June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Call to Order 

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

Declaration of Quorum

Audiences:
       Persons wishing to address the Board of Education are expected to follow School Board Policy 2:230

Approval of Minutes

Action - Approval for the May 21, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting Minutes

Action - Approval for the May 21, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting Executive Session Minutes

Interim Superintendent's Report - Dr. Brandon Cotter

Action - Approval for Statutory Required Six-Month Review of Closed Session Minutes and That All Closed Session Minutes Remain Closed Other Than Any Other Specific Minutes Discussed and Identified at this Meeting

Action - Approval for the Destruction of the Following Verbatim Closed Session Recordings Which Are Both At Least 36 Months Old and Of Which Separate Closed Session Written Minutes Have Been Previously Approved

May 16, 2022

April 18, 2022 - No Executive Session

March 28, 2022 - Special Board Meeting

March 21, 2022

February 16, 2022

January 18, 2022

Action - Approval for the Consolidated District Plan

Action - Approval for the Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Village of Summit and Argo Community High School Concerning the Engagement of the School Resource Officer for SY 2025-2026 

Action - Approval for the Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Village of Bedford Park and Argo Community High School Concerning the Engagement of the School Resource Officer for SY 2025-2026

Action - Approval for Administrator and At-Will Raises for FY 2025-2026

Information — FOIA 

The District received six FOIA requests and all have been fulfilled.

Information - Board Committee Minutes 

Finance Committee — May 21, 2025

Policy Committee - May 21, 2025

Human Resource Director's Report - Mr. Greg Dietz

Action - Approval of Press Plus Policies - Second Reading

Draft Updates - New

7:255 - Students Who Are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Domestic or Sexual Assault

Draft Updates

2:120-E2 Exhibit - Website Listing of Development and Training Completed by Board Members
2:240-E2 Exhibit - Developing Local Policy
2:260 - Uniform Grievance Procedure
4:15 - Identity Protection
4:80 - Accounting and Audits
4:130-E Exhibit - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services; Meal Change Notifications
5:10 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
5:20 - Workplace Harassment Prohibited
5:60 - Regulation of Employee Expenses
5:100 Staff Development Program
6:150 - Home and Hospital Instruction
6:235 - Access to Electronic Networks
6:250 - Community Resource Persons and Volunteers
7:10 - Equal Educational Opportunities
7:10-E Exhibit - Equal Educational Opportunities Within the School Community
7:20 - Harassment of Students Prohibited
7:60 - Residence
7:70 - Attendance and Truancy
7:180 - Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment
7:185 - Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
7:190 - Student Behavior
7:200 - Suspension Procedures
7:210 - Expulsion Procedures
7:250 - Student Support Services
7:270 - Administering Medicine to Students
7:315 - Restrictions on Publications; High Schools
7:340 - Student Records

Draft Updates - Rewritten

2:70-E Exhibit - Checklist for Filling Board Vacancies by Appointment
2:220-E2 Exhibit - Motion to Adjourn Closed Meeting
2:240-E1 Exhibit - PRESS Issue Updates
2:265 - Title IX Grievance Procedure
3:40-E Exhibit - Checklist for the Superintendent Employment Contract Negotiation Process

Review and Monitoring

2:50 - Board Member Term of Office
2:60 - Board Member Removal from Office
2:80 - Board Member Oath and Conduct
2:80-E Exhibit - Board Member Code of Conduct
2:125-E1 - Board Member Expense Reimbursement Form
2:125-E2 Exhibit - Board Member Estimated Expense Approval Form
2:140 - Communications To and From the Board
2:140-E Exhibit - Guidance for Board Member Communications, Including E-Mail Use
2:150 - Committees
2:160 - Board Attorney
2:250 - Access to District Public Records
4:20 - Fund Balance
4:40 - Incurring Debt
4:55 - Use of Credit and Procurement Cards
4:110 - Transportation
5:35 - Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act
5:40 - Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
5:60-E1 Exhibit - Employee Expense Reimbursement Form
5:60-E2 Exhibit - Employee Estimated Expense Approval Form
5:170 - Copyright
5:180 - Temporary Illness or Temporary Incapacity
5:290 - Resignation, Retirement, and Involuntary Separation
5:310 - Overtime Compensation/Compensatory Time-Off
6:10 - Educational Philosophy and Objectives
6:40 - Curriculum Development
6:110 - Programs for Students At Risk of Academic Failure and/or Dropping Out of School and Graduation Incentives Program
6:130 - Program for the Gifted
6:190 - Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Activities
6:210 - Instructional Materials
6:240 - Field Trips
7:170 - Vandalism
7:275 - Orders to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment
8:25 - Advertising and Distributing Materials in Schools Provided by Non-School-Related Entities
8:70 - Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities
8:95 Parental Involvement

Policy to Review for First Reading in June 2025

Policy 2:230 - Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings and Petitions to the Board

Assistant Superintendent for Finance – Dr. Joseph Rojek

Action - Approval for Resolution #24-25-R15 School District Accounts, Depositories, Custodians, and Signatures

Action - Approval for Property, Casualty, Auto, Umbrella Liability, Cyber, and Catastrophic Student Accident Insurance Renewal

Action - Approval for Lyons Township Treasurer Fees FY 2025

Action - Approval for the Transportation Bid Renewal for FY 2026-2030

Action - Approval for MOU of Shared Cost of SVPP Grant Between the Summit Police Department and ACHS District 217

Action - Retroactive Approval for Firewall Refresh

Action - Approval for Sprinkler System - Baseball Field Irrigation Project with Andrew McCann Lawn Sprinkler Company (retroactive)

Action - Approval for the ProPumps Equipment for Lift Station in Sports Complex (retroactive - emergency repair)

Action - Approval for Ramboll's Removal of Asbestos in the Commons 118 (10-Day Notice) (retroactive)

Action - Approval for Accounts Payable/Imprest for May 2025

Action - Approval for the Financial Report and Monthly Payroll for May 2025

Information - FY 2025 Argo School Fees Snapshot

President’s Report - Dr. Jennifer Grenier

Action - Approval to adjourn to Executive Session for the purposes of discussing:

The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body, or independent contractor, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee to determine its validity. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

Collective Bargaining - Collective negotiating matters and deliberations concerning salary schedules. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).

Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 5ILCS 120/2(c)(21)

Pending, probable or imminent litigation before a court or administrative tribunal.

 Action - Approval of Personnel Report for June 2025

Action - Approval of the Engagement of Law Firm to Conduct Uniform Grievance Investigation

Information

There were four articles published in the Desplaines Valley News and Patch.

Unfinished Business

New Business

Adjournment