WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.480 thank you for joining us tonight. 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:03.400 My name is Jean permanent. 00:00:03.400 --> 00:00:06.560 I have the honor to serve as the superintendent here in district 88. 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:10.840 This is my, 30 and, 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:13.840 31st, so almost 32nd year in the district. 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:16.520 And, I'm very, 00:00:16.520 --> 00:00:19.720 thankful that you took some time to spend with us tonight. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:20.720 With me, 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:23.960 we have quite a few of our administrative team and our board of education. 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:27.600 So we have our board president and, he's got a craft. 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:30.600 Kane is on our board. Vice president. 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.560 Mr. Danielson is here as well. 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:35.640 We have board members. 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.760 Amy Finnegan, Jean Taylor, and 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:41.920 I think. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.520 Did I miss anybody? 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.120 Yeah. Okay. 00:00:46.120 --> 00:00:50.280 Danny Brink, who's our director of community relations, is with us. 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.320 Is Erica Craig who you heard from already? 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:56.040 Our assistant superintendent for student programs and services, Mr. 00:00:56.120 --> 00:00:58.360 Van Seagal's assistant superintendent. 00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:00.720 For college and career readiness. 00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:03.880 Mr. Chuck Persky, our, 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:08.080 director of, of of software engineering and operations. 00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:11.720 And, we have our both of our principals, 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:15.520 we have Doctor Dan Kraus from Willowbrook High School, Mr.. 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:17.800 Jack Andrews from Edison High School. 00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:21.320 We have, Doctor Valerie Humphrey, who is our student success 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:22.760 coordinator for the district. 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:23.680 Is that as well? 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.160 And Miss Kennedy Calderon, our district translator. 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:29.440 So we've got, many administrators here to be able to answer questions. 00:01:29.440 --> 00:01:31.760 We have a lot to share with you tonight. 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.360 And we just, again, appreciate your time. 00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:39.640 We, do this, periodically throughout the year to share more 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:43.440 centralized information from the district and send up in to share updates. 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:46.320 So, again, there'll be time for you to ask questions. 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:48.520 You're able to put questions in the chat 00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:51.480 if you'd like, but we'll have time at the end as well. 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:53.480 For any of your questions. 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:54.400 So we'll start out tonight. 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.200 We do have, this is the, I think the end of the year. 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:01.680 We have so many incredible successes of our students and our staff. 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:06.160 It's been an incredible year so far, and we're in the time of year, 00:02:06.160 --> 00:02:08.680 but we're celebrating a lot of that success. 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:12.200 So we will, we'll be sharing the slides with you in the chat 00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:13.520 and there'll 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.880 be a link, this slide that this link is getting updated right now. 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:19.880 You'll there's a whole slide that of the incredible, 00:02:20.200 --> 00:02:23.880 things that our kids have accomplished this year from in academics 00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:27.040 as well as extracurricular, success. 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:30.880 You know, our sports, music programs, theater, 00:02:30.880 --> 00:02:32.760 we have state champions and, 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:36.600 and all kinds of accolades that our students have earned, this year. 00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:39.600 So lots to be proud of. Tonight. 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.680 So we'll share all that with you, in the link here. 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.240 That's at the bottom of, of, of that, that slide. 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:50.320 So those who are new to the district, we just wanted to point out, too, 00:02:50.320 --> 00:02:53.320 that our district strategic plan is on our website. 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.680 And the board, through this plan, had established 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:00.360 nine goals in three different areas teaching and learning, 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.240 student voice, climate and culture, and family and community. 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:09.360 So we have met goals that we measure, in these in these different areas. 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:14.640 And we have a, dashboard where you can see, how we are doing. 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:18.200 And each one of these goals, that is also on the website. 00:03:18.320 --> 00:03:20.000 So you can go to the next slide. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.680 So if you, when you, visit 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:27.080 the strategic plan page, you will see a dashboard. 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.840 Each of these are drop down menus with graphs and charts. 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.840 You can see how we're trending toward each one of these goals. 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:36.120 So it's everything from how we're doing a reading and math to 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.640 how many college credits our students have earned this year, 00:03:39.640 --> 00:03:44.200 which this over, the last year was 5600 college credits, 00:03:44.480 --> 00:03:47.440 how many industry credentials, career certifications, 00:03:47.440 --> 00:03:51.640 all of those important things that are getting them ready for where they are 00:03:51.640 --> 00:03:55.240 going to enter when they leave Edison Trail, Boulder High School. 00:03:56.040 --> 00:03:58.000 So lots to be proud of here. 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.160 And again, it's all, tracked. 00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:04.600 And we want to be as transparent and accountable to the public as possible. 00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:09.840 So please, when you have time, visit, our that that site. 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:11.920 And so one of 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:15.640 those goals, is to make sure that our students are ready 00:04:15.640 --> 00:04:20.560 not only for college, but also to start, career pathways. 00:04:20.960 --> 00:04:25.120 And so we have in our district over 18 different career pathways. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:30.400 Our board has, very much invested in, making sure that our students 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:34.720 have lots of options, to pursue everything 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:40.680 from our biomedical tracks to engineering, to culinary arts to the trades. 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.520 And we have lots of options for students and all of them, all the pathways 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:49.320 have dual credit and industry credentials that students live with. 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.160 So I'm going to turn this over. 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.600 Is Nvidia Navarro is somebody I. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.400 Know I I'll be taking her slides. 00:04:55.400 --> 00:04:56.160 Oh all right. 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:59.560 So this would also be walking through kind of all the different offerings 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:01.160 and things that we have available for students. 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.000 So I'll turn it over to Mr. Glass. Absolutely. Thank you. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.680 So my name is Yvonne Sickles. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.960 I'm the assistant superintendent like doctor representative 00:05:07.960 --> 00:05:10.000 said for our college and career readiness. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:11.640 So my job is to get ready 00:05:11.640 --> 00:05:14.640 to get your students ready for the next steps after they leave us. 00:05:14.760 --> 00:05:19.760 So I do work, in close, proximity and, 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.400 we work hand-in-hand with Miss Navarro, as she's put a lot of time. 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:25.600 She's our director of student career development. 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.400 And so we have really tried to put together some roadmaps. 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.960 And some comprehensive websites just to share with the families 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:37.400 and the students so they know all of the opportunities that we offer, 00:05:37.640 --> 00:05:40.640 across Willowbrook High School and Addison Trail High School. 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:44.360 So, as Doctor Brennan, he said that you'll be getting these slides. 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:46.040 There's a lot of links here. 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:50.000 There's a lot of QR codes for you to, explore and take some time. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:51.600 There are videos in there. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:52.560 So please, 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:55.680 if you have a minute, once you get these, please, please take some time with these. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.840 So just, you know, moving on. 00:05:58.840 --> 00:06:02.200 We do have, with the career pathways. 00:06:02.520 --> 00:06:06.120 We do have some, credentialed career based curricular tracks 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:06.960 across the district. 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:09.280 So we do offer medical careers. 00:06:09.280 --> 00:06:11.440 That's a pathway at Addison Trail High School. 00:06:11.440 --> 00:06:15.960 We are, proud to offer JROTC across both buildings. 00:06:15.960 --> 00:06:20.120 We have Project lead the way, which is, we have courses, 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:24.160 in Project lead the way through, engineering and also biomedical sciences. 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.280 So that's a pathway that students take throughout their four years with us. 00:06:27.880 --> 00:06:31.200 And they end up with, dual credit in those areas. 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:35.560 And then also we have AP cybersecurity at Addison Trail High School. 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.880 So those are just a few of the, programs that we showcase. 00:06:40.200 --> 00:06:42.320 So on the next slide, 00:06:42.320 --> 00:06:47.120 we also have many internship and apprenticeship, programs 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.120 and opportunities for our students, as well as vocational programs. 00:06:50.320 --> 00:06:53.880 So we do have a capstone course, which is once the students have taken 00:06:53.880 --> 00:06:54.640 all the prerequisites. 00:06:54.640 --> 00:06:59.680 It's like the, the ending course, and it's called heritage Spanish 00:06:59.760 --> 00:07:00.720 career fluency. 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.960 And it's a course that has dual credit through code where the students 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:06.960 go out into the community once a week, 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:10.600 and they act as interpreters and translators within the community. 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.400 It's been a very powerful program for them. 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:16.680 And then we also have an education teacher preparation program. 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.760 Those students earn a college and career pathway endorsement. 00:07:19.760 --> 00:07:24.440 Upon completion of that, they have to earn at least six hours of dual credit. 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.800 They need at least 60 hours of field experience. 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:29.320 And they also have to, complete 00:07:29.320 --> 00:07:31.880 some team based challenges to get this pathway endorsement. 00:07:31.880 --> 00:07:35.320 So it is a it is a heavy lift, but this is really preparing the teachers, 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:40.360 the future teachers, for, success after they leave us, like I mentioned. 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:44.280 And then finally we have expanded our youth apprenticeship program. 00:07:44.280 --> 00:07:47.120 We've expanded that to internships for next year. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.320 So right now we do have apprenticeships for students, interested in it, 00:07:52.320 --> 00:07:53.800 and also manufacturing. 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.920 And then we have expanded this to internships that are not paid, 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:00.520 where students are released for two periods of the day to go and get 00:08:00.520 --> 00:08:04.640 at least 60 hours of experience in a career that they're interested in. 00:08:04.640 --> 00:08:07.640 So we have students interested in dentistry, 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.760 banking, finance, we have veterinary students going out. 00:08:11.760 --> 00:08:13.360 So it's really exciting. 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:14.920 Next year is a first year we're launching. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:18.560 This year we're looking forward, to see their successes. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:21.480 And then I know this is a lot of information. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:26.440 So we do like I mentioned, we do have, a website for each school. 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.920 And it breaks down those career pathways, those 18, 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:33.040 along with what the courses should be that students could take 00:08:33.040 --> 00:08:36.520 if they're interested in them, as well as extracurricular activities. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:38.440 So it's pretty comprehensive. 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.840 And I do really encourage you all to take a look at this. 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.920 After the meeting. 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:46.960 One last piece, with the career experience 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.480 as I'm going to talk about this in a second, 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.880 because we do have a graduation requirement tied to this is, Miss Nevarez 00:08:52.880 --> 00:08:56.160 has been coordinating these dream plan do from the halls 00:08:56.160 --> 00:08:59.200 to the hustle, these these presentations for students at the buildings. 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:05.200 And, usually she is, reaching out to community members or alumni, 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:07.000 and they come and they speak to the students 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:07.880 and they kind of share 00:09:07.880 --> 00:09:10.880 their parts of, like, how they have gotten to where they are today. 