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Board approves new attendance map, multiple contracts and personnel items; summary of votes
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education approved a new 2025–26 attendance area map and a set of consent and action items including summer school programming, policy updates, a bus lease, and staffing changes. The board also upheld a student suspension and approved two intergovernmental and university placement renewals.
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education on Feb. 10 approved a package of routine and substantive items, including a new elementary attendance-area map for 2025–26 and several contracts and personnel actions.
The board front-loaded the meeting with a consent agenda that passed by roll call and then moved through individual action items. The board approved the proposed attendance-area boundaries for 2025–26 after a public comment period that included concerns about sibling assignments and walkability. The board also approved summer-school programming (ESY and DHS summer offerings), several policy updates, a four‑year lease agreement for five Ford E‑350 TransTech CST minibuses, and a staffing change converting an ELDC principal contract from 10 months (200 days) to 12 months (260 days). The board upheld one student suspension following a discipline hearing.
Votes at a glance - Approval: Consent agenda (minutes, personnel actions, purchase orders). Outcome: approved by roll call. (Tally: board recorded affirmative votes; roll call in transcript.) - Approval: New attendance areas for 2025–26. Motion to approve passed. Outcome: approved (Yes: 6; No: 1). John Grimston had submitted public comment about redistricting impacts on walking distance and sibling placements prior to the vote. - Approval: ESY and DHS summer-school proposals. Outcome: approved (unanimous roll call recorded). - Approval: Press Plus 117 policy updates. Outcome: approved (Tally recorded in roll call; several ayes and two recorded no votes) . - Approval: RFP award for five 2026 Ford E‑350 TransTech CST minibuses to Southern Bus and Mobility under a four‑year lease-to-own agreement. Outcome: approved (roll call recorded yes votes). - Approval: Increase ELDC principal contract from 10 to 12 months (200 to 260 days). Outcome: approved (roll call recorded yes votes). - Approval: Uphold suspension of student number 020425. Outcome: upheld (roll call recorded yes votes). - Approval: ISBE Visiting International Host District intergovernmental agreement renewal (visiting teachers program). Outcome: approved (roll call recorded yes votes). - Approval: Illinois State University student placement agreement renewal. Outcome: approved (roll call recorded yes votes).
Details and context - Attendance-area map: The board approved a new boundary map to take effect in 2025–26. Public commenter John Grimston asked whether siblings would be kept together and said the proposed change would make walking to school impractical for some families, noting Saunders would be nearly 1.5 miles from his home and require crossing railroad tracks.
- Bus procurement: Administration recommended accepting the bid from Southern Bus and Mobility for a four‑year lease; the board approved the recommendation.
- Policies and personnel: The board approved the Press Plus 117 policy updates and a staffing-request motion to expand an ELDC principal's contract. The board approved the ESY and DHS summer‑school proposals and other consent items on the agenda.
- Discipline: The board voted to uphold the suspension for student number 020425; the record shows the motion passed by roll call.
What the board did not decide tonight - Middle school ELA curriculum (Amplify) was presented as an information item and members reached consensus to bring the recommendation back for action at a future meeting; the board did not adopt the curriculum at this meeting.
Ending The board adjourned the open session and moved into closed session later in the evening for personnel matters. Several items were recorded as budgeted in the district’s current local funds; details and full roll‑call records are included in the official minutes and the posted meeting video.
