• The Board recognized Charles Bassett and Mary Jo Kuenster as the Volunteers of the Year for their coordination of the Boosters Campus Planning Forums last year.

• approved the consent items: minutes of August 15 and 23, 2001; FDSE actions; financial reports, and the list of activities subject to Policy #5132, Activity Program;
• approved Policy 6500, Education of Children with Disabilities for first reading;
• certified students who had met the graduation requirements of the State of Illinois and District 200 by participating in the 2001 summer session;
• accepted with gratitude a donation of family portraits and other historical items pertaining to Oak Park and River Forest High School by Mr. Davis; and a donation of a computer program by OPRFHS teacher Kathy Tsilimigras for Pat Olson's EMH and TMH classes;
• approved District's 200 Citizens' Finance Advisory Team (CFAT) membership and charge;
• approved the 2001-02 ISBE's Assurances for District Compliance;
• approved OPRFHS Huskie Boosters to have a fund raiser to sell bricks imprinted with the donor's name to be installed in the walkways and other appropriate places in and about the Stadium; and
  approved the personnel recommendations;

Mr. Edgecombe reported on 1) OPRFHS' response to the national tragedy; 2) the postponement of both the MSAN National Teachers' Conference and the MSAN National Student Leadership Conference as a result of disrupted air transportation; 3) OPRFHS' receipt of notification that it has 12 National Merit semifinalists, six National Achievement semifinalists and two National Hispanic Recognition semifinalists and will honor these students at the next Board meeting; 4) Homecoming events; 5) the Saturday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. OPRFHS vs. Fenwick High School soccer game "under the lights;" and 6) OPRFHS' Parent Information Night for parochial and private feeder elementary schools on October 15 at 7:30 p.m., for Roosevelt Middle school on October 22, and for Oak Park feeder schools in November.

Mr. Deptuch gave a summary of the Advanced Placement, ACT, SAT, and PSAE test results.

Dr. Lebrecht reported on 1) the meeting that was held with the neighbors regarding the use of lights at the OPRFHS/Fenwick September 29 soccer game; 2) an update of the Community Facility Committee meetings; 3) textbook and fees; and 4) property acquisition.

Mrs. Stevens introduced the new director of B.E.A.C.O.N.S. Academy, Esther Leiber; presented the Tuition Students and Foreign Exchange Students Report; and along with Jim Wiggins, Rich Perna, and Jim Goodfellow, assisted by Dr. Carl Spight, presented the 2000-01 Discipline Report.

Mr. Edgecombe presented the Probationary Teachers by Division and Department.

The Board Members reported on their various Board committee and liaison representative responsibilities.