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:15.440 So we do have, business owners that own fitness, 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:19.800 fitness centers, to banks, like I said, to real estate, 00:09:20.040 --> 00:09:23.560 to Cosmetologists have all come and spoken to the students and just kind of 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:27.880 had Q&A sessions after explaining their after sharing their journeys, 00:09:27.880 --> 00:09:28.840 just to really help 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.520 the students get that experience and hear about potential, careers. 00:09:36.400 --> 00:09:38.880 So starting in August of 2026, 00:09:38.880 --> 00:09:42.560 we do have a new, career pathway graduation requirement. 00:09:42.560 --> 00:09:46.480 And we're we're asking all students to have a post-secondary commitment. 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:48.760 So what are you going to do after you leave us? 00:09:48.760 --> 00:09:51.360 And this programing is going to start freshman year. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.800 It's going to start with their counselors. 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:56.560 It's going to start through our offices, where the students begin 00:09:56.560 --> 00:10:00.800 this post-secondary and this career kind of exploration. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.800 So in addition to letting us know by the time they leave of what 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:08.480 their plan is, we also want all students to have at least one career experience. 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.520 And that can be an internship. 00:10:10.520 --> 00:10:12.120 It can be a job shadowing. 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.400 Any career focus field trip or the presentation panels. 00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:18.440 I just talked about, an industry related project, 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:22.880 an apprenticeship, a mentorship or earning an industry credential. 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:27.560 So we're really trying to get the students to, expand their experiences 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:30.640 just to see and figure out what they like before they actually leave us. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.000 Regarding our graduation requirements, I know we have some new parents 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:36.200 on here tonight. 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.560 These are going to be found in the student handbook. 00:10:38.560 --> 00:10:40.280 It'll be shared with you this summer. 00:10:40.280 --> 00:10:43.840 But we do have, the district 88 graduation requirements. 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:47.680 And then we have a second column that explains and lists, 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:50.680 recommended courses of students are college bound. 00:10:50.760 --> 00:10:54.120 So it's just, you know, the English as each semester's 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.560 mathematics is six, to graduate district 88. 00:10:57.560 --> 00:11:00.080 But if you know, most colleges want that eight semesters. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.280 So we wanted to just kind of show, 00:11:02.280 --> 00:11:06.040 the two pathways to graduation that students have. 00:11:09.040 --> 00:11:12.040 You can just keep going. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:12.480 All right. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:16.760 And then so again, I do have a slide with all of these links for once you get, 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:18.280 once you get the slide deck. 00:11:18.280 --> 00:11:22.440 And then we also I just want to mention for the new parents and even parents 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.520 that are, veterans with us, we do have graduation flexibilities. 00:11:26.760 --> 00:11:30.640 So we really want to, help our students and support our students 00:11:30.640 --> 00:11:32.320 get ready for that next level. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:36.320 So we do have some, flexibilities regarding the science requirement. 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.320 So we have a three year science requirement in district 88. 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:40.960 And we do have some ways 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:44.960 that students can substitute other coursework for that third year of science. 00:11:45.280 --> 00:11:49.080 We also have some flexibilities of students are in apprenticeships 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:50.800 or technical education. 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:54.920 And we also have some PE, flexibilities where if students are in general 00:11:54.920 --> 00:11:59.880 to see or, participate in athletics or need certain coursework, 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:05.080 for their next level, there are some ways that we can, substitute P.E. 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.600 for those classes. So again, that link is there. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.960 I'm happy to answer any questions. 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:11.920 If you send me an email, or anything like that. 00:12:13.680 --> 00:12:14.640 And then just really 00:12:14.640 --> 00:12:18.040 quickly, we do have a program in district eight called School Links. 00:12:18.520 --> 00:12:20.960 It's a comprehensive career. 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.560 And just like a whole package for our students. 00:12:23.560 --> 00:12:27.080 So our students go in here and they, they do different surveys 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.080 to find out what a good career for them would be. 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:35.720 They have, we have a dashboard for them that has like opportunities for them 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:37.000 in the community 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:40.000 that aligns to those careers that they choose through those surveys. 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.320 So they can do their internships or if they want to volunteer 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:47.160 or even if they're looking for a paid job, school Links is connected 00:12:47.160 --> 00:12:48.520 to our employers. 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:50.520 And they're able to advertise there. 00:12:50.520 --> 00:12:53.080 So our students have exposure to that as well. 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:56.800 And then in school links, that's our our comprehensive course guide is in there 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:59.800 where all of our courses are listed, as well as the career pathways. 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:06.080 And then going 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:10.080 along with, you know, the college launch and what's going on. 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:11.560 What are the students doing after they leave us? 00:13:11.560 --> 00:13:15.760 We have something called the District Data College launch in the power of 15. 00:13:16.160 --> 00:13:19.080 And this is a flier, that we've created 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:22.240 that has all of the opportunities for our students in one place. 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.080 So it has the dual credit courses that we offer from freshman year 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.560 all the way through senior year, how many hours the students can get. 00:13:30.400 --> 00:13:35.720 And also, what university that, that those courses are offered through. 00:13:36.040 --> 00:13:40.040 Also the transitional courses that we offer are on there as well as the AP. 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.120 So you will more to come on that. 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:44.240 And then please link, click on that link. 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:45.360 Once you get the slide show. 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:49.480 And I know I've been 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.600 talking about this dual credit with the the power of 15. 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:57.000 And what dual credit is, is our teachers in district 88 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:00.880 are serve as adjunct faculty at different colleges in the area. 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.720 And they're able to teach the, 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.200 the college level courses to our high schoolers. 00:14:06.760 --> 00:14:10.480 And so this is really beneficial for our students because they're getting 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:14.040 that college experience with the support of district 88 teachers, 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.640 and all of the support in their interventions 00:14:16.640 --> 00:14:19.960 while they're at their home schools, they're realizing that they can do it. 00:14:20.680 --> 00:14:24.600 And they're also, getting that credit and earning credit 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.200 that is transferable to when and if they decide to go to college. 00:14:28.520 --> 00:14:33.160 We've also found that if students earn that those 15 hours of dual credit 00:14:33.160 --> 00:14:33.960 before they leave us, 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:37.840 they do have a higher chance of actually completing college for once they leave us. 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.160 So just wanted to show you take a second. 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:47.200 We have about 50 offerings, of dual credit, through the College of DuPage. 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:51.240 And like I mentioned, these are, you know, available to students 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:55.360 from grades nine through 12, you know, depending on the course. 00:14:55.680 --> 00:14:59.480 So just, you know, please take a look at school links, take a look at the course 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:03.200 catalog, and see if any of those are interesting to your if your students 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.240 is interested in taking any of those, we also have some courses 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.800 that code the college of DuPage isn't able to support with us. 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:15.040 So we have partnered with Elmhurst University, Dominican University, 00:15:15.040 --> 00:15:18.760 and also Project Lead the way to offer those dual credit opportunities 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.600 for our students. 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:23.640 So we're really trying to offer as many of these courses 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.200 and this rigorous coursework to our students as possible. 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:28.880 We also 00:15:28.880 --> 00:15:32.680 have, a partnership with the Technology Center of DuPage. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.720 And that is a program where juniors and seniors, 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:40.160 spend half of their day at this vocational center. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:44.000 And there are 14, I believe, 14 to 16 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.560 different programs that students get for with hands on experience. 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:50.600 They get career certifications as well as dual credit through code. 00:15:51.760 --> 00:15:55.120 Our you know, we have cosmetology is a very popular program. 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:58.280 Fire science, Hvac medical assistant. 00:15:58.280 --> 00:16:01.280 Like students really do have a lot of options for this. 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:04.760 And it's been a very positive program for our students. 00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:08.920 And then finally, I just wanted to share our Advanced Placement courses. 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.360 These are courses that, students take an assessment at the end of the year. 00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:15.080 And depending on their score, 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:17.280 when they take those scores and present them to their college, 00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:21.560 if they choose to attend one, they are they can be granted 00:16:21.760 --> 00:16:25.560 waivers of those classes or credit, depending on on the school. 00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:29.640 So we do have close to 30 of those opportunities for our students as well. 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.480 Thank you for your time. 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:36.400 I'm going to hand this over to Miss Erica Craig now. 00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:39.400 Thank you. 00:16:45.920 --> 00:16:48.120 Mr.. Thank you for having me. 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.920 Yeah, we're having some audio issues. 00:16:49.920 --> 00:16:50.720 Are you hearing us? 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:53.720 Erica? 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.160 We are not hearing you, 00:16:59.160 --> 00:17:00.880 but you're not muted, either. 00:17:00.880 --> 00:17:03.080 I know, how about now? Can you hear me now? 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.520 Yes. Okay. Apologies for that. 00:17:05.520 --> 00:17:06.160 Thank you, Mr. 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:06.760 Gallus. 00:17:06.760 --> 00:17:08.840 As you've just seen, 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:11.600 we have a myriad of course offerings that we're really proud of 00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:12.800 in order to prepare students. 00:17:12.800 --> 00:17:15.040 For what, what lies ahead of them when they. 00:17:15.040 --> 00:17:17.040 When they leave us, down the road? 00:17:17.040 --> 00:17:20.200 One of the things that we're also very proud of here in district 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:23.200 88 is the linguistic and cultural diversity of our students. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.920 We are very proud to be one of the most diverse school districts. 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.720 In the county. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.760 Additionally, we are very proud that we have over 00:17:31.760 --> 00:17:34.920 50 languages spoken by our students in our communities. 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:39.160 And that's something that, we cherish, and we want to, to recognize. 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.120 And one of the ways that we do that is via the seal of Biliteracy, 00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:47.280 the seal Biliteracy and the commendation of Biliteracy, our state issued credential 00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:50.360 that students can earn if they can demonstrate proficiency, 00:17:50.600 --> 00:17:55.080 or in, English or one additional language or more. 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:58.240 So we have some students who've actually earned two and three seals 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.560 or commendations of biliteracy, 00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:02.800 meaning that they're proficient in, 2 or 3 languages. 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:07.320 What's exciting about this is that students can actually earn college credit, 00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:10.320 for Illinois public colleges and universities 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:13.120 if they qualify for the seal of Biliteracy. 00:18:13.120 --> 00:18:15.280 We offer that at no charge to students. 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:18.400 So, during their world language, programing 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.400 and even for students who aren't participating language programing, 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.400 our department heads facilitate that testing for students. 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.920 And to date, we're really proud that 293 students this year, have earned, 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.320 we have a couple students who are actually finishing up, 00:18:32.320 --> 00:18:34.360 and you can see that the languages that they've earned 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:37.360 that, that seal commendation and or that sealed biliteracy. 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:40.520 So we encourage all students to get involved. 00:18:40.520 --> 00:18:44.440 So that way they can can earn this as well as they start to plan for, 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.440 life after high school. 00:18:46.760 --> 00:18:48.520 Transitioning just a little bit. 00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:50.160 We've talked a lot about the wonderful kind 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:53.200 of academic opportunities that we have for students in district eight. 