March 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Establish a Quorum

3. Pledge of Allegiance
    Lead by Giles Students 

4. Mission Statement
The mission of Norridge School District 80 is Inspiring Educational Excellence in a Nurturing Environment.

5. Celebrate the Success
   Celebrate Student Writers from Giles

6. Action Item

6.A. Consider motion to approve the agenda as presented/modified

7. Recognition of Visitors

8. Correspondence

9. Public Participation (must sign in)

10. FOIA Request

11. Administrative Reports

11.A. Superintendent - Mrs. Guzik

11.B. Special Education - Mr. Masters

11.C. Building Reports

11.C.1. Giles School - Mr. Biedke

11.C.2. Leigh School - Dr. Rabiola 

11.D. Discipline Reports

11.D.1. Giles - Mrs. Gulo

11.D.2. Leigh - Mrs. Ahrens

12. Board Committees

12.A. Education

12.B. Board Policy Development 

12.C. Buildings and Grounds

12.D. Behavioral Intervention

12.E. Negotiations and Human Resources

12.F. Finance

12.G. Communications

12.H. Norridge Park District

13. Discussion Items

13.A. District Business

13.B. District Policy

13.C. Buildings and Grounds 

13.D. Finance

13.E. Follow-up and Future

14. Consent Agenda

14.A. Consider approval of Board minutes

14.A.1. January 21, 2025 Board of Education Closed Session Minutes

14.A.2. February 18, 2025 Board of Education Regular Meeting Minutes 

14.A.3. March 5, 2025 Board of Education Special Meeting Minutes 

14.B. Consider approval of the 2025-2026 Preschool Calendar 

14.C. Consider approval of the 2025-2026 Giles and Leigh Schedules and Plan

14.D. Consider approval of revised the Registration Plan for the 2025-2026 school year 

14.E. Consider approval of Student and Parent Handbook 

14.F. Consider motion to destroy closed session recordings for the following dates:
7/19/2016, 8/16/2016, 9/20/2016, 10/6/2016, 4/18/2017,  4/24/2017, 5/1/2017, 5/11/2017, 5/18/2017, 6/5/2017, 6/8/2017, 6/13/2017, 6/13/2017, 6/14/2017, 7/19/2017, 8/15/2017, 9/25/2017, 8/13/2017

14.G. Consider approval of Board Policies 4:11, 4:175 and 4:190 on second read

14.H. Consider approval of payment of monthly bills (listing of bills $3,000.00 and over) :

VENDOR                                                                                     AMOUNT
Safeway Transportation Services                                                  $38,707.46
Citywide Building Maintenance Inc.                                            $33,621.52
Maxim Healthcare Services                                                          $26,333.27
Sunbelt Staffing                                                                            $11,592.00
OrganicLife LLC                                                                          $10,457.08 
Soaring Eagle Academy                                                                 $9,544.27
Constellation New Energy                                                              $9,509.40
GreenTech Plumbing                                                                      $8,756.35
Solution Tree                                                                                  $7,100.00
Metro Prep                                                                                      $5,934.84
Parkland Prepatory Academy                                                         $5,859.18
ComEd                                                                                            $5,467.87
New Horizon Center                                                                       $4,799.97
Glen Oaks Therapeutic Day School                                               $4,606.92
Gourmet Gorilla                                                                              $4,331.20
West 40                                                                                           $3,450.00
Calo                                                                                                 $3,383.84

15. Board Comments

16. Closed Session
Consider motion to adjourn to closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), 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), 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) and review of closed session minutes (5 ILCS 120/2(c)(14).

17. Personnel Action Items

17.A. Employment 

17.A.1. Consider motion to approve Ewa Pawelek, District Paraprofessional 

17.B. Resignations

17.B.1. Consider motion to accept the resignation of Amy Bricco, Preschool Teacher, at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 school year

17.B.2. Consider motion to accept the resignation of Lindsey Cassello, Science Teacher, at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 school year

17.B.3. Consider motion to accept the resignation of Allison Guio, Second Grade Teacher at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 school year

17.C. Re-assignments

17.D. Other

17.D.1. Consider motion to approve an Unpaid Leave of Absence for Brittany Heath from April 16, 2025 to June 5, 2025

17.D.2. Consider approval to terminate district paraprofessional

18. Board Meeting Reflection

19. Adjournment