November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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I. Call to Order
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II. Pledge of Allegiance
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III. Roll Call
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IV. Consent Agenda **
Description:
Minutes of regular meeting held October 16, 2025
Minutes of closed meeting held October 16, 2025 November Bills Payable October Treasurer's Report Destruction of closed meeting audio recording from May 16, 2024 |
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V. Superintendent’s Report – Recognition and Informational Items
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V.A. Student Recognition: Student of the Month
Description:
Myles Foreman will be in attendance so that we can recognize his accomplishments in being selected as the November Student of the Month.
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V.B. Staff Recognition: Excellence in Education
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Emily Weber will be in attendance to recognize her receipt of the first quarter Excellence in Education Award.
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V.C. Board of Education Member Recognition
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November 15 marks School Board Member Day in Illinois. This year's School Board Member Day theme is "The Heart of Local Education." On behalf of the entire Bulldog community, we thank you for dedicating yourselves to providing a local voice for our community's educational decisions. We appreciate your commitment to Grant Community High School District 124, and we thank you!
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V.D. School Report Card
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School Report Cards were released on October 30, 2025. The District 124 Report Card and other related resources have been provided for your review. I will highlight the Report Card results with a presentation.
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V.E. Calendar 2026/27 DRAFT
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A draft of the 2026/27 calendar is being provided for your review. This draft has been shared with our feeder districts for consideration. If this calendar is approved, back-to-school institute days would take place on August 10 and 11, with the first day of student attendance on Wednesday, August 12, and the last day, if no emergency days are used, would be Thursday, May 20. Seniors will complete classes the week prior, with graduation taking place on Sunday, May 16, 2027. Homecoming 2026 will take place the week of September 14, and I am happy to report that it is the same week as our regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting; therefore, there is no need to change our meeting to align with the Hall of Fame induction. A final calendar will be presented to you in December.
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V.F. Joint Annual Conference/IASB Resolutions Committee Report
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The IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference is just a week away. Included in your packet is a link to the Resolutions Comittee Report that will be discussed at the IASB Delegate Assembly. Ivy Fleming will represent the Board of Education at the Delegate Assembly on Satureday, November 22, and will provide an update on resolutions being considered. An envelope including conference information and ID badges will be available at the meeting. Conference details, including time and location of sessions, can be found at https://www.iasb.com/conference/.
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V.G. Principal's Report
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Mr. Schoell will give his monthly Principal's report.
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V.H. Student Representative's Report
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Izzy Ellington will provide her monthly report.
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VI. Public Comment
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VII. Superintendent’s Report – Action Items
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VII.A. Curriculum Guide Modifications 2026/27 **
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Three curriculum guide modifications were requested following the October Board of Education meeting. These relatively minor, but important, changes include: removing freshmen enrollment into Introduction to Team Sports, allowing juniors to enroll in EDU 124, and documenting that AP Business qualifies for the Consumer Education graduation requirement.
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VII.B. Overnight Travel **
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The Speech Team is requesting an overnight stay to travel to a Sectionals tournament to be held at Freeport High School on February 14, 2026. The majority of the trip costs will be paid with activity funds, with the exception of chaperone and fuel costs. The cost to the district is estimated to be $400.00.
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VII.C. Personnel **
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Recommend the employment of the following individual(s):
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VIII. Business Affairs
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VIII.A. Property Tax Relief Grant
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One part of the new evidenced-based funding from the stat of Illinois that began in fiscal year 2019, is a property tax relief grant. The state has not funded the Property Tax Relief Grant in FY26. Information from the Illinois State Board of Education's website regarding this is enclosed.
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VIII.B. School Maintenance Project Grant **
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The Illinois State Board of Education has opened up the School Maintenance Project Grant. The School Maintenance Project Grant is a dollar-for-dollar state matching grant program providing awards up to $50,000 to grantees, exclusively for the maintenance or upkeep of buildings or structures for educational purposes. There is no limit to the cost of a project; however, grant awards will not exceed $50,000. We are planning to utilize these funds to assist with five HVAC projects we have, which include: front office area, athletic/training room area, red hallway first and second floors, the transportation building and the transition center/district office.
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VIII.C. Fiscal Year 2024/25 Audit and Annual Financial Report (AFR)
Description:
I wanted to update you on the status of our FY 2024/25 Audit and AFR. We require a Single Audit to be performed because we expend over $750,000 of federal grants in a fiscal year. The 2025 Compliance Supplement has not been finalized and released by the Office of Management and Budget. With the federal government shutdown, the auditors do not know when this will be issued. Due to this delay, the auditor will not be able to issue our single audit report until the 2025 Compliance Supplement is released. I am in contact with the auditors. We have provided them with everything they need from us, so as soon as they are able to complete the Single Audit, I will let you know.
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IX. Other Business
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FOIA
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IX.A. FOIA
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X. Closed Session
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X.A. Student disciplinary cases 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(9) **
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X.B. Other matters relating to individual students 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(10) **
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X.C. The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(1) **
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X.D. Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives 5 ILCS 120/2 (c)(2)
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XI. Action items from closed session discussion
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XI.A. Potential Board action regarding students **
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XI.B. Potential Board action regarding personnel **
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XII. Adjourn
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