consolidated district plan to utilize the federal title one, title 2, title 3, title 4, and IDA grants totaling approximately $4,397,816.
How that's an approximate, I'm not sure. As submitted by Josh Shoemaker, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? May I have a roll call,
please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, I >> Mr. Dumbrossski. Hi. >> Miss Mr. Rosenlau. >> I. The motion passes. For the next item, I make a motion that
the District 211 Board of Education approve the spring 2026 curriculum committee report as submitted by Josh Shoemaker, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please?
>> Is there any discussion? >> Um, yes. I I have a comment. Um, maybe it's more of a request. I noticed that all of these recommendations that once we approve them, we, you know, it's basically implemented, but there's really no um financial impact defined
with some of these things. And I just wonder if we're approving software that could be half a million dollars. I mean, maybe that's not the case. Maybe it is, but uh some of these recommendations don't necessarily tell us what the financial responsibility associated with implementing some of these. I mean,
we're we're introducing a new AP course. Um, I don't object to that, but that does that require the district hire somebody um, you know, specific to that or do we have staff that can teach that? Um, so from software and personnel, I just wonder what impact some of these
um, some of the implementation of these recommendations is going to have on the district. >> Thank you, Mr. Draci. We can follow up with that that detail. Thank you. >> I have a couple of questions also if I might. >> Absolutely.
>> Um I see that there were several AI um courses being added or a lot of them are incorporating AI. I just wondered about staff at all the schools being able to teach those courses. Boy, I'd have to be brought up to speed
like a thousand%. Maybe maybe they are already, but um I'm interested in knowing if we have people available to teach teach those things. I'm sure there's professional development involved. >> Yeah. And Mr. Schumaker come up as as
the staff is is currently being submerged in uh professional development, but I'll let him elaborate on that. >> Sure. I think you're talking about the two under applied tech, the AP networking and AP cyber security. Those are part of a movement by the college
board to increase the range of AP courses and they're taking a CTE um lane on those. Uh we do we before we bring these courses forward, we look at what staff we have in our buildings and what
certifications they currently have and may need. and then we define what it looks like for them to potentially get these certifications and what financial impact that would have on the district. So in these cases, these two are listed as pilot courses through the college
board which we participate in. Um we do have staff members that do have the credentials and certifications to teach these. And then typically with an AP course, we would also send our teachers to a college board um conference
specifically for content of these courses. >> It's a great question. >> Yeah, I taught AP chemistry, so I I know from where you come. So, thank you very much for that information. >> Sure. >> And then the question begs, anybody on the board interested in taking No, I'm
just kidding. >> Maybe. Maybe. All right. Thank you very much. May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi. >> Miss Baron. >> Hi. >> Miss Russell. >> Hi. >> Miss Lopez. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval. I,
>> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> I, >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. Next is that I'd like to make a motion that the District 211 Board of Education approve the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization, NSSEO, amended 2025 2026
annual budget. approved the NSSO proposed 2026 2027 annual budget and agreed to pay the district's proportional proportionate share of the proposed budgeted revenues as submitted by Renee Ericson, director of special
education and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? >> I have a roll call, please. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Baron. >> Hi, >> Mr. Van Djk.
>> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> Hi. >> Were all the board members asked? >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Mr. Drosski. Thank you. >> Thank you. The motion passes.
Next item. I'd like to make a motion that the District 211 Board of Education approve the purchase of a one-year licensing agreement for Lightseed Filter and Lightseed Digital Insight modules in an amount not to exceed 68,42244
from the 2025 2026 budget as submitted by Gary Gorson, Chief Technology Officer and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. Any questions or discussion? May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Caval,
>> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom, >> I. The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the attached
resolution to reappoint Kathy Zalooki as school treasurer and Lauren Hmel as assistant school treasurer of Township High School District 211 effective July 1st, 2026 and further secure treasurer bonds as presented for combined total of
56,578 as submitted by Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrosski,
>> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Lopez, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. Next, I would like to make a motion that the board of education approve the one-year contract agreement with Endeavor Health
Orthopedic and Spine Institute to provide full-time assistant athletic training service services at a cost of $56,970 per athletic trainer and $60 per hour for additional services substitute
athletic trainers for the year ending June 30th, 2027 with an option for the 2027 2028 8 and 2028 2029 school years at an annual increase equal to 2.5%
as submitted by Eric Wowski, director of athletics and activities and Ricky Sparks, director of facilities and purchasing and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Any conversation or discussion?
