[Music] Good evening. I call this meeting of the Township 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 Dyk. >> Mr. Rosenlum >> 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 it stands one nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all. Okay. The recommended action is that the board will enter close session to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the open meetings act and appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or concerns? May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbroski, >> I.
>> Mrs. Lopez. >> I >> Miss Russell >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. >> Good evening. The recommended action is that the board of education return to open session. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Have a roll call, please. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi. >> Miss Russell. >> Hi. >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi. >> Mr. Rosenlum. I the motion passes. Please stand and join me in the pledge
of allegiance immediately followed by a moment of silence. >> 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. Thank you. The next item on our agenda is recognition in honor of Veterans Day. Dr. Campbell. >> Thank you, Bo President Rosen Bloom. I want to take a moment to recognize that
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 is Veterans Day, a day dedicated to honoring the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who have defended our country. Across our high school, students and staff will mark this important day through meaningful events that include breakfast
with local veterans, special tributes, panel discussions, guest speakers, and displays. These experiences provide opportunities for our district to reflect, express gratitude, and deepen our understanding of what it means to serve. You may have noticed the
slideshow that played before tonight's meeting featuring District 211 employees who have served or are currently serving the United States armed forces. We are proud of their service and honored to have them as members of our District 211
family. This evening, I would like to personally recognize one of those individuals who is with us tonight, Mr. Patrick De George, public relations specialist. Would you please stand? Mr. Mr. Deors is a member of the
National Guard. He enlisted as a sting stinger missile gunner and went on to serve in several leadership roles including including media relations chief in charge for joint task force guatano mo excuse me public affairs
that's a large title at this time I would ask Mr. to George to continue standing. Are there any other veterans that we need to recognize? If so, please stand at this time. Okay. On behalf of District 211, thank
you so much for your service. Thank you much so much for your time and we honor you today. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you again.
The next item on our agenda is public comments. The board welcomes your participation and values and and values hearing from the community. Please remember remember that
this is a meeting of the board held in public, 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 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 screen, actually the timer on on display on the podium uh will guide you. If you would like a response from the
superintendent, please leave your contact information with Teniper with Mr. Tenniper at the end of the board table. Thank you. So, first on the list for speaking this evening is Patty Morasco,
followed by Marsha Bame. >> Hi, I'm Patty Morasco and I am a resident. Good evening. My name is Patty Morasco. I come as a former 211 student and teacher and as a current 211 parent. I
have spoken to this board before along with others about the needs for changes in EL programming. I am here tonight again speaking for a large group of teachers across the district. During the 2223 school year, during six separate board meetings, several of my
colleagues and I spoke about the multitude of concerns and violations regarding EL students. In these meetings, we provided specific examples. We cited laws, shared documented documented concerns, and asked that they be taken seriously.
When the board finally asked Mr. Schumacher to please address these claims in the next meeting, Mr. Rosen Bloom said, "I have one very simple question. Are we as a school district compliant with statemandated regulations regarding EL students?" Mr. Schumacher
replied, "It is a simple question with a complicated answer. We worked directly with the state on EL programming. He repeated this phrase, we work with the state on EL programming, four more times and apparently satisfied, everybody moved on.
The audacity of the administration to act blindsided when an ISBE audit determined that the district was in fact not following the law. to have not addressed any of the multitude of concerns and pretend to be shocked when ISBY finds nine separate violations
pertaining to EL programming, including a civil rights one. This should be of great concern to the board that multiple educators raised valid documented concerns and were ignored. The administration instead placed the blame on teachers and proceeded to cut
EL instruction by more than 60% across the district. A reduction that was neither required by the state nor recommended and was made against the guidance of the EL department chairs. As a result, many students who did not yet have the necessary English proficiency
were placed directly into mainstream English classes regardless of comprehension or progress. While some student schools have taken steps to move forward, it's not the case across the district. We have eliminated a Ukrainian teacher, a Spanish-sp speakaking social studies teacher, and a Spanish-sp
speakaking science teacher within the past year, despite publicly posting openings for these exact positions. Some campuses currently offer multiple sections of bilingual science without a single bilingual certified science teacher. Instead, they are staffing