00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:56.320 Just wanted to talk a little bit about the way that we support students 00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:58.960 and making sure that they're at school, because we know that students 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:02.240 being at school and in their classes is the best and safest place for them. 00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:07.160 One of the things that, current students and families are probably, 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.920 you know, recognize is that the Monday morning email that, 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.000 that students, families receive that could kind of give a report 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.960 of students attendance from the week before. 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:21.280 We will be continuing that into this next school year, as well as some a different 00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:25.080 building level initiatives to make sure that we are focusing as a community, 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:28.440 on, ensuring that students are in class and on time. 00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:31.960 So what's important about that is in addition to, 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:34.920 the parent communications that we have, our deans, 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:38.520 our administrators are very creative in terms of developing intervention plans 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.080 to make sure that students are at school and that they are in class. 00:19:42.280 --> 00:19:44.280 All right. So you can continue to look for that. 00:19:44.280 --> 00:19:46.880 In addition to the attendance support, I just wanted to make mention 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:49.880 that next year we are going to have a pretty comprehensive campaign 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.280 as well about dress code. 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:54.520 So making sure that students are safe when they come to school, 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:57.200 and that they're, presenting themselves in ways, 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:01.080 that that ensures that positive learning environment for all of our students. 00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:02.360 All right. 00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:06.280 Additional supports that we have for students to make sure that they are, 00:20:06.280 --> 00:20:08.880 being that they're able to show up to school and, 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.760 and to feel their best is to ensure that we have mental health 00:20:11.760 --> 00:20:14.920 and social emotional interventions and supports for all students. 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:16.160 We know that, 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.240 many of our students are facing, significant challenges. 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:23.800 And district 88 has always prided ourselves in making sure 00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:27.960 that we can provide as much support and help to students, as possible. 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:31.680 So in addition to our regularly staff, counselors 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:35.800 and social workers and psychologists that we have in both buildings, 00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:40.520 we also have student groups that we run, so students who might be struggling 00:20:40.520 --> 00:20:45.520 with maybe some school anxiety or perhaps grief, substance abuse, etc. 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:47.880 we do have targeted group support 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:51.400 to make sure that students can come to school, and get that help. 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:54.680 We also have a comprehensive signs of suicide program, 00:20:54.760 --> 00:20:59.560 as well as a partnership that we're very, very, proud of with Netflix 00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:03.360 and Serenity House, which our local therapeutic and, substance 00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:07.440 abuse agencies that provide onsite clinical service and support to students 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.760 who need additional help. 00:21:08.760 --> 00:21:11.080 All right. All of this is is, 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:16.480 is, it's a product of our partnership with the Edison Township 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:21.560 mental Health Board, who graciously afforded us the opportunity, to use 00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:25.200 some of the grant funding to be able to extend our resources to students. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:29.200 Another thing that I'd like to share is that we also have referral G.P.S., 00:21:29.280 --> 00:21:33.840 which is a database that provides students and their families with up to eight 00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:37.800 free counseling sessions, and helps to connect families and students 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:41.600 to therapists, that are within our within our area. 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.480 So if that's something that, you and your family could benefit from, 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:48.640 please see the website there and reach out for more help. 00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:57.840 And I'll pass it to Doctor Valerie Humphrey. 00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.200 Evening, everyone. 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.200 As she just said, I'm Doctor Valerie Humphrey. 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:03.280 I've been in a district for five years, 00:22:03.280 --> 00:22:05.240 and one of the charges that was given to me 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:08.560 was to create a community for African-Americans, students and families. 00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:12.280 And we have done a great job doing so, I must say myself. 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:16.880 So we've created the Talented program, which is, Talented Scholars Network, 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:20.560 which is the honors program for our African-American students. 00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.880 But it also invites 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:25.880 other students that are not at the honors level to have the exposure as well. 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:28.160 And this year, it was pretty amazing. 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:32.040 We became the regional finalist for the Junior Achievement 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.600 Stock Market competition. So it was great. 00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:37.600 And we got a chance to compete against 15 different schools. 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:39.040 And then with stock market. 00:22:39.040 --> 00:22:43.040 So our students are actually learning to trade stocks at such a young age. 00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:47.240 So if you know any of them top to them they may give you a tip or two. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.640 And we have a program. 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.160 We have two programs, the bus program and the beyond program, 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.160 which we meet monthly and is going very well. 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:58.960 We met every month this year and we just talk about different things. 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:02.800 What we yearn to do is an HBCU college tour, and next year 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.440 we're going to put some 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.360 other things in place where we can do local tours, as well as get aboard 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.440 this college tour bus. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.480 We're really trying to do that. 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.320 And we have the rain program. 00:23:12.320 --> 00:23:14.320 Rain is a female mentoring program. 00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:19.040 So as an African-American females and it has been very successful. 00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:20.760 We've done it for two years 00:23:20.760 --> 00:23:23.000 and our students really want to meet more often. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.000 We've met once a week, once a month. 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.000 This year, so we may be meeting twice a month next year. 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:33.120 And we also have the Sankofa Sankofa Night, which is basically the bird. 00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:36.600 You see, he's his head is turned backwards with the egg in his mouth. 00:23:36.760 --> 00:23:41.120 So it's all about recognizing your past as you saw towards your future. 00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:44.480 And the future is the egg what's in you and what's to be birds? 00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:48.160 And we're going to make that a community family night in February, 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.440 this year coming up. 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:53.000 Well, next school year, I apologize for that. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.120 Next school year. 00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:57.320 So it'll be something cool, something we do do a Black History Month. 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:01.000 Also is second, which is our student African-American conference, 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:03.400 which is just geared for our students, 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:06.000 and we do it during the day, and we have amazing workshops. 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:10.120 We so we have a great time and it has been very successful. 00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:13.080 We're on our fourth year of that coming up next year. 00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:16.720 And then we have PBS, which is our Parents of Black Scholars program. 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:18.160 We meet with our parents 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.680 the four times a year. 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:23.240 We had a great time. This year we have family night. On the first one. 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.760 We invite them to bring the children, 00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:27.560 and we just talk about the vision and the focus for the year. 00:24:27.560 --> 00:24:31.360 And then we also held a scholarship webinar where our parents came 00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:35.360 and they learned about the different scholarship opportunities and things, 00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:38.800 not just locally, but the plan of how to do that, and 00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:42.440 is not where we don't set programs where it's just for African-American students. 00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:44.000 All students are invited, 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.880 and we just geared it towards African-American students and Black 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:51.040 Topia Conference is a conference geared towards African American students. 00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:53.480 It's open to other schools. 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:56.720 We have 20 over 25 schools represented this year. 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.880 So it was cool. 00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:01.040 And we also also do something where we give back. 00:25:01.040 --> 00:25:04.760 And we have partnerships with Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Nokia donated. 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:08.840 We have some great things going on and we actually had a donation 00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:12.200 of over 5000 pairs of socks that we donated to different, 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:15.520 community, different organizations within our community. 00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:18.520 So 5000 pair of socks to our elderly. 00:25:18.520 --> 00:25:19.720 And it was great. 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.760 So other than that, you're welcome to join us next year. 00:25:21.760 --> 00:25:23.800 If you have any questions, please email me 00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:26.320 and I would love to turn it over to our amazing principals. 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.000 Good evening everybody. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:32.560 So great to see so many of you join us tonight. 00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:33.960 Thanks for coming out again. 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.440 I'm Jack Andrews. 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:38.440 I have the honor and privilege to serve as principal at Addison Trail. 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:40.160 And we have Doctor Kraus. Yeah. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.320 Thank you, Mr. Andrews. 00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:43.600 Thanks for the introduction to, Doctor Humphrey. 00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:45.120 And great job. 00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.280 My name is Dan Krauss. 00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:48.920 I also have the honor privilege of being the principal at Willowbrook High School. 00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:54.080 It is my 24th year in the district, I think 19 as principal. 00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:57.920 I did the applause of county like Doctor Barbara Day for a moment there. 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:02.200 But we are happy to share, quite a bit of, information 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:06.520 related to, the day to day work that happens in each of our buildings. 00:26:06.760 --> 00:26:08.320 We're going to start with academic supports, 00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:10.560 and you'll see nearly identical information, 00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:12.320 shared in each of our columns. 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:14.400 I'll take the first two bullets if you want, Mr. 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.520 Andrews, and then if you want to. 00:26:15.520 --> 00:26:18.840 And so each of us have what's called our resource centers. 00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:22.240 They are, dedicated, period. 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:25.600 Throughout the school day for either English, math 00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:28.800 or science or learning service or ell supports, 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:32.480 Addison Trail, but it is called the Academic Success Center. 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:36.840 Or they asked at the, at Willowbrook is the Warrior Resource Center or the work. 00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:40.960 Students are scheduled into each of these and are, licensed 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.160 staff members that are assigned to help support, their academic progress. 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:47.720 They do progress monitoring on a weekly basis. 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:52.320 In essence, making sure the students are staying on par, on and, 00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:56.840 on pace with, within their classes, the warrior time and Edison, 00:26:56.840 --> 00:27:01.360 and the hours are dedicated period in the day for all students. 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:04.600 It's a 35 minute period built into our schedule Tuesdays 00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:08.600 through Fridays, where students have access again to academic supports. 