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Community Unit School District 200 Board of Education met Nov. 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

ROLL CALL

Upon the roll being called, the following were present:

Board Members: Mr. Brad Paulsen 

Mrs. Chris Crabtree 

Mr. Rob Hanlon 

Mrs. Susan Booton 

Mrs. Ginna Ericksen 

Mr. Dave Long

Mr. Jim Mathieson

Also in Attendance: Dr. Jeff Schuler, Superintendent

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Board President Brad Paulsen led the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.

COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOST SCHOOL - POSTPONED

Due to the Tier 2 mitigation strategies for the region, the presentation scheduled with Bower Elementary School Principal Bridget Moore was postponed until a future meeting.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA

None

STATEMENT FROM BOARD PRESIDENT

We have very important agenda items tonight, however, we have adjusted our normal Board Agenda to move the Oral Reports ahead of our three Action Items for people who may be watching the live stream. As we all know, a lot has changed in our community (and our County) over the last several weeks as relates to Covid-19. This report will provide an update of our Covid-19 Dashboard with data through November 10th, as well as additional information on the 2020-21 school year – and actions in the near term.

PUBLIC COMMENTS – Procedures for Public Comments for November 11, 2020

Due to the ongoing pandemic and continued interest in news and discussion on the District’s

plans for the balance of the 2020-21 school year, we are again temporarily amending our public comment procedures for this meeting to allow comments to be emailed to the Board and acknowledged in the meeting.

In accordance with Board Policy 2:230, will typically allow members of the public attending in person will have the opportunity to make public comments during this meeting. However, early this morning DuPage County was moved to Tier 2 Mitigation. As a result, we are required to amend our Public Comment procedures tonight. This was communicated by the District the morning of November 10, 2020.

Community members who wanted to provide comments to the Board of Education had the opportunity to send an email to the Board between the posting of this Agenda and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. All Board Members received and read these emails.

It was noted on the posted agenda that these emails were to include in the subject line that they were intended for acknowledgment at the November 11, 2020 Board of Education Meeting.

The Board had received public comment emails from the following individuals that were specifically noted for acknowledgment during the meeting.

Emails Sent By:   Virginia Seng

Clint Fransen

Kathy Garazin

Gina Friebel

Kelly Wiedeman

Sarah Boecker

Tiffany Hunter

Dave and Mary Schroeder John Oltman

Amy Schmerold

Topic:                  Reopening Feedback

Emails Sent By:  Jason Snart

Topic:                  Remote Learning

Emails Sent By:  Sarah Allison

Topic:                  Jefferson PTA Donation

Emails Sent By:  Michelle Graham Stacia Keegan

Topic:                  Camera On Policy/Mandate

The emails were acknowledged, but not read, and documented in the public comment log.

SUPERINTENDENT REPORT

Dr. Schuler reported the following:

 Acknowledgment of today, November 11, being Veterans Day and while the schools were not able to thank and acknowledge our Veterans in person, D200 schools did recognize Veterans Day in different ways.

 Board Member Appreciation Day is November 15 – proclamations were read at both the Wheaton and Warrenville City Council Meetings earlier this week.

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Acceptance of Gift from Jefferson Early Childhood Center PTA – Recommend acceptance of a gift from Jefferson ECC PTA as presented.

2. Acceptance of Gift from Body One Products to CUSD 200 – Recommend acceptance of a gift from Body One Products to CUSD 200 as presented.

3. Approval of Lexia Learning Software Licenses – Recommend approval of Lexia Learning Software licenses as presented.

4. Approval of COVID-19 Emergency Contract Amendment with Organic Life, LLC – Recommend approval of COVID-19 emergency contract amendment with Organic Life, LLC as presented.

5. Approval of the Execution of a Letter of Intent for Performance Contracting Services – Recommend approval of the execution of a letter of intent for performance contracting services as presented.

6. Approval of Bills Payable and Payroll – Recommend approval of the bills payable and payroll as presented.

7. Approval of Minutes – October 14, 2020, Open, October 28, 2020, Committee of the Whole Open, and Approval to Destroy Recordings of Closed Sessions Prior to June 2019 As Allowable by Law – Recommend approval of the minutes as presented and approval to destroy recordings of closed sessions prior to June 2019 as allowable by law.

8. Approval of Personnel Report to Include Employment, Resignation, Retirement, and Leave of Absence of Administrative, Certified, Classified, and Non-Union Staff – Recommend approval of the personnel report as presented.