May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. >> Mr. Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Baron. >> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. Next, I make a
motion that the District 211 Board of Education approve the renewal of its membership in the Illinois Association of School Boards for the 2026 2027 and authorize the superintendent to pay the annual dues of $19,911
utilized Board of Education general funds budget. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> Any conversation or questions? May have a roll call, please. >> Mr. Drowski, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval, >> hi.
>> Mrs. Lopez, >> hi. >> Miss Baron, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom, >> I. The motion passes. Next, I make a motion that the board of education approved the pre-approval form for future expense reimbursement for Jane Russell to attend the Ed Red Mini Summit, June 11th, 2026. May I have a
second? >> Second. May >> I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Cavill, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. Miss Russell, >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I >> Mr. Rosenlum,
>> I The motion passes. The next item is potential topics for future discussion. Do any board members have any items they would like to bring forward? >> I might mention something here, >> Mr. Van Djk. >> All right. Um, have have previous boards
discussed having sponsorship to bring in a little extra funds, whether that whether that's a little banner in a in a school gymnasium or a little sign up on the the scoreboard.
Just something that that I've seen at at other schools and other districts where it's a very subtle um local banner up in the gym that I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing there's a little financial gain to the
district or the school and it may be small, but I think we got to count our pennies these days. >> I believe we have had that as an item for future discussion previously. >> Um, it was it was a couple things. One is there was a neighboring school
district that did that and they had a sponsorship and it was up on their football um scoreboard and it was considered an additional source of income and that kind of thing. Um and we did I don't remember exactly when but it was in the
past few years did have that as an item that was discussed and two things one is that we didn't want to go that route um because of who's going to select it and you know who might make requests and things like that and also then it would need to be a policy change. So, it may
have even been sent back to a policy committee at that time to have discussions around that. Um, but I know we did have a a consideration of that in a previous I don't want to say life, but in a previous year. >> Okay. I I do know that we we have um the
little Michael Jordan emblems on a lot of our our um athletes um uniforms. So that that's promoting we we have all these different things that that our uniforms are not just generic.
So I I guess I'm going to put out here that I'd like to have a future discussion on on possible um incomes whether that's through sponsorships or something to that like. >> Okay. Anybody else have any comments or
questions on that? Okay. I'll go around the table and ask for people's thoughts on bringing that as an item for future discussion. Miss Russell, >> um I I don't know exactly, but I know what you're talking about. I've seen it
in Rolling Meadows and it's for the baseball team, but I don't know if it's park district that has those or if it's the school district. So, um, you know, it's fine with me, but, um, yeah, let's let's go ahead and just discuss. I think
>> Mr. Van, I know how you are on this, >> Miss Lopez. >> Um, yeah, I would like to discuss it because since it was brought up before, nothing came of it. I'd kind of want to find out more of why we didn't move forward with it. Um, so I'm open to open
to talking about it. >> Miss Keell? >> No. Okay. >> Zero interest in that. >> Okay. Miss Baron, >> no. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I'm opposed because I think that our schools should um be neutral and if we
start allowing branding on any of our facilities and there is a change in maybe what that brand stands for, then we're pinned down in a public discussion that we really don't need or should be involved in. And I'm gonna I'm going to
say no. Um for a similar reason to Mr. Dumbrosski, expanding it to um again deciding who we're going to accept as a sponsor, how we're going to make that decision. If it's a company, what's their reputation? What products are they
offering? Um how do you know we represent the community? So how does the community feel if we were to have one organization sponsored here and another business sponsored there? So, um, so the the census is not in favor of having
that as an item for future discussion, but I appreciate you bringing that up. >> That's all right. We'll just Okay, leave it at that. >> Thank you. >> Um, can what's our schedule look like on our policy updates? Because as we voted on the board member expenses, I was kind
of churning in my mind like, okay, are we still aligned with this process or? Yes, they they will be uh following up in a few weeks >> for the second round. Yes. The second batch. >> Okay.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Next um is our committee reports. So I promised Dr. Campbell mine will not be more than 25 minutes. No, I'm just kidding. Um
but everybody in the audience is laughing even. Okay. Um I guess my reputation precedes me. So uh the first is NSSEO. So our last board meeting was um was just last week but um some of the things that are on have been on the
agenda for NSSO. Uh we are in uh negotiations with um with our um our instructors and our staff. So there's contract negotiations underway. Um, I attended a a block party called Miracle
on Minor. That was at Minor School and it was incredible. They raised I think it's $13,000 for the the programs and the students at Minor School uh mostly through raffles.