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:12.520 They also have opportunities for us to provide information, 00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:16.720 do some of our required drills, meet with school counselors, and essence, 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:20.440 we put anything and everything we can into the resource periods and utilize it, 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.720 on a regular basis, to help support students 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.840 throughout the school year in a very different ways 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:30.520 to other quick resources, that both buildings have. 00:27:30.520 --> 00:27:31.880 We used to have a writing center. 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:33.520 So this is an opportunity 00:27:33.520 --> 00:27:37.440 for students who are working on papers, updating their resumes, writing college 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:41.720 applications, whatever it might be, and all grade levels to be able to go in 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.280 and receive that one on one support, from a staff member 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:48.320 and then each school has an afterschool tutoring program, 00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:51.160 where throughout the week, different either 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:54.920 student, tutors or even staff tutors are available. 00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:57.520 To help students kind of with the homework help. 00:27:57.520 --> 00:28:00.520 Again available to to all students. 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:04.200 I think we're going to transition over to some safety and security, 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.960 updates and reminders. 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:09.760 So I know it's, a lot of words on this slide, but basically, 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:13.040 the top part there, it talks about just going to increase security 00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:17.040 cameras, increase security cameras, actually on our busses to ensure that, 00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:21.640 you know, students safety and security is our number one, priority. 00:28:22.280 --> 00:28:25.400 So we have added that, just this past school year, 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:28.680 we also remind, want to remind all of our families 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:31.680 to please make sure, as you're registering, 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:34.840 which we're going to talk about here in just a couple slides, 00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:39.000 to make sure that that contact information is as up to date as possible. 00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:43.280 If you do need to change it throughout, the school year, you would just reach out 00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:44.720 to your students, counselor, 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.160 if for some reason you're up there, you're registering and you're like, 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:52.440 that's not my phone number, or we moved addresses, please just reach out to us 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.760 because we send a lot of information out, especially via email. 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:59.880 That is a very important one to make sure you have access, 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:02.880 to your email, because lots of really good information 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:05.920 also around safety and security is pushed out through that. 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.640 Transportation, you know, kick it off. 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:15.080 Go ahead now. You're good. Good. Okay. 00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.480 All right. 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.240 So transportation, if you are a current student, 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:24.400 or parent in our district or an incoming, we use a app called My Ride. 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:28.080 K12 what this app does is it gives you kind of real time 00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:31.600 updates on how far the busses away from your bus stop. 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:35.640 So on those cold days, or rainy days, and you're 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:39.520 trying to cut it a little bit closer, you can track your bus right on this app. 00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:45.000 Our students do scan them on and off the busses on in the after or, 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.000 I'm sorry, on the busses, in the afternoon. 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:52.840 In order to ensure the right student is riding the right bus. 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:57.160 I believe we can talk about it here. 00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:00.760 Is every student is issued a student ID card. 00:30:00.760 --> 00:30:02.640 That ID card is really important. 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.400 There's a digital Iki ID card. 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:08.440 There's the one that you, actually use for your bus. 00:30:08.760 --> 00:30:12.400 That will get you into the school, into different places. 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.640 That writing center and academic success center 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:16.760 and all the resources that are available there. 00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:19.760 You also scan into those the student services office. 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:24.040 So each student will be issued a student ID card, 00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:27.040 that they will be able to get at material, pick up. 00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.600 So there's a lot of conversation 00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:34.160 generally around cell phone usage and, personal devices in schools. 00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.760 Certainly. 00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:38.880 Most recently, all of our classrooms in both buildings are equipped 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.280 with cell phone holders. 00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:44.200 Students in both buildings are expected to place their devices in those, 00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:49.840 in those folders during academic periods, and, and not have them out. 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.120 During the class period, students are allowed to use their cell phones 00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.520 during passing periods as lunches. 00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:57.280 Other designated times, certainly in an emergency situation. 00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:59.280 So all of our staff 00:30:59.280 --> 00:31:03.240 work with students that it should we need should they need access to the device? 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.720 They would have that immediately available. 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:10.080 So we cannot 00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:13.800 do what we do without, the help from all of you. 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.320 So each school, again, kind of mirroring one 00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:20.800 another, have some different programs just to highlight a couple here. 00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:23.880 One that we actually have our last meeting coming up 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:27.240 that all eighth grade families, at least in Arizona, 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:30.880 I believe in envelope Park, bar and Park as well are invited to 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:34.160 is our final Citizens Advisory Council meeting for the school year. 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:37.920 This is one that will be held on May 13th. 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.560 If you are interested in connecting more with administration, 00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:44.760 hearing from our Board of education, our superintendent doctor permanent 00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:46.840 is also present at these meetings. 00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:50.920 This gives you an opportunity to have some more, dialog 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:53.280 and kind of influence and some of the decisions 00:31:53.280 --> 00:31:56.280 that are made at the board level and the administrative level, 00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:59.320 and kind of hear some more of the specifics and reasoning 00:31:59.320 --> 00:32:00.880 and really collaborate with all of us. 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.480 So if that is something that kind of sparks your interest, please, 00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:07.640 when attending the Citizens Advisory Council here at the end of the year, 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:13.840 and then we have kickoff, meetings come August, we have booster groups for, 00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:19.440 all of our, from athletics to music to theater, Edison Trail, as you know. 00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.720 So that's the one that cross. 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.480 We'll talk about the one at Will Brook. 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:27.160 The district does a, special education or learning services parent advisory. 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.000 It's a joint, 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.480 meeting that the, the schools actually do together 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:35.400 in collaboration with our transition, department head, Miss Nica. 00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:38.920 And then our district 88, Foundation, 00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:43.200 which just had another had a meeting on Monday, kind of talked 00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:46.200 about how they're going to utilize some of the funds that they raised, 00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:49.960 throughout the school year doing their, their fundraiser, activities 00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:52.960 that we always like to say that the parent 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:56.080 organizations, peer groups, community groups are great opportunities. 00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:59.960 They connected to the schools are even, if it's your first high school student 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:03.960 or your maybe, third, fourth or fifth, there's a great way to connect 00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.960 to the building. 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.080 Many times high school students will say, that's okay. 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:09.240 You don't need to go to that. That's exactly when you should go. 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.840 So we invite you to all of these meetings, as much as possible. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.720 This is advisory council is, Mr. 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.560 Andrews mentioned, 00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:20.280 the Wilbur parent organization here, hosted the annual craft fair. 00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:21.640 So if you've been to that, 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.640 you know, some of the work that they do there, the athletic boosters, 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:28.720 supports, our concession stands and a variety for fundraising efforts. 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:30.640 Music boosters just had their trivia night. 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:32.400 So a lot of activities that we do at the school 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:35.640 are actually coordinated, organized by some of our parent organizations. 00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.320 And it's a great partnership. Mr. 00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:41.920 Andrews mentioned, our, our, specific parent organization, Project Unidos. 00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.960 We just finished our last meeting, 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.040 with them, and then we had the leadership group 00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:49.200 for the students, this past Friday for senior night. 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.880 Great way for, parents and and students to stay connected. 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:56.240 And obviously the District Youth Foundation and the tremendous 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:59.440 support that they provide to, to our students 00:33:59.760 --> 00:34:02.560 and through our many grant process with our teachers. 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.640 With, a 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:10.960 couple, events coming here, very quickly. 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:14.320 It is a it's the end, of this week. 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.480 I know that's probably the biggest understatement. 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:19.760 So cap and gown distribution has already begun. 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.400 And, there's some trail. 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.960 The 29th is the last day for pickup. 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.840 For that, we have senior takeover day. 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.960 At the end of this week. 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:29.960 All schools will be starting Advanced Placement courses, come Monday. 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:32.960 That will continue all the way until the following Friday. 00:34:33.040 --> 00:34:34.280 And that of some trail. 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:36.360 We have a year end activity for our seniors. 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.040 They have to complete a senior survey, 00:34:38.040 --> 00:34:41.880 that allows us to stay connected with them and kind of learn about their, 00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:45.880 their next steps, that they plan on taking after graduation. 00:34:46.520 --> 00:34:49.000 Most schools have their senior sunsets, 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.640 barbecues, at the end of the year, Edison Trail does what we call 00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:57.120 senior sequence day, which includes the legacy walk, the breakfast 00:34:57.160 --> 00:35:01.800 graduation practice, which will be as are those are split now. 00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:04.400 My apologies. May 13th is the recognition assembly. 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:09.320 May 14th, is, senior sequence day from on May 15th. 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:14.520 And a big day called graduation is coming up on May 17th, 1 p.m. 00:35:14.520 --> 00:35:17.680 at Willowbrook High school and 3 p.m., at Edison Trail. 00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.200 Yeah. 00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:21.280 You know, these are just a quick highlight. 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.600 If you ever want to see, 00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:25.600 what's happening in the buildings, the website and our school calendars 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:29.120 are a great place, to see all the events that are happening. 00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:33.520 Just this evening, you know, for example, you know, both buildings are jam 00:35:33.520 --> 00:35:34.560 packed and hopping. 00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:36.680 We had six different sporting events going on. 00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:39.240 Plus, then, our show choir is performing. 00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:42.280 So, at the parking lot, it's usually full, 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.680 throughout the year, but extra, this time of year. 00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:47.040 But just a couple quick highlights of things to come out there, 00:35:47.040 --> 00:35:49.560 especially for the class of 2026. 00:35:49.560 --> 00:35:52.200 But as we mentioned, the website and the school 00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:56.280 calendar is a great place to take a look at some of the things that are, upcoming. 