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Votes at a glance: Flossmoor SD 161 board approves consent agenda, $2.4M in bills and academic goals
Summary
At the April 4 meeting the Flossmoor SD 161 Board approved a consent agenda including contracts and professional-development agreements, approved $2,401,563.23 in bills for August, and approved the district's academic achievement goals and indicators.
At the April 4 meeting of the Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education, trustees approved the consent agenda, voted to pay the month’s bills totaling $2,401,563.23 and approved the district’s academic achievement goals and indicators as presented.
The consent agenda passed by roll call and included, among other items: personnel report 26002; Board of Education and executive session minutes; the 2025–26 parent and student handbook; building crisis plans; a student-teacher placement agreement with DePaul University; a service contract listed as Kings Way Home Health; the 2025–26 Capturing Kids' Hearts professional development contract; an outdoor education contract for the 2025–26 school year; and an excess equipment disposal request from the learning and instruction department. The motion to approve the consent agenda was moved and seconded during the meeting; the board recorded all affirmative votes and the item passed.
For the bills, a board member who reviewed the packet moved to approve payment of $2,401,563.23 in invoices for the month of August. The motion was seconded and approved by roll call.
The board also moved to approve the academic achievement goals and indicators as presented. That motion passed by roll call.
No roll-call tallies in the transcript recorded any "no" or abstain votes for these items; members recorded on the roll calls during the meeting included (as read on the record) Krauss; Pilgruss; Gilchrist; Giddens; Leinier; Ross; Childress; Blaistrom; Gregg; Lanier; and Griggs. The meeting record shows the motions carried following affirmative roll-call responses.
Details on individual contract values and the text of the Capturing Kids' Hearts and outdoor-education contracts were presented in the consent packet; specific dollar amounts for each contract were not stated aloud during the roll call recorded in the transcript.
No additional formal votes were recorded on the construction timeline or HVAC matters during the meeting; the administration said it would return recommended remediation and cost estimates to the board after forensic engineering quotes are obtained.
