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Actions: May 22, 2013

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Non-delegable board reports that require member action

Resolutions

13-0522-RS1 Resolution Re: Marquis D. Watson, Honorary Student Board Member, Chicago Board of Education October 24, 2012 to May 22, 2013 Accepted
13-0522-RS2 Resolution Regarding Elementary School Promotion Requirements Adopted
13-0522-RS3 Resolution Re: Appointment of Appointed Representatives of Elected Local School Councils to Fill Vacancies for the Current Term of Office Adopted

Communications

13-0522-CO1 Communication Re: Location of Board Meeting of June 26, 2013 – 125 S. Clark Street (Board Chamber) *No action
13-0522-CO2 Communication Re: 2013-2014 Schedule of Regular Board Meetings – Board of Education, City of Chicago *No action

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX1 Transfer of Funds* *[Note: The complete document will be on File in the Office of the Board] Adopted
13-0522-EX2 Approve Entering Into an Alternative Safe School Program Agreement with Camelot Schools Adopted
13-0522-EX3 Approve Entering Into Agreements with Various Providers for Alternative Learning Opportunities Program Services Adopted
13-0522-EX4 Approve the Establishment of the Little Black Pearl Art and Design Academy and Entering Into a School Management and Performance Agreement with Little Black Pearl Workshop, an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation Adopted
13-0522-EX5 Amend Board Report 08-0723-EX6 Amend Board Report 08-0326-EX10 Amend Board Report 07-1024-EX9 Approve the Establishment of Disney II Magnet School Adopted
13-0522-EX19 Close Leif Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy Failed of adoption
13-0522-EX14 Close Miriam G. Canter Middle School *Adopted as amended
13-0522-EX73 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Sumner Elementary School Withdrawn

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX64 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Jenner Elementary School Withdrawn
13-0522-EX22 Close Marcus Moziah Garvey Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Mount Vernon Elementary School Failed of adoption
13-0522-EX27 Close Mahalia Jackson Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Fort Dearborn Elementary School and Paul Cuffe Math-Science Technology Academy Elementary School Failed of adoption
13-0522-EX33 Close George Manierre Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Edward Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts Failed of adoption

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX53 Close Alexander Von Humboldt Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Jose De Diego Elementary Community Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX78 Reconstitute Clara Barton Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Clara Barton Elementary School Staff, Including the Principal Failed of adoption
13-0522-EX84 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Clara Barton Elementary School Withdrawn
13-0522-EX107 Approve the Relocation of Joseph Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School to the 3030 West Arthington Street Facility Adopted

