I call this meeting of the Township High School District 21 Board of Education to order. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> here. >> Miss Cavile, >> here. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> here. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> here. >> Miss Russell, >> here. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> here. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom,
>> here. Please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. Thank you. The next is I'd like to 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, and collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or the representatives. May I have a second, please? >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval,
>> I. >> Mr. Mr. Dowski. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I The motion passes I make a motion that the board of education return to open session. May I have a second?
>> Second. >> We have a roll call, please. >> Miss Baron. >> I. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. >> Mr. Dumbrosski. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez. Hi. >> Miss Russell. >> Hi. >> Mr. Van Djk. Hi. >> Mr. Rosenlum. I please stand and join me
in the pledge of allegiance immediately 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. Thank you. Good evening. Welcome everyone. Nice to see a good number of folks here tonight and for a very good reason to start our meeting. So I will turn it
over to Dr. Campbell. >> Thank you, President Rosenboom and good evening. one of the most exciting times in which we recognize our students. We have 17 state champions all around HOSA which HOSA stands for health occupation
students of America debate and student congress state champions. So I'll now turn it over to Mr. Winskowski >> Board of Education and Dr. Campbell. Thank you for taking the time tonight to round some students accomplishments in debate and HOSA this evening. Also here
to support and honor their students are from friend principal Mark Langanger and assistant principal Michael Smith, Conan principal Julie Novak and assistant principal Janette Ardell, Shamberg principal Tom Moan and Hoffman Estates principal Michael Alther and assistant principal Lana Wells. Students, as your
coach introduces you, please step forward to the podium and receive your award and then proceed to the area in front of the board table. Additionally, I'm going to ask that any family members of the students that are present tonight to please stand and be recognized at the time when your student is initially introduced by their coach or sponsor.
All right, so without further ado, we'll get started with someone who's here quite often, Carl Schwarz. This is Carl's 20th year as a special education uh teacher assistant and debate coach at Shamberg High School. He's been involved with the debate program since 2007 with
the last decade as the head coach. Carl Thank you for recognizing our debaters accomplishments tonight. Debate is a rigorous academic sport that challenges students to speak extemporaneously, answer tough questions when put on the spot, and develop broad and deep knowledge across the social studies uh
disciplines. Uh I invite Dr. Campbell, board members, administrators to observe a tournament next year, and you'll be so proud to see how skilled these students are. Um, the following Shawnberg debaters meddled at the Illinois debate community's state uh competition last
month. Isan Patel, quarterfinalist. Sultan Hussein semi- finalist Nathaniel Ashenfelter finalist Nicole Sha finalist Rejuda Shaw sixth place overall and Alice Yakubova fourth place overall. Thank you for your time and attention
tonight. All right. All right. Next up, we have Hoffman Estate Student Congress. Hoffman Estates Student Congress coach Matt Dow could not be with us tonight. In his absence, Hoffman Estates associate principal Lana Wells will introduce the students from the Hoffman Estates Congressional Debate
Team. >> Uh, dear distinguished members of District 211's Board of Education. Hello. >> Uh, and Superintendent Dr. Judith Campbell. Uh, 211 district leaders and this wonderful room of family, partners, and friends and students. Of course,
that's why we're here. I'm speaking to you with the goal of truly recognizing and valuing our two students who are being recognized tonight. They are being honored for their individual contributions to debate at the Illinois Congressional Debate Association. And just a little bit about it, um it
evaluates students based on their cumitive performance across speeches, uh their rankings, chamber events, voting, as well as their questioning and leadership skills. Individual placements reflect consistent high rankings from judges and peers. Not just a single
speech, but a cumitive process. So, Hoffman Estates High School's cumitive performance led by the students we honor tonight along with their peers Alo Janosa and Vahantar earned them the ICDA's distinguished rating of ICDA
championship. Um, tonight we recognize Sed Azur Ahmed who achieved a fourth place individual score and served as captain of the champion debate team. He has been a captain all four years.
Next, we also honor Bratandra Tati, who is also a member of the ICDA championship team, and he earned second place in conference and second place in the state as an individual competitor. Together, their accomplishments reflect exceptional
critical thinking, communication, and leadership, the highest level of competition. Well done, All right. And finally in the debate world, uh, Mattie Maslin from FEM High School. Mattiey's in her second year teaching, uh, second year as the head coach of the FEM debate team, and she's
also a member of the Fmed High School multilingual department. Maddie, >> good evening. D211 board of education members and we appreciate your flexibility. On behalf of FEM debate coaches, we'd like to thank the board and Dr. Campbell for supporting debate education for the students of district
211 and for this opportunity here tonight. Additionally, we thank activities director Michael Smith, principal Mark Langanger, as well as Katie Johnson for all of their support during the 2526 season, as well as all of the D211 debate coaches who have made
this debate community something truly special. many of whom are here tonight. We'd also like to thank all of the parents without whom this program simply could not function, as well as our assistant coaches this year, Lauren Schuster for Lincoln Douglas debate, and John Summers for public forum debate.
This team has grown so much a result of their dedication. The skills that debate fosters, research, public speaking, self- advocacy, confidence, and the ability to see issues from multiple perspectives, provide our students with the skills they need to be successful, not just in college, but very far
beyond. And we are very proud of our teams this year. Throughout the 2526 season, these students and their teammates have worked hard to research topics as varied as mandatory national service to Brexit to the justice of plea bargaining to encrypted communications
to rewing to China's international extraction of resources to the morality of nuclear weapons and much more. Our debaters have worked diligently all year under tight turnaround times for research and high expectations for their performance. The students honored here
tonight all freshmen who are uh who excelled at the varsity level this year which is a feat that is normally unheard of. They have truly risen to this challenge. They are shining examples of the greatness that from debate is capable of achieving through their performances in the virtual asynchronous
varsity debate state division entitled the procon debate challenge. This is the third year that that the division has been active and it has become an excellent opportunity for FEM students who are just starting their debate journey such as our three honores tonight to go toe-to-toe with varsity
debaters of all ages from all across the state and to make a great first impression on the varsity circuit. We could not be more proud of this year's intelligent and resilient group of debaters uh of the procon debate challenge and of all of the students in FEM debates program. They make coaching
a joy and a privilege. And now I will introduce my lovely students. First up we have Lois Wang of Lincoln Douglas debate. She is joined tonight by her mother Unbe. And she this year was a procon debate challenge quarterfinalist. And I
would like to also state again this was her very first year competing in debate. Very impressive if I do say so myself. Second up, we have Ashwida Velisami. She is also a Lincoln Douglas debater. She is joined by her father, Velkumar,
and her mom, Sakiasi. Tonight, she was a procon debate challenge finalist, one of the best of 60 debaters competing, and she earned sixth place this year. We have one final debater to honor tonight. Unfortunately, she had a personal conflict that prevented her from
physically being here, but I do want to recognize her efforts regardless because it was very, very impressive what she was able to achieve. Um, Erica Imosova of public forum debate at Friend. Um, this was her very first year competing.
She not only made it to becoming a procon debate challenge finalist in this first year, but she was actually the state runner up. And I went back and looked at the math and she lost by like half a point. So >> I think that we have so much to look forward to with the future of From
Debate. It is looking bright when I look at these young ladies. Congratulations. >> All right. Now we'll move on to our HOSA honores. Luke Madden from FM High School. Luke is in his second year teaching in the Frem High School science department. And this he is uh this is also Luke's second year as a host
adviser. Luke, >> good evening members of the board and community. Friendtose is thankful to for Dr. Campbell and the board's invite tonight and their continual support of our students activities at our schools. We're also thankful to our school administrators including Mr. Langanger, Mr. Smith, and Miss Johnson in their
support throughout uh the year for HOSA. Um, my name is Luke Madden, FHS science teacher and HOSA sponsor. And I'm proud to introduce an exceptional two groups of students from FM High School who recently achieved first place at the Illinois HOSA state leadership conference in the public service
announcement event and the emergency medical technician event. We are going to start with our public service announcement team. Our public service announcement team earned first place for their powerful message about the importance of early intervention and prevention of cognitive diseases. Using a creative airport security metaphor,
they showed us just like how TSA identifies concerns before they happen. Their fictional brain scanner represents the need to detect hidden risk factors for diseases like Alzheimer's before symptoms appear. By sharing their PSA, they reached a wide audience and inspired people to recognize that brain
health starts with everyday choices we make long before any signs of diseases appear. Our public service announcement group includes junior Michelle uh Jargoette uh here with her mom Rian Duggar,
junior Veronica Stone here with her mom Cheryl. Juniors Sunune Augusta with here with her parents Daniela and Alonzo and Junior Vivian Pantile Manov with her parents Antonia and Peter.
Our first place emergency medical technician team demonstrated outstanding skill, teamwork, and preparedness in a highly demanding event that required both knowledge and hands-on application of emergency medical care. Competing in a two- round format that included a multiple choice exam and real life skill
scenarios, they showed their ability to assess patients, perform life-saving interventions, and communicate effectively under pressure. Their performance reflects not only their mastery of technical skills like CPR, patient assessment, and emergency response, but also their commitment to
becoming capable, confident health care professionals ready to make a difference in critical situations. The emergency medical technician group includes Huny uh sophomore Huny Benuri with her mom Swapna. Sophomore Anika Dalvi here with her
parents Aradi and Amal and sophomore Ammani Sud with her parents Sol and Mega. >> Thank you. >> All right. All right. And our final group on the night is uh Conan High School HOSA. Uh Monica Aubin has been teaching science for over 11 years,
sponsoring HOSA for the past five years, and she's been a student council sponsor for the n for nine years. With her background in the medical field, she currently teaches biology, medical terminology, and forensic science. >> Thank you, Dr. Campbell and the D211
board, principal Julie Novc and uh vice principal uh Janette Ardell uh for supporting these hardworking and muchdeserving competitors. I'm honored to announce two of our state champions and nexthatra
and is here with his mother um Ushaben also extended family and friends. And Nakshhatra is here with her mother. I'm sorry if I mispronounced this, but um
Thi thriving um and father Durasami and Chashra plays first in HOSA for clinical nursing. She has been a huge um uh participant in Conent with more than
five sport and activities. She plans on majoring in biology, neuroscience or psychology. M has also um sorry placed first in occupational therapy in HOSA and he plans on majoring in
neurology. >> Congratulations Well, congratulations to all the award winners and champions. Um, when I was younger getting ready to go into high school,
um, I liked to argue a lot. And so, what did my parents tell me to do in high school? Join the debate team. So I was on my high school debate team for two years. Uh I graduated after three. So So it
left my senior year to do other things, but for two years I was on the debate team. And when you talk about the procon debate competition, that was my specialty and I loved it. So, it takes a lot of hard work to prepare, to be on
your game because you don't know what's going to be thrown at you from the other team and be able to be responsive and have all the information at your fingertips and be able to communicate. So congratulations to all of you and congratulations to you parents and family for the time that you've allowed
them to study, prepare, spend time with their team, go to these competitions and take them to these competitions because I know that that also uh does does uh create some time commitments for you and I appreciate your support of your students. So congratulations to all of
you tonight. So the conclusion of the best part, this is a portrait worth capturing. So board, if we can ask you to join students, families, this is a great time to capture this portrait of all of our
state champion winners. All right. >> Okay. We're going to go into our regular business. So, if you would like, you can leave unless you would like to stay for our the business portion of our meeting. You're more than welcome to freezing.