00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.600 All schools, 00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:04.600 we'll be running a pretty comprehensive, summer camp program, 00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:09.320 for a number of our athletic teams, as well as theater and different groups. 00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.720 So if you're interested, 00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:14.320 and your students signing up for any of these, they are open. 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.720 Registration is open. Those dates are there. 00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:20.440 So if you already have vacations or time that you're going to be away 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:23.480 from the community planned, all of the dates are listed in the times. 00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:27.520 So please, if you do have any questions about any of these camps, 00:36:27.520 --> 00:36:28.760 reach out to us. 00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:31.920 We have camps for all different grade levels, from middle school 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:35.800 to elementary school, even high school camps for our current students. 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.560 So, if you do have any questions, you can reach out to Mr. 00:36:38.560 --> 00:36:39.240 Sullivan. 00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:42.960 So as the principal for athletic operations at Willowbrook or Mr. 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:46.640 Umberto Ayala, suspension for athletics and operations at Edison Trail. 00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:51.480 We're going to turn it, I think back over to Mr. 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.880 Greg. 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.760 Thank you, Mr. Andrews. 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.800 Just in gearing up for next year, 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:59.800 we wanted to talk a little bit about the online registration process. 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:03.000 You may have seen information about this already, so we just wanted 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:06.000 to highlight a few of the most significant pieces. 00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:10.320 So our online registration opened, last week on April 20th. 00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:14.120 One of the most important pieces of this is, of course, the residency 00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:16.200 verification and birth certificate. 00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:19.200 We have been working hard to synthesize, this process 00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:22.200 and to streamline this process to make it easier for families. 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:26.480 So that way you can log into one portal and upload all of the information and, 00:37:26.520 --> 00:37:31.000 follow all of the steps and hopefully in a pretty seamless fashion. 00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:34.920 It will be important that you try to again provide us 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.760 with as much updated information as possible. 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.240 One of the biggest challenges we have 00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:41.080 is making sure that we have updated email and phone numbers. 00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:43.120 So please make sure that you do that. 00:37:43.120 --> 00:37:46.680 In terms of the fees, if you see those emails that 00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:50.720 list, when those next steps open for you, we don't typically assess 00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:52.400 the fees until July. 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.520 So if you follow the emails in the steps that you'll see, 00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:57.880 it will kind of walk you through the process. 00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:00.880 That being said, we know that sometimes it can be very overwhelming. 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.560 We always have support. 00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:05.440 So as you can see on the screen, our assistant principals at the building 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:08.440 are more than happy to help you as well as the rest of our staff. 00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:10.040 We'll also have opportunities 00:38:10.040 --> 00:38:13.640 for you to come in, in case you do need that in-person assistance. 00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:15.880 If you're having some challenges with the online portal. 00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.960 Hello, everyone. 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:23.720 My name is Charles de Persky. 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:26.560 I've been with district 88 now for, 00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:30.400 25 years, as well as being a alumni of 88. 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.960 Today, I just wanted to give some quick information, 00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:38.520 especially for our new families regarding, technology 00:38:38.520 --> 00:38:42.880 and some of the tools that your students will be using here at district 88. 00:38:43.560 --> 00:38:47.600 Every incoming student will receive a Chromebook similar 00:38:47.600 --> 00:38:50.800 to the one that you'll see pictured on the right hand side of the slide. 00:38:51.080 --> 00:38:53.720 Looks like your typical laptop or Chromebook. 00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:58.440 These devices are convertible, so they'll flip over into a tablet 00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:03.240 where your students can interact with them using their, fingers or a, 00:39:04.080 --> 00:39:07.480 provided stylus as well, too, so that they can take notes, complete 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:11.800 homework assignments, do sketches, things like that on their device. 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:15.800 These devices will be available for your students 00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:18.800 during material pickup at your school. 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:21.680 They are also going to be provided to your students. 00:39:21.680 --> 00:39:23.480 Essentially around the clock. 00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:25.360 So they will be able to take these devices 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:28.360 home with them at the end of the day to complete homework assignments. 00:39:28.560 --> 00:39:29.040 They'll be able to, 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.200 keep these devices over our breaks, 00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:36.160 like our winter and spring breaks, as well as summer breaks. 00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:41.560 The device that your student is provided is a device they'll have for years. 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:44.520 While they're with us here at district 88. 00:39:44.520 --> 00:39:48.880 While using these devices, we do make use of the Google Workspace suite. 00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:53.800 So that includes things like Gmail, a Google Docs 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:57.520 for assignments, collaboration and, communication. 00:39:58.080 --> 00:40:01.160 These devices are also filtered, 00:40:01.520 --> 00:40:04.320 for safety and content. 00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:07.720 So they are filtered while on site here at district 88, 00:40:07.720 --> 00:40:11.440 as well as when the students bring the device home. 00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:15.680 So that's kind of the quick overview of the, technology 00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:19.760 that your students will, get their hands on pretty quick here at district 88. 00:40:20.080 --> 00:40:23.960 If you do have any questions, please feel free to send my way. 00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:26.480 I'd be happy to hear from you. 00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.480 That's it for me. Thank you. 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.600 Okay, so just to highlight a 00:40:34.600 --> 00:40:37.720 few, things that are happening related to our facilities. 00:40:37.720 --> 00:40:40.840 So we have a bit to share with you tonight about about that. 00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:42.120 So we have, 00:40:42.120 --> 00:40:45.600 if you haven't been to our campuses, we have pretty large campuses, one point 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:49.400 1,000,000ft² of facilities, 130 acres 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:52.640 of property, to maintain. 00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:57.120 And, so each year we, we designate some areas for improvements, 00:40:57.120 --> 00:41:01.480 we put some money aside from our budget to handle some maintenance, issues. 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:03.120 And, and upgrades when necessary. 00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:06.360 So this summer, with this, this list, you could see some of things that happened 00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:11.200 this past year, that was, that has been completed already, 00:41:11.640 --> 00:41:15.160 as well as what's on the docket for 26, 27. 00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:18.640 We, will be doing, some work in our fieldhouse 00:41:18.640 --> 00:41:22.160 and in our auxiliary gym and east gym. 00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:25.080 Auxiliary gym at Willowbrook. In East gym at Edison Trail. 00:41:25.080 --> 00:41:28.960 We're installing some large industrial fan systems. 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:33.560 We know that our facilities are utilized not only by our students, 00:41:33.560 --> 00:41:38.040 but very heavily utilized by our community and our, our, 00:41:38.080 --> 00:41:41.800 our younger children who come in to utilize the athletic spaces. 00:41:42.200 --> 00:41:45.200 And we know that we have a lot we have more, 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:48.880 basically we have, 00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:52.080 more hot days than we used to, even during the school year. 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.600 And so we've had some concern about airflow in those spaces. 00:41:55.600 --> 00:41:58.400 And so while there, we're not able to air condition them. 00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:01.400 It's just too cost prohibitive for the size of those spaces 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:06.400 we are in installing, very large industrial fan systems in there 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.520 that have been proven 00:42:07.520 --> 00:42:09.440 to bring the temperature down and move the air 00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:11.800 in a way that's much more comfortable for the students. 00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:13.360 So that will be happening this summer. 00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:17.680 In addition, to some roof work, at the school. 00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:20.240 So that's what's on the docket for this year. 00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:24.800 But I also wanted to take some time to share with you, what's coming up 00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:31.000 in terms of, our potential consideration of a bond proposal. 00:42:31.600 --> 00:42:36.640 So district 88 has been over the more than a year, 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:42.400 in a in a pretty comprehensive study of our facilities, we have our architects. 00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:46.120 The board authorized our architects to conduct a, full, 00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:50.440 you know, facility study last over a year to really comb 00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.880 through every inch of the facilities, 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:56.120 to make recommendations, to find areas that were of concern, and so that the 00:42:56.120 --> 00:42:59.440 we can make a long term plan for the health of the facilities. 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:04.200 And so the district, after completing that plan was 00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:07.200 will share some of the things that have been prioritized. 00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:10.640 We are considering the possibility 00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:14.200 of having a referendum question on the ballot in November. 00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:17.600 The board is still seeking input on this. 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.040 And so there are 00:43:19.040 --> 00:43:22.840 several informational meetings coming up that you are welcome to attend. 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.400 We would encourage you to attend. 00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:27.520 The next one actually is this Thursday at Will the Park High School. 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:32.560 On the 30th, we have virtual options as well as more in-person 00:43:32.560 --> 00:43:37.000 options coming in for both buildings, up in the very near future. 00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:41.280 So please know that any discussion related to this 00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:45.680 in terms of district 88 referendum scenarios are all, 00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:49.960 these are all being considered without a net tax increase. 00:43:50.640 --> 00:43:50.840 Okay. 00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:52.840 So we're not raising taxes to do this. 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.840 We're able, to keep that tax rate the same 00:43:56.080 --> 00:43:59.080 and accomplish the things that we are proposing. 00:43:59.160 --> 00:44:02.080 The reason for that is that district 00:44:02.080 --> 00:44:05.080 88 had a referendum almost 20 years ago. 00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:09.520 And where we built the field houses, that was a tax increase at that time, 00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:14.800 as well as we did renovations in both buildings and that, that debt 00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:19.000 that we had taken out at that time to do that is going to be paid off. 00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:24.080 And so we have a window of opportunity to be able to sell bonds again, 00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:27.400 to be able to complete the facilities, work 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:31.040 that is necessary and not raise the tax rate at all. 00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:34.080 So that is what, is being considered. 00:44:34.080 --> 00:44:38.400 So I want to share with you kind of what is in has been prioritized. 00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:43.640 But please note this QR code and the, the website that is referenced 00:44:43.640 --> 00:44:48.240 there is where we are housing all of all information related to the referendum. 00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:52.520 There you can find their videos, you can find, informational, 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:55.880 presentations, which we will also link here, 00:44:56.080 --> 00:44:58.960 as well as a copy of the mailer. 00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:02.800 You may have received a mailer at home, last week that explains 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:06.280 what what we are considering, as well as, 00:45:08.200 --> 00:45:09.520 the dates for the meetings. 00:45:09.520 --> 00:45:12.520 And it will be adding meetings throughout the next several months. 00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:16.200 We also are willing to come to talk to any community groups, 00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:19.240 any groups of parents, groups of community members 00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:23.160 that would like to discuss or provide feedback on the proposal. 00:45:23.160 --> 00:45:24.640 We are happy to come to you. 00:45:24.640 --> 00:45:28.960 So we've have opportunities for you to come to us as well as tour the buildings. 00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:33.120 You can see the areas we're looking at, but we would 00:45:33.120 --> 00:45:36.120 you know, at this point we would actually, 00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:39.160 we really want to stress that we have only prioritized 00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:43.720 the highest need, you know, components of, of these, of these needs. 00:45:43.720 --> 00:45:46.160 And again, without a tax increase. 