Public Meeting Agenda: September 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

I. Roll Call

II. Call to Order

III. Pledge

IV. Budget Hearing

Description:

Each year, the Board of Education is required to adopt a budget for the fiscal year and hold a budget hearing by September 30th. Prior to adopting the budget, a legal notice must be placed in a local circulation newspaper notifying the public of the tentative budget and the budget hearing. In addition, the proposed/tentative budget must be placed on public display for a minimum of 30 days. All these requirements have been met.

I have attached the updated state budget form, expenditure details, and revenue details. Both the expenditure and revenue details include all changes highlighted in red and green since the budget has been on display. This budget is comparable to last year, with a slight increase in expenditures due to increases in salary and insurance costs, as well as a slight decrease in revenues as interest and investment capital decline. The overall operating budget (education, O&M, transportation, and working cash) is projected to be a deficit spending plan for the upcoming year.

V. Communications

V.A. D91 Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

V.B. D91 Foundation

V.C. D91 Parent Athletic Association (PAA)

V.D. Invitation to Address the Board of Education.
Per policy 2:230 — Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petions to the Board.
During open meetings, members of the public may comment or ask questions, subject to the following rules:
Sign In: Use the sign-in sheet
Time Limit: Limit comments to 3 minutes per individual (longer periods require advance permission). Groups addressing the same topic are encouraged to designate a single spokesperson.
Decorum: Maintain respect and civility.

Description: Per Policy 2:230 - Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board
During each regular and special open meeting of the Board, any person may comment to or ask questions of the School Board (public participation), subject to the reasonable constraints established and recorded in this policy’s guidelines below. The Board listens to comments or questions during public participation; responses to comments to or questions of the Board are most often managed through policy 3:30, Chain of Command.
To preserve sufficient time for the Board to conduct its business, any person appearing before the Board is expected to follow these guidelines:

Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda and when recognized by the Board President. This includes following the directives of the Board President to maintain order and decorum for all.
Use a sign-in sheet, if requested.
Identify oneself and be brief. Ordinarily, the time for any one person to address the Board during public participation shall be limited to five minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when an individual has made a request to speak for a longer period of time, the Board President may allow a person to speak for more than five minutes. If multiple individuals wish to address the Board on the same subject, the group is encouraged to appoint a spokesperson.
Observe, when necessary and appropriate, the Board President’s authority to:
- Shorten the time for each person to address the Board during public participation to conserve time and give the maximum number of people an opportunity to speak; and/or b.
- Determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise covered in Board policy.
Conduct oneself with respect and civility toward others and otherwise abide by Board policy 8:30, Visitors to and Conduct on School Property.

Petitions or written correspondence to the Board shall be presented to the Board in the next regular Board packet.

VI. Approval of Consent Agenda
The Consent Agenda is a list of routine non-controversial items, which do not require further discussion and which are approved with one motion and one roll call vote. It is an effective procedure to handle routine matters on the agenda expeditiously. All consent items shall be listed with an asterisk(*) and will be enacted with one motion. However, any member of the Board of Education may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and discussed in its regular order.

VI.A. Approval of Minutes *

VI.B. Approval of Financial Reports

VI.B.1. Payment of Bills (online)*/ AP Check Register (online)*

VI.B.2. Monthly Financial Reports (on-line)*

VI.B.3. Activity Accounts*

VI.B.4. Treasurer's Report*

VI.B.5. Investment Report*

VI.B.6. Flexible Spending Account*

VI.C. FOIA Report *

VI.D. Suspension Report *

VII. Board Reports/Discussion Items

VII.A. Committee of the Whole Update

VII.B. PRESS Policy 122 First Read: Part 2

VII.C. Special Education Outplacement Review

Description: There are currently eight students in five outplacement settings. In addition, one LASEC student requires expanded vision services that require the engagement of New Lenox 122. In the past two weeks, two more students who require outplacements initiated registration; we expect those registrations to finalize in the next week. One student will be placed in a new outplacement and the other will attend an existing placement. As a result, the District will have 10 outpaced students and one student receiving contracted services within their LASEC placement.

The breakdown is:
School for Expressive Arts and Learning (SEAL) - 2 students - no approval/signature required - agreements uploaded for reference.

Guiding Light - 1 student - pending receipt of agreement; will update the board when received.

Menta - 1 current student and 1 newly enrolling student - pending receipt of agreement; will update the board when received.

