Alsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn School District 126 Board of Education met Oct. 10.
Here is the minutes by the Board:
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
The Board and audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
Secretary Pierce called the roll.
Present:
Marigrace Sinnott-Snooks, President
Lori Ann Pierce, Secretary
Therese Zaker
Donna Waldrom
Harry Tannehill
Joe LaChica
Absent: Kim Powers
Also Present: Craig Gwaltney, Superintendent Steve Gress, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Lori Connolly, Director of Teaching and Learning Robert Condon, Director Special Education
Truth in Taxation Hearing
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Therese Zaker , “That the Public Truth in Taxation Hearing on the 2019 Tax Levy (payable in 2020) be opened." Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Pierce, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill, Waldrom, Zaker, LaChica. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
There were no questions/statements or positions from the Audience or Board.
Joe LaChica moved, seconded by Donna Waldrom, “That the Public Hearing be closed.” Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: LaChica, Pierce, Tannehill, Sinnott-Snooks, Waldrom, Zaker. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Interfund Transfer
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Therese Zaker, “To open the Public Hearing on the Interfund Transfers as duly advertised.” Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Sinnott-Snooks, LaChica, Pierce, Tannehill, Waldrom, Zaker, Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
There were no questions/statements or positions from the Audience or Board.
Donna Waldrom moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To close the Public Hearing on the Interfund Transfer." Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Pierce, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill, Waldrom, Zaker, LaChica. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Financial
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Therese Zaker, “To adopt the Resolution Providing for the 2019 Tax Levy (payable in 2020). Said copy to appear at the end of the Minutes.” Aye: Sinnott-Snooks, LaChica, Pierce, Tannehill, Waldrom, Zaker. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Joe LaChica moved, seconded by Donna Waldrom, “To adopt the Resolution Providing for the 2019 Levy for Working Cash Funds." Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Waldrom, Zaker, LaChica, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill, Pierce. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To adopt the Reduction Resolution Allocating Tax Levy to Individual Funds of the District - Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, as amended." Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Zaker, LaChica, Pierce, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill, Waldrom. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Therese Zaker moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To adopt the Certificate Regarding Inapplicability of the Truth in Taxation Law.” Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Waldrom, Zaker, LaChica, Pierce, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Harry Tannehill, “To adopt the Resolution Authorizing Interfund Transfer from the Education Fund to the Operations and Maintenance Fund." Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: LaChica, Sinnott-Snooks, Tannehill, Waldrom, Zaker, Pierce. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Approval of Minutes
Therese Zaker moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To approve the minutes of the September 12, 2019, Committee of the Whole Meeting". Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Zaker, LaChica, Waldrom, Tannehill, Pierce, Zaker, Sinnott-Snooks, Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Therese Zaker, “To approve the minutes of the September 12, 2019, Board Meeting”. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Sinnott-Snooks, Waldrom, Tannehill, Pierce, LaChica, Zaker. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Consent Agenda
Donna Waldrom moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To approve the Consent Agenda”. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Pierce, Tannehill, Sinnott-Snooks, Waldrom, LaChica, Zaker. Nay: none. The motion carried 6
Educational Report
Lori Connolly reported that Julie Adams will be returning in February to continue her work with effective instructional strategies as related to neuroscience in the child's brain. We will have two half day sessions with Julie so that we can have more of our teachers participate. In addition to the work during the school day with our staff, Julie will provide another parent event. The parent event will focus on digital literacy and citizenship. Julie will be here on February 5th.
Lori also stated that the fall testing is completed. The fall MAP results reflect that the students are near or above the national RIT for the start of the year. The results represent all of our students, including English language learners, special education learners, and our two-way immersion students.
Lori spoke about this being The Year of the Writer. Teachers are selecting 3 students and will be collecting their various writing samples. The idea is to dig in to learn more about the students' strengths, identify missing skills, and evaluate the students' writing progression to better inform them on how to provide writing instruction. Writing instruction is very complicated and many factors can impact students' writing performance. The principals will be focused on how students develop and how the students transfer their learning independently.
New Business
Harry Tannehill moved, seconded by Donna Waldrom, “To approve the purchase of the SRA Authors Intensive Programs from McGraw-Hill School Education in the amount of $27,500.00". Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Tannehill, Zaker Sinnott-Snooks, Waldrom, Pierce, LaChica, Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0.
Therese Zaker moved, seconded by Joe LaChica, “To approve facility use for Hibernian Athletic, Oak Lawn”. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows: Aye: Pierce, Sinnott-Snooks, LaChica, Waldrom, Tannehill, Zaker. Nay: none. The motion carried 6-0
Adjournment
Lori Pierce moved, seconded by Therese Zaker, "To adjourn the meeting". Upon roll call, the vote as follows: Aye: Pierce, Zaker, Sinnott-Snooks, LaChica, Tannehill, Waldrom, Nay: None. The motion carried 6-0 at 7:40p.m.
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