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Okay, then I'm going to call this meeting to order on December 14, 2021. It is 7.14 p.m.,

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La Nye, if you could call the roll. Sure.

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Sparlock.

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Chair.

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Ken Hall.

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Chair.

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Ross Driven.

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Chair.

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Harry Johnson.

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More.

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Chair.

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Yeah, Connie. Yeah, Kim here. Motion to open session is at 715. Okay. So we're going

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to start with the public hearing and I think Patrick is going to present on that on the

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tax levy.

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Before you start that, we need some motions to go into the public here. Oh, I'm

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I want to read the motion,

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can someone read the motion?

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It's in the board packet.

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Moves at the board of the application

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of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, move.

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Oh, sorry.

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Moves into open session with the public hearing

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on the district's 2021 tax lobby.

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I get a second.

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All

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right, and we need to do a roll call.

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Sparlock, Kim, yes.

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Yes.

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Her answer.

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Ten hall.

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Ross driven.

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Carney.

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Yes.

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More

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motion passed.

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OK.

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Good evening.

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My name is Patrick King and the senior director of finance.

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Schoolist for 97 tonight.

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I'll be be presenting the 2021 final tax.

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I just want to note this will be, this is the same lobby that was presented in November

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16th to the Board with no changes.

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Next slide, please.

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So, some factors to consider making the levy decision, impact of the decision on the long-term

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financial condition of the districts, impact of the decision on the long-term quality of

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educational services provided in the districts, impact of the decision on the condition of

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districts facilities as reserves will be used to address capital needs and

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wants going forward. And also the recognition of an ongoing concern that the

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state of Illinois's fiscal crisis will potentially place an additional

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strain on the district's financial condition. Next slide please.

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So this gives

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the historical fund balances for school district 97. The district has a fund

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balance policy with targeted fund balances equaling three to six months worth

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the reserves. The bottom red horizontal line represents three months, the top black horizontal

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line represents six months, and the blue bar represents our operating funds so as you can see

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around a very stable position with about 4.8 months worth of reserves at the end of fiscal 2021.

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The green bar represents unspent referendum bond proceeds, which are going to completely go away

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In fiscal 22, as we pay the final bills from the last summer's capital projects.

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Next slide, please.

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The 2021 tax liability will be capped by a CPI increase to 1.4 percent per state law.

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This graph gives the historical tax cap history of CPI.

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In the past few years, it's rained from about 2 to 2.5 percent.

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So the 1.4 percent increase is a slight decrease in the previous few years.

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Next slide please.

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This is the breakdown of the levy requests. The total levy will be

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requests is 84.6 million, which represents the 1.4% increase. Most of that is allocated

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our education fund with the other significant allocations going to the building fund for

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our repairs and maintenance and capital projects, our facilities, the special education fund, and

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the transportation fund. Next slide, please.

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We just made impact to the tax payer. This assumes a $400,000 market value home.

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The tax extension is previously stated for the non-bought and interest funds will increase

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1.4% versus the prior year. The tax extension for the bond fund, which is automatically extended

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by the county, will be flat versus the prior year.

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So, this represents an annual increase of approximately $68 for the portion of the tax

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bill due to the old part, school is $997.

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Next slide, please.

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So, there's a new issue for future consideration, which we want to bring to the board's attention.

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There's no action required tonight, but we learned most of the pertinent information on this

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since the tentative tax lia hearing in November 16th, so we just wanted to get this in front

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of what we bring more information in the future that I'll just go through the main highlights here.

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Illinois General Assembly passed a new law which allows taxing bodies to recapture loss tax

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revenues paid for property tax appeals over the prior 12 months. The method to recapture loss

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revenues is through an additional tax lily above and beyond the tax lily approved by the board tonight.

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The total loss revenues from tax appeals for district 97 are approximately 1.1 million per the new law without any action taken by the board the county will automatically extend these taxes to the taxpayers of the districts.

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If the board desires not to extend this additional levy and must pass a resolution and file a resolution with the county prior to April 1st 2022.

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to. So just want to know, again, we have some time. It will be more information coming

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before the board, but since a lot of this came to light, you know, a few weeks ago,

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as far as the amounts and the extent of it, we just want to get this in front of the board

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now as well.

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Next slide, please.

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And that's the end of our presentation. We'll be happy to

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I'll take any questions or comments.

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I'd like to elaborate on the last point

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that Patrick just talked about,

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because I think the board should just to highlight it.

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We're gonna talk about it with FORC.

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So essentially, just kind of to put this in practical,

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I, this legislation basically says

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all the people that appealed and won,

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they're just gonna use legislation

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and reverse those appeals.

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and so what will happen is our levy will go through and it will be our intent per the prior slides to take a certain amount, but if we also don't address this, it's going to be one of those situations where the board just kind of takes an extra million will be how it's kind of

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characterized because we will be participating in the legislature undoing the appeals.

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So, one of the options would be to abate a million dollars, which would be not a long-term

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decision that has cumulative effects over the years.

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It would just be saying residents of Oak Park appealed.

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They were granted their appeal, the legislature and Springfield is reversing that, but we are

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going to honor that appeal because those residents took the time to do that.

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They followed the process, they were successful.

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And that is something that we don't agree that the legislature should be reversing.

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The question would then happen though is, what if the legislature reverses themselves?

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Because this is a law that's being, I don't know, it's not being received very well.

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And then they come back to us and say, well, we reverse ourselves and now give us another million.

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And we end up double abating.

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And so Rob brought this up, we sent it to Fork and tried to get some email dialogue

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going and to see if we could get their thoughts before tonight because I think we sent it

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to Fork on Friday.

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And I think there's just so many questions that we are bringing it forward now, but we're

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going to talk about it with Fork and explore some of the questions.

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But if you have questions leading up to our fork meeting, you should send them in to our

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If you have questions about this in particular, I think as soon as Rob shared it with me,

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my thought was that this is one of those situations where we shouldn't take advantage of a law

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that seems to be counter to supporting the appeals process, which is what people's relief

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is.

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But at the same time, we want to make sure that we don't do something that has a long-term

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negative impact on the finances.

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So that's what this slide's about.

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Do we have a sense of.

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Holly to your point if like when if they would overturn.

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That act like when we would know about like I guess I'm just trying to figure out the time frame on this.

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Rob, we push that we put that question out there.

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I don't know if you've learned anymore since we talked or.

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that the government wasn't going to sign this. He did sign it. If it was reversed in the General Assembly, it would be way after the April 1st date.

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So if it is the intention of the district not to extend that this levy, then we would recommend that the district probably at its January meeting, but it could go as late as its March meeting, adopt a resolution to abate all or a portion of that $1,080,000 levy.

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And again, you know, this is that related to what you're going to be approving tonight, which is the 1.4% increase.

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But this is something that is what was important from the administration's perspective and from Holly's perspective to get get this in front of you so you could start processing it a little bit.

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We are going to be meeting with fork and we'll be talking more in depth about it at a later board meeting.

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So Rob, I have a question, if they have sort of changed the appeals process, did they

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put a different appeals process in place of this?

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Is there a new set of process that we are unaware of?

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So, they didn't change the appeal process.

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In fact, this will probably make it easier to win appeals.

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But basically, historically, so the district, the county withheld $1,080,000 of taxes from

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you over the past 12 months to pay off successful appeals, and certificates of errors, errors that

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were made by the county as well. And historically, the district ate that loss. You just didn't get

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the money. All this law does is it is it is it reallocates that one instead of the district

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losing the one million eighty thousand dollars it automatically reallocates that one

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million eighty thousand dollars to your entire tax base. So it's it's going to add an additional

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in this instance about another one percent of tax increase to the taxpayers because the laws

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set up so that the taxpayers have to make up for any tax appeals that were paid out by the

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district to make the district whole but by adding a tax burden to the taxpayers. And interestingly

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and surprisingly, the law was written so that this tax increase will automatically happen unless the

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board abates it. So if the board does nothing, there will be an additional million $80,000 added

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to the 1.4% that I anticipate the district will approve tonight.

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Thanks Rob. Welcome.

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Any other questions for Rob or Patrick?

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All right, well, I guess we'll kind of keep track of that issue and see if we get more information as that happens.

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Okay, then I need someone to make a motion to close this portion of the meeting.

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If I make, sorry, could you just ask if any if they're I'm sorry, like, I got

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a test. Sorry. Yeah, were there any public comments about the hearing?

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I didn't see any

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were there any. We didn't receive any public comments ahead of this meeting today.

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Okay. So then can I get someone to make a motion to close this section of

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that are to close the public hearing.

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I move that the Board of Education

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of Oak Park Elementary School,

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district 97 closed the public hearing

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on the district's 2021 tax levied.

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So I can get a second

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and we'll do a quick roll call,

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rostered in.