these classes with two separate educators in the same room. One a science teacher and one bilingual teacher acting as a translator. This approach effectively assigns two full-time positions to do the job of one properly qualified bilingual science
teacher that is trained to do. It's not that complicated. There needs to be a collaborative approach, one that includes expertise of the EL chairs and new multilingual director. These decisions should be informed by collective expertise and not
the opinions of one person who is at best ignorant of the laws or at worst knowingly misrepresenting them. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next is Marcia Bame followed
by Lee Bennett. Is Marsha here? >> That's fine. Thank you. >> Hello, my name is Lucas Dvachio. I am currently a student of D211 and I would like to put in a word from
the student body about current changes under consideration that would inhibit students from taking two additional academic courses to pursue their passions. This change involves revoking students the ability of replacing their
lunch and gym if adequate. And the reason behind why I feel this is not really a fully justified thing is that its implementation is making a critical oversight of just of the current pro of the past promises that the district had
made to students. Because as a student, they told me that I could make a four-year plan. I could follow this four-year plan and that for all four years the four-year plan would continue. However, they are now telling me on my junior year, the year before my plan completes, that this is no longer
possible and instead that I will be two courses short of what I would have been, which is well for me not necessarily entirely detrimental. I can imagine there is a multitude of students where this is far more of a devastating effect. In fact, I have 57 emails of
students who agree with me on this issue and this is a small amount of people I've asked just people that I've been able to in past time of classes. I can only imagine how much support I would get when I rec especially when I reconcile this with some other friends of mine who are collecting names at
friend as well. I go to Shamberg for the record and both of these schools have been allowing this for years and now suddenly taking this away really just isn't fair. Most major colleges grandfather these sorts of changes meaning like they allow
for students who are already knowing about the future being in a certain way. They can that's the rules aren't going to apply to them yet because it wouldn't be fair. It's breaking that four-year plan. And I mentioned earlier about pursuing the about students pursuing
their passions. And I feel like it's I feel like that's what school's about. It's not about necessarily just core classes. It's about figuring out what you want to do in the future. That's why you go to school. And and by taking away elective opportunities for students who could choose to take those electives,
you're inhibiting the main purpose of school, which is, as I said, pursuing those passions. I feel a simple solution to this is just to either revoke this change and make it so that instead there are simply more
guidelines and more restrictions on what students are eligible to drop these courses if you're concerned about the mental health which is I know is a big thing but t but in sculpting students autonomy and telling them what's good for them is not what's good for them. It's not going to help students mental
health by limiting their options because that's making the assumption that there's no external circumstances that are making them feel they have to. With the current situation of the world, college is something that's very stressful to acquire and for those reasons I feel that the change is not considering the student body. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Next is Lee Bennett followed by Andy Andy, John, and I think it says and maybe Carl Fionis. I'm not really sure.
Okay. Here with sports is Lee Bennett. Hello, school board meeting audience. On Tuesday, Paline's girls volleyball team beat MSL conference champion Bington. This set up the first matchup of the season for the two Palatine high schools
due to the new conference alignment. Tonight, FM beat Paline to win the Bington sectional finals of the girls volleyball state playoffs. Palatine led much of the first set which FM won by the minimum two points. This seemed to
rattle the pal the Pirates and the VI Vikings easily took the second set for the victory. All 12 MSL teams were seated in this sectional. So FM is the only remaining conference team in the
tournament. Good luck to the Elite 8 Vikings as they continue in the tournament. >> Thank you. Next are our two guests from Palentine Township, followed by Kathy Veler.
Hi. Uh good evening everyone. There's some new faces here. Congratulations to some of you and some other familiar faces that I've seen in the past. And uh I welcome uh the opportunity to to meet all of you in the future. and welcome to the superintendent and to the new
president. Um, my name is Andy John Calcunos and it's a mouthful, I understand. I'm the supervisor of Palatine Township. Uh, I appreciate the opportunity opportunity to present this evening. By law, townships in Illinois are charged with
three basic functions. A lot of people don't know this, so I like to kind of share and lead off with this. General assistance for those most in need. um food pantry, mental health services, and life saving, life sustaining, and life-enriching programs. The assessor's
office, even though we don't assess the taxes, we help you um advocate uh for for homeowners and tax reductions, appeals, exemptions, road district for the maintenance of all roads and bridges um outside of federal, state, and other
local jurisdictions. In addition to the township, as um Palatine Township and all townships in Illinois, we really are the primary source of humanitarian aid in the community. People call us first. People trust us. Um
we provide social services to eight municipalities in our community. That includes Arlington Heights, Bington, Hoffen Estates, Inest Palatine, Rolling Meadows, uh Shamburgg, and South Bington. We help low-income residents, seniors, people with disabilities
