District 171 Board meeting – 6:15 p.m.
The June 26 meeting of the District 171 School Board begins at 6:15 p.m. with a public hearing. The meeting will occur at Heritage Middle School, 19266 Burnham Avenue in Lansing.
Public hearing – 6:15 p.m.
- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- The mission of Sunnybrook S.D. #171 is to maximize student achievement by cultivating: critical thinking skills, innovative instructional practices and a collaborative school, home and community partnership.
- Roll Call
- Any person wishing to address the board about an item that is on the agenda should do so when that item is up for discussion. Visitors’ statements will be limited to two minutes per person. A total of 30 minutes will be allocated for visitor comments. All comments about items not on the agenda will be held until the Visitors’ statements at the end of the meeting. Items related to personnel issues will redirected to the appropriate Administrator.
- Open Public Hearing on eLearning Plan.
- Visitors Statements
Agenda – 6:30 p.m.
- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Mission
- The mission of Sunnybrook School District 171 is to maximize student achievement by cultivating critical thinking skills, innovative instructional practices and a collaborative school, home, and community partnership.
- Roll Call
- Any person wishing to address the Board about an item that is on the agenda should do so when that item is up for discussion. Visitors’ statements will be limited to two minutes per person. A total of thirty minutes will be allocated for Visitors’ Statements at the end of the meeting. Items related to personnel issues will be redirected to the appropriate Administrator.
- Recommended Motion: Consent Agenda
- To approve the Board meeting minutes of May 15, 2023, June expenses and May payroll in the amount of $1,858,176.05, as presented.
- Communications
- FOIA Request: Request from Professor, Adam Zelizer/University of Chicago requesting any and all Board’s votes on IASB resolutions over the past five years (2018- 2022).
- FOIA Request: Request from Lurie Children’s Hospital requesting copies of all records and email correspondences with Lurie Children’s Hospital from July 1, 2022 to present day.
- Board Reports
- Administrator Reports
- Dr. Erika Millhouse Pettis, Superintendent
- Dr. Lori Owens Stranc, Assistant Superintendent/Director of Curriculum & Instruction
- Mr. David Shrader, Chief School Business Official
- Ms. Juliann Greene, Director of Special Services
- Dr. Mike McGowan, Director of Technology
- Mrs. Chantelle Cambric, Principal, Heritage Middle School
- Mr. Joseph Kent, Principal, Nathan Hale School
- Informational Items
- Dr. Erika Millhouse Pettis, Superintendent
- “Administrator Retreat – June 12, 13, 2023”
- Long Term Substitute Teachers for the 2023-2024 school year: Ms. Marcie Wilson, Heritage Middle School
- Dr. Erika Millhouse Pettis, Superintendent
- Recommended Motions: Resignations
- Recommended Motion: To accept/approve the resignation, with regret, of Ms. Melinda Scheltens, third grade teacher, Nathan Hale School, effective May 26, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To accept/approve the resignation, with regret, of Mrs. Lindsay Smith, first grade teacher, Nathan Hale School, effective June 5, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To accept/approve the resignation, with regret, of Mrs. Julia Galgan-Baratta, fifth grade Math teacher, Heritage Middle School, effective June 8, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the rescinding of Ms. Gail Redmerski, 2nd grade teacher, (hired at the May 23, 2023 board meeting), as presented.
- Recommended Motions: Retirement
- Recommended Motion: To approve the retirement of Ms. Aimee Syrek, P.E. teacher, Heritage Middle School, effective June 6, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the retirement of Mrs. Kerry Czarobski, Administrative Assistant to Director of Special Services, effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, as presented.