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Yeah, heard Johnson.

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Yes, Ken Hall?

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Yes.

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Spurlock?

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Yes.

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Kim.

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More.

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so we do not have any general public comments, so we'll move to the consent agenda of

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someone who could read the motion.

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Move at the Board of Education about Park Elementary

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School District 97, approve the consent agenda as presented.

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second. Thank you. Quick roll call. Ken Hall. Yes. Spare lock.

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Kim. Yes. More. Yes.

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Yes.

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Ross driven.

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Yes.

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Her answer.

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Yes.

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Karnie.

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Yes.

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Motion.

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Okay.

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Then we are on item 5.2.1.

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Someone could make the motion regarding the student suspension.

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I move that based upon and after the board's consideration of the hearing officers report and

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and summary of evidence and testimony presented

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at the suspension review hearing held on October 1st, 2021.

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The Board of Education finds that student number 202-12610

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has committed an act of gross misconduct

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as charged by the district administration

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in that student number 202-126-10

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engaged in a violation of word policy 7, colon 190.

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Student discipline and behavioral expectations

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set forth in the district's effective student behavior handbook.

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Based upon such gross misconduct, the students continuing presence in school

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posed a threat to school safety and are disrupted by learning opportunities of others

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and move the Board of Education uphold the suspension

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of student number 20212610 from Oak Park Elementary School District 97.

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The duration of student number 20212610 suspension is appropriate based upon the evidence presented

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I have a suspension suspension.

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Thank you.

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Perfect.

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Roll call.

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More.

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Yes.

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Kin Hall.

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Yes.

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Ross Draven.

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Yeah.

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Her Johnson.

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Yes.

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Karnie.

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Yes.

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Kim.

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Yes.

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Motion passed.

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Okay.

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Okay, it's someone could read the motion for the 5.2.2, the draft of 5.23 school calendar.

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Take the board of education on part elementary school, this is the most approved and then get

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a 5.23 draft calendar after you're open.

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We're all streaming?

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Yes.

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Her answer?

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Yes.

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Ken Hall?

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Yes.

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Spurlock?

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Yes.

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Kim?

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Yes.

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four. Yes, Karnie. Yes. Motion passed.

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Item 5.2.3, the tax levy.

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The Board of Education

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of the Clark District 97 approved the tax certificate of tax levy and associated resolutions

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providing for adoption the 2020 one tax levy.

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Second.

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Okay. Ken Hall,

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raw student. Yes.

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Heather Johnson.

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Yes, Sparlock,

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Moore,

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Karnie. Yes. Kim. Yes, motion passed. Okay, it

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brings us to the administrative items. Summerschool programs update and

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recommendations. I think this is Ebony. Yes. Thanks, Michael. So we know that you had an

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opportunity to read our reports.

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So we'll keep this short in the sweet.

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So just so you know, we have Donna Middleton,

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Tracy Ham, Emily Crayhan, Dr. Lawrence,

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and our two middle school principals,

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April Computer and Jeremy Christian,

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who are here to answer any questions

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once we've finished kind of reviewing

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the highlights of our reports.

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So next slide, we're proposing 2022 programming

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that differs slightly from our 2021 summer program.

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So, um, in 2021, we found it necessary to have our virtual step-up program, which is a two-week,

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both morning and afternoon session program, um, that was largely in place due to, um, the pandemic.

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So, in 2022, we find ourselves in a different position. So, we eliminated that program,

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and have revamped our middle school math enrichment program, which actually incents beyond the summer.

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So, um, we're going to just spend a little bit of time on that, because all of our other

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programing remains largely unchanged. You'll see that our summer programming

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budget for last year was $166,997, and that excluded summer boost in ESY, which

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recovered through grant funding, and our proposed budget request for this year is

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$197,295, which also still excludes summer boost ESY and also our EEL summer

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boost program, which is now covered through grant funding. And we'll talk about

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with that increase looks like and why those numbers are the way they look when we talk about our

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middle school math and return program which is next. So I'll hand it over to Dr. Lawrence.

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Next slide please. Thank you Dr. Lawton. So last year our middle school math department submitted a

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proposal to the teaching and learning department advocating for redesign of the summer math enrichment

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program. So with their feedback we have made some major changes to our program this year.

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This year, we will continue to offer bridge courses for

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acceleration as well as review courses.

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However, our bridge courses, we really want it to expand the

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opportunity for students to have more instructional time for

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those bridge courses for acceleration.

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So we are going to actually begin bridge courses during

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trimester three this year.

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So all bridge courses that will be offered to current fifth

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through 7th grade students will begin trimester 3 which starts on March 4th and ends on June 7th.

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And students who participate in the bridge courses during trimester 3 will also have to commit to

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the summer portion of the program which begins on June 14th and ends on July 4th. That will be Monday,

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excuse me, July 1st. That will be Monday through Friday and there will be two sessions offered

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from 8 to 10 a.m. or 10 to 12 p.m. So there are several trimester three options for six and seven

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grade students. Students may choose to participate in the bridge courses for acceleration during the

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school day or virtually on Saturdays. If the student chooses to participate on Saturday,

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transportation will be provided. I apologize. It's virtually on Saturday just for six and seven

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grade. However, fifth grade students will be provided transportation after school to participate

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in this course two days a week at their home school from three to four thirty p.m. So again,

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six and seven graders will have the option of attending during the school day or virtually on

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Saturdays, and fifth grade students will be provided this course at their home school after school

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two days a week in transportation will be provided. So in terms of the summer requirement

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Again, all students who participate in the trimester 3 portion must also commit to the summer requirement to continue the content as well as to take the end of course exam and students who score an 80% or higher on the end of program exam will advance to the next level of mathematics for the next school year.

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So the summer math review courses remain the same this year.

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Review courses will continue to be offered for all students in grades five through seven.

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During the summer only, so this will occur during the two weeks beginning June 14th and will continue through July 1st.

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Monday through Friday students will have the option of attending from 8 to 10 a.m. or from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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And these courses will allow students to review the Illinois learning standards for their current great level.

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Next slide please.

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So again, we did share the report. So if there are any questions about any of our programs, we will take them now.

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I have a question.

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So are we extending the math enrichment because the students were testing.

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I know like my son did it last summer like where you're testing to try to get out of you're trying to accelerate are we increasing the amount of time because not enough kids were basically passing out at the end or I'm curious about the rational for the change.

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So part of the proposal that was submitted from our math department focused on a few areas of opportunity and one of those areas is that the two week summer bridge course did not offer adequate instructional time for students to complete a full year of course content.

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So, we certainly want students to be successful in these courses, so expanding that time,

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beginning, trimester 3, continuing through summer, will provide additional instructional

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time.

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And access was also really important to us.

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So as to why this is stated, the two-week time was pretty tight, but we also want to make

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sure that we provide access to students who are interested in kind of expanding their math

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learning at their homeschools after school which amputation provided the kind of

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said ways into that student program. Is there um sorry I have one more question um is there

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concern about scheduling for kids who do like sports or other after school activities and conflicts

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with that with if they want to also do enrichment or they're going to they essentially have to choose

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between what their priorities are. So um we thought about that in terms of kind of the different

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but in order for us to implement this piece,

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we wanted it to start right after school

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and hopefully give them some time.

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But because of I know that there are tons of,

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there's a lot of competition in the after school space,

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we didn't have another way to, to provide it in this life,

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without kind of digging into Saturdays,

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which would be game days and that kind of thing.

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So, thank you.

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Sure.

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Two questions.

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One would be your transferring students

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to the fifth region, to a different building.

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Are you bringing them, did I miss hear that?

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Because I didn't see that before.

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So I think I missed heard it today.

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Because before I'm like, where did it just come in?

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Okay, I'm seeing a shaking of the head.

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So you are not-

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No, so they're at their homeschool.

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So they were just at their homes.

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It's sort of door home.

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Yep, so we take them out of it.

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you on that one.

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And then the next piece is, how does this then tie

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into all the math curriculum changes

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is that we have discussed in the past.

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Yep, so I think this is a major factor.

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So as we're moving from changing from the five,

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the six-course framework, where we had six, seven, seven, eight,

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seven, eight, eight, nine, algebra and geometry

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into approach streamline six, seven, eight, algebra and geometry.

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What we're saying is that we now have an artist base

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where we are bypassing a whole grade levels

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where the standards.

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So in order to be really intentional

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about what that year looks like,

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we can't condition in that two week.

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time or period can feel really good about that. So that's why this trimester 3 option that allows

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students to really engage with the math and really kind of attempt to approximate that year

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of learning. That's a piece of why we're doing this. Thank you. One other quick question is what

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are you doing if anything to encourage to recruit students to get students involved in this?

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So, we actually share this with our principals this week and so we are really going to obviously we depend on Amanda for communications, but also at the school level because we know that that's really where those types has happened is to think about the school level strategy and the principals are really elementary principals are really excited about the program and sharing with folks.