00:45:46.160 --> 00:45:49.360 So the areas that have been prioritized are categorized here. 00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:53.200 Obviously safety, security, these are the highest life 00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:55.040 safety issues within the buildings. 00:45:55.040 --> 00:45:58.840 Ada accessibility, is a concern in some spots. 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:01.960 Well, we'll talk further about that infrastructure. 00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:06.520 These are things, you know, related to the the Hvac and plumbing and kind of the, 00:46:06.560 --> 00:46:10.080 you know, the, the foundation, you know, of the buildings 00:46:10.080 --> 00:46:13.600 that need to be addressed and as well as curricular areas. 00:46:13.600 --> 00:46:17.360 We're really concentrating in our career and technical education spaces 00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:20.440 that we have on campus that need some updates 00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:24.720 just to bring them up to the the current industry standard, 00:46:25.160 --> 00:46:29.560 with our equipment and, and spaces, their performing arts 00:46:29.560 --> 00:46:32.560 spaces and athletic spaces that need a little bit of, of attention. 00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:35.400 So we have it in here, 00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:38.520 the draft project priority list, which we'll share with you. 00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:42.960 Again, you're looking at very even distribution between the two buildings, 00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:46.200 but again, only only addressing the highest priority needs 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:48.520 and anything related to the referendum. 00:46:48.520 --> 00:46:51.040 It's only for facilities. 00:46:51.040 --> 00:46:55.720 We're not this is not about, any, you know, addressing any operational 00:46:55.720 --> 00:46:59.720 needs or staff salaries or anything like that, related to programing. 00:46:59.720 --> 00:47:03.280 This is really just about the buildings. So, 00:47:04.720 --> 00:47:06.840 safety, security, really. 00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:09.640 We just want to be able to expand, 00:47:09.640 --> 00:47:13.360 the cameras that we have on campus and upgrade those systems. 00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:17.760 We want to also upgrade the door access, control systems 00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:20.760 that we have throughout both the both campuses. 00:47:22.240 --> 00:47:26.320 So we is in many of, you know, we have both as a trail and Willowbrook 00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:31.000 High School, but we also have students that attend our transition program 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:35.560 here in the district office facility over in, we are in the old Edison Library 00:47:35.560 --> 00:47:39.520 building here in to Friendship Plaza, and we have to address some security needs 00:47:39.520 --> 00:47:42.520 at the front entrance of this facility as well. 00:47:42.520 --> 00:47:45.120 So that is the highest priority of what we're talking about. 00:47:45.120 --> 00:47:45.800 And we have consulted 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:48.800 with our police departments as well as outside experts on this. 00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:53.520 And again, we wanted to to make sure that our buildings are as secure as possible. 00:47:54.200 --> 00:47:57.600 The next area is, related to life safety pieces. 00:47:57.600 --> 00:48:01.840 So these are things that are identified related to, you know, fire extinguishers 00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:07.200 and, and our, you know, door hardware and exits and, and stairwells 00:48:07.200 --> 00:48:10.840 and things that have been identified in our ten year life. 00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:13.200 And, health and life safety, 00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:16.680 survey items, two things that have been identified that that need some upgrades 00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:21.760 and, are we would, you know, again, categorize as pretty critical. 00:48:23.080 --> 00:48:26.040 The next area is Ada accessibility. 00:48:26.040 --> 00:48:29.640 So we have several areas of the district that we cannot access with wheelchairs. 00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:31.840 Our bleachers and our gym. 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:35.560 Our auditoriums, are not, fully accessible. 00:48:36.160 --> 00:48:39.080 Our stadium, stadium, bleachers 00:48:39.080 --> 00:48:42.280 outside as well as certain classroom spaces that need to be addressed. 00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:45.760 So this has been an ongoing concern and something we'd like to address 00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:50.360 in this, in this next, next project prioritization 00:48:51.520 --> 00:48:53.000 infrastructure needs. 00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:55.960 Again, we have lots of things that are reaching the end of life. 00:48:55.960 --> 00:49:01.720 And, again, need some attention, some replacements, and some upgrades. 00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:03.560 So this is our, all of our mechanical system. 00:49:03.560 --> 00:49:04.920 So this is really the, the, 00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:08.760 the bulk of, of the ask is, is here in infrastructure for needs. 00:49:09.160 --> 00:49:13.120 And so that that we are, are putting up for consideration. 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:17.120 Educational space needs again 00:49:17.120 --> 00:49:20.120 are limited to our career technical education areas. 00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:24.160 As we shared earlier, we've invested heavily in having 00:49:24.160 --> 00:49:27.160 lots of options for students related to career options. 00:49:27.640 --> 00:49:30.440 And while many of our programs we 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:33.360 we do utilize the Technology Center of DuPage, 00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:36.720 and we share that facility with the rest of the DuPage County schools. 00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:40.480 So things like Hvac, welding, cosmetology, 00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:43.960 but there are just a couple programs that we have is on campus, 00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:48.680 and two of them, are included here and in both buildings. 00:49:48.680 --> 00:49:50.800 We'd like to address our autos, 00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:54.240 our auto technology, labs, as well as construction trades. 00:49:54.600 --> 00:49:58.560 And these are programs where our students are earning, credentials. 00:49:58.560 --> 00:50:01.560 They are earning state and national recognitions 00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:05.320 for their work in these in these programs, the courses are dual credit. 00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:08.520 And again, students can walk, you know, can continue then 00:50:08.520 --> 00:50:13.120 in these pathways being ready then to to be able to to enter a work 00:50:13.120 --> 00:50:17.200 in a workspace immediately as well as continue their education, 00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:20.560 at technical schools 00:50:20.840 --> 00:50:23.840 as well as in the college. 00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:26.960 So we have these some of these areas have not been touched since the, 00:50:27.080 --> 00:50:28.200 since the buildings were built. 00:50:28.200 --> 00:50:32.760 And so the equipment needs upgrades and we need better lighting, flooring, 00:50:33.040 --> 00:50:35.800 things that would provide safer environments for our students. 00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:39.280 So that's those we're limiting it to really these two, these two areas, 00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:41.000 we'll 00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:45.440 have other areas that get minor updates, but not for, you know, remodeling 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:48.920 and our performance, our space arts, art spaces. 00:50:49.240 --> 00:50:52.760 We have mostly Ada issues here. 00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:55.400 If you've ever been in the auditorium, it's all stairs. 00:50:55.400 --> 00:51:01.240 We're not able to get wheelchairs down, down to the to stage area, seating 00:51:01.240 --> 00:51:06.520 needs to be addressed and and reconfigured for, for more, handicapped sensibility. 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.480 And so, 00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:10.760 we also have some lighting and sound issues that need to be addressed here. 00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:14.000 So this area as well 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:17.440 as our athletic area, which are athletic spaces, 00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:20.680 in addition to being utilized heavily by our students, 00:51:20.680 --> 00:51:23.680 these are the most utilized by the community. 00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:27.880 And so district eight has had a policy to to offer our facilities 00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:30.880 to all of our, community partners. 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:35.080 And so whether it's our feeder athletic programs or music programs that are, 00:51:35.120 --> 00:51:40.200 you know, serving our younger students, that might be future district 88 students, 00:51:40.680 --> 00:51:44.920 as well as many community groups that use our facilities. 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:47.680 We we do that at no cost. 00:51:47.680 --> 00:51:51.320 We only, you know, charge our out-of-pocket cost to 00:51:52.120 --> 00:51:55.000 if we have to bring in extra staff to facilitate an event. 00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:56.560 But other than that, 00:51:56.560 --> 00:52:00.320 our our facilities are open to the public and heavily utilized by the community. 00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:04.720 And so our athletic spaces as well as performing arts are the most utilized. 00:52:05.040 --> 00:52:09.400 And so really what we would like to, to to really make sure that they're, well, 00:52:10.160 --> 00:52:14.600 we were able to maintain them, you know, do the basics, but we'd like 00:52:14.600 --> 00:52:17.720 to, to, to make sure that they're, they're up to today's standards. 00:52:17.720 --> 00:52:20.840 And in, in terms of safety as well 00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:24.480 as, you know, esthetically, but nothing we're not looking for anything fancy here. 00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:25.960 This is simply just what, 00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:29.680 what the basic needs, for, for our kids and the community. 00:52:30.040 --> 00:52:31.840 So, back to the athletic needs. 00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:36.320 Just just to, just to highlight a couple things there. 00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:42.360 We are looking at baseball and softball and both, both sides of the district. 00:52:42.520 --> 00:52:46.760 So the scoreboards that need to be addressed and, resurfacing of tennis 00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:50.560 courts are some of the areas that that would be would be highlighted. 00:52:50.880 --> 00:52:55.000 So this is based on we've been seeking input from the public. 00:52:55.200 --> 00:52:59.560 We have but over 100 individual meetings in the fall, 00:52:59.680 --> 00:53:03.400 in addition to many community meetings sharing this information, 00:53:04.200 --> 00:53:07.720 you know, preliminary information and gathering input from the community. 00:53:07.720 --> 00:53:11.200 So we really are confident that this, at least at this 00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:15.320 this early stage has reflected what the asks of 00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:18.320 the community are, related to to the facilities. 00:53:18.440 --> 00:53:19.800 But we are not finished yet. 00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:21.760 So we are still seeking input. 00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:24.560 And there's there's lots of opportunities for you to do that. 00:53:24.560 --> 00:53:28.320 So please feel free to again attend one of our meetings or, 00:53:28.320 --> 00:53:31.200 or invite us to come to talk to to any of your groups. 00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:36.320 So one thing we wanted to highlight too is that for those who, 00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:39.520 especially with students coming into the district, one thing 00:53:39.520 --> 00:53:43.280 that has been a high priority of our board and of our administrative team 00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:47.160 and our staff is is providing opportunities for students to connect. 00:53:47.640 --> 00:53:50.680 And so you heard a lot tonight about our academics, the career path 00:53:50.680 --> 00:53:54.960 we work post-secondary preparation, but we also want high school to be a time 00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:59.280 where students can find places to belong and be it feel included. 00:54:00.040 --> 00:54:02.200 The school belongs to them. 00:54:02.200 --> 00:54:07.520 And so we have had lots of new activities being added that reflect, 00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:10.680 you know, that our students have have requested, 00:54:10.680 --> 00:54:15.040 that reflect students, ethnic identities and cultural identities. 00:54:15.200 --> 00:54:20.760 We have, we have lots of dance, groups at both schools, lots of music groups. 00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:23.200 We have our own mariachi groups, etc.. 00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:25.600 We've also expanded our sports options. 00:54:25.600 --> 00:54:27.320 And so we have, especially 00:54:27.320 --> 00:54:31.160 for girls sports over the last two years, the girls flag football teams that are, 00:54:31.200 --> 00:54:34.720 both buildings that will work with the inaugural team, as we've seen 00:54:34.720 --> 00:54:38.800 a lot of success in that program, as well as full girls wrestling programs. 00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:42.600 We have boys and girls bowling again, sports, you know, boys and girls 00:54:42.600 --> 00:54:48.600 sports across, many areas, as well as lots of clubs and activities. 00:54:48.600 --> 00:54:51.880 So students have a certain interest if we can find a sponsor 00:54:51.880 --> 00:54:54.880 and there's enough kids, we're going to, you know, let that go. 00:54:55.040 --> 00:54:58.440 And so Addison trail 55 clubs and activities 00:54:58.640 --> 00:55:00.880 and Willowbrook 61 clubs and activities. 00:55:00.880 --> 00:55:02.880 So lots of places for kids to connect. 00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:06.600 So we would encourage you to encourage your children to get involved. 00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:10.040 And so there's there's a place for them in our schools. 00:55:10.040 --> 00:55:13.480 And and if and if they don't find something then, 00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:17.080 then they might be able to start something themselves with some of their friends. 00:55:17.080 --> 00:55:19.120 So that's definitely an option. 00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:22.120 So we're really proud of how things have evolved here. 00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:23.680 In both schools. 00:55:23.680 --> 00:55:28.320 We have also, you know, lots of groups that for students for cultural identity, 00:55:28.600 --> 00:55:33.920 our all our groups for our Latino, students, we have those groups are 200, 00:55:34.160 --> 00:55:39.040 over 200 students in each school are, Muslim student associations. 00:55:39.040 --> 00:55:42.600 And both schools are also, thriving. 00:55:42.600 --> 00:55:47.480 We have lots of ways, again, for kids to, to, to find, their 00:55:47.480 --> 00:55:51.280 cultural belonging and their identities and, and lots of ways to connect. 00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:55.120 So these are, we're very proud of the diversity that we have. 00:55:55.120 --> 00:55:57.720 And we want to make sure that everyone is comfortable in our environment. 00:56:02.560 --> 00:56:03.840 So ways to connect, Mr. 00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:04.840 Green. Fahad. 00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:05.400 Thank you. 00:56:05.400 --> 00:56:06.640 Good evening everybody I'm 00:56:06.640 --> 00:56:09.800 Danny, bring my title director of community relations for the district. 00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:11.360 So very happy to be here. 00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:13.440 And thank you all for joining us tonight. 00:56:13.440 --> 00:56:16.720 Doctor Bourbon intake had a great segue into staying connected. 00:56:16.840 --> 00:56:20.160 So other ways that that we encourage you to stay connected. 