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Board approves health-center talks with Miles Square, passes tax levy and multiple consent items; policy 7.15 laid over
Summary
Trustees directed staff to negotiate with Miles Square Health on a student-based health center, approved the 2025 tax levy (5-2), authorized a school maintenance grant application and multiple MUOs and consent items, and delayed a revision to policy 7.15 for further community review.
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education approved several administrative and fiscal actions:
- Miles Square Health: On the recommendation of administration, the board voted unanimously to move forward with negotiations with Miles Square Health on a student-based health center rather than pursue an open RFP/RFQ process.
- 2025 tax levy: Trustees approved the resolution to set the 2025 tax levy by a 5-2 vote (Miss Haley and Miss Pearson voted no).
- School maintenance project grant application: The board unanimously approved submission of a school maintenance grant application.
- Bloom Park playground MOU: The board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Rockford Park District for the Bloom Park playground project unanimously.
- Consent agendas and closed-session items: Multiple consent items across Performance & Monitoring, Planning & Development and Governance committees were approved; one consent item (5L) passed with a 6-yes, 1-abstain roll call. Closed-session consent items (workers'comp settlement and HR organizational report) were approved unanimously.
- Student discipline: Items listed as section 11 (multiple expulsions and abeyance agreements for identified student case numbers) were approved by roll call as presented.
- Policy 7.15 (third-party access to students and student information): After extended discussion and community input, the board voted unanimously to lay the proposed revision over to next month for additional legal and administrative clarification.
The board also heard the superintendent's final report and student representative remarks and adjourned following remarks by the newly appointed superintendent.
