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Votes at a glance: District 300 board approves agenda, consent items, contracts and two student disciplinary placements
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the CUSD 300 Board of Education approved the meeting agenda and a slate of consent and roll‑call items, including an early‑childhood agreement, a superintendent contract and motions to place two students in the Oak Ridge Regional Safe School program under 105 ILCS 5/13A; all recorded roll-call votes were 7–0.
The Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education on March 11 took multiple roll-call votes on routine business, contracts and two student‑discipline placements. All recorded roll‑call votes reported in the transcript were unanimous (7–0).
Key actions and outcomes:
- Approval of the meeting agenda — Motion to approve the agenda passed by roll call, 7–0 (Ayes: LaMarca; McKinney; Zettler; Burkett; Thomas; Fiorentino; Scarpino). The board announced “Motion passes 7 0.”
- Approval of consent items (multiple routine contracts, reports and extensions listed in Item 12) — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
- 13.1 Approval of early childhood programming agreement — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
- 13.4 Approval of superintendent contract (period identified in meeting) — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
- Motion to go into closed session under multiple Open Meetings Act exceptions (personnel, collective bargaining, litigation, student disciplinary matters, security) — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
- 13.2 Motion to place student number 3 at Oak Ridge School pursuant to the Regional Safe School Program established by 105 ILCS 5/13A of the Illinois School Code for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year, the 2025–26 school year, and the first semester of the 2026–27 school year for violations of board policy (7:190) including possession/distribution of controlled substances and conduct endangering health or safety — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0. The board’s verbatim motion and statutory citation were read into the record.
- 13.3 Motion to place student number 4 at Oak Ridge School pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/13A for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year for violations of board policy (7:190) including arson or fire‑starting activities and conduct that may endanger health or safety — Motion passed by roll call, 7–0.
- Adjournment — Motion to adjourn passed by roll call, 7–0.
Where the transcript recorded individual roll call answers, the following members were recorded as voting Aye during the roll calls: LaMarca, McKinney, Zettler, Burkett, Thomas, Fiorentino, Scarpino. The transcript did not specify named movers and seconders for most motions; the record shows routine phrasing (“So moved,” “Second”) and roll‑call votes taken by the board secretary. The transcript records that two student‑discipline items were discussed in closed session and then acted on in open session with the motions read into the public record.
Full text excerpts for the two student‑placement motions were read into the record and are summarized above; the transcript includes the statutory reference 105 ILCS 5/13A (Regional Safe School Program) and cites board policy 7:190 in connection with the disciplinary placements. No appeals, amendments or recorded dissent accompanied the roll‑call approvals in the public record.
