D109 Board Meeting Notice

Tomorrow's meeting is the first Board of Education meeting of the 2025-2026 school year! To ensure the community is informed about meetings and the items discussed, the District will send a meeting notice to the community the day before each regular BOE meeting. Meeting agendas will continue to be posted online to BoardBook at least two days before the meeting. In addition, we will send Board Briefs, a newsletter summary of the Board's discussion and action, after each regular meeting. Meeting minutes are posted to BoardBook after they are approved, typically at the next regular meeting.

You can always find information about Board Members, meetings and policies at dps109.org/board-of-education.

The next Regular Board of Education Meeting will be held on July 24, 2025 at 7:00pm at the District Center, 517 Deerfield Road in Deerfield. A Policy Committee meeting will be held at 5:30pm.

Highlights on the meeting agenda include:

• A discussion about the District's facility needs, and the Referendum Task Force's recommendation to Superintendent Mike Simeck to gather community feedback on a possible referendum to address those needs
• Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2026 tentative budget

The community is encouraged to attend Board of Education meetings, and contribute during the community participation periods. In all regular Board of Education meetings, the Board follows a set agenda that include two opportunities for community participation. Committee meetings and special meetings may have different community participation opportunities.

Meetings follow Robert’s Rules of Order. Based on those rules and District 109 Board policy, here are the procedures for public comment:

• Members of the community who address the Board during community participation will speak from the podium or other speaking platform provided in front of the Board. You should introduce yourself and describe your relationship with the District (e.g., “Parent of children who attend Wilmot and Caruso,” or “Community member with no children in District 109 schools”).
• Community participation is your opportunity to present information to the Board. The remainder of the meeting is for Board discussion.
• You can comment once during each community participation period. During the first community participation period, please only address topics that are listed on the agenda so the Board can hear discussion about items on which they may take action during the meeting. The second community participation period, at the end of the meeting, is open to discussion of any topic. If you have questions or comments about what you heard during Board discussion in the meeting, please share it during the second community participation period.
• If there are many people who would like to speak or other time considerations, the Board may choose to limit the first community participation period to 45 minutes; if there are a significant number of community members who would like to speak, the Board may also limit each individual’s comment period to two minutes in order to allow everyone an opportunity to be heard. The second community participation period will have no time limit.
• The Board will offer quick answers when possible. When questions require research or longer responses, or if time gets short, the Board or administration may follow up with answers either via email or by posting information online if appropriate.