The Board of Education congratulated 1) the second place winners of the IHSA Girls' Water Polo State Championship: Aleah Brubaker, Laura Boyer, Whitney Kerr, Jessie VanAalst, Lara Phillips, Katy Dirkes, Claire Walter, Annie Kiening, Elise Vecchio, Kendra Betke, Lizzie Gamboney, Christina Diaz, Claire Holdren, Angel Dietz, Sheri Uslander, Leanne Schroeder, Rachel Arguello, Stella Brown, and their coaches Sue McFarlin, Julie McGraw, Allison McDonnell, and Ron Hernandez; 2) the sophomore mathematics team which consisted of Daniel Rey, Matthew Fisher, Daniel Mokrauer-Madden, David LeBlanc, Nicholas Reder and Joseph Euler and placed fifth, the freshman/sophomore eight-person mathematics team which consisted of Daniel Locasto, Chioma Anigbogu, Amy Rohling, Alex McLeese, Daniel Rey, Matthew Fisher, Daniel Mokrauer-Madden and Joseph Euler and placed third, and David LeBlanc who placed 7th individually, at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics State Math Competition in Champaign/Urbana and their coaches Sheila Hardin and Christine Mondragon; and 3) the Illinois Drafting Educators Association's second and third place State Competition winners, Alex Adarichev and Damir Vukouljak and their advisor Ron Heiman.

• approved the consent items: minutes of April 15, 23, and May 14, 2002; personnel recommendations; financial reports, and FDSE actions;
• approved the following textbooks for the Science Division, Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships;
• amended Policy 4100, Faculty Senate, as presented;
• approved for first reading Policy 1250, Internet Safety;
• accepted with gratitude from Donald Vogel, a playhouse and climbing apparatus to the OPRFHS Day Care Play Lot; and, two endowments in the amount of $20,000 and $30,000 on behalf of former faculty member and History Division chair, Gerald L. Greer;
• renewed the Medical Insurance Contract with Blue Cross/Blue Shield and to use Drug Card Inc. for the prescription services, as presented;
• approved the Student Fees as presented for the 2002-03 school year;
• approved a two-year Intergovernmental Agreement with the Oak Park Township Youth Services in the amount of $23,353.28 for the first year;
• approved the Federation of Districts for Special Education's Operating Budget for FY '03 as a member of the FDSE District;
• appointed Richard Deptuch to the position of Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction effective July 1, 2002;
• approved the administrative retirement date changes for Mr. Deptuch, Ms. Abbinanti, and Dr. Pagnucci as presented;
• approved the resolution Authorizing NOTICE OF REDUCTION of Educational Support staff; and
• approved the resolution authorizing Notice to Withdraw as a Member of the Federation of Districts for Special Education by Oak Park and River Forest High School, Cook County, Illinois Effective June 30, 2003;

Dr. Bridge reported that for the eleventh year, OPRFHS had received the "What Parents Want" Award, from SchoolMatch, one of the nation's largest school selection consulting firms.

Mr. Vogel and Mrs. Gini previewed OPRFHS's website "Alumni and Development" page. Mr. Edgecombe presented a list of educational support staff members in positions selected to be eliminated or reduced. Dr. Lebrecht presented the FY '03 preliminary budget. Wight & Company gave an update on the fields and stadium construction. Mrs. Stevens reported on the plans for the commencement ceremony at Hanson Stadium.

Board members volunteered to review the following textbooks for the divisions as follows: English Division-The Chocolate War, to be reviewed by Mrs. Fisher; Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, to be reviewed by Mrs. Peterson, The 13th Warrior, to be reviewed by Mr. Wolfman; Grendel to be reviewed by Mr. Wolfman; Sudden Fiction: 60 New Short-Short Stories, to be reviewed by Mr. Rigas; The Practice of Poetry, to be reviewed by Mrs. Lucchesi; What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers, to be reviewed by Mrs. Lucchesi; AP Guide to News Writing, to be reviewed by Mrs. Lucchesi; Out of the Silent Planet, to be reviewed by Mrs. Fisher; The Piano Lesson, to be reviewed by Mrs. Peterson; We All Fall Down, to be reviewed by Mrs. Lucchesi; Coffee Will Make You Black, to be reviewed by Mrs. Peterson; All the Pretty Horses, to be reviewed by Mrs. Leavy; History Division-America's Longest War: The U.S. and Vietnam, 1950-1975, to be reviewed by Mr. Rigas; A History of the Modern World, 9th Edition, to be reviewed by Mr. McCulloh.

Mary K. Bennett, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, effective 06/02

Janice Daitchman, Executive Assistant for FDSE under the Administrative District of OPRFHS, effective 06/02.

Velma Ahmed, part-time Food Service employee, effective 04/30/02
Jason Alfonsi, Teaching Assistant in Freshman Seminar, effective 06/02
Jo Ann LaPointe, Administrative Assistant for FDSE under the Administrative District of OPRFHS, effective 06/30/02
Joyce Lewis, part-time Food Service employee, effective 04/10/02
Matthew Murphy, Education-to-Career Resource Aide, effective 06/7/02
Pamela Miller, Equipment Manager, effective 06/28/02
Kevin O'Shea, Teaching Assistant in Special Education, effective 05/17/02