Are you cold also? Everybody's freezing. >> I'll let And it is going to get colder. But I can tell who can assist. >> I was cold in here. Okay, thank you very much. The next item 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 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 dignity so each voice can be heard. Vulgar, obscene, libalist 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 display will guide you. If
you'd like a response from the superintendent, please leave your information with Mr. Tenniper at the table to my right, your left. And thank you. We have two people who have signed up to
speak this evening. The first is Joyce Slavic. >> Hi board. Um my name is Joyce Slavic. Uh last week the Chicago Board of Education unanimously passed an anti-federal voucher resolution. I'm here to urge you
to consider passing a similar resolution to opt out of the Trump administration's new federal voucher program as it would harm Illinois public schools. This is non-binding on our district, but makes a statement to Illinois legislators that public money should be for public schools. Under the Illinois
Constitution, Article 10, education in public schools through the secondary level shall be free. And under federal law, students with disabilities have the right to a free appropriate public education. Public schools must educate all our stu all our kids, students with
disabilities, English, English language learners, undocumented st students, and LGBTQ plus students included. Private schools do not serve all kids. They discriminate and exclude. And all voucher programs divert tax dollars to private schools from public schools.
Private schools are not subject to the same oversight as public schools. School funding shouldn't depend on tax credit gimmicks subject to the whims of individual wealthy taxpayers and unaccountable third-party for-profit organizations. Vouchers will never be a
path to achieving full fair funding for public schools. Board members for a public school district should be the strongest advocates for keeping school vouchers from returning to Illinois. Please consider a resolution to opt out of the federal voucher program. I will share a copy of the CPS resolution with
Mr. Teniper. Thank you. Thank you. Next for public comments is Mr. Lee Bennett. Hello. Hello. Superintendent Campbell, Mr. Shu
Maker, President Rosen Bloom, board, staff, and community members. I'm Lee Bennett, an eighth grade volleyball coach at U46 Canton Middle School. Spring se sports season, including boys volleyball, is in full swing. Why do our
schools only have three teams? Our high school volleyball coaches say they would like a fourth team. Our Midsuban league conference doesn't schedule four levels of matches, but not notes that each school is free to do so. So, who is
preventing this from happening and why? Some may think this has something to do with Title 9 compliance, but that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. As I've previously discussed, the MSL is surrounded by five conferences of public schools, which
include our most common non-conference opponents. Four of these conferences do schedule four levels of boys volleyball, including all three that border our district. These schools have similar demographics, lower enrollment, and the need to comply
with the principles of Title N. Are there enough boys for a fourth team? Our boys volleyball teams already have more participants than the average girls volleyball team. This allows Conan in five district 14 schools to play four
levels this season, accommodating the programs of our opponents in neighboring conferences. Personal aside, Conan's Ford level matchup with Streamwood was particularly interesting as my eighth graders will be
at Streamwood next year. Point is, many area schools with lower enrollments have boys have four teams for boys. Another indicator that our schools do, too. Even our feeder middle Even our feeder
middle schools have one grade per team. Please remove whatever barriers are preventing our volleyball coaches from fielding a fourth boys team. This will allow me to focus my boys volleyball lectures on the Fox Valley Conference which is northwest of Bington. Thank you
very much. >> Thank you. As permitted by pro policy and regulations, we do have a couple of people who have signed up to speak during public comments prior to this evening's meeting and I'd like to call
them now. First is Maria Churik. Is Maria here? Okay. And the second is Lilia Scripenic. Is Lilia here? Okay. Thank you very much.
Next item on our agenda is the consent agenda. And we do have a request to remove some items from the consent agenda. So, we have requests to remove minutes from the March 19th, 2026
regular board of education meeting because not all members were present. And there's been a request to remove authorization to release purchase orders also from the consent agenda. Are there
any other consent agenda items that any board member would like to have removed at this time? Okay. So those will be made as as separate motions. So the first motion is that the consent agenda with the removal of the minutes
of the regular meeting of the March 19th, 2026 board meeting and the authorization to release purchase orders and removal of the minutes of the regular meeting of that's it. I hereby make a motion. Is
there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron. >> I. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. Mr. Dumbowski. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosenblum.
>> I The motion passes. >> The next motion I would like to make is that the minutes of the regular meeting of March 19th, 2026 be approved as presented. May I have a second? >> Second. >> Any conversation? May have a roll call, please. >> Miss Caval, >> I.
>> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Baron, >> Miss Lopez, >> hi. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I >> The next is I'd like to make a motion that the board of education authorize
the superintendent to release purchase orders against the 2026 2027 budget in the following amounts. Educational fund capital, $2,500,000. Educational fund supplies, $2,500,000.
Operations and maintenance fund capital, $9,500,000. Operations and maintenance fund supplies $500,000. Transportation fund capital $1,300,000 and transportation fund supplies $250,000
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 second, please? >> Second. >> Is there any comments or questions regarding this item?
>> Yes, Mr. President. Um the the total information that we received from the administration uh was nearly $15 million and and we're seeking about 13 million here. A lot of the projects date back over seven months and these are you know
11 months even prior to us looking at the budget. I think that it's our responsibility as a board of education to ensure that what we vote on, we're recognizing the consequences. And I don't know if that results in advancing
our budget process so that we actually start seeing what our budget looks like before we authorize the expenditures, but based on the information we received for five items, we approved the auditoriums in November of 2025. we won't see the impact on or what our
budget looks like for funds funding that approval until September of this year. So nearly 11 months later before we even see the budget that's funding these approved projects. We approved $8 million for a locker room in November of 25. Again, there's a budget that we
won't approve until September that this expenditure that we approved will impact. Chillers, $3 million in in December of 25. uh another, you know, 1.14 million for a roof. And then on this agenda, we have almost 500,000 in
paving. I think it's kind of a little haphazard to approve nearly $15 million worth of expenses before we even see what our revenue and our budget is going to look like. So it appears to me that if we continue to put the cart before the horse and we make
these commitments before we know what money we have to actually spend, we are putting oursel into a position in the future of of being in a deficit position. And thank you for removing this from the consent agenda. >> Thank you. My understanding from some of
the information that I've seen is that some of these things take a while to get approved. Um, and so it's it it's often that by the time something gets approved and is actually starting to be worked on and the funds are needed
um is quite a ways down the road. So, it's important that we're approving these to give the administration time to do um bids and make arrangements with the contractors and get things in place >> so that the work can be done and the
expenditures can be put out. >> But do you know if our expenditures we're approving are more than our revenues coming in? >> And if not, why would you approve to spend something if you don't know if you have enough money to spend? Again,
we're we're approving to begin the the process of getting ready to spend that money, but we're not spending that money yet. So, the money isn't going out now as we're approving when when we're approving the the things to be done like back in November.
>> That was a bid that we approved. It says here in the associated information board president that all purchase orders released against the 2026 2027 budget will be marked for payment after July 1st 2026. So let's just be clear about the date. Um and
also we have to remember that the budget and the levy process don't roll over necessarily at the same time. Um, it's kind of a complicated calendar and they're not on exactly the same
timeline. So, we have everything kind of hits at a at a different time. So, it's not going to be a clear-cut uh delineation between when projects can be or bid for general
approval. some of which are like we you're giving approval for the administration to do the planning process and then once the planning process is complete then it comes back to us for actual purchase order payments like the ones we're looking at here. So
I I and I do take your point u you know philosophically speaking I wouldn't be comfortable for example with just preapproving you know all necessary expenditures for the you know the administration to operate its
business through December for example but the projects that I'm looking at here and then the notation that the purchase orders will be marked for payment after July 1st. That seems to me to be after the budget rollover period.
>> We We don't look at our budget for 2627 and approve it until September. >> Yeah, I understand. But in I'm talking about I guess I'm I'm struggling to follow because you've made comments
about past year's budgets in the in your comments about this year. So there's like um I understand you take issue with these specific expenditures, but you're also making a bigger point about the process. And so that's where I'm struggling to follow you a little bit.