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX85 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at William W. Carter Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX86 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Thomas Chalmers Specialty Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX87 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts Adopted
13-0522-EX88 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Leslie Lewis Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX89 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Isabelle C. O'Keeffe Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX90 Co-Locate Belmont-Cragin Elementary School with Northwest Middle School Adopted
13-0522-EX91 Co-Locate Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School with Richard T. Crane Technical Preparatory High School and Chicago Talent Development High School Adopted
13-0522-EX92 Co-Locate Disney II Magnet School with Thurgood Marshall Middle School Adopted
13-0522-EX93 Co-Locate Mary Mapes Dodge Elementary Renaissance Academy with Morton School of Excellence Adopted
13-0522-EX94 Co-Locate John B. Drake Elementary School with Urban Prep Academy for Young Men – Bronzeville Charter High School Adopted
13-0522-EX95 Co-Locate KIPP – Bloom Charter Middle School with Hope College Preparatory High School Adopted
13-0522-EX96 Co-Locate the Montessori School of Englewood Charter School with Luke O’Toole Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX97 Co-Locate Kwame Nkrumah Academy Charter School with Walter Q. Gresham Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX98 Co-Locate Noble Street Charter - Gary Comer College Prep with Revere Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX99 Co-Locate Noble Street Charter - Crimson High School with George H. Corliss High School Adopted
13-0522-EX100 Co-Locate Noble Street Charter – Orange High School with Bowen High School Adopted
13-0522-EX101 Amend Board Report 11-0126-EX11 Approve the Granting of a Charter and Entering into a Charter School Agreement with Kwame Nkrumah Academy, Inc., an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation Adopted
13-0522-EX102 Amend Board Report 11-0223-EX2 Approve the Granting of a Charter and Entering Into a Charter School Agreement with the Montessori Network, Inc. an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation Adopted
13-0522-EX103 Amend Board Report 13-0424-EX6 Amend Board Report 12-0328-EX7 Amend Board Report 11-1214-EX3 Amend Board Report 11-0126-EX8 Amend Board Report 10-0922-EX3 Amend Board Report 10-0428-EX3 Amend Board Report 09-1123-EX9 Amend Board Report 09-0826-EX10 Amend Board Report 09-0422-EX3 Amend Board Report 09-0325-EX14 Amend Board Report 08-1217-EX7 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with Noble Network of Charter Schools Adopted
13-0522-EX104 Amend Board Report 13-0424-EX7 Amend Board Report 12-0328-EX9 Amend Board Report 12-0125-EX3 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School/KIPP Chicago Schools Adopted
13-0522-EX105 Adjust the Attendance Boundaries of Thurgood Marshall Middle School and Ames Middle School Adopted
13-0522-EX79 Reconstitute William W. Carter Elementary School and Remove and Replace the William W. Carter Elementary School Staff, Including the Principal Adopted
13-0522-EX80 Reconstitute Thomas Chalmers Specialty Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Thomas Chalmers Specialty Elementary School Staff, Including the Principal Adopted
13-0522-EX81 Reconstitute Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts and Remove and Replace the Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts Staff, Including the Principal Adopted
13-0522-EX82 Reconstitute Leslie Lewis Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Leslie Lewis Elementary School Staff, Including the Principal Adopted
13-0522-EX83 Reconstitute Isabelle C. O'Keeffe Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Isabelle C. O'Keeffe Elementary School Staff, Including the Principal Adopted
13-0522-EX74 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Tilton Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX75 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Wadsworth Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX76 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Laura Ward Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX77 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Wentworth Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX65 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Mollison Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX66 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Wells Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX67 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Earle Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX68 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Hefferan Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX69 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Langston Hughes Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX70 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Gompers Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX71 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Leland Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX72 Establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program at Nicholson Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX54 Close West Pullman Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Alex Haley Elementary Academy and Ralph H. Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX55 Close Williams Multiplex Elementary School and Relocate John B. Drake Elementary School to the 2710 South Dearborn Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX56 Close Williams Preparatory Academy Middle School Adopted
13-0522-EX57 Close Granville T. Woods Math & Science Academy Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Perkins Bass Elementary School, Anna R. Langford Community Academy, and Nicholson Technology Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX58 Close Elihu Yale Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of John Harvard Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX59 Establish a Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster Program at Haley Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX60 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at De Diego Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX61 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at DePriest Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX62 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Ellington Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX63 Establish an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Fiske Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX28 Close Francis Scott Key Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Edward K. Ellington Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX29 Close William H. King Elementary School and Assign the Attendance Area of William H. King Elementary School to Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX30 Close Alfred David Kohn Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School, Langston Hughes Elementary School, and Countee Cullen Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX31 Close Jean D. Lafayette Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Frederic Chopin Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX32 Close Robert H. Lawrence Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Area of Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy, and Relocate Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy to the 9928 South Crandon Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX23 Close Nathan R. Goldblatt Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Helen M. Hefferan Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX24 Close Elaine O. Goodlow Elementary Magnet School, Adjust the Attendance Areas of Charles W. Earle Elementary School, Luke O’Toole Elementary School and Perkins Bass Elementary School, and Relocate Charles W. Earle Elementary School to the 2040 West 62nd Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX25 Close Matthew A. Henson Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Charles Evans Hughes Elementary School, Theodore Herzl Elementary School, and Daniel Webster Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX26 Close Victor Herbert Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Areas of Robert Nathaniel Dett Elementary School and Willa Cather Elementary School, and Relocate Robert Nathaniel Dett Elementary School to the 2131 West Monroe Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX34 Close Guglielmo Marconi Elementary Community Academy and Adjust the Attendance Area of George W. Tilton Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX35 Close Horatio May Elementary Community Academy, Adjust the Attendance Area and Grade Structure of George Leland Elementary School, and Relocate George Leland Elementary School to the 512 South Lavergne Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX36 Close William J. & Charles H. Mayo Elementary School, Assign the Attendance Area of William J. & Charles H. Mayo Elementary School to Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy, and Relocate Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy to the 249 East 37th Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX37 Close Garrett A. Morgan Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of William H. Ryder Math & Science Specialty Elementary School, Walter Q. Gresham Elementary School, and Oliver S. Westcott Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX38 Close Near North Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX39 Close Anthony Overton Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Irvin C. Mollison Elementary School and Edmund Burke Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX40 Close Jesse Owens Elementary Community Academy and Adjust the Attendance Area of Samuel Gompers Fine Arts Options Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX41 Close Ignance Paderewski Elementary Learning Academy and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Lazaro Cardenas Elementary School, Rosario Castellanos Elementary School, William Penn Elementary School, and Crown Community Academy of Fine Arts Center Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX42 Close Francis Parkman Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Jesse Sherwood Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX43 Close Elizabeth Peabody Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of James Otis Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX44 Close Pershing West Middle School, Adjust the Attendance Area of John J. Pershing Elementary Humanities Magnet School, and Relocate John J. Pershing Elementary Humanities Magnet School to the 3200 South Calumet Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX45 Close Nathaniel Pope Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of James Weldon Johnson Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX46 Close Betsy Ross Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of John Foster Dulles Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX47 Close Martin A. Ryerson Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Area of Laura S. Ward Elementary School, and Relocate Laura S. Ward Elementary School to the 646 North Lawndale Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX48 Close Austin O. Sexton Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Area of John Fiske Elementary School, and Relocate John Fiske Elementary School to the 6020 South Langley Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX49 Close Songhai Elementary Learning Institute and Adjust the Attendance Area of George W. Curtis Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX50 Close Graeme Stewart Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Joseph Brenneman Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX51 Close Joseph Stockton Elementary School, Assign the Attendance Area of Joseph Stockton Elementary School to Mary E. Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center, and Relocate Mary E. Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center to the 4420 North Beacon Street Facility and the 4425 North Magnolia Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX52 Close Lyman Trumbull Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Eliza Chappell Elementary School, James B. McPherson Elementary School, John T. McCutcheon Elementary School, and Helen Peirce International Studies Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX15 Close Edward C. Delano Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Areas of Genevieve Melody Elementary School and Helen M. Hefferan Elementary School, and Relocate Genevieve Melody Elementary School to the 3937 West Wilcox Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX16 Close Dumas Technology Academy, Adjust the Attendance Area of James Wadsworth Elementary School, and Relocate James Wadsworth Elementary School to the 6650 South Ellis Avenue Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX17 Close Ana Roque de Duprey Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX18 Close Robert Emmet Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Oscar DePriest Elementary School and Edward K. Ellington Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX20 Close Enrico Fermi Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of James Wadsworth Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX21 Close Garfield Park Preparatory Academy Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX6 Close John P. Altgeld Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Areas of Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School and Carrie Jacobs Bond Elementary School, and Relocate Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School to the 1340 West 71st Street Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX7 Close Louis Armstrong Math & Science Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX8 Phase Out and Close Crispus Attucks Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Ludwig Van Beethoven Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX9 Close Benjamin Banneker Elementary School, Adjust the Attendance Area of Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School, and Relocate Benjamin E. Mays Elementary School to the 6656 South Normal Boulevard Facility Adopted
13-0522-EX10 Close Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of John Milton Gregory Elementary School and Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX11 Close Ana Wendell Bontemps Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Nicholson Technology Academy Adopted
13-0522-EX12 Close Kate S. Buckingham Special Education Center Adopted
13-0522-EX13 Close John Calhoun North Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area of Willa Cather Elementary School Adopted
13-0522-EX106 Rescind the Approval and Discontinue the Expansion of Mason School Adopted

