december 12

The bOARDBuzz is put together following District 25 School Board Meetings and serves as a recap of what occurred.

• For the full agenda of the Regular Meeting, please click here.
  

The Regular Meeting was recorded and that recording can be viewed here: www.sd25.org/1212FullMeeting.

As always, the bOARDBuzz is archived at www.sd25.org/BoardBuzz.

This was an opportunity for the public to speak on the proposed Tax Levy for 2023. To watch this portion of the meeting, click here.

Levy Timeline

• Presentation of Tentative Levy | November 14, 2023
• Publication of Hearing Notice | Between November 27 and December 4, 2023
• Public Hearing & Levy Adoption | December 12, 2023
• Levy Filed prior to December 26, 2023

For a PDF of the levy presentation from the November 14 meeting, click here.

To watch the levy presentation from the November 14 meeting, click here.

To watch the Board discuss this item at the November 14 meeting, click here.

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A. South Middle School Speech Team

The Board of Education recognized and congratulated the South Middle School Speech Team as all members earned strong scores at their contest! The Board recognized and thanked their Coach, Wes Skym as well.

The following students were recognized:

Morgan Baird | Nathan Dodon | Ameera Fatina | Kaylee Gilliland | Christina Greene | John Hemmila

Ellie Joyce | Sophia Marino | Jash Mathew | Elan Pattie | Kinsey Poyer | Julia Puccini

Margaret Puccini | Cleo Puckett | Addison Salyards | Victoria Selbka | Madison Smith

Elizabeth Snider | Sofia Spiropoulos | Grace Tatum | Zoe Teich | Emily Warnement | Effie Zbierski

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B. South & Thomas Musicians

The Board of Education recognized and congratulated the South & Thomas Musicians who participated in the ILMEA District 7 Honor Band. The Board recognized and thanked their music teachers, Oksana Lukaszewskyj from South and Candi Horton and Dana Berry from Thomas.

The following students were recognized:

South | Concert Band

Alyssa Culley - FLUTE

Thomas | Concert Band

Isla Burney - FLUTE | Caroline Hong - OBOE | Andrew Rice - CLARINET

Nathan Hessling - CLARINET | Brandon Geltner - EUPHONIUM

Thomas | Jazz Band

Io Shigefuji - PIANO

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In this portion of the meeting, Board members catch one another up on the happenings each member has experienced as an individual since the last meeting. Also, some Board members are appointed as representatives to attend meetings on behalf of the District 25 Board of Education for different organizations. Those members convey relative information to the entire Board at the monthly meeting.

• Board Member Updates
• ED-RED Education Research Development
• Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
• NSSEO

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Community members are invited to address the Board during this public comment portion of the meeting. According to Board Policy, public comment is heard for 30 minutes at Board of Education meetings and members of the community have three minutes to address the Board.

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Please remember that the Board can be reached outside of Board Meeting hours by emailing boardfeedback@sd25.org.

In this portion of the meeting, the three organizations below addressed Board Members.

• AHC PTA
  
• ABC25 Foundation
  
• ATA (Arlington Teachers' Association)

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MOTION: APPROVED

That the Board of Education approve those items on the Consent Agenda as follows: (A) Personnel Report and Addendum to Personnel Report; (B) Invoices; (C) Special Joint Meeting with the Arlington Heights Park District Board Meeting Minutes of October 24, 2023; (D) Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2023; (E) Special Closed Session Meeting Minutes of November 27, 2023; (F) Special Closed Session Meeting Minutes of November 28, 2023; (G) Special Closed Session Meeting Minutes of November 29, 2023.

The consent agenda documents can be seen by clicking here to visit BoardDocs.

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A. FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMMING

Assistant Superintendent of Student Learning, Dr. Becky FitzPatrick, along with Katie Paulson, Advanced Learning, LMC & Creative Arts Coordinator; Lisa Szydlowski, Math and Elementary Fine Arts & PE Coordinator; Karen Pullam, Patton Kindergarten Teacher; and Lindsay Heitz, Greenbrier Kindergarten Teacher, presented the Board of Education with an update on the District's Full Day Kindergarten (FDK) programming set to begin in August 2024.

