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Votes at a glance: Berkeley SD 87 board actions at December meeting
Summary
The board approved minutes, personnel items, a memorandum of understanding, a policy revision, accounts payable, a small change order and other routine items; roll‑call votes carried on each motion.
At its December meeting, the Berkeley School District 87 Board of Education approved a series of routine motions. Below is a summary of motions the board voted on and the outcomes recorded in the meeting minutes.
- Accept written correspondence as presented. Motion by Miss Espinosa; second by Miss Walker. Roll‑call vote: motion carried.
- Approve minutes: regular board meeting minutes of Nov. 18, 2024; closed session minutes of Oct. 28, 2024; and policy meeting minutes of Dec. 10, 2024, as presented. Motion carried on roll‑call vote.
- Approve accounts and claims payable as presented (finance and operations item). Motion carried; administration reported no questions this month.
- Personnel actions: - Approve personnel leave request for Grama James as presented. Motion carried on roll call. - Accept resignation of Sebastian Robles (maintenance technician) effective Jan. 2, 2025. Motion carried on roll call; note: transcript included a later clarification correcting the employee name to Sebastian Portillo, and the board re‑voted and carried the motion. - Approve educational support staff leave requests for Teresa Nellison, Kenya Guzman Sandoval, Kiana Morehead, Maria Carrera and Edith Ellis. Motion carried on roll call. - Accept reassignment of Aerosolian Avalar (from lunchroom monitor at Northlake Middle School to bilingual teacher at Sunnyside) effective Jan. 6, 2025. Motion carried on roll call.
- Approve memorandum of understanding between the Berkeley Educational Association for Support Staff and Berkeley School District 87 as presented. Motion carried on roll call.
- Approve revision of policy 527.00 as presented. Motion carried on roll call.
- Approve a change order for the Riley storage shed (caulking and related work) in the amount cited in the meeting; the motion carried. The meeting transcript references a $638 charge for caulking.
- Adopt 2024 tax levy resolutions as presented and read into the record under Public Act 103‑0394 (see separate coverage). Motion carried on roll call.
- Accept the fiscal year 2024 audit as presented (see separate coverage). Motion carried on roll call.
The meeting record shows each motion was made and passed by roll‑call vote; where a mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript, it is noted above. Several items were informational only and did not require board action.