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So, I think we'll be able to hopefully open it up to more than would typically participate in that summer program.

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Great.

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Thank you.

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Sure.

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If Peggy back a little bit off Nancy's question, I remember, I guess my, my bigger question

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is, what kind of guidance is going to be provided to parents about how to navigate this?

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Just from experience, even though I listened to the presentations when the rubber, that the road

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I was confused and I probably shouldn't have been, but I was, so if you could elaborate on how

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what kind of guidance will be provided to parents about which is the best option for their

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students that be great. So I think in terms of once this is approved the communication strategy,

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so we know that the six seven and seven eight and seven eight, so first of all the seven eight being

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president of those 6th grade and 7th grade was super confusing. So we want to make sure

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that we're emphasizing what that translates to. So what folks were currently in those courses,

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or students who were in those courses, currently what their path will look like. So we want

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to be crystal clear about what happens next year and perhaps a year after that. What it could mean

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to kind of take this, if all of us should accelerate it courses and what path that could end up on.

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So I know April did a great graphic. I don't know if you want to talk a little bit more about that.

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Yeah, if you're still on my mind, you're broth.

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I am on the line. I don't know if you have the graphic.

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Let's see. I know.

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We mentioned potentially having in case the questions were. I do have it. Michael, can I send it to you? If not, we can just talk it through. Sure. I also want to point out the timing of when we're going to open up communication about the trimester 3 opportunity into the summer is very close to parent teacher conference time as well. So we'll have an opportunity to have more one-on-one conversations with families about the summer programming for the math enrichment program.

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as well.

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So we're moving to five math courses, math six, math seven, math eight, algebra

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and geometry, our current students, six and seventh graders will have the opportunity to

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enroll in the enrichment program, trimester three and into the summer,

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and have an opportunity to advance. Our six graders will have an opportunity to advance

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at their current math six seven class from instead of going to seventh grade they could be bridged to eighth grade math.

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And then their eighth grade year would become the eligible course or they have another opportunity over the summer.

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So I'm talking about the green portion of the graphic right now.

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They would have an opportunity between their seventh and eighth grade year to do the tri three summer program and potentially.

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They bump up to the, if they were in math eight algebra, they'd be able to bump up to geometry.

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So there's a lot of different opportunities depending on where they go and how they participate

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in the tri-three summer program.

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For our current seventh graders, between seventh grade and eighth grade, they participate

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in the tri-three summer program.

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They have the opportunity to move into algebra one or maintain and stay in math eight.

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That's the purple graphic below and then for our incoming six grade families are students and beyond these are just the can kind of see the true directory of the different opportunities over the summer and the different pathways.

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Students can find themselves depending on whether they role in role in the tri three summer math bridge enrichment opportunity.

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This

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is actually a really helpful graphic.

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I'm wondering at some point if you could, I know that obviously these 200 is not under

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our purview but if there's a possibility of attaching this to where does that then lead

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when they get to high school, it would be really helpful to see that because I know part

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of the goal of this and part of why you switched this around which I thought was really

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lottable was to ensure that more kids got higher up and got a chance to for example take

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calculus once they got to high school. So, if you could add that into something like this,

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even in dashed, indicated not ours, that would be fine. That would be really helpful to see that.

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Sure, and D20 is also doing some work with their math programming, so we're connecting with them

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this week actually. So, I think that's super timely. How many students were in this program

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last year. And do you have information on sort of the demographic breakdown?

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So in the report,

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I know there are a hundred graders. I'll tell you I'm sure you have a quick more quick

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than I do. Yes, I think in terms of bridge, there were approximately 123 students total.

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I want to confirm that we did not include that report. You guys did a great job on the report,

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and including all of that, that good demographic stuff.

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Thank you, that's all the team.

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I can look if I missed it in the report.

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Should I have a question that's connected to that?

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I know in the summer, there have been limited spots,

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so it's not, we can't serve us all the kids,

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I think that want to do this.

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Is there a possibility for expansion,

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or do we have a sense of how many kids

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who want it aren't able to take it?

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But so our goal is to not turn any students away.

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So we've eliminated in the last couple of years.

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I know for sure.

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And to one that you can help me confirm, we don't, we no longer have like a wait list.

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So if there are students who would like this opportunity, we expect to be able to take

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care of them.

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As we open up the trimester 3 opportunity, that's why you wanted to have a site, especially

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for fifth grade because that's the majority of our students are in terms of this bridge program.

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We wanted to make sure that there was an opportunity at each school so that we weren't transporting

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the feeder or that kind of thing so that we can kind of open up those doors and hopefully potentially

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take in more students at the school level. I see that in the report and we just like to add that

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we're on page 15 and there were a total of 203 students who participated in bridge and review courses.

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Thank you.

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Any other questions for Dr. Lofton or Dr. Lawrence?

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One other quick question.

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We've spoken a lot about math here.

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There are other programs on DACA, which are great.

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But one piece I was wondering about if it was planned or if not,

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if there was rationale for why was, again, you know,

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we're still in the pandemic. We still have kids who are kind of catching up.

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Are there any plans to do anything for students with ELA,

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with kind of general bridge program, just for students who have been hit a little harder

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in terms of pandemic learning loss. So our data will kind of tell that story for us so we're

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looking carefully to see kind of where those spots are and how we can kind of adjust our learning.

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You're referring to kind of the virtual step-up pieces. Yeah, so we're going to keep an eye out

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to see if that's something that we'll need to continue to or if our launch programs are sufficient

465
00:36:18,170 --> 00:36:26,250
And we also obviously provide supports on in terms of sharing resources with families.

466
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:33,250
So we'll continue to keep an eye on that, especially as we look at our winter data to see if that will be a need moving forward.

467
00:36:34,590 --> 00:36:39,830
And I had just asked two questions, and I just noticed that the answers only came back

468
00:36:39,830 --> 00:36:45,190
to me, just the two questions that Dr. Lofton quickly turned around were just, what are

469
00:36:45,190 --> 00:36:51,290
we seeing with regards to the kids that were recommended or were invited that didn't attend

470
00:36:51,290 --> 00:36:58,470
versus kids that did attend and areas of growth so we can use that to demonstrate the effectiveness

471
00:36:58,470 --> 00:37:01,610
of the work and getting an update later on that.

472
00:37:01,610 --> 00:37:14,190
Yeah, and and because we didn't have map last year, we do we do want to kind of do it a deep dive into you just first of all, map a team in the fall, but also did they maintain the growth from fall to winter.

473
00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:18,730
So we'll Emily and I'll be taking a look at that data and we'll provide a follow up.

474
00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:26,240
Any other questions?

475
00:37:30,150 --> 00:37:33,490
All right, well, thank you so much that report was pretty amazing.

476
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:37,270
Thank you.

477
00:37:38,930 --> 00:37:45,070
All right, up next then we have the Whittier PTO tree donation. I'm assuming that's Genie.

478
00:37:45,570 --> 00:37:50,410
It is. Good evening, everyone. The Whittier PTO would like to donate the money to purchase

479
00:37:50,410 --> 00:37:56,210
and install five iron wood trees to plant along the edge of the field and blacktop on the west side

480
00:37:56,210 --> 00:38:00,570
to reduce the heat index and provide much needed shade for the Whittier students in the community

481
00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:05,090
that use the space. I saw from the park district review the place in the trees so they wouldn't

482
00:38:05,090 --> 00:38:06,290
and interfere with any of the sports

483
00:38:06,290 --> 00:38:07,610
that utilize that field.

484
00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:10,770
The donation of that amount is valued at $2,400.

485
00:38:11,470 --> 00:38:14,010
We'll be seeking that the board approves this donation

486
00:38:14,010 --> 00:38:16,250
and the amount not exceed $2,400

487
00:38:16,250 --> 00:38:18,410
at the next January 11th meeting.

488
00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:20,630
Does anyone have any questions?

489
00:38:23,630 --> 00:38:24,170
Thank you.

490
00:38:24,630 --> 00:38:25,210
Thanks, Jimmy.

491
00:38:26,190 --> 00:38:27,470
I have one quick question.

492
00:38:28,090 --> 00:38:28,410
Sorry.

493
00:38:29,570 --> 00:38:29,910
Do you like?

494
00:38:30,130 --> 00:38:35,070
Are these my short streets?

495
00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:42,530
like I guess they're mature trees. So the ironwood tree is a very fast-growing tree. We would

496
00:38:42,530 --> 00:38:47,490
purchase them. They would be about two and a half diameter. I'm not sure about the hype, but

497
00:38:47,490 --> 00:38:51,910
they're one of the most mature trees that we can actually get that will fall in line. But they're fast

498
00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:59,050
growing. So we were planning on planting in the fall probably at late August of 22 so that they would

499
00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:00,590
take grit before winter hits.