>> And I don't object to us starting our budget disc. presentation prior. If we need to front end these and advance these purchase orders, then we should have our tenative budget presented to us. I mean, we approved the the tax in December. And so, we know what our
revenue is going to look like and between December and June and even prior to December, we're approving purchase orders that don't get executed until seven months later. That to me doesn't really make sense. If 11 months we
approve a budget, we've already committed to these expenditures. How do you pull back those expenditures if you're having budget issues? How do you how do you control that money going out the door in your budget process if you've already approved the bids to be
paid in a future date? So, the resolve on that is to do no projects this summer and rework the whole the whole process and and get the budget out there first. Mr. And then >> Mr. President, I'm not suggesting no projects, but
>> if we ever put a limit on the spending, we have to kind of know what the revenue is and tie our spending to that revenue. And if we disconnect them and just approve spending before we see our revenue, there's no way to tie the two together. >> I I completely understand what you're
saying. I I'm not going to budget at home for something I don't have the money for until I know I have the money. I completely understand what you're saying, but How do we completely stop the the ship and turn it around in our processes in
order to do that? >> This is this is where I start to have a a problem because I feel like the com comments he made dramatically oversimplify the process that we're talking about. And though I understand, you know, philosophically financial
management principles, you know, the way I run my house versus the way I'm comfortable spending money at the board table on a broad-based view can be very similar, but at the same time, we we're working with very different financial parameters. And so I'm just looking at
the information here and multip so several departments and I have identified items that are necessary for the start of the school year. So that sounds pretty important to me. Multiple capital projects will take place during the summer months prior to
budget approval. However, the related bids have been approved. So this this is where I'm starting to like we we've already approved the bids for the associated projects. So, I don't
really understand I don't understand sitting at the table and approving bids but then not approving paying the bill. >> That's what it feels like. >> That's That's correct. Mr. President, I would say I completely agree with Miss
Cattle's point. I would just say that when we approve these things, we don't know if we don't know how much revenue we have. We're looking at variances below, you know, two million and growing. And we haven't even started our
budgeting process against that. And so if we continue to see deficits in our projections this year in our budgets, at what point do those deficits make it difficult to pay for our commitments? And that's the part where I asked for
this to be removed because this is just a consent agenda to approve to pay for things when we don't know what our finances and our revenue is going to look like after July 1st. I understand that it states these bills will be paid after July 1st, but at what point do we
look at revenue versus expenditures and tie them together? >> I understand your concern of the the the timeline and the process associated to bid approvals versus um budget approval versus revenue
knowledge. However, I I rely on our finance and and accounting departments um to present us, which they have in the past, with forecasted budget information. And at a a recent meeting,
we saw a five-year or more projection of those budgets of what our our deficits are anticipated to be. And we sat here as a board and talked about how how it was a hard pill to swallow and tough to
consider and and a tough, you know, a difficult place to be. And we all had these conversations and we all had these feelings and we all saw the numbers. But again, these many of these things that are here in this in this document showing us the work that needs to be
done in preparation for the fall, we can't wait until the fall to say we're going to do these things. We need to plan. We need to start doing these things to be ready for when our students walk in the door in the fall for the
beginning of the school year. And if if the suggestion is that we wait until we know how much money we have, we're going to be way beyond the eight-ball and our students are not going to have the the the facilities and the services and the
situations that they need in order to be their best and in order for our district to be our best and provide them with the resources that they need to start the school year. Um so so we have those those we were presented with the the budgetary information and the forecasted
information to see how this is driving us year after year after year going forward. And it'd be it'd be a wonderful thing if we're able to continue to utilize the the expertise of those in our administration who seem to be very
very accurate with their estimations and base our decisions in this kind of a situation, utilizing that forward thinking information without knowing how much money do I have in the bank right at
this moment to be able to spend on these things. and and sometimes that's, you know, households need to do the same thing. Sometimes they need to plan things and sometimes um I'm not going to get into discussions on credit and things like that, but households sometimes spend money that maybe they
don't have sitting in the bank right now with the plan on making payments or being able to to pay for those things when the bill comes due. And and I think sometimes the school needs to operate in a similar fashion so that we're not waiting um until it's possibly too late
to be able to to take advantage of of being ready when we when we when our students and our our staff need them. >> Board President, so point one, um we know how much we've levied for. So the the risk associated of course are uncontrollable economic conditions and
then uh the obvious one being Cook County and whether or not they collect the taxes and if they collect the taxes, how long it takes them to disperse the taxes, etc., etc. So they've just proven over the last nine months that they're they're really the big risk factor in
terms of differential between our um expected revenue and our collected revenue. So you're right that our revenue isn't 100% risk-f free. I don't think it's possible um to get there. Um so we work within those parameters. Our
financial team is well aware as they've talked about Cook County that that risk factor to us and they're open and transparent with us for so that is taken into account when we're doing our budget our our budgeting and our financial projections with which we're regularly
presented. Mr. Rosenboom has already gone over those adnauseium in his previous comments. The projects that we're talking about specific to this motion have already u been approved for expenditure. And then it's saying here in the information, it's publicly
available of course that this is really for the purposes of getting the work done in time for an uninterrupted school year. Um planning processes and as we've all seen um everything is going up day by day. So really the longer we wait for
various supplies uh the more we're shooting ourselves in the foot in terms of increasing risk for um whatever the bottom line for that particular project ends up to be. So I would agree with you in the
broadest possible strokes that that this kind of separation you don't want to be spending money that we don't have etc etc um especially for projects that are much more want than need although that line is very difficult to draw and we're all I think would put it in various
different places in the budget. I don't think there's uniform agreement on that. But still, um, this to me is, and I'm fairly conservative when it comes to financial risk and suspicious of almost everyone, but this seems to me to be
well within the realm of um, tolerable risk, especi. I mean, we're talking about the hypothetical possibility that we can't pay the bill. And if you look at our financial statements, despite the, you
know, grim financial projections over the last five years, um, we can pay the bill. We can pay the, which is why our financial team is bringing us this motion to get the projects that we've already approved done on time and pay
the bill that we've approved to do the project for. So, to me, um, I'm comfortable. I'm comfortable with this. Um, if you were bringing me a bill for, I don't know, uh, gold leaf ornamentation in various classrooms,
that would obviously be a no. But this is basic stuff. We're talking about mechanical supplies, uh, paving materials, um, very, very necessary chiller, etc., etc. Do any other board members have any comments regarding this particular item?
Okay, hearing none. May I have a roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Drowski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The next section
on our agenda is board updates and information. These are all information items. Does any board member have any questions regarding any of these items before we move on to the next section? Hearing none, we will move on to unfinished business.
The first item under unfinished business is policy BHD, board member expenses. This is a discussion item. >> Uh just to provide some context, this came up in the last meeting uh between the two of us. I'm not sure who actually
gets credit, but Miss Member Dumbrossski and I um made motions together to essentially postpone this discussion until you were able to be present because you've made comments previously that this indicates it might be of importance to you in particular. >> Yes. So, um I'm not looking to change
the policy. I just want something where and it can be in our protocols that we have as board members that we will make the conscious effort not to who over go to conferences or not, you know, really look at do we need
two or more board members at a conference. If not, let's just send one. I know that sometimes um you as the board president and um Miss Russell as our leazison for some of the committees, both of you need to go. Um, but I just
want it to somewhere that we're making a conscious effort to be good stewards of tax uh taxpayers money. Um, I would I take your point uh member Baron. I know that um your suggestion of adding it perhaps in
our board protocols uh is therefore like we can't take action on that tonight, but it might be a separate topic for potential discussion for future discussion etc. Um, but I appreciate hearing your comments about that. That helps inform my decision about how I feel about the policy and can properly
allow me to context how everybody feels about this. Um, if I could make I haven't made comments really specifically about this before. Uh, I only really have uh one issue with the policy. I'm not exactly sure how it
would be solved but in this policy um expenses submitted uh so any expenses submitted for reimbursement uh come through the board president like to look at before the whole board takes
action and then for the president's expenses reviewed by uh the vice president and the secretary um it doesn't talk about what that actually means it just says looked at and I just personally feel
I I'm uncomfortable with what that might imply to various it feels subjective to me and very non-specific. So for example, does that mean the vice president then has the ability to say like no I disagree? So then it can't go
before the board for full action if that's the case. I'm not comfortable with one person holding that kind of power because I thought the whole of this board is that none of us have individual power ourselves. That to me feels like it's in conflict. And so that
also doesn't mean though that I just don't want expenses reviewed. I would just like that to that to me feels a little bit inequitable um and contrary to the spirit of the way the board is supposed to operate. To me,
there should be something some other sort of um detail in there that feels more So expenses, I would like all of our expenses to go through the same process regardless of position on the board. That's how I feel about it and that's my
problem with this policy. >> M Mr. President, to respond to Miss Caval's point, I think the review by the secretary and the vice president is intended to ensure that the sup or that the board president isn't submitting
expenses that exceed the policy. Um, our superintendent ad administration don't have the authority to basically, you know, push back on that. I think that it's I think it's really just to make sure that the policy is being followed. I don't I don't think it's a
discretionary issue. It's defined. So, if the board president was to submit a $7,500 expense and it came to the board table in public, then, you know, somebody here would have to recognize that it's in violation of the policy and above the maximum.
>> I agree. I the only review. I think >> no, I take your point. It just to me feels that should that have happened that to me feels like it's not done in public, you know, and to me most of the all the business that we can do in public should be done in public.
>> I I agree with you. I think as well other issues are that when we approve a preapproval expense, our policy states that it shall be for the expenses incurred. And I think part of the process problem is that the expense
approval if it's under what was actually expended and then a secondary expense report is submitted that exceeds the board authorization without that review. I mean it doesn't come back for another motion. I think
the issue needs to be that it it needs to be in in a it needs to be defined such that what we're approving is actually what we're spending because right now from my understanding the way this process is working is that we're
approving dollar amounts that are less than what is actually being reimbursed. And that to me seems like a breach of trust and not necessarily good oversight and fidiciary responsibility by the board. >> Mr. Drosski, that um that comment that
you made regarding expenses beyond what's been been preapproved, did you have examples of that? >> I'd have to pull it up, but I've seen situations. Yes. >> Okay. I'd be interested to to have that information and be able to review those
situations and those instances um because that that would be of interest. But also um if you I what I would like is if we could follow the policy as it is written. Um because right now I
don't think we are um there are limitations to how much a board member can spend um and be reimbursed for. um per individual per event. There's a dollar amount associated to that.
There's maximum allowable reimbursement for travel, meals, and lodging expenses um for the duration of a school year that should not exceed a certain dollar amount. Um it does, to Miss Caval's point, have a reimbursement request
review. Um, and there is a stipulation that the board of education's intention is to authorize expenses prior to being incurred or advanced with a roll call vote at a board of education meeting.