um live successfully within the community. Um tonight, I'm here to solve a problem and on behalf of the vulnerable kids in our township, uh our local award-winning back- toschool program supplies program um has been helping atne kids in
district 15 and 211 for about 37 years now. uh high school students are issued iPads by the school and um some the parents are responsible to repair or replace the iPads that can cost up to 300 plus dollars if the kids break them and we
all know how that works. Um the back- toschool program at the township um helps to cover the cost of this iPad insurance uh for qualifying high school students for example those who receive free or reduced lunches. Um, this year we provided,95
qualifying underprivileged students with new backpacks full of school supplies and so forth. And we're able to provide the cost of the $25 iPad insurance for over a hundred high school students in our district in our community. So, uh, we're able to do this with the generous
support of community members and organizations like the folks behind me here today. So, I would like to thank Good News in the Neighborhood Church for their donation of $1,000 and the Palatine Township Foundation uh for their donation of $1,500 to cover the
total cost of iPad insurance of 2500. So, I'm joined this evening by Pastor Luke from Good News Church and Steve Tornator from the Palatine Township Foundation. I'd like them to invite them, if you'll please indulge us for a quick minute, uh to introduce themselves and and and why they got involved in in
helping in this process. So, thank you all. Congratulations and I appreciate the time today. >> Steve, if you want to start off. >> Hello. My name is Steve Tornator and I'm on the board for the Palatine Township Foundation. It's been about three months now that I've been in charge. There's
seven of us on the board. What we do basically is help people in need. short-term responsibilities could be anywhere from rent to backpacks to we uh supply the food for the food bank and
things like that. There's seven of us on a board. We raise money. We have a lot of people that are just a kindness of their heart send us checks. It could be $100 a month, $25 a month, a $5,000 check, an $8,000 check, and we use it
for good. And some of these people I'm learning being here three months now is that they were touched years ago by somebody helping them. Now they're back on their feet again and they want to help us. So that money comes into us and the seven of us try to stir that money
to those in need. But I want to thank all the educators that are here for teaching everyone the younger people in the world. We're going to be the ones for the future and we're here to help the community and thank you for having us tonight. Thank you.
Thank you. Um, my wife and I are both proud graduates of District 211, have children in the district, and uh, too often if a person who is a leader in the faith community standing in front of you, it's to complain about something that they're angry about. I have no such complaints of any kind. Uh, tonight I just want to thank you for your public service. And, uh, as the world gets more
complex and we serve all different kinds of people, I think it's really important that in any ways that we can, uh, all the different people trying to serve the community work together. And so we're grateful to partner in this way and try to serve uh the public schools in our community and our church is thrilled to be a part of it. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. I know we're not supposed to respond to public comments, but I'd like to on behalf of our our district, thank you very much for your contributions uh to our students and and those that are in need. >> You absolutely can.
>> Almost forgot the most important. >> Absolutely. High School District 211 for $2500. [Applause] >> Let's take a picture, please. Okay. The next action item on our agenda
is for the consent agenda. And we have a request to remove an item from the consent agenda. And that is item 6D, state property tax appeal board resolutions authorizing intervention in
proceedings. So, we also have a couple of other items that I'll be mentioning in just a moment, but that particular item will be called upon and voted separately. Because not all board members were present at the October 16th, 2025
regular board of education meeting, separate motions on the approval of the minutes of the meetings being recommended will be conducted as well. The first suggested motion is that the consent agenda with the removal of the
minutes of the regular meeting of October 16, 2025. And item 6D, the state property tax appeal board resolutions authorizing intervention in proceedings be approved as presented. May I have a
motion, please? >> Moved. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. Miss Caval, >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I >> Miss Russell, >> I >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> Mr. Rosenlum,
>> I. The motion carries. Next is that the minutes of the regular meeting of October 16th, 2025 be approved as presented. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski,
>> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Mr. Van Djk, >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I The next motion is that the board of education approve the resolutions authorizing intervention in proceedings before the state property tax appeal
board, which seek assessed valuation reductions in excess of $100,000 for property tax year 2024. Docket numbers 2024-54308 2024-48773 2024-51709 2024-50074
2024-5499 and 2024-52458 and further authorize Franzik as the board of education's legal representative to file request to intervene in appeal proceedings proceeding forms with the property tax
appeal board on the properties for which the district received notification of appeals as submitted by Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> Moved. >> Second.
>> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> nay. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes.