There were questions and/or discussion on the following:

 #1 – Jefferson PTA Gift: a huge thank you to the Jefferson PTA for the generous donation exceeding $66,000 toward the all-inclusive playground. This represents the first round of donations targeted for the playground project.

 #5 – Letter of Intent for Performance Contracting Services: thank you to Dr. Schuler and staff for tweaks on the performance contracting agreement.

MOTION

Member Booton moved, Member Ericksen seconded to accept the Consent Agenda as presented. Upon a roll call vote being taken, the vote was: AYE 7, NAY 0.

The motion carried 7-0.

ORAL REPORTS

Update on COVID-19 Dashboard and 20-21 School Year

The 2020-2021 school year resumed on September 1st, consistent with adjustments that were made to the District 200 Reopening Plan on August 14th. Elementary students began the school year with the option of in-person instruction on a modified day or the Virtual Academy. Middle and High School (MS and HS) students started the year remotely. Beginning October 13th, middle and high school students began the transition back to the hybrid model.

Since the beginning of the 2020 school year, an update on health data related to COVID-19 cases and quarantines has been provided at each Board of Education Meeting. An updated report of this data was given based upon our current dashboard, feedback from community health partners, and experience in our schools.

Dr. Schuler shared a PowerPoint Reopening Plan Update, which included information on the following:

 Current Learning Plans

o Early Childhood/Elementary/Transition Center 

o Middle and High Schools

 County Rates

o DuPage COVID-19 School Metrics (week ending 10/31/2020)

o Encourage DuPage Superintendents to consider individual school-level factors when making the decision for their school community 

 Individual School Level Factors

o Case and Outbreak Activity

o Specific disease trends and distribution – evidence of school spread o Ability of the school to implement key mitigation efforts

o Staff absenteeism

o Student absenteeism

o Ability to contact trace confirmed or probable cases

 Case or Outbreak Activity by Week by Level (EC/Elementary, MS, HS/Transition)

o Students with positive tests

o Maximum # of students quarantined in a day due to close contact with a positive case

o Staff with positive tests

o Maximum # of staff quarantined in a day due to close contact with a positive case

 Case or Outbreak Activity – School

o Positive confirmed cases thru 11/11/20 (am) for students and staff by school

 Evidence of School Transmission

o Through contact tracing, each confirmed or probable case is traced to determine source of transmission.

o To date, linked student cases have been connected through family (multiple students in the same household) or activity outside of school.

o One staff case has been linked to school contact.

o IDPH has recently started to collect and report data on transmission.

 Staff Absences

o Staff required to be out due to quarantine, isolation child care, or waiting for test results for themselves or family member o Unfilled substitute positions

 Student Absences

o Percent of In-Person Students Present by Level – HS, MS, EC/Elementary

o Number of MS hybrid students requesting a transfer to Virtual Academy (VA) at the trimester

 Contact Tracing Challenges - Elementary (EC, Grades K-5) and Secondary (Grades 6-12)

o # of classrooms and teachers

o Extra-curriculars

o If applicable – bus, specialists, outside of school

o # of family cases individual schools may be dealing with in a single day

 Summary Dashboard – District 200 Factors

 Recommendation

o Implement adaptive pause at MS and HS levels

 Review status at December 9 BOE Meeting

o Continue with in-person learning at Elementary, Early Childhood (EC), Transition Center, and specialized instructional programs for students with disabilities

 Continue to review school-level factors each week

 If adaptive pause is needed, every effort will be made to provide parents with notice a week in advance of the pause 

 Additional Information

o All MS and HS students will follow the same remote schedule used at the start of the school year

o Families of students from the MS and HS specialized instructional programs will follow the same schedule used at the start of the school year

o Students in the Transition program will follow the same schedule used at the start of the school year 

There was additional information/comments on the following:

 There has been a lot of different feedback, thoughts, and perspectives that have been communicated to the Board. Navigating through this territory this year has been unchartered for District 200, as well as every school district in the state and around the country.

 The importance of banding together to move forward and navigate through this pandemic.

 The DuPage County Return to School Framework which was introduced this summer and is updated weekly has turned increasingly red (substantial level).

 Zipcode-specific data has also been tracking similar and in some cases higher levels in D200 zip codes.

 District 200 COVID-19 dashboard is updated weekly on Wednesdays.

