Berwyn North School District 98 Board of Education met Dec. 15.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting began at 6:30 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Board President Mounce.
COMMUNICATIONS
A. Tax Levy Presentation: Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Chief Business School Official, Regina Johnson, presented the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Tax Levy to the board and community.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
North Berwyn Education Association (NBEA) President Monica Deenihan wished all board members a safe and happy holiday season on behalf of the NBEA.
BOARD COMMENTS
None stated.
CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Regular Meeting Minutes: 11/16/2022
2. Executive Meeting Minutes: 11/29/2022
3. Executive Closed Meeting Minutes: 11/29/2022
B. Approval of Personnel
1. New Hires
a. Rachel Bendik, Art Teacher at Lincoln Middle School for the 2022-2023 school year.
b. Michael Cabrera, Paraeducator at Jefferson Elementary School for the 2022-2023 school year.
c. Maricela Nunez, Lunchroom Supervisor at Jefferson
Elementary School for the 2022-2023 school year.
2. Resignations
a. Diana Garcia, Lunchroom Supervisor at Prairie Oak
Elementary School, has submitted a letter of resignation effective November 18, 2022.
3. Reassignments
a. Gema Barba, from Substitute Teacher to full-time Dual Language Teacher at Jefferson Elementary School for the 2022- 2023 school year.
b. Matthew Swider, from part-time Custodian to full-time Custodian at Lincoln Middle School for the 2022-2023 school year.
4. Leaves of Absence
a. Eden Barragan, Principal at Prairie Oak Elementary School, has submitted a Board Policy 5:250 leave request to start on January 9, 2023, and end on January 27, 2023.
b. Brenda Rueda, Paraeducator at Jefferson Elementary School, has submited a one-year leave request to start on February 20, 2023 and end on December 20, 2023.
c. Frances Zavala, School Secretary Pader, at Prairie Oak Elementary School, has submitted an FMLA inermittent leave leave request to start on January 15, 2023.
C. Approval of Authorization of Next Month’s Payroll
1. Approval of Invoices - $1,739,886.84
2. Approval of Monthly Payroll - $1,998,607.14
3. Approval of Authorization of Next Month's Payroll - January
ACTION ITEMS
1. Approved – Adoption of the 2022-2023 Tax Levy
2. Approved – School Maintenance Grant Application
3. Approved – HVAC Upgrade Prject Contract with YMI Group 4. Approved – Food Service Contracts with Recommended Lowest Bid Subcontractors
5. Approved – Adoption of Additional Permitted Election Changes to the Employee Benefit Corporation Plan (EBC) (Section 125)
INFORMATION AND REPORTS
A. Monthly Fund Report
Regina Johnson, Chief School Business Official presented the monthly fund report to the board and community.
B. FOIA Requests
1. A FOIA request was received on December 14, 2022, from Vince Espi of Local Labs, the publisher of Prairie State Wire, for the following information:
a. Electronic records (preferably non-PDF where applicable) of the following data points for all current school board members: 1. Full Name (First, Middle, Last)
2. Date of Birth
3. Home Address
4. First Day of Service
5. Was this board member appointed or elected?
b. The purpose of the request is to access and disseminate information as a matter of public interest and is not for the principal purpose of personal or commercial benefit. I qualify as media under the definition in Section 2 (c-10) ("Commercial purpose"), Section 2 (f) ("News media"), Section 2 (g) ("Recurrent requester"), and Section 2 (h) ("Voluminous request") of the Freedom of Information Act, for the purposes of being exempt to the provisions of Section 3.1 (Requests for commercial purposes), Section 3.2 (Recurrent requesters), Section 3.6 (Voluminous requests), and Section 6 (Authority to charge fees). Therefore, I request you furnish any responsive documents and items without charge.
The requested documentation was sent to Vince Espi on December 14, 2022.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
A. Upcoming Events:
December 22
Teacher Institute Day – No School
December 23 - January 8
Winter Break – No School
January 14
Parent University – 8:30 am Morning Session; 6:00 pm Evening Session
January 16
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School
January 26
Board of Education Meeting – 6:30 pm – Lincoln Middle School
PUBLIC COMMENTS
None stated.
BOARD COMMENTS
None stated.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
B. OPEN MEETINGS ACT EXCEPTIONS - CLOSED MEETINGS
1. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in compensation to a specific employee of a public body that is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase, Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the public and posted and held in accordance with this Act. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
2. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).
3. The purchase or lease of real property for the use of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should be acquired. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(5)
4. Litigation, when an action against, affecting, or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding must be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting; 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).
The board adjourned to Executive Session (closed session) at 7:03 pm and reconvened to Regular Session at 8:04 pm.
NEW BUSINESS
None Stated.
OLD BUSINESS
None Stated.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned meeting at 8:10 pm.
https://www.bn98.org/userfiles/438/My%20Files/BOE/BOE%20Briefs%20-%20December%202022.pdf?id=1356
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