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hey we're going to call this song School Board of Education meeting 5218 this is our monthly board meeting it is Thursday June 17th 2021 we are at the District administration Center and it is about 31 right I need the secretary to take a roll call please president kioski present Miss Collier this is roll vice president cats she is an excused absence this evening I had a conversation with her and tell him to cancel what is present 6 present one absent we need to do the Pledge of Allegiance please I pledge allegiance to the flag United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation princess down to agenda item number 3 is resolutions and commendations and I believe this for Hartland service and I turn to probably as we used to do protocol was the Board of Education used to shake hands with the reception spot tonight I think that for a while we do apologize for that today's world thank you listen to policy Board of Education to present resolution of commendation to stay at the students and community members who have distinguished themselves academically athletically professionally or in her service to others who qualify for the Professionals of America National Finals during this extraordinary year these students found him inspiration and Ingenuity to compete virtually in EPA place at State and advance to Nationals under the guidance of response is Derek Johnson from Richard James Spellman from Shepherd party qualify for Nationals in extemporaneous speech catamaran Advanced after placing first in the state in Java programming and 2nd and state the financial math and then they give me sweetie at the place in fruit state in advance of systems and procedures and 2nd and state and advanced we're processing this is Megan second straight year qualifying for national office systems and procedures and in fundamental spread application make an aggressive qualified in advanced spreadsheet applications and in database applications tonight Calvin took 9th Place in the nation out of more than 60 students at Nationals in entrepreneurship Stephanie. animation in computer modeling and Julia Alvarez took third place in the nation in intermediate word processing next we will honor Eisenhower teacher assistant W-2 form Debbie Gibson on Untold number of hours to manage in the closet if a nominal resources for needy students and their families and provides free everyday essentials like closing in and personal hygiene products for real guys in our students the Illinois Education Association recognize Debbie is the educational support person of the year award with the educational support person of the year award in 2020 by the board of education but I think Debbie for her service to the ice number Unity receiving this distinguish time finally tonight we recognize versus principal dr. Mike Jacobs as the traditional methods of raising search for Palace colors disappeared during the pandemic to act he decided to 24 hours consecutively in the lobby of Performing Arts Center on New Year's Day as a fundraiser for scholarships where it spread to some staff members students parents and community members signed up to walk or run for an hour with him either virtually one person promote the event and keep him company inspired by his example people gave $20,000 to the richest scholarship during those 24 hours 460 thank you we need to approve the commendations this evening so I need a motion to prove I have a first and a second Christmas tokens would you please take a boat on that Collier Sister Christian president has asked you this is wrong you can tell him Secretary of State office I can gradually every person that receive accommodation this evening and although we have a lengthy meeting this evening so you feel to leave at this time that's up to you and again congratulations and thank you for supporting our school district okay. To gender item number 5 is comments from the public related to the meeting agenda items is there anybody from the public to see anything that wants speak to the Board of Education and administration what you go through microphone please maximum three minutes short I'm I'm just I'm Roshe two of my children hip hop sure we need your address 10118 South Kedvale Oak Lawn Illinois 60453 I have two children that graduated from Richards high school 2014-2017 and my youngest will be a senior next the fall the lady was nice enough to make copies that she passed out to everybody I got the handout that says student opt-out notice that's when the Illinois Family Institute and my request basic is if you could put that on your website for the parents to be aware that they can opt out of this critical race Theory education Manny ed and the more information about the vaccine but it's just it's a weirdness I know that they do I got a robocall for the vaccines which is wonderful if people wanted to get the vaccines it's their choice but we want people to be making decisions that they're well informed decisions so I think it just would be I'm asking you if you could do that please what I can't what I handed out to everybody or what was handed out to everybody who could somehow be on Skyward or somehow Beyond lyrics website Eisenhower and Shepherd so that's it thank you very much but it doesn't 1371 a you don't have to give your address I guess I wasn't but even to the citizens getting so bored. The Hardin I'm here tonight my name is Dan Brion on the mayor of robins here tonight