School Board Niles Township District 219, Cook County, Illinois MINUTES Monday, March 19, 2012

The meeting was held in the Board 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 6:40 p.m. Board Members present at roll call: Sheri Doniger, Carlton Evans, Jeffrey Greenspan, Ruth Klint, Robert Silverman, Eileen Valfer. ABSENT: Lynda Smith II. Closed Session It was moved by KLINT and seconded by VALFER 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, Valfer. The motion carried. The Board recessed into closed session at 6:45 p.m. III. Open Session It was moved by KLINT and seconded by VALFER to return to open session. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. The motion carried. IV. Recall to Order Mr. Silverman recalled the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. The Pledge was recited. V. Changes / Additions to the Agenda There were no additions or changes to the agenda. VI. Audience to Visitors (on agenda items only) No one asked to speak. VII. Student Representative Comments Niles North – Jacob Kaufman Jacob stated that Sprit Week at Niles North was great. Student government is planning a film festival on May 11 where students are entering their own movies. Upcoming events are the band concert and Auroris performance, physics frenzy, and the 5th annual science demo show. Niles West - Cody Lefkowitz

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Cody was happy to announce that DECA qualified for National competition which is held at the end of April. Everyone enjoyed Breakfast with the Board where school vending machines and healthy choices were discussed. Spirit week and the Pep Assembly were great. Orchesis performed and all the sports teams were called up. Wednesday, March 21st is the Principal’s Recognition Breakfast and Thursday, March 22nd is the band concert. Students are looking forward to the end of the marking period and Spring Break. April 3rd and 5th are shadow days where junior high students come to Niles West and follow high school students around. Student government is performing community service projects which include having a pen pal from the inner city and working on Special Olympics. VIII. Community Representative Comments No one asked to speak. IX. Approval of Consent Agenda It was moved by DONIGER and seconded by KLINT to approved the consent agenda. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. The motion carried. Included in the Consent Agenda were: − Monthly Bills and Payroll in the amount of $5,175,955.91. − Personnel − Approved the following certified staff leave of absence for the 2011-2012 school year: NAME POSITION/LOCATION TYPE OF LEAVE LEAVE FTE Koning, Amy Math / North Family Care – Unpaid 5/29/-6/8/2012 −

Approved the following certified staff leave of absences for the 2012-2013 school year: POSITION/LOCATION TYPE OF LEAVE LEAVE FTE NAME Splinter, Heidi Counselor / North Family Care – Unpaid .2

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Approved the following support staff leave of absence for the 2012-2013 school year: NAME POSITION/LOCATION TYPE OF LEAVE LEAVE FTE Deramos, Julie Paraprofessional, English / Continued Education – 8/2012 -12/2012 West Unpaid − Approved the retirement of the following support staff: NAME POSITION/LOCATION EFFECTIVE Maslon, Carol Purchasing Clerk / District 6/30 2014 −

Approved the employment of the following support staff for the 2012-2013 school year: NAME POSITION FTE EFFECTIVE Liedtke, Laura Executive Secretary, Student Services 1.0 7/1/2012 S4 – Step 10, 260 days

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Approved the employment of the following part-time/temporary staff for the 2011-12 school year: POSITION/LOCATION RATE DATE NAME DeLaCruz, Ezza Swim America / West $7.00/Class 3/19/2012 Erf, Talya Library / North $8.25/Hr. 3/19/2012

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Approved the employment of the following stipend positions for the 2011-2012 school year: NILES WEST NAME Hebrew Club, Sponsor Bubley, Laura (.5) NILES NORTH NAME Girls Soccer, Assistant Coach *Rubley, Cory Science Olympiad, Sponsor Weiss, Aaron *Indicates not a District 219 employee Approved the following employment action: CASE # DISCIPLINARY ACTION 2012-E01 Suspension without pay one (1) day

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Approved the employment of the following substitute teachers for the 2011-2012 school year: NAME Gladstein, Stephanie Ryo, Eun Joo

