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Dr. Amy Engle introduced the item and asked Principal Jennifer Mitchell and Mr. Delamar — identified in the meeting as the division chair over PE, health and driver’s education — to present details. Mr. Delamar said the course will follow the same curriculum as other PE classes but be labeled to indicate it is offered during 0 hour. “We wanted the naming to be a little bit different so that students are aware that this is available during 0 hour,” he said.

Delamar said students will attend on-site two days per week and on other days will choose workouts and log data from heart monitors; teachers will provide examples and track students’ heart-rate data and submitted logs. The change is intended to teach personal responsibility and help juniors and seniors transition to independently managing fitness outside of a team sport. Delamar said there will be no additional cost for the revision because the school already owns the heart monitors.

Committee members asked practical questions, including whether team practice counts for the class when heart-monitor data are logged at other times; staff indicated that such participation could count if data are recorded. The committee did not record a vote; presenters characterized the item as a course revision rather than a new course and answered questions from committee members.

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Mitchell said the school met its stated goal to increase graduation by 2 percentage points and noted mixed results on early-warning measures. “Our ninth grade on track rate in 23–24 was 81%, and that was down from the 84% in the 22–23 school year,” Mitchell said. She said that decline prompted a renewed focus on credit recovery, stronger freshman supports and programs to foster belonging as students transition to high school.

The school also reported progress on disciplinary referrals and attendance. Mitchell said the improvement plan set a target to decrease overall referrals by 5% in 2024–25; as of April 28 the school had recorded 4,454 referrals and was “on track and exceeding that 5 percent decrease.” She identified attendance-related referrals—students who miss school or are present but do not attend classes—as the current priority and described hallway sweeps and scanner-based tracking used to identify students.

On attendance and related incentives, staff said average daily attendance stood at 90% as of April 28 and that the school has used family engagement, raffles and recognition boards to encourage regular attendance. On freshman recovery, Mitchell said the school added a “Freshman Connections” subcommittee, more robust orientation, after-school tutoring and expanded recovery options so students can recover units before failing a semester course. She reported a first-semester freshman on-track rate this year of 85% and a school goal of 87% for 2024–25.

Mitchell also described the school’s data practices and supports: counselors maintain monthly monitoring systems; student support teams review feeder-school information to anticipate needs; and the leadership team is working with a WestEd coach to refine the improvement plan for next year. “We have fully implemented a block schedule this school year for all of our students and staff,” Mitchell said.

Committee members asked for clarification on how attendance referrals are generated; Mitchell described teachers submitting referrals for class cuts and deans using ID scanners when students are in hallways past the allowable time, after which deans follow up the next day.

The presentation concluded with staff open to questions; no formal committee action to approve the school improvement plan was recorded in the transcript.

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Staff also delivered an enrollment and attendance update as of May 14, which staff said aligns with ongoing district trends; the transcript did not include specific district-wide enrollment numbers beyond the summer-program site counts previously reported. Committee members had no further questions and the meeting was scheduled to reconvene at the Administrative Center for a June meeting; the committee adjourned at about 6:32 p.m.

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The presentation listed summer enrollments by site: Oak Park preschool and ESY (94 students), Dietrich K–5 (103 students), Hermes K–5 including ESY (229 students), middle school programs including newcomer and ESY (119 students), and high school and extension campuses (429 students). Staff also reported 99 K–8 registrations for sports camps (basketball or soccer) and strong interest in a STEM Ignition partnership with 265 K–8 students enrolled.

For university residential experiences, staff said 75 students were selected across middle and high school programs. Northern Illinois University programs will host 24 middle school students (STEAM/robotics/green energy) and 19 high-school students in options including sustainability, speech, sports fabrication and forensics. The University of Illinois will host 18 students in a residential music camp and 14 students in a Fine and Applied Arts intensive (acting, comics, dance, fashion, graphic design, photography, printmaking, painting, drawing and theater tech). Staff shared a thank-you note from a previous participant praising the experience.

Staff said transportation and registration for the university residential experiences are paid using funds set aside in the after-school grant; they reported that the after-school grant package will be presented to the Board for a vote on June 2. Summer-school registration was reported as closed because rosters and staffing had been finalized, though staff said they would consider late concerns on a case-by-case basis.

The committee record shows no committee vote; staff said the grant-related items and several summer-program decisions will be presented to the Board on June 2 for approval.

","Aurora East USD 131 staff reported summer program enrollment counts across preschool, elementary, middle and high school, described STEM and university residential partnerships, and said transportation and registration costs for university programs are covered by an after-school grant; staff said the grant will be presented to the Board on June 2.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6701229,"District recommends new world-language materials; staff proposes $92,451.16 purchase for high school Spanish programs",221,1287000,1508000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3407043-5d96b8573d48141058a33d60a811e716&start=1287&end=1508","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3407043-5d96b8573d48141058a33d60a811e716/thumbnail_1287000.jpg","/articles/6701229/Illinois/District-recommends-new-world-language-materials-staff-proposes-9245116-purchase-for-high-school-Spanish-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6701229-0cc8584c9a6bc75e5ac0189badc22f23/orig.mp4?Expires=1771046448&Signature=dMrlguywh0D9DpG8AnPU5y-ElAQ6YH5dkau8tex6Kyp6AktBBDxD7pYWyLIJLNzV1rJEAJNVBQqG2BkjgmLmnJI31zqZ1NeWEUtD190Z1CBoUDLxad40jA7E8ZVujL3yWfmiXs8jHTYofxCXrFh~ApCgPItfTV49Tvu2ff~8f~1314nI61nmkAwm6dpsyDtKaui1XNIrwDYrzJS0n-I~umaUu0gYRFtgVPIg1eqO6L6~gPQV9aX08MLi9~nFHcQCUy3FiAduTwUzaTrLdfNdV2FIs-xBAzMmMMIAvmHN-5ipkTRE-g9tHJ8LBnPEBg~QdhSUkqieg-YP1vpCzLlPQQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District staff presented results from a pilot of AP Spanish and heritage Spanish instructional materials and recommended vendors for purchase for the high school.

Dr. Bridal Guzman said the pilot tested multiple vendors for both AP Spanish and heritage Spanish and that teachers’ rubric-based feedback, student input and vendor evaluation guided the final recommendation. “The final vendor option to pilot for AP Spanish was Vista Higher Learning, which is Temas in AP Spanish,” Guzman said; she said Vista Higher Learning was recommended for AP Spanish and that Carrera (from VHL) was recommended for the heritage Spanish program.

Guzman told the committee that current classroom materials date from 2012 and are out of print. She presented a proposed high-school purchase total of $92,451.16 and said the district is considering new state world-language regulations for 2025 as it selects materials. Guzman said both teachers and students piloted the chosen materials for six weeks to collect feedback on assessments, exam preparation and coverage of the four language domains (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

Committee members did not record a committee vote in the transcript. Staff said the proposal would move forward for board consideration; no contract award or board decision appears in the committee record.

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