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Alsip Hazelgreen Oaklawn School District 126 Board of Education met May 9.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. CALL TO ORDER

Pledge of Allegiance

2. ROLL CALL. ABSENT:

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of April 11, 2024 Regular Board Meeting.

4. CONSENT AGENDA

4.1 Financial Report

a. Fund Balances

b. Approval of Bills

4.2 Personnel Report

All items listed on the consent agenda are described in detail in the Board packet. These items are considered to be routine by the Board of Education and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member or citizen so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered individually.

4.3 “To adopt the Consent Agenda.”

5. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS (FOIA) (SG)

6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

7. CORRESPONDENCE

8. NEW BUSINESS

8.1 “To approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between District 126 and the PSRP Local 943 effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.”

8.2 “To amend the 2023-2024 School Calendar to abate five Emergency Days.” (SG)

(This is required by code to reflect that none of the emergency days built into the calendar were used).

9. PURCHASING

9.1 “To approve the purchase of classroom furniture from Educational Environments for Stony Creek at a price not to exceed $626,355.88.”

9.2 “To approve the purchase of classroom furniture from Educational Environments for Lane at a price not to exceed $74,102.92.”

10. EDUCATIONAL REPORT

10.1 District 126 Discipline Committee (attached)

10.2 Eisenhower Cooperative Construction (attached) (SG)

10.3 Food Service Update (attached) (SG)

10.4 “To approve the Prairie Junior High Band and Choir Field Trip to Milwaukee, WI on April 25 and 26, 2025.”

11. FINANCIAL

11.1 “To direct the superintendent to prepare the 2024-2025 Budget.”

BUDGET DATES:

Week of June 17, 2024 Publication of legal notice of Public Hearing date for the budget and the date tentative budget will be available for public inspection.

July 8, 2024 Tentative budget on public display.

September 12, 2024 Tentative Board Committee of the Whole Meeting on the 2024-2025 Budget.

September 12, 2024 Public Hearing on the 2024-2025 Budget and Board adoption of the budget.

Week of September 23, 2024 Budget resolutions and budget prepared to be filed with the Cook County Clerk within 30 days of Board adoption of the budget.

12. INFORMATIONAL

12.1 See APPENDIX for additional "Dates-To-Remember"

12.2 Next regular Board Meeting Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Prairie Junior High Cafeteria, 11910 South Kostner, Alsip, IL.

12.3 Items for June 13, 2024 Board Meeting Agenda:

13. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

14. PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE

15. ADJOURNMENT

APPENDIX: DATES TO REMEMBER

MAY 16 Fine Arts Extravaganza 6:00pm @ PJH

HG- 6th Grade Field Trip

MAY 17 L-Kindergarten Celebration

MAY 21 HG-KG-Music Informance 1:00pm

PJH-Band Registration 5:00pm

MAY 23 HG-VISA Trip

SC-KG End of the Year Celebration

PJH-8th Grade Great America

MAY 24 No School – Teacher Institute Day

MAY 27 No School – Memorial Day

MAY 28 HG-End of Year Kindergarten Celebration 9:30am

PJH-8th Grade Awards/Picnic

MAY 29 HG/L/SC – Field Day

PJH-Graduation – 6:00pm

MAY 30 HG/L/SC-6

TH Grade Awards Assembly

PJH-7th Grade Movie

MAY 31 Last Day of School

JUNE 13 School Board Meeting – 7:00pm @ PJH

Annotated Index to Consent Agenda

4.1 Financial Report

a. Fund Balances

b. Bills Payable

4.2 Personnel Report

a. Accept the letter of resignation from Claudia Comer effective May 31, 2024. Claudia is the Reading Specialist at Stony Creek School.

b. Accept the letter of resignation from Easton Kral effective May 31, 2024. Easton is a 2nd grade Teacher at Hazelgreen School.

c. Accept the letter of resignation from William Downs effective June 14, 2024. William is the Accounts Payable Professional in the District Office.

d. To approve the dismissal of Robert Tancerdi effective May 9, 2024. Robert was Maintenance Personnel.

e. Accept the letter of resignation from Dawn McGlynn effective May 31, 2024. Dawn is an Instructional Aide at Stony Creek School.

f. Approve the request for maternity leave from Ashley Kiely from August 19, 2024 through November 4, 2024.

g. Approve the request for maternity leave letter from Kim Vari from August 19, 2024 through December 2, 2024.

h. Approve the request for maternity leave from Samantha Kaczmarski from October 24, 2024 through April 2, 2025.

https://www.dist126.org/boe/board-minutes-and-agendas-archive