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District leaders reported improvements in transportation staffing, said several potential bus-driver candidates are in pipeline though they lack CDLs, and confirmed teacher vacancies were filled, including a technology teacher at the junior high.
Illinois / School Boards / Minooka CCSD 201
The board approved the consent agenda, which included acceptance of the audit, authorization to solicit final electricity pricing with Cornerstone Energy Group, donations of backpacks and $500, inclusion of the MJHS chiller project in health-life-safety and a buildings-and-grounds truck purchase.
Illinois / School Boards / Minooka CCSD 201
Chief Academic Officer outlined a focused PD plan emphasizing professional learning communities, core instruction, data literacy, collective teacher efficacy and teacher clarity as high-impact strategies to accelerate student learning.
Illinois / School Boards / Minooka CCSD 201
External auditors presented the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 audit, reporting improved fund balances, a strong debt margin, a 3.9 projected profile score and no findings on the single audit, including school nutrition testing.
Illinois / School Boards / Minooka CCSD 201
The Board adopted the district’s FY2025–26 balanced budget, including a non-operating fund allocation for a chiller replacement at Manuka Junior High School, funds for permanent swing gates to improve campus traffic, and a modest overall surplus.
Illinois / School Boards / Minooka CCSD 201
Administrative reports highlighted successful attendance campaigns, safety drills and Panorama surveys, upcoming family engagement opportunities, and PTO-funded projects including an outdoor learning space at Aux Sable and a new electronic sign at Minooka Elementary.
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District staff recommended moving from BoardDocs to Diligent Community after vendor support for BoardDocs ends; migration would preserve archived agendas, increase annual cost from about $3,200 to $6,000, and include user training and archive migration.
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District student-services staff reported fewer than 1% of special-education students are placed in therapeutic day schools — well below the state target of over 6% — attributing the result to use of cooperative intensive programs that keep students closer to home.
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District assessment leaders briefed the board on Illinois’ 18‑month review that resets proficiency cut scores to four aligned levels across assessments and aims to reduce discrepancies between state scores and national indicators such as NAEP; the district will communicate changes to families and include the new benchmarks in the October report.
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Administrators praised technology staff for a successful IT disaster‑recovery response to an HVAC‑related outage, introduced Sloan Dempsey as assistant director of transportation amid ongoing driver recruitment, and reported Morris Hospital donated roughly $2,300 to athletics after providing 116 sports physicals this summer.