TF Center for Academics and Technology at 6 p.m.
The December 19 District 215 School Board meeting will take place at 6 p.m. at the Thornton Fractional Center for Academics and Technology. The full board packet and materials for the meeting, including all exhibits and other relevant materials, are now available:
Agenda
- Call to Order/Roll call
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Convene Truth in Taxation Hearing
- Motion to convene hearing
- Public Comments
- Adjourn Hearing
- Communication/Informational
- Public Comments
- Freedom of Information Report–none
- Monthly Suspension Reports
- TF North
- TF Center for Career and Technology
- TF South
- Future Meetings: January 10, 2024 Committee of the Whole; January 23, 2024 Regular Meeting
- Building Reports
- Superintendent’s Report
- Closed Session to discuss appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employee(s), specific independent contractors, specific volunteers, or District legal counsel; student discipline.
- Consent
- Approve Minutes from the November 28, 2023, Open and Closed Sessions
- Approve Personnel Report
- Approve/Accept the following Financial Items:
- Accept November 2023 FTD Monthly Financial Statements
- Approve November/December Payables, $3,556,617.72
- Approve November/December Activities Bills, $4,488.44
- Approve November Payroll, $3,319,038.10
- Approve Imprest November/December, $1,075.00
- Approve reimbursement of IASB Joint Conference expenses ($161.03) for Board Member Diana Jackson
- Approve reimbursement of IASB Joint Conference expenses ($146.82) for Board Member Dominique Newman
- Approve reimbursement of IASB Joint Conference expenses ($240.14) for Board Member Charles Townsend
- Approve reimbursement for IASB Joint Conference expenses ($114.84) for Board Vice-President Marcie Wilson
- Adopt resolution for fixed assets disposal
- Conduct Second Reading/Adoption of PRESS Policies 113 and Policy 2:126
- Non-Substantive Policy Changes:
2:20 Powers and Duties of the School Board; Indemnification
2:120 Board Member Development
4:130 Free and Reduced-Price Food Services
5:30 Hiring Process and Criteria
5:190 Teacher Qualifications
5:200 Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal
5:330 Sick Days, Vacation, Holidays, and Leaves
6:15 School Accountability
6:30 Organization of Instruction
7:60 Residence
7:70 Attendance and Truancy
7:285 Anaphylaxis Prevention, Response, and Management Program
- Substantive Policy Changes
2:126 Board Member Internet Reimbursement 2:200 Types of School Board Meetings
2:220 School Board Meeting Procedure
4:10 Fiscal and Business Management
4:30 Revenue and Investments
4:60 Purchases and Contracts
4:160 Environmental Quality of Buildings and Grounds
5:210 Resignations
5:220 Substitute Teachers
5:250 Leaves of Absence
6:50 School Wellness
6:60 Curriculum Content
6:230 Library Media Program
7:160 Student Appearance
7:190 Student Behavior
7:270 Administering Medicines to Students
7:290 Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention
8:30 Visitors to and Conduct on School Property
- Non-Substantive Policy Changes:
- Conduct semi-annual review of closed session minutes and maintain as confidential
- Approve destruction of closed session recordings for May 11, 2022 Special Meeting and May 24, 2023, Regular Meeting in accordance with Policy 2:220
- Action
- Adopt 2023 Tax Year Levy Resolution
- Approve the 2023 Certification of Tax Levy
- Approve the 2023 Truth in Taxation Certificate of Compliance
- Adopt Resolution to Allocate 2023 PTELL Reduction
- Accept renewal of the Suburban School Cooperative Insurance Pool (SSCIP)
- Approve Student # 1002664 Alternative Placement
- Approve student #1003800 Administrative Transfer
- Approve student #1003813 Administrative Transfer
- Adjourn
District 215 regular meeting schedule
The D215 Committee of the Whole meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. and Regular Board meetings are generally held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Meetings are held at the TF Center for Academics & Technology, located at 1605 Wentworth Avenue, Calumet City, Illinois.
Open Meetings Act
The Open Meetings Act requires that “An agenda for each regular meeting shall be posted at the principal office of the public body and at the location where the meeting is to be held at least 48 hours in advance of the holding of the meeting.”
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