The meeting began with a moment of silence for Steve Walton, who spent his 33-year career in education at Hinsdale South, and Aditya Pondicherry, a Transition Center student who attended Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South.

The board approved the appointment of Michael Jezioro as the next athletic director for Hinsdale Central. Jezioro received a one-year contract that will begin on July 1, 2023.

You can access Central's announcement about Jezioro's appointment by visiting https://conta.cc/3HCUDTN.

The board held two separate public hearings during the meeting. The first was about a proposed application to modify or waive an Illinois School Code mandate pertaining to driver education fees. The second was a Truth in Taxation hearing related to the approval of the proposed property tax levy increase for 2022.

Both hearings featured a brief presentation by the administration. There were also opportunities for the board to discuss and community members to give public comment about the hearing topics.

You can access additional information about the proposed application pertaining to driver education fees by visiting bit.ly/3uOU3L0 and the proposed property tax levy increase by visiting https://bit.ly/3W0rJBr.

Andy Mace from Wipfli provided the board with the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for fiscal year 2022. You can access the report by visiting https://bit.ly/3WeyoIB.

Student liaisons Makena Camden from Hinsdale South and Meghna Mitra from Hinsdale Central presented information from their board reports. You can access Camden's report by visiting https://bit.ly/3FvPXN2 and Mitra's report by visiting https://bit.ly/3Pu15hY.

Principal Patrick Hardy provided the board with the good news report for Hinsdale South, which you can access by visiting https://bit.ly/3j4CsfG. Principal Bill Walsh shared that the information for Hinsdale Central's good news report was included in the report delivered by the school's student liaison. However, he thanked the school's Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) for hosting a holiday breakfast for employees. He also talked about the important role that community partnerships play in the success of Central's students and staff.

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/3j7MLQa.

Keith Bockwoldt, who is the district's chief information officer, provided the board with a technology services update that was tied to the work being done in conjunction with Goal 5 (Resources) of the strategic plan. This update covered the following topics:

You can access the update by visiting https://bit.ly/3Fxnjea.

During the portion of the meeting dedicated to new business, the board approved the changes to its protocols and the Board-Superintendent Expectations that were discussed on Nov. 17.

Members of the Parent-Teacher Advisory Committee and and Closed Session Minutes Review Committee provided the board with reports from their recent meetings. You can access those reports via the links below.

The board also approved the release of the draft minutes from these meetings as part of the consent agenda.

The board approved the consent agenda as amended. The consent agenda includes personnel, stipends, board bills and meeting minutes. Please visit https://bit.ly/3hBzqPt to access the consent agenda items beginning under number 14.

The board also approved item 16.1 (Personnel Items; Any Employments, Changes, Leaves or Separations Received - Details posted in Board Docs/ Updated before meeting as needed), which was pulled from the consent agenda for a separate vote.

The board took the following action during the meeting:

Below are the future agenda items that were requested by members of the board.

You can access the current list of future agenda items by visiting https://bit.ly/3Yh4Fjo.

Per its regular cadence of reporting, the administration provided the board with the treasury and financial reports for November 2022. You can access the treasury report by visiting https://bit.ly/3ho5vKP and the financial reports by visiting https://bit.ly/3j6vtmg.

Per its request, the board received a report regarding the costs associated with accomplishments that have been amassed in conjunction with the work of the strategic plan. You can access the report by visiting https://bit.ly/3BDFRIC.

Following the board's discussion about the report, it was decided that board member Peggy James will meet with Josh Stephenson, the district's chief financial officer, to discuss the costs in greater detail. A decision about whether to present an additional or follow-up report to the board will be made following that meeting.

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/3j54lEr.

The meeting adjourned at 9:33 p.m. You can access the video recording of this session by visiting https://vimeo.com/user9373008/videos.

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