School Board Niles Township District 219, Cook County, Illinois MINUTES of SPECIAL MEETING Monday, March 6, 2012 The meeting was held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room of the District Office located at 7700 Gross Point Road, Skokie, Illinois. I. Call to Order and Roll Call Board President Robert Silverman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Board Members present at roll call: Sheri Doniger, Carlton Evans, Jeffrey Greenspan, Ruth Klint, Robert Silverman, Lynda Smith, Eileen Valfer. II. Closed Session It was moved by VALFER and seconded by DONIGER to recess into closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of employees, collective bargaining, purchase of property, security procedures, student disciplinary cases, the placement of individual students in special education programs and other matters related to individual students and pending litigation. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Smith, Valfer. The motion carried. The Board recessed into closed session at 7:05 p.m. III. Open Session At 7:20 p.m. it was moved by DONIGER and seconded GREENSPAN to return to open session. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Smith, Valfer. The motion carried. IV. Recall to Order Mr. Silverman recalled the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. V. Business − Student Discipline Case No. 2012-S03 It was moved by DONIGER and seconded by GREENSPAN to accept the Hearing Officer’s Report on Student Discipline Case No. 2012-S03. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Smith, Valfer. The motion carried. It was moved by DONIGER and seconded by GREENSPAN to accept the agreement proposed by the administration to stay the recommendation of expulsion (Student Case No. 2012-S0E) pursuant to an agreement between the student, the parents, and the Board of Education detailing alternative attendance placement at North Cook Young Adult Academy until the end of the first semester of the 2012-2013 school year and providing the automatic expulsion of the student should the student violate the terms of the agreement. A roll call vote was taken.
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Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Smith, Valfer. The motion carried. VI. Return to Closed Session It was moved by DONIGER and seconded by GREENSPAN to return to closed session to continue discussions on collective bargaining. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Smith, Valfer. The motion carried. The Board returned to closed session at 7:30 p.m. VII. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m.
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