DeKalb Times

Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 Board of Education Business Services Committee met June 3.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

A. Business Services Discussion Items

1. Strategic Plan Update - Goal 5

Submitted By: Jo Ann Armstrong

Description: Each meeting the administration will provide a review of the District's progress to achieve the goals of the strategic plan.

The Business Service Committee will focus on Goal 5: Operational Resources.

This monthly presentation, the District's scorecard, and the Schools' Scorecard provide key updates about the school district's progress to implement the strategic plan.

2. Solar Farm

Approve a partnership with Solar On Earth

3. HS ELA Curriculum Adoption

4. Subject.com Credit Recovery 3-Year Contract

Following a successful pilot during the 2024–25 school year, the District recommends entering into a three-year contract with Subject.com for high school credit recovery. Student feedback highlighted a more engaging and meaningful learning experience than previous platforms (Edgenuity and Edmentum’s Skilled Tutorials). Subject.com offers a variety of instructional formats, including short videos (3–6 minutes), review activities, assignments, and quizzes, which promote deeper understanding and retention. Courses are available in both English and Spanish, with Spanish versions mirroring the English content exactly to ensure equitable access for bilingual learners. Notably, the Spanish videos use advanced AI to dub the original content while adjusting mouth movements to match the translated dialogue, creating a seamless and authentic viewing experience.

Approve the 3-year contract for Subject.com's credit recovery program.

5. Articulated & Dual Credit MOU with Highland Community College

Attached is the annual MOU for the Articulated and Dual Credit courses with Highland Community College. This agreement includes three individual documents. The Dual Credit MOU 2025-2026 outlines the agreement between D100 and Highland Community College. The 2025-2026 Dual Credit Proposal form lists the course information for the dual credit courses that will run at the high schools next year. The 2024-2025 Dual Credit Agreement form acknowledges that the courses listed ran during the 2024-2025 school year.

Approve the MOU and the additional documents for the Articulated & Dual Credit agriculture courses for the 2025- 2026 school year.

6. NEW SIS -Edupoint - For SY26

Approval of the new SIS Edupoint in the amount not to exceed $1,106,664.61 as presented.

7. SIS - eSchool Renewal

Approval of the eSchool SIS Renewals in the amount of $236,253.43 as presented.

8. Staff Laptop Purchase

Approval of the Staff Laptop purchase in the amount of $279,195 as presented.

9. University Core Samples at BNHS

Approving the University of Illinois to Pull Core Samples

10. Cafeteria Furniture Invitation to Bid

Approving the purchase of cafeteria tables not to exceed $157,454.34 for Caledonia, Lincoln, and Meehan schools.

11. Kindergarten Furniture Purchase

Administration recommends purchasing furniture from Lakeshore for $179,345.15

12. Toro Invitation to Bid

Administration recommends purchasing a Toro lawnmower for $168,311.02

13. Frontline Product Renewals

14. FY26 Insurance Renewals

Approve the FY26 Insurance Renewal

15. Activity Account - SMS Tennis

The Administration recommends the School Board establish this student activity account.

16. Excess Property Disposal - LES

Policy 4:80 requires the Board of Education to approve the disposal of District Property. Lincoln Elementary seeks approval to dispose of Special Education and ELA reading kits that are no longer supported or used for instruction. The Special Education materials were purchased using IDEA grant funds and are outside the useful life, so they are able to be disposed of without concern for grant reporting.

Recommendation to the Board to approve.

17. Excess Property Disposal - Literacy Curriculum (SMS, CMS, BHS, BNHS)

Policy 4:80 requires the Board of Education to approve the disposal of District Property. South & Central Middle Schools and Belvidere High School seek approval to dispose of literacy resources that are no longer supported or used for instruction.

Recommendation to the Board to approve.

18. List of 2025-26 Clubs to Review

Per the District Club SOP (Standard Operating Procedure), the District is submitting a list a clubs to review for next year.

A list of clubs is presented for review. At the June School Board Meeting: All clubs (District or Student Sponsored) must be approved.

B. Any Other Matters to Come to the Attention of the Committee C. Next Meeting(s)

1. Next Meeting Date

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