So, it was really really well attended. I got to go to that and and see that facility. um the the draft. So, at this board meeting last month, we approved uh approved uh going with a draft board
resolution and signage and when it came back to the governing board, um the the request was for the resolution like we had. And so that passed uh to draft a resolution and once it's drafted it will then come back to our board for another
review and I'll ask you all for your opinion so that I can go back and and either approve or not approve it on behalf of our board. And the second was around signage. And um when it came back in a written form for us to approve um
at the governing board level for NSSO, the original present presentation in open session was we approve putting up signs. And we all went, wait a minute, we were approving a draft of what the signs would be. And so they had to
revise the recommended motion which they did and we approved that. So same thing um at a future board meeting most likely next month I'll be coming back with the recommendation on drafting signage to put on the um on the property for NSSEO
around um around the um immigration customization enforcement. So, ice. Um, upcoming events. Um, I will be, um, speaking at graduation for Kirk School,
um, on Monday. Um, Kirk School, as you know, is the high school for NSSO, and it's where we send our 211 students who take advantage of the NSSO programs. So, I will be speaking on behalf of our board and the governing board at that graduation. I'm really excited about it
for their shining stars that they try to do every month. Um this past meeting they honored the nine retirees uh from NSSEO who accumulated 188 years worth of service to the organization. So it was really very very
nice. Um let's see prom. Uh Kirk had their prom and the theme was wicked and it was really cute to see pictures of the kids with different colored glasses and hair and things like that. Um June 6th, Timber Ridge School, uh which butts up
to Prospect High School, um is having a scholarship fund raiser for the foundation and the scholarship fund. So that's available online if anybody's able to attend. Um there's a minimal charge and again it's it's
funding for their students and programs. And um the really quickly to mention um it was created to provide past Timber Ridge students who then finish Timber Ridge and go on to Kirk School or return to their school with opportunities to
start their adult lives as college graduates. Um it has and will continue to support students with financial challenges that prohibit them from post high school education. Um and so that's a really good cause. So if anybody has an opportunity
And that is my NSSO report. Next on the agenda is the parent teacher advisory standing board and I'll give that report as well. So we had a meeting on April 29th. Uh Mr. Hildebrand chaired that meeting and it was very nice. um in
attendance uh for both this and the next um report I'll be giving on another committee meeting were um Conan High School's dean of intervention um SRO um the lead district safety and security administrator um department chair from
North Campus chief psychologist from the district director of special ed and Mr. Mr. Hildebrand and myself. And during that meeting, um, we really reviewed school safety and violence prevention. We talked about constructive discipline
practices and we also briefly touched on peer mediation. So, it was a really good dialogue um, and a refresher on some of the policies that we have as a district. Next item is the behavioral interventions standing board committee which I also attended with Mr. Mr.
