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Board approves pay orders, payroll report and 2025–26 eighth‑grade trip; upholds a suspension and a residency decision
Summary
At its meeting the La Grange SD 102 board approved routine financial items, approved the 2025–26 eighth‑grade overnight trip, and, following closed session deliberations, upheld a student disciplinary suspension and the district’s residency determination in a hearing officer case.
La Grange SD 102’s board approved several routine financial items and a district overnight trip, and it voted to uphold two personnel/student determinations discussed in closed session.
All roll‑call votes below were recorded as unanimous among present members unless noted otherwise.
Votes at a glance - Pay orders: Motion to approve pay orders passed on a roll call of present members (Aye: Miss Mandrell; Miss McQuiston; Mister Melendez; Miss Lambert; Doctor Campbell; Miss Nunn). No further details were discussed at the meeting. - January payroll report: Motion to release/approve the January payroll report for transparency passed on a roll call of present members (same aye votes as above). The board noted the report was released for transparency and not discussed in detail. - School year 2025–26 eighth‑grade overnight trip: The board approved an overnight trip for eighth‑grade students to OWLS (Outdoor Wisconsin Leadership School) near Lake Geneva for Sept. 2–5, to be run in three rotating groups of about 100 students each; the presenter estimated a preliminary cost of about $200 per student pending final transportation costs and said the district’s grant writer is pursuing grant funding to reduce costs. The motion to approve the trip carried on a roll call (Aye: Miss Mandrell; Mister Melendez; Miss Nunn; Miss Lambert; Miss McQuiston; Doctor Campbell). - Disciplinary suspension: Following closed session, the board moved to uphold the suspension of student 232205330 and authorized the superintendent to notify the student’s parents as required by board policy and the Illinois School Code. The motion passed on a roll call of present members (same aye votes as above). - Residency determination: The board moved to uphold the district’s residency determination in hearing officer case number 586553443 and authorized the superintendent to notify the parents as required; the motion passed on a roll call of present members (same aye votes as above).
Legal and policy references Board members discussed the motions to authorize superintendent notifications "as required by board policy and the Illinois School Code." The chair also read the closed‑session statutory authorities under the Illinois Open Meetings Act when announcing the prior closed session: 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(9) (student disciplinary cases), 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(10) (placement of individual students in special‑education programs and related matters) and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) (appointment, employment and compensation of employees). No additional action was taken in closed session beyond the motions announced in open session.
What to watch for next The district will proceed with trip logistics and final cost calculations and continue to pursue grant funding for the 2025–26 eighth‑grade trip. The superintendent will send required notifications to parents for the upheld disciplinary and residency actions per board policy and the Illinois School Code.