>> Next on the agenda is the Freedom of Information Act request. This is an information item. Next is placement testing of incoming freshmen. This is also an information item. Next item is the short-term cash flow
analysis. This is also an information item. Okay. Next on the agenda is unfinished business. The recommended action is that the board of education approve the attached resolution which sets forth the amount
of $290,700 I'm sorry 290 million71,000 as the proposed 2025 levy for Township High School District 211 and directs publication of a notice of public
hearing on the proposed levy at its meeting to be held on December 11th, 2025 as submitted by Kathy Zalooki, controller treasurer, CSBO, and Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and
as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any conversation or dis or questions? May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi,
>> Miss Baron. >> I >> Miss Russell >> I >> Mrs. Lopez >> I >> Miss Caval >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski >> no >> Mr. Rosen Bloom >> I The motion passes. Next item on the agenda is the Illinois
Association of School Boards Resolutions 2025. This is an item for discussion. Miss Russell. >> So, I spoke about this for the last several meetings and as the representative uh for the board of
education, um I am to vote on your behalf. There were 10 um uh there was one resolution and there were 10 changes in the constitution and bylaws and all of those
were um suggested for adoption. And so I asked that people report to um Mr. Rosen Bloom, President Rosen Blum on how they would like me to vote. If you have done so, that's great. If you have not done
so, um if you could please let me know at your earliest convenience, um how you wish me to vote on these particular amendments to the constitution as well as the resolution. And if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer those. The resolution
booklet is also included um in the board materials. Um it describes each one of the proposed changes. And I also requested that the resolution be reviewed by our district to make sure
that it would be helpful for our district if it was passed. So, um I ask for your support please for all of these and um if you could email me um as soon as possible. Um the conference that I
will be attending the uh uh is uh scheduled for the delegates assembly for November 22nd. So I need to know before then. >> Thank you. >> I I do have a question. the um
other than changing of words and what have you, the one resolution or the one issue is on uh bus seat belts. It is that something that that's across the
board every school bus in Illinois uh regardless of of age of of the students being transported. Can't remember if it was grandfathered or not. >> I don't think so. >> Not fully.
>> Okay. >> No, we would we would had to purchase buses with with seat belts as a high school district. >> Yes. >> I I think it's regarding newly purchased school buses. Well, right. We want retrofitting,
>> but but any new ones >> um despite the fact that they most likely wouldn't be used by any kids on our buses is my guess. >> I'm going to turn it over to Miss to assist with you. >> That is correct. Yes. Um
>> there is not a requirement to retrofit. There is a required to buy new as of a certain date and um there is no requirement for students to be enforced to wear them. >> Thank you. Any other questions?
Okay, thank you. Next on the agenda is new business. The first is student report cards 2024 2025. Um, first recommended action is that the district 211 board of education direct
the superintendent to post access to the school report card to the the district and school websites no later than November 30th, 2025 as submitted by Josh Schumcker, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and as
recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? So moved. >> Second. Dr. Campbell. >> Yes. Just um thank you, President Rosen Bloom, for the request. We received our report card status on October 30th. And
although we have work to do as we look to see all of our students show uh growth each year, we're excited to state that three of our schools are exemplary and we have two of our schools that are commendable. >> Thank you. >> Welcome.
>> Are there any comments or questions? May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> I. >> Miss Cavl. >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom.
>> I. The motion passes. Next item is that the District 211 Board of Education approve the fall curriculum committee report as submitted by Josh Schumcker, assistant superintendent for curriculum and educ and instruction and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell,
superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. Miss Russell >> I >> Mrs. Lopez >> I
>> Mr. Van Dyk >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski >> I >> Mr. Rosenlum >> I The motion passes next item is that the District 211 Board of Education approved the superintendent to offer five new in district courses as
professional development opportunities for faculty as submitted by Josh Schumacker assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and as recommended by Dr. Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So move. >> Any comments or questions? May I have a
roll call, please? >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes.
Next item is that the board of education approve the business for auditorium improvements at Palatine High School base bid 2 to the five lowest responsive and reason and reasonable biders as detailed in the attached administrative
and bid recommendation dated November 6, 2025 for a total of 1,851,28 as submitted by Ricky Sparks, director ctor of facilities and purchasing and Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith
Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> Moved. Second. >> Any comments or questions? >> I have a Yes, Mr. Van Djk. >> Mr. President. >> Yes. Um there's a couple items on the agenda here that kind of overlap with the um facilities committee that that I
was a part of this past Monday. Um and this is one of them. they they went over for us, Miss Hmel, the the need of of updating our theaters and that there's been a process through the years to update each school and and previous
boards had um expressed the the wish to have that done with the funds from the previous sale of of real estate. Um and and they'd like to move forward with that based on previous previous board's
recommendations and the fact that other other buildings have been done and there's a need at this building um as I go back and forth on what our budget the way it is if that's
if this is something that could be postponed. Um but then I I go back to the thought of for every year that is postponed it's going to cost more to to execute just because rising cost. So, we postpone now. Is that really going to
save us a year or two from now? Um I I guess I didn't ask that question at the time in the committee, but um am I correct in that that assumption or or thought that postponing two years
won't save us, but it would cost us. >> Generally, the rate of inflation on construction is going up. um at a faster rate than the rate of CPI. Um so yes, any amount of time waited I would make the assumption I would say that that would be an accurate
assumption that that cost would be higher two years from now. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. And something else I'd like to mention is in in my opinion and as a community member, taxpayer and board member um our
theaters are part of our our curriculum and part of the programs that we offer our students and community. We have students who are in theater. We have students who are in in musical programs. Um we have ceremonies that take place in
these facilities. And I think it's very important um and we've heard here at at our board table before about the importance of not impacting or taking away from the programs that we offer our students. And
I think that that having the right facilities um be it auditorium or gymnasium um provide those uh environments where the students are being able to take full advantage of what our district office
offers. So, um, so I would be hesitant to postpone keeping those programs, um, the best that we can, um, making sure that they're some of the things that we got feedback on that they're ADA accessible, that they have the right
technology, that, um, the the pure facility itself is being properly maintained um, to the standards that we need to provide the best curriculum and education and opportunities and programs for our students.
