Principal Bill Walsh from Hinsdale Central and Principal Patrick Hardy from Hinsdale South provided the board with good news reports for their buildings. You can access the report for Central by visiting https://bit.ly/3XzHXCk and the report for South by visiting https://bit.ly/3iXDlqR.

Below are the topics that Superintendent Tammy Prentiss addressed in her report to the board.

You can access Superintendent Prentiss' report by visiting https://bit.ly/3XXF6mI.

Members of the HR Committee, Employee Benefits Committee and Finance Committee provided the board with reports from their recent meetings. You can access those reports via the links below.

As part of the Finance Committee's report, the board took the following action:

The board was also scheduled to vote on the approval of a lease extension for the Transition Center's Burr Ridge location. However, the item was pulled from the agenda.

Lastly, the board approved the release of the draft minutes from the three committee meetings as part of the consent agenda.

The board approved the consent agenda as presented. Please visit https://bit.ly/3kKkcZG to access the consent agenda items beginning under number eight.

The board approved an amended contract for the superintendent that will extend it by 31 days from its current end date of June 30, 2024 through her retirement on July 31, 2024. You can access additional information about this agenda item by visiting https://bit.ly/3wrqX5t.

Board President Erik Held thanked Superintendent Prentiss for her service, and noted her accomplishments in special education and her success in implementing the strategic plan and navigating the pandemic. He stated his beliefs about the benefits of amending her contract. In addition, he said that the search for a new superintendent will be within the purview of the next board.

You can access the current list of future agenda items by visiting https://bit.ly/3WBZskf.

The administration provided the board with a report about the results of the annual open enrollment process for employee benefits that took place Nov. 4-18. You can access this report by visiting https://bit.ly/3iYMSOl.

The board conducted a first reading of the proposed changes to the district's fees for the 2023-24 school year. While the majority of the course fees will remain the same next year, the administration is recommending increases to 13 of them that are related to issues such as the creation of new courses, the rise in costs for individual textbooks (digital and paper) and the move from separate (MBS) textbook purchases to a unified course fee.

The board also received an update regarding a recommendation from a Hinsdale South student that the district either discontinue production of the student planner or make its purchase optional. After reviewing the recommendation and discussing its possible impact from an

academic, organizational and operational standpoint, the administration is proposing the use of a phased approach for assessing the role/purpose of the planner and identifying potential changes and/or alternatives for giving students access to the various benefits it provides. As part of the discussion about this topic, board members asked/encouraged the administration to explore ways to shorten the time frame for completing its assessment and implementing changes.

You can access additional information about the proposed fee changes and the update regarding the planner by visiting https://bit.ly/3XCPksU.

Per its regular cadence of reporting, the administration provided the board with the treasury and financial reports for December 2022. You can access the treasury report by visiting https://bit.ly/405uLXK and the financial reports by visiting https://bit.ly/3R5X4Bc.

The administration also provided the board with an update about the Deferred Compensation Committee's annual investment option. You can access this update by visiting https://bit.ly/3kNPUpe.

The board received information about the FOIA requests that have been processed since its last regular action meeting. This information included the names or titles of the individuals and departments who helped respond to the requests, a summary of the records that were requested and who asked for them, and trend data about the number of requests that have been processed and the legal fees the district has incurred in responding to them.

You can access additional information about this agenda item by visiting https://bit.ly/3JgM1D5.

The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. The video recording of this session will be available in the next day or two at https://vimeo.com/user9373008/videos.

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