on several reasons I want to stand in light of the recent Equity the Stars here in District 218 is the openly say I really appreciate it. The hardest willingness to come into our community to address the concerns we have been in communication and communication with superintendent I'm to continue a dialogue for the future of equity within the district so we really appreciate that I look forward to having this car to continue discussion to build that connection that it takes for our bodies want to come here tonight in the recently bar Equity concerns to show face to the board and then to has to work with you all as well so thank you. are there any other comments from the public hearing none so what are we doing dogfather on the agenda so do you need to coordinate correspondence between each other and I can respond and I know it sent me something from the other parent that that's who I was talking about so you can call or whatever their source of communication between school district with the superintendent yourself I'll make sure that happens okay great down to John item number six as board members opportunity to respond to the public and or board members events do any of the board members have any response or have any comments I don't I do not regret it. We don't have any if he's meeting and I'm I think it's tremendous the table comes out and speaks and voice their concerns access to the board and the community so I want to thank you I also tonight we're going to speak on this issue as well and if the Senate Bill 818 and I stand with many republican conservatives and faith-based organizations to Governor pritzker DeVito Sanibel 18 regarding  education in public schools of All or Nothing legislation created by activist organizations that don't care about parental consent for strong families the bill takes away local control from school districts I've always said that parents the primary educators of their children and one public education does not opposed the Dignity of the human person I must express my objection does Belle impact our teachers and students who have religious and moral of Jackson's while there is an opt-out for students parents may not be aware of that that's why I'm glad that this was her motive. on our website however Bob is knocked out for for students or teachers would be forced to cease us even if they have for snow and or religious objections furthermore I'm concerned the spell minimizes abstinent being taught in public schools which is the most effective means to prevent on war unwanted pregnancies STDs and other emotional issues at the expense of a broader agenda exposes children's children whose parents may have moral objections to this instruction Senate Bill 818 taken together with the danger of the Illinois frontal notification of abortion Dan repealed the way it is possible for a minor to find out how to prepare and procure an abortion at her public school without without parental consent or parents ever being notified for all these reasons I heard the governor to veto this extreme democratic that's my comment for tonight okay thanks Mike cuz I like to thank Miss Roche for coming forward and making your comments this evening and congratulations mayor of Robbins we didn't congratulate Community School District together which is part of the community and that's what we need to self thank you I have a comment and I want to thank my mirror coming out I am a resident of Robin so I've been in contact with him just about making sure that we keep the connection with this between chain and Robbins and the community because we have many students that attended church we think I'll just making sure we keep that connection and making sure that if we do have this meeting and I'm I want to be there and I want to make sure that we're all on the same playing field so thank you thank you ma'am okay we need to move on agenda item number seven is approval okay approval of the consent agenda items this is an action item so I need to know bring up the floor please I have a first and a second okay 780 minutes regular board meeting May 20th 2021 11 is a Google of expenditures Murrieta School District 218 payment of bills Mac payables of the superintendent concerning staff or no Personnel list 20 number 2021 - 6 board members that want anything taken off the consent this evening turn on Mister secretary Stoker's please take the ball. Secretary store cuz I this is wrong motion carries brings us down to ETA is old business I'm sorry old business I-88 is 20 21 - 2022 Board of Education meeting dates this is a potential action when it's an action item so I need a motion to bring it to the floor please remove the first and the second is a discussion on this Becky just frame the go with you Google and Shepherd all locations you mean what we usually do go to all three. and even Delta Summit it's just we start having everything here everything is ice to be honest with you this was simply put on because the the question of having the July board meeting couple years ago the board decided to not have a July meeting pretty common actually it's 40-73 that but lots of there's not a lot to do in July there's not a lot of business usually in school but some do have meetings and last year we did have a July meeting because we are in the middle it was virtual but we were in the middle of pandemic and freaking out about everything basically there are lots of things to talk about last July so we're simply bringing it for discussion