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Board approves levy display, Chromebook purchase, policy updates and contracts
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Glen Ellyn SD 41 School Board approved placing the 2024 preliminary levy on display, authorized technology and infrastructure spending, adopted policy revisions and approved short-term contracts to support special education services.
The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education voted Nov. 18 to place the district's 2024 preliminary levy on display, approved multiple technology and facilities expenditures and adopted board policy revisions.
Board members approved the administration's request to place the 2024 preliminary levy on public display and set a truth-in-taxation public hearing for Dec. 16, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at Hadley Junior High; the board also authorized publishing the notice in the Glen Ellyn Suburban Life newspaper. The administration's levy calculation presented a preliminary extension estimate that incorporated the 2023 CPI factor of 3.4 percent and an estimated new-property growth figure; the presentation explained the levy posting is a required step and that the county clerk will finalize the extension after year-end property growth is known.
On purchasing and contracts, the board authorized the district to buy 765 Chromebooks, associated cases and management licenses from Howard Technology Solutions for a total of $281,405.25 from the 2024–25 technology budget.
The board approved a change order of $21,110.45 to Pentagram Systems to reterminate optical-fiber ends as part of the Forest Glen passive optical network project; administration said testing showed the in-place fiber was reusable but required new terminations to extend useful life. The board also authorized Assistant Superintendent David Bruno to enter a professional-services contract with ProCare Therapy and Spotter Staffing for a combined approximate cost of $29,260 to fund two part-time speech-language pathology aides through Feb. 21, 2025, charged to the district special education contract services budget.
Additionally, trustees adopted the listed board policy revisions (second reading) and approved a purchase and implementation plan to replace the district's staff-evaluation platform (implementation and contract action to occur next month for EvaluWise). Several other routine consent items, including the payment schedules, minutes and personnel actions, were approved as part of the consent agenda.
All motions recorded at the meeting passed during roll-call votes; the board then adjourned to closed session for personnel matters.