Hildebrand and the same people were were there for that and and really around that we talked about positive intervention and deescalation uh professional and professional learning for staff at the district um teachers, TAs and NSSEO
on learning about things regarding how to handle individuals dis with disabilities um and some of the the legal and policy um items. surrounding that. So it was really good dialogue as well.
That's it for those. Next is Edrad education research development legislative report from Miss Russell. So there is a written report. Um the even though the general assembly is
supposed to con um be done on May 31st, the House extended a committee deadline for bills to May 15th, this Friday. And the Senate extended the deadline for a number of bills, but those are revenue types of bills. And that deadline is the
following Friday, May 22nd. Um and they would be on third reading. So, who knows if they're going to finish on time. Um, I would uh like to have told you about more of the bills, but I'm, you know,
um, since it's in flux and the final has been moved, I will not be able to do that. However, I could not help myself. And I included I thought were some of the interesting education bills that are out there like um and I'm sure you've heard about
several of these uh requires secondary schools to have female mannequins to teach CPR. Um offering um Arabic foreign language as an option. um
a resource officer grant which I thought might be of interest to our district. Um many others that you can read through. Um but anyway, I thought they were interesting education bills. You know, who knows how many will pass, but um uh
I was impressed by the the information that was given. So, I hope you have an opportunity to read through. And then in addition, thank you for allowing me to um attend the uh Lake County mini summit. And there is a final meeting and
we'll hear all about the legislative um bills that'll probably be signed by the governor this summer. Um and that meeting is June 5th. So that's I think the report for Ed. >> Thank you. And and I want to just
mention uh first of all, thank you for submitting your reports in writing. Um both this and the next report that you're about to to mention are in the public content. So all those lovely bills that are before Springfield um anybody in the public can go to this
item on our agenda, click on the attachment and see every single bill, many of which have links. So if you really want to know what's going on downstate in regards to education, it's right there at your fingertips. So, thank you very much for submitting that
in writing so we're able to share it with everybody. >> And then if there's some that you don't like or you really like, it also lists who put the bill in so you can write to that legislator. >> Right. Very, very helpful. Next is the Illinois Association of School Boards report.
>> Okay. So, essentially, same thing about the bills, um the dates that I just talked about. Um, and hopefully if you watch your email, you'll be getting a report from IASB on
um, the bill updates, but possibly not until the following Friday. And then I also wanted to mention again the joint annual conference um, which will be held in Chicago November 20th through 22nd. and um as the board's representative, I
will be asking after June 1st um uh for to be able to attend and they um had some interesting information I think that was provided and I hope people will take the time to read it. But one of the first things is the fact that
schoolboard members can get ongoing learning and professional development and that of course Ken talked about that at the last meeting and I think that's very important because it also allows us not only to have the professional development there but talking with other
people really you gain an awful lot your peers. And then finally, the board of course has a big responsibility in educating students and responsible with taxpayer dollars and there's also plenty
of sessions about those kind of things that we can attend and we always bills um laws change and I think it's very important that we stay up to date as far as possible. I know I attended the session with the attorneys last time and
there are lots of changes always. Um, and then I'm not sure how this scholarship deadline information got on the last thing, but it they were due on April 15th, so I I don't know where that came from. Anyway, um, so uh
I thought maybe somebody put it on there, but I don't know how it happened. Thank you very much. Okay, next on our agenda is the superintendent report. Dr. Campbell. Thank you, President Rosen Bloom, and
good evening again as we began tonight's board of education meeting with a moment of silence. I want to acknowledge the loss our district's learning community has experienced in the recent weeks with the passing of both an administrator and
a student. During times like these, we are reminded of the strength, compassion, and support that define district 211. Please continue to keep the families along with the students and staff at Conit High School and Shamberg
High School in your thoughts. And I'm looking at Principal Novak. Thank you. And we will continue to keep the school in our thoughts. Um, graduation season is here and I participated in my first graduation
ceremony at Hoffman Estates High School for our alternative Higgins and North High School students graduation. It was truly inspiring an experience that reflected the growth and the potential of our students as they embrace their college andor career
paths. Graduation ceremonies will continue through next week of Wednesday, May 20th, as we close out the 2526 school year. It's hard to believe that we are here already. Um, over the past month, I continue to have connections with students, staff, and community
members through a variety of meaningful experiences. On April 20th, I served as the guest speaker for the speaker series for friends girls varsity softball team. It was a privilege to speak with such an outstanding group of student athletes
about leadership, perseverance, and importance of teamwork both on and off the field. April 22nd was my second invitation to read to preschoolers in Little Vikes program at Frimmed. Experiences like these are always a
wonderful reminder of the joy and curiosity and just authentic uh interest that the littles have. So that was a very um uh awesome uh second experience open house took place on April 30th for
another studentbuilt home created by students of Conit Hoffman and Chongberg High School in partnership with Niti's Development. The craftsmanship, creativity, and professionalism displayed by our students continue to showcase the strength of our career and
technical educational programs. If you did not get to the opportunity to tour the open home um open house during that time, I really really encourage you. It it puts it all together of what our students do and how the skills truly are
applied when we look at the core skills of reading, writing, math, science, and all of those and how it just transfers over um into a beautiful over a million dollar home that was sold that our students did is something amazing to see.