500
00:39:04,990 --> 00:39:06,210
Okay, thank you.

501
00:39:06,290 --> 00:39:06,630
You're welcome.

502
00:39:08,010 --> 00:39:11,370
Okay, next we have food service and registration.

503
00:39:14,460 --> 00:39:16,880
Good evening. On an annual basis,

504
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,100
administration reviews, school fees and meal prices

505
00:39:20,780 --> 00:39:23,220
and provides a recommendation to the Board of Education

506
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,300
for approval. This is just for discussion tonight.

507
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:32,040
The breakout of the fees is on the memo here. I'll briefly go

508
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:40,700
through it. The school fees, I'll start with, it's broken out by grade level. It's been many years

509
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:46,460
since there's been any change in the fees to I just want to know that. The early childhood program

510
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:56,300
is $29 currently, grants K through 2 is $160, great three through 5, 180, and middle school is

511
00:39:56,300 --> 00:40:07,140
225. Those are broken out further by the totals broken out for instruction materials before

512
00:40:07,140 --> 00:40:13,780
and after school and lunch supervision and technology. The middle school also has an activity fee as well.

513
00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:22,620
So the only recommended change for next school year for school 23 that we're recommending is

514
00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:28,560
to add the $20 technology fee to grades K through two as well since those students are now receiving

515
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:35,080
devices that would make it equal grades three through five as well. So that would be the same.

516
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,900
Other than that, we don't have any recommended changes to the school fees.

517
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:47,520
And then the food service, we don't have any recommended changes to those prices as well.

518
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:57,240
So it's all free and fiscal 22 because of the national school lunch program, some of the assumption that things go back to normal and fiscal 23.

519
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,420
Those prices will be the same as they have been the past.

520
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:08,980
Is it looking like Patrick, sorry, a question. Is it looking like we will be able to go back to our regularly scheduled lunch?

521
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:23,040
We don't know that. Yeah, but so we'll be more to comment that I think in the future that the talk to our food service director and one will we'll find out from the state.

522
00:41:23,980 --> 00:41:26,260
But I don't think it requires any board action.

523
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:35,840
We have to follow their guidelines. So that's why, you know, it's free this year, but there's a calculation that has to be done by our food service director.

524
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:44,100
to make sure we charge on a minimum price, so we're not subsidizing the paid people aren't

525
00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:50,440
being subsidized by the free lunch program too. So she's done that calculation. So there's no

526
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,640
changes recommended based on that as well.

527
00:41:56,490 --> 00:41:59,130
Any other questions for Patrick about the changes?

528
00:41:59,910 --> 00:42:08,230
I had a question and this feels to me like one of those questions that as I'm asking it, I feel

529
00:42:08,230 --> 00:42:12,730
Patrick, can you talk a little bit about what support, if any, we offer to families for

530
00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:17,190
whom the student fees would be burdensome or difficult to cover?

531
00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:23,370
Yeah, so anyone who qualifies for free lunch gets their school fees waived completely.

532
00:42:24,670 --> 00:42:27,730
And I don't want to, who qualifies for reduced lunch.

533
00:42:27,930 --> 00:42:35,190
Their school fees are also reduced by 75%, which is pretty significant, so that's the relief.

534
00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:46,570
And then if there's any hardship during year that happens with economic loss of job or anything they can make a request to the principal and to our office.

535
00:42:47,890 --> 00:42:50,050
So we can accommodate those as well.

536
00:42:51,310 --> 00:42:59,550
And that thinks that's super helpful. And then in terms of that sort of hardship during the year piece, like how do we get that word out to folks?

537
00:42:59,550 --> 00:43:06,410
I think that's great and we just want to make sure people know that that's an option that they have available to them.

538
00:43:07,470 --> 00:43:14,490
That's a good question. I believe I don't know for sure, but it's part of the registration process.

539
00:43:14,490 --> 00:43:21,510
When you go online to register, I know there's a lot of information on there about school fees and meal prices.

540
00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:28,850
I don't know if that particular piece is in there, but I can all discuss that with a registration.

541
00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:36,590
There's something you can check that if you want to be considered for free and reduced.

542
00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:42,670
And then let's say it's past that time, oftentimes school social workers are the ones

543
00:43:42,670 --> 00:43:49,670
that have information about changes in family situations and services that those families

544
00:43:49,670 --> 00:43:51,590
might need because of those changes.

545
00:43:52,210 --> 00:43:53,230
Does that answer your question?

546
00:43:54,550 --> 00:44:02,070
I think it gets in that direction. I'm thinking about just particularly under the pandemic where

547
00:44:02,070 --> 00:44:08,790
lots of people have been affected in ways, like unexpected ways. You know, if somebody loses

548
00:44:08,790 --> 00:44:14,990
their job in the middle of the school year, would they know that this is a, you know, modest but

549
00:44:14,990 --> 00:44:21,510
probably meaningful bit of financial relief that we offer? Yeah, so I would say, you know, I'm

550
00:44:21,510 --> 00:44:25,650
the front lines of this are school administrative assistants who are supporting the principals.

551
00:44:25,930 --> 00:44:32,370
They do a lot of the billing and so they know the families the best as well.

552
00:44:32,550 --> 00:44:38,250
So a lot of those communications happen through them and they eventually reach my office as

553
00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:38,450
well.

554
00:44:38,630 --> 00:44:43,990
So I know they're talking to families as well, so that's another avenue.

555
00:44:44,630 --> 00:44:44,910
Okay.

556
00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:45,750
Great.

557
00:44:46,030 --> 00:44:46,370
Thank you.

558
00:44:46,910 --> 00:44:47,470
Welcome.

559
00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:48,450
I

560
00:44:54,460 --> 00:44:59,380
was just going to add the PTOC Council had a large donation.

561
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:11,660
And one of the key items on there was if we had families and financial hardship covering school fees in mid-year as one of the goals in communication with our PTOs.

562
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:34,360
I can add to just this might sort of get at what you're you're asking to Gavin, like as part of as part of our conversations with the PTO council leads we are talking about how to improve sort of access to that information. So they have some things and some changes in their process.

563
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:35,620
the seas that they're working on.

564
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,940
So we're working closely with them.

565
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,260
I would say in the next few months

566
00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:41,860
we'll probably, we'll hopefully have

567
00:45:41,860 --> 00:45:43,940
like a more defined space in our website for that

568
00:45:43,940 --> 00:45:46,400
and, you know, even in our newsletter and things like that.

569
00:45:46,540 --> 00:45:49,000
But yeah, those direct contacts right now,

570
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,400
I think are the most important

571
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,640
with our social workers and our administrators

572
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:53,520
at the school level.

573
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,000
Great, thanks everybody.

574
00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:57,000
Appreciate the answers.

575
00:46:01,950 --> 00:46:03,530
Okay, if there's no other questions,

576
00:46:03,530 --> 00:46:07,950
We have up next the budget authority.

577
00:46:08,510 --> 00:46:09,330
Is that still you Patrick?

578
00:46:10,230 --> 00:46:11,790
Yes, that's me as well.

579
00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:13,690
So annually.

580
00:46:15,010 --> 00:46:16,970
Preel and like school code.

581
00:46:17,370 --> 00:46:22,450
The board of education is that doesn't make the budget authority and also the proposed calendar.

582
00:46:24,450 --> 00:46:32,430
So the patch memo lays out the calendar gives the authority to the superintendent of schools to begin the budget process for next school year.

583
00:46:33,110 --> 00:46:47,150
It's very similar to prior years, what we've done, our proposal in July will give the board an update on the preliminary results of Fiscal Year 22, and discuss high-level issues regarding the budget development.

584
00:46:48,030 --> 00:46:53,670
Then August will present the 10 budget for board discussion and authorize the public display.

585
00:46:54,630 --> 00:46:58,530
And then the final without the budget would happen in the middle of September.

586
00:46:59,330 --> 00:47:01,770
So it's very consistent with prior years.

587
00:47:04,650 --> 00:47:07,450
And so I have a mad if there's any questions.

588
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:12,380
All right, thank you, Patrick.

589
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:19,180
Well, that brings us to special reports,

590
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:22,010
school updates.

591
00:47:24,390 --> 00:47:24,770
Good evening.

592
00:47:25,890 --> 00:47:30,730
I'm excited to say we completed our second vaccine clinic

593
00:47:30,730 --> 00:47:34,550
on November 30th through December 3rd.

594
00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:38,890
At the first clinic, we had 2,292 students

595
00:47:38,890 --> 00:47:41,650
that attended vaccine number one.

