Votes at a glance: Addison SD 4 approves personnel changes, contracts, amended budget posting and a 4,000-unit Chromebook purchase

The Addison School District 4 Board of Education approved a series of routine and substantive items at its April 16 meeting, including personnel appointments and separations, a reduction in force affecting educational support staff, contract approvals and authorization to buy technology for the 2025–26 school year.

Key financial motions approved by roll call included: accounts payable for April 2025 totaling $2,294,776.30 (education fund $1,248,079.33; building fund $241,989.90; transportation fund $590,265.96; capital projects $193,823.32; student activity $20,617.79) and payroll for March 2025 totaling $4,295,127.17 (education $4,137,825.52; building $67,704.30; transportation $14,151.62; IMRF/SS $75,445.73).

Personnel and staffing actions

- The board approved the personnel report, which listed licensed resignations and reassignments and multiple ESP (educational support personnel) hires and separations.

- The board approved an Ardmore Elementary principal contract for John Justin Johnson, who was described in the meeting packet as a dual-language teacher and multilingual coordinator with two master’s degrees and prior assistant-principal experience.

- The board approved the appointment of Robert Israelsen as dean of students at Indian Trail Junior High for the 2025–26 school year.

- The board approved a new job description for a district registrar, authorized the district to post that position, and approved a revised library media specialist job description.

Reduction in force

- The administration recommended, and the board approved, restructuring that eliminates 29 educational support staff positions districtwide and a reduction in force affecting eight named employees (Ileana Figueroa; Michelle Goris Gorostieta; Paulina Gutierrez; Daisy Hernandez; Nayeli Nevarez Acosta; Allison Smith; Anastasia Valadez; Kathy Vardekas). The recommendation was described as driven by declining enrollment and budgetary constraints.

Contracts and budget process

- The board approved a three-year special-education transportation contract through the North DuPage Special Education Cooperative (NEDSAC) with Septran as the provider, effective Aug. 1, 2025–July 31, 2028. The contract was described in the meeting as an overall 11% increase (8% on single routes) compared with current costs.

- The board authorized placing an amended FY25 budget on public display for the required 30-day review period; the board will consider final approval of the amended budget at its June meeting.

Technology procurement

- The board authorized a purchase to lock in pricing and inventory with vendors CDW and GHA for devices and associated services. The motion authorizes procurement of 4,000 Chromebooks intended for student use (with cases, warranties and deployment services) and 99 Lenovo laptops for staff; quantities and bundle details were discussed during the meeting. District staff cited concerns about possible tariff-driven price increases and said locking the order would secure current pricing and inventory.

Other actions

- The board approved ratification of previous board policies, meeting dates and prior board actions, and approved amendments to the DuPage West Cook intergovernmental agreement as presented in the board packet.

Each motion was presented to the board, seconded where recorded, put to a roll call vote and approved as described in the meeting minutes.