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  3. Annie WarshawBoard President
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What happened at this meeting

Skokie District 68 board takes up tentative 2026⁠-⁠2027 budget 58:48

  • A district staff member presented spring iReady results and a literacy curriculum review, which chose Arts and Letters from 3 piloted materials and landed on HMH Into Literature for grades 6⁠-⁠8. 51:37
  • The board took up motions on the 2026⁠-⁠2027 tentative budget, a resolution designating interest earnings and a resolution of intent to issue working cash fund bonds not to exceed $13 million. 58:48
  • The board also took up a targeted school improvement plan for Devonshire Elementary School and a motion to enter closed session. 1:10:07

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Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and roll call 0:03
    • The meeting opened with a roll call of board members. 0:08
  2. Public comment 0:26
    • Annie Warshaw read one online public comment into the record. 0:26
    • A public comment read into the record asked that an end-of-alley stop sign be installed immediately for public safety and said it was the third request. 0:26
  3. Superintendent updates 1:26
    • During the superintendent's update, a speaker listed upcoming dates, including the first day of school for grades K-8 on August 25th and an Early Childhood Center ribbon-cutting on Thursday, August 20th, at 5 PM. 1:26
    • The speaker described new signage planned for the Early Childhood Center, the District Office and other buildings, including wayfinding signs of approximately 5 feet in height. 4:39
    • The speaker said the district received 6 requests between the last meeting and this one. 9:09
  4. Board liaison updates 11:03
    • Emily Lonigro reported on an EdRed summit and said a federal education appropriations proposal in a House committee would cut 10% overall from K-12 education and cut Title I by $1.9 billion. 12:52
    • Emily Lonigro said a state cell phone ban requires schools to provide storage for cell phones and that the district was waiting for guidance on what kind. 18:19
    • A speaker giving the NTDSE update said 19 students graduated from satellite schools and that salaries were raised about 3% across the board under a new agreement. ~20:36
  5. Collective bargaining and strategic plan updates 24:45
    • Annie Warshaw said the board was getting close on the collective bargaining agreement. 24:45
    • A speaker said a team was building a strategic plan scorecard to present to administrators in July, with an update planned for an August board meeting. 25:11
  6. Approval of minutes 26:06
    • A motion was made to approve the minutes of the May 21st, 2026 regular and closed session meetings and the review of closed session minutes 2024⁠-⁠2025, followed by a roll call. 26:11
  7. Consent agenda 26:34
    • Annie Warshaw described the consent agenda as including the personnel report, financial reports, pay orders and expenditures, the payroll report and policy second readings. 26:34
    • A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded, followed by a roll call. 27:13
  8. Student achievement and literacy curriculum review 27:25
    • A district staff member said 61% of students were on grade level in iReady reading by spring 2026, up from about 38% in the fall, and that math rose from 27% to over 50%. 27:51
    • Annie Warshaw asked why math subgroup growth stayed flat or went down, and the staff member cited curriculum access for multilingual students and an implementation dip after bringing back a K-5 math consultant. 33:17
    • The staff member said 81 teachers and leaders took part in the literacy review, which selected Arts and Letters for K-5 and HMH Into Literature for grades 6⁠-⁠8. 51:37
  9. Board policy updates 55:14
    • A speaker presented 9 policies, saying most had only renumbering and footnote changes. 55:44
    • The speaker said policies on school wellness, migrant students and school admissions reflected changes in law, with no changes in practice for the district. 55:44
  10. Tentative budget for 2026-2027 58:48
    • A motion was made to make the 2026⁠-⁠2027 tentative budget available for public inspection and to publish notice of a public hearing on September 17, 2026 at 7 PM. 58:59
    • A district staff member said revenue increased because one development was completed and that expenditures declined because the ECC would be almost finished. 1:00:21
    • A roll call followed. ~1:05:11
  11. Designation of interest earnings 1:05:16
    • A motion was made to approve the resolution designating interest earnings for fiscal year 2025⁠-⁠2026. 1:05:26
    • A speaker said the resolution formally designates interest earnings as income so they can be transferred between funds, which requires board approval. 1:05:39
  12. Working cash fund bonds resolution 1:06:52
    • A motion was made to approve a resolution of intent to issue working cash fund bonds not to exceed $13 million. 1:07:04
    • A speaker said the non-referendum bonds would help finance capital improvement projects and that the district still owed almost $10 million on the early childhood center. 1:07:21
  13. Capital expenditure reimbursement resolution 1:08:49
    • A motion was made to approve a resolution expressing official intent regarding capital expenditures to be reimbursed from proceeds of an obligation to be issued by the district. 1:09:05
    • A speaker said the resolution preserves the district's ability to reimburse qualifying costs incurred within the past 60 days as well as future expenditures. 1:09:19
  14. Devonshire school improvement plan 1:10:07
    • A speaker said Devonshire was identified by the Illinois State Board of Ed in '25 for targeted support based on the performance of students with disabilities. 1:10:29
    • A district staff member said implementation year 1 would come with $31,000 in state school improvement grants and that the plan runs 3 years. 1:11:35
    • One board member said the attendance action step was vague, and a staff member said the template was boilerplate and specific actions were still being developed. 1:13:04
  15. Closed session 1:18:53
    • Jill Scheer moved that the board enter closed session for collective negotiating matters and matters concerning specific employees. 1:19:01
    • Jill Scheer moved that the board enter closed session, and the motion was seconded. 1:19:01

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