− Approved the Minutes of the February 27, 2012 and March 6, 2012 Board of Education Meetings – Open and Closed Sessions − Approved membership for both Niles North and Niles West in the IHSA for the 2012-13 school year at no cost to the District. − Approved the FY 13 Budget Calendar as follows subject to any changes in Board meeting dates. − June 4, 2012 i. Preliminary Budget presentation. − July 9, 2012 i. Tentative Budget presentation. ii. Board of Education accepts the Tentative Budget, as presented, and puts it on public display for 30 days. − August 27, 2012 i. Final Budget presentation. ii. Public Hearing on the proposed Final Budget iii. Board of Education approves the Final Budget as presented. X. Superintendent’s Report Dr. Gatta asked Mr. Osburn to speak first. After the presentation by the Debate Team, Dr. Gatta gave her report. Dr. Gatta praised the Debate team for rising to the occasion and challenges in accordance with Board Goal 1. Dr. Gatta stated we needed to step up our efforts to get more students involved in AP courses. She discussed what the District has done and is doing to improve students’ chances to be college ready such as changing the scope and sequence of courses, changing the way we evaluate programs and put interventions in place, evaluating teachers and administrators using student achieve data. She also congratulated Dr. Anne Roloff for being one out of four curriculum and development assistant superintendents to be invited to Korea to participate in an international education exchange. Finally, Dr. Gatta stated how please she was with the progress of Board Goals 1 and 2 and asked Mr. Osburn to complete his report. − Principals’ Report Mr. Osburn introduced Mr. Oddo the Debate coach who in turned introduced two debate students who took first place in National competition in the Novice Class, beating out 46 other teams. Mr. Oddo thanked many people of their support and leadership on behalf debate. Mr. Osburn continued his report by stating what a blast the Orchesis performance was and to be sure to catch the showcase of bands as this is Mr. Koch’s last year. He talked about the ending of winter sports and the beginning of spring sports. He said Niles West participated for the second year in the Science Fair which was held at Niles North. Dr. McTague talked about sports and the success of the boys’ basketball team winning regionals for the second year. March 22nd is the groundbreaking ceremony for the new aquatic center. The performance of Hello Dolly was wonderful. He stated the Science Fair was a great way to showcase the school and was a huge success and Ms. Jackie Naughton has received an award named in her honor. XI. Board Members’ Comments Mrs. Klint stated that Breakfast with the Board was great and was pleased that the students are so proactive. She also praised the performance of Hello Dolly. Mr. Silverman stated that Orchesis was amazing, the Hello Dolly performance was great, and he was very please with the level of enthusiasm as the boys’ basketball game. XII. Board Committee Reports Policy Committee: Dr. Doniger stated that a committee meeting was held there is a first reading tonight. Facility Committee: Mr. Evans stated that the last Facility meeting was exhausting but very productive with many tough questions and answers.

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XIII. Business − Explore Test Dr. Anne Roloff presented the EXPLORE score trend data. Explore test is given to high school juniors and that the PSAE and ISAT are probably being discontinued. − Update on Progress Board Goal 1-Mathematics Mr. Bob Williams and Mr. David Wartowski, Directors of Mathematics, gave a presentation on the progress and interventions in place to increase the rigor of the mathematics program and have all students college ready. They explained that just because a student in the past received good grades it did not necessary mean they were college ready and often times needed to take and pay for college courses in mathematics that they would not get credit for. At this point Ms. Lisa Lipin, parent of a senior and also an incoming freshman, asked to speak. Mr. Silverman recognized Ms. Lipin and she proceed to talk about the Explore test and that it should not be the only factor in determining placement. She said she had gotten a letter stating regarding summer readiness and thought it inappropriate. She was quite upset with this and stated her child always received “A”s and “B”s. She also requested explore scores from all the feeder districts. Also, she addressed Honors and requested it not be eliminated. Dr. Gatta explained the reasons for ensuring that all students entering high school have the opportunity to become college ready as 99% of parents stated that they do want their child to go on to college. − AP Physics Prep – Summer School (Discussion and Action) It was moved by DONIGER and seconded by EVANS to approve the AP Physics Prep course beginning in summer school of 2012. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. The motion carried − Policy and Procedural Changes-1st Reading The first reading for Policy and Procedural Changes was presented. Mr. Silverman questioned 6:300-AP1 stating “All students are required to take a daily, scheduled lunch period.” He felt that there needed to be exceptions set in place. XIV. Old Business − Final Report on School Day from Principals Principals Osburn and McTague presented their final report on the school day. No recommendations have been made but the general theme centered around resource time, electives, and collaborative time. XV. New Business There was no new business. XVI. Audience to Visitors (on items related to District business) No one asked to speak. XVII. Correspondence and FOIA Requests Mr. O’Malley stated that no FOIA requests were received. XVIII. Information Items − Financial Report The Financial Report for February was presented with no discussion. − Dependent Audit The Dependent Audit for health care was presented with no discussion. XIX. Closed Session (if needed) It was moved by VALFER and seconded DONIGER to adjourn to closed session for the purpose of collective bargaining and personnel with a possible return to open session. A roll call vote was taken. Voting Aye:

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Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. The motion carried The Board recessed into closed session at 10:35 p.m. The Board returned to open session at 11:40 XX. It was moved by VALFER and seconded by EVANS to approve administrative contracts. A roll call was taken: Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. Voting Nay Greenspan The motion carried. − The following administrative contracts were approved: NAME POSITION SALARY Bougdanos, Erika Dean of Students, 195 days $101,906.87 Bradburn, Anthony Director of English & Reading-260 $116,390.00 days Director of English & Reading-260 $116,623.55 Cheng, Sanlida days Director of Social Studies, 205 days $129,032.46 Dahlberg, Scott Deeney, Joseph Legal Associate, 260 days $85,000.00 Felton, Marlon Dean of Students, 195 days $98,159.70 Fowler, Brent Building Security Director, 260 days $86,460.26 Gomez, Elizabeth Dean of Students, 195 days $132,044.00 Hedstrom, Jean Purchasing Agent, 260 days $82,579.00 Heintz, John Assistant Superintendent for Human $172,891.83 Resources & Chief Legal Officer-260 days Laux, Terri Assistant Athletic Director, 260 days $67,275.00 Maniscalco, Dominico Human Resource Generalist-260 $73,500.00 days $197,453.78 Assist. Superintendent for Special Marcelo, Elpidio Education & Student Services-260 days Ness, Jason Assistant Principal for Student $139,415.73 Services, 260 days Director of Student Activities-195 $98,297.02 Ogulnik, Jessica days Aquatics Director, 260 days $46,440.00 Orlove, Seth Otter, Nancy Rehabilitation Service Supervisor, $80,215.94 205 days $61,500.00 Pinkard, Michele Payroll Coordinator, 260 days Powell, Christopher Director of Applied Science and $135,221.96 Technology, 205 days Remaly, Melinda Transitions Supervisor, 195 days $114,650.00 Rigby, Mark Dean of Students, 195 days $104,263.81 Robinson, Keith Assist. Principal for Operations-260 $136,984.32 days Assistant Superintendent for $166,350.55 Roloff, Anne Curriculum & Instruction, 260 days Director of Buildings & Grounds, 260 $126,267.33 Siemienski, Jerzy days Sterpin, Jennifer Director of Special Education-260 $116,360.00 days $128,816.46 Swanson, Paul Director of Physical Welfare-260 days $103,528.99 Szczepaniak, James Community Relations Director-260 days

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NAME Williams, Robert Wisniewski, Lois Wojtulewicz, Megan

POSITION Director of Mathematics, 205 days Director of Science, 205 days Assistant Athletic Director, 260 days

SALARY $128,375.00 $132,201.00 $67,275.00

EFFECTIVE 7/1/2012–6/30/2015 7/1/2012–6/30/2015 7/1/2012–6/30/2013

XXI. At 11:45 p.m. it was moved by VALFER and seconded by EVANS to adjourn the meeting. A roll call was taken. Voting Aye: Doniger, Evans, Greenspan, Klint, Silverman, Valfer. The motion carried. The Board adjourned at 11:45 p.m.

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