00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:24.720 We do an electronic newsletter that we send out in English and Spanish 00:56:24.720 --> 00:56:25.800 once a week. 00:56:25.800 --> 00:56:28.760 So you as, parents, when to register 00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:32.040 as well as your student will automatically be signed up to receive that. 00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:35.880 But if you'd like to start receiving that even now, you can go to the link 00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:39.120 that's on there and sign up to start receiving the newsletter. Now. 00:56:39.560 --> 00:56:41.680 We also encourage you to check out our website. 00:56:41.680 --> 00:56:43.480 That is where a lot of the information 00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:46.960 will be housed, especially in an emergency or crisis situation. 00:56:47.520 --> 00:56:50.520 That is one of the spots that we will house information. 00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:53.200 We also have social media accounts. 00:56:53.200 --> 00:56:57.120 Each school has a Facebook and an Instagram account and then many of 00:56:57.120 --> 00:57:00.640 our sports clubs athletics activities have accounts as well. 00:57:00.640 --> 00:57:04.160 So the link is there to check out all those different social media sites. 00:57:04.640 --> 00:57:05.560 And then we do have 00:57:05.560 --> 00:57:09.360 our social media guidelines on there, if you'd like to look at that information. 00:57:09.960 --> 00:57:13.360 And then we have what we call our 88 in 88 video segment. 00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:15.920 So that's from Doctor Berman and his office. 00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:20.000 Just some quick video segments and clips about information throughout the year 00:57:20.200 --> 00:57:23.080 that we want to make sure that you are aware of. 00:57:23.080 --> 00:57:25.720 And then we also have our automated calls and emails. 00:57:25.720 --> 00:57:28.920 So again, especially in an emergency or crisis situation, 00:57:29.120 --> 00:57:31.520 that's one of the top ways that we will communicate. 00:57:31.520 --> 00:57:34.840 You would get a an automatic email or phone 00:57:34.840 --> 00:57:38.640 call from us as quickly as possible and then direct contact. 00:57:38.640 --> 00:57:40.520 We just encourage you to reach out. 00:57:40.520 --> 00:57:44.840 We are always willing to talk, to meet in person whatever is easiest for you. 00:57:45.040 --> 00:57:48.360 We are here and we would love to meet with you and speak with you. 00:57:48.360 --> 00:57:51.200 So please feel free to reach out to us directly. 00:57:51.200 --> 00:57:55.000 And then I have just on there the website to the alumni database. 00:57:55.000 --> 00:57:57.520 So anybody who might be an alumni or if you know 00:57:57.520 --> 00:58:00.520 any alumni, please encourage them to check out that information. 00:58:00.840 --> 00:58:03.600 And then I know we talked briefly about the calendars earlier. 00:58:03.600 --> 00:58:05.880 So those links are on there as well. 00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:08.760 So feel free to check out the calendar links. 00:58:08.760 --> 00:58:12.600 And then again we just encourage you to look at those sources. 00:58:12.600 --> 00:58:14.920 Those are the most reliable sources for the most up 00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:18.320 to date, inaccurate information about the schools and the district. 00:58:18.680 --> 00:58:20.920 And again, if you have any questions, concerns. 00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:25.280 We are, always here to to listen and help answer questions. 00:58:25.280 --> 00:58:26.560 So please reach out. 00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:28.360 And then 00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:31.480 for students specifically, we just want to mention that 00:58:31.480 --> 00:58:35.560 the Board of Education really wanted a way to hear directly from the students. 00:58:35.560 --> 00:58:39.120 They they obviously are the heart and the soul of the school districts 00:58:39.120 --> 00:58:40.200 and why we're here. 00:58:40.200 --> 00:58:44.040 So they wanted to be have an opportunity to get their feedback and their thoughts. 00:58:44.040 --> 00:58:49.000 So they started about two years ago now an email that's on this page, 00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:53.120 student voice at DuPage Ada dot net where students, if they have feedback, 00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:54.480 they can send that. 00:58:54.480 --> 00:58:57.800 So that is on top of all the meetings, the board, the superintendent 00:58:57.800 --> 00:59:01.520 and the principal do to meet with students to gather their thoughts and feedback. 00:59:01.800 --> 00:59:06.520 But this is just one more, way that they can they can give any concerns, 00:59:06.760 --> 00:59:10.480 any anything that they would like to share with the board and administration. 00:59:10.520 --> 00:59:12.120 They can send that to that email. 00:59:14.600 --> 00:59:15.720 And then we just 00:59:15.720 --> 00:59:19.480 wanted to share this quick slide here for the school QR code. 00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:21.280 This is just a resource. 00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:23.880 You have heard a lot of information tonight. 00:59:23.880 --> 00:59:27.160 We tried to get as much of it onto one page for you as we could. 00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:31.000 So this is just as much of a one stop shop as possible. 00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:34.880 So there's QR codes and links just to give you some one source 00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:37.040 to get to a lot of this information. 00:59:37.040 --> 00:59:37.800 Similarly, 00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:42.040 we have a parent resources page where you can get to a lot of those links. 00:59:42.400 --> 00:59:47.000 Quickly we heard feedback that that the website was a little spread out. 00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:50.760 So we tried to pull that information on one page where you can get those links 00:59:50.760 --> 00:59:53.520 quickly and easily to navigate to some of the 00:59:53.520 --> 00:59:56.840 the most important information and the most used information. 00:59:57.160 --> 01:00:01.440 So again, if you have any questions or thoughts or feedback, please feel free 01:00:01.600 --> 01:00:02.280 to reach out. 01:00:02.280 --> 01:00:05.200 And we are happy to to meet with you. 01:00:05.200 --> 01:00:07.880 Miss Brant, can you go back to the student voice slide for just a moment? 01:00:10.120 --> 01:00:11.120 There we go. 01:00:11.120 --> 01:00:15.880 So one thing I wanted to add that as Miss Spring was, was saying, you know, both, 01:00:16.040 --> 01:00:21.320 I myself, as well as the principals, we have our own student advisory. 01:00:21.320 --> 01:00:26.520 So we meet with students regularly, as well as the board, meets with students. 01:00:26.520 --> 01:00:28.520 We have our state's best every month. 01:00:28.520 --> 01:00:31.960 That gives, you know, they give feedback and advice to the Board of Education. 01:00:32.200 --> 01:00:35.320 But the board then also meets with students for feedback sessions. 01:00:36.160 --> 01:00:40.720 And so one thing that came, this year that was brought to our attention 01:00:40.720 --> 01:00:44.360 by our students throughout the student, the superintendent student advisory, 01:00:44.640 --> 01:00:46.520 as well as our staff advisory, 01:00:46.520 --> 01:00:49.520 we meet with our staff and faculty to get feedback as well. 01:00:49.640 --> 01:00:52.120 Was wanting us to address dress code. 01:00:52.120 --> 01:00:54.040 And so what was mentioned earlier, 01:00:54.040 --> 01:00:56.920 that we'll be communicating more thoroughly in the fall. 01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:59.800 We're making some recommendations to kind of 01:00:59.800 --> 01:01:03.360 tighten up a dress code policies, throughout the district. 01:01:03.360 --> 01:01:09.440 And so we wanted to bring this to because it is, not necessarily a change, 01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:14.840 but I would say, will be tighter enforcement of, of dress code. 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:18.280 And we want to make sure that we're clear about what is allowable and what is not. 01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:23.400 So we had students really, you know, express some concern 01:01:23.400 --> 01:01:28.800 as well as staff about just, some, you know, some decisions, 01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:32.920 you know, being being made that are maybe, you know, making other students 01:01:32.920 --> 01:01:34.560 uncomfortable, related to dress code. 01:01:34.560 --> 01:01:35.440 And so we want to 01:01:35.440 --> 01:01:36.480 we want to bring this to parents 01:01:36.480 --> 01:01:39.720 attention that this will be really strictly enforced in the fall. 01:01:40.240 --> 01:01:44.680 And so we'll be communicating this as well as reminders about cell phone, 01:01:45.240 --> 01:01:46.320 usage as well. 01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:49.120 That'll be a heavy push in addition to attendance intervention. 01:01:49.120 --> 01:01:51.280 So those are things that have come up this year. 01:01:51.280 --> 01:01:55.160 So you should, watch for more, you know, more communication related to 01:01:55.160 --> 01:01:56.720 this as we get into the fall, 01:01:56.720 --> 01:01:59.560 we want to make sure the students are fully covered coming to school 01:01:59.560 --> 01:02:02.840 and that, again, you know, it's a matter of also hygiene and 01:02:03.640 --> 01:02:06.400 and just making sure that everyone's comfortable in our environment. 01:02:06.400 --> 01:02:07.680 So please watch for this as well. 01:02:07.680 --> 01:02:10.520 Feel free to follow up with us with more questions related to that. 01:02:11.680 --> 01:02:14.680 So miss, Miss Break, if you want to go all the way. 01:02:14.840 --> 01:02:17.400 So with that, 01:02:17.400 --> 01:02:20.400 we just want to say thank you for spending this time with us. 01:02:20.520 --> 01:02:23.560 And, please watch for these next year as well. 01:02:23.560 --> 01:02:26.560 We usually do about three a year usually. 01:02:26.960 --> 01:02:31.600 Depending on, on what you know, there's what communication may be necessary. 01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:34.600 But I see a few questions in the chat. 01:02:34.600 --> 01:02:38.520 So, if there's a question about football. 01:02:38.520 --> 01:02:40.280 So one of the principals you want to address that. 01:02:40.280 --> 01:02:41.360 Yeah, I could jump in. 01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:46.560 So, Edison Trail does offer summer camp, for football. 01:02:46.800 --> 01:02:50.120 It is, large part of the summer, actually. 01:02:50.120 --> 01:02:54.520 So while it's not required in order to play football, a lot of what they do 01:02:54.520 --> 01:02:58.880 during the high school summer camp does prepare them for, the football season, 01:02:59.320 --> 01:03:03.040 which actually is, moved up, a week this year. 01:03:03.040 --> 01:03:07.520 So, if you do have any, questions, I'll put the link in the chat, 01:03:07.520 --> 01:03:09.080 to our summer camps. 01:03:09.080 --> 01:03:12.960 But at a central high school football summer camp, for incoming 01:03:12.960 --> 01:03:14.680 ninth graders is listed on their. 01:03:20.320 --> 01:03:22.120 Other questions? 01:03:22.120 --> 01:03:39.880 You could also just unmute and ask the question. For. 01:03:49.800 --> 01:03:50.680 So the question is, 01:03:50.680 --> 01:03:53.680 have we considered a pool in the scope of the bond referendum? 01:03:54.160 --> 01:03:57.960 It is true that Edison 12 over 20 does not have a pool. 01:03:58.000 --> 01:03:59.920 I think. You mentioned. 01:03:59.920 --> 01:04:02.840 This is, it is something that 01:04:02.840 --> 01:04:06.880 we have, you know, the board considered, all the needs, right? 01:04:06.880 --> 01:04:10.240 That that, that we have at this time, 01:04:10.240 --> 01:04:14.920 the pool discussion has resulted in, in just, 01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:19.880 a thought and a determination that it's just cost prohibitive for us right now. 01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:23.360 And we don't have, you know, we don't believe there's 01:04:23.360 --> 01:04:28.640 really an appetite in the in the community for a school pool, at this time. 01:04:28.640 --> 01:04:30.040 And we would have some limitations 01:04:30.040 --> 01:04:33.280 on our campuses, you know, to, to be able to facilitate that. 01:04:33.760 --> 01:04:37.320 We certainly, you know, depending on it, we'd also know that there's need 01:04:37.320 --> 01:04:38.280 for our community. 01:04:38.280 --> 01:04:43.000 Both communities have had some discussion about you know, wanting pools. 01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:43.920 And if we don't have, 01:04:45.000 --> 01:04:48.000 you know, outdoor water parks or things like that in the communities. 01:04:48.120 --> 01:04:51.520 So if that's something that district is going to consider at some point, 01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:54.800 it would have to be, you know, in a joint project scenario 01:04:54.800 --> 01:04:58.880 with the communities and separate from this referendum need, the referendum 01:04:58.880 --> 01:05:02.680 need really is is really concentrated on the current needs of our facilities. 01:05:02.680 --> 01:05:04.600 We're not looking to add anything. 01:05:04.600 --> 01:05:07.600 We just don't have the, the, the, 01:05:08.160 --> 01:05:08.880 there's just 01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:13.120 the resources are just not there, for something like that, at this time. 01:05:13.120 --> 01:05:14.800 But we are we are understanding. 01:05:14.800 --> 01:05:16.880 Our students are swimming at the College of DuPage. 01:05:16.880 --> 01:05:19.040 We know it's not that the easiest scenario. 01:05:19.040 --> 01:05:23.760 And, we we do understand, you know, the frustration related to that. 01:05:24.040 --> 01:05:26.640 It's just that we've run the numbers. We've done designs. 01:05:26.640 --> 01:05:29.680 I mean, we've we've really, really have put some time into this and we don't see 01:05:29.680 --> 01:05:33.240 a path forward related to this referendum project right now. 01:05:34.720 --> 01:05:35.120 Yeah. 01:05:35.120 --> 01:05:36.280 One of the things I was, 01:05:36.280 --> 01:05:38.560 I brought up last night, I don't know if you watched the Villa 01:05:38.560 --> 01:05:40.160 Park, village board meeting. 01:05:40.160 --> 01:05:43.160 Was that the village of a park is, 01:05:43.320 --> 01:05:47.080 pursuing a outdoor pool facility. 01:05:47.680 --> 01:05:50.840 And there may be an opportunity to partner with the village to a park 01:05:50.960 --> 01:05:52.480 to build a combined district. 01:05:52.480 --> 01:05:55.480 88 village into a park and potentially a village 01:05:55.520 --> 01:05:58.520 Madison pool facility. 01:06:00.000 --> 01:06:02.560 So, you know, as I said, I mean, if there's something that, that, 01:06:02.560 --> 01:06:06.880 that, that, you know, is, a possibility, you know, it would we 01:06:07.960 --> 01:06:12.120 that referendum type of a scenario combined with the, with the, 01:06:12.400 --> 01:06:14.200 with the villages and the park districts 01:06:14.200 --> 01:06:17.200 would be a complicated it was a more complicated process 01:06:17.200 --> 01:06:20.360 that we would have to engage in separately from this referendum. 01:06:20.360 --> 01:06:24.640 So it's not that, you know, we would not we are always open to hear, 01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:29.320 you know, possibilities and explore possibilities with our partners for sure. 01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:32.760 And, but it would have to be a separate process 01:06:32.760 --> 01:06:34.400 from, from this specific referendum. 01:06:35.800 --> 01:06:38.400 So but but thank you know, I have not seen the village meeting. 01:06:38.400 --> 01:06:41.400 No, but thanks for for letting me know that that was, that was brought up. 01:06:44.360 --> 01:06:45.760 Let's see here. 01:06:45.760 --> 01:06:48.040 I. Could answer, the next one in the chat. 01:06:48.040 --> 01:06:52.960 So for registration, there's pre-registration. 01:06:53.160 --> 01:06:57.040 There's course selection that many of you probably actually completed, 01:06:57.040 --> 01:07:00.600 in the early part of 2026, January or February. 01:07:00.880 --> 01:07:05.160 And then we have registration, which just opened up on April 20th. 01:07:05.520 --> 01:07:06.680 There's three parts to it. 01:07:06.680 --> 01:07:10.120 Step one is the online registration update, information 01:07:10.440 --> 01:07:14.880 parent agreements, technology agreements, those types of things that will get you 01:07:14.880 --> 01:07:18.480 all the way up to the point where you are ready to pay your student fees. 01:07:18.880 --> 01:07:21.560 Those student fees are not, 01:07:21.560 --> 01:07:24.560 assessed until July of this year. 01:07:25.160 --> 01:07:28.360 Once you pay your student fees, then you will be ready to be able 01:07:28.360 --> 01:07:31.240 to come in for our step three, which is material pickup, 01:07:31.240 --> 01:07:33.280 which actually happens in August. 01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:37.360 So if you completed step number one, you are all set to go. 01:07:37.360 --> 01:07:41.200 If that status is completed, you are all set until 01:07:41.200 --> 01:07:45.080 July when we send out another update to say that these have been assessed. 