 Students that are quarantined will generally be quarantined for up to fourteen days – the dashboard data is reflecting the general impact of disease trends in terms of students that are not in a position to come into school.

 MS and HS data did not track students until the return to in-person learning (four weeks of data).

 Staff Absences – unfilled substitute positions do not mean that classrooms are not being covered, but are having to shift something internally and/or maybe using multiple teachers to cover positions.

 The student attendance rate at the HS level has steadily dropped (the percentage of students that were signed up for in-person learning and should have been showing up on the hybrid days that were not in person). This does not include the full remote students.

 Attendance rates have also dropped at the MS level.

 175 students that were signed up for Virtual Academy (VA) at the Elementary level have requested to come back to the in-person experience at the trimester, and 15 in-person students have requested to change to VA.

 Substitutes are provided for VA staff if needed.

 Contact tracing at the Elementary level is focused on individual homeroom/classroom teacher, as well as any applicable specialists, bus, and outside activities; at the secondary level contact tracing involves multiple classroom periods and multiple teachers, as well as extracurriculars, and bus or outside activities if applicable.

 The need to complete contact tracing within 24 hours.

 On the D200 summary dashboard, up until last week, each of the indicators were at the green level.

 Regarding staff absenteeism – not blaming the staff. If a staff member is experiencing any symptoms, they need to stay home and pursue testing.

 There is a lot of concern over what is going to happen in terms of virus transmission between Thanksgiving and the Winter Break time.

 Weekly dashboard analysis will continue to be tracked and evaluated to see if we need to take an adaptive pause at those levels that will remain in-person.

 Mitigation levels have not applied to schools statewide. Should the state move back to Phase 3 of the reopen plan based on the statewide data, that would move the District to full remote learning.

 The steep climb in the community data and the need to see the trend flatten or turn in the other direction before a recommendation to return to in-person or hybrid at the secondary level.

There were comments and/or questions on the following:

 Every decision that has been made comes with the impact of the decision – affecting the students and staff of the district, as well as the community.

 HS – absences of in-person students related to quarantine situation vs. students choosing not to attend in-person and be virtual on their given onsite day.

 Will the recommendation to take an adaptive pause at the secondary level help address the number of unfilled substitute positions?

 Concern about the elementary numbers rising and the decision to stay with in-person learning at this level.

 Clarification on the staff absence numbers and the potential reasons why a staff member would be out vs. the staff quarantine numbers on the dashboard and those that are specifically out on quarantine (an indicator of disease activity).

 IDPH Decision Tree and the use of the “rapid test”.

 Notification practices if there is a positive case in a classroom at the Elementary level and the MS/HS level. Letters are sent out after the contact tracing is complete.

 The rationale for keeping elementary in-person and MS taking an adaptive pause when there is not a large difference in the numbers. The modality of instruction at the secondary level was noted.

 The social and emotional aspects of in-person vs remote learning.

 Scheduling and bell schedules – current vs recommendation and the rationale for the change. Input from teachers feeling strongly about that opportunity to have daily points where they could interact with students outside of the class to provide support and to be able to answer questions.

 Timeline for students that chose to go from virtual to the hybrid model at the elementary level

 Concern over removing “choice” at the MS and HS levels, while the same percentages exist at all three levels.

 HS absences – if a student is quarantining, are they joining livestream of classes? Are there huge absences or are they just changing where they want to learn from (in-person vs. virtual)? Both HS have reported seeing a daily downward trend for those showing up for in-person instruction.

 Tracking of absences – creating more work for teachers/staff? There is planning of lessons based on the number of students in person and remote. If this changes significantly, it can impact the lesson that was planned and create challenges.

 Teaching remotely vs in person if quarantining and the use of a substitute in the classroom.

 Notably higher substitute shortage than in normal times and the impact on teachers that are having to cover classrooms.

 DuPage County dashboard vs IDPH recommendation – mixed messages.

 Feedback regarding VA bell schedule changes – particularly with 6th-grade students and the need for consistent schedule; feedback on asynchronous learning.

 What has worked and what did not work well with regard to this year? Is there a different solution that could be better?

 Is the District considering the livestream option at the MS level to offer more synchronous options? Are there cost factors, developmentally not age-appropriate?

 What are the metrics that would make the District open back up?

 The need to consider a weekly checkpoint regarding data.

 Additional migration procedures to consider to keep kids and staff in schools.

