Actions: February 25, 2009

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Non-delegable board reports that require member action

Motion to Close

09-0225-MO1 Motion to Close *Adopted

Reports from the General Counsel

09-0225-AR3 Authorize Continued Retention of the Law Firm Shefsky & Froelich, LTD. *Accepted
09-0225-AR4 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Calvin Brent – 05 WC 7818 *Adopted
09-0225-AR5 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Edward Clement - 07 WC 20484 *Adopted
09-0225-AR6 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Louise Dearman – 06 WC 9360 *Adopted
09-0225-AR7 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Robert Dillingham – 06 WC 18041 *Adopted
09-0225-AR8 Workers’ Compensation – Payment for Lump Sum Settlement for Lillian Sergenton - 05 WC 2008 *Adopted
09-0225-AR9 Personal Injury – Authorize Payment of Settlement for Deena Samuels – Case No. 06 L 002588 *Adopted
09-0225-AR10 Approve Payment of Proposed Settlement of Fee Demand in A.H. v. City of Chicago School District 299 (Case No. 2008-0047) *Adopted
09-0225-AR11 Approve Settlement Agreement with Koppers Industries *Adopted
09-0225-AR12 Property Tax Appeal Refund – Authorize Settlement for Calumet Business Center’s PTAB Appeal Regarding its Dorchester Property for Tax Years 2003 and 2005 *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

09-0225-EX36 Principal Contract (A) Prior to January 1, 2009 (Surgeon) *Adopted
09-0225-EX37 Principal Contract (A) After January 1, 2009 (Jordan) *Adopted
09-0225-EX38 Principal Contracts (B) Prior to January 1, 2009 (Various) *Adopted
09-0225-EX39 Principal Contracts (B) After January 1, 2009 (Bryant; Gonzales, Manno, Muñoz, Ortiz) *Adopted
09-0225-EX40 Appoint Officer, Department of Communications (Monique Bond) *Adopted
09-0225-EX41 Appoint Performance Management Officer, Department of Strategy and Planning (Sarah Kremsner) *Adopted
09-0225-EX42 Warning Resolution – Clara Paul, Tenured Teacher, Copernicus Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX43 Warning Resolution – Phillip Ramczie, Teacher, Assigned to Ella Flagg Young School *Adopted

Reports from the Board of Education

09-0225-RS27 Resolution Approving Chief Executive Officer’s Recommendation to Dismiss Educational Support Personnel *Adopted
09-0225-RS28 Resolution Approving Chief Executive Officer’s Recommendation to Dismiss Probationary Appointed Teachers *Adopted

Motions

09-0225-MO2 Motion Re: Approval of Record of Proceedings (July 2008 Through December 2008) *Adopted
09-0225-MO3 Motion Re: Adopt and Maintain as Confidential all Existing Closed Session Minutes (July 1995 Through December 2008) *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Property Officer

09-0225-RS29 Amend Board Report 07-0328-RS7 Resolution Designating for Acquisition Real Property for the Construction of a New Elementary School in the Brighton Park Community and Request to the Public Building Commission to Acquire Designated Site on Behalf of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago *Adopted
09-0225-RS30 Amend Board Report 08-0924-RS8 Amend Board Report 08-0602-RS22 Resolution Designating Property Bounded by 86th Street on the North, a Line 132 Feet West of Burley Avenue on the West, 87th Street on the South and Greenbay Avenue as Extended on the East for the Construction of a New Southeast Area High School and Request to the Public Building Commission to Acquire the Designated Site on Behalf of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago *Adopted

Report from the Chief Property Officer

09-0225-OP1 Authorize The Public Building Commission of Chicago to Purchase Property at 48th Street and Rockwell for the Construction of a New Brighton Park II Elementary School *Adopted