to see if the board wants to continue and have the July meeting next month or skip it as many do and meet again in August so that's really the topic here we already have the schedule in calendar but it was just a discussion on next month I make a motion to strike the July 1st and July meeting meeting list what was July 1st is that a working Mini I was going to July 1st July 9th July 19th July 15th is it working meeting on July 19th and it was a working meeting are tentative usually there are there if we have things that we need to discuss them is officially was a discussion on the July 15th take it off and we need to having a meeting and we'll just call the meeting and forget about it but if we needed to have a meeting if there was enough cancel that meeting regarding the legal basis you probably need to authorize the superintendent to pay the bills because big business districts such as yourself needs to pay your bills every week every month so they're only if you do cancel a meeting in my experience has the government often times in July the only reason municipalities are our school districts meet is to authorize payment to build you can do that I just want you to be I don't want to call me so I can so I think the voice of old can we still do that but I would what I would recommend is the normal and customary bills and July in and do that you're able to do that you trust him to be your Co that's what I would recommend you do I'm sorry only different that says that there is no budget in place yet because you have a tentative budget and just to clarify what what I would recommend if you are going to cancel the meeting in order to ensure that all the bills are paid that you authorized the superintendent along with his fellow administrators to pay the normal and customary bills and then what what to do as a board is those bills would be on the August agenda just to make into ensure that you see them is another set of eyes that you see them again that's what I would recommend motion night to cancel the Thursday July 15th 2021 meeting and authorized the superintendent to pay bills for the month of July 2021 subject to a review the August meeting so they'll be paid but just so the check and balance just on your auditor I'm not an otter your other than also want to make sure that you use then saw them if there was anything crazy cuz I don't think your superintendent would authorized you at least the other set of eyes looks at it in August well that would amend the approval of all the other meeting dates that are part of you but this post office amended to cancel the July meeting but actually I would say that we're not going to have the July meeting unless we need to so do we have a second and his Amendment and motion April 1st in the second okay is there any other discussion search take it to a vote architects kokusai and tell him president has a house key Christian yes Miss Israel Play Motion carries this is cats at the conversation I'm bored with I don't want to use the word cancel not having a meeting unless it was an emergency or we needed to Evan for whatever the gender purposes okay freestyle 2/8 ft is a creditor and a proposal this is an action item I need a motion to bring it to the floor please have a second I can ever first and second is there any discussion on this we talked about this last time and I think some of the board members were in contact with you if I can finish the report from last time you read it has been added that were asking for to do it one more year and then really asked you guys I sent you do the data numbers are negligible and working is it's been initiated through counselors so it's not something a teacher advertises you can do this it would be something was initiated when the kid was with their counselor that's how it works this year I think we want to try another year and look at the data so the proposal was revised to do it one more year and then we're going to bring it back in June the next any other comments discussion secretary scopus please this is wrong the president has no and president these Community High School District 218 course drop proposal and action item made a motion to bring it to the floor please I have a first and a second are there any questions discussion on this item I think it's been pretty much talked about Miss Collier Christian secretary Stoker's now girl and present his house key and Carries brings us down to agenda item number 9 is reports to the superintendent 9A is new hiring Productions has a good time so would you please introduce the new SAR 7 new hires that we're able to make give me this evening so thank you for being here please stand when I call your name and will Applause at the end Nina Woods will be a nurse at Shepherd high school she has rbsn from Chamberlain college of nursing school nurse certification University of Illinois at Chicago to currently a school nurse at Homewood-Flossmoor High School she loves this thrift shop and play card games thank you Nina nail shape will be a special ed teacher at Richard high school she has her Bachelor's in English from Governors State Master's lbs1 in the LA from Saint Xavier University she's been a teacher assistant at Richards high school she has traveled throughout the country performing poetry at multiple you in a Mercedes and she currently works for kids to learn poetry to express themselves she will also be traveling to Jordan for SSI will be back by August 2nd for new need you to show anything