This regular Board of Education meeting was held in person at the District Office.

CHALLENGE

-Shepard and Caruso 6th and 7th graders spent a day over the last few weeks being challenged at Camp Duncan

COLLABORATE

-Wilmot's PTO threw an awesome movie night on the back lawn of the school

-Walden students demonstrated kindness and collaboration teaching each other how to tie shoes

CREATE

-Caruso creates school spirit every week with their festive Blue Jay of the Week presentations

-South Park 1st graders created life outside their school, participating in a bulb planting project thanks to the help of parents/guardians

Kipling is our featured school of the month, as we showcase the 3 C's in one building:

CHALLENGE: 3rd graders worked to understand the effects/impacts earthquakes have

COLLABORATE: Kipling has started up their robust buddy program again, pairing older and younger students with collaboration opportunities throughout the year

CREATE: Kipling's courtyard garden, the Meg, has created another robust crop of produce that is being donated and distributed to local food banks and emergency responders. Kipling students get to help in the process!

Finally, we had three kindergarten presenters from Kipling: Chloe, Lyla, and Joey demonstrate "sticky learning" with a fun activity featuring board member Mrs. Jakymiw!

Mr. Simeck showed some sights from around the district. He attended the Gratitude rock painting at Walden and got to see some really creative designs! He was also in attendance for Caruso's pep assembly.

Mr. Simeck says that we are discontinuing SHIELD testing due to lack of interest. Families were notified in the most recent 109 News.

He expressed his condolences surrounding the recent tragic event in our community involving a 109 student.

Mr. Simeck thanked the buildings & grounds department for their work in ensuring our HVAC systems are working well. He commended Dr. Filippi and his team for hiring a district painter, whose work has already made a difference in many of our buildings. He congratulated Dr. Filippi and Kelly Mitchell for earning a Meritorious Budget Award from ASBO.

He gave special recognition to our principals and assistant principals, who will be honored during Principal Appreciation Week (and Month) in October.

Mr. Simeck said that the master facility planning process has begun. Various board members toured all six buildings in the last month. This will be an ongoing evaluation and process. There have already been a few areas to address of note. Mr. Simeck cautioned that some of our HVAC systems are nearing the end of their lifespan. We are not going to be able to overcome constraint issues at Walden. There are some elevation challenges at Wilmot. In the coming months we will be talking about the master facility planning process and forecasting what we need to do from a financial standpoint.

President Montgomery was required to ask for public comment three times.

There was no public comment.

The hearing closed at 7:26 p.m.

Personnel items were approved.

Bills for payment were approved.

Destruction of closed session audio was approved.

Mr. Ashman said that the policy committee is going to be scheduling a meeting in the coming weeks.

Mr. Kuo reported that the Finance committee met this evening and looked at 5-year projections and discussed the tax levy.

President Montgomery thanked Tim Ryan and the B&G staff for the recent building tours. She thanked the district's new painter for all of his work. She gave kudos to Dr. Filippi for having foresight to get ahead of potential supply issues with AC parts. She congratulated Dr. Filippi on his meritorious budget award.

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