Um, it says all board member expense requests. So, it doesn't say that it's required that it be approved in advance. It says that it there's an intent for that. Um and then it goes on to say that
the expenses um the expense requests for travel, meals, and or lodging is is approved by roll call vote at an open meeting. But it doesn't refer specifically to preapprovals. But it does also say that the expenses that are submitted for
reimbursement, which to me is post event on the expense form that is submitted by the board member who has incurred those expenses, then needs to be approved by the board in a roll call vote in open
session. I'm not aware of us doing that. I don't know if anybody who's watching this or in our audience or sitting here at this table has ever voted on an expense report, but if you actually read the policy, that's what it that's what
it it indicates we should be doing. So, I'm asking that either we review and rewrite the policy to be more fitting with what this board would like to see or that we follow the policy as it's written. >> Uh, President Rosen Bloom, um, I know
that we're currently undergoing the policy review process and we've kind of been in the first stage of that. Uh the administration was very kind about giving us plenty of opportunities for feedback. It was a lot of information to review at once. So I'm not going to I
don't feel embarrassed about sitting here saying I can't remember if this is one of the new prospective policies I reviewed or not. You know, so we got a whole list of things to look at. So I wonder if this conversation would be even better informed by looking at
whatever the suggested draft policy from the service that we've employed might be and how it looks perhaps the same or different to what we're current I mean it all seems that um well we haven't heard from everybody but there's
definitely I've made it clear there's a change I would like to see happen um President Rosen Bloom you seem open to it in terms in terms at least having a process and a policy we all feel good about following whatever that may be. Um it sounds like Mr. Dumbrossski is open
to discussing some changes as well. So we've already got three people there and it might be better informed by looking at whatever press the policy service suggests and then perhaps going from there. >> Is there consensus on the board to
>> Okay. So whether we've been given that already or if it's upcoming, I'm I'm sorry if I can't remember, but let's get our hands on whatever that suggested policy is and then go from there. >> There's a lot in sections one through three. >> Yeah, there was a lot, so I can't remember. >> Um, Mr.
>> Mr. Van Djke, would you like to >> I'm a bit confused. We're we're in the business of education. >> That's what we do. We educate. We We expect our teachers and staff to education.
We compensate them for that, right? More education you have, the the higher salary we have. Here we are. We're talking about budgets. We're recognizing staff and students
and uh big shoes to fill. Where did my education as a board member Where is it? I took a couple online courses before I or after I took my seat here.
I've taken in the past because I was on a different board. But where's my continued education? We're holding the purse strings for the taxpayers. We're responsible for for our students,
our staff. I mean, we we got a pretty big umbrella here. And I'm completely confused on limiting our education. We're We're going to sit
here with no education. Correct me if I'm wrong, but IB does offer free courses for board members and they pretty much send those out like I mean I get bombarded with emails like almost every day from them. So, um there are resources. So, we're
not saying I'm personally not saying we shouldn't get educated, just that there are free resources that we can all take. >> That that's another resource. Correct. But we expect our teachers to differentiate
teaching. I don't learn the same way you do. I'm not a fan of online learning. I don't think there's many people throughout our district that enjoyed CO 19. online learning. I didn't like it for my
kids. I enjoyed having them in the classroom. I learn in a group at work. Just the other day, I'm working on a project with another colleague. A third comes up. They had some input
and that was beneficial the three of us. If I was working on that project myself, I'd be there three times as long. Just the two of us, same thing. We know our position. We know our job. But that third person walks up,
boom, now it's easier. If I was going through the computer, I'm not a computer guy. I don't learn on online. Differentiating groups. Our kids are in groups at school. They break down photo groups,
the whole group. No one's learning in a closet at Co, right? They're groups. Who's going to debate that CO 19 was a great thing to have our kids at home? And here we are talking, well, let's
limit who's going and then share. I hear you. I don't like our budget, but we expect it out of our teachers and we want that for our kids. I want that for our taxpayers, for our kids, for our
teachers. That's our responsibility. >> Don't don't limit what we can learn. >> No, I I don't think we can learn it. >> I don't think the intent is to to limit anything, but I mean I think the intent is to be cautious and conscious of of of
what we're doing. Okay. Um, I am unaware of any board member who has requested a learning and development opportunity, be it go to a conference, a meeting, get a book, um, sign up for a class. I am
unaware in the last nine and a half years of any board member being refused that opportunity. Absolutely. And I think that's extremely important to your point. um as as IB liaison for the first eight years of my my board membership,
my board membership on this board, um I have touted the fact that ISB is an educational and professional development opportunity for us to be better board members. But I think the and and I'm I continue to do so and I'm a big
proponent of that. So um but I I think the the point is to be cautious and conscious of your requests and interests, right? Um sometimes people are asked to put, you know, if you want to go to a class, put a business case
together. What's the outcome? What's the advantage of that? Right? And that's part of our business our our pre-approval business expense form. Why are you interested in going? What's the advantage? Right? And I think if we think about why do we want to go? I don't want to go to get a free dinner at
a hotel. Not my thing. But that's part of what you get. But what's who's speaking? What's the topics? What's what's the takeaway? And and I think every board member here who's ever gone to any of these meetings or conferences in any way brings back that information
to share with our colleagues to make us better a better board, right? and a better district serving the needs of our our students, staff, and community. And so I I don't think the intent is to necessarily limit us, but just asking us
to be cautious and conscious. >> Mr. President, um I can defer to Miss Caval. >> You got the jump. That's fine. Thank you, Bill. >> Um Mr. President, our our policy that you'd like us to follow specifically states that
the this is from The law in the Illinois School Code, Local Government Travel Expense Control Act, provides that the school board shall by resolution regulate the reimbursement of all travel, meals, and lodging expenses of officers and employees, including but not limited to the types of official
business for which travel, meal, and lodging expenses are allowed. Maximum allowable reimbursement for travel, meal, and lodging expenses. and a standardized form for submission of travel, meal, and lodging expenses supported within minimum documentation. We have our form def designed, it it's
referenced here in section five. Uh I have no objection to clarifying our policies to state what types of official business um the board should support and follow. I think networking, if that's something that this board, as
a majority feels is important, then we can put down networking. Again, the business portion of this is meant to benefit the district. We're here on behalf of taxpayers. If I find an educational program or a certification
that's required, I pay that out of pocket. I don't expect my neighbors to cover that. I volunteered for this. I, you know, I'm not forced into this. So that's kind of my reference on this. So
as far as what we do and and what we can expect from each other as far as education, networking, official business, if you will. I I'd be open to defining that. Um, I just have two brief comments and
then I think it's probably important that we move on, especially since we've already seemed to come to some sort of consensus that we'll revisit the policy at a later date when we have more information. So, I'll keep my comments very brief. First of all, I'll just tell you straight out I'm not interested in dick like nickel and dining other board
members about like liaison meetings that are important to go to the various webinars and workshops be they online or in person that people can sign up for. I'm really interested in doing that. I think it's a waste of time and resources and it creates animus and the
costbenefit scenario of like saving 36 bucks on the back end is just not even worth it. I think where we have a point looking at our financial projections is when it comes to big ticket items, namely the one that comes up in the fall all the time is the conference. And um
I'm not interested in making people feel limited that they cannot attend the conference. I've been to the conference before. I had a very important reason for going. I got that reason satisfied and I'm glad that I had the opportunity, etc., etc. But I think we need a
reminder that a lot of our downstate neighbors from which I'm from like their boards make it a policy to send one maybe two if they're lucky board members to such a conference because it's an expensive item and then they rotate that opportunity among members of their
board. And so I'm also not interested in a hard and fast policy or rule that says only one person can go to the conference. I think I would love to be able to trust this institution as the way that it's built that every adult sitting at the table that's elected here
is capable of having a polite, civil, and rational discussion about given the conditions that year, whatever the budget financial projections are, the sentiment of the community, the value being offered at said conference. Maybe that board at that time decides three people are fine and we can afford it and
that's great. Maybe they decide two, etc., etc. I don't think we need to be super strict. I think it's really in the spirit of let's be conscious of one another. Let's be conscious of our community. Let's be conscious of the financial conditions in which we're all
living. And beyond that, I would just like to I'd like us all to treat each other like reasonable human beings. >> Okay. All right, moving on. Thank you very much. Next item is review of board
policy BCG, school district legal council. Yes, President Roseon, would you like me to hop in? Yes. Um during last month's board of education meeting, um discussion was held around this policy specifically
um regarding school district legal counsel. It was a robust conversation. Um, lots of things were stated and there was a recommendation for discussion based upon the feedback board members shared for me to provide. Therefore, I'd like to rep recommend the board consider adopting the language around legal
counsel from press 2160 that highlights the board retains the right to consult with or employ other attorneys to terminate the service of excuse me or employ other attorneys and
to terminate the service of any attorney. This will allow uh the board and provides an opportunity for you all to determine at any time that you feel pertinent to entertain discussion and or terminate services of any firm we use.
And this would not restrict you to an annual or bianual review nor display operations out of compliance related to what our policies state. A couple of the things I'd like to add to that is um as you may have read in
the material that we received um we use different law firms for different reasons. Some are experts in one area of education and some are experts in another area be it education or employment or what have you. So we are already use utilizing different
different firms. I know one of the reasons this was brought up is because we haven't been having dialogue around reviewing our our attorneys, but rather seem to just go year after year concentrating with the same attorneys, perhaps one more than others. Um, but we
do, as of this moment, have multiple law firms working on things for this school district right now. We don't just have one. Also, I want to talk about um to Dr. Campbell's point, not necessarily having a set timeline. We're going to
review this every year. We're going to review this every every few years. I want to talk about the importance of relationships with our attorneys, with stability, with tenure on how long it takes for some of these cases to work through the court system. Um, be it one
that started many years ago and is still going through the court system that this district is is involved in right now. Um and um and so I think that it's it's advantageous for us to look at the press policy that outlines the ability of this
board to come and go from law firms as we so choose. It's up to this board to make those decisions. Right? And if we have an issue with a board with a a law firm or we say we have this issue uh this case this situation and we want to
utilize a different firm or this particular firm as a board we have that liberty we have it now and it's in the new press policy as well. So I think we just need to stick with that. >> I'm comfortable with this language. I
just wanted to check in and make sure. I know that it's technically the board's attorney, but the superintendent has to be able and feel comfortable to consult with the attorneys that the board inevitably chooses to represent. And I just wanted to check in and make sure our superintendent is also comfortable with the language in this policy.
