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Board approves chair pro tem, multiple personnel actions and a resolution protecting custodial workers
Summary
On Oct. 23 the board elected Mikayla Blaise as chair pro tem, approved personnel appointments and legal retentions, and unanimously adopted a resolution on protection for school-based custodial workers; several dismissal and reinstatement resolutions were also decided.
The Chicago Board of Education completed multiple procedural and substantive votes during its Oct. 23 meeting.
Key outcomes:
- The board elected Member Mikayla Blaise as chairman pro tem to preside in President Sean B. Harden’s temporary absence. The motion (moved by Ricardo Rivas) passed by roll call: 16 ayes, 0 nays (SEG 1505–1558).
- A motion to take a 30-minute recess was moved by Member Biggs and adopted (17 ayes, 0 nays) before the meeting resumed business (SEG 3894–3936).
- The board approved multiple public-agenda items and procurement and personnel actions by roll call, including contract renewals, debarments and agreement authorizations (SEG 4616–4771). Noted abstentions were recorded for certain vendor votes by Members Gutierrez and Lopez (PR 2 and PR 5, as recorded).
- Personnel and disciplinary resolutions: RS3 (reinstatement of tenured teacher Rashida Preston) and RS5 (approval to dismiss certain educational support personnel) were adopted by board vote (SEG 4912–4990). RS4 (dismissal of tenured teacher Brian Dunn) passed with recorded abstention(s) and one nay as noted on the record (SEG 4923–4992).
- The board adopted RS1, a separate resolution on the protection of school-based custodial workers, unanimously (17 ayes, 0 nays) on a separate roll-call vote (SEG 4994–5041).
- The board voted to maintain minutes of recent closed sessions as confidential (motion adopted 17 ayes, 0 nays) and then adjourned the meeting (SEG 5042–5104).
All formal motions and roll-call tallies reported during the meeting were recorded by the board secretary and the minutes will be posted per Open Meetings Act rules.
Ending: The board concluded after handling the public agenda, personnel matters and the custodial-workers resolution; members requested follow-up memos on several items, including charter transitions and attendance/safety reports.
