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Board approves key appointments, procurement items and resolutions; custodial-worker protection passes
Summary
At the Oct. 23 meeting the Board elected Mikayla Blaise as chairman pro tem, approved personnel appointments (including chief safety and security and chief of staff), adopted multiple procurement and policy items, and passed a resolution on protection of school-based custodial workers.
The Chicago Board of Education took a sequence of formal actions at its Oct. 23 meeting, adopting procurement, personnel and policy items and several resolutions.
Key outcomes included:
- Election of Mikayla Blaise as chairman pro tem for the meeting (motion moved by Ricardo Rivas; adopted by roll call 16-0). - Adoption of routine procurement and vendor renewals, including noted abstentions for specific vendors by board members when declared on record. - Personnel appointments ratified by the Board included the transfer/appointment of Ronan Chabelski as chief safety and security officer and Julie Burnett as chief of staff, with ratification of actions since their effective dates. - Resolutions on personnel actions: RS3 (reinstatement of a tenured teacher with conditions) and RS4 (dismissal of a tenured teacher) were adopted with recorded tallies (RS3 and RS5 adopted 16-0; RS4 adopted with 14 ayes, 1 abstention, 1 nay recorded). - A standalone resolution on protection of school-based custodial workers (RS1) passed by roll call (17-0).
The Board also approved a 30-minute recess earlier in the meeting and later adopted a motion to keep two closed-session minutes confidential. The meeting ended after final procedural votes and adjournment.
