Author: Josh Verbarg
April 24, 2019 BoE Audio
00:00 Meeting starts, Roll call00:16 Celebrations, into to Literary01:40 1st Literary Presentation03:30 2nd Literary Presentation10:20 Literary Summary11:05 Wrestling Celebration20:49 Motion to approve Reg Board 3/20 meeting minutes21:40 Motion to approve Reg Board Executive 3/20 meeting minutes22:10 Motion to approve revised Special 7/30/18 meeting minutes22:32 Acknowledge Jim Monteggia and Jen Patrick for their service23:15 Jim Monteggia
Continue Reading...March 20, 2019 BoE Audio
00:50 Board Meeting starts01:20 Public Comments opening02:24 Parent of student in Ms. Carrasco’s class04:02 Ashley Carrasco12:00 Parent of student in Ms. Carrasco’s class14:30 Parent of student in Ms. Carrasco’s class15:23 Peggy Johnston, Mother of Ms. Carrasco16:45 Josh Verbarg OMA Violations21:25 Letter of Parent of student in Ms. Carrasco’s class23:10 Curriculum and Technology – Curriculum changes31:50
Continue Reading...February 20, 2019 BoE Audio
00:00 Board Meeting starts00:20 Building, Grounds and Transportation01:03 Motion to accept Bus contract.01:40 BLDD Architects design tweaks05:48 PJ Hoerr – Schedule of construction09:50 PJ Hoerr – Budget22:00 Bus Company Representatives – Thanks22:40 Hornet Celebrations – Rachel Bierbaum.33:30 Finance Committee40:40 Personnel and Policy45:45 Motion for Policies46:05 Motion for Calendar46:35 Motion to Close Meeting47:10 Resume Meeting –
Continue Reading...January 16, 2019 BoE Audio
00:00 Board Meeting starts00:12 Hornet Celebrations – Eric Updegraff16:45 Public comments – none17:08 Motion to close meeting.17:47 Resume meeting; Motion for consent items.18:13 Personnel addendum approval18:35 Adjourn
Continue Reading...December 18, 2018 BoE Audio
00:00 Public hearing on Health and Safety proposal starts03:06 Board meeting starts03:30 Building Grounds & Transportation Committee report03:40 HVAC controls04:10 Portable classrooms04:55 Winter break activities05:10 Transportation proposal05:45 John from BLDD architects presenting Schematic32:30 Curriculum & Technology Committee report33:00 High-school course guide changes questions33:50 Exciting new options34:05 Weights Course replace with Fitness PE35:20 Probability and Stats
Continue Reading...Why am I doing this?
As I’ve talked to people, especially those outside our district about what I’m doing, people ask the question, Why? What do I want to accomplish? I’ve alluded to at least an aspect of why in the 2/28 letter. Some of the concerns started in July 2018 when the new elementary principal was hired, and the
Continue Reading...I asked the Board to adjourn
Following is the text of what I read at the 3/20 meeting and provided to the board members. What I said was slightly different than what was provided to the board, and I’ve added the relevant verbal additions [in square brackets]. Some sentences are links to the posts that contain the detail. On February 28th,
Continue Reading...Changes on March 1st, 2019
The following day after my letter, Ms. Lisa Taylor responded: Thank you for your suggestions. I will share your comments with the Board of Education also. I noticed a small couple of changes to the web site: The regular Board of Education meeting schedule was updated to include the location of the meeting. The schedule
Continue Reading...Letter to HUSD4 Superintendent 2/28/19
This letter was sent after attending board meetings since around mid December 2018. After attending a couple board meetings, I started seeing a theme around transparency and community involvement being a main objective of the board. Sometime in January I started studying the Illinois Open Meetings Act and how it applied. After learning about the
Continue Reading...