November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

Description:  The Board President or designee will review the agenda.

Description:  Students will be recognized for their academic, athletic and extracurricular achievements.

Description:  The Board will accept public comment related to current agenda topics or other items limited to three minutes (time may not be ceded to another). Anyone wishing to speak is asked to complete the sign-up sheet provided at the meeting. The Board, typically, will listen, but not respond. When called upon, citizens are asked to come forward to the podium to provide their comments. Visit this link for complete guidelines for public participation.

Description:  Student School Board Representatives will report on current activities in their buildings.

Description:  FOIA requests received and acted on since last month's report: 12

Description:  The Superintendent will acknowledge awards, honors and recognition earned by students and staff and other items of interest or necessity.

Description:  The consent agenda includes items that are routinely approved by the Board with a single motion - minutes, destruction of closed session recordings, educational tour requests, employment matters, disposal of obsolete capital equipment, bills payable, and financial reports. These items have gone through Board committee review and recommendation. Documentation concerning these items has been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any Board member.

Description:  Closed Session minutes remain in the closed file.

Description:  Closed session minutes remain in the closed file.

Description:  Closed session minutes remain in the closed file.

Description:  1. LHS Girls Gymnastics to Camp Duncan Ingleside, IL 11/2025
2. D128 Summer School: Drama & Literature to New York 6/2025

Description:  Policy 4:80 requires board approval for the disposal of district property for anything beyond diminutive value. Please see attached.

Description:  See attached reports

Description:  During the school year, there are a few weeks with Monday holidays (Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day). For these weeks, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), staff that work evening events may not be subject to overtime rates, as the holiday doesn't count toward the 40-hour work week. 
Both Libertyville High School and Vernon Hills High School will schedule athletic contests where campus safety is needed to help supervise the event. In order to properly staff the event, the weekend salary rates for campus safety, currently in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, will be extended for the Friday night events.

Description:  We are proposing a comprehensive security and emergency planning assessment to ensure our schools’ safety procedures and facilities are aligned with current best practices. This assessment will evaluate physical security measures at Libertyville High School, Vernon Hills High School, and the Transition Pathways, and will consolidate individual Emergency Response Manuals into one cohesive district-wide plan to improve consistency and preparedness.

Description:  Each year the Board of Education reviews and votes on the course proposals and revisions that are generated by the staff.   

Description:  The School Maintenance Project Grant (SMPG) is a dollar-for-dollar matching grant program for up to $50,000. The funds must be used for the maintenance or upkeep of buildings or structures for educational purposes. Ongoing operational costs, including labor, cannot be included. SMPG's were first introduced in 2012 and have been consistently offered since FY22. 

In order to access the $50,000, the district has to a minimum $100,000 project (i.e. the district pays $50,000 and the state pays $50,000). After approval, the districts have two years to expend the funds. For projects to be eligible, (1) the work must not have started and (2) the funds must not have been obligated by the date of the application. In other words, the district cannot use a current project.

The proposal for this project is to do the VHHS pool air handler, which is on our tentative list of summer 2026 projects. This project is estimated at $1.45 million. This is NOT approval for the project; that would still need to be fully designed and bid. Attached are the grant application documents.

Description:  Included are the resolutions for approval. The worksheet detailing more numbers is also included. Nothing has changed from the prior meetings.

Description:  The ISBE School Report Card is the state's annual public snapshot of every school and district, reporting student achievement and growth, school climate, graduation rates, college- and career-readiness, and other state-set indicators of school performance. Tonight’s presentation will summarize the categories and data ISBE uses to determine each school’s summative designation, highlight our strengths, and pinpoint priorities for continuous improvement.

Description:  Board members may provide general comments or report on events.

Description:  Delegate Batson may have information to report on activities related to the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB).

Description:  Delegate Austin may have information to report on activities related to the Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL).

Description:  Board members and District Administration may propose future agenda items.
December 8, 2025 - P&P Meeting:
  - Special Education Presentation
December 8, 2025 - F&F Meeting:
  - FY27 Budget Preparation Resolution

Description:  The Board will convene in closed session to discuss the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters relating to individual students 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10) and collective negotiating matters - 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).

Description:  The Board will reconvene in open session.