01:07:45.080 --> 01:07:46.120 And you can go on online, 01:07:46.120 --> 01:07:50.800 online and pay or then in August again to pick up materials. 01:07:50.800 --> 01:07:53.320 So, I know the message in the chat from Laura. 01:07:53.320 --> 01:07:55.120 It sounds like you are right on track. 01:07:55.120 --> 01:07:58.840 If there was something, that you're not able to complete, just let us know. 01:08:00.280 --> 01:08:02.920 Pay for books two or just registrations. 01:08:02.920 --> 01:08:05.320 That's a great question. 01:08:05.320 --> 01:08:08.200 Just, I'm not sure exactly how long ago. 01:08:08.200 --> 01:08:12.760 But the district, did move to one standard fee for all students. 01:08:13.120 --> 01:08:17.280 So rather than, you know, kind of having a certain fee for enrolling in certain 01:08:17.280 --> 01:08:22.120 courses that had a book or a workbook or, materials or certain things like that, 01:08:22.360 --> 01:08:28.160 we moved to a, standard student fee, across the district. 01:08:28.240 --> 01:08:31.720 So you do not have to pay for additional books on top of that. 01:08:31.920 --> 01:08:34.920 Student fee. 01:08:35.120 --> 01:08:36.440 Daniella, you are correct. 01:08:36.440 --> 01:08:39.760 Step before you even get to number one is 01:08:40.360 --> 01:08:42.920 turning in the birth certificate and proof of residency. 01:08:42.920 --> 01:08:46.560 That kind of just confirms that that student, is that student 01:08:46.560 --> 01:08:49.920 as well as lives within, the student boundaries. 01:08:53.920 --> 01:08:56.040 There's a question about transportation in the chat. 01:08:56.040 --> 01:08:58.560 If you do need transportation during the registration process, 01:08:58.560 --> 01:09:00.640 you're able to indicate that you need transportation. 01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:03.640 So you'll be able to select that online, during the registration 01:09:03.640 --> 01:09:06.640 process as well. 01:09:10.760 --> 01:09:13.760 We had two questions ahead of time 01:09:14.120 --> 01:09:16.480 that. 01:09:16.480 --> 01:09:20.040 See, two questions that came in ahead of time. 01:09:20.040 --> 01:09:24.640 How do I get my student ID number to, to register for the upcoming school year? 01:09:25.160 --> 01:09:28.080 And I want to take that one. Yeah. 01:09:28.080 --> 01:09:33.040 So that is actually already assigned, to students for the upcoming school year. 01:09:33.360 --> 01:09:35.080 Your student I.D. 01:09:35.080 --> 01:09:38.720 number will actually be listed, on powerschool. 01:09:38.720 --> 01:09:41.880 So when you register under general information, your students say 01:09:41.920 --> 01:09:44.640 our name and ID number should be listed under there. 01:09:44.640 --> 01:09:48.520 If you're not able to receive that information, 01:09:48.520 --> 01:09:52.680 we would be happy to send it to you if you reach out to, either of the schools. 01:09:53.680 --> 01:09:54.480 It is part 01:09:54.480 --> 01:09:59.280 of the access code and the zip ID, that if you are just creating your account 01:09:59.280 --> 01:10:02.840 for the first time, it is a section of those numbers. 01:10:03.240 --> 01:10:04.200 That is central. 01:10:04.200 --> 01:10:06.320 It starts with a three at Willowbrook. 01:10:06.320 --> 01:10:10.960 It starts with a two, and then our incoming, ninth graders will be 01:10:12.000 --> 01:10:17.240 3 to 9 within three, three oh my goodness. 01:10:17.240 --> 01:10:21.240 (323) 023-0330 because you'll graduate in 2030. 01:10:21.560 --> 01:10:22.480 Oh my goodness. 01:10:22.480 --> 01:10:25.400 So you'll be A33 0 or 2 three zero. 01:10:25.400 --> 01:10:28.400 If your incoming ninth grader. 01:10:32.160 --> 01:10:35.160 One more, question about registration that came through and then, 01:10:35.240 --> 01:10:39.560 Doctor Permanente, looks like Tom King asks a question as well in the chat 01:10:39.560 --> 01:10:42.640 if you thought, but another question on registration. 01:10:44.320 --> 01:10:46.240 The approval process. 01:10:46.240 --> 01:10:50.160 So our, administrative and administrative assistants are going through 01:10:50.160 --> 01:10:53.160 and approving birth certificates and residency, 01:10:53.360 --> 01:10:56.880 once those are approved the following Monday, that, 01:10:57.000 --> 01:10:58.520 you know, after you submit it, 01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:02.400 you should be able to go on there and kind of check the status of whether 01:11:02.400 --> 01:11:06.640 you're able to get into powerschool, and kind of continue with that process. 01:11:06.640 --> 01:11:09.880 But as those emails come out kind of each week 01:11:09.920 --> 01:11:13.520 to remind you to complete it, that's the time to kind of go in there and check. 01:11:13.520 --> 01:11:16.920 And that's the refresh that'll happen to allow you to complete registration. 01:11:19.280 --> 01:11:22.120 There was another question ahead of time. 01:11:22.120 --> 01:11:26.160 Is there a way to recommend or not recommend a course for students? 01:11:26.520 --> 01:11:29.560 The recommendations we received were not necessarily the most helpful. 01:11:30.640 --> 01:11:32.720 So I can address part of that. 01:11:32.720 --> 01:11:35.720 And then I don't know if there was other follow up from but 01:11:35.800 --> 01:11:38.800 basically when of course, recommendations come through. 01:11:38.880 --> 01:11:43.040 First of all, we don't have barriers for students to courses. 01:11:43.040 --> 01:11:44.840 So there are some places that have like 01:11:44.840 --> 01:11:48.720 application processes or things to go in, for example, to AP honors classes. 01:11:49.080 --> 01:11:52.880 If a student is motivated and families motivated and wants to, you know, to 01:11:52.880 --> 01:11:58.000 to try an honors class or try an AP or, or a dual credit class, we encourage that. 01:11:58.120 --> 01:12:02.000 We would like as many students as possible to try to access those classes with us, 01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:05.680 because we do have the supports available, you know, to do that. 01:12:06.680 --> 01:12:07.960 However, when 01:12:07.960 --> 01:12:11.920 if you want more information about, like where your student has been performing 01:12:11.920 --> 01:12:15.040 and what this course entails, if, 01:12:15.040 --> 01:12:18.040 I would first start with the counselor, 01:12:18.040 --> 01:12:21.160 if the counselor is not able to answer, if there's like a specific, you know, 01:12:21.160 --> 01:12:24.440 question related to a course or in a department that I would 01:12:24.440 --> 01:12:28.200 we would put you in touch with the department head, likely or with 01:12:28.240 --> 01:12:31.280 with our assistant principals, to talk you through kind of what 01:12:31.280 --> 01:12:34.280 the expectations of a course are and kind of what that experience is like, 01:12:34.480 --> 01:12:37.280 and maybe what prior experiences that your child has had. 01:12:37.280 --> 01:12:39.720 So, we want to make sure it is a good fit. 01:12:39.720 --> 01:12:41.680 At the same time, in the district eight, 01:12:41.680 --> 01:12:43.680 we do push students to challenge themselves. 01:12:43.680 --> 01:12:46.880 And so, we want them to try those experiences with us. 01:12:46.880 --> 01:12:51.240 It's much easier to try a college course with us, over the course of one year, 01:12:51.240 --> 01:12:54.360 as opposed to on a college campus with less support. 01:12:54.720 --> 01:12:57.120 And so that's something that that we feel strongly about. 01:12:58.200 --> 01:13:01.200 I don't know if anyone does that. 01:13:01.320 --> 01:13:04.320 Then what else want to add anything about that? 01:13:05.240 --> 01:13:06.800 Yeah, I think as well said. 01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:07.600 Yeah. 01:13:07.600 --> 01:13:10.800 So there was a question, related to that. 01:13:10.840 --> 01:13:12.880 The reference is geared toward infrastructure maintenance. 01:13:12.880 --> 01:13:17.720 So why wasn't this accounted for an annual budgets and also EVs that have increase. 01:13:17.720 --> 01:13:18.920 Yes that's true. 01:13:18.920 --> 01:13:21.840 So we we do have 01:13:21.840 --> 01:13:24.840 maintenance set aside in our budget each year. 01:13:24.880 --> 01:13:27.800 And however, to, 01:13:27.800 --> 01:13:32.800 to be able to meet the needs of the facilities of the, of our size, 01:13:33.440 --> 01:13:37.680 and meet and it's, you know, the cost of things, you know, is 01:13:38.760 --> 01:13:39.640 especially now. 01:13:39.640 --> 01:13:40.040 Okay. 01:13:40.040 --> 01:13:44.040 What, what was in the past, if you're able to maybe, you know, 01:13:44.040 --> 01:13:47.800 get more projects done in a year, given the cost of things now, labor, etc., 01:13:47.800 --> 01:13:51.480 we're not able to get to as much as as we were, as we used to. 01:13:52.240 --> 01:13:57.400 But to keep up with the upgrades related, especially the safety security 01:13:57.400 --> 01:14:01.960 pieces, the, the career tech and some of the curricular needs, 01:14:01.960 --> 01:14:06.520 as our students are preparing for career based, you know, experiences. 01:14:07.120 --> 01:14:11.120 We don't there isn't the, the the the resources are 01:14:11.120 --> 01:14:15.440 not there to be able to allocate millions and millions out of our budget. 01:14:15.440 --> 01:14:17.920 We would not be able to run our programs. 01:14:17.920 --> 01:14:22.480 And so it would take, you know, we have had very, very, 01:14:22.840 --> 01:14:25.680 conservative financial oversight of our district. 01:14:25.680 --> 01:14:28.960 We've had the highest financial recognitions every year for many, 01:14:28.960 --> 01:14:29.960 many years. 01:14:29.960 --> 01:14:33.280 Our board has been very, very good stewards of our resources. 01:14:33.760 --> 01:14:37.520 And we have a fund balance policy that we don't violate. 01:14:37.920 --> 01:14:41.080 And so anything, you know, however, in 01:14:41.120 --> 01:14:45.880 even in our operating expenses, our expenses are outpacing our revenue. 01:14:45.880 --> 01:14:49.800 So we are making adjustments, going into next year, 01:14:50.200 --> 01:14:53.560 you know, people that, for example, are we're coming down in staffing. 01:14:53.760 --> 01:14:56.320 We're not replacing positions as people leave 01:14:56.320 --> 01:14:57.960 our enrollment has come down a little bit. 01:14:57.960 --> 01:15:01.160 And so those are things we're addressing on the operating side. 01:15:01.160 --> 01:15:02.960 But we're not asking for assistance with that. 01:15:02.960 --> 01:15:07.320 We're just asking for the assistance with with potentially for the facilities. 01:15:07.600 --> 01:15:10.480 They're just, again, too large and too vast. 01:15:10.480 --> 01:15:13.160 Every time you play a turf field, it's $1 million. 01:15:13.160 --> 01:15:15.280 To replace bleachers is $1 million. 01:15:15.280 --> 01:15:19.320 These are things that are going to add up, you know, in a way 01:15:19.320 --> 01:15:21.000 that we would not be able to keep up. 01:15:21.000 --> 01:15:24.000 So this is something that we're presenting to the community as a possibility, 01:15:24.800 --> 01:15:26.280 and we know we can do it right now. 01:15:26.280 --> 01:15:28.840 We have a window here to be able to do that without a tax increase. 01:15:28.840 --> 01:15:31.440 And so that's why the board's considering that option. 01:15:31.440 --> 01:15:33.280 It is true the ABS have increased. 01:15:33.280 --> 01:15:34.280 That is true. 01:15:34.280 --> 01:15:37.480 And we do have you know, we at least have a at our tax base 01:15:37.920 --> 01:15:39.240 given the industrial, 01:15:39.240 --> 01:15:43.320 park here in Addison, we have Oakbrook Mall in our attendance area. 01:15:43.320 --> 01:15:48.080 So we have a good base, you know, in terms of, commercial and industrial. 01:15:49.120 --> 01:15:51.160 You know, it's not we're not depending solely on residential. 01:15:51.160 --> 01:15:52.240 For example. 01:15:52.240 --> 01:15:55.600 However, there's no it's just not possible 01:15:55.600 --> 01:15:59.240 for us to keep up with the facility needs if there's something that that, you know, 01:15:59.560 --> 01:16:02.440 if this doesn't happen, if it doesn't pass, the tax rate 01:16:02.440 --> 01:16:05.440 will drop, because, again, those bonds are going to roll off, 01:16:06.440 --> 01:16:08.040 based on the last referendum. 01:16:08.040 --> 01:16:11.040 And we would have to really default back to the very, 01:16:11.040 --> 01:16:14.040 very basic, basic maintenance needs. 01:16:14.240 --> 01:16:16.320 And we would not be able to do some of that. 01:16:16.320 --> 01:16:19.440 The upgrades that that would be, would be necessary. 01:16:19.440 --> 01:16:24.160 So again, you know, we've definitely been, very conservative. 01:16:24.160 --> 01:16:27.160 And this is not this is not due to mismanagement. 01:16:27.160 --> 01:16:30.160 I can but and so I'm happy to spend, 01:16:30.360 --> 01:16:33.360 you know, more, more time 01:16:34.080 --> 01:16:38.120 with you, on this and, and talk through, to get more feedback. 01:16:38.120 --> 01:16:41.200 I'm, I'm available on the I meet individual these people all the time. 01:16:41.200 --> 01:16:45.160 I'm happy to, to to meet with you as well to to talk through more. 01:16:45.640 --> 01:16:48.440 And can I say something real quick? 01:16:48.440 --> 01:16:49.080 Yeah. 01:16:49.080 --> 01:16:51.760 So, I'm Donna Kane. 01:16:51.760 --> 01:16:54.440 I've been the president of the board, since 2011. 01:16:54.440 --> 01:16:56.640 I've been on the board since 2004. 01:16:56.640 --> 01:17:00.480 And in school districts, we are limited to increasing our levy 01:17:00.480 --> 01:17:03.640 by CPI or 5%, whichever is less. 01:17:03.920 --> 01:17:05.440 Since I've been on the board, 01:17:05.440 --> 01:17:08.600 there's only been two years that CPI was greater than 5%, 01:17:08.920 --> 01:17:12.240 and most years it's been more of an average of 2%. 01:17:12.600 --> 01:17:16.400 In 2009, we had a CPI 0.01%, 01:17:16.760 --> 01:17:19.760 which meant we really had no increase. And 01:17:21.120 --> 01:17:24.120 as you can imagine, with the only a 2% increase, 01:17:24.120 --> 01:17:27.680 most of our expenses do go up greater than that 2%. 01:17:28.000 --> 01:17:29.720 So we have to constantly each year 01:17:29.720 --> 01:17:33.880 look at what can we cut, what can we, you know, not do. 01:17:33.880 --> 01:17:37.160 And, and some of the projects we're looking at, things like the auditorium 01:17:37.680 --> 01:17:41.560 are far beyond what we'd be to spend in a, in a single year. 01:17:41.640 --> 01:17:44.040 And so that's one of the difficulties. 01:17:44.040 --> 01:17:47.120 And looking at this referendum, 01:17:48.400 --> 01:17:51.680 we've been, you know, looking at this for quite a while and, 01:17:51.920 --> 01:17:55.600 the facility needs and it, it 01:17:55.600 --> 01:17:59.920 just we can probably like when I think back to 2007, 01:17:59.920 --> 01:18:04.440 when we passed the last referendum, we were able to do so much more because, 01:18:04.480 --> 01:18:08.680 we had the economies of scale as well as, you know, 01:18:09.160 --> 01:18:13.120 being able to, deal with problems. 01:18:13.400 --> 01:18:16.720 But even since then, we've replaced all the roofs and things like that. 01:18:16.720 --> 01:18:21.480 So we're each year we do have a tax, some facility need. So. 01:18:26.520 --> 01:18:29.880 We in in the link that Miss Spring just 01:18:29.880 --> 01:18:33.080 shared is again the website that's housing all the reference information. 01:18:33.080 --> 01:18:34.640 There are videos right at the top of that. 01:18:34.640 --> 01:18:36.240 I would encourage you to see those. 01:18:36.240 --> 01:18:39.840 You kind of get an overview of the areas that have been targeted or come, 01:18:39.880 --> 01:18:42.320 if you've come to one of our meetings, we'll give you a tour. 01:18:42.320 --> 01:18:46.160 We've been doing tours for the last, last several months. 01:18:46.560 --> 01:18:48.280 And, can kind of, 01:18:48.280 --> 01:18:51.400 you know, show you what the areas that we're, we're looking at. 01:18:51.880 --> 01:18:52.200 Yeah. 01:18:52.200 --> 01:18:56.680 And as well as, you know, be able to, to, to hear your, your feedback as well 01:18:57.200 --> 01:19:00.200 in more detail. 01:19:00.600 --> 01:19:03.600 Thank you. 01:19:05.000 --> 01:19:08.720 Other questions or things we can address tonight. 01:19:08.720 --> 01:19:11.160 Do we get the questions everyone out of the out of the chat or we 01:19:12.480 --> 01:19:15.160 could. 01:19:15.160 --> 01:19:15.920 Yeah, I think we were able 01:19:15.920 --> 01:19:18.920 to hit all the ones in the chat. 01:19:18.960 --> 01:19:21.280 The question when do we know it gets approved? 01:19:21.280 --> 01:19:23.280 So we move forward to step one. 01:19:23.280 --> 01:19:25.600 Was that related to the referendum? 01:19:25.600 --> 01:19:28.400 No, that was great. 01:19:28.400 --> 01:19:30.080 And thank you okay. Sorry. 01:19:30.080 --> 01:19:30.640 No no worries. 01:19:30.640 --> 01:19:31.640 And they are correct. 01:19:31.640 --> 01:19:33.520 Step one is even. 01:19:33.520 --> 01:19:34.480 It's listed on there. 01:19:34.480 --> 01:19:37.600 Step one is, residency and birth certificate. 01:19:37.880 --> 01:19:40.880 Okay I stand corrected. 01:19:41.800 --> 01:19:43.000 All right. 01:19:43.000 --> 01:19:45.320 Okay. 01:19:45.320 --> 01:19:46.560 Well, thank you again 01:19:46.560 --> 01:19:49.600 so much for, for attending with us. 01:19:49.600 --> 01:19:52.720 And, please reach out with, with other questions 01:19:52.720 --> 01:19:54.760 or any way we can help you and your students. 01:19:54.760 --> 01:19:58.280 If you're transitioning to us, new or completing your year, 01:19:58.440 --> 01:20:01.440 please know that we're here to to support you and your families. 01:20:01.560 --> 01:20:03.000 If anything, they may need.