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Board approves immigration-enforcement policy, technology assessment contract and adjacent-property purchase
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Glen Ellyn SD 41 board adopted a new policy clarifying procedures for law-enforcement and immigration-related interviews on school property, authorized a technology assessment contract (not to exceed $50,000) and approved acquisition of a 0.75-acre parcel adjacent to Churchill School for $457,500.
The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education advanced three formal actions at its Feb. 10 session.
1) Immigration-enforcement / law-enforcement interview policy (adopted on first reading) The board adopted a new policy specifying steps school officials must take when outside law-enforcement agents — including immigration-enforcement personnel — seek to interview students on school property. The policy codifies steps already used in practice: verifying identity, documenting the legal process presented, attempting to notify parents or guardians, and, when appropriate, delaying interviews until parents arrive unless exigent circumstances exist. The board approved the policy by unanimous roll call vote (recorded as 7-0 in the meeting transcript).
2) Technology assessment contract with Net56 (approved; not to exceed $50,000) The board authorized the superintendent to sign a contract with the vendor Net56 to perform a district-wide technology assessment, with cost not to exceed $50,000. The superintendent told the board the audit is intended to identify cybersecurity and operational vulnerabilities and to provide implementation priorities; he said cyber incidents elsewhere in the region accelerated the timing of the work. The motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (recorded in the transcript as 7-0).
3) Purchase of property adjacent to Churchill School (approved) The board approved a resolution to acquire an approximately three-quarter-acre single-family parcel at 1 N. 253 North Bloomington Road (adjacent to the district property near Churchill) for $457,500. Administration said the parcel is intended for future development related to district needs near the kindergarten center; the board approved the purchase by unanimous roll call vote (recorded in the transcript as 7-0).
Also approved on the consent agenda earlier in the meeting: routine personnel items, minutes, finance reports and other standard consent items. The consent agenda vote was approved by roll call votes recorded in the meeting minutes.
Ending The board took no further final actions on agenda items that night; several items discussed (e.g., food-service contract extension with Quest, social-studies curriculum adoption at Hadley, student-device policy work) were left for future action.
