• approved the consent items: minutes of January 17, 24, February 1, 7, 14, and 19, 2002; personnel recommendations; financial reports, and FDSE actions;
• accepted with gratitude from Mr. & Mrs. Reisberg, a donation of a 1997 Tempo; from Athletico Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy Center, a donation of baseball equipment worth $1,000; from Mrs. Edward Aren, a donation of books; from Mr. Kirk Oliver, an OPRFHS alumnus, a donation of 41 miscellaneous electronic components; from Mr. James Lemar, a donation of an Easy Stand to the Special Education Department for physical therapy; from Pamela Jansen, a donation of three prom dresses; from Helen Nickelson, Grace Rarity, L. M. DeAlba, Mary K. Brown, Mary S. Murphy, Lovey Shaughnessy, Marjorie Sommer; Mr. & Mrs. Earl Corrigan, Rev. & Mrs. Donald Register, Maxine Redmond, The Kays family, The Marshalek family, and Mr. & Mrs. Peterson, Jr., monetary donations in memory of George Rarity designated for the Athletic Department; from Mr. & Mrs. Lock, a donation of two fur coats for the Drama Department; from Masters Educational Assistance Foundation, a donation of $2,000 to the Special Olympics and 120 Bulls Tickets to the Best Buddies Program; from Mrs. Kathleen McShane, a monetary donation to the Drama Department; and from Ms. Terri Kolodzie, of the McDonald Corporation, a donation of a piano to the Music Department;
• authorized W. F. Gurrie to conduct the audit for FY '02;
• authorized the preparation of the FY '03 Tentative Budget and its placement on display as of July 22, 2002, and publication of all public notices regarding the Tentative Budget in the Oak Leaves and Wednesday Journal;
• adopted the FY' 02 Supplementary Budget as presented;
• approved a moratorium on Sabbatical Leave Requests for the 2002-03 school year;
• certified thirty-one students as mid-year graduates as of January 18, 2002, as presented;
• accepted with gratitude District 90's resolution in support of the March 19, 2002 Referendum sought by District 200;
• accepted with gratitude District 97's resolution in support of passage of the March 19, 2002 Referendum; and
• expelled one student as of February 28, 2002 for the remainder of the 2001/02
  school year, but held the expulsion in abeyance contingent upon completion of enrollment and regular attendance at a private day placement recommended by the Special Education team and ongoing counseling; and expelled one student as of February 28, 2002, for the remainder of the 2001/02 school year and summer school, but to hold the expulsion in abeyance contingent upon completion of enrollment and regular attendance at B.E.A.C.O.N.S. ACADEMY for the remainder of the 2001/02 school year and ongoing counseling provided by B.E.A.C.O.N.S. ACADEMY.

Reports Dr. Bridge reported on 1) the Northwest Personnel Administrators' Teacher Recruitment Fair held at the College of DuPage and credited Jason Edgecombe and Donna Sebestyen for the endless work they did on this endeavor; 2) the fact that only 769 freshman students were expected to enroll next year, but that number has grown to 836; 3) the successful NAAPID dinner held on February 12 and the excellent work done by Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Demos and Ms. Piekarski on its preparation; 4) the upcoming Parent Visitation Day of March 13; 5) OPRFHS' second annual Black Professionals Day organized magnificently by faculty member, Scotty Jones; 6) the lost funding from the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the Youth Interventionist Program; and 7) the successful PTO Benefit and winter musical Mame.

The following Board members volunteered to review the textbooks for the
divisions as follows: World Languages-Spanish for Oral and Written Review, to be reviewed by Mr. Wolfman; History-The Anchor Atlas of World History, Volume I: From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolution, to be reviewed by Mrs. Fisher; The Anchor Atlas of World History, Volume II: From the Stone Age to the Eve of the French Revolution, to be reviewed by Mrs. Fisher; and Mathematics-Intermediate Algebra: Concepts and Applications, to be reviewed by Mr. Rigas.

Mr. Edgecombe stated that next the Board would be asked to approve resolutions authorizing the honorary release of probationary teachers and educational support staff due to the District's financial state.

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