So, um, so that's my take on this as well, and I appreciate your support being on in with the facilities committee to, uh, to to be someone who's who's having that that keen eyesight and involvement in in what we do around
those things. So, thank you. >> Um, thank you. I also want to say, um, Mr. President, I want to thank member van Djk for those comments. I feel exact I share the same feelings, you know, when we're looking at five-year projections that look the way ours do and then looking at items like this. I
just saw the fall play at Palatine High School, which was wonderful. So, from an audience's perspective, it's kind of sitting there like, well, it was fine, right? So, and our budget projections really aren't fine, you know? So it's like um and at the same time like I um
working in a different district that deferred maintenance for a long time. I know what that feels like too. And it really results in parts of the facilities to be unsafe and unusable. And it's it's a fine balance that's very
difficult to nail down for sure because if we assume that at some point in the future the money is going to have to be spent be it five years, 10 years, you know, etc. It's a safe assumption that the costs are more, but um then you still have to time you still have to work within the parameters of what the
budget looks like right now as well and what the taxes look like right now. And so it's a very complicated picture and sometimes it's hard to nail down, you know, something that's a want versus a need and uh when it should happen and when it changes from a want to a need and when is best to aim our budget to
get maximum dollar value for dollar. It's very difficult to do. I share your complicated feelings about the situation. So, thank you. >> A quick question if I may, Mr. Rosen. Um, the requirements on these bids were that all the work be completed during the summer months and on a constrained
uh schedule. >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I just also want to highlight um that some of the improvements that we're making are to be making our auditoriums more ADA access for not only um our performers, but the people who are coming to see um you know, our students
perform. So, >> um, I also wanted to highlight that it's really important for us to be ADA accessible. >> Thank you. May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> present. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I.
>> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Miss Russell. >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The next motion is that the board of education hereby approve the sale of the
property at 1527 Louise Lane Palatine towan Shin in the amount of $900,000 and contingent upon the buyer being released from their current lease by November 14, 2025.
Further that the board authorize the superintendent or designate to sign any documents for or on behalf of the board to consummate the sale as submitted by Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith
Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any questions or comments? May I have a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. Miss Russell, >> hi. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I >> Miss Caval, >> I
>> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Baron, >> I >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The next action is that the board of education approve the pre-approval form for future expense reimbursement for
Kenneth Van Djk to attend the IASB joint annual conference triple eye conference November 21st through 23rd 2025 as submitted by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion or comments?
May I have a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. >> Miss Baron. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> No. >> Miss Russell. >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I. The motion passes.
Next item is a discussion item to uh discuss any potential topics for future discussion at a future board meeting. Does anybody have any to contribute at this time? >> Um, sorry it came up during public
comments. Um, last year we did receive a report. So, I'm not asking it for it to be on on the agenda, but maybe if we can just get some information about kind of where our EL program is. Um, you know, if there's some areas that we're still working on, what might be the disconnect
of the information not being relayed back to our teachers? Um, so I do, if it's okay if we can get some information. >> Yes, thank you. If you can give um some time, we will absolutely capture that information. and it will not be by tomorrow for the end of the week, but if you allow time, we will definitely have
it within the week to share. Thank you. >> Um just one more or go ahead. >> Oh, go ahead. >> Um we also heard from a student today and I so appreciate our students coming to the board meeting to speak. Um I highly encourage u more students to come
to the board and speak. Um I may have missed something, I may have not. Um, but if we can maybe also get some information about some of the concerns that student has expressed today. Um, just information doesn't have to be tomorrow, but if you can get it
over to us if that is okay with everyone. >> And we will also get that information shared. Thank you. >> That's exactly what I was going to ask. >> Yes. Thank you. It's noted. >> Great. And and in case any um board
member would like to see firsthand um what our EL teachers do, um I know some of us in in years past have had the opportunity to go into our schools. uh obviously coordinating with with our administration to visit a school and and
