May 18, 2026 at 6:00 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 recognize the outgoing student school board representatives and welcome the newly appointed representatives.
2025-2026: Ava Graditor, Roohee Patil, Andrew Trob (LHS); Olivia Bush, Ashva Ramesh, Annika Talaty (VHHS)
2026-2027: Taylor Galivan, Gilbert Liandisha, Misha Rahman (VHHS); Mia Abraham, Mary Minogue, Reese Werba (LHS)

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:  Foundation Chair Erica Rendall will share an update on the Foundation.

Description:  Teacher Union President or designee will share a report.

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Educational Support Professionals (ESP) Union President or designee will share a report.

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

Description:  FOIA requests received since last month's report: 9.

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

Description:  We have a few transfer resolutions for the Board to approve in June. The draft versions are attached and below is an explanation of each one. There are very strict rules about being able to transfer funds between funds.
Interest Transfer from Working Cash to Ed Fund
This is an annual transfer that we approve this time of year. State law allows any interest generated in the Working Cash fund to be transferred to the fund most in need rather than stay in the Working Cash fund. Once the fiscal year is done, then the only way to get the cash out is to either abate or abolish the Working Cash Fund.
Fund Transfer from Ed Fund to O&M Fund
This is a special transfer that we are doing due to the LHS Cafeteria Project. As we are paying for that project with our fund balance, we need to transfer the funds into the right ones to pay for it. The O&M fund is the proper place for the funds to be as they will be auto transferred to zero out the Capital Projects fund at the end of the year. We are intending to transfer $4,600,000. This transfer requires a public hearing and proper notice before it can be approved. The hearing is scheduled for the June 22nd meeting, the same night as the resolution approval. This is a very common transfer school districts utilize. We have done a transfer similar to this for the past two years.
Working Cash Abatement
The Working Cash fund balance is also being used to pay for the LHS Cafeteria Project. This fund is a bit different in that you cannot transfer like you can with the Ed and O&M funds. You have to either abate or abolish it. Abating is how the funds are transferred. There is no hearing required, just board approval. There is a requirement that the Working Cash fund have a balance of at least 0.05% of our EAV. Our most recent EAV is 3,948,389,348, which would put the minimum balance at $1,974,194.67. We currently have a balance of 4,552,241.79, and so we can transfer $2,578,047.12. We will abate $2,500,000. This type of transfer is less common. The last time we abated the Working Cash fund was in 2022.

Description:  The Board will discuss topics for the summer Board retreat.

Description:  See the attached update on the delay of the VHHS Pool HVAC Replacement Project.

Description:  Please see the attached report on the Site Accessibility Review and recommendations.

Description:  The FY27 budget hearing previously scheduled for June 15, 2026, has been rescheduled to June 22, 2026. Final adoption of the FY27 budget is also shifting from June to July or August to allow additional time for budget development and review.

Description:  Discuss the timeline, dates, and process of filling the vacany.

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.  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:  Meeting Minutes from April 16, 2026, April 23, 2026, April 30, 2026, May 7, 2026.

Description:  1. D128 ASA/AAPI to Japan/South Korea 7/2027
2. LHS Boys Basketball to Wisconsin Team Camp 6/2026
3. VHHS Boys Wrestling to Wisconsin Dells 6/2026
4. VHHS Scratching Post to Orlando, FL 11/2026

Description:  See attached reports

Description:  Due to the vacancy in the office of Vice President, the Board must elect a new Vice President. The President will accept nominations for the position. If more than one nomination is received, a vote will be taken to elect the Vice President.

Description:  Approval of a reciprocal reporting agreement between the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Community High School District 128 regarding the sharing of information related to certain student criminal offenses, as permitted by law and reviewed by legal counsel.