>> Yes. >> Yeah. Presuming that the relationship between the superintendent and the board is a positive one. >> Yes. Thank you, Miss Caval. And I think that would be a conversation if if there were concerns. So, yes, >> Mr. Mr. Dumbroski. >> Yeah, Mr. President,
I've been here since 2015 and I have not seen set rates, escalation, or anything related to the cost within our contract with our attorneys. I'm not sure if anyone at this table has. >> Has anyone at this table had any
concerns about those to bring forth to the board and raise I'm concerned that we're paying X amount for this? I have in the past >> firm to utilize this other than um in general with a with utili with a
particular was it with a I guess the question is was it with a particular law firm or just the fact that we're using a law firm for a particular case? >> I I can't judge if we're getting value unless I'm aware of what we're
we're expending. President Rosen Bloom, my follow question to that would be >> just sorry for the people at home, could you speak in the microphone? >> Yeah, sorry. >> It's hard for me to sit for so long. Um, my follow-up question though, President
Rosen, would be like, is are is the request um, if I can just address you directly, Mr. Dumbroski, is the request to put some sort of financial range or limiter in the policy because I'm not comfortable with that. I don't think that makes any sense. And if if that's
what you're suggesting, then that would be a no for me. But if that's not what you're suggesting, I'm not sure how this policy is relevant to that discussion. >> My again, this just goes back to understanding what we're getting into when we start looking at effort and and
costs and decisions that we make. It's difficult to blindly commit to expending for legal services without and this goes both ways. In some cases, we could talk ourselves out of something
because we assume that the cost is x amount dollars higher than it might actually be. Or we could talk ourselves into something thinking that our costs are x amount of dollars below what we would expect. I have a benchmark to even know where we
are relative to what we pay for attorney fees versus what an average attorney fee might be. >> Every time we approve use of an attorney, >> when's the last time we approved use of our attorneys? I like I said I haven't seen
>> almost every meeting when we're talking about um challenging proposals for what is the tax >> PAB >> the the >> PTA correct >> right every time the dollar amount of how much we would pay or we do pay the
law firms is included in that information. So the last time was the last time we had that which was like within the last two three months. So, every time we need a law firm to um and and some of these conversations are in close session because they are regarding
uh attorney client issues, but approving the dollar amount is done in open session. And there is a dollar amount. it's X per hour that we're going to spend for this attorney um in this particular situation or up to X amount
of money that we're gonna that we're going to approve for this law firm to represent us in a particular case. Um so we do have that information when we're approving using a law firm for just about every single time we approve a law
firm to be used by this school district. We do have the dollar information. It may be up to a certain dollar amount, but it's not unlimited. We don't get We're gonna ch they're going to charge us $750 an hour, which by the way, in
the in the world of law is a mid-range price. We don't get that information, but we do get the information on what the law firm is going to charge us. And I think if anybody had an issue with that, you can go, "Whoa, wait a minute. That seems like an awful lot of money. I'd like to challenge that and look at maybe if we used a different firm, can
we get, you know, can we get it at a lower price? But we do get that information every single time. >> No, we do not. >> I I would >> I'm about ready to make a motion that we move to the previous question because we're not talking about what we're supposed to be talking about and and we
can bring this up for a future discussion if it needs a future discussion, but we're really only talking about the policy as it stands. We're not talking about the ranges of the law firm. We're not talking about PTAB or these expenditures or the process of approving or not approving of
expenditures. We're really talking about how the board member talks first and foremost and that's policy. And we're talking about really are you comfortable with this language. Are you comfortable with the way it describes the board's authority in regards to hiring and reviewing at any such time? Should the
board as a whole degree board as a whole agree on legal representation? This really isn't a financial discussion. We're really supposed to be talking about this policy. >> Okay. I I'm just looking at the policy
presented and when we talk about developing RFPs, hourly fees are in that with if you look at section three on page three of six of the press policy that's being presented and you look at one, two, three, four,
four, bullet point four. proposed fee schedule. That is going to be part of our policy. I'd be happy to see that. I haven't seen it in the past. That's where this comment's coming from. >> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Let's see if it comes
out as we move forward with our press policy customization review. See if that ends up being in there. >> Okay. Moving on. Next in new business. Next, um I would like to move that the
District 211 Board of Education approve the 2026 summer curriculum projects at a cost not to exceed the following per grant. Title one, $72,40. Title two $31,040
IDA $62,040 as submitted by Josh Shoemaker, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? May I have a roll call, please?
>> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Caval, >> hi. >> Mr. Dumbrosski, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> hi. >> Miss Baron, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the purchase of five
14 passenger multifunction school activity buses from Central States Bus Sales, Inc. at a total cost of $312,500 pending physical inspection results as submitted by Michael Slife, director of
transportation and Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. >> Second. >> We have a roll call, please. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrosski, >> hi. >> Miss Lopez,
>> hi. >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi, >> Miss Baron. >> Hi, >> Miss Russell. >> Hi, >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the purchase of track resurfacing services at Palatine High
School from Bayon in partnership with track surfacing company through Field Turf USA via the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchase Purchasing agreement at a total cost of 169 $169,82
as submitted by Ricky Sparks, director of facilities and purchasing and Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, Superintendent of Schools. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Miss Russell, >> I.
>> Mr. Van Djk, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I. The motion passes. The next is a a couple motions. First, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the purchase of carpet replacement at the
administration center from consolidated flooring utilizing the Mohawk contract under the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing agreement at a total cost of 133,93 as submitted by Ricky Sparks, director of facilities and purchasing and Lauren
Humble, chief operating officer, CSBO, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. >> Second. >> May I have a roll call, please? Miss Baron. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi. >> Miss Russell. >> Hi. >> Mr. Van Dyk.
>> Hi. >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Abstain. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I. The motion passes. Next. Next, I would like to make a recommendation that the board of education approve the award of contract for asbestos abase asbestos abatement services at the administration
center to Kfax Corporation at a total cost of $99,500 as submitted by Ricky Sparks, director of facilities and purchasing and Lauren Hmel, chief operating officer CSBO and is recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools.
>> Second. May have >> a roll call, please. >> Mrs. Lopez. >> Hi, >> Miss Caval. >> Hi, >> Miss Baron. >> Hi, >> Mr. Van Dyk. >> Hi, >> Mr. Dumbrossski. >> Miss Russell, >> I >> Mr. Rosenlum. >> I The motion passes. Next item in the
agenda is a resolution for immigration. As a member of the governing board of NSSO, of which this board, this district is a cooperative member. NSSEO is asking its member boards to
approve or reach consensus to approve a resolution regarding immigration. Several other school districts in our area have already approved resolutions regarding US immigration and customs and
customs enforcement protocols within their districts. District 26 has moved signage and a resolution as a future topic. District 21 has passed a resolution prohibiting the use of school district property for civil immigration enforcement staging areas, processing
locations, and operations bases. They are also adding postage, signage, and resources to its website. District 25 has passed a resolution prohibiting the use of school district property. District 57 passed a resolution
regarding immigration enforcement protections. District 59 has not yet passed a formal resolution. However, they they do provide information through resources on their website and district 214 has a resolution regarding safe the
safe schools act for all. And so there has been a proposal by members of the governing board of NSSEO that NSSEO put forth a resolution supporting um this type of situation in
support of their students and their families and the communities for which they serve. And I'm asking this board if they are in consensus for us for me to go back to them at our next um governing board meeting to let them know that we are in agreement with them drafting a
resolution in support of this. in which case then they would present us with a draft for our review as a member district and then we can vote as to whether or not we agree and approve the
implementation of said resolution. So right now I'm asking if you are in consensus for them to draft such a resolution. So I'd like to first open it up for any discussion that anybody may have because we have not had this discussion here at this
>> point of order. Are are we allowed to reach a consensus? I know that's because it's not an action item. So, >> it's a it's a consensus for me to go back and say, "Yeah, my board thinks it's a good idea to go ahead and draft a resolution." We're not authorizing them
to to approve. We're not approving a resolution. We're just kind of telling them go ahead and draft one. And then they're going to come back to us um probably in a month or two, okay, >> with the draft for us to then review and
at that point it will be an action item for us. >> Is is there potential for member districts to say no and they'll not draft this? I mean, considering the list of I don't know if you're trying to bias our opinion, but considering the list of other districts that you've already
rattled off, it seems like a majority is already going in a direction and this conversation's moot. >> Uh, that's a very good question, Mr. Dumbroski, and I appreciate you bringing that to me. Um I represent our district and our board and um whether or not
whether or not uh we are one of eight U cooperative members and if if seven of them tell me we're all going to vote in favor of this. I still tell them I don't care. I'm bringing it back to my board because my board is one of eight. We are
a member of this cooperative and I want us to whether a majority is one way or the other to give our input and and our opinion on this. >> Mr. President, so I just want to for clarity because this helps. So for clarity sake, this is less about telling
them what they can or cannot do. This is this is to provide you context and guidance in your duty as a representative for our district. tell them where our board >> feels about them drafting a resolution on this particular item.
>> The way I personally feel is they can draft whatever they want and they can send it through all of their member bodies for approval or disapproval on a vote. So, you know, if they want to if they want to draft it, I don't I don't. >> So, again, it's it's just just saying,
yeah, go ahead. It's like us saying go ahead and draft it and bring it back to us. That's it. I'm comfortable with you saying as our representative, you know, draft whatever you like and then you have to send it through the proper channels. >> Does anybody have otherwise? Are we okay?