Innovations Academy (Streamwod) - 1 newly enrolling student - pending receipt of agreement; will update the board when received.

Lincoln Way Area Special Education Cooperative (LWASE) - 1 student at Pioneer Grove & 2 students at SELF - Intergovernmental Agreement to be signed in action items tonight

Deaf and Hard of Hearing / Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education (DHH / SWCCCASE) - 1 student attending - Intergovernmental Agreement to be signed in action items tonight

New Lenox School District 122 - 1 LASEC student receiving Orientation and Mobility services - Intergovernmental Agreement to be signed in action items tonight

VII.D. Board Planning

Three Rivers Conference registration information
Joint Annual Conference reservations and courses
Fierce Conversations workshop confirmation

VII.E. Board Governance Discussion

Options for Opening Statement
August 4th BOE Workshop Items - Updated Board Agreements
Revised Board of Education Public Comment Handout
Board Member Contact Information
Board Member Event Sign Up
Updated Board Public Notice and Committee Document
Feedback on Reflection form from Kerry Gurklies

VII.F. Election Petition Packets

VIII. Administrative Reports

VIII.A. Student Growth through Programming

Description: ELA Pilot Program, Middle School ELA Implementation & Academic Intervention supports

VIII.B. Staff Development & Accomplishments

Description: Update on Evaluwise Overhaul and Professional Development Plan, including Mandated Training compliance for all certified and support personnel.

VIII.C. Relationships and Communication

Description: Hive Hub and Pulse Survey results

VIII.D. Use of Financial Resources

Description: Sixth Day Enrollment Report: diagnostic analysis of grade cohort trends. The Annual Audit and Annual Financial Report (AFR) for FY27 is being prepared by Gassensmith & Michalesko, LTD; will be on October agenda. We will prepare the Annual Teacher and Administrator Salary & Benefit Report (SY27) for public posting.

VIII.E. Culture & Climate

IX. Action Items

IX.A. Acceptance of Donations

Description:

RECOMMENDATION

It is my recommendation that the District 91 Board of Education approve the donations of student-provided books and community-provided supply backpacks.

IX.B. Adopt/Ratify the Annual District Budget for Fiscal Year 2027

Description:

RECOMMENDATION
To adopt/ratify the budget for the 2027 fiscal year as presented.

BACKGROUND
Each year, the Board of Education is required to adopt a budget for the fiscal year. The Board of Education reviewed and provided feedback regarding the proposed tentative budget in August 2026.

The proposed/tentative budget was placed on public display (office and web page) for 30+ days. A legal notice was placed in the Herald News notifying the public of the proposed/tentative budget and budget hearing.

The budget being recommended has estimated Operating Fund revenues of $8,962,224 and expenditures of $10,304,441.

IX.C. Approve Natural Gas and Electricity Contracts

Description:

RECOMMENDATION

It is my recommendation that the District 91 Board of Education approve the updated natural gas and electricity contract to change the authorized official from Kathleen Wilkey to Jaime Koziol.

IX.D. Second Reading and Adoption of Part 1: Press 122 Policies

Description:

RECOMMENDATION

To adopt the updated and revised policies documented in the attachments, as discussed during the first reading at the August 2026 Board of Education meeting.

IX.E. Approve Personnel Report

Description:

IX.F. Approve Superintendent Goals & Indicators for the 2026-27 School Year.

Description: RECOMMENDATION:
It is my recommendation that the Board of Education approve the Superintendent's Goals & Indicators for the 2026-27 School Year, as discussed in the Committee of the Whole on September 8, 2026.

IX.G. Approve Intergovernmental Agreements

Description: RECOMMENDATION:
It is my recommendation that the Board of Education approve the following intergovernmental agreements:

Lincolnway Area Special Education Cooperative (LWASE) for programming for three (3) students
Southwest Cook County Cooperative Intergovernmental Agreement for programming for one (1) student
New Lenox School District 122 Intergovernmental Agreement for programming for one (1) LASEC student.

X. Informational Items

X.A. Media

X.B. Correspondence

X.C. Legislative Report

X.D. Upcoming Dates and Events

X.E. Calendars and Communications

X.F. Corrected Demographic Report

X.G. Full Policy Manual

XI. Closed Session

Description: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the District or legal counsel for the District, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee or against legal counsel for the District to determine its validity. [1] 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 the [the Open Meetings Act]. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), as amended by P.A. 99-646

XII. Adjournment

September 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

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