At its regular meeting, the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 board recorded votes approving multiple routine and action items:

- Approved the meeting agenda and closed-session minutes from Oct. 22 and Oct. 29, 2025.
- Approved the consent agenda including minutes, treasurer's reports, activity reports and accounts payable.
- Approved personnel consent items (resignations, hires, retirements, transfers).
- Approved two MOUs to add a show-choir assistant and a student council assistant to support increased student participation.
- Approved school calendars for 2026–27 and 2027–28, with administrators noting election-day attendance rules may affect final calendars.
- Adopted recommended 2026 health insurance plans from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (committee-recommended renewal ~3.5%).
- Approved the boys tennis team's out-of-state travel to a spring 2026 tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn.; estimated per-player cost ~ $400.
- Accepted donation of two six-passenger golf carts valued at just under $14,000.
- Approved an annual SRO contract recommendation and authorized HLS funds to add transportation-building cameras.
- Approved a sale contract of DO property at West Mulberry to the Village of Chatham for municipal construction staging.

Most action items passed by recorded roll call with unanimous or near-unanimous votes as noted during the meeting.