>> My my opinion on this is we are part of this cooperative to get services for our students that are most in need. I'm not necessarily sure how the signage and all of this goes into
assisting that. I think it's a diversion of resources in my opinion. >> Okay, that's a great that's a great uh great point. um the school districts that are doing things like this uh individual districts are doing it to sh
from the dialogue that I've been listening to and my speaking with other board presidents as well within districts across the area is that they're doing it um whether or not they can stop someone from coming onto their
property, but rather to show their community that they support viewpoint or another on these issues that uh they support their students, their families, uh the staff one way or
another on these issues. uh there's a feeling by some of the districts and some of the dialogues that I'm having that they feel that if they show show a certain viewpoint um and I'll I'll tell you the viewpoint that they're really promoting is that we do not want these
um activities on our premises or in our buildings um or in the face of our students that they feel that this is supporting their students coming into a safe, free uh secure more comfortable,
welcoming environment. >> Okay. Um, again, all of these comments, I appreciate them. All of these comments are really reserved for when it comes time for us to vote. And so, um, I would just suggest that NSSCO draft whatever
they feel comfort what what they feel is necessary in regards to the services that we expect them to provide to the students we're sending to them. they can draft as a board whatever they'd like. They can send it through the proper channels and I'm sure that when it comes before us, the board will have a robust
discussion and we will either vote to approve or disapprove it. So, I mean this to me is an really like anformational item at this point to uh guide you in your interactions at the next SS NSSO meeting as our representative. I'm not really seeing
the you know >> so so thank you. I I I understand that, but I also it is important to have the context as to why this is being requested and why they're being asked to put a draft together and why they're even moving with this type of thing. And
so items E and F, one is the resolution supporting the viewpoint and the other is a resolution supporting signage. So, another um request is that um the resolution would permit them to put
signage um kind and location to be determined on their property, whether it be at the entrance to their parking area, uh stickers on the door frames, you know, or the door doors themselves. um so that
when people are coming on those premises and it communicates to um to again their viewpoint as an organization and us as a member of that uh cooperative I think it's important that we um have a say so that's
>> absolutely and president I only have one followup comment I mean uh this NSSO deals largely with students that use 504s and IEPs so um we have to remember that IE IEP students that are in special education proportionally rely on a
heavier ratio of federal funds versus public funds like state and local funds. And um my only if were were I at the NSSO board table, my only point of advice would be to make sure to run it
through legal and and it is and and a m a significant majority of their um revenue, I'll call it their income is tuition. >> Okay? >> And that's paid for by us and by
non-member districts that send their students there, too. So that's what they rely on. >> Not a comment. It's not okay. It's not my comment point. It's a comment on an open invitation for >> cool >> somebody who's happy to fight. >> Okay. So the first one was just the resolution. The second one is a
resolution that >> would put together how they might use signage and then again it would come back to us for approval or or not. Um but I think as an NSSCO governing board member representing this board, it's important that I bring these things back
whether whether I can tell how it's going to go, but that we do have that. >> Additionally, if we have parents in any of the districts that utilize our our special needs services through our cooperative and one of those parents
works for ICE and they have they have no choice but to bring their child in there and they're basically told that their profession or career is offensive to that organization, I I think that's kind of polarizing. I I would rather just be an open environment for anyone that
wants to come in. I also have concerns that people will see signage and try to make that a refuge. I mean, we've seen ICE interactions where students are being chased into schools or they're trying to hide in schools and trying to
find sanctuary areas. So, I I have concerns with that. >> So, so I I understand before before we Yeah. Before we get to to what may be in the resolution, let's first see the resolution and then we can determine whether or not we agree with what the content or make a change or absolutely
>> or how people feel about it. >> Agree. In the future, if we have agenda items that are blank on public content, executive content, and administrative content, I'd say that it probably shouldn't be under new business. >> Okay. >> Um, next item is potential topics for
future discussion. So, first I'd like to ask if there's any board member that has an item that they would like to add as a potential item for future discussion. >> I I do. >> I I sent an email earlier. Um I think
that what we've received from Press Plus Services from IASB has been um not aligned with my expectations. I I don't see the benefit of proceeding forward. When I look at our policies that we've
developed over time, especially with just even the election authority, we had modified our policies for how um potential schoolboard candidates are to proceed and then we basically went backwards with press plus and we got a
policy that doesn't fit our county or our processes that we had already replaced. So I feel like what we're getting in this process is not only moving backwards in what we've already developed, but also kind of tonedeaf to
what our existing policies are. And I'm not sure I see a value in proceeding. I don't know how many people went through the review process and started filling out the spreadsheets, but I was severely disappointed when I was looking at what we have versus what we're being what we're paying to get.
So my proposal for new business is that we discontinue the press plus policy. >> Okay. So when when my when
other board presidents in our area find out that found out that district 211, a district of our size is not already utilizing the press plus >> program.
But this is just for we need to just get consensus whether or not we want this >> want to have it for a item for future discussion. That's fine. >> Okay. So, so in considering it as an item for future
discussion, the request is to um to have it as an item for future discussion to potentially cancel our arrangement with ISB to go through the press plus the press policy customization project to align
our district with >> the press with the press policy. policies to discontinue the service of having them help us transition to the press format um as a district and retain our current
policy structure. >> Uh I don't share member Dumbroski's concerns and I think um it's up to board members. It's up to us to read the drafted policies and review them. I
understand. I can understand feeling disappointed about whatever expectations you had in the gap between that and whatever has been produced. Um, but I I simply just don't agree on this one. So, I'm not in agreement to bring that
agenda item forward as a potential topic discussion. >> Miss Lopez, >> I say no. I think that um what we've done so far um
with what we want to see in the policies I say stick with policy >> Mr. Van Dykward >> Miss Russell >> agree >> Miss Baron >> I agree
>> okay Mr. Bruski, I know where you are. Um I I look at this as um as a process and a process to get us in alignment with what's recommended, what other districts are doing. There's a lot
of reasons behind this. Um whether we're we're at this point disappointed with sections one through three, which is all we really had to review, uh and the content in there. Um and I was able to compare it during my review with other
districts that are on this program and um and I think there's much more to come yet regarding customizing it to our district um versus the boilerplate information that we've been provided so far. So I'm in agreement to continue on.
So it sounds like um as an item for future discussion that request is not going to be moving forward. So we will continue on with with the policy as it is. >> Anyone else for item for future discussion? >> Can I uh request that next uh meeting
for so the May meeting that we review our SRO contracts please? >> Um I I'll make some comments. This is something I've been arguing for uh for several years. So our contracts with our
villages um that govern our SRO um essentially are on an automatic rollover period. They automatically roll over. So um that that means that they don't regularly come before the board forformational purposes or review. So,
um, I want to just clarify that at least for myself and I suspect for member Baron, this doesn't signal sort of any intention to cease those contracts or any other such thing. That's not what anybody's saying. I've said um I've argued though that they should come
before the board on a regular basis for a review. I would suspect our three newest board members haven't, for example, read any of those contracts, right? And um I think that's important. So whatever review might mean is up to
the board, but I do think it's important that those every member at the board table is aware of those contracts, what's in them, how they operate, and that means they need to somehow come before the board on a semi-regular basis for review. So I just wanted to clarify
this is why I felt this way for several years, and I'm glad to see this be proposed as a potential topic. Miss Lopez, >> I agree. >> Mr. Van Dyke, >> uh, school resource officer, right? >> Yeah.
>> Okay. Um, if I could I've got a lot of acronyms in in my employment, a lot of them, and none of you would know what they are. And just as a courtesy >> for the people out there watching and
for people even in this room that don't know, if we could try to SRO and then say what that is or say it out for everyone's benefit. I would appreciate um and I' I'd like to see the
contracts, too. So, thank you for all of that, >> Miss Russell. >> Yes, I agree. >> Mr. Daskki, >> uh yeah, no objection. Um, is the intent to discuss modifications to the contract or just highlight
certain items of the contract? I guess I'm trying to figure out what the what the administration needs to provide while we make this decision. >> Yeah, I think just the entire if we can just get a copy of the entire uh contract and then if we in discussion we
can highlight as board members certain sections or any that we have concerns with. >> So then to open up the to open up the agreements is what you're looking to do. >> And would that lead to renegotiation?
>> Yeah. A discussion that might be the outcome, but I don't think it's the intention, at least not mine. Um >> well, so I I just want to make sure that we're bringing it to the board table for discussion at an appropriate time because I don't know necessarily that
having the discussion in May if we're not allowed to open the contract until September makes sense with what our cycle or what our contract agreement is. >> I I understand that Mr. Drosski. I think the the correct me if I'm wrong, Miss
Baron, is um the the context is to review the contract, not to revise the contract, but to understand what is contained in it, what it means, um what the drivers are, um what the board
responsibility is around that, what the relationship with the service providers are. And if and and I I believe that now is the time to do that because if the contract renewal time is at the beginning of the school year, I would like to have dialogue well before the
beginning of the school year to understand the content of the the contract and as a board have discussion around whether or not we would like to propose any any alterations or or revisions or whatever you want to call them. um that that can then be discussed
when they're um when they're more appropriate for for changes >> to be made. >> I'm I'm weary of bringing this to an open board discussion because it's not something that we dictate because this is a contract with another government
agency that may require negotiation and may require give and take on both sides. And I just get concerned that we're we're going to be dictating to the administration a list of demands that our administration's going to have to
take to our village boards to execute. And there may be reasons where they may not want to execute those. And I'm not sure if having those discussions in open session before we know the nuances of both sides perspective is
um for lack of a better term a polite way to approach certain things. >> I I think I think your your thoughts are around negotiating and and negotiating a revision or a revised or a renewed contract. My understanding is it's just
to review the existing contract to get a very clear understanding for board members who may not have gotten into it before when it was created, proposed, and approved um by the the board at that time, but have an opportunity to be able to review it, discuss it, and understand
it. >> If I might make a suggestion, if Mr. Mr. Dumbrosski would be more comfortable if we could slightly change the language of the original proposition and say can we direct is there consensus to direct the administration to give us all three of
the contracts. We have three not one um that are relevant to this discussion disperse those to all of our board me all board members for our review and should any individual board member feel the need bring their specific concern to the board as a whole potentially as a topic for future discussion go through
proper channels that we've already established. Would you be more comfortable with that? >> Yeah, I think I I understand the point that all board members should be familiar with the SRO contracts. I mean, I can't cite off the top of my head when our contract is up for renewal with the governing agencies, but um I I think we
could do this review and Q&A with the administration outside and if there's issues that can't be resolved, you know, with the superintendent individually, then yeah, I would agree that it would be open to a board action. I just I just questioned the benefit of having
basically a walkth through of the SRO contracts in open session where you may have village board members kind of concerned about what we're talking about before we even get to a point of dialogue. >> Member Baron, would you be comfortable with that considering you're the person
that brought it forward if we all got the information as a starting point >> and go from there? >> Okay. Could I also make a request? Is there the history of why we have SRO's and the background on that.
>> Um that's a discussion that's >> that's an item for future discussion if you'd like to >> typically that's within the context of a larger approach to school safety which is session discussion. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's fine.
