CompletedJanuary 21st, 2025 School Board Regular Meeting
January 21st, 2025 School Board Regular Meeting
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PMActual: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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[1:28] good evening the regular meeting of the Independent School District 279 School Board is called to order at 6: pm. on
[1:36] January 21st 20125 this regular business meeting of the oio school board is being conducted
[1:42] in the boardroom of the Educational Service Center the meeting can be monitored electronically by streaming
[1:48] online from the district website an archived recording of tonight's meeting will also be available on the district
[1:55] website seated in front of you this evening from my left and your right are Director Erica
[2:02] Foster that's the wrong order director Kelsey we're all mixed up tonight
[2:08] okay then Director Erica Foster director Thomas Brooks myself Tanya Prince
[2:16] director Keith Tate and director Sarah Mitchell also present in the boardroom
[2:21] is superintendent Dr Kim Hile and members of the superintendent's cabinet for the purpose of consistency of no
[2:28] activities for students due to the weather our school board our student board Representatives will not be
[2:34] participating in this evening's Meeting those of you who can please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance director Foster
[2:41] will you please lead the pledge I pledge aliance to the plag of
[2:46] the United States of America and to the repic for stand one nation under God
[2:53] indivisible liy and justice for all
[3:01] board members are there any additions to the agenda is there a motion to accept the
[3:08] agenda as presented so move so of move by director Dawson uh is there a second
[3:14] second second by director Brooks is there any
[3:21] discussion seeing none all in favor say I I I all opposed say nay motion passes
[3:28] six to zero our next standing agenda item is recognitions we have no recognitions
[3:34] this evening our presentation planned for this evening charting new Waters the CTA
[3:41] Journey at Park Center Senior High School has been moved to our meeting agenda in
[3:47] February uh our next agenda item student School Board Representatives as we said um we look forward to our reports from
[3:53] our school student School Board representatives in February okay the next agenda item is
[3:59] audience opportunity to address the board I will review a few of the guidelines for those who will speak to
[4:05] the board um as we get
[4:10] started as a board we welcome all voices and strive for public engagement and transparency in our board work public
[4:18] comment is one of many Avenues to achieve this speakers will be called to the podium in this order student parent
[4:25] staff Community member and others please keep your comments to three minutes
[4:30] comments should be directed to the entire board not to any individual board member if you have a handout for the
[4:36] board please place it on the information table or hand it to the board secretary Sher the board secretary will provide
[4:43] copies to board members the board and audience will listen and not respond back at this time if…
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Student Accessibility and Least Restrictive Environment
Attendance Boundary Changes for Fall 2026
District Points of Pride and Community Engagement
First Reading of Policy Updates
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6-0 Approved
6-0 Approved
“it's really exciting to see it come to life and one of the things I'm always reminded when you're sharing about um Renovations and we show some of them when we think about across the system we're elevating all of our sites I know we've talked before about the selection of finishes making sure that all of the sites have the same quality and level of finishes to select from”
— Tanya Prince [40:33]Construction Bid Approvals for Elementary Sites and ESC