on our calendar Anthony be teaching social studies at Shepherd High School is VA in history of minor geography from Chicago State University master of arts and secondary education from Lewis University currently a social studies teacher at Columbia Central Middle School in Steger Illinois he's a family man just returned home from whitewater rafting in Pigeon Forge Tennessee he was a college athlete and play basketball at Truman College in the city thank you Anthony Crystal Castillo will be teaching PE at Richards high school she has a bachelor's from Robert Morris University student Adat Eisenhower was a long-term sub at Eisenhower she coached and surpassed it eight years at Evergreen Park and Eisenhower she was member and leader of a college dance team to finish top 10 in the nation Jesse Gonzalez special ed teacher at Eisenhower High School is a masters of arts in special education from Saint Xavier University and a ba in history currently a sped teacher it's at District 135 he was an ATP coach here from December from 2017 to 2020 he played college football he was part of two Conference titles and fish top 10 in sacks defensive lineman in Saint Xavier University history Elizabeth Meraz lechuga art teacher she has her PA and secondary education of Visual Arts with the Paul universe she's doing Todd at Morgan Park High School she's a proud graduate and a fourth child sizing out for child to graduate from Eisenhower High School and she is the first college graduate her family from immigrant parents Thomas Murphy special ed teacher at Shepherd high school he has his Bachelor special at elementary education for Trinity Christian College masters of art behavior intervention specialist he's it was a Spinda a special education teacher at Southwest Cooke County Co-op Cooperative special education last four years he is a state championship group and turf when it from 2008 at Oaklawn high school when you also be the head speech coach corrected chef so welcome to all of our new hires here that were able to make it this evening so probably a speech from any of you and thank you for choosing to 18 your backgrounds are amazing and very impressed by all of you now I have to ask her we paint them so they need to go and then we do have another job and if you feel like leaving at this time you're free to do that again welcome thank you what are unicorns I'm sorry let's go. Any questions on the financial reports turn on Justin's name HCS technology update any questions two more cameras in those corners. where will cover. He is student enrollment record any questions we're about two hundred or two hundred actually like closer and we ended up at the end here I mean where we can explain it okay 80 is general maintenance report complimentary maintenance staff is doing a great job on our grounds are amazing also is important for a community for people to drive around and see what the schools that's very important just the other day I saw some the maintenance crew working on the Marquis planting flowers in Iraq and Heaven I'm just little things like that make the school more feeling in our neighborhood more appealing and walk them into future residents future families and I'm throwing doing a great job in a question I have is I was talking to the doctor football season starts 9 weeks I believe from tomorrow I'm going to come quick I just wanted to ask for an update on this but I know I was ready to roll because they concerned about Richard fireworks people for the Oak Lawn Park District can't use that facility but my question is more geared towards the start of the football season if we think will be on the field for the first game I doubt we'll make it practice on the field but we have other places we can use both facilities provide updates on that that would be great having the way I'm some material for the drainage sure that it is coming at the end of June so they tell us that we're good so I'm staying on on push it the only thing that we see cautiously optimistic right now I mean kudos to Rodger and Lisa and John Hallberg stepped in as well. There was a delay in it in a drainage created the system thing was it was missing here and waiting we have a date of August the nothing was going to happen until August and somehow they work some magic with our Architects to move that up to the end of June so we're hoping weather in a good weather and all that sort of stuff that will will get in under the gun here but we'll see will definitely have some contingency plans if something were to go south their Stadium surrounding neighborhood sidewalks how can I rely on people in our parking lot I don't know they sent stinkin Thinkin aren't the cars are but they can nobody can go into the stands or the field or anything like that because of the construction so it's basically the fireworks are starting to take place there you can watch them there or from a distance and other areas nobody will be able to as they have done in past years to go into the stands or end of the field which is here pretty good that it actually respond the bridges in they don't have cash for the night and fortunately don't want anybody hurt so if you could double check into that I would appreciate that so we don't need fireworks and the Oak Lawn Fire Department happy Fourth of July princess down to 8 f is the business managers update are there any questions on that we got some money from Springfield right now after this it just recently and it was just yesterday that the