Kankakee Times

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School District 307 Board of Education met April 11.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Meeting was Called to Order 6:00 p.m. by Board President, Justin Caldwell in the BBCHS Library.

Pledge of Allegiance: recited.

Present at Roll Call : Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman, and Caldwell.

Individuals present at Roll Call : Superintendent Vosberg, Chris Hammond, Brian Wright, Tiffany Kohl, Candace Wells, Dave Lamie, Evan Tingley, Kaelyn Bess, Danny Gould, Andy Ekhoff, and Sara Youssef from BBCHS, Mikayla Vincent from CORE and Stephanie Markham from the Daily Journal.

Absent at Roll Call : Martell.

Introductions: None.

BLDD architects, Todd Cyrulik & Damien Schlitt reviewed the facility plans presented to the Task Force group prior to 2020. ESSER funds used to update the HVAC system will offset the costs originally proposed for the facility improvements. The development of future focused design solutions to support education best practices will be prepared. District stakeholders will be surveyed to gauge their level of interest and engagement to help plan the next steps for moving forward with the facility improvements.

BBCHS Spotlights – Dr. Wright recognized the 40 students and 26 staff members that attended the Top 10% Dinner held at ONU on April 6th. The Top 10% students in attendance wrote essays honoring and thanking a BBCHS staff member for the impact they had on their life.

Public Comments – None.

Mr. Patterson motioned to approve the Consent Agenda, which includes the below:

Minutes from Regular Board Meeting, March 14, 2022

Minutes from Closed Session Meeting, March 14, 2022 beginning at 5:30 pm

Minutes from Closed Session Meeting, March 14, 2022 post Regular Board Meeting

Bills

Financial Report

Student Tuition Agreement, student 2022-23-1; $11,584.28

Hires

Kennedy Weigt, Assistant Strength Coach, Category C, $4,709.63

Taylor Farnetti, Head Dance Coach-Fall 2022-23 school year, Category D, $5,949.00

Andrew Stembridge, Physical Education Teacher, MA Step 12, $67,364

Keith Stevenson, English Teacher, MA Step 16, $72,696

Tyler Ford, Math Teacher, BA Step 7, $57,926

Resignations:

Meagan Akerman, Head Dance Team Coach, Winter 2022-23

Samantha Soosh, Special Olympics Track Coach

Laneah Ravn, English Teacher

Cassie Ruettiger, Math Teacher

Meggie Alexander, Head Dance Team Coach

Retirement:

Scot Boudreau, Aquatics Director and Boys Swim & Dive Head Coach

Mr. Kuntz seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Presentations – Dr. Wells presented the IHSA Unified Special Olympics team that went to state in their first year competing in Unified Special Olympics Basketball.

Mrs. Kohl presented AP Psychology teacher, Sara Youssef and AP Language teacher, Danny Gould who piloted an AP intervention program in the 2020-21 school year with Kyle Nevills. In the 2021-22 school year, stakeholders were identified and invited to participate in the AP mentoring process that is continuing to evolve and improve to help support AP students succeed.

Student Report – Dr. Wright presented the Student Report on behalf of Student Board Representative, Vivian Myrick. Spring sports are in full swing. BBCHS students received a majority of the awards at last week’s Art show. BBCHS band students attended workshops and marched in the parade at Disney during the spring break band trip.

Student Success & Learning Culture Committee – The committee did not meet.

Professional Culture & Family and Community Partnerships Committee – The committee did not meet.

Finance and Operations & Optimal Facilities Committee - Mr. Hammond reported the committee met to discuss the HVAC project status, abatement approval request, technology purchase, administration salaries and the athletic trainer contract that will be discussed in the agenda.

KARVES – The KARVES committee meeting did not meet.

IASB – Upcoming meeting dates and details for spring and winter meetings will be published. IASB chose to forego the Legislative meeting typically scheduled annually.

The following committees did not meet: Student Success & Learning Culture and Professional Culture & Family and Community Partnerships and KARVES.

Correspondence and/or Superintendent’s Comments – Dr. Vosberg recognized Aquatics Director, Scot Boudreau, for his service to the BBCHS district for the past 34 years. He congratulated Mr. Boudreau on his retirement at the end of the school year.

Dr. Vosberg expressed how impressed he was with the Robotics team’s collaboration and entrepreneurship business plan they exhibited during their recent competition at UIC.

Unfinished Business – None.

New Business –

Mr. Hammond explained the need to build an abatement enclosure in the east wing area where the air quality project will be completed. The project management company will help schedule 3-4 quotes for the abatement project.

Mrs. Brezinski motioned to give permission to bid the abatement of asbestos for the east wing air quality project.

Mr. Kuntz seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Mr. Hammond presented three quotes for the athletic training contract for the 2022-23 school year. He proposed staying with IBJI who have been very responsive to the needs of our students.

Mrs. Edmonds motioned to approve the athletic training contract as presented.

Mr. Patterson seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Mr. Hammond proposed approval for the deployment of the Rapid7 InsightIDR SIEM platform that will significantly improve the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School’s cybersecurity posture and empower IT security staff to play a proactive role in monitoring network activity for SOPPA compliance.

Mrs. Edmonds motioned to approve the Technology Cybersecurity proposals as presented.

Mrs. Brezinski seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Dr. Wright presented the annual renewal process for the 2022-23 IHSA membership.

Mr. Patterson motioned to approve the renewal of the IHSA membership for the 2022-23 school year.

Mrs. Edmonds seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Mr. Tingley shared the Discipline Improvement Plan created to reduce the number of student suspensions.

Mrs. Edmonds motioned to approve the Discipline Improvement Plan as presented.

Mr. Kuntz seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None

Dr. Vosberg recommended the 3% increase in rates of pay for the Certified Administrators, keeping consistent with the Bargaining Agreement and past practice.

Mr. Kuntz motioned to approve the FY23 rates of pay for Certified Administrators as presented.

Mrs. Edmonds seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

Dr. Wright presented the need for the addition of two new FTE positions with the move to scheduling pre-AP Science for all students.

Mr. Kuntz motioned to approve adding additional FTE for the Science and English positions as requested.

Mr. Patterson seconded the motion.

Yeas: Brezinski, Edmonds, Kuntz, Patterson, O’Gorman and Caldwell.

Nays: None.

With no Other Business, Mrs. Edmonds motioned to Adjourn at 8:08 p.m. Mr. Kuntz seconded the motion.

Voice vote:

Carried: 6

Defeated: 0

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