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CHSD 218 board approves calendar, policies and contracts; finance update flags tax timing
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Summary
The CHSD 218 School Board approved consent items including the 2026–27 calendar, a facility-usage policy, copier contract and textbook adoptions; the finance report cited roughly $1,000,000 in insurance savings and noted spring tax receipts may arrive after fiscal year-end.
At its April 15 meeting, the CHSD 218 School Board approved a slate of routine but consequential items and heard a finance update that emphasized insurance and transportation savings alongside uncertainty over spring tax-timing.
The board approved the consent agenda (minutes, expenditures, payables and personnel list 2026-4), then approved the 2026–27 meeting dates (moving meetings to Tuesdays beginning in August), a district facility-usage policy and a revised 2026–27 academic calendar. The facility policy discussion included plans for a facility-management software tool to handle scheduling, liability language, contracts and invoices; board members said procedures will follow the new policy.
The board voted to award a contract for multifunction copiers and print services and adopted proposed textbooks and digital resources for 2026–27, including classroom sets for several CTE courses. "We switched to a Blue Choice option, and it's seen about 1,000,000 dollars in savings there," the chair said in summarizing finance-committee findings. Members noted that transportation changes and a carrier buyout could yield additional savings and help with shared CTE programming across schools.
Business manager Mr. Corsi explained that the district's tax receipts had been reconfigured and that the district is "around, like, 2, 2.5" short in records, a phrasing the board discussed; the chair and staff emphasized auditors will need to account for any spring taxes received after the June 30 fiscal-year close. The board approved a resolution supporting the City of Palos Heights' extension of the Gateway TIF district and then voted to enter closed session.
The meeting included no public comments on agenda items and closed with the board clearing the room for executive session.