governor had demanded a webinar earlier today that states that we will get some additional funding for evidence based on a cell does appositive be more open. Briggs & Stratton the is Safety and Security report is there any question Dallas. Looking to a director of security around for over a year and a half now and I also like to have the board as a rebate ASU lot having Inspector General for a district and that would be very positive thing to do is to ask him to put that on at least I know what we're going to do real quick with the security director and also strongly consider An Inspector General for the district the committee meeting that I believe we did not meet security have a meeting committee with administrators whatever the normal protocol is and discussed that before the board meeting that way it is the normal board meeting where you can report what took place and what you think is good and what the committee thinks is good please turn August 8th to Florida thank you any other questions rain on me just out a h is a foia request a questions about the boy request a non resistant to a tie is computer reports by board members are any of the committee where's have a report the Education Foundation at a successful golf outing no dinner afterwards well received any other committee reports I guess we have a captain Sisko correct what was the score of the committee will probably be meeting in the conference what the format to evolve the agenda for the Illinois Association of school boards so what's the weather shut up what are yours two years now three years into years Immediate Care thumbs up okay quickest route to agenda item number 10 is new business center resolution designating interest earnings connection item I need a motion for the floor please solo we have a first and a second is there any discussion resolution hearing none would you please take it to work out here stressed out cuz I and hello horse and carriage princess. Attendees recommendation for interim payment Google is an action item need a motion to bring it to the floor please have a first and second take me to Volkswagen Sister Christian this is wrong president Pulaski bring me to start the 10th she is tentative budget resolution is an action item I need a motion to bring it to the court please 2nd April 1st and 2nd is there any questions on them resolution turn on take a food processor Mister Christian yes this is wrong Secretary of State office motion carries if there are items in the budget that we're lovers don't approve for this light would they please bring it forward to the board or talk to the business manager whoever and his its discussions so if if there are issues then it could be result possibly I bought it in in December against the tax levy and this is the follow-up to that I know we got money from the federal government from the state but I also believe it all monies fungible be after use it for certain things but also I think there's some carryover I believe our tax lady could have been a little less at the top of the percentage that's always my concern we don't do enough of that and I might stay one on the board and that's never going to change I don't think there's enough effort being made to get that letter at least until I see that and I got to know about out of me every every year as long as I'm on the board I think I pulled the community you're not going to get a hundred percent in support of the tax text Bobby and 100% reported out of this budget we have no people ever come out to speak at the budget hearings but I think if you go door-to-door NASCAR Community Support so I think one no boats. Maybe in a couple more to I represent the voice of the community cuz it's not a hundred percent support of of our tax levy increase every year from board-to-board 700 community at large so I'm barely on I'm here but I don't need to repeat myself every single time so if we took the Levi down to 4.9% the one tenth of a percent you be okay with that at 12 me to we look at each year as it increases automatically built in assuming that the board is going to approve the maximum tax Bobby I just don't I don't like that approach to the Budget Inn it's not a specific line item in the budget is not a sin against our teachers or staff are looking to lay off people I never want to lay out anyone in the sister I think we need to find ways to at least attempt to let the public elassar xbody than the max so I am Pista is this manager if we don't have a tax levy and we want to school district that is at status quo lazet is a today send programs that we support or maybe a better way to phrase that is that if we did not have that when we have to do cops in order to Orchard Road Runner Sports as the current we have over the past several years when we budgeted we have actually work during that year and our budget has usually been I mean our results have been better than they were on our budget is conservative so we underestimate on revenues and we overestimated so that we about we do a slightly reasonable but it is somewhat conservative I do think that if we were not to Levy and increases we will if it was not immediately we would hit a point where we would have to lay off or you know something match that Frozen Revenue but I wasn't saying that the paint and make some effort to make love you not the full percentage every year and if worse comes to worst case ever comes I'm going to look and see what programs are what what what we don't need I do not like this