>> I can also provide that. we can provide that update just the history and the end of the week update um asformational to the board. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. And and maybe for anformational item for public awareness if we want to put in our agenda asformational, you know, just kind of who we have our
agreements with, what the dates are and why we have them, you know, for justformational item, not a discussion. That would be appropriate as well. I believe Miss Baron. Okay. Um I also have an item I'd like to bring up for potential.
>> I have one more unless you want to go. >> Let me throw mine in and then I'll come back to you because it might be I don't know if it's going to be the same. Um there was a um a communication that we received from a concerned parent in the community um regarding um
regarding care for a particular school's um athletic facility. um that we just received recently and um it's specifically regarding um the uptake of Shamberg High School's
baseball athletic facility and um I know that Dr. Campbell um and um and Mr. Sparks are working on uh reviewing that and reviewing the the conditions and um
the concern that was brought to our attention. And um I'd like to leave it with them at this time because that's their wheelhouse um from a uh operational perspective and uh and responsibilities and just throw
it out there that um and leave it as a item a it's the word is potential, right? potential topic for future discussion that if they so choose that um you know that that we may need to have it as an item for future discussion
at a upcoming board member a board meeting to discuss um that particular situation does >> Mr. Rosen when's the next facilities and planning meeting and if it'll occur before the May meeting it could probably be handled in that report
>> I concur >> when do you know when that is Mr. Sparks or Mr. Van, >> I don't think we we don't have that date offh hand, but we will follow back up with the when the date >> take place. Thank you. >> All right, Miss Baron, >> sorry I didn't talk to you beforehand.
Um, it just came up as we were discussing. Um, it can be similar to um what we agreed upon with the SRO contracts, but I do want to review all our legal contracts. I don't think I've ever seen any of our legal contracts since I've been on this board and I
might have missed something. Um, but I do want to review it and then do a Q&A and then if anything comes out of it then have like an open discussion if everybody's okay with that. >> I don't see anything wrong with that.
>> I'm fine with that as long as um we're respectful of that's that's going to be a big chunk of time and resources. So, um, I'm I will be patient to wait for that when it best
suits our administration and our superintendent. I'll I'll say that. >> So, with that little asterisk there that it doesn't have to be tomorrow, I'm going to leave it to you when you actually have the time. >> You don't need it tomorrow. >> I was going to say it's 920. No,
>> that's a big ask. So, I just want I want us to be cognizant of what we're really asking for the time it's going to require >> all legal contracts related to personnel. >> Sorry. Um, >> board representation. >> Yes, legal board representation. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. >> I I concur with Miss Baron. I'm not sure if we are on retainer free arrangement. Um, what we have as far as an engagement letter dating back to I mean for all I know, we have been using forensic from
1980. I I have no no clue. >> Yeah. Can we also include that information as to >> the historical >> the historic just a little bit? >> Yes. >> Don't don't go crazy. >> 1903 >> and and I would and I would recommend only doing it for those that we
currently >> Yeah. Yeah. >> have in available. >> Yeah. I just want to be >> Okay. All right. Okay. Any other potential items for future discussion?
Okay, next is committee reports with the first one being NSSEO. I only have a 40minut report so I will go from there. No, I'm just kidding. Um, >> so y'all already know
>> now I can tell you that. So, um, at our last board meeting, um, we recognized, um, and ever since I've been on this board, when Mrs. Climitz was our liaison, she relished in the opportunity to come and talk about
shining stars and the students of NSSO. And I am very, very excited to share that at the last board meeting, there were two shining stars that were called upon and recognized. and both of them are district 211 students. So out of a a
cooperative of eight, I was darn proud to to be there at the table. Um, both of them were recognized for their success at Kirk School, which is the high school that we send our students to, and the
fact that both students are transitioning back to Palatine High School in the ATP program that's offered for them at Palatine High School. Both of them had their families present. I know it's very, very exciting. Um, both
of them had their families there. Both of them showed tremendous appreciation and thanks to D211 and NSSEO and the partnership that we have to help their students reach their full potential and now transition back to their base school
and be in the halls of 211. So I was very very excited um to be able to do that and be a part of that that moment. Um I do have which I will have passed out
if everybody can take one and pass it on uh for board members. So, um 211 is hosting a program they call Miracle on Minor. Um Minor is one of the schools that they have and I think that's enough
that way. They're having um a fun day on May 1st from 3 to 6. All kinds of great things. It's literally a block party for this school. Um there's going to be opportunities for donations and support
and fun fun fun. So, um it's open to our um our board members and our community and bring kids and it's rain or shine and u more information is here and if I could ask if we could have it put on our
website um for the community to be able to see that that would be very helpful as well. Um our next board meeting um which is coming up in May is going to be starting every year they start the May board
meeting with a retirement celebration of the various people who are retiring from NSSO and in fact that was my first NSSO board meeting was a retirement party and then we immediately went into a board meeting um this year because there are
so many people um and they did it at Timber school last year, but live streaming from Timber Ridge, not so good. So, they decided to have the celebration at Timber Ridge School before the board meeting, and then everybody who wants to go to the board
meeting will go literally across a field uh for Prospect High School to NSSO's office for our board meeting where it can be better livereamed. So, that's coming up. Um there are a lot of other things in the works, too. NSSCO like
district 211 also has a foundation where a lot of their responsibility is raising funds for the schools and the kids the various programs that they take advantage of. They are looking for uh for people who might be interested in joining the NSSEO foundation. So um so
they do have uh an opportunity there as well. Um and then they have many other programs that are available for our kids to take advantage of. So, it was really a great board meeting. Um, and I will ask Dr. Campbell if she has anything from the operations board meeting.
>> I do not. I was not in attendance at the last operations. Thank you. >> All right. So, that's it for the NSSO report. Next is Ed Red. Mr. President, before we move on, just to note in our agenda, we have executive content in
there which defines the budgets and the fiscal year 27 budget for D211 is included in there. >> Thank you. >> I think those are that's important information that we have to act on in the future and it also impacts our budgets. So, I do appreciate that NSSO
is providing us with our costs so that we can build that into our budget. But I just want to highlight from earlier discussion. >> We're being presented by our co-op a budget in April. This is really good.
It's not at the last minute. It's not in August or September. There's nothing preventing this district from being just as proactive and building out our budgets as we're moving before we get to the end of June and we start expending
into next year. >> I appreciate that. Thank you very much, Mr. Dumbrosski. So, so like he had mentioned um the NSSO budget is included in executive content and if any board member has any questions regarding this,
um you can ask me. Um it was also presented to Kathy in our administration um in the Kathy um >> if you have anything to add, but pardon me. >> Zealinski.
>> Yes, Zins. Zalooki. Thank you. if uh if you have any questions about that. She was also in finance meetings where these budgets were being developed, presented, and discussed. So, she actually has much more information than I do because she was in a lengthy conversation around the
details of the budget. Um but the budget is as presented. Um this is something again that that I brought back to us to make sure that we are aware of what the budget is for NSSO. Um, and there is one in particular that talks about district
211's portion of that budget, and it shows what what it has been and what the proposed is. So, you could see the increases. Um, keep in mind, um, like we even talked about last month, sometimes it's the number of students, but oftentimes it's what the needs are of
the students. One of the biggest challenges that NSSO has is around staffing and making sure that they have the right staff for the needs of those students. Some of them are need one-on-one, some of them don't. It
changes regularly. And if a one-on-one staff member is absent for one day, one day, it's very very difficult for them to you can't just find a substitute. That person needs to perhaps have certain
certifications or experience with someone with those um those particular issues and needs of that type of student or the relationship with that student. So, so these are things that really make a difference. So, I encourage you as you look at the budget, if you have any
questions, certainly ask Kathy. She's she's got that subject matter expertise and she's in the know on all of that. But you can also ask me and I can take that back to uh to the board. Um and Kathy can also take it back to the financial people um Brad at um and Gavin
certainly Gavin over at the NSSEO to be able to bring those issues and questions that we may have um with how is this figured out? why are we being charged for this? Those kinds of things. Um, and but the most important thing here is that I brought this back to y'all for
transparency. And I appreciate Mr. Browski pointing that out to make sure that as you're reading through the agenda for today um here at the board table that you take time to look at our bud at the budget that we're being charged by NSSCO
um because there are some some things there that will impact us for next year and and we need to be aware of them. >> And President Rose, I'll just add it'll be voted up on for next month. That's just why it's there for your review.
Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Dumbroski. All right. Next on the agenda is Ed Reddd. >> Well, I wish Ed Red could be as exciting. We don't really talk about students a lot. And notice that I did
write education, research, and development. I try hard. I know we we're alphabet soup. Um, it it was a good meeting anyway. We had um guest speakers. Uh the report should be in your hands. Um two
representatives from the area. Unfortunately, Nicole Graassi from our from Cook County um could not be there at this time, but she will attend another um ED red meeting. By the way, ED Red meetings now um member meetings
have gone from both in person and virtual. So, I'm saving you all gas money. Um, two big things that were discussed or that they pointed out, continued lack of
funding for schools and the overarching funding of mandated categoricals or MCATs. um and that it's becoming more and more difficult to get a balanced budget based
on the kinds of things that are being asked, districts are being asked to do with the mandated categoricals. Um, and then they also spend a great deal of time on uh the bills that are going through the legislature. And I think Michelle may have mentioned it
that you daily get all of the reports and um about legislation from IASB and from Edra possibly too. I did list the things that they discussed. Those things are um obviously going through the
legislature. Uh we've gotten ones recently that if people our districts are interested um in supporting or not supporting um that we should make sure that we contact legislators and I thought this was interesting. I've heard
this before from legislators, but um Daniel Daidich said, "If you all could get together, all the organizations, education, education organizations, and presented us with an a united front, it would make our job a lot easier." Well,
that may be true, but getting us all together into an agreement on things may be the the issue there, but I think uh we tend to be in agreement in most of the areas here. And then there are um additional um events coming up and the one I will
be requesting at the next meeting is a mini summit that is to happen in June. It will be in Lake County. It will be an in person. So I will have to have gas money for that. And I think that's it for Ed unless anyone has any questions.
>> Uh just a quick comment. Thank you. I I thoroughly appreciate Miss Russell typing this out and putting it together in a uh in a form and uh your notes are are greatly appreciated and and set in the public comments. So, thank you.
