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Votes at a glance: Round Lake board approves contracts, staffing changes and routine minutes
Summary
The board approved multiple motions Jan. 13, including contracts totaling roughly $71,023, staffing and position-control changes, an intergovernmental agreement for $250 and consent items including $2,172,030.89 in accounts payable.
The Round Lake Area School District Board of Education recorded multiple roll-call approvals at its Jan. 13 meeting. All motions below passed on recorded roll calls with all five board members voting yes unless otherwise noted.
Votes at a glance (motions, movers/seconds where stated, outcome):
- Approve meeting agenda. Motion by Miss Lee; second by Mister de Vera. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve consent agenda including accounts payable for $2,172,030.89 and the Jan. 13 employment report. Motion by Mister Rivera; second by Miss Lee. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve open- and special-meeting minutes for Dec. 16, 18 and 19, 2024 and the Dec. 16 public hearing on the 2024 tax levy. Multiple motions recorded; each motion carried (5–0).
- Approve intergovernmental cooperation agreement with Lake County ROE for mutual assistance, amount $250. Motion by Mister Francisco; second by Miss Larson. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve staffing and position-control changes for 2025–26 (net zero: 16 positions eliminated/reclassified and 16 added). Motion by Miss Lee; second by Mister de Vera. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve contract with Catalyst for Educational Change to provide consulting/professional development related to special education needs assessment and school designations, amount $32,623 (funded via IDEA and Illinois Empower grant). Motion by Miss Lee; second by Mister de Vera. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve Horizon Education ACT High School contract, amount $32,400 (paid from Title I carryover). Motion by Miss Lee; second by Mister de Vera. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve middle-school guest speaker Kevin Atlas, amount $6,000 (funded by Gordon Family Foundation). Motion by Mister Devereux; second by Miss Larson. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve resolution authorizing issuance of a notice of remedial warning (personnel action discussed in closed session). Motion by Miss Lee; second by Miss Larson. Outcome: approved (5–0).
- Approve closed-session minutes for Dec. 2, Dec. 16, Dec. 18, and Dec. 19, 2024 (motions recorded). Outcome: approved (5–0 for each).
The board took these actions after staff presentations and committee review where noted; no recorded votes opposed any of the motions listed above.
Ending: Board members indicated finance committee review for several items and asked staff to return with funding-source details where appropriate (notably for the 2025 facilities projects).
