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Highlights of Oct. 25 Board of Education meeting
After each Board of Education meeting, we provide Board Highlights, which feature a brief description of the action items and discussion items on the meeting agenda. Board Highlights do not replace minutes. The minutes are approved by the board and posted after the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
Present – Judith Weinstock, Margaret DeLaRosa, Kermit Eby, Bob Friend, John Kenwood, Martha Mueller and Mireya Vera.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
1. The district received the following donations: Home Depot, $100, materials for Transition Program greenhouse, and Class of 2001, $180 for Rams in Need at Glenbard East.
2. Congratulations to the following students who qualified for the IHSA girls tennis state finals: Glenbard South student Lorenza FosterSimbulan and Glenbard West students Shannele Lopez, Elizabeth Fausey, Mira Kernagis, Maggie McFarland and Norah Chirila.
3. We are looking forward to connecting with families during parent-teacher conferences on Oct. 27 and 28. Families have the choice of an in-person conference or a Zoom conference. Thank you to board member Mireya Vera for training student interpreters for the parent-teacher conferences. During this valuable time with families, our faculty encourages families to make use of PowerSchool and Schoology throughout the year. These tools are a powerful way for families to stay informed about their students' grades and attendance.
4. Congratulations to the following faculty members who were selected for the University of Chicago’s Outstanding Educator Award: Glenbard North teachers Erin Landry and Kristen Masse and Glenbard West teachers Bruce Medic and Tanya Shanahan. Students accepted into the University of Chicago Class of 2025 were asked to nominate an educator whose guidance has positively impacted their lives.
5. Congratulations to Glenbard West teacher Paul Hezlett on being named IHSA Boys Golf Coach of the Year for the 2020-2021 year.
6. Community members are encouraged to attend the following Glenbard Parent Series webinars: Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy Helpful Little Humans at noon and 7 p.m. Nov. 3. The link for these programs is at Glenbardgps.org.
7. October is National Principals Month. Dr. Larson thanked our principals for their significant work with students, faculty and staff, particularly, the additional work they are doing during the pandemic to provide a safe learning environment.
8. On October 5, 2021, the district received a Freedom of Information Act request from HelloCollege, K.M. Bookbinder, requesting the student directory information for all 9th through 11th graders. The district has responded to this request.
9. On October 5, 2021, the district received a Freedom of Information Act request from NBCUniversal, Katy Smyser, requesting all documents sufficient to show all unclaimed funds under the control of Glenbard Township High School District 87 which have NOT been reported or transferred to the Illinois State Treasurer for inclusion in the state’s Unclaimed Property fund and database and documents showing all claims for unclaimed property DUE TO Glenbard Township High School District 87 FROM the Illinois Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property fund, for which you have submitted a claim or documentation to the Illinois Treasurer’s Office, from January 1, 2016 to the present. The district has responded to this request.
10. On October 13, 2021, the district received a Freedom of Information Act request from Cedra Crenshaw, requesting all documents, emails, names of all persons and/or organizations that D87 Board President Judith Weinstock is working with to make the Courageous Conversations teacher training a "requirement". The district has responded to this request.
THE BOARD APPROVED:
- minutes of the Oct. 12 regular board meeting.
- destruction of closed session audio recordings.
- the following personnel items:
LICENSED STAFF – EMPLOYMENT:
Name School/Position FTE Effective Date
Adduci, Grace North/Music Teacher 80% 09/29/2021
SUPPORT STAFF – RESIGNATIONS & TERMINATIONS:
Name School/Position Effective Date
Drews, Virginia North/Attendance Clerk 10/20/2021
Greco, Daniel East/Special Ed Assistant 10/01/2021
- accepting the following donations: Home Depot Foundation, materials worth $1,000 for Transition Program greenhouse, and DuPage Community Foundation, $500 for Best Buddies at Glenbard South.
- the permanent fund transfer from the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Debt Service Fund for $109,673.09. The Illinois Program Accounting Manual requires that all debt expenditures, principal and interest, be paid out of the Debt Service Fund.
DuPage County levies tax dollars for our previously approved referendum debt. We cannot levy dollars for non-referendum debt, such as our Alternate Revenue Source Bonds. Therefore, we need to make a permanent fund transfer from the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Debt Service Fund to ensure there are sufficient dollars on hand and the Debt Service Fund does not go into a negative position.
