Director of Multilingual Services Dr. Yadi Alfaro updated the School Board on bilingual/EL programs and staff, student numbers and languages spoken, testing, newcomers, BPAC and plans for the upcoming school year.

Woodridge 68 parent Zachary Ludwig submitted a public comment online, clarifying his public comment from last month regarding safety precautions taken by the school district during election days.

The Board of Education approved the 2023-26 collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Education and the Woodridge Educational Support Staff. Some of the substantive changes included in this three-year contract include salary, insurance, health aides' working hours, internal substitutes, early childhood and pre-K teaching assistants' salary schedule, reduction in force clarification, and childbirth leave updates.

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Dr. Bill Schmidt thanked the WESS and District negotiating teams for their time and effort in fashioning this agreement. The Administration is pleased to be able to continue to work in a collaborative nature with WESS in an effort to ensure that our students have the best educational opportunities available.

The Board of Education approved Spanish after-school programming for the 2023-24 school year as presented and discussed.

The addition of Speech Team Coach as a new paid stipend position at Jefferson Junior High was approved. Due to the fact there is significant interest by our student population and the coaches commit a significant amount of time to a competitive schedule, two coach stipends in the amount of $672 for each coach have been approved for the 2023-24 school year. Speech Team is an Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) sanctioned competitive sport; the job responsibilities and time commitment necessary to coach the Speech Team are comparable to the Scholastic Bowl Supervisor stipend position.

The Board of Education approved the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for Mutual Assistance in Response to Crises in the Public Schools of DuPage County, Illinois as presented and previously discussed. Under the IGA, DuPage County school districts and cooperatives will make their staff, facilities and equipment resources available to each other on a voluntary basis in natural disaster and violence crisis situations that exceeded the capacity of the district or cooperative in crisis to effectively handle on its own.

The Board of Education approved the Board member expense reimbursement requests resulting from the Consortium of State School Boards Association Annual Conference as presented. This is in accordance with Board Policy 7180, which requires that all Board member expense reimbursement requests for travel, meals, and/or lodging must be approved by roll call vote at an open meeting of the Board.

As required by the Illinois School Code, school districts wishing to dispose of unneeded or surplus property must follow established procedures prior to their sale, donation or disposal. Additionally, through the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, school districts may sell or donate items to any other school, school district, public body, or not-for-profit organization directly without need of a public offering. However, if they want to offer the items for sale to the general public or any private sector business, or if they want to simply donate or dispose of the items, they must first declare the items as surplus and unneeded for school district operations. The Board approved the resolution

declaring identified items as surplus and unneeded for school operations as presented. The District will sell, donate, recycle or scrap the items when appropriate and convenient to do so.

The Board of Education approved the appointment of Curtis Saindon as school district Treasurer for FY 2023-24 and the associated treasurer's surety bond, approved depositories, and other required resolutions and documentation as presented.

The Board of Education approved, as presented, the renewal of the workers' compensation insurance program. The school district purchases this insurance through a school cooperative, School Employee Loss Fund (SELF), as administered by Arthur J. Gallagher and Associates and managed by Sedgewick and Associates. Total net cost for the 2023-24 fiscal year will be $60,014.

Woodridge 68 will move to a new student information system (SIS) suite of products and expand our capabilities. The School Board approved the contract with PowerSchool for the following costs:

• Year 1 (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024): total one-time startup cost of $99,343; which includes $56,608 for set-up, $30,910 data conversion, and $11,825 for training
• Years 2 & 3: $68,760 annually for ongoing maintenance and support fees, including hosting our data on their redundant and secure cloud server network

During the 2023-24 school year, the school district will continue to operate and use Skyward as the PowerSchool system is set up and tested. The full switch to PowerSchool will begin with the 2024-25 school year.

The contract for Director of Buildings & Grounds Alex Gliwa was amended and approved by the Board of Education. This modification is a result of Mr. Gliwa's notice of retirement that was tendered and approved on April 24, 2023. His planned retirement date is June 30, 2025.

The following topics were discussed by the Board of Education. Any action has not yet been taken.

• Changes to Board Policy 3310, 4020, 4030, 4060, 4240, 7160
• Budget Update - Preliminary Results
• Summer Construction Update
• Designation of Operating Fund Interest to Capital Projects Fund
• Year-End Fund Balance Transfers

The next Woodridge School District 68 Board of Education regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 12, 2023 at 7:30pm at the District Administrative Center. All regular Board meetings are also streamed live on the Zoom platform; links to the livestream will be posted on the district calendar. A schedule of upcoming meetings, notices and agendas are posted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/) on the district website through BoardBook.

Stuart Vanorny, President

Dr. Cricel Molina de Mesa, Vice President

Joshua Christ | Scott Coley | Donna Hebreard | Thomas Ruggio | Dr. Joann Wright

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