Resolutions

09-0225-RS1 Resolution Re: National Board Certification for Three Hundred Twenty Eight Chicago Public School Teachers (2008-2009) Accepted
09-0225-RS2 Resolution Re: Lane Tech High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 16 – Inch Softball Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS3 Resolution Re: Lane Tech High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Boys Football Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS4 Resolution Re: Lane Tech High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Boys Soccer Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS5 Resolution Re: Mather High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Boys Cross Country Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS6 Resolution Re: Northside College Prep High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Boys Golf Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS7 Resolution Re: Northside College Prep High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Girls Swimming Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS8 Resolution Re: Walter Payton High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Girls Golf Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS9 Resolution Re: Walter Payton High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Girls Volleyball Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS10 Resolution Re: Whitney Young High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Girls Cross Country Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS11 Resolution Re: Whitney Young High School Winners of the Public League’s 2008 Girls Tennis Championship Accepted
09-0225-RS12 Resolution Appointing Roxanne Ward as a Board Member Representative to the Head Start Policy Committee Accepted
09-0225-RS13 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Tax Revenues), Series 2000-01, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS14 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Tax Revenues), Series 2001-03, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS15 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2002A, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS16 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2004AB, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS17 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2004CDE, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS18 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues – Benito Juarez Community Academy Project), Series 2004G, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS19 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2005A and Series 2005B, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS20 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2005DE, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS21 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2006B, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS22 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2007D, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS23 Resolution Abating the Tax Heretofore Levied for the Year 2008 to Pay Debt Service on Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2008A, Series 2008B and Series 2008C, of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Adopted
09-0225-RS24 Resolution Enabling the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to Secure Liquidity and Credit Support for its Variable Rate Bonds *Adopted as amended
09-0225-RS25 Resolution Re: Appointment of Student Representative to Local School Council to Fill Student Vacancy *Adopted
09-0225-RS26 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

Communications

09-0225-CO1 Communication Re: Location of Board Meeting of March 25, 2009 – (125 S. Clark Street (Board Chamber) *No action

Reports from the Chief Executive Officer

09-0225-EX1 Transfer of Funds* *[Note: The complete document will be on File in the Office of the Board] *Adopted
09-0225-EX2 Reconstitute Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Bethune Staff, Including the Principal *Adopted
09-0225-EX3 Reconstitute Robert John Foster Dulles Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Dulles Staff, Including the Principal *Adopted
09-0225-EX4 Reconstitute Christian Fenger Academy High School and Remove and Replace the Fenger Staff *Adopted
09-0225-EX5 Reconstitute Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Holmes Staff, Including the Principal Withdrawn
09-0225-EX6 Reconstitute James Weldon Johnson Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Johnson Staff, Including the Principal *Adopted
09-0225-EX7 Reconstitute Elihu Yale Elementary School and Remove and Replace the Yale Staff, Including the Principal Withdrawn
09-0225-EX8 Approve Application for a Modification of ISBE Rule *Adopted
09-0225-EX9 Disposition of Bids Received for the Sale of State of Illinois Donation Tax Credits Withdrawn
09-0225-EX10 Approve Entering Into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Illinois State Board of Education Relating to the Exchange Visitor Program with Mexico *Adopted
09-0225-EX11 Amend Board Report 08-0723-EX11 Amend Board Report 08-0326-EX7 Amend Board Report 07-1024-EX4 Amend Board Report 07-0523-EX6 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with Perspectives Charter School *Adopted
09-0225-EX12 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX13 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at John Foster Dulles Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX14 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School Withdrawn
09-0225-EX15 Approve Entering Into a School Management Consulting Agreement with the Academy for Urban School Leadership to Provide School Turnaround Services at James Weldon Johnson Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX16 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with the Chicago Math and Science Academy Charter School Adopted
09-0225-EX17 Approve the Renewal of the Charter School Agreement with Alain Locke Charter Academy Charter School Withdrawn
09-0225-EX18 Approve the School Improvement Plans for Schools on Probation *Adopted
09-0225-EX19 Consolidate Abbott Elementary School Into Hendricks Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area for Hendricks Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX20 Consolidate Davis Developmental Center Into Langston Hughes Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX21 Consolidate Global Visions High School Into New Millennium High School Withdrawn
09-0225-EX22 Consolidate Medill Elementary School Into Smyth Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area for Smyth Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX23 Consolidate Schiller Elementary School Into Jenner Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Area for Jenner Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX24 Close Foundations Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX25 Close Las Casas Occupational High School Withdrawn
09-0225-EX26 Close Nia Middle School *Adopted
09-0225-EX27 Close Peabody Elementary School and Adjust the Attendance Areas of Talcott, Lozano and Ogden Elementary Schools Withdrawn
09-0225-EX28 Close Princeton Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX29 Close South Chicago Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX30 Adjust the Attendance Areas of Carpenter, Otis, Ogden, and Talcott Elementary Schools and Change the Grade Structure of Carpenter Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX31 Adjust the Attendance Areas of Hamilton, Blaine, Burley and Audubon Elementary Schools and Change the Grade Structure of Hamilton Elementary School Withdrawn
09-0225-EX32 Adjust the Attendance Areas of Lathrop, Lawndale, and Johnson Elementary Schools and Change the Grade Structure of Lathrop Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX33 Adjust the Attendance Areas of Reed, Nicholson, Banneker and Parker Elementary Schools and Change the Grade Offerings of Reed Elementary School *Adopted
09-0225-EX34 Change the Grade Offering of Best Practice High School *Adopted
09-0225-EX35 Approve the Relocation of Langston Hughes Elementary School *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Education Officer