 Definition of surveillance testing and the different versions that are available to consider.

 Information regarding surveillance testing will be brought to the Board at the December meeting.

 Thinking “out of the box” as much as possible to benefit our students.

 The impact of continuing to shift the instructional modality and landscape for staff as well as for students and families.

 In the end, it does not matter how we are transmitting COVID if we can’t keep all of the kids in the classrooms with teachers to teach them.

 There is no good answer in any of this and there are multiple opinions.

 The number of unfilled teaching positions due to staff that is quarantining is a systemic problem in education.

 The reason the District started the in-person opportunity at the EC, elementary level, and transition center, is the recognition of that model and the cohort experience in the model, the simplicity of variables, as well as the guidance received to prioritize our youngest learners and special populations.

While not listed as formal action, Board Members were asked whether the plan was supported as recommended. The consensus was to support the recommendation from the Administration to take an adaptive pause at the secondary level.

Additionally, an update was provided on the status of IHSA basketball following the conflicting information provided by IHSA and the Governor/IDPH/ISBE. There was additional information/comments on the following:

 From the beginning of this, the District has operated extracurriculars in the confines of what the IDPH and IHSA have allowed. In circumstances where the two entities have jointly approved specific activities, D200 would continue to operate those activities consistent with that guidance.

 There has been conflicting guidance between IHSA and IDPH regarding basketball being played. An update was received from IHSA before tonight’s meeting that indicated the two organizations would be meeting again on November 19 in an attempt to work out the conflicting guidance, while recommending that schools adhere to the IDPH guidelines until the meeting takes place. As a result, the Board of control of the DuKane conference (includes six school districts made up of eight high schools) has not recommended moving forward with a competitive season until the two organizations agree.

 It would be unwise for the District to move forward until that has been reconciled.

ACTION ITEMS

Adoption of the 2020 Levy

The School Code empowers the Board of Education to levy taxes to support the public school system. This is an annual process. If the tentative levy request exceeds 105% of the previous year's aggregate extension, public notice and hearing are needed before the official levy is adopted. The Board of Education is limited to an increase no greater than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the previous year under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL or "tax cap").

Annually, the Board of Education reviews a levy proposal prepared by the Administration. The levy proposal was previously discussed with the Board Finance Committee. The recommended levy, which provides for a 3.99% increase, is listed below.

Although the proposed levy increase is 3.99%, it is anticipated that, as in previous years, the tax cap will reduce the actual extension. The tax cap will limit tax growth by the consumer price index for 2019 of 2.3%, plus any new construction growth in the District. While the actual new construction values are unknown at the time of this request, a levy request greater than the CPI is needed to capture the new growth. Additionally, the 2020-21 Budget anticipated both accessing the CPI and new growth; therefore, it is recommended that the Board access the funds available under the tax cap.

FUND 2020 LEVY REQUEST

Education $119,000,000

Special Ed $3,000,000

Tort $0

O & M $15,000,000

Transportation $6,000,000

IMRF $1,000,000

Social Security $2,750,000

Life Safety $ 0

Working Cash $0

TOTAL $146,750,000

The proposed 2020 tax levy (excluding debt services) increase is less than the 105% (actual increase is less than 5%) of the previous year's (2019) aggregate extension, which was $141,116,286.48. Therefore, the Board of Education is not required to hold a public hearing on the tax levy. The anticipated Debt Service (Bond & Interest) levy is $20,728,843.

Attached to the report were the formal levy resolutions and forms that must be adopted by the Board and filed with the County Clerk. This will complete the levy process.

Mr. Farley provided a presentation on the 2020 Levy which included the following:

 Levy Terms – Tax Caps (PTELL), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV), Tax Rate

 Consumer Price Index

 10-Year CPI History for Levy Year

 EAV History

 2019 Township EAV – Milton, Winfield, Naperville

 2019 EAV Description – Residential, Farms, Commercial, Industrial, Railroad

 New Construction

 New Construction Forecast

 CPI/Levy Aggregate Extension History

 EAV, CPI & Tax Rate

 Five-Year History of Tax Rates (Numbers; Bar Chart)

 2019 Levy Breakdown

 Debt Service – Levy Year After Phase 4

 Sherman Dergis Funding – Four Year Plan Projected vs. Updated

 Fund Balance History

 How is the Extension Calculated?