>> Thank you. You're welcome. I was a secretary at a bunch of different meetings, so I guess I'm used to it. So, thanks. But thanks for the recognition. That's it for me on Ed. >> All right. Thank you. Next is community
and family services report. Miss Baron, >> no report at this time. >> No report. Thank you. Next is back to Miss Russell for ISB. >> Okay. You have a written report. Uh it's short. Once again, the legislation is
passing through. ADR and IASB tend to be in agreement in a lot of things. So that might be two organizations that can get together um to talk with legislators in agreement. And then I just on there that um I assume that you get the information
about the newsletter um or the what do they call it the journal um IASB journal and um they do have very interesting um journal reading if you have time for that and then the last page announcing
uh the joint annual conference once again it's in Chicago it's um and these are not typed out but I will say them the Illinois Association of School Boards, the Illinois Association of School Administrators and the Illinois
Association of School Business Officers um put together the joint conference. So the three groups, it is in Chicago November 20, 20th to 22nd right before Thanksgiving. Registration opens in June
1st. They will have a delegate assembly. I will be coming forward in probably June once the information is released um so that I can be in attendance for that conference and represent our board and the early bird registration cost is
listed as $560 for an individual for the 3-day event. And then in one other thing um is separate attachment. Uh again mentioning the fact about Illinois school funding. Here's a whole bunch of education
organizations that have gotten together. They all agree that there's an imbalance for districts and taxpayers and they talk about EBF and um un unfund unfunded mandates especially ones that are being
um proposed in this legislative session. So I hope you it's a paragraphs. I hope you have an opportunity to look over that. And that's it for the ISB report. Illinois Association of School Boards. >> All right. Thank you for that. Okay.
Next is the Superintendent report. Dr. Campbell. >> All right. Good evening. Hard to believe we are six weeks away from the end of the school year of 2526. as I highlight a few opportunities I had over the past few weeks to connect with
our students, staff, and community. My last lunch and listen lesson visit brought me to Shamberg High School. These conversations continue to be meaningful, and I am very grateful for the honest feedback, thoughtful ideas, and shared moments that I get to engage
in at the buildings. On April 2nd, the administrative center hosted the student art exhibit featuring work from Higgins Education Center in North Campus. The level of creativity and expression of display was truly impressive by our
students. Our students even displayed their artistic talents and I'm showing this is a coaster um that uh our students displayed that has all seven of our schools represented. I had the privilege of speaking at the district 211 BIPAC affinity group
meeting. It was an opportunity to share my educational journey while also learning from the staff whose diverse perspectives continue to strengthen our district. As part of our ongoing efforts to build strong partnerships, I met with neighboring village managers just to
touch base on what's happening in all of our communities. I also toured the Shamberg Library, recently remodeled and now designed to inspire learning and innovation with exploration um while providing amazing opportunities. If you haven't gone, you have to go to the
maker space. It's amazing. If you did not attend Legally Blonde at Frammed High School, you missed an outstanding performance. Our students delivered a production that truly showcases their talent. Thank you to our staff for
supporting, engaging, and guiding the work for our students. You would have thought it was a Broadway show if you had the opportunity to attend. Our kids are amazing. Finally, on April 14th, Shamberg Township hosted its open house and annual town meeting. Prior to their meeting, it was great to take a tour and
see so many community resources in one place, all focused on supporting families across our North Cook suburb. Thank you. Thank you. Next is the board of education report. Does anybody have anything that they would like to say or
mention? So, I will tell you that I went to see Legally Blonde at Friend High School uh this past weekend and um not only was it cool to see the the students performing, but there were some staff members that faculty members that kind of got in on
the production, too. So, that was that was pretty cool. Um but it was an an excellent production. Um, and I will say more about that in the next item. So, next on our anybody else? >> I I just want to say that I attended the
incoming freshman at Hoffman State High School um activity and clubs night and it was really nice to see how they had it set up. It was very um it was just on the upper part of the gym and there were
so many students there representing every club, every sport um including the coaches and there um they had tables set up but they also had students walking around like do you look like you're a soccer player. Do you want to play? Do you want to join the club or you look like you could debate you know do you
want to join the club? I thought it was really nice to see all the kids there just there was just a buzz a buzz of they're just talking to the coaches the their friends that they're with and they're like let's go to this stand let's go to that stand. So that was really nice. I
really loved that setup there. Um they did a a great job of trying to get students involved and feel like included. So that was nice. >> And I think last week I attended the D15 D211 at Palatine Orchestra concert. I think Miss Caval may have been there. I
didn't see I was sitting up front. I don't know if you're hidden away in the bleachers. I I do that sometimes, too. Um so, you know, it's always good to see our um foundational districts uh interacting with our high schools and and the collaboration that we have
between teachers and and the accomplishments that they can do um working together in a day of practice. So, it's always impressive. >> Great. Well, it's always great to hear about how uh we as board members are are getting out in the community and getting
out into our schools and and taking advantage and and participating in some of these wonderful programs. Thank you. Next is uh upcoming events and calendar items. Uh and I just thought I'd point out a couple. Yes, I am going to see Legally Blonde at Shawnberg High School
this coming weekend. Um, everybody keeps asking me if I'm going to compare the two, and I absolutely do not plan on doing so, but the fact that I sat through Friends last weekend, I will try not to make it a sing along for the people around me while I listen to the the wonderful music that will be, I'm
sure, coming out of the stage in front of us uh this weekend as well. Um, I want to couple point out a couple more things. Um, on May 7th, District 211 is hosting its pitch night right here in this room, I believe. Is that correct?
Anybody who knows? Yes. Right here in this room, uh, which it's been done at least one, maybe two years uh, prior, pitch night, for anybody who doesn't know, is like district 211 Shark Tank. students in teams representing some
schools um pitch a product or a service uh to a group of professionals from the community asking them for money. And it's real money that they can turn into starting a
business just like on Shark Tank. You get to sit in the audience, you get to hear them give their pitch. Um, you hear the the panelists, the sharks talk about it. Uh, then they go off and they vote on on who's going to get the money and
they come out with a big check made out to those students and and afterwards everybody can, you know, you can network and talk to them about the whatever it is and some of them are just brilliant, brilliantly innovative ideas. Um, and
many of them become true products. In fact, last year, um, I've attended several years. Last year, um, somebody who won came back to talk about the current state of his business that
started because of pitch night. So, if you have chance, it's May 7th right here in this room in the boardroom and our next board meeting is coming up on May 14th. That's it for that section.
Next is our closed items. I believe we are all done with closed session. So, um, so there's going to be a recommended motion in just a moment by me that we go back into close session. Um, seeing as there is not a need, um, if a board
member says no, that means we will not go into close session, but we will then vote on the items um, that need action upon them. So I would like to make a motion that the board enter close session to discuss minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the open meetings act appointment compensation discipline
performance or dismissal of specific employees and collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives. 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 Dyke? No, >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> No, the motion fails. We will not go back into close session. >> Next are the close session motions. At first, I The first one is that 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 2030 and December 2030 as presented. and in accordance with the District 211 administrator
compensation and benefit package, accept the retirement requests as of June 2030 and December 2030 as presented as 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. We have a second. >> Second. >> We have a roll call, please. >> Mr. Van Djk, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Drowski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. Miss Baron. >> Hi. >> Miss Russell. >> I. >> Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I. The motion passes. Next, I'd like to
make a recommendation that the board of education approve a I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve a three-day suspension for employee Kenneth Jüg. Further that the board secretary notify said employee in writing of this action by the board of
education is submitted by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and is recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second? I have a roll call, please. >> Miss Barrett. >> Oh, I'm sorry. A discussion item.
>> Point of Dr. Campbell, have board concerns um been addressed. >> Yeah. >> Regards to this action >> that we have. >> Yes. >> May I have a roll call, please?
>> Miss Baron. >> I. >> Miss Caval. >> I. >> Mr. Dumbowski. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Lopez. I >> Miss Russell >> I >> Mr. Van Djk >> Mr. Rosenloom >> I motion passes. Next I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the termination of employment of
Victor Sephuentes as submitted by by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services 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. >> Hi. >> Miss Caval, >> hi. >> Miss Baron,
>> hi. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> hi. 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 termination of employment of Eugene Grohavski as
presented by Kurt Teniper, assistant superintendent of administrative services, and as recommended by Dr. Judith Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second? >> Second. May >> have a roll call, please. >> Miss Russell, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Van Djk. >> Hi,
>> Miss Baron. >> Hi, >> Miss Lopez. Hi, >> Mr. Rosenl. >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the termination of of employment of John Peas 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? >> Second. >> I have a roll call, please. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Derowski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I. >> Miss Baron, >> hi. >> Miss Russell, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosenloom.
>> Hi. The motion passes. Next, I make a motion that the board of education approve the termination of employment of Brian Ramirez 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? >> Second. >> Member roll call, please.
>> Mr. Dowski, >> I >> Miss Russell, >> hi. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> hi. >> Miss Caval, >> hi. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I >> Miss Baron, >> hi. >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education approve the termination of employment of Amy Stilling Tanner 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? >> Second. >> Have a roll call, please. >> Miss Baron, >> hi. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> I >> Mr. Dumbrossski, >> I >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> Miss Russell,
>> hi. >> Miss Caval, >> I >> Mr. Rosenlum, >> I The motion passes. Next, I'd like to make a motion that effective July 1st, 2026, Terresa Brandt be appointed as assistant superintendent at Shamberg High School at an
>> I'm sorry. >> What' I say? >> Oh, I'm sorry. that the motion is that effective July 1st, 2026, Terresa Brandt be appointed as assistant principal at Shamberg High School at an annual gross salary of $140,000 as submitted by Kurt
Teniper, assistant superintendent for administrative services and as recommended by Dr. Juth Campbell, superintendent of schools. May I have a second? >> Second. May >> I have for roll call, please? >> Miss Baron, >> I. >> Miss Caval, >> I. >> Mr. Dumbowski, >> I. >> Mrs. Lopez, >> hi. >> Miss Russell,
>> hi. >> Mr. Van Dyk, >> Mr. Mr. Rosen Bloom. >> I The motion passes. Seeing as no other items on the agenda for this evening's meeting, the board president declares this meeting of the board of education adjourned.