09-0225-ED1 Report on Student Expulsions for January 2009 Adopted

Reports from the Chief Financial Officer

09-0225-FN1 Amend Board Report 08-0625-FN1 Authorization of an Agreement for Consultant’s Services(FY2009/FY2010) with A.C. Advisory, Inc. Adopted
09-0225-FN2 Approve Payment to A.C. Advisory, Inc. for Consultant’s Services (FY2008) Adopted

Report from the General Counsel

09-0225-AR1 Authorize Continued Retention of the Law Firm Holland & Knight, LLP *Adopted

Reports from the Chief Purchasing Officer

09-0225-PR1 Report on Emergency Expenditures *Adopted
09-0225-PR2 Approve Exercising the First Option to Renew the Pre-Qualification Status of and the Agreements with Contractors for Integrated Pest Management Services *Adopted
09-0225-PR3 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Recall Total Information Management, Inc. for Off-Site Document Storage *Adopted
09-0225-PR4 Approve the Award of Construction Contracts and Approve Changes to Construction Contracts for the Board of Education’s Capital Improvement Program *Adopted
09-0225-PR5 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with MB Real Estate Services LLC for Property Management Services at 125 South Clark Street and Approve the Funding of the Disbursement Account Related Thereto *Adopted
09-0225-PR6 Amend Board Report 08-0602-PR19 Amend Board Report 07-0627-PR14 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with SchoolNet, Inc. for the Purchase of Student Information Instructional Management Software Licenses, Implementation and Support Services *Adopted
09-0225-PR7 Amend Board Report 08-0625-PR17 Approve Exercising the First Option to Renew an Agreement with Advotek, Inc. and Dell Marketing, L.P. for the Purchase and/or Lease of Network Servers Adopted
09-0225-PR8 Amend Board Report 08-0602-PR30 Approve Exercising the First Option to Renew the Agreement with Edison Schools, Inc. for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0225-PR9 Approve Entering Into Agreements with Various External Partners to Provide Out-of-School Time Programs and Services to Students and Their Families in the Chicago Public Schools Community Schools Initiative *Adopted
09-0225-PR10 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Amalgamated Bank of Chicago for Banking Services Adopted
09-0225-PR11 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Bank of America for Banking Services Adopted
09-0225-PR12 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank for Banking Services Adopted
09-0225-PR13 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Seaway Bank and Trust Company for Banking Services Adopted
09-0225-PR14 Ratify Entering Into an Agreement with Steven Gering for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0225-PR15 Amend Board Report 08-1119-PR18 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with SecurMar, LLC for the Purchase of and Maintenance of Portable X-Ray Machines *Adopted
09-0225-PR16 Amend Board Report 08-0723-PR24 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Father Flanagan’s Boy’s Home Training, Evaluation and Certification for Consulting Services *Adopted
09-0225-PR17 Amend Board Report 08-1119-PR20 Approve Entering Into an Agreement with Tropical Optical Company to Provide Professional Services and Eye Glasses for the Healthy Kids/Healthy Minds: Expanded Vision Program *Adopted

Delegable

Reports from the General Counsel

09-0225-AR2 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