This same day, we held our final superintendent student advisory committee meeting for the school year. I just remain grateful for the thoughtful and honest feedback and conversation shared by our students throughout the year. Last Thursday, the annual pitch night took place right here in this room
in which students from across the district presented their entrepreneurial ideas to community members, business leaders, and guests. This robust showcase was the culmination of months of preparation and creativity where students demonstrated their incredible
innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking. Lastly, I would also like to recognize several important events that took place this month, including staff appreciation week and our years of service celebration that took place here in the administrative office. It's hard to
believe that next week will be the close for our students of the 2526 school year. Um, and it's been a phenomenal year. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Campbell. So, next on our agenda is District 211
Board of Education update. So, I have a few things to add. Um, as Dr. Campbell mentioned, graduations are underway. >> They're here. >> They've already started. So um so this is this time of year is a time of lasts
last performances, maybe last sports, maybe last honors, right? So if you're a senior or you have a senior, relish this moment for those high schoolers and their high school
time um as as they come to a close and they look forward to what comes next. So, um, so I want to, um, also mention that, um, the last day of school is less than 10 days away, so it's just around
the corner. Um, so keep keep all that in mind. Um, and I want to thank uh my colleagues for your time and your dedication to not only being up here and participating in all the different things that we do, but also for those of
you who are participating in graduations, uh, whether you're speaking, handing out covers, um, and just supporting what we do. U, this time of year is really the pinnacle of the the school year. So, uh, so thank
you all very much. Anybody else have anything to add? >> Um, I want to shout out Miss Fam, who's the orchestra teacher at Palatine High School. Um, attended the spring the last concert of the season uh where
graduating seniors were honored. Very exciting. Um, and you know, the music is uh always interesting. It's a wonderful mix of contemporary pieces and classical main stays as well. new interpret modern
interpretations of classical mainstay. So, you never really know what to expect when you go to a concert. The music itself, the choices are inspired and um all of the students there, you can tell uh even though they're there out of regular school hours are thrilled to be
there and it's just a really wonderful uh joyful atmosphere. It was great to see the seniors uh graduate and that's really because of you know we have passionate engaging teachers and that passion um translates down to the student material. So um it was just a
wonderful show as it always is and um thank you to our wonderful teachers. Thank you Miss Fam. You crushed it again. >> Thank you Miss Baron. Yeah, I um I had said it earlier, but again, I just want to thank Mr. Sparks and Miss Hmel for
taking the time to letting me join your meeting um to talk about our um to show me the Shamurn baseball field. Um you know, we saw different saw all the fields. So, thank you so much for taking that time to kind of walk me through. Um
and then a I was able to speak with um the building and grounds manager. Um he walked me out and you can just see the pride and joy that takes in just making sure that our school is um kept is um
you know clean is safe like you can just see that pride that um him and his team have and making sure like I said our schools are good. Um he talked about collaboration like um the
high school buildings and ground and the um crew here at the district and he really that collaboration. So, um shout out there and then um I entered our Shamroberg uh building and so um a huge
thank you to um the safety and security and just those who are at the front um they make sure like who is coming out, who is coming in um regardless of like who it is. Like I had to still sign in. I had to show my
ID. I had to like do the whole um And then on my way out they stopped me like excuse me we need your um little badge that they gave me. So they are on it. Um so I thank you uh for taking the safety and security of our students in our buildings. And then I will be at friend