596
00:47:42,250 --> 00:47:46,050
At the second one, it was 2,246, a little bit less,

597
00:47:46,350 --> 00:47:47,750
but we were told by some parents

598
00:47:47,750 --> 00:47:49,390
they weren't able to make it that night,

599
00:47:49,390 --> 00:47:51,910
but they were gonna follow up with their children,

600
00:47:52,350 --> 00:47:54,150
had another clinic and another location.

601
00:47:54,790 --> 00:47:58,290
So we're confident that we've definitely matched that number.

602
00:48:02,190 --> 00:48:05,010
or you can go to the next slide, Michael.

603
00:48:05,630 --> 00:48:08,230
Our nurses have been in the process

604
00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:10,310
of collecting the vaccination cards.

605
00:48:10,970 --> 00:48:12,590
You know, what they did was,

606
00:48:12,610 --> 00:48:14,170
and I thought it was a very good idea,

607
00:48:14,630 --> 00:48:16,110
we had people stationed there,

608
00:48:16,470 --> 00:48:17,530
and they actually took pictures.

609
00:48:17,710 --> 00:48:18,590
I don't call it that.

610
00:48:18,590 --> 00:48:23,410
They actually took pictures of the card

611
00:48:23,410 --> 00:48:25,590
once the students were vaccinated.

612
00:48:26,910 --> 00:48:29,570
And we, so then we had a record immediately

613
00:48:29,570 --> 00:48:37,350
of all of the, sorry, all the vaccination cards at that time.

614
00:48:37,550 --> 00:48:40,270
We are in the process of uploading all of that information.

615
00:48:40,410 --> 00:48:44,150
We don't have the percentage as of yet, but we are definitely working on that.

616
00:48:44,470 --> 00:48:48,870
We just have the number of students that participated in our second clinic.

617
00:48:49,750 --> 00:48:52,990
But what's going to change? What's going to change as a result of this?

618
00:48:53,010 --> 00:48:58,510
I think that's very important. Right now, a lot of the changes for individuals

619
00:48:58,510 --> 00:48:59,810
that are fully vaccinated.

620
00:49:00,550 --> 00:49:03,690
So a lot of our students will be fully vaccinated,

621
00:49:04,170 --> 00:49:06,250
well, some of them, depending on which clinic they attend

622
00:49:06,250 --> 00:49:08,770
at, will be fully vaccinated until Friday.

623
00:49:09,010 --> 00:49:11,370
But once we have our individuals,

624
00:49:11,370 --> 00:49:14,010
and we've identified the students that are fully vaccinated,

625
00:49:14,430 --> 00:49:17,590
they will not have to quarantine if they were close contact

626
00:49:18,210 --> 00:49:19,650
unless they're symptomatic.

627
00:49:19,770 --> 00:49:21,310
So that'll make a huge difference.

628
00:49:22,310 --> 00:49:24,710
According to the IDPH, the close contacts

629
00:49:24,710 --> 00:49:27,750
who are fully vaccinated should get tested five to seven days

630
00:49:27,750 --> 00:49:33,170
after coming into close contact with someone who has COVID-19 and wear a mask indoors and that's

631
00:49:33,170 --> 00:49:39,470
really important on the masking. It's so in lunch we're going to have ongoing conversations with

632
00:49:39,470 --> 00:49:44,090
the health department to determine what happens when they come back and they're in the lunchroom.

633
00:49:44,370 --> 00:49:48,910
We're just not sure at this point. What's going to happen after the first of the year? Dr.

634
00:49:49,070 --> 00:49:54,270
Chapel, by the way, could not be here this evening. She had her board meeting as well. So we have a

635
00:49:54,270 --> 00:49:58,810
set up some meetings with her as soon as we get back after the first of the year.

636
00:49:59,190 --> 00:50:04,010
We're going to start reviewing all of our medications. As you know, you can go to the next slide.

637
00:50:04,130 --> 00:50:12,210
I think Michael, as you know, we've had an uptick of COVID cases. And so right now, there are no changes

638
00:50:12,210 --> 00:50:16,710
being made. So we're going to watch all of the matrix. We're going to have our discussions with her.

639
00:50:17,130 --> 00:50:23,830
We already have our list. For example, masking outside. We want to talk to her about that. But I think

640
00:50:24,590 --> 00:50:41,350
You know, the community transmission rate and all of that, it's going to make a big impact, but we are going to start that conversations because we should have the percentages of our students, the number of students that have been vaccinated because the number of them we've been told went outside of the district as well.

641
00:50:41,350 --> 00:50:57,090
So I hadn't expected it was numbers to be pretty high, and she's really shooting for mending the matrix, the medications, the protocols based on if we can have 75 to 80% of our students vaccinated.

642
00:50:57,590 --> 00:51:06,430
So we're pretty confident. We're going to we're going to reach that number at least I am, but we'll have to wait and see when we gather all that information.

643
00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:12,410
But now, Amanda monitors the major dashboard.

644
00:51:12,750 --> 00:51:14,470
So if you want to talk a little bit about that, Amanda.

645
00:51:15,750 --> 00:51:16,230
Sure.

646
00:51:16,830 --> 00:51:20,610
So as you can see, we definitely had an uptick post Thanksgiving.

647
00:51:21,170 --> 00:51:25,330
I know I'm sure most of you saw the reporting regarding high school.

648
00:51:26,170 --> 00:51:28,350
We saw a very similar uptick.

649
00:51:29,750 --> 00:51:32,610
And that was also in line with sort of what

650
00:51:32,610 --> 00:51:35,070
we've been seeing in the community and across the state.

651
00:51:35,070 --> 00:51:41,710
So definitely concerning or keeping an eye on everything, we did have one additional school

652
00:51:41,710 --> 00:51:46,370
outbreak that was reported that was a classroom outbreak at Lincoln, I believe involving two students.

653
00:51:48,010 --> 00:51:52,430
And the quarantine numbers, you know, that's sort of been where we've been at and again,

654
00:51:52,690 --> 00:51:57,530
is after we're not set. I think those numbers will probably start to level off.

655
00:51:58,450 --> 00:52:04,050
You know, now that we are going to have a much higher percentage of our student body vaccinated

656
00:52:04,050 --> 00:52:07,130
and they'll fall under those new quarantine guidelines.

657
00:52:08,050 --> 00:52:11,070
We included the shields testing from last week here

658
00:52:11,070 --> 00:52:11,350
as well.

659
00:52:11,450 --> 00:52:13,530
We had 13 positive tests last week.

660
00:52:14,010 --> 00:52:16,870
The up to outrate has been going up just slightly.

661
00:52:17,050 --> 00:52:19,890
If you recall, we started, I think, right around 4%.

662
00:52:20,490 --> 00:52:22,290
So that number has gone up a little bit

663
00:52:22,290 --> 00:52:23,710
but we are still testing.

664
00:52:24,210 --> 00:52:27,290
As you can see, just over 4,000 students a week.

665
00:52:27,870 --> 00:52:29,490
We can go to the next slide, Michael.

666
00:52:31,610 --> 00:52:33,670
And then we just wanted to bring to your attention

667
00:52:33,670 --> 00:52:39,290
definitely startled me when I opened the Oak Park Village report on Wednesday last week,

668
00:52:39,290 --> 00:52:47,890
and saw that the numbers doubled. So we get those reports every Wednesday. Lisa Shelly sends those

669
00:52:47,890 --> 00:52:52,730
out to us. So we, you know, we are watching that in conjunction with our numbers as we've been doing

670
00:52:52,730 --> 00:52:58,290
all year. And Dr. Chapel definitely takes that community transmission rate into account as she's

671
00:52:58,290 --> 00:53:03,950
advising us so it's important that we watch that and you know we're talking with her about how

672
00:53:03,950 --> 00:53:11,070
we can message to our families around you know just continuing to make good choices you know

673
00:53:11,070 --> 00:53:14,910
in terms of reducing the risk of transmission in our community because that will really get us

674
00:53:14,910 --> 00:53:21,230
to a place of being able to revisit some of those mitigations that Dr. Warnett mentioned so it's

675
00:53:21,230 --> 00:53:27,250
still you know it's still here unfortunately and you know I think it's kind of unclear where we're going

676
00:53:27,250 --> 00:53:31,710
with the variant and all that. So again, that's why we're just kind of keeping a close eye.

677
00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:38,810
And a large percentage of those cases you'll see are in the 5-13 group, which is our students.

678
00:53:40,070 --> 00:53:42,790
And I think turning it back over to Dr. Warnett.

679
00:53:46,690 --> 00:53:47,230
Sorry, Michael.

680
00:53:51,050 --> 00:53:55,770
So we're working with the nurses right now to verify the proof of vaccination.

