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Belvidere CUSD 100 board meeting, Jul 13, 2026

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Board approves special education Spanish interpreter translator job description 12:49

  • The board also approved the consent agenda, the personnel report and a secure entry furniture purchase. ~7:32
  • The board discussed a special education Spanish interpreter translator job description and approved it. 12:49
  • A motion was made and seconded to approve the special education Spanish interpreter translator job description as presented. 12:49
  • One board member said there were concerns about the position's posted salary compared with clerical pay and asked whether current staff who receive translation stipends could be trained to do the work. 14:38

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Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and agenda 1:47
    • The board reconvened from closed session with the pledge and a roll call. 1:47
    • No board members asked to amend or move agenda items, and a motion to approve the agenda was made and seconded. 2:44
  2. Board celebrations and committee reports 3:28
    • The board held a first reading of Policy 7:220, Bus Conduct, and Policy 7:260, Exception from Physical Education, which were to return in August for final approval. 4:19
  3. Public comment 5:22
    • No one came forward to address the board during public comment. 5:22
  4. Consent agenda 5:22
    • Holly Houk asked to remove the personnel report from the consent agenda for separate consideration. 6:15
    • The motion to approve the remaining consent agenda items passed. 7:32
  5. Personnel report 7:35
    • One board member said of the personnel report that they would be abstaining. ~7:59
    • The motion to approve the personnel report passed. 8:20
  6. Secure entry furniture purchase 8:20
    • A motion to approve the secure entry furniture purchase as presented was made and seconded. 8:20
    • The motion passed. ~9:22
  7. Reallocation and disposal of school materials 9:22
    • A staff member said administrative procedures typically are not brought to the board but this one was made a public document so the board and community would know how materials would be reallocated and disposed of. 10:05
  8. Multilingual services facilitator job description 11:29
    • A speaker said the position would replace 2 previously posted administrative positions, an elementary and a secondary multilingual supervisor, which would not be filled. 12:07
    • The motion passed. ~12:49
  9. Special education Spanish interpreter translator job description 12:49
    • Barbi Yunk asked why a new clerical position would not go into the clerical union and said clerical staff are hired at $17 an hour while this position would be posted in the upper 50s; a speaker said the position would be 11 months. 13:31
    • A staff member said ISBE requires translators to be qualified through 40 hours of training and that the translators who now receive stipends would not be qualified to attend IEP meetings; a staff member also said the year closed with total expenses of $119,300, compared with 108 in '25 and 173,000 in '24. 15:25
    • The motion passed. ~31:06
  10. Strategic plan updates 31:23
    • A speaker said elementary teachers had time in June to work on curriculum, new curriculum is coming in for math, and an RFP is out for bilingual program review. 32:03
    • A speaker said the district received a $100,000 grant from the Lieutenant Governor for its CTE program, and another speaker said new teacher orientation is set for August 6th, 7th and 10th. 33:06
    • A staff member said district officials went to Washington, DC, to advocate on E-Rate funding and against a House funding bill calling for a $5.08 billion reduction in education. 35:08
  11. Department highlights 38:43
    • A staff member said the business services meeting was moved to Monday, August 3rd, and will be held at Caledonia Elementary School, where the front office is being redesigned. 39:00
    • The staff member said library staff are reorganizing books and the district received insurance checks to replace furniture with water damage. 39:42
  12. Adjournment 40:39
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 40:39
    • The meeting adjourned at 6:40 PM. 41:11

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I guess that would be another thing, is we're paying 8 people stipends to help with translation. Is there not like a higher stipend that we could give one of them to do more of these things?Barbi Yunk · Board member17:16
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Video: posted by the district as “Regular Meeting of the Board of Education - July 13, 2026”