Description:  For the past two years, we have worked with Libertyville School District 70 on sharing Physical Therapy services. Libertyville 70 employs a physical therapist, and we reimburse our portion of the FTE that we use. Each year we review and consider renewing the agreement. Our current year portion is 0.2 FTE. We recommend continuing with this arrangement at the current 0.2 FTE level for the 2026-27 school year. The cost would be approximately $28,000.

Description:  This time of year we update our agreement with Rise Aquatics for the use of our facilities. We recommend approval of this agreement that keeps the services the same as this year. The financial increase is also continuing with our current methodology of a CPI increase, which would be 2.9% for this coming year. We are able to review this and adjust it in the future should both parties desire to.

Description:  Lake County, like many municipalities, requires that developers make contributions to local government bodies (e.g. schools, libraries, etc.). Lake County is fine with local government bodies entering into separate, private, agreements with developers. However, Lake County wants assurance that, if they get sued because of anything related to this private agreement (that Lake County is not a part of), that the district will indemnify (i.e. pay for the legal defense) for Lake County. In order to allow for these private agreements, Lake County requires an annual indemnification agreement. This has been reviewed by legal and is good to go.

Description:  Included is the treasurer's bond for approval. Per State law, the bonding needs to be "no less than 10% of the amount of all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and effects of which he is to have the custody as measured on the final day of the school district's most recent fiscal year."(105 ILCS 5/8-2). Our FY25 fiscal year's end cash was $99,541,628. This means we need at least $99,541,628. Our current bond amount is $11 million, and I recommend keeping it at $11 million for FY27. The total cost of the bond will be $6,600.00, which is the same as FY26.

Description:  A few months ago, we were notified that Miller Cooper, our long-time auditing firm, decided to discontinue their school district auditing services.
We issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) and received five (5) proposals from reputable firms. After careful review of the proposals and interviewing three firms, we are recommending that the district engage with Baker Tilly US, LLP for auditing services.
Baker Tilly demonstrated a strong understanding of school district operations, a practical and thoughtful approach to auditing, and a commitment to provide both appropriate accountability and meaningful support to the District. In addition, Baker Tilly is widely used by peer districts in the area and is highly regarded by professional references.
Included is their proposal and the FY26 audit engagement agreement. The fees for the FY26 audit are estimated at $68,250, which is a bit less than our FY25 audit ($72,250).

Description:  The Board of Education must review and approve the 2026-27 Consolidated District Plan (CDP) which describes the coordination of federal grant funds for our district.   Once approved, the District 128 administration can begin to apply for federal grants for the 2026-27 school year.

Description:  At last month's Board of Education Meeting the list of proposed textbooks for adoption in the 26-27 school year was presented for review.  The Board of Education will need to approve these texts.  Once approved, the District will begin the formal purchase process so that the texts are available to students at the start of the school year in August.

Description:  The attached memo is the updated recommendation for the Educational Support Professional (ESP) Staffing for the 2026-27 school year.

Description:  The administration recommends approval of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Libertyville High School/Vernon Hills High School Federation of Teachers regarding family health insurance contributions. The proposed cost-neutral MOA allows eligible families to apply the Board contribution amounts associated with the Employee Only and Employee + Children tiers toward Family coverage under the same insurance plan.

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

Description:  There may be 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:  Executive Board Member Wes Polen may have information to share related to ED-RED.

Description:  Board members and District Administration may propose future agenda items.
June 22, 2026:
-Public Hearing on the FY 27 Budget
-Public Hearing on Fund Transfer
-Social Media Information
-Board Discussion Administrator Salaries (summer)
-Semi-annual review of closed session minutes
-FY2027 IASB Member Dues
-School Resource Officer Agreements (SRO)
-June 30th Bills Payable
-Groot Contract
-Fund Transfers
-VHHS Athletic Training

Description:  The Board will convene in closed session to discuss:
1. Employment of Employees 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)
2. The selection of a person to fill a vacancy on the school board 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(3)

Description:  The Board will reconvene in open session.

Description:  The meeting will adjourn.