681
00:53:56,450 --> 00:54:02,410
If an appearance had not provided proof, we would appreciate if they would. We're compiling all

682
00:54:02,410 --> 00:54:04,510
that information, again, as Amanda stated,

683
00:54:05,050 --> 00:54:06,510
the health department has told us

684
00:54:06,510 --> 00:54:08,830
the greater number of students that are vaccinated

685
00:54:08,830 --> 00:54:12,870
will actually influence the medications

686
00:54:12,870 --> 00:54:16,210
that we have and if we're going to be able to increase them.

687
00:54:16,750 --> 00:54:19,270
We really want to begin looking at our lunch time

688
00:54:19,270 --> 00:54:20,570
and our outdoor masking.

689
00:54:21,810 --> 00:54:25,910
That's just our principles have provided a list

690
00:54:25,910 --> 00:54:27,930
of what they would like to see some of the changes.

691
00:54:28,330 --> 00:54:30,330
But again, we're going to be watching the numbers.

692
00:54:30,330 --> 00:54:37,150
It we did increase after Thanksgiving, we may have an increase after our winter break.

693
00:54:37,930 --> 00:54:39,970
So we have to really monitor that closely.

694
00:54:40,290 --> 00:54:42,270
And then the conversations are continuing.

695
00:54:42,510 --> 00:54:44,450
And they're going to be in after the first year.

696
00:54:45,310 --> 00:54:50,390
And our hope is, you know, mid to late January, we will have some different protocols.

697
00:54:50,490 --> 00:54:52,950
But as of right now, we're continuing.

698
00:54:53,230 --> 00:54:54,630
We have three more days of school.

699
00:54:55,390 --> 00:55:02,010
and then by Friday, every child that participated in the clinic will be fully vaccinated, so that's a really good feeling.

700
00:55:02,470 --> 00:55:08,990
I can tell you that attending the second round, it was a lot quieter, the second time around.

701
00:55:09,310 --> 00:55:18,610
The students, they walked in and they pulled their sleeve up and there wasn't as much discussion and conversation going on.

702
00:55:18,610 --> 00:55:20,050
And so it was really kind of nice.

703
00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:23,150
It was like, wow, as they, they're very used to it.

704
00:55:23,230 --> 00:55:25,170
They just, it was like a well-oiled machine

705
00:55:25,170 --> 00:55:26,370
and it worked out really well.

706
00:55:26,730 --> 00:55:28,690
So we're excited for the next steps.

707
00:55:29,410 --> 00:55:32,150
If you have any questions, I wish Dr. Chappell could have

708
00:55:32,150 --> 00:55:35,570
been here to answer some for you, but she's at her meeting soon.

709
00:55:36,910 --> 00:55:40,490
I just want to say a quick thank you to you, Dr. Warnett

710
00:55:40,490 --> 00:55:43,370
and Dr. Powell for constantly working with Dr. Chappell

711
00:55:43,370 --> 00:55:47,370
and just making this an open dialogue as you work on this.

712
00:55:47,370 --> 00:55:53,250
I think it's been really helpful in keeping the mitigation balanced with what the needs

713
00:55:53,250 --> 00:55:55,690
of, as you said, you know, talking to the principal, talking to the pool.

714
00:55:56,350 --> 00:56:00,550
I just, I acknowledge that you are spending a lot of time speaking with her and I appreciate

715
00:56:00,550 --> 00:56:00,830
that.

716
00:56:01,490 --> 00:56:01,790
Thank you.

717
00:56:02,810 --> 00:56:07,490
She's very open and she returns our calls, obviously, immediately, so.

718
00:56:09,300 --> 00:56:15,700
So I appreciate you guys outlining some possible mitigations that the benefits that we get from

719
00:56:15,700 --> 00:56:25,740
being bringing our kids to get vaccinated and kind of doing our part to support reducing

720
00:56:25,740 --> 00:56:29,680
the likelihood of spread in our community and keeping people safe.

721
00:56:30,340 --> 00:56:32,440
I do want to comment on the vaccination cards.

722
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,680
I know that Amanda has done a really great job fielding a ton of questions.

723
00:56:37,260 --> 00:56:42,840
There is an assumption based on the information available that the state data is something

724
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:47,440
that we could access really easily and not have to ask our community to send in their

725
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:52,860
proof of vaccination. Amanda and I tag teamed a little bit diving into encouraging people

726
00:56:52,860 --> 00:56:59,620
through social media to send in their cards and got quite a bit of pushback and Amanda's

727
00:56:59,620 --> 00:57:05,200
fielding these questions every day. But just from a public standpoint I did some digging and

728
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:10,720
I know Amanda has as well. And the state system, first of all there's lots of folks reported

729
00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:14,980
of accuracies. They can't find their own vaccination records in there. But the other

730
00:57:14,980 --> 00:57:18,760
thing is there's kind of this assumption that we just type in Whittier and all of a sudden,

731
00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:23,460
all the Whittier names pop out. But because these are health records, you know, nurses,

732
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,800
certain nurses would have to get access, and then you have to actually go one at a time

733
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:32,620
so you'd have to type in the name of a student, see if their vaccination is in there,

734
00:57:32,940 --> 00:57:39,860
and if it is, then you like exit out and type the next student. So while it is a manual process,

735
00:57:39,860 --> 00:57:46,400
ask our families to send in their proof of vaccination to staff, some sort of medical registered

736
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:53,120
professional that will go in and access people's health records is actually a much more time-consuming

737
00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:59,240
process. We'd rather have our nurses with our students and helping our support our teachers

738
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:06,180
and our buildings. We would love to see the state have a better way to get us that information and

739
00:58:06,180 --> 00:58:10,420
And I know that the team is committed to paying attention to that, but for folks that

740
00:58:10,420 --> 00:58:13,000
are wondering why we are asking you to send them in.

741
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:18,880
It is not because we are avoiding, you know, using a system that's available, there just

742
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:20,060
really isn't a system available.

743
00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:22,060
So that's true.

744
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:27,520
I mean, it's much more time-intensive, our nurses have done a fabulous job trying to handle

745
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:29,800
all the additional responsibility this year.

746
00:58:30,260 --> 00:58:32,420
And the accuracy, we were concerned about that.

747
00:58:32,420 --> 00:58:38,640
But, you know, we, you know, we have 2,200 cards already, we're just not putting it into

748
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:43,800
a database, but if other parents could send it into us, it would be very much appreciated.

749
00:58:46,090 --> 00:58:48,510
So, we just really quick comments, I guess.

750
00:58:49,090 --> 00:58:53,710
Well, sorry, thank you so much for all that you guys are doing, I know it's a lot of hard

751
00:58:53,710 --> 00:58:54,050
work.

752
00:58:55,450 --> 00:59:00,430
So, another district, my friend, she said that they, like, were doing, like, a simple,

753
00:59:00,430 --> 00:59:01,670
those people to show their heart.

754
00:59:02,510 --> 00:59:04,870
And so they were like offering like raffles

755
00:59:04,870 --> 00:59:06,590
and gifts for people to show their heart.

756
00:59:06,710 --> 00:59:08,510
And so the students brought it to their teacher.

757
00:59:09,030 --> 00:59:12,170
And so as opposed to like, to some parents

758
00:59:12,170 --> 00:59:14,130
are not gonna do it right, it's gonna be fuzzy

759
00:59:14,130 --> 00:59:15,330
so all these different things.

760
00:59:15,730 --> 00:59:19,190
And so the teacher on average has like 25 students

761
00:59:19,190 --> 00:59:21,650
so they were just taking 25 things.

762
00:59:21,730 --> 00:59:23,410
So I don't know that might be a big burden

763
00:59:23,410 --> 00:59:24,850
to our teachers just an idea.

764
00:59:25,290 --> 00:59:27,610
And I think like as we like pump it up more

765
00:59:27,610 --> 00:59:36,630
My kids are really afraid to get it on Saturday, but I was like, you know, you're the only ones who want to vaccinate and they're like, no, not the only one of the only.

766
00:59:37,170 --> 00:59:38,550
So they did get there.

767
00:59:38,990 --> 00:59:39,950
Vaccinations this weekend.

768
00:59:40,290 --> 00:59:45,410
But then the second part of that was for God.

769
00:59:45,870 --> 00:59:50,070
Oh, no, I forgot. I'll think of it and come back to it.

770
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:59,780
We're a very cognizant of confidentiality in regards to the information, so that's why

771
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,280
We'll filter it through our nurses when, you know, teachers don't have access to that information. And our nurses have done a great job with it and they're continuing. We just need to get the copies of the cards and then we'll get it in the database and hopefully by the time we get back, we have our percentage and then we can move on from there because things will drastically change if we have a high percentage for students vaccinated. So that's encouraging.

772
01:00:38,550 --> 01:00:43,130
Thank you so much for that and for all the work everyone's doing with it. I definitely

773
01:00:43,130 --> 01:00:44,270
appreciate it.

774
01:00:46,690 --> 01:00:51,250
One of the board meetings and live streaming update, is that Michael?