and observe um classes that are being taught to our EL students so we could see firsthand um how they work and and get a good understanding of of what our our process is in in working with those students um so that we know
>> reach out to Dr. Campbell if you want to do something >> yes reach out to Dr. Campbell and she will uh she will help along there. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Next is committee reports. So, we'll start with Northwest Suburban Special Education
Organization. I also known as NSSEO. So, um we had our board meeting last night. Um I'll update you on that. And um are you going to update during your report or do you want to do it during the NSSO report on yesterday on uh this
morning? Um I will follow you. >> Okay. All right. Great. So last night we had our governing board meeting. Um during the governing board meeting and I have brought it to this board in the past um we have made some revisions to our articles of agreement. How we
operate as a cooperative and how we operate as a board. And you all know that we're looking to change the the um the dynamics and format for the board to have a governing board and a
superintendent currently council but soon to be a superintendent board if in fact the agreement is ratified. So there are eight cooperative district members of which we are one. the uh revised
articles of agreement um have been um presented to the governing board with our instructions to bring it back to our local boards. Some of those boards are having meetings next week and some of them even the week after. I thought with having our our meeting last night that
to bring it back to this board would not give enough time for people to really review and absorb and provide any feedback. Um but I will be providing that um to this board um between now and our next board meeting. And at our next
board meeting, I'm asking this board to either uh vote in favor or disapproval to ratify the revised articles of agreement. Um there are the the current articles of
agreement call for five member districts to approve and ratify the new articles uh for them to take effect. So we have until December um which will be at at our next board meeting and then if it if they're ratified and take effect that
they will be effective in January. So, uh, so that will be coming forth to all of you, uh, for our December meeting. So, keep an eye out for it and take a look through it, um, and see how things go from there. Last weekend, NSSEO had their harvest fest and you all
got an invitation flyer at our last board meeting. Um, it was a very eventful happening at their outdoor education center. Uh it was a nice crisp day if you remember Saturday and uh and very well attended and appreciated by
everyone who had the opportunity to go. And just so you can mark on your calendars for anybody watching, listening or this board, January 31st will be Winterfest. So dawn your winter apparel and and come back out to the same location to see their winter
instructional programs for everybody to take advantage of. And that is my update. Um Dr. Campbell's going to provide a little bit more update on the superintendent council. Just briefly, we had the opportunity, we
had our meeting today, this morning. Um it was uh a great opportunity to come together as a co-op. Much discussion was held around um future FTEEs, also uh facilities and operations, things that are related to the buildings in which our students are currently sit. Um so
that I will won't belabor it but in conclusion um we will look forward to um the input from the board of the direction that the co-op will go. Thank you. >> Thank you. Yes, Miss Russell. >> One question. Uh you had originally sent
the proposed changes. Were there any changes made to those changes? >> There are. So, okay. So, the the the draft agreement is a what we always call living document, right? It has gone through several changes um with input
from boards. Uh several boards did provide input. Um I also provided input from my being on their board and they also got a lot of input from superintendent. So, uh they took that all together and you will see the um for
lack of a better term the final draft of that agreement. Um, and I will be asking you if we can as a board ratify it and put our stamp of approval >> on on the new agreement. >> Yes. Thank you for asking that. It has changed. >> Okay.
>> Yeah. I can't say go back to the one you already have and >> Yeah. Thank you for asking. >> All right. Next on the agenda is um our update from Ed Red. Miss Russell. >> Yes. Thank you. Um Dr. Campbell and Miss
Hmel and I attended the kickoff lunchon. Uh they provided a a great panel discussion. Um I've written about that and the questions that were asked, the people that represented um that were represented on the panel discussion, all of the different topics
that were covered. If you want further information, I took copious notes, but I'm sure that we can um get that information for you. The first member meeting was tonight, but I am here and I'm not at the member meeting, but they
do uh record that and I will uh report back at the next meeting. Um the I talked about last time um one of the Senate bills. It was about AI foyer requests. I don't know if you remember
me mentioning that, but um the the bill clarifies that foyer requests must come from real people and lets districts verify suspicious requests before responding. It passed and it's going to the governor's desk for a signature.
