Burr Ridge Community Consolidated School District 180 met Nov. 4.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
The Burr Ridge C.C.S.D.180 Board of Education held the irregular meeting on Monday, November 4, 2019. The meeting was held at the Burr Ridge Middle School Band Room.
Student Achievement Report
State Report Card information has been released to the public on the Tuesday before the Board meeting October 30th. A copy of the results as well as the letter the district sent to parents and made available on the district website was reviewed.
At the Boardmeeting, Molly Moulis,the Instructional Coach at AMJES and Allison Pitlock, the Instructional Coach at BRMS, presented information related to the State report card as well as district MAP scores, the district’s curriculum alignment efforts and what comes next according to State requirements.
As far as student demographic data,it is worth noting that the district has over twice the percentage of mobility rate than the state and that the district’ slow-income numbers are nearly forty percentage points higher than the State's.
The district’s student growth rate was slightly behind the State average in Math and just about at the student growth rat ein English/Language Arts.
Along withI AR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) scores the report card will include information from the 5 Essentials Survey results on the school reporting website.
At the December meeting the Board will have a complete review of student scores from Clay Graham from Advantage Analytics once all of this information has been released to the public. As a part of this presentation he will be discussing our IAR and MAP scores in comparison to the State.
Consent Agenda
The Board approved the consent agenda that included the approval of meeting minutes from the Board’s previous meeting, payment of the bills and payroll for the previous month.
As a part of the Consent Agenda the Board also approved:
--the additional Math Academic Achievers Staff and realignment (Hernandez and Calkins), the approval of the Library Resource Proposal (Luther), the creation of the Books to Film Club (Sarmiento), Lego Club (Sansone), STEMSkate/Bowl (Williams and Burr) and the Resignation of Saturday School Program Sponsor (Williams),
-- Iraola's maternity leave request as permitted by the CBA.
--tentative overnight trip and sweatshirt purchase for the 8th and/or 7th grade boys basketball team spending tournament outcomes and as determined necessary, prudent and permissible by district administration, and
--the Amended IMRF Compensation Report.
Notices/Communications
The Board was informed of various communications related to building inspections, SASED meeting summaries and communications from parents and community members. The Board also was informed that there was a FOIA request related to enrollment that was responded to in a timely manner.
Superintendent Report
Improving Student Achievement
The Board of Education reviewed information regarding the PTO and HLT Action Committee. The Board was informed that several [parents attended the PTO call-outmeeting. Information regarding the well-attended Halloween party was also shared with the Board. The Board also reviewed information related to the next Community Connection sevent in the Spring.
The Board reviewed the district’s annual survey and mandated 5 Essentials survey.
Praxair has once again offered to host the 7th and 8th grade girls on a STEM field trip in the Spring, 2020.The district has expressed its thanks to Praxair once again providing this educational experience for our students.
Creating a safe and productive school climate
Serving the needs of all our students
Efficient management practices
The Board reviewed the Winter Break Hours of operation information and information that will be sent to parents regarding winter weather and the possibility of alate start to accommodate difficult travel conditions and still be able to hold school.
The Boardre viewed the Burr Ridge 180 Educational Foundation re-organization efforts and offered to assist in this process.
The Board was updated related to securing Impact Aid funds and the Superintendent’s involvement with FLISA and NAFIS in September. The Board was also informed that the Superintendent will be named the next FLISA Executive Director and approved the Superintendent’s participation and invitation to speak at the National Indian Impacted Schools Association winter meeting.
The Board reviewed an update on the district facilities maintenance planning for this coming summer.
The district hopes to go out for biding the next six weeks and approve the work to get started this summer tour January 2020 meeting tore-work the area behind AMJES so that the retention pond does not take up so much area and we can return it to a play area. The district had bids on this that were rejected last month due to the expense.The district will attempt to pair some of this work to a long-term parking lot/sidewalk replacement plan for both schools. The district’s architect is developing a several stage plan (so it can be done over several summers) tore-configure and address sidewalk concerns.
The district will also be replacing the BRMS gym roof. The district is also installing a store room in BRMS cafeteria. This is anew life-safety requirement as this section of the cafeteria is used to store wrestling mats and chairs when they are not in use.
The Board also reviewed two other facilities projects including light replacement, the installation of an electronics ign to be installed near the south doors of AMJES (to inform families using the south entrance) and work to complete the district’s life-safety study.
The Board was informed that the district’s current student data management software would need to be replaced as the company that provides it will no longer support this software.
Public Participation/Hearing of Petitions
The Board of Education opened the floor to members of the public to present comments.
Closed Session
The Board of Education briefly went in to closed session to discuss matters regarding the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body as permitted by Stateawand board policy(2:200).
Current Business
Improving Student Achievement
Creating a safe and productive school climate
Serving the needs of all of our students
The Board accepted are solution reflecting estimated amounts of taxes to be levied for 2019 at a level agreed upon by the Board of Educationand less than the statutory amount which would require a hearing.
The Board approved a one-time performance bonus of $500to Wilson (AMJES) and Hamilton (BRMS) for extraordinary efforts during the start of the school year.
The Board approved of the change in custodial work rules to reflect that snow removal and emergency calls would be paid at a higher hourly rate.
The Board approved a snow removal contract with Everest Snow Management for the Winter of 2019-2020.
Efficient management practices
Calendar
Adjournment
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