april 11
regular board meeting
The bOARDBuzz is put together following District 25 School Board Meetings and serves as a recap of what occurred.
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REGULAR MEETING RECORDING
1. CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION | 6:15 PM
2. OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING | 7:00 PM
3. RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
The Board recognized and celebrated those who qualified for the State Wrestling Tournament:
South Middle School
Carlo Difalco
Thank you to coaches Jay Bingaman and Dan Burdi.
Thomas Middle School
Diego Arceo | Nicolas Clint | Joey Goduto | Anthony Klikas | Stone McKone | Owen Pham
Thank you to coaches Mike Damico, Ben Hamilton, School Resource Officer Danny Malik.
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The Board recognized and celebrated the South 7th Grade Girls Volleyball team who placed 3rd at State:
Lea Allemand | Cara Benassi | Reese DeCook | Harper Giersch | Ella Gunderson | Elyse Kennedy
Evelyn Mueller | Anna Range | Ava Starzyk | Samantha Tam | Isabella Valentin | Nora Wathen
Alexa Aguirre | Jena Hasan
Thank you to their Coaches, Sophia Vassos and Chris Fahnoe.
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The Board recognized and celebrated the Thomas 8th Grade Girls Volleyball team who placed 5th at State:
Faith Darby | Allison Fritzsche | Reese Ginsberg | Danielle Jensen | Lily Mattix | Freya McBride
Logan Nosik | Maya Patryarcha | Valeria Saberbein | Mahalakshmi Vullakula | Samantha Wolverton
Thank you to their Coach, Todd Slowinski.
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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 addressed 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. At this meeting, the public comments begin at the 37:01 mark of the meeting.
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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) Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes of March 14, 2023; (D) Superintendent Professional Development.
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8. STUDENT LEARNING
There were no items presented by the Department of Student Learning.
9. STUDENT SERVICES
10. BUSINESS AND FINANCE
There were no items presented by the Department of Business & Finance.
11. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
information item
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
#Build25
A summary update was provided by the Director of Facilities Management, Ryan Schulz, related to the construction projects the District is implementing. This presentation showed the layout of each school that will undergo construction, the status of the Village approval process, and a timeline for going out to bid and breaking ground at each site.
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12. PERSONNEL AND PLANNING
action item
MOTION: APPROVED
That the Board of Education approve the 2023-2024 Personnel Plan as presented.
This item was presented by the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel & Planning, Dr. Brian Kaye. Each spring the Board of Education receives the staffing plan for the following school year. These staffing projections are based on student enrollment projections, program needs, mandated state programming, student-identified needs, and the goals of the district.
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13. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
information items
A. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REPORT
Superintendent, Dr. Lori Bein, updated the Board on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the public:
- Cari Klinkenborg requested information on the 2022 Thomas Middle School Book Fair; a response was provided on March 21, 2023.
- John Klingner, Policy Analyst, Wirepoints requested information on sexual education curriculum materials; a response was provided on March 23, 2023.
- Ewa Wojcik requested information on books used in the RULER program; a response was provided on March 24, 2023.
- Molly Hudgens, Deputy Director of Research, SEIU Local 73 requested information on SEUI employee information; a response was provided on March 24, 2023.
- Janie Jordan, Data Research Partners LLC, requested information on district employees; a response was provided on March 27, 2023.
- Liam Blackley, Insurance Agent, Bankers Life, requested information on district retirees; a response was provided on March 27, 2023.
- Malgorzata Olszanski requested information on curriculum objections; a response was provided on March 27, 2023.
- Ewa Wojcik requested information on a book; a response was provided on March 30, 2023.
- Melinda Creasy requested information on bid tabulations; a response was provided on March 31, 2023.
- Malgorzata Olszanski requested information on books added to the District 25 LMCs; a response was provided on April 5, 2023.
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B. 2023-2024 BOARD MEETING DATES
Superintendent Dr. Bein brought this item to the Board to check the general availability of Board members for next year's meetings. A drafted list of meetings was proposed with intent on finalizing the dates for a vote on the April 25, Organization Board Meeting.
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D. FIRST READING OF POLICIES | PRESS 110
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E. FIRST READING OF POLICIES | SECTION 6 INSTRUCTION
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action item
MOTION: APPROVED
C. Student Suspension Review
That the Board of Education uphold the suspension for student 7TBP231.
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14. PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION
The District 25 Board of Education 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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15. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
FUTURE TOPICS & TOPICS WITH DATES TO BE DETERMINED
Student Achievement/Assessment Discussion | Following Spring assessment
RULER Update/Presentation | May 2023 Board meeting
Combined BOE Meeting with the Arlington Heights Park District | Date TBD
NEW TOPICS
- No new topics at this meeting.
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UPCOMING BOARD EVENTS
Organizational Meeting of the Board
TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023 @ 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.