775
01:00:51,790 --> 01:00:52,270
Yes, Michael.

776
01:00:52,910 --> 01:00:53,670
Yeah, thank you.

777
01:00:53,850 --> 01:00:59,850
A quick update of where we kind of sit with the board meetings as we look for the new year as well.

778
01:00:59,850 --> 01:01:04,290
So I know a lot of conversations and we've put a solution for the camera and the audio.

779
01:01:04,890 --> 01:01:08,290
We worked on a couple different things this last week to resolve some of the issues.

780
01:01:10,070 --> 01:01:14,130
Just engineering configurations within the boardroom. So we've been able to work with Genie.

781
01:01:14,210 --> 01:01:19,010
We've been able to socially distance the entire board room to be able to see how many people can fit in there.

782
01:01:19,070 --> 01:01:20,550
What does it look like? What is the layout?

783
01:01:20,650 --> 01:01:26,610
So even with the mics and everything that's sitting on top of our like above the board table.

784
01:01:27,210 --> 01:01:31,090
and to be able to socially distance, we're able to put a couple of the tables that we would,

785
01:01:31,150 --> 01:01:37,470
again, I like talk with my hands in this space, but we're able to add a couple tables to extend the

786
01:01:37,470 --> 01:01:43,050
board table out while still being able to be heard by those mics. So that's great for around the

787
01:01:43,050 --> 01:01:47,350
board table. I know Gavin, I don't see your picture right now, but I'm sure you're excited because then

788
01:01:47,350 --> 01:01:52,890
that will be able to pull and get rid of the zoom at that time. Be able to do that and then we

789
01:01:52,890 --> 01:01:56,930
We started to lay out, okay, what does it look like for the other tables and presenting?

790
01:01:57,290 --> 01:02:02,430
So then we were able to put another 12 tables for cabinet members or people presenting.

791
01:02:02,650 --> 01:02:05,470
So as you saw tonight, look, we've got 19 panelists.

792
01:02:05,670 --> 01:02:11,350
So that would pretty much max out our entire board room for presenting and anybody that's

793
01:02:11,350 --> 01:02:14,210
supposed to be in that room and to be able to still do a socially distanced.

794
01:02:15,210 --> 01:02:20,170
So right now we'd be able to hold everybody that's in this meeting and up to 21 people.

795
01:02:20,170 --> 01:02:27,270
So that would be full capacity with board and our district staff team that would be presenting at that point.

796
01:02:28,130 --> 01:02:33,190
And I say that as presenters, because we would look to then pivot and get away from zoom completely.

797
01:02:33,930 --> 01:02:37,110
And so the public would then be watching the meeting on YouTube live.

798
01:02:37,770 --> 01:02:40,530
So we would present that would be the link that we would provide.

799
01:02:40,710 --> 01:02:45,610
Here's the YouTube meeting or the link for everybody to watch and go from there.

800
01:02:45,610 --> 01:02:50,910
So, that will be the ability to, again, just watch that.

801
01:02:51,110 --> 01:02:53,910
It's all recorded, so then, just as we're watching it,

802
01:02:53,930 --> 01:02:56,110
and you can see a couple tabs, the Brooks Orchestra,

803
01:02:56,610 --> 01:02:59,370
and the Julian Choir Concert, like those are all there,

804
01:02:59,430 --> 01:03:00,590
then on our YouTube channel,

805
01:03:00,870 --> 01:03:04,230
to then be watched after the fact for anything there.

806
01:03:04,470 --> 01:03:07,410
So, again, we'll continue to communicate out what that is.

807
01:03:07,910 --> 01:03:10,930
Since we've now finished the audio kind of issues

808
01:03:10,930 --> 01:03:13,050
that we're taking place and got all of that working,

809
01:03:13,050 --> 01:03:25,550
I mean we're still exploring a couple of ways to think about public comment and how do we address public comment in this scenario because in Zoom here we've been able to just let we know who it is we allow them to talk.

810
01:03:26,010 --> 01:03:32,810
So I'm working through a testing a couple options. I'll be provided updates the board. I'm here either this Friday or the next Friday.

811
01:03:33,130 --> 01:03:39,890
So our plan would be to go in January and be able to move fully to that solution.

812
01:03:41,450 --> 01:03:47,530
for the board meetings in January and there and there forward. Any questions?

813
01:03:50,980 --> 01:03:53,280
So exciting. So very exciting.

814
01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:55,600
Thank you.

815
01:03:56,440 --> 01:04:01,400
And thanks, Michael. It is exciting.

816
01:04:01,980 --> 01:04:07,300
So I know all the private Gavin of great joy and future meetings to yell.

817
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:08,560
You're muted.

818
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:26,720
All right. If there's no questions from Michael, then we're going to move on to board assignments. So if we have any reports from the standing committee liaison, so from fact fork, I know we're a little bit from fork CCE and claim.

819
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:32,000
and all fairness Gavin doesn't know but he does speak firmly.

820
01:04:34,570 --> 01:04:39,960
Thanks Venus and only with love right there

821
01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:44,120
were reports from Stanley

822
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:49,760
committees then if we have reports. Oh wait I have one sorry I'm so distracted

823
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:57,020
John jeez sorry. Okay I attended the Oak Park Education Fund meeting on

824
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:02,580
December 1st in Nancy wherever you are I'm gonna need you to pinch in on the

825
01:05:02,580 --> 01:05:08,240
strategic planning part but I'll get through the first part. So they are in the process of reviewing

826
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:16,360
their by-laws and they'll finish that I think by January, 2022, end of January. They're in the

827
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:24,380
middle of launching their annual appeal. So if you have a need for any last minute tax write-offs

828
01:05:24,380 --> 01:05:31,940
before the end of the year, Ocpric Education Fund is a great place to provide some of those donations

829
01:05:31,940 --> 01:05:36,200
but they have their annual appeal right now.

830
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:38,020
Also, they are going to be having,

831
01:05:38,580 --> 01:05:40,560
they're bringing back Bingo Bash,

832
01:05:40,840 --> 01:05:43,000
which is a big fundraiser that they have.

833
01:05:43,180 --> 01:05:45,680
It's usually, it's at the 19th Century Club

834
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:49,100
and it's gonna be April 29th, 2022.

835
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:57,320
Many of you know, Tracy, D'Angela, Barbara is leaving

836
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:05,300
And so they are in the process of the search process for an executive director, and they're

837
01:06:05,300 --> 01:06:05,940
in full swing.

838
01:06:06,100 --> 01:06:10,180
It looks like they have three candidates and they plan on scheduling interviews at the

839
01:06:10,180 --> 01:06:14,280
end of December, sounds familiar.

840
01:06:14,980 --> 01:06:21,600
And then the seventh grade slam is going to be at Julien this Friday, the 17th.

841
01:06:22,220 --> 01:06:23,660
They were looking for judges.

842
01:06:23,660 --> 01:06:24,780
It is in the afternoon.

843
01:06:24,780 --> 01:06:39,020
I believe they have found their judges, but if anyone on the board is interested in participating, just let Nancy and I know, or you can contact Tracy directly, if you're interested in participating. That's it.

844
01:06:44,900 --> 01:06:52,780
I think I presented it last time, but just to quickly recap, if they didn't, they did a review of their five year strategic plan in light of COVID.

845
01:06:54,620 --> 01:07:02,820
They're not, nothing is really changing their strategic plan. They're just updating and some things are just farther behind because they couldn't do things in person.

846
01:07:02,820 --> 01:07:05,780
and but nothing is really off track.

847
01:07:06,620 --> 01:07:08,060
And I'm also just gonna throw in a plug

848
01:07:08,060 --> 01:07:12,300
for having judged a couple of the poetry slams.

849
01:07:12,500 --> 01:07:14,640
They're awesome, so really if you have a chance

850
01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:15,500
to do it, do it.

851
01:07:21,610 --> 01:07:24,190
There was a try board special meeting

852
01:07:24,190 --> 01:07:25,490
for the collaboration early childhood,

853
01:07:25,690 --> 01:07:27,290
and I think a good chunk of you were there,

854
01:07:27,510 --> 01:07:28,650
and the minutes are in the meeting.

855
01:07:30,530 --> 01:07:33,650
Were there any other reports from IGA, PTOC,

856
01:07:34,930 --> 01:07:37,070
community council, try board?

857
01:07:38,390 --> 01:07:47,150
et cetera. I can give an update for IGOV, which is that we are working on finalizing the topic

858
01:07:47,150 --> 01:07:57,430
for the spring 22 community forum, and it will most likely be on April 9th. And there will be

859
01:07:57,430 --> 01:08:05,310
an invite coming out soonish for an IGOV meeting with all of the representatives from all of us,

860
01:08:05,310 --> 01:08:06,830
some time in February.