BOARD INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS INCLUDED:
- Glenbard East’s academic board goals report. Principal Antoine Anderson and the East administrative team discussed the following data:
- First semester pass rate
- 1010 or higher SAT composite
- College-ready & career-ready coursework
- Students pursuing electives
- Students enrolled in one or more AP course
- Students passing one or more AP exam
- Student participation percentage
- Staff diversity
- fiscal year 2021 audit review and acceptance. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP completed its annual audit of our financials. Highlights of the audit are as follows:
1. We achieved all major financial objectives:
- Balanced budget in our operating funds;
- Strong cash position, [specifically no short-term borrowing – no Tax Anticipation Warrants were required to meet obligations];
- Solvency position realized. We achieved 196 days cash on hand, which exceeds the target 180 days established by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
2. Our annual financial report indicates that we achieved Financial Recognition status from ISBE for the 15th year in a row.
3. Baker Tilly did not identify any control deficiencies in the audit.
In the Management, Discussion and Analysis section of the report, we highlighted the following legislative impacts/risks that would impact our ability to fund staffing and programs:
· The State of Illinois’s financial strength and ability to fund its portion of educational expenses is an ongoing area of focus and concern.
· A two-year property tax freeze would result in a $4.0-plus million annual loss in revenue from our projections. We continue to monitor and will advocate against a property tax freeze with our legislators.
Many thanks to Glenbard staff members Barry Brave and Maureen Cappozzo for their coordination with the Baker Tilly team.
- the 2021 tax levy. Each year, we set a tax levy, which provides us with more than 75% of our total revenue. The Property Tax Extension Limitation Law limits the amount the tax levy (aggregate extension) can increase over the prior year’s tax levy. Debt service levies are not included in this limitation. Three factors determine the allowable tax growth under the PTELL laws:
- Amount of the prior year’s tax extension
- The increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban (CPI-U) as of December 2020 (was 1.4%),
- New property growth. The first two items are already known, but the new property growth will not be known until April 2022, so we must estimate the amount of new property growth and the county clerk will adjust the tax extension once the final number is known. We have prepared two calculations to account for this projection.
Most Likely:
We have calculated our most likely extension based on a 2020 calendar year CPI of 1.4% and an estimated new construction amount of $60 million. This calculation represents the total tax extension that we believe we will most likely receive. Based on this calculation, we believe that our total property tax extension revenue will increase by $3,094,046 or 2.26% - year over year (1.4% increase due to CPI; 1% increase due to new construction and -.10% in bond and interest). We have estimated an increase in property equalized assessed valuation of 2.5%.
Manual Override/ Submitted Levy:
School districts generally levy a dollar amount higher than the expected or most likely amount for three primary reasons:
1. Actual equalized assessed valuations and new construction amounts are unknown at this time and will not be finalized until spring 2022.
2. If our levy request is lower than what the county calculates, we are only entitled up to the amount requested. It is prudent to request a higher amount to ensure that we do not under-levy.
3. At this point, we have not finalized our required levy allocation by fund. Therefore, we intend to request higher amounts in each fund to make sure that when we finalize our levy allocation by fund in March/April 2022 we have the opportunity to levy the requisite amount.
FUND Most Likely Override
For Educational purposes $104,054,874 $104,971,994
For Operations, Building & Maintenance purposes $23,000,000 $23,000,000
For Transportation purposes $6,570,000 $6,600,000
For IMRF purposes $870,000 $880,000
For Social Security & Medicare purposes $1,720,000 $1,740,000
Total: $136,214,874 $137,191,994
Year over Year Increase: 2.26% 2.97%
Our proposed property tax levy submission, excluding the Bond and Interest Levy, is $137,191,994 which represents a 2.97% increase over the prior year’s aggregate tax extension (override amount).
DuPage County will calculate our actual property tax extension pursuant to the tax cap, taking into account the CPI and new construction.
- Alternate Revenue Source bond abatement resolution. The Board of Education issued Alternate Revenue Source (ARS) bonds to accelerate funding for capital projects. We realized favorable interest rates by using this funding instrument and by taking advantage of bank qualified financing.
· General Obligation Bonds (Alternative Revenue Source), Series 2013 in the amount of $9,560,000; September 18, 2013 [Payments through 2024; Bond abatement required]
ARS bonds are issued with the pledge of a property tax levy. The county clerk’s office will levy GO Bond (ARS) Series 2013 each year, through 2024. The board must approve a resolution each year to abate these dollars to ensure there is zero incremental tax impact to our residents. Our operating budget funds the payment of principal and interest on this bond.
- Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB) Resolutions Committee report. The 2021 Resolutions Committee report to the membership will be acted upon at the annual meeting of the IASB Delegate Assembly on Nov. 20. Our IASB delegate, board parliamentarian Bob Friend, will submit any suggestions or revisions to the IASB Resolutions Committee.
- School year report 2021-22. Administrators updated the board on our safety mitigations, student supports, SHIELD testing, COVID-19 data metrics and DuPage County COVID-19 data metrics.
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