and Hoffman's graduations that are coming up and I'll be speaking excited. >> Uh president can I just I forgot to add one thing. Um, so, uh, one of my children does competitive gymnastics, but it's not yet at the high school level. And, um, Palatan High School. So,
they went to the boys gymnastics competition there a few weeks ago to see, and that was really, really well put on and well organized. and the facilities are enviable, you know, and so it was um it's just really great to see because
what that really means is it makes sports and activities like my one child plays a vi violin, the other does competitive gymnastics and it takes those kinds of activities that can be hard to access for families. You know, um instruments are expensive, gymnastics
is an expensive sport, etc. But the fact that our facilities through our public education system through Palatine High School through District 211. They make those opportunities much more accessible for all members of our community and um
that's something I really really appreciate. So it was it was great to be able to go see the gymnastics competition and see that we still have facilities for the gymnastics team to compete etc. It was just another thing to be really proud of.
>> Thank you Miss Russell. So I along with Dr. Campbell had the opportunity to go to the and attend the alternative school graduation and as I comparing in my mind and I'm thinking I've probably been to
over 40 graduations including all of those in the high school where I taught and also my kids and myself and so on. But I would say this was probably one of the most joyous, uplifting um experiences. It really was. And there
were about 30 um people that we gave um uh diplomas to. I had the opportunity to make to say one sentence and got a big rise out of the crowd. On behalf of the board of education of Township High School District number 211, I accept
this graduating class and authorize the conferring of diplomas. Yay. Next to the graduates, it was the biggest response. So, thank you for allowing me to do that. And then something really cool happened and it doesn't always happen and it's a very
humbling experience and I'm sure Dr. Campbell found this. on the way out um a young black woman who was a graduate approached her and basically said, "You are my idol. You are my person." Um and I think that's
really wonderful. Doesn't happen very often, but congratulations. And you deserve it. >> I'm done. >> I'm good. I have >> Mr. Van Dyke. Yeah. So, um, no one probably noticed,
but I snuck in like five minutes late here tonight. >> All right. So, I guess it's on record. I was late. Um, but I was at Conan tonight. Um, the CNA program had their pinning ceremony and uh, proud dad, my
daughter was there. I'm not going to cry tonight. I'm not going to cry on Monday either because I will be um at Conan's graduation on Monday. Um so I look forward to that and um very nice program tonight for the CNA program at Conit and
um I was glad I was there and I'll be uh even more happy on Monday to participate for their graduation. So thanks. >> Thank you. And and just to mention, u a couple board members um have graduating seniors and um the the opportunity, the
honor to be on stage when your child is walking across to get their degree, their diploma is something that's truly special. Um I am fortunately or unfortunately my daughter my my second
child graduated um the the year before I started on this board. Uh so I didn't get that opportunity but I've seen it happen and uh and it is truly a moving moment. So uh so congratulations to those board members who have graduating
seniors um graduating this year and congratulations to everyone else who has graduating seniors this year. Um and uh and thank you all so very much for your continued support um on this board and
uh and of our school district and our our kids. So, thank you. >> I did want to add a few things. >> Go for it. >> Really quick because I know it's getting late. Um I was one of those board members last year who was on stage and was um had the awesome opportunity to
hand my daughter her um diploma. So that was a fantastic feeling and something that will live in my mind forever. But um I did attend um some of the honors and um ceremonies the past couple weeks.
