September 24, 2026 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 August 20, 2026
Minutes of closed meeting held August 20, 2026 September Bills Payable August Treasurer's Report |
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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:
Derrick Rios will be in attendance so that we may recognize his accomplishment in being selected as the September Student of the Month.
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V.B. Hall of Fame Ceremony and Recognition **
Description:
Recommend approval of the Resolution recognizing Mr. Rich Becmer as a member of the Grant Community High School Hall of Fame. Recommend approval of the Resolution recognizing Mr. Lee Oler as a member of the Grant Community High School Hall of Fame. |
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V.C. NMSQT Commended Scholars and AP Scholars
Description:
Student results from last year’s National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and Advanced Placement testing are now public. Many Grant students achieved outstanding results, and their accomplishments have been acknowledged by the respective testing organizations. A brief report of these outstanding accomplishments will be presented.
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V.D. Board of Education: Professional Development Opportunities
Description:
The IASB Lake Division dinner meeting is being held on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 from 6:15 pm - 8:00 pm. Rae Clementz, Ed.D., of ISBE, will review Illinois’ recent unified proficiency standards and the new Profiles of Performance accountability system. If you are interested in learning more, please contact me. |
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V.E. Principal's Report
Description:
Mr. Schoell will give his monthly Principal's report.
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V.F. Student Representative’s Report
Description:
Bartek Chrupek will provide his 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. Overnight Travel **
Description:
The Theater Department is requesting to travel to the Illinois Theater Festival at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, January 7 to January 9, 2027. Approximately 34 students will attend with 3 chaperones. Costs paid by students are approximately $175.00. The District will cover the teacher and additional student costs, which are estimated to be $4,305.61.
The Speech Team is requesting an overnight stay to travel to a Varsity Speech Invitational to be held at Downers Grove South High School from January 22 to January 23, 2027. The majority of trip costs will be paid with activity funds, with the exception of competition fees, judge payments, and fuel costs. The cost to the District is estimated to be $800.00.
Recommend approval of the overnight travel requests as presented. |
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VII.B. Personnel **
Description:
Recommend the employment of the following individual(s):
Recommend the position change for the following individual:
Recommend accepting the resignation letters from the following individual(s):
Notification of an FMLA request from the following individual(s):
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VIII. Business Affairs
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VIII.A. Public Act 97-0256 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.47) Sec. 10-20.47
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Each school board shall report to the State Board of Education, on or before October 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the district superintendent and all administrators and teachers employed by the school district. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities and retirement enhancements. Prior to this annual reporting to the State Board of Education, the information must be presented at a regular school board meeting, subject to applicable notice requirements and then posted on the Internet website of the school district, if any. Please find the report for the 2025-2026 school year attached for your review.
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VIII.B. 2025-2026 Compensation Over $75,000 Report
Description:
Pursuant to a modification made to the Illinois Open Meetings Act (Public Act 97-0609), which took effect January 1, 2012, an IMRF-participating employer must post on its website the "total compensation package" for each employee having a "total compensation package" exceeding $75,000 per year. Under the law, "total compensation package" is defined as salary (all compensation paid to an employee for work done in the year), health insurance, housing allowance, vehicle allowance, clothing allowance, bonuses, loans, vacation days granted and sick days granted. IMRF has taken the position that this requirement applies to "all IMRF employers and their employees (including those not participating in IMRF)." Additionally, the Illinois Attorney General has agreed and advised that employers should abide by such an interpretation. This report is informational only and is required to be posted on our website within five days of passing the budget.
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VIII.C. 2026-2026 Administrative Salary/Benefits Report
Description:
Pursuant to Illinois Public Act 096-0434, on or before October 1st of each year, a school district must post on their website an itemized salary compensation report for every employee in the district holding an administrative certificate and working in that capacity. The salary compensation report shall include without limitation base salary, bonuses, pension contributions, retirement increases, the cost of health insurance, paid sick and vacation day payouts, annuities and any other form of compensation paid on behalf of the employee. As part of this public act, the report must be presented at a regular school board meeting and submitted to the regional superintendent of schools. Please find the report for the 2025-2026 school year attached for your review.
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IX. Other Business
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IX.A. FOIA
Description:
Three FOIA requests were fulfilled.
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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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XI. Action items from closed session discussion
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XI.A. Potential Board action regarding matters relating to individual students **
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XI.B. Potential Board action regarding matters relating to specific employees **
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XII. Adjourn
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