And that's it for that report. >> All right. Thank you. Next is the community and and family services report. Miss Marin. >> Yes. on one yesterday uh the UPC coalition had its meeting but I was unfortunately unable to attend. So next
meeting I'll have um some material to bring back. >> Thank you. Next on the agenda is a district 211 foundation report. >> At this time there is no foundation report. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next on the agenda is the Illinois Association of School Boards
report. Miss Russell. >> Thank you. Um, I almost had a written report, but since I'm incapable of doing some of the maneuvering in order to get it done, you don't have a written copy, but um, thank you for responding to me, please, so that I know how you wish me
to vote at the um, delegates assembly. And, um, um, Mr. uh, Rosen Bloom, President Rosen Bloom, and Dr. Campbell and I attended the North Cook Division meeting. Um, there was a speaker, I
think I'd mention it next time. It's Dr. Doug Bolton, and he presented from his book, which is called Untethered. I have not yet purchased it, but I will. Um there is now confirmed data and research
and I think we all knew this in advance that kids well-being um can if if the kids students well-being is better they do better in school. Um I don't think there's anything new about that but that's those
are the kinds of things he spoke about. It's important for adults in the school as well as others outside school to be involved in their education. And one other thing he noted is that district 54 had worked with him and saw a remarkable
uh increase in student scores and behavior improvements as a a result of the process. the um outline that he provided in his book untethered. And I do have one question for everyone.
I should know this, but I don't. Does everyone receive from IASB regular weekly updates um on both federal and state legislation? Okay, then I won't have to talk about that at all. You can just read it. That's it for me.
>> Thank you. And and real quick, so I I went home from that that dinner meeting and mentioned to my wife who has been an educator in District 54 for 19 years, who the speaker was, and she was extremely excited. Um, and Mr. Van Djk,
you may know him as well. Um, District 54 started an initiative about belonging and they used an or little orange frog and some other things and really uh went full in with his with his uh philosophy
and um and it spread like wildfire throughout the district and it was really incorporated to how they operated and and their culture as a school district. And like Miss Russell mentioned, he specifically pointed it
out and we were sitting at the table with district 54 board members and the superintendent and and he went like that and there was 54 sitting right in front of us. So uh so it was a really good program and very informative for us. So thank you for that.
Okay. And next is the facility committee report. Mr. Van Djk. >> Yes. Thanks. I I've covered the theater already, right? Um Elai needs a couple uh chillers, what we were uh told. And um as you can
imagine, if the current one goes out on a hot day, could be problematic. These these two new chillers that they they want to put in would would take care of that and then uh kind of be able to overlap each other. My understanding
again in my that that's a good thing if the current one goes down. Now we're what are we doing? Cancelling classes till it gets brought up and it may not get brought up. Um Hoffman State's locker room is the last locker room. >> Yes.
>> That we're looking to renovate. Um it was nice that Miss Hmel presented some pictures to the group. I haven't seen the the new locker rooms in person, but I certainly haven't seen Hoffman
Estate's current um um state or their their locker room and shower room. but she did provide a a picture and and it's a a room and you've got these poles with showerheads around
the poles and so it's it's like these older movies that you see people are taking a shower and they're all in there together and um I know I wouldn't take a shower in there myself but then after the fact I was thinking well even if you have
private showers are they utilized in in our schools schools that we have updated. It's just a an afterthought. Are are they actually utilized? But that that's the final school to to
be brought up to the new and then the last subject was school safety and security. And I I'm not big on discussing that publicly what we do. And um I would appreciate some time. I know we can go
into a close session and and discuss school safety. And I I would appreciate as a board if we could um be brought up current on what we're doing in the district. they they presented a lot that we're doing and and I appreciate that.
But I know myself being new and a couple other board members, I would appreciate to have a more in depth just around safety and security back and forth. But um that covers, I believe, what we covered that night. And thank you very
much. >> Um thank you, Mr. Van Djk. I agree. I think that that's an excellent idea in close session. Um I think it especially for new members that need to be caught up on some of the things that this district does. I think that'd be great. Maybe um I'm sure President Rosen Bloom
can find some meetings in the early winter that maybe aren't as chockers with presentations that can keep us here till 11:30 at night and get that done um with respect to everybody's time and mental health. Um the other thing that might dovetail nicely with that since we're already having to have time in
close session about that if I remember right several board um recaps ago there was a mention I believe of some provision as a result of state changes with um policies regarding ticketing for police officers that are working in our
schools. some of those um agreements that we have with our police officers which dovetail nicely with our security and safety. There might need to be discussions already happening. So maybe whenever those are happening we could put those two things together and two birds with one stone. Just an idea.