 2020 Levy Proposal – 3.99%

 Considerations

o Levy Collection included in 2020-21 Budget

o Capture New Construction

o Uncertain State Funding

o Funding of Projects Identified in Capital Plan

 Recommendation: Levy request which provides access to the PTELL allowed CPI of2.3% plus new growth

The following was noted:

 The Board Finance Committee reviewed this levy presentation at a recent meeting.

 The impact of the price of gasoline on CPI.

 New construction/new growth coming onto the property taxes is good for all of us as itspreads out the impact of taxes in the community.

 TIF’s and the impact on the levy.

 Sherman Dergis funding – projected (four-year ramp-up of operating fund usage as well as some fund balance to make up the $7.2 mil) vs. updated (model changed due toCOVID related expenditures). The plan is still to go back and by FY23, all of $7.2million would come out of operating funds without the use of fund balance.

 D200 fund balance policy is consistent with the ISBE financial profile model – indicates the target of 25-40% of fund balance for cash flow purposes as well as the ability to fund capital projects.

 The 2019-20 audit will be brought to the Board next month.

 State held us harmless this year with our funding and kept us flat.

There were questions/comments/discussion on the following:

 The uncertainty in state funding and the talk about cuts in the area of education related tothe IL ‘fair tax’ amendment failure.

 The support of the Board Finance Committee for approval of the levy recommendation.

 The year we are looking at fully funding the Sherman Dergis out of operations fund coincides with the year in which the TIF in downtown Wheaton goes away.

 The importance of thinking beyond right now as the state wrestles with challenges they have and how this may impact the district.

It was recommended that the resolution and certificates for the 2020 Tax Levy be adopted as presented, that the Certificate of Tax Levy be executed, and that all forms be filed with theCounty Clerk.

MOTION

Member Long moved, Member Mathieson seconded that the Board of Education approve there solution and certificates for the 2020 Tax Levy be executed as presented, and that all forms be filed with the County Clerk. Upon a roll call being taken, the vote was: AYE 7, NAY 0. The motion carried 7-0.

Approval of a Resolution Authorizing Commencement of Vaping Litigation & Attorney-Client Fee Contract

The district was contacted by one of our law firms that is part of a broad litigation against a number of companies that drove the rise in the vaping epidemic. There is an opportunity for our District to be a party in that litigation effort. All school districts are investing resources in the prevention of or response to this unfortunate trend, and our district is no different in that regard.

The benefit of being part of the litigation is that we could recover resources that could be utilized to support our efforts. There is no direct cost as the law firms are running it on a contingency fee rather than a normal hourly fee. In order to participate in the litigation, the Board of Education would have to approve the resolution and attorney agreement with lead counsel in this effort.

There was additional information provided on the following:

 Background on the litigation effort.

 Not a class action lawsuit, rather multi-district litigation – each are individual cases focused on the same entity; the federal judge consolidated into one case.

 The target of litigation is JUUL Laboratories – several affiliated groups that were a part of the rise in the vaping epidemic.

 The goal is for school districts to recapture some funds that would support our ongoing response effort and prevention efforts, as well as mitigation efforts toward vaping.

 No cost to participate in this litigation; the attorney is taking this on a contingency fee.

 The district is potentially recouping some costs.

 Potential timeline – early 2021.

 A number of our partner LUDA (Large Unit District Association) school districts are involved in this.

There were questions/comments/discussion on the following:

 Does the District have to document and present what our cost impact has been? The cost has been staff time; will have to put together where our time around prevention and response has come from – the work that the emotional wellness coordinators do, as well as the work of the Counselors and Deans.

It was recommended that the Board of Education approve the Resolution Authorizing Commencement of Vaping Litigation & Attorney-Client Fee Contract.

MOTION

Member Crabtree moved, Member Ericksen seconded to approve the Resolution Authorizing Commencement of Vaping Litigation & Attorney-Client Fee Contract as presented. Upon a roll call being taken, the vote was: AYE 7, NAY 0.

The motion carried 7-0.

Approval of Revised 2020-2021 School Calendar

Pushing back the start of the 2020-2021 school calendar to September 1, 2020, created a large imbalance of days between the first semester and second semester. This new calendar balances both semesters and quarters for middle and high school.

The proposed 2020-2021 calendar balances the days between semesters and quarters for the middle and high school. Also, the EC-5 Teacher Institute Day/6-12 Teacher Work Day has been moved from January 19, 2021, to January 29, 2021.