one has vacancies not looking for a live bodies to their jobs by any means but I think I'm in this economic time we need to try to look it up but I'm glad that look at every line item do line every year for Jack the maximum tax levy increase that's how it happens every every every single year and it doesn't end up at that percentage that ends with a CPR and we never do we automatically just as soon are we basically say all we know we can get this much so we're going to budget for like we have this money coming in as opposed to saying what can we do so we don't have to budget at the for CTI and we never do that budget according to that and I want a little bit of a change and thinking which I know it's not going to happen but this board or the power board but if we hadn't more conservative Financial people to look we're looking at exactly my opinion exactly I believe that some of the opinion of the community who doesn't want the full amount from this District I just automatically every year same makers every single year it does go down and then it eventually it is going to be some type of cut so can't you explain it to your you represent them can you explain it to them like that in the event that they do go down then it might be some type of cut to some type of programming that's going to get cut off people lose their job in that matter I think they'll see a difference but there are things I believe we went through the budget and there's I think we're very top-heavy with Administration has a lot of things they won't go through but I think there's a lot of things that we are tapped it doesn't the fact overall passing performance look at this. And then after work to be a line item for supply chain or we see what we need to have a special school district and then looked at the money and after that starting with the pool of money and I'm working on that I hear you saying that that's not what the heck is that what I hear you saying but but against opinion so we're probably not going to agree to disagree on this phone I don't know I don't think there's enough effort being made towards that and if there was I would think one year out of the last 6 plus years had been on the board we would have a lot of years at least a tenth of a percent it's less than Jack and we never do and I understand what you're saying however you also stated that probe look at programs and see what programs can be hot do you mean what kind of programs are you know I might not be important you is definitely going to be important to a kid and kids need programs especially after coming out of a pandemic so I think ya can we re look at it however I think we need to look at it a wide view of not just what we think but like you said the constituents think in part of them are the kids reply to this that money and I think that I could $30,000 on we put it on in house first there's $30,000 right there when there's a lot of things you can go through I mean there's just a disagreement on an approach it doesn't just roll the budget over every year at all we do is ask the principal everybody that complaints when they're not getting the money in the resource is sometimes very nervous about never recapturing money that we would by reducing the Levi because it is for our kids and it's for our communities in schools represent the commutative property values and all those sorts of things so we were we just have a fundamental disagreement on it really I don't want to paint a picture that we're being Cavalier with the money and we're just wasting the money that's the last thing that we're doing we're trying to be as responsible as we can and when we put in a program we think it's going to help. We also there is there is there are some things that we do do not get to the tax base with all the respect we are so far away from your agenda items during a budget. what's up to keep you on look look so we took the boat and your brother's not okay we're done 210d correct which is access worker comp insurance renewal this is an exit item could I have a motion to bring it to the floor please Soho we have a first and a second are there any questions or discussion on the workers Insurance renewal you know what you take it to a vote sir I know she carries 10 years proposal to approve the Community High School District 218 teaching plan and consolidation application this is an action item I need a motion to bring it to the store please I will first and the second is there any discussion in this item I think about sir Sister Christian Miss Collier president is asking man this is roll I just found a $10 proposal to improve the 2021-22 discipline handbook I need a motion to bring it to the floor please I have a first and a second of this Cummins take me to vote sir Collier secretaries do Kasai and silo amethyst roll or Securities to 10 G's proposal for August Institute days 2021-2022 this is an action item I need a motion to bring it to the floor please second person the second is a discussion on this item turn on take a poop please sir secretaries do cuz I live in Colorado and Stanford okay most curious the princess found with Jen the item number 13 we are going to have to go into closed session this evening discussion an appointment employment application and or performance of Pacific Employees discussion of pending or probate litigation affecting or behalf of the public bath I need a motion to go into exact please the movie II

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