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Votes at a glance: Grayslake CCSD 46 board approves 2025–26 calendar waiver, Vision 2030 resolution and policy updates
Summary
At its Jan. 29 meeting the Grayslake CCSD 46 Board of Education approved the consent agenda, a waiver to hold school on certain legal holidays for the 2025–26 calendar, the Vision 2030 resolution, and updated board policies (including expanded equity training language). Motions to enter closed session also passed.
The Grayslake Community Consolidated School District 46 Board of Education took several routine and policy actions at its Jan. 29 meeting at Frederick School. Key votes approved the consent agenda, the 2025–26 school calendar with specified legal holidays waived, the Vision 2030 resolution and several updated board policies as amended.
Votes and outcomes
- Consent agenda: Approved (unanimous roll call). Recorded votes: Braden — Aye; Albert — Aye; Miller — Aye; Mack — Aye; Weidman — Aye.
- 2025–26 school calendar (waiver of certain legal holidays to hold school): Approved. The motion approved waiving Veterans Day (Nov. 11), Lincoln’s Birthday (Feb. 12) and Casimir Pulaski Day (March 2) as legal holidays for the 2025–26 calendar so instruction may be provided on those dates in accordance with the Public Act cited on the agenda. Recorded votes in the roll call: Weidman — Aye; Miller — Aye; Mack — Aye; Braden — Aye; Albert — Aye. (Motion carried.)
- Vision 2030 resolution: Approved. The board adopted the Vision 2030 resolution, which endorses a roadmap focusing on future‑focused learning, shared accountability and predictable, sustainable funding. Recorded votes: Braden — Aye; Albert — Aye; Miller — Aye; Mack — Aye; Weidman — Aye.
- Board policy updates (as amended): Approved. The board approved legal updates and two committee‑recommended revisions: (1) Policy 8:10 (community connections) will add a statement to report progress to the community, and (2) Policy 2:120 (board member development) was amended to require the full board to “participate in equity training to build collective capacity to more effectively educate and better serve a racially and ethnically diverse student population, students, families and communities,” with the full board participating once every four years and newly elected or appointed members participating within their first 12 months. Recorded votes: Albert — Aye; Mack — Aye; Braden — Aye; Miller — Aye; Weidman — Aye.
- Motion to move into closed session (pursuant to 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1) and 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2)): Approved. Recorded votes: Miller — Aye; Mack — Aye; Albert — Aye; Weidman — Aye; Braden — Aye. Board chair stated no further open‑meeting business was anticipated after closed session.
What it means: The calendar waiver allows the district to provide instruction on specified legal holidays for the 2025–26 school year provided the instruction and curriculum meet statutory requirements. The Vision 2030 resolution signals the board’s endorsement of a statewide public‑education roadmap (as presented at the joint conference) but does not itself change district funding levels. The policy changes formalize community reporting and expand the district’s board development language to more explicitly require equity training schedule expectations.
No appeals or failed motions occurred on these items; all recorded votes on these agenda items were unanimous among the five board members present. The board also heard several informational presentations and will reconvene after closed session as scheduled.
