Actions: July 22, 2009

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Non-delegable board reports that require member action

Motions

09-0722-MO1 Motion Re: Election of President *Adopted
09-0722-MO2 Motion Re: Elect Michael W. Scott President of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago *Adopted
09-0722-MO3 Motion Re: Election of Vice-President *Adopted
09-0722-MO4 Motion Re: Elect Clare M. Muñana Vice-President of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago *Adopted
09-0722-MO5 Motion to Close *Adopted

Reports from the General Counsel

09-0722-AR2 Authorize Retention of the Law Firm Cary G. Schiff & Associates *Accepted
09-0722-AR3 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Myrtle Cotton – 04 WC 33875 *Adopted
09-0722-AR4 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Anastasia Gottreich - 08 WC 12309 *Adopted
09-0722-AR5 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for George Hudson – 06 WC 04830 *Adopted
09-0722-AR6 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Zenobia Leavell – 04 WC 01773 *Adopted
09-0722-AR7 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Charlene Lewis – 07 WC 10559 *Adopted
09-0722-AR8 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Maude McGee – PRO SE *Adopted
09-0722-AR9 Personal Injury – Authorize Payment of Settlement for Jakara Jones, A Minor, by her Mother, Cawanda Starnes, Case No 07 L 2634 *Adopted
09-0722-AR10 Authorize Payment of Settlement for BOB LLC (Business Only Broadband) *Adopted
09-0722-AR11 Approve Payment of Proposed Settlement of Fee Demand in G.S. v. City of Chicago School District 299 (Case No. 2009-0058) *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

09-0722-EX15 Principal Contracts (C) (Barrera-Brekke, Gonzalez) *Adopted
09-0722-EX16 Warning Resolution – Candice Brooks Teacher, Assigned to Kohn Elementary School *Adopted
09-0722-EX17 Warning Resolution – Lynn Moulton, Tenured Teacher, Assigned to Brennemann Elementary School *Adopted
09-0722-EX18 Warning Resolution – Bonnie Shepard Tenured Teacher, Florence B. Price Elementary School *Adopted
09-0722-EX19 Approve Findings that Pupils are Non-Residents of the City of Chicago Not Entitled to Attend the Chicago Public Schools on a Tuition-Free Basis *Adopted
09-0722-EX20 Approve A Finding that Pupil Is a Non-Resident of the City of Chicago Not Entitled to Attend the Chicago Public Schools on a Tuition-Free Basis *Adopted
09-0722-EX21 Remove and Replace the Principal of Horace Mann Elementary School and Terminate the Principal’s Contract *Adopted

Reports from the Board of Education

09-0722-RS18 Resolution by the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Regarding the Removal and Replacement of the Principal of Horace Mann Elementary School and the Termination of the Principal’s Contract *Adopted
09-0722-RS19 Resolution Approving Chief Executive Officer’s Recommendation to Dismiss Educational Support Personnel *Adopted
09-0722-RS20 Recommendation to Dismiss Probationary Appointed Teachers *Adopted

Motions

09-0722-MO6 Motion Re: Approval of Record of Proceedings (January 2009 Through June 2009) *Adopted
09-0722-MO7 Motion Re: Adopt and Maintain as Confidential all Existing Closed Session Minutes (July 1995 Through June 2009) *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Facilities Officer

09-0722-OP2 Approve Entering into a Lease Agreement with Christopher House for the Rental of 2250 North Latrobe *Adopted
09-0722-OP3 Approve Entering Into a Master Intergovernmental License Agreement with Chicago Park District for Use of Facilities *Adopted
09-0722-RS21 Resolution De-Designating the Property at 1217 West Monroe *Adopted

Resolutions

09-0722-RS1 Resolution Re: Clemente High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Baseball Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS2 Resolution Re: Curie High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Boys Water Polo Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS3 Resolution Re: Kelly High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Wrestling Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS4 Resolution Re: Lane Tech High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Boys Track Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS5 Resolution Re: Walter Payton High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Boys Tennis Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS6 Resolution Re: Whitney Young High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Boys Volleyball Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS7 Resolution Re: Lane Tech High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Girls Softball Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS8 Resolution Re: Walter Payton High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Girls Soccer Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS9 Resolution Re: Whitney Young High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Girls Track Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS10 Resolution Re: Whitney Young High School Winners of the Public League’s 2009 Girls Water Polo Championship Accepted
09-0722-RS11 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of General Obligation Alternate Bonds of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Illinois, in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed $2,300,000,000, Pursuant to the School Code and the Local Government Debt Reform Act Adopted
09-0722-RS12 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied by the Board for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Public Building Commission of Chicago, Building Revenue Bonds, Series A of 1992 (Board of Education of the City of Chicago) Adopted
09-0722-RS13 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied by the Board for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Public Building Commission of Chicago, Building Revenue Bonds, Series A of 1993 (Board of Education of the City of Chicago) and Public Building Commission of Chicago, Building Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B of 1999 (Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Illinois) Adopted
09-0722-RS14 Resolution of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Declaring its Official Intent To Reimburse Certain Capital Expenditures from the Proceeds of Future Debt Issues Adopted
09-0722-RS15 Amend Board Report 07-1024-RS2 Resolution Request the Public Building Commission of Chicago to Undertake the Design and Construction of Belmont Cragin Elementary School Adopted
09-0722-RS16 Resolution Re: Appointment of Student Representatives to Local School Councils Adopted
09-0722-RS17 Resolution Re: Appointment of Teacher Representatives to Local School Councils to Fill Teacher Representative Vacancies for the Term of Office Ending June 30, 2010 Adopted

