Board Briefs

April 21 , 2005

President Ramstedt called the business meeting of the Board of Education of April 21, 2005, to order at 7:30 p.m. Board members present: Mrs. Grier, Mrs. Harms, Mrs. Hull, Mr. Abrams, Mr. McPartlin and Mr. Leane. The minutes of the April 7, 2005, meeting were approved.

Items of Public Interest
1. On April 22 the Book Fair will begin at Lions Park School. The event will continue through Monday, May 2.
2. Fairview and Lions Park Schools will present a combined 5th grade Open Gym on April 22 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Junior High gym.
3. On April 26, Fairview will host their Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at 5:30 p.m.
4. Tonight we are recognizing members of our Lincoln Wrestling Team and their coaches for their performance during this school year.

Priority Items

TIF Extension Agreement
Brian McPartlin made a motion to move to accept by resolution the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Village of Mount Prospect and School District 57 to extend the life of the Downtown TIF District to December 31, 2022. All aspects of this agreement are in effect upon agreement of the parties, and the approval of the legislature of the State of Illinois.

In attendance in the audience was District 57’s attorney John Murphey, as well as Dave Erb and Bill Cooney from the Village of Mt. Prospect to answer questions or give clarification on the agreement for the Board members.

After a role call vote of 6–1 this resolution was passed.

Class Size Guidelines
This item was brought forth for the purpose of discussion only at this time. Dr. Brown referred to several articles concerning this topic for the Board members to review and utilize for the consideration of revisions to our current class size guidelines. Through research, it was determined that the present guideline numbers were arrived at arbitrarily in the 1990’s when enrollment was down and space was not an issue. A set of guiding principles, or targets, was projected and discussed. This item will be discussed further at the Board’s discretion.

Action Items (Consent Agenda)*

• Dr. Brown presented the Consent Agenda items to the Board. The items were approved.
• None of our scheduled emergency weather days were utilized during this winter season.Thus, Monday, June 6, is the last day of student attendance for the 2004-05 school year.

Superintendent’s Report
Dr. Brown stated that our enrollment figure for the year is 1,976 students which are 25 more than at the beginning of school.

Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Board, Mr. McPartlin moved and seconded by Mr. Abrams, the meeting adjourn. By unanimous vote, the meeting adjourned at 9:54 p.m.