I was at Paladine High School and I was at Hoffman Estates High School and it was just so um it was such an amazing feeling to see these students getting recognized for all the hard work that
they um put into their education and you know they're just so serious um about educating themselves and you know going to school and learning all the things and um and being recognized and seeing the teachers um handing them the the
certificates um saying congratulations and just all the genuine smiles that were um everybody had on their faces. Um it's just a very very nice um thing to see the students being recognized. So that
was very nice. I was I was very um happy to be there and my face definitely um hurt after those ceremonies as it is here when we um honor all our students that are here just smiling so much um because it's just such a good feeling. So >> great.
>> That's it. >> Wonderful. Um so the next item is upcoming events and calendar items and in public content. If you're wondering who's going to be at your child's graduation from this this school board, it's on there so you can see exactly
who's going to be attending. And like Miss Baron said, she and I are going to be at Hoffman Estates tomorrow evening. Um so looking forward to that. Um the the last day of school is May 22nd. Um and then you can see other things that are on there. The next board meeting uh
next regular board meeting is June 18th. Um and that's it. in that section. All right. Next on the agenda is close session. So, um it is my understanding we do not need to return
to close session um after this open session time. So, if you are in agreement with that, you will vote no to go back into close session. So, I make a motion that the board enter close
session to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the open meetings act, appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees, collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or the representatives, and deliberations
concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. May I have a second? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? Miss Baron, >> no. >> Miss Caval, >> no. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> no. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> no. >> Miss Russell, >> no. >> Mr. Van Djk,
>> no. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> no. The motion fails. We will not be going back to close session. So, next are action items for those items from close session.
So, I would like to make a motion that the board of education in accordance with the master contract of the district 211 teachers union accept the retirement requests effective May 20 sorry May 2030
and December 2030 as presented and submitted by Helen Miller. director of insurance and group benefits and Lauren Hmel, Chief Operating Officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr.
Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> I.
>> Miss Baron, >> I >> Mr. Rosenloom. >> I motion passes. Next is I make a motion that the board of education approve a 2day suspension for employee Jennifer Milky. Further that the board secretary
notifies said employee in writing of this action by the board of education as submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and is recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron,
>> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Miss Cavill, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. >> President Rosen Bloom. I'm sorry. I'm can't sit on this. Um,
>> do we not normally name the teachers in the retirement request motion? >> Don't we normally read the names? >> Yeah. And that's why it struck me as rather unusual that we have the motion
as presented but we have no names. Usually typically the names are included in the motion itself. So I just want to make sure that we have we're doing this properly. >> So I believe there there was a change made to this particular how this
particular item would go through. Um, >> and it's still so it >> we this motion can still be moved without reading the details of the names because the information is captured. >> I just wanted to make sure >> it's not it's not out of protocol. It's just just slightly changed.
>> Yes. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. The next item is that the board of education approve a three-day suspension for employee Chad Faulk. Further that the board secretary notify said employee in
writing of this action by the board of education as submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a roll call, please. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk,
>> I >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the resolution regarding the suspension and dismissal
of tenured employee Jerry Song as submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> I.
>> Miss Russell, >> I >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> hi. >> Miss Baron, >> I >> Miss Caval, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. Next, I would like to make a motion that effective July
1st, 2026, Larry Varn be appointed as director of equity and strategic initiatives at an annual gross salary of $179,000 as submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of
schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? Miss Russell, >> hi. >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> hi. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I >> Mr. Van Djk, >> hi. >> Miss Caval, >> I >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenbloom,
>> I. The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve a total salary allocation for technology, transportation, safety, and security personnel, clerical, exempt, and management employees at an overall
increase of 4.5% over the 2025 2026 school year effective July 1st, 2026 for the 2026 2027 school year as submitted by Lauren Hmel, chief operating ing officer CSBO and as
recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> no. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk,
>> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The board president, seeing no other items on our agenda for this evening, declares the meeting of board of education for Township High School District 211 adjourned.