Policies

09-0722-PO1 Amend Board Report 02-1023-PO04 Policy on Reimbursement for Work-Related Expenses *Adopted
09-0722-PO2 Amend Board Report 06-0823-PO1 Appointment and Assignment of Teachers and Principals Policy *Adopted
09-0722-PO3 Rescind Board Report 04-0428-PO2 and Adopt a New Policy on the Acceptable Use of the CPS Network and Computer Resources *Adopted
09-0722-PO4 Adopt a New Procurement Card and Corporate Credit Card Policy *Adopted
09-0722-PO5 Adopt Student Code of Conduct for Chicago Public Schools for the 2009-2010 School Year *Adopted

Board Rules

09-0722-RU1 Annual Readoption of Board Rules and Amendment, Modification or Repealer of Certain Board Rules *Adopted

Communications

09-0722-CO1 Communication Re: Location of Board Meeting of August 26, 2009 – 125 S. Clark Street (Board Chamber) Registration for Public Participation will be held between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the 1st Floor of the Clark Street Lobby. The Public Participation segment of the meeting will begin at approximately 4:00 p.m. and end at 6:00 p.m., and will be followed immediately by the Business portion of the meeting. *No action
09-0722-CO2 Communication Re: Filing of 2009-2010 Proposed Budget *No action

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

09-0722-EX1 Transfer of Funds* *[Note: The complete document will be on File in the Office of the Board] Adopted
09-0722-EX2 Amend Board Report 08-0227-EX3 Approve the Addition of a Regional Gifted Center Program at John C. Coonley Elementary School Withdrawn
09-0722-EX3 Amend Board Report 08-1119-EX3 Approve the Relocation of Mark T. Skinner Elementary School, Change Mark T. Skinner Elementary School from a Classical School Into an Attendance Area School with a Magnet Cluster Program and a Classical Program, Establish an Attendance Area Boundary for Mark T. Skinner Elementary School, and Adjust the Attendance Area Boundaries for William H. Brown Elementary School and Philo Carpenter Elementary School Adopted
09-0722-EX4 Amend Board Report 08-1022-EX3 Amend Board Report 07-0228-EX3 Ratify Exercising the First and Second Options to Renew the Agreements with Trustmark Insurance Company and RFS-IRSI Joint Venture to Service Existing Trustmark Universal Life Insurance Policyholders *Adopted
09-0722-EX5 Adopt Amendments to the Uniform Principal’s Performance Contract *Adopted
09-0722-EX6 Approve Sabbatical Leave Agreement for Appointed Teacher C D Hawist, Roald Amundsen High School Adopted
09-0722-EX7 Amend Board Report 07-1024-EX11 Approve the Establishment of the Academy for Global Citizenship and Entering Into a School Management and Performance Agreement with Academy for Global Citizenship, an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation Adopted
09-0722-EX8 Amend Board Report 08-0227-EX24 Amend Board Report 06-1115-EX12 Approve the Granting of a Charter and Entering Into School Agreement with Henry Ford Academies of Illinois, NFP Adopted
09-0722-EX9 Amend Board Report 09-0225-EX16 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with The Chicago Math and Science Academy Charter School Adopted
09-0722-EX10 Authorize Payment of Startup Funds to and Approve Entering Into Disbursement and Use of Startup Funds Agreements with Various Charter and Contract Schools *Adopted
09-0722-EX11 Amend Board Report 09-0128-EX3 Amend Board Report 08-0625-EX7 Amend Board Report 07-1024-EX13 Approve the Establishment of the Hope Institute Learning Academy and Entering Into a School Management and Performance Agreement with the Hope School, an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation and Approve Entering Into a Professional Services Agreement with the Hope School for a Low Incidence Pilot Program *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Education Officer

