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Votes at a glance: DeKalb CUSD 428 approvals, Jan. meeting
Summary
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education approved multiple consent and action items at Tuesday's meeting, including personnel and financial consent items, professional-development travel, contract and bid approvals, a student-discipline appeal, and course and program approvals. Several informational items were also advanced for later action.
The Board of Education approved the following action items during the meeting. Where the board recorded roll-call votes in the meeting transcript, staff read those names aloud and recorded "yes" votes. The district recorded unanimous or majority outcomes as shown; the meeting minutes contain full roll-call lists.
- Consent Agenda (Items 5B—6G): Approved. Items included board minutes, personnel actions, purchase orders/requisitions, December payroll and January accounts payable and financial reports. (Motion and second recorded; roll-call votes recorded in meeting.)
- Iditarod Educators Conference: Approved. Two educators authorized to attend; funding adjustments noted to allow separate room accommodations.
- MOU with American Institutes for Research (AIR): Approved. Board approved memorandum of understanding with AIR (roll call recorded).
- Authorization to solicit bids: Waste and recycling services: Approved. Administration authorized to issue an RFP for district waste and recycling services.
- DCTA program, course and salary-schedule/CWC approvals: Approved. Professional Relations Committee recommendations for college-program and CWC courses were approved.
- DHS Dual-Credit MAT 150 (College Algebra): Approved. Board approved offering dual-credit MAT 150 at DeKalb High School for 2025-26.
- Construction and abatement bids: Approved. The board approved contracts and bids presented for various construction and asbestos-abatement projects, including a construction contract of $777,100 for Montgomery, Ill., construction and asbestos abatement contracts to Able Plus Service Inc. and Spectrum Environmental for several buildings (amounts recorded in meeting bid list).
- Student discipline appeal (Student No. 012,125): Approved. Board upheld the suspension.
- Mini-bus procurement: Information and RFP results presented; board gave consensus to bring back lease award for model-year 2026 Ford E350 mini-buses at the next meeting (timeline to align with leases expiring June 30).
- Summer programming (ESY, middle-school STEAM, high-school summer school): Information item; staff indicated programs will be supported with Title I and district funds where allowable and will continue partnership with NIU.
- Innovative School Summit and National Student-Support PD requests: Approved as time-sensitive items; administrators authorized to attend two free professional-development events (New York and Indianapolis) in February 2025.
- Staffing request: Increase ELDC principal position from 10- to 12-month contract: Information item; board gave consensus to bring the staffing request back for action.
- Press Plus issue 117 (policies): First reading; second read and vote to follow in future meeting unless the board requests changes.
Several items were informational and carried forward for later action. For full text of motions, the district's posted minutes and BoardDocs contain the official records.