I think those are great ideas as well. All right. Thank you. Next item on our agenda is the superintendent report. >> All right. Good evening again and thank you. It's hard to believe that we are nearing the end of our 12week grading
period and also my first 100 days um as the proud superintendent of district 211. In late October, I attended several events that have um already been mentioned, including the district advisory committee for educational excellence, the Ed annual kickoff
lunchon, and the IASB dinner hosted by district 214. Dr. Dog Bowden as spoken of earlier's message at the ISA at the IASB dinner was extremely powerful reminding us that supporting the whole
child truly means supporting the whole child particularly as mental health is truly at an uptick. In partnership with district 15, district 211 team members held our district advisory committee on educational excellence, bringing together representatives from our
schools, park districts, police and fire departments and community organizations. The discussions were robust, focusing on emerging challenges and also the partnerships. On October 23rd, I hosted the first superintendent student advisory council joined by students from
all seven of our schools. I asked two key questions that sparked honest, meaningful dialogue as our students shared their experiences with openness and also being very vulnerable. That was truly inspiring to me. Um, I want to say thank you to our 44 students that uh
attended with me and I look forward to seeing you all in a few weeks. Halloween brought about excitement to our schools and administrative center. But the highlight joining Higgins Educational Center center to send off our Special Olympians soccer team was the the top of
my excitement. We are beyond proud. And these students return back to District 211 as state champions. >> Yes. This past Monday, November 3rd, I hosted my first coffee with Campbell as I had
engaged in conversations with community members, stakeholders, and staff. While small in size, the discussion was rich in ideas for District 211's future. So, I look forward to hosting the next session upon the new year, which is going to be January of 2026.
Lastly, I want to recognize our Township High School District 211 board members of education. Although the official school board members day is November 15th, I believe there's never a wrong time to express our gratitude. The work
you do without pay and often without recognition reflects your deep commitment to our students, staff, and community. On behalf of the entire district, thank you for your Stadfest leadership, guidance, and service. We hope you enjoy your small token of
appreciation. And I just want to say thank you. I am honored to uh be a part of this team. Um the last thing that I do want to state in closure is that um we did give a moment of silence today, but I want to acknowledge that we did
lose a conit student this week and we just want to keep conit high school um lifted up in addition to the family uh um and friends of the student in which we lost. Thank you. >> Thank you.
We should be seeing our um soccer team come before the board. Correct. >> They absolutely will. >> Yes. >> So, I want to mention a couple things. Um, one is if you're not yet subscribed
to District 211's page on Facebook, you're missing a lot of great updates and information, including pictures of coffee with with Campbell, with um with some of the other activities that have been going on uh with the student reps
and other programs in our schools. So, anybody who's watching and anybody who's here, if you're not already in tune with our Facebook page, I encourage you to go in there and turn on notifications so it sends you updates on what's going on
around the district. It's really a great great site. Um, and finally, something that um, I guess I could have put it for item of future discussion, but since I put the agenda together, you'll kind of see it, I guess, coming up is that other school districts in our area, some of
them have board of education updates, and it's an opportunity for members of the board of education to take a moment and mention what they've been up to. Maybe they went to see a show or they went to see a concert or they attended an event. um
you know in our community related to our school district and um I'd like to start doing giving our board members an opportunity and every once in a while we get to kind of weave one into something like the auditorium and seeing a show. Um but it'd be nice if if we had just
the opportunity if you've done something and you want to share it with your other board members or with the community to be able to do that in in that kind of a a forum. So plan on seeing that at a board me board meeting near you maybe
December. So with that the next item is upcoming events and calendar items. And real quick in noting on here the National Honor Society induction ceremony. Um I know in some schools we have board members attend and sometimes
participate. So, uh, do we do you know if there's anybody lined up for this particular one or is there a need for this particular one? Miss Russell is >> November 19th. >> Yes. Are you attending? >> Yes, I am on behalf of the board. >> Perfect. Thank you very much. Uh,
otherwise, the next regular board meeting is on December 11th, so coming up. Um, all right. Next item on our agenda is close session. And the
recommended action is that the board enter close session to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the open meetings act and appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees. May I have a motion, please?
>> So move. >> 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 Dyk? >> Mr. Rosen Bloom?
>> Nay. The motion fails. The next items on the agenda are in relation to close session items. The first item is that the board of education in accordance with the master
contract of the district 211 united support staff approve the retirement request of Margarite Maul effective May 2026 as submitted by heaven Helen Miller director of insurance and benefits and Lauren Hmel chief operating officer CSBO
and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell superintendent of schools. May I have a motion please? >> So moved. >> Second. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell,
>> I. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The next item is at the board of education approve the resolution regarding the suspension and dismissal of tenured employee Kevin Beers as
submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent of administrative services and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> Moved. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbowski,
>> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. Miss Russell >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I. The motion passes. The next motion is that the board of education approved the resolution regarding the suspension and dismissal
of tenured employee Lionel Clark Johnson as submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a motion, please? >> So moved. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please?
>> Mr. Van Djk. >> I >> Miss Russell >> I >> Mrs. Lopez >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski >> I >> Miss Caval >> I >> Miss Baron >> I >> Mr. Rosen Bloom >> I. The motion passes. Having no other items left on our agenda
to cover, the board president declares this meeting of the board of education adjourned. Thank you.