Report from the General Counsel

13-0522-AR1 Authorize Continued Retention of The Law Firm Holland & Knight, LLP Adopted

Reports from the Chief Procurement Officer

13-0522-PR1 Approve Entering Into Agreements with Various Vendors for Supplemental Out of School Time and Recess Facilitation Services Adopted
13-0522-PR2 Approve the Award of Construction Contracts and Approve Changes to Construction Contracts for the Board of Education's Capital Improvement Program Adopted
13-0522-PR3 Amend Board Report 13-0424-PR8 Amend Board Report 12-0523-PR21 Approve the Pre-Qualification Status of and Entering Into Agreements with Vendors to Provide Moving Services Adopted
13-0522-PR4 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Canon Business Process Services, Inc. for Central Office Mail/Receiving Room Management Services Adopted
13-0522-PR5 Approve Entering Into Agreement(s) with Suppliers for Electricity Supply and Services Adopted
13-0522-PR6 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Johnson Research Group for Consulting Services Related to Tax Increment Financing Funding for the Capital Improvement Program Adopted
13-0522-PR7 Amend Board Report 11-0824-PR7 Approve the Purchase of Wide Area Network and Local Area Network Equipment, Maintenance and Associated Training from AT&T Datacomm, Inc. FKA SBC Datacomm Adopted
13-0522-PR8 Amend Board Report 13-0227-PR13 Approve Exercising the First Option to Renew the Agreement with Sentinel Technologies for Local Area Network System Improvement Services Adopted
13-0522-PR9 Approve Exercising the Second Option to Renew the Agreement with Dell Marketing L.P., Dell Financial Services, Sentinel Technologies (CISCO), Inc. and Vion Corporation (HITACHI) for the Purchase and or Lease of Network Servers Adopted
13-0522-PR10 Amend Board Report 12-0425-PR1 Approve Entering Into Agreements with Loyola University, New Leaders, Teach for America and University of Illinois at Chicago for Principal Preparation Program Services Under the Chicago Leadership Collaborative Adopted

Delegable

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX108 Principal Contracts (A) (New) Accepted
13-0522-EX109 Principal Contracts (B) (Renewal) Accepted

Report from the General Counsel

13-0522-AR2 Report on Board Report Rescissions Accepted

Non-delegable board reports that require member action

Motion

13-0522-MO1 Motion to Hold a Closed Session *Adopted

Reports from the General Counsel

13-0522-AR3 Authorize Retention of the Law Firm Franczek Radelet, P.C. *Adopted
13-0522-AR4 Authorize Retention of the Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw, LLP *Adopted
13-0522-AR5 Authorize Continued Retention of The Law Office of Sabrina L. Haake *Adopted
13-0522-AR6 Workers’ Compensation- Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Antoinette Akkari, Case No. 08 WC 23086 *Adopted
13-0522-AR7 Workers’ Compensation- Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Pedro Cervantes, Case No. 08 WC 39391 *Adopted
13-0522-AR8 Workers’ Compensation- Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Doris Cooper, Case No. 06 WC 7117 *Adopted
13-0522-AR9 Personal Injury - Authorize Payment of Settlement for Edgar Goldsberry, and Adrian Patterson, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of J.G., a Minor- Case No. 08 L 000656 *Adopted
13-0522-AR10 Approve Amended Settlement of Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board- Case No. 2012-CA-0009-C *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

13-0522-EX110 Warning Resolution- Diedrus Brown, Principal, Walter Q. Gresham Elementary School *Adopted
13-0522-EX111 Warning Resolution- Jo-Ann Cairo, Tenured Teacher, Assigned to Walter H. Dyett High School *Adopted
13-0522-EX112 Warning Resolution- Monica St. John, Tenured Teacher, Assigned to Washington Irving Elementary School *Adopted
13-0522-EX113 Warning Resolution- Blanca Tenorio, Tenured Teacher, Peace and Education Coalition High School *Adopted

Reports from the Board of Education

13-0522-RS4 Resolution by the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Regarding the Dismissal of Jonathan Brooks, Tenured Teacher, Assigned to John Harvey Elementary School *Adopted
13-0522-RS5 Resolution Approving the Chief Executive Officer’s Recommendation to Dismiss Educational Support Personnel *Adopted
13-0522-RS6 Resolution Approving Chief Executive Officer’s Recommendation to Dismiss Probationary Appointed Teachers *Adopted

Motions

13-0522-MO2 Motion Re: Adopt and Maintain as a Confidential Closed Session Minutes from April 24, 2013 *Adopted
13-0522-MO3 Motion Re: Approval of Record of Proceedings of Meetings Open to the Public (April 24, 2013) *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Administrative Officer

13-0522-OP1 Disposition of Bids Received for the Sale of Land Located at 1009 N. Cleveland Ave *Adopted
13-0522-OP2 Disposition of Bids Received for the Sale of Land Located at 1855 N. Sheffield Ave *Adopted
13-0522-OP3 Disposition of Bids Received for the Sale of Land Located at 5051 W. Polk Street *Adopted
*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