861
01:08:12,700 --> 01:08:15,940
We haven't had a fact meeting in a little bit but we will be having one

862
01:08:15,940 --> 01:08:20,920
the first week of January because we've got to start looking at bid documents and per the

863
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:25,000
discussion earlier on the lab. It will be scheduling a fork meeting coming up as well.

864
01:08:28,300 --> 01:08:34,520
Cool. Thank you. That brings us if there's no more reports to board remarks.

865
01:08:36,140 --> 01:08:40,620
We did not talk about this but I'll give a tiny superintendent search update.

866
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:55,160
We did meet before this meeting in closed session and I think we do have a few finalists we are going to be bringing possibly in person to interview for the second round of interviews.

867
01:08:57,060 --> 01:09:01,420
We'll iron out those details and maybe make an announcement.

868
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:07,800
I guess we weren't able to finish our conversation quite, but we do have some folks who are hopefully bringing in.

869
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:12,500
And so that's my very, not detailed update.

870
01:09:13,860 --> 01:09:15,860
Sorry, we should have discussed beforehand

871
01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:18,480
about what we were gonna, what I would say to say.

872
01:09:19,420 --> 01:09:23,860
Other board remarks, comments?

873
01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:29,100
I think mine is, I just appreciate everyone

874
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:30,460
and all the work they're doing.

875
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:33,480
I know people are really, really fried

876
01:09:33,480 --> 01:09:36,480
and everyone at least in education is hanging

877
01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:37,720
until winter break.

878
01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:44,800
So I appreciate all the work everyone's doing and drink as much coffee as

879
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:53,400
you can because that's what's keeping me alright. All right if there's no other one other mark

880
01:09:54,300 --> 01:10:00,680
my my kids were in the car as I was talking about PTOC and Griff first shared that there's a

881
01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:06,060
possibility they could have a little movement and talking at lunch and the

882
01:10:06,060 --> 01:10:11,320
screams of delight that came from them were like legitimate like the fact that

883
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:17,640
lunch might involve a little bit of not and my some not getting yelled at by

884
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:23,720
people to just be quiet and not move so I know we've been that that's been

885
01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:26,260
something that's been really unique to our community I don't think that

886
01:10:26,260 --> 01:10:29,980
they're my understanding is there's no other community that's at least part of

887
01:10:29,980 --> 01:10:31,540
the West cook group that's been doing that.

888
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:36,220
So appreciate that everybody is thinking about just

889
01:10:36,220 --> 01:10:37,100
little changes.

890
01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:38,700
And I think that we should just acknowledge

891
01:10:38,700 --> 01:10:40,880
that these little changes on the little people

892
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:43,360
we serve has a really big impact.

893
01:10:44,460 --> 01:10:46,900
And it might seem like not that big of a deal.

894
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:51,320
But I really think that even just these slight things

895
01:10:51,320 --> 01:10:55,600
that demonstrate that they get to do little things,

896
01:10:55,620 --> 01:10:57,140
they will be really appreciative of.

897
01:10:57,140 --> 01:10:59,420
and it will make a difference in their day.

898
01:11:02,410 --> 01:11:02,810
Sure.

899
01:11:03,110 --> 01:11:04,610
So now, yes.

900
01:11:04,910 --> 01:11:07,010
Now that only you remember her comment.

901
01:11:07,550 --> 01:11:08,670
So I was going to ask.

902
01:11:08,730 --> 01:11:10,650
We've been talking a lot about like COVID mitigation.

903
01:11:10,850 --> 01:11:12,750
And I was happy to see the part about lunch.

904
01:11:12,930 --> 01:11:13,370
So thank you.

905
01:11:13,510 --> 01:11:15,510
Holly for jogging my memory.

906
01:11:16,210 --> 01:11:18,290
But I wanted to know if we get.

907
01:11:18,650 --> 01:11:23,030
Get some information or have a discussion about some mental health.

908
01:11:23,190 --> 01:11:26,010
And like how we're going to kind of get in front of that.

909
01:11:27,150 --> 01:11:27,630
Sorry.

910
01:11:27,630 --> 01:11:37,210
So to to how we like these are little things that like I think we so took for granted like just being able to hug our friends and all those things.

911
01:11:37,690 --> 01:11:40,050
So like I would just wonder are we.

912
01:11:40,570 --> 01:11:46,970
Are there plans like address that have been an increase in the number of students who have IEPs or dental mental health issues.

913
01:11:47,490 --> 01:11:55,330
And how we can like for continues to address that because although the COVID numbers are going to get better, I think the long term mental health complications.

914
01:11:55,330 --> 01:11:58,650
and it's something that we should kind of get in front of.

915
01:12:06,190 --> 01:12:11,970
I just wanted to say we are a few days away from our winter break

916
01:12:11,970 --> 01:12:16,430
and I wanted to say how much I appreciate everyone's hard work

917
01:12:16,430 --> 01:12:21,730
throughout this entire first trimester

918
01:12:21,730 --> 01:12:24,070
and a week or two into the second trimester.

919
01:12:24,910 --> 01:12:27,850
I know that this is very difficult.

920
01:12:28,170 --> 01:12:29,870
I hope that people take the truth.

921
01:12:29,870 --> 01:12:35,250
we are able to take their time off and enjoy it. And we charge their battery and connect with

922
01:12:35,250 --> 01:12:41,530
family and friends and do all those things that give you warm fuzzies. But I just want to acknowledge

923
01:12:41,530 --> 01:12:50,630
on behalf of our board, how much we appreciate all the hard work that teachers, admin have been

924
01:12:50,630 --> 01:12:57,890
doing in the buildings, folks in the admin building, our custodial staff, our TAs, everyone who plays

925
01:12:57,890 --> 01:13:03,210
any role of any kind in helping our students learn and help to keep our

926
01:13:03,210 --> 01:13:07,250
district moving. I just want to say thank you and hope that you enjoyed that

927
01:13:07,250 --> 01:13:07,910
your time off.

928
01:13:14,770 --> 01:13:19,610
There's no more love to share around the draft agenda.

929
01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:25,320
All right

930
01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:34,310
so our next meeting is January 11th. There's anything on there so we'll have a

931
01:13:34,310 --> 01:13:40,770
regular public comment consent agenda which will include some of the items that were presented

932
01:13:40,770 --> 01:13:41,510
to us earlier.

933
01:13:43,770 --> 01:13:51,490
We'll talk about the new legislation again. Oh hopefully Griff is here to have us vote

934
01:13:51,490 --> 01:13:58,990
as a middle school wrestling proposal. That's why it's on January. I'm only voting yes if you

935
01:13:58,990 --> 01:14:04,810
where is the wrestling uniform? Okay, I'll pass that on. I definitely know I think he wants us

936
01:14:04,810 --> 01:14:10,830
to not to not vote for it because his son is a wrestling coach. No, I think he does and I think

937
01:14:10,830 --> 01:14:11,710
he would wear it.

938
01:14:13,750 --> 01:14:18,550
Now you know my terms. I'll show that with them.

939
01:14:22,420 --> 01:14:25,360
Okay, anything that was missing

940
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:28,700
that we need to add or questions or revisions.

941
01:14:31,690 --> 01:14:34,410
The only other thing is maybe,

942
01:14:37,090 --> 01:14:38,770
or maybe it's just a placeholder for myself

943
01:14:38,770 --> 01:14:40,990
to do a little more of a detailed

944
01:14:42,130 --> 01:14:43,910
superintendent search update.

945
01:14:45,310 --> 01:14:48,950
Hopefully, I'll figure out what details we can reveal on, so.

946
01:14:50,590 --> 01:14:55,750
I can't see this, but we have a whole bunch of motions

947
01:14:55,750 --> 01:14:59,710
to make next, at our January 11th meeting.

948
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:21,740
Most of those covered on here. And under the consent agenda, or the administrative items, I mean, from the presentations from tonight, you mean? Yeah, yeah, they're on there. Okay, thanks. Okay, then if there are no other additions or changes to the agenda, I think I can entertain a motion to adjourn.

949
01:15:25,710 --> 01:15:26,270
Okay,

950
01:15:29,030 --> 01:15:29,750
final roll call.

951
01:15:29,750 --> 01:15:31,710
more.

952
01:15:35,020 --> 01:15:38,460
Spurlock. Yes. Ken Hall.

953
01:15:40,750 --> 01:15:42,770
Rostrogen. Yeah.

954
01:15:43,410 --> 01:15:45,270
Pernie. Yes.

955
01:15:46,030 --> 01:15:48,010
Her Johnson. Yes.

956
01:15:49,070 --> 01:15:50,350
Kim. Yep.

957
01:15:51,610 --> 01:15:53,830
Motion to adjourn at 8.30 p.m.

958
01:15:54,650 --> 01:15:56,030
Happy holidays to everyone.