- Recommended Motions:
- Recommended Motion: To approve the renewal of Renaissance Accelerated Reader, Renaissance Freckle and Renaissance STAR 360 funded by Title 1 in the amount of $61,000 for the 2023-2024 school year, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the intergovernmental agreement between the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and Sunnybrook S.D. #171, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the purchase of seven mindsets, a SEL curriculum to assist teachers and students in the amount of $15,000, paid out of Title I and general funds, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the purchase of the rLock emergency alert system from Rival 5, at a cost of $18,256.83 to be paid for the Title IV funds, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the purchase of 115 Chromebooks from ITSavvy at a cost of $32,200, purchased with Title I funds, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the contract with e2Services for the running, testing and configuring of additional network lines for a variety of projects (WifiUpgrade, rLock system, NHS Office remodel, and paging system upgrade) at a cost not to exceed $34,100, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the Transportation Services Agreement between KE Transportation and Sunnybrook S.D. #171, effective August 15, 2023 until June 30, 2024, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the purchase of office furniture for the District Office/Superintendents Office, totaling $10,901, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the revised budget and levy timeline, as presented:
- August 14, 2023: Tentative 2023-2024 Budget (Informational only, no Board Action) On Display in District Office
- August 14, 2023: Publish Notice of Time and Date for Budget Public Hearing September 18, 2023: Budget Hearing and Adopt Annual Budget
- October 16, 2023: Tentative Levy (Informational only, no Board Action)
- November 20, 2023: Hearing on Tax Levy
- November 20, 2023: Adopt Levy Resolutions
- Recommended Motion: To approve all expenses for the Triple I Conference for all board members & Superintendent to attend in Chicago, IL. November 17-19, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve all expenses for all board members & Superintendent to attend the CUBE Conference, Chicago, IL. September 14-16, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the tenure for Ms. Laura Abendan, Bilingual teacher, Heritage Middle School, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the Standard Service Agreement with AnthroMed Education and Sunnybrook S.D. # 171, Ms. Kristian Cook, Speech Language Pathologist, effective for the 2023-2024 school year, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the ECHO Joint Agreement Independent Contractor Agreements, ECHO Executive Board of Directors Meeting minutes for May 9, 2023 and April 18, 2023, as presented:
- Ms. Courtney Fleck
- Mr. Winston Hall
- Spotter
- Soliant Health, LLC
- Omni
- Mr. Daniel Friedman
- Ms. Diane Scherer
- New Mediscan II, LLC DBA Cross Country Education
- Recommended Motion: To adopt the e-Learning plan, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the following Administrative contracts, as presented.
- Dr. Lori Owens-Stranc, Assistant Superintendent/Director of Curriculum & Instruction
- Mr. David Shrader, Chief School Business Official
- Dr. Mike McGowan, Technology Director
- Ms. Juliann Greene, Director of Pupil Services
- Mrs. Chantelle Cambric, Principal, Heritage Middle School
- Mr. Joseph Kent, Principal, Nathan Hale School
- Mr. Joseph Dolan, Assistant Principal, Heritage Middle School
- Mr. Joel Sarkey, Assistant Principal, Nathan Hale School
- Mrs. Kerry Czarobski, Secretary to the Director of Pupil Services
- Ms. Shari Hooton, Bookkeeper
- Mrs. Brenda Camalick, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
- Recommended Motions: Employment
- Recommended Motion: To approve the Interim Employment Contract for Mrs. Linda Kooy, Speech Language Pathologist, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the employment of Mr. Aaron Alderden, sixth grade ELA teacher, Heritage Middle School, salary of $ 47,397.00, (this salary is pending contract negotiations for the 2023-2024 with any applicable retro pay after negotiations are complete), based on Step 4, Lane BA of the 2022-2023 school year salary schedule, effective August 14, 2023, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the employment of Ms. Aiyanna Webb, first grade teacher, Nathan Hale School, salary of $49,854 (this salary is pending contract negotiations for the 2023-2024 with any applicable retro pay after negotiations are complete) based on MA +9, effective August 14, 2023, pending successful background check results, as presented.
- Recommended Motion: To approve the employment of Ryan Whitt, part time summer custodian, salary of $13.00 per hour, (Cook County minimum wage),
effective June 1, 2023, as presented. - Recommended Motion: To approve the employment of Mr. Lex Walker, part time summer custodian, salary of $13.00 per hour (Cook County Minimum Wage), effective June 21, 2023, as presented.
- Visitors’ Statements
- Closed Session
- Recommended Motion: To move in to closed session for the purpose of the appointment, compensation, student discipline, performance for dismissal of specific employees of the district. 5ILCS 120/2 (c) (1). Superintendent/Board Relations.
- Adjournment
Schedule and Open Meetings Act
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