october 8
regular board meeting
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.
As always, the bOARDBuzz is archived at www.sd25.org/BoardBuzz.
REGULAR MEETING RECORDING
1. CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION
6:15 PM
2. RECONVENE PUBLIC MEETING
7:00 PM
3. RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
There were no recognitions and/or special presentations at this meeting.
4. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS
- Board Member Updates
- ED-RED Education Research Development
- Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
- NSSEO
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5. COMMUNITY INPUT
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.
No community members addressed the Board during this portion of the meeting. Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.
Please remember that the Board can be reached outside of Board Meeting hours by emailing boardfeedback@sd25.org.
6. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DISTRICT PARTNERS
- AHC PTA
- ABC25 Foundation
- ATA (Arlington Teachers Association)
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7. CONSENT AGENDA
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) Treasurer's Report; (D) Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes of September 24, 2024.The consent agenda documents can be seen by clicking here to visit BoardDocs.
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8. STUDENT LEARNING
9. STUDENT SERVICES
10. BUSINESS AND FINANCE
action item
MOTION: APPROVED
A. Benefits Renewal
That the Board of Education approve the Resolution for the Continuation of Various Insurance Coverages for the 2025 Calendar Year.Assistant Superintendent of Business/CSBO, Stacey Mallek, presented the new employee insurance rates which increased by 6.3% consistent with inflation rates.
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11. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
There were no items presented by the Department of Facilities Management.
12. PERSONNEL AND PLANNING
action item
MOTION: APPROVED
A. Memorandum of Understanding PART DAY TEACHER AND PART DAY ADMINISTRATOR
This agenda item was presented by District 25's Assistant Superintendent of Personnel & Planning, Kendra Perri.
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13. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
information item
A. Freedom of Information Act Report
Superintendent, Dr. Brian Kaye, updates the Board on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the public. The following were the FOIA requests:
- Owen Wang, North Cook News, requested information on a student evacuation plan; a response was provided on September 22, 2024.
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B. Data Sharing Agreement with Township High School District 214
This agenda item was changed from an Action Item to an Information Item to give the Board time to review the updated agreement.
This is the vote on an item that was presented and discussed at the Board meeting on September 24, 2024.
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C. First Reading of Policies | Press 116
This is the first reading of policies. These were reviewed by the Board's Policy Committee.
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D. IASB 2024 Resolutions
Each Board member was asked for their vote on Illinois Association of School Board 2024 Resolutions, whether they support or oppose them.
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14. PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
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.
*No community members chose to address the Board during this public comment at this meeting.*
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15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
FUTURE TOPICS & TOPICS WITH DATES TO BE DETERMINED
Third Party District Policy & Procedure Audit | November 12, 2024 (Updated date)
NEW TOPIC
No new topics
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16. ADJOURN THE MEETING
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UPCOMING BOARD EVENTS
Regular Meeting of the Board
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024 @ 6:15 PM
*The meeting will begin with Closed Session at 6:15 p.m., followed by the Regular Open meeting at 7:00 p.m.*
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 on the 'Board Agenda' page and on our 'Catch up on Meetings' page.