There was additional information provided on the following:

 This is the second calendar amendment for the 2020-2021 school year.

 This calendar change was previewed for the Board in October, officially shifting the end of the first semester to January 28, as well as shifts the January Institute/Work Day forward to January 29.

 This does not change the end date for the school year but balances the two semesters.

There were questions/comments/discussion on the following:

 Emergency days are put at the end of the school year (which would be needed if and when the District used a snow day).

 Snow days and the use of remote learning in place of making up a snow day at the end of the year.

 Would school districts have the same flexibility with snow days and remote learning next year or in future years? Conversations taking place with legislative partners recognizing some of the flexibility that has come from the pandemic that school districts would like to see extended.

It was recommended that the Board of Education approve the revised 2020-2021 calendar as presented.

MOTION

Member Long moved, Member Booton seconded to approve the revised 2020-2021 calendar as presented. Upon a roll call being taken, the vote was: AYE 7, NAY 0.

The motion carried 7-0.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

Continue Discussion of IASB Resolutions and Direction for Delegate Voting

Each year the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) holds an annual conference. At the annual conference, resolutions are reviewed which have been submitted for consideration. Resolutions that are adopted then become items the IASB works to change or implement. The Delegate Assembly which normally takes place at the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) Joint Annual Conference in November, will take place virtually this year. Board Member Susan Booton will represent the Board as the Delegate for the November virtual meeting.

Board members received the resolutions at the September 23, 2020 COW meeting and began discussions on the resolutions which are under consideration at the October 14, 2020 meeting. Discussion continued at the October 28 COW Meeting. The resolutions will be voted on at the 2020 Delegate Assembly virtual meeting on November 14, 2020. The Board continued discussion of the resolutions at the meeting on Wednesday evening.

President Paulsen summarized the discussion from the last two meetings in October, which included the following:

 Resolutions supported by IASB which the Board concurs with include #5, 6, 7.

 Resolutions not supported by IASB which the Board concurs with include # 1, 3, 8.

 The Board will continue the discussion on resolutions #2, 4.

There were questions, comments, and/or discussion on the following:

 Board Delegate Booton updated the Board on the second of two discussion webinars on November 6 regarding the resolutions which will be voted on at the November 14 Delegate Assembly.

 #2 (Gun Storage) – the consensus was to be opposed to the resolution. The possibility of this coming back as a belief statement vs. a resolution at some point.

 #4 (Pre-K Teacher Licensure) – the Board agreed with IASB to not support this resolution, but would agree to the proposed alternate language if it would be brought to a vote.

 #5 (Teacher Shortage) – this resolution has been pulled off of the consent agenda; the consensus was to be opposed to the resolution. 

President Paulsen recapped the direction from the Board given to Delegate Booton:

 Oppose resolutions #1, 2, 3, 4 (unless language changes), 5, 8.

 Support resolutions #6, 7.

 Support reaffirmation of existing positions #9, 10, 11.

 Support new belief statement #12.

WRITTEN REPORTS

Monthly Financial Reports FOIA Report

Board Communication Log

REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS

Board Committee Report

The Board Finance Committee met on October 30, 2020. The meeting notes were attached to the Board report.

Other Reports from Board Members

 President Paulsen reviewed the dates assigned for individual Board Members to attend the Student Excellence Foundation Board Meetings

 Member Mathieson virtually attended the Warrenville City Council meeting and President Paulsen attended the Wheaton City Council meeting to accept a proclamation in honor of School Board Member Day.

 Vice-President Crabtree and Member Long attended a Winfield Community Leaders strategic conversation. The group agreed to meet quarterly to discuss how the four school districts that serve the community can work together to help the community

 Member Long participated in the virtual Equity Task Force meeting last week. There continues to be good discussion and they are working on some action items to be addressed.

The Board appreciates the work of Dr. Schuler, the Administrative Team and the staff, as well as the feedback received from the community.

TOPICS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION

2019-20 Audit

 There was a request for the audit documents to be sent to the Board when they are available for review purposes before the December meeting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

None

NEXT REGULAR MEETING

December 9, 2020, 7:00 PM, Hubble Middle School

PUBLIC COMMENTS – Non-Agenda Items

None

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION

There being no further business to come before the Board in Open Session, Member Crabtree moved, Member Ericksen seconded to adjourn the meeting. Upon a voice call being taken, all were in favor and the motion carried 7-0.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:38 PM.

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