09-0722-ED1 Report on Student Expulsions for June 2009 Adopted
09-0722-ED2 Ratify Entering Into Agreements with Various Providers for High Quality Early Childhood Services *Adopted
09-0722-ED3 Ratify Entering Into a Memorandum of Understanding with Catalyst Schools (Catalyst Elementary School - Circle Rock) to Participate in the Real/Chicago Teacher Advancement Program *Adopted
09-0722-ED4 Ratify Exercising the First Option to Renew the Memorandum of Understanding with L.E.A.R.N. Charter School to Participate in the Real/Chicago Teacher Advancement Program *Adopted
09-0722-ED5 Amend Board Report 08-0625-ED11 Amend Board Report 07-1114-ED6 Amend Board Report 07-0523-ED18 Approve Entering Into Master Agreements with Various Universities to Have Them Provide Student Interns in the Areas of Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology, Psychology, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Nursing, Audiology and Psychiatry *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Purchasing Officer

09-0722-PR1 Approve Extending the Agreement with Transpar Management Services, LLC *Adopted
09-0722-PR2 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with B and L Distributors, Inc. for the Purchase of Appliances *Adopted
09-0722-PR3 Approve Payment to City of Chicago, Department of Water Management for Installation of a Fire Hydrant at Benito Juarez Community Academy *Adopted
09-0722-PR4 Approve Payment to City of Chicago, Public Building Commission for the Formulation Services Associated with the Conceptual Development of Project Floor Plans, Budget and Project Schedule for the New Southeast Area Elementary School *Adopted
09-0722-PR5 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Harrison and Company for the Purchase of Early Childhood Furniture and Miscellaneous Children’s Items *Adopted
09-0722-PR6 Approve the Award of Construction Contracts and Approve Changes to Construction Contracts for the Board of Education’s Capital Improvement Program *Adopted
09-0722-PR7 Approve Exercising the First Option to Renew the Agreement with Johnson Research Group for Consulting Services Related to the Modern Schools Across Chicago Program *Adopted
09-0722-PR8 Ratify Exercising the First Option to Extend and Approve Entering Into the Pre-Qualification Status of Contractors to Provide General Contracting Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR9 Amend Board Report 09-0325-PR4 Approve Exercising the Final Option to Renew the Agreement with Gartner {{Group}}, Inc. for Subscription Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR10 Amend Board Report 09-0527-PR11 Amend Board Report 08-0123-PR6 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Campusware, LP for the Purchase of Gradebook Software Licenses, Implementation, and Support Services Adopted
09-0722-PR11 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Blackwell Consulting Services to Provide Enterprise Data Movement and Management Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR12 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Relational Technology Services, Inc. DBA Relational Technology Solutions for Private Branch Exchange (“PBX”), Intuity Voicemail Systems, Conversant Systems and Related Call Center Components Hardware and Software Maintenance Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR13 Ratify Entering Into an Agreement with the Black Star Project for Consulting Services on Violence Prevention, Intervention and Community Outreach *Adopted
09-0722-PR14 Approve Entering Into Agreements with Early Literacy Assessment Vendors for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR15 Ratify Extending and Approve Amending the Agreement with Steven Gering for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR16 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with the University of Chicago for the Chicago Center for High School Leadership Withdrawn
09-0722-PR17 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Labor Management Cooperation Committee (LMCC) for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR18 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Midwest Technology Products and Services for the Purchase of Carpentry Equipment *Adopted
09-0722-PR19 Approve Entering Into Software License and Services Agreements with Northwest Evaluation Association and/or Scantron Corporation *Adopted
09-0722-PR20 Approve Entering into an Agreement with Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0722-PR21 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Chicago Children’s Museum for Consulting Services *Adopted

Delegable

Reports from the Chief Facilities Officer

09-0722-OP1 Approve Entering Into a Memorandum of Understanding with Various Agencies to Create the Growing School Gardens Collaborative Relating to the Growing School Gardens Initiative *Accepted

Reports from the Chief Education Officer

09-0722-ED6 Approve Modified 2009-2010 Regular School Year Calendars at Certain Attendance Centers Accepted

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

09-0722-EX12 Principal Contracts (A) *Accepted
09-0722-EX13 Principal Contracts (B) Prior to January 1, 2009 *Accepted
09-0722-EX14 Principal Contract (B) After January 1, 2009 *Accepted

Reports from the General Counsel

09-0722-AR1 Report on Board Report Rescissions *Accepted
*Presented at the meeting

I, Susan J. Narrajos, Secretary, do hereby certify that the reports listed and the action noted opposite each report number is correct and reflects the order in which items were presented to the Board.

Susan J. Narrajos
Secretary