October 21, 2026 - 6:30pm (Sign up for public comments will be open from 5:15pm - 6:15pm) - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION (5:30p.m.)
Recommended motion:  Move to adjourn to closed session to discuss the following matter according to the exceptions provided in the Open Meetings Act and specified as follows:
•2(c)(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 and
•2(c)(3) The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public body is given power to remove the occupant under law or ordinance and
•2(c)(5)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 and
•2(c)(9) Student disciplinary cases and
•2(c)(11) 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 shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.

3. RECESS

4. RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION

5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

6. FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND GOOD NEWS REPORTS

6.A Good News - Pepper Ridge Completion of Fencing Project

7. SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS

8. PUBLIC COMMENTS

9. REPORTS

9.A Excellence in Education Summit Report

9.B Discussion of IASB Resolutions

9.C 1st Reading of Board Policies, Administrative Procedures and Exhibits

9.C1 Section 2: Board of Education

9.C1a. Administrative Procedure 2.200-AP1 Types of School Board Meetings 

9.C1b. Exhibit 2.70-E1 Checklist for Filling Board Vacancy by Appointment

9.C1c. Exhibit 2.70-E2 Application to Fill Board of Education Vacancy

9.C2 Section 4: Operations

9.C2a. Policy 4.100 Insurance Management

9.C3 Section 6: Instruction

9.C3a. Administrative Procedure 6.20-AP1 Remote and or Blended Remote Learning Day Plan(s)

9.C3b. Policy 6.50 School Wellness

9.C3c. Policy 6.65 Student Social and Emotional Development 

9.C3d. Policy 6.100 Using Animals in the Educational Program

9.C3e. Exhibit 6.100-AP2 Guidelines for Using Animals in School Facilities

9.C3f. Exhibit 6.100-AP2, E1 Application for Using Animals in School Facilities for Educational Purposes

9.C3g. Exhibit 6.100-AP2, E2 Student Permission for Exposure to Animals

9.C3h. Policy 6.145 Migrant Students

9.C3i. Policy 6.180 Extended Instructional Programs

9.C4 Section 7: Students

9.C4a. Policy 7.100 Health, Eye, and Dental Examinations Immunizations and Exclusion of Students

9.C4b. Exhibit 7.220-E2 Student Long Term Bus Suspension (4-10 Days) Reporting Form

9.C4c. Policy 7.270 Administering Medicines to Students

9.D Requests for Information Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act
The District has received and processed the following requests for information:

9.D1 10.21.26 FOIA List

9.E Field Trips/Overnight Trips

9.E1 10.21.26 Overnight Trip Requests

10. ACTION

10.A Approve a 12 month full requirements natural gas transportation contract with NRG Business Marketing LLC and lock the gas price at $.36 per therm or lower

11. CONSENT AGENDA

11.A Approval of Minutes
Minutes are not released for public viewing until approved by the Board of Education

11.A1 09.16.26 Regular Minutes

11.A2 09.16.26 Closed Minutes

11.B Personnel Matters

11.C Payment of Bills and Payrolls

11.C1 Bills & Payroll Reports

11.D Approve Finance Department Reports

11.D1 August 2026 Financial Statements

11.E Approve Requests for Authorization to Use Fire Prevention and Safety Funds

11.E1 NCHS Amendment #49

11.F Approve Elementary Title I Schoolwide Plans 26-27

11.G Approve Semi-Annual Review of Closed Session Minutes of Meetings Lawfully Closed According to the Exceptions Provided in the Open Meetings Act

11.H Approve Destruction of Audio Recordings of Closed Minute Sessions from October 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025

11.I Appoint Patrick Mainieri as Delegate and Kentrica Coleman as Alternate to the IASB Delegate Assembly

11.J Student Activity Fund Establishments & Dissolutions

12. BOARD REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING REPORTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMENTS

13. ADJOURNMENT