The Ball Chatham CUSD 5 Board of Education on May 19, 2025 approved a statewide Title I waiver and a series of routine purchases and renewals, and conducted a full personnel vote that annually dismisses team leaders to allow the district to reappoint them for the next school year.

The Title I waiver, approved by the board, gives the district flexibility to target services to students the district chooses rather than strictly to students who meet specific federal criteria. The board also approved bids for new dishwashers at the district high school and middle school and accepted a bid to resurface the middle school parking lots; district staff said the resurfacing project will begin the day after students leave in May. The board renewed annual memberships in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA).

Board members adopted the routine consent agenda covering finances and payables and handled routine personnel items through the consent agenda; one personnel item was pulled for a full vote to enact the annual honorable dismissal of team leaders. According to a board summary, that dismissal is done annually and is not a reflection on performance.

The meeting also included a second reading of the district's press policies; the transcript records the second reading but does not specify whether the board completed final adoption at that meeting.

Votes at a glance

- Consent agenda adoption — outcome: approved; items covered: routine finances and payables (details not specified).
- Personnel consent agenda (hires, retirements) — outcome: approved; most items handled via consent (details not specified).
- Personnel: honorable dismissal of team leaders (full vote) — outcome: approved; described as an annual procedural dismissal, not a reflection of performance (details not specified).
- Statewide Title I waiver — outcome: approved; purpose: flexibility to serve students chosen by the district.
- Dishwasher bids (high school and middle school) — outcome: approved; vendor and contract amounts not specified.
- Middle school parking-lot resurfacing bid — outcome: approved; project to begin the day after students leave in May; contract amount and contractor not specified.
- IHSA and IESA annual membership renewals — outcome: approved; routine annual renewals.
- Press policies — status: second reading; final adoption at this meeting not specified.

The board's meeting recap noted the approvals were routine annual items and facility work timed to avoid the school year. No public commenters spoke during the citizen-speech portion of the meeting.