Berwyn North School District 98 Board of Education met Nov. 21.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER: Meeting began at 6:32 p.m. with the pledge of allegiance led by: Daniel Gonzalez, Benicio Garcia, Sebastian Brucato, Yaritza Gutierrez and Roberto Bautista.
COMMUNICATIONS
A. Student Ambassadors:
Student Ambassadors Analysee Castillo and Ivan Resendiz greeted the Board and community once again. They prepared and presented to the Board and community the result of a student check-in survey about student climate when it comes to safety.
B. AchievementDataPresentations:
Superintendent Michelle Smith and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Alexandra Escobar presented to the Board and community District 98’s state ranking for all school. At this time all district school are ranked “Commendable” and two out of the four were extremely close to “Exemplary” status. Ms. Smith and Dr. Escobar presented the Board with the State Data that corroborated the ranking.
PUBLIC COMMENT
A. Monica Deenihan, Teacher at Prairie Oak and Donna Miller, Teacher at Havlicek introduced themselves to the Board and community. Ms. Miller wanted to make it known that Havlicek School held a pizza and raffle event that pulled about 400 parents and family members to the event. She emphasized the great effort put forth by school staff, administrators and the Havlicek PTO that made this event successful. PTO member Luisa Villagomez was named as a great collaborator to the event.
BOARD COMMENT
A. Member Kulis-Kearns Valeriano wanted to inform the Board and community of the great opportunity she had the privilege of being able to participate in the dual language conference “La Cosecha.” She hold a great interest in the dual language program and wanted to bring back information she acquired through this event.
B. Member Pabon whom was also able to participate in the dual language conference learned how the program empowers students to have a voice. He hopes to bring a presenter to the district and provide training to Board members on how to properly integrate the dual language program at Berwyn North School District 98.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approved Minutes
1. Regular Meeting Minutes: 10/24/2019
2. Executive Meeting Minutes: 10/24/2019
B. ApprovedPersonnel
1. New Hires:
• Angelica Lechuga, Program Assistant at Prairie Oak Elementary School for the 2019-2020 School Year.
2. Leaves:
• Lisa Levinsky, Certified School Nurse at Lincoln Middle School, has requested FMLA Leave effective December 4, 2019 through January 31, 2020
• Kathleen McGowan, Teacher at Havlicek Elementary School, has requested FMLA Leave effective October 07, 2019 through January 15, 2020
• Emma Herrera, Custodian at Jefferson Elementary, has requested FMLA Leave effective November 4, 2019 through January 10, 2020
• Jessica Bucio, Program Assistant at Havlicek Elementary School, has requested FMLA Leave effective January 06, 2020 through April 09, 2020
• Jennifer Pena, Teacher at Prairie Oak Elementary School, has requested FMLA Intermittent leave starting October 14, 2019.
• Julia Perez, Teacher at Prairie Oak Elementary School, has requested an FMLA Leave effective December 2, 2019 through December 16, 2019.
3. Reassignments:
• Cristina Adame, from District Substitute to Program Assistant at Havlicek Elementary School, effective October 21, 2019. 4. Resignations:
• Daniel Wonk, Special Education Teacher at Lincoln Middle School, submitted a Letter of Resignation effective November 15, 2019.
• Amelia Graham, Teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, submitted a Letter of Resignation effective November 21, 2019
• Olga Menchaca, Program Assistant at Lincoln Middle School, submitted a Letter of Resignation effective November 8, 2019.
5. Retirement:
• Ligija Ambutas, Special Education Teacher at Lincoln Middle School, has submitted a Letter of Intent to Retire effective January 31, 2020.
C. ApprovedFinance
1. Approval of Invoices – $ 1,917,215.67
2. Approval of Monthly Payroll – $ 1,921,091.48
3. Approval of Authorization of next month’s payroll – December
D. Approval for Building Use Application
1. Building Use – Lincoln Middle School – UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago-11/16/2019
2. Building Use – Prairie Oak Elementary – PTO Holiday Shop-12/6/2019-12/16/2019
3. Building Use – Prairie Oak Elementary – North Berwyn Park District-1/13/2020-5/22/2020
ACTION ITEMS
A. Approved – Skyward Financial System Contract
B. Approved–NoticetoRemedy
C. Approved – Resolution to Purchase the PTLC Building
INFORMATION AND REPORTS
A. Monthly Fund Report
Regina Johnson, Business Manager, presented the monthly fund report to the Board and community.
B. FOIA
FOIA Request from Jonathan P. Fagg (WLS-TV)
Started: 11/01/2019 and Completed: 11/5/2019
The request was fulfilled with as much information as we had available on student vaping incidents from 2017 to the present.
UPCOMING EVENTS November 22
Picture Retake - Lincoln Middle School
Parent University - Prairie Oak Elementary - 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Family Reading Night – Jefferson Elementary – 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
November 26
Teacher Institute Day - No School
November 27
Conference Exchange Day - No School
November 28-29
Thanksgiving Break - No School
December 1
Lincoln Middle School Choir - Trinity Lutheran Church - 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
December 9
Lincoln Middle School Choir - Havlicek Elementary School - 12:10 - 12:40 pm
Prairie Oak Elementary School - 12:50 - 1:20 pm
Jefferson Elementary School - 1:40 - 2:10 pm
December 10
Lincoln Middle School Choir & Band - Morton West High School - 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
December 13
AM PreK Holiday Performance - Havlicek Elementary School - 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
PM PreK Holiday Performance - Havlicek Elementary School - 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
December 16
Lincoln Middle School Choir - Christmas Caroling at Seguin - 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
December 19
BOE Meeting - Havlicek Elementary School - 6:30 p.m.
December 20
Kindergarten Holiday Performance - Havlicek Elementary School - 9:10 - 10:15 a.m.
December 23 - January 3
Winter Break - No School
PUBLIC COMMENT
A. None Stated
BOARD COMMENT
A. None Stated
NEW BUSINESS
A. None Stated
ADJOURNMENT at 9:15 p.m.
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