Board adds consolidated school-secretary job description; health duties clarified as voluntary

The District 205 Board approved a new consolidated job description for school secretaries Monday, combining several prior secretarial descriptions into one to facilitate cross-training. The board also approved a small change clarifying that administering first aid or medications is voluntary, consistent with state guidance. District staff said the district consolidated several secretarial job descriptions into one “school secretary” description without changing individual duties, to make cross-training easier. The board noted a single, limited change in item 13: half of the prior descriptions said secretaries would monitor students for signs of illness and notify guardians and that responsibilities “may include administering first aid or medications.” The board added the word “voluntarily” to reflect state guidance that such tasks are voluntary for secretaries. The presenter said the change reflects state guidance and that the voluntary nature of the duty has always been the practice: “The state guidance stipulates that that's voluntary. That has always been voluntary for all secretaries.” The board approved the job descriptions by voice vote. Separately, the board took up the personnel report and a brief grievance/FOIA update. The personnel report was approved (one abstention was recorded in the motion sequence). A staff member said there were no grievance updates and that an AI-generated FOIA request was denied because the requested record “really didn't exist.” The board did not direct additional personnel actions beyond the approvals recorded at the meeting.