july 11
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 | 6:00 PM
2. OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING | 7:30 PM
3. RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
4. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
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A. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REPORT
Superintendent, Dr. Lori Bein, updates the Board on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the public. The following were the FOIA requests:
- Sheri Reid, Data Acquisition Specialist from SmartProcure, requested information on purchasing records; a response was provided on June 8, 2023.
- Adam Zelizer, Professor, University of Chicago, requested information on Board votes on IASB Resolutions; a response was provided on June 9, 2023.
- William Boodro requested information on private tuition and COVID sick days; a response was provided on June 20, 2023.
- Katy Smyser, Senior Producer, NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago, requested information on FOIA specifics; a response was provided on June 21, 2023.
- Daniel Hernandez, Painters District Council 14, requested information on bid awards; a response was provided on June 22, 2023.
- William Boodro requested information on architect, engineer and construction manager contracts; a response was provided on June 22, 2023.
- Josiah Chatterton, Prairie State Wire requested information on Board members; a response was provided on June 28, 2023.
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B. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROPOSAL UPDATE
At the Board Meeting on May 9, 2023, Superintendent Dr. Lori Bein brought a proposal for the Board to consider expanding the School Resource Officer (SRO) positions that serve District 25 to two full-time School Resource Officer positions to exclusively be at South Middle School and Thomas Middle School.
This presentation was a follow up to that presentation.
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5. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS
- Board Member Updates
- ED-RED Education Research Development
- Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB)
- NSSEO
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6. 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 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.
7. COMMUNICATIONS FROM DISTRICT PARTNERS
- AHC PTA
- ABC25 Foundation
- ATA (Arlington Teachers' Association)
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8. 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) Treasurer's Report (C) Invoices; (D) Special Board Meeting Minutes of June 5, 2023; (E) Regular and Closed Session Meeting Minutes of June 13, 2023; (F) Superintendent Memberships and Professional Development.
Within the Personnel Report approved within the Consent Agenda, the Board approved the hiring of the new Assistant Principal at Ivy Hill Elementary School, Monique Wodzinski.
The consent agenda documents can be seen by clicking here to visit BoardDocs.
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9. STUDENT LEARNING
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2023-24
The purpose of this agenda item is for the Board to be updated, annually, on the materials that are utilized in the District's instructional programs. At this meeting District 25's Assistant Superintendent of Student Learning, Dr. Becky FitzPatrick presented a list of these instructional materials.
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10. STUDENT SERVICES
11. BUSINESS AND FINANCE
There were no items presented by the Department of Business and Finance.
12. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
There were no items presented by the Department of Facilities Management.
13. PERSONNEL AND PLANNING
There were no items presented by the Department of Personnel and Planning.
14. SUPERINTENDENT SERACH
There were no items presented on the topic of the Superintendent Search.
15. COMMUNITY INPUT
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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16. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
FUTURE TOPICS & TOPICS WITH DATES TO BE DETERMINED
Combined BOE Meeting with the Arlington Heights Park District | Date TBD
Gifted Education Programming Update/Presentation | September 26, 2023
RULER Update/Presentation | Fall 2023
Closed Session Meeting - Board Development | August 29, 2023
NEW TOPICS
There were no new topics.
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UPCOMING BOARD EVENTS
Regular Board Meeting
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 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.
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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.