Glenbard District 87 Board of Education meeting highlights (7-29-2026)

Board Highlights feature a brief description of the action items and discussion items on the meeting agenda. Board Highlights do not replace minutes. The minutes are approved by the Board and posted after the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Present: Tod Altenburg, Jay Bastian, Hetal Lee, Pete Nolan and Jim Shannon. Absent: Margaret DeLaRosa and Martha Mueller.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

1. I want to extend my gratitude to our principals, fine arts department chairs and band directors for pulling together approximately 100 students across Glenbard to play at the Glendale Heights Fest for their July 4th celebration. With limited time to plan and coordinate, the Glenbard team came together, knowing we are working hard to ensure that we support the Glendale Heights community as one of our four largest communities. They did an outstanding job and the crowd seemed to love it.
      
2. Glenbard District 87 is proud to announce a major expansion of dual credit opportunities with the College of DuPage. Starting in Fall 2027, 11 new courses, including AP/Dual Credit