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Votes at a glance

- Consent agenda: Board approved a comprehensive consent agenda listing personnel matters, contract renewals, construction completion statements and other routine items.
Motion: Approve the consent agenda as stated.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kerr (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President Owens (yes).

- Itemized bills, 04/14/2025 — $26,951,187.68: Administration recommended the board approve the listed bills.
Motion: Approve the list of bills in the amount of $26,951,187.68.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kerr (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President (yes).

- Attendance boundary proposal: Board approved the revised attendance boundary maps after administration outlined adjustments and a residency-exception process (detailed in a separate article).
Motion: Approve the revised attendance boundary proposal dated 04/14/2025.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kerr (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President Owens (yes).

- Illinois High School Association (IHSA) membership, 2025–26: Board certified renewal of high school membership in IHSA for five district high schools.
Motion: Renew School District U-46 high school membership in IHSA for 2025–26.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kerr (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President (yes).

- Curriculum and pilot approvals (recorded roll calls):
• Biology curriculum resource proposal — estimated cost: $728,910.76 — Approved (recorded roll call).
• Chemistry pilot proposal — estimated full implementation cost: $593,697.24 — Approved (recorded roll call).
• Physics pilot proposal — estimated full implementation cost: $549,617.84 — Approved (recorded roll call).
• German, French and Spanish curriculum proposal — estimated cost: $929,737.41 — Approved (recorded roll call).
• High school civics, economics, U.S. history/American studies, world geography and world history resources — estimated cost: $1,132,125 — Approved (recorded roll call).
• High school Advanced Placement social studies resource-only proposal — estimated cost: $136,871.69 — Approved (recorded roll call).

- Annexation agreement with the City of Elgin (2604 Rorsen Road): Board authorized annexation and allowed district administration to execute related documents for property to be used by the district’s middle school project.
Motion: Approve annexation agreement with the City of Elgin for the property at 2604 Rorsen Road and authorize execution of related documents.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kirk (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President Owens (yes).

- Minutes acceptance: Board accepted minutes of the Feb. 24, 2025 finance committee meeting.
Motion: Accept minutes as presented.
Outcome: Approved (recorded roll call). Voters recorded as: Miss Kerr (yes); Miss Khan (yes); Miss Martin (yes); Miss Nolan (yes); Miss Schwartz (yes); Miss Thomas (yes); President Owens (yes).

Notes: Many other proposals, bids and contracts were presented at the meeting and administration recommended awards or renewals. Where a formal roll-call vote was recorded, the vote is listed above. Several consent-agenda items included contract renewals and construction bids that were approved as part of the consent agenda.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board Meeting - April 14, 2024","oneSentenceSummary","At its April 14 meeting the U-46 Board of Education approved the consent agenda, a list of bills totaling $26,951,187.68, multiple curriculum and pilot proposals, IHSA membership renewal and an annexation agreement with the City of Elgin.","taxTitle","SD U-46, School Boards, Illinois","taxId",14976,"location","Illinois","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6273037,"Residents ask U-46 to allow counter-recruitment tables in high schools, cite military risks and alternatives",810,3312000,4122000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3005468-5714910288898d0b17b229fa12a7585e&start=3312&end=4122","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3005468-5714910288898d0b17b229fa12a7585e/thumbnail_3312000.jpg","/articles/6273037/Illinois/Residents-ask-U-46-to-allow-counter-recruitment-tables-in-high-schools-cite-military-risks-and-alternatives","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273037-43048e5d723d4d6acf347973e9871c03/orig.mp4?Expires=1770090136&Signature=RsHhCE0zUqSO2-aTNn739ft9EcjwxuS3UWH3eCB4OogHjrYuVZYpMitgVJRgFpMLMblpq9j3o4HUL1V94Be07EjyKdM5MA6gbaMHBHSvgIBzY5~3tyogO~TmySJTvft1LMKwY-S~TsOhkjEi1BOYCpCxDF1HvOw4-uHRtGLB6LHGzIxcLL9Ogrxy6WxQgN7hFNnXd9EPDUb56AdMIBA-Bxe8tou50Yqxx4lQxkfDcWdvLR6OBtC1uaPRa3DfyT3CbX1bZQLT3lxbipitpba5Wnpv-7vxJT-ubkUIgOeJQE4egty4x0YuZU3h2n6HO~5cKlgH6L9VZtRCGh3Kbh7J0g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Several residents and members of local organizations used the public-comment period of the School District U-46 board meeting on April 14 to ask the district to allow volunteers to set up monthly tables at high schools to provide information about alternatives to military service.

Bettina Perillo, a resident of Elgin and member of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, said she wants a regular table at Elgin High School to present programs such as AmeriCorps, which she said offers a student stipend and service opportunities. Perillo told the board she had contacted Elgin High School administrators and had not received follow-up from the principal and assistant principal after multiple calls.

Cheryl Brumbaugh Hayford, an Elgin resident who volunteers with counter-recruitment outreach, asked administrators to instruct high school leaders to welcome representatives of a counter-recruitment team to table during lunch. She told the board she had previously volunteered at Larkin High School before the pandemic and said students deserve information that military recruiters may not provide. Hayford cited a range of reports she said document high rates of harassment and assault of women serving in the military and urged the district to allow alternative viewpoints to be presented in schools.

Earl Silvar said his experience tabling at Larkin High School for five years showed military recruiters do not typically tell students about higher-than-average rates of suicide among service members, veteran homelessness, substance-addiction risks, or long-term health issues related to exposure to toxic agents such as dioxin (Agent Orange) or depleted uranium in certain munitions. He offered to share sources if the district wanted more documentation.