The Kindergarten Committee had been meeting for the past year and a half to plan the Full-Day Kindergarten instruction program, which will launch in the fall of 2024. The committee includes all kindergarten teachers and the Department of Student Learning. The committee is also collaborating with all other district departments.

This presentation covered the following in relation to FDK in District 25:

• Purpose & Programming
• Schedule
• Logistics
• Instructional Program Alignment
• FDK Video

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There were no items presented by the Department of Student Services.

MOTION: APPROVED

A. ADOPTION OF THE 2023 TENTATIVE TAX LEVY

That the Board of Education approve the "RESOLUTION OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2023."

Adopting a levy on an annual basis is one of the major functions of our Board of Education. Revenues from local property taxes generate approximately 83% of all revenues for this School District.

There were no changes to the proposed levy detailed at the the November 14, 2023 board meeting.

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MOTION: APPROVED

B. ABATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED

That the Board of Education approve the "Resolution Authorizing the Abatement of a Portion of the 2023 Taxes Heretofore Levied by Arlington Heights School District No. 25, Cook County, Illinois (Debt Service Fund)".

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MOTION: APPROVED

C. ABATEMENT TO INCREASE THE 2023 REAL ESTATE TAX LEVY

That the Board of Education approve the Resolution Directing The Cook County Clerk To Abate The Increase In The 2023 Real Estate Tax Levy Due To Section 18-233 Of The Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/18-233).

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MOTION: APPROVED

D. FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN IMPLEMENTATION

That the Board of Education approve the Resolution Approving Implementation of Full-Day Kindergarten Beginning in the 2024-2025 School Year.

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A. CONSTRUCTION & CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE

Director of Facilities Management, Ryan Schulz, presented the Board with an update on the #Build25 construction project, which includes the capital projects throughout the District.

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MOTION: APPROVED

A. 2024-2025 ADVANCE PERSONNEL PLAN

That the Board of Education approve the 2024-2025 Personnel Plan as presented.

Assistant Superintendent of Personnel & Planning, Dr. Brian Kaye, presented a recommended Personnel Plan for 2024-25 to the Board of Education.

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MOTION: APPROVED

A. Joint Recreational Intergovernmental Agreement

That the Board of Education approve the revised Joint Recreational Intergovernmental Agreement by and between the Board of Education of Arlington Heights School District No. 25 and the Arlington Heights Park District as presented.

The District attorney and the Park District attorney suggested one more change to the "CAP" agreement to align with the law that school districts must do specific background checks on any vendor that works in our schools. This is an update to the agreement approved by the District 25 Board of Education from October 10, 2023.

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The District 25 Board of Education often offers a second opportunity for public comment at each Board Meeting that takes place once all the agenda items have been presented, discussed, or voted on.

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FUTURE TOPICS & TOPICS WITH DATES TO BE DETERMINED

• Acceptable Use Policy | TBD

• Student Representatives on the Board of Education | TBD

NEW TOPICS

• No new topics

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024 @ 7:00 PM

This meeting will be held at the Dunton Administration Building and broadcasted live and recorded. The link for the livestream can be found on the Board Agenda page (www.sd25.org/BoardAgenda) the week of the meeting.

Public Comments

Anyone who wishes to make a public comment can do so, in-person, at our Board of Education meetings. The Board hosts two public comment opportunities on their agenda: 1) at the beginning of the meeting, prior to any agenda items, 2) at the end of the meeting after the agenda items have been discussed/presented.

Meeting Recordings

A video of the meeting will be recorded and uploaded to our site the following day on the 'Board Agenda' page and on our 'Catch up on Meetings' page.

The Board Buzz is not the official minutes from a Board of Education meeting. The official minutes can be found on the District's website on the Catch Up on Meetings page: www.sd25.org/CatchUpOnMeetings.