Mary Sheskren, chair of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice, asked the board to restore the group's pre-pandemic ability to disseminate counter-recruitment materials in high schools. She cited a 1984 decision in which a court in the Northern District of Illinois ruled that denying access to groups with alternative viewpoints could violate the First Amendment once military recruiters had been allowed into schools. Sheskren offered to send a link to the decision to district staff.

Board members did not respond directly to the public commenters during the meeting; the district stated in the public-comment instructions that the board listens but does not respond during the meeting and that a written response would be mailed if requested.","Several Elgin-area residents and members of local peace groups urged the U-46 board to permit volunteers to table at high schools to present alternatives to military enlistment, citing AmeriCorps and reports of sexual harassment and assault in the military.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6273042,"U-46 board approves broad attendance-boundary changes, delays some school closures for one year",1648,4639000,6287000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3005468-5714910288898d0b17b229fa12a7585e&start=4639&end=6287","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3005468-5714910288898d0b17b229fa12a7585e/thumbnail_4639000.jpg","/articles/6273042/Illinois/U-46-board-approves-broad-attendance-boundary-changes-delays-some-school-closures-for-one-year","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6273042-8c9e69b0b44bd2892d114835f9868e54/orig.mp4?Expires=1770090136&Signature=POmOxLYpFUts9HlIZH2bxq3Q6rGAFSMciyfLb7OGuoZOfL5fLesD5mCqjgiE8HcUS5Qg~NA6jVSQuSjlHSHJnuLvZLUdBOIt3Lf-EGNT9Rhoc3UZpuQ9Na39w5kfUzQQOiNnu77I80rmsWrVdxaCG8rY23AG5R8Sz3JDkMCmpq5x-WAq33lCn8Z7-vfETTcDeIGarWsT9kD57Z3qDoIVwt0rlSFSdn7JRQ2YEqKvi70Y1r-cKkaP7XtTbtQr0HvyWIH8WjYOC26gu4FuZHygWQysZPeKFYKJbBkbKCq~FIXyvNKgcxjc9yLyo3kvgWgkKgKaFDk7JXZ4JEomXhciEg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The School District U-46 Board of Education on April 14 approved a revised attendance boundary proposal that will reassign students, retire multiple elementary schools and shift sixth graders into middle school when the new boundaries take effect in the 2026–27 school year.

District officials said the plan, developed as part of the Unite U46 initiative, responds to declining elementary enrollment, the addition of new classrooms and the retirement of older facilities. Administration briefed the board on two last-minute map adjustments intended to eliminate split feeder patterns before the board voted to adopt the final plan.

District officials said the proposal retires Washington, Lowry and Hanover Countryside elementary schools after the 2025–26 school year, and McKinley after the new elementary on the former David C. Cook site is ready for occupancy. Illinois Park will transition from an early-childhood center to a K–5 elementary in 2026–27. Officials also confirmed the planned opening of Hawk Hollow Middle School in Bartlett will affect 2025–26 assignments approved earlier and that larger district-wide boundary changes will begin in 2026–27 when sixth grade moves to middle schools.

Administrators described two specific adjustments made since the March 24 draft: moving a northern section that had been assigned to Bartlett Elementary to Sunnydale to reduce the number of splits from four to three and reassigning a Bartlett/Streamwood block to keep Centennial High School’s feeder pattern aligned entirely with Bartlett High School. Officials also detailed a reassignment in the Nature Ridge area that assigns most students to Eastview and Bartlett middle/high feeders to balance enrollments with Kenyon Woods and newly opening Hawk Hollow.

Brian Lindholm, chief of staff, summarized a modified residency-exception process that will allow families affected by boundary changes to apply for early transfer to their new assigned school for the 2025–26 school year. Lindholm said the district will accept online residency-exception requests tied to the student information system, require parent authentication, and will process applications subject to available staff and space. He told the board the anticipated deadline to submit exception requests for 2025–26 will be May 15 to allow schools time to adjust staffing and schedules.

Mark Moore, assistant superintendent of human resources, described the operational adjustments the district will make while the new Elgin middle school is completed. Because the new Elgin middle school will not be ready for full occupancy in 2026–27 as originally planned, the district will keep Abbott and Ellis middle schools open for an additional year. Moore said approximately 1,100 students who will ultimately attend the new Elgin middle school will be served temporarily by Abbott and Ellis; about 350 sixth graders from the new Elgin attendance area would attend Abbott in the first year, while the new school’s older students would continue at Ellis to complete their middle school years.

Transportation and safety were recurring themes. District staff said school buses will be available to affected families and described standard safety practices for routes and railroad crossings, noting drivers receive specialized training and buses are equipped with GPS and cameras. The district plans local informational meetings for impacted neighborhoods and an address-lookup tool on the Unite U46 site to show current and proposed school assignments.

Board members who spoke during the discussion thanked staff for outreach and mapping work and acknowledged community concerns about commute times, traffic and railroad crossings in some areas. President Owens called the process extensive and noted the goal of long-term rightsizing of district facilities. The board voted unanimously to adopt the revised attendance boundaries.

Implementation timeline and next steps: the board approved the boundaries April 14; residency-exception requests for the 2025–26 school year are expected to be accepted immediately after the vote with an anticipated May 15 deadline; larger boundary changes and the shift of sixth grade into middle school will take effect for the 2026–27 school year. The district said it will post final maps and an address lookup tool to the Unite U46 web page and hold school-level meetings to explain transitions to families.","The School District U-46 Board of Education approved revised attendance boundaries that retire several elementary schools, move sixth grade to middle school in 2026–27, and keep two middle schools open one extra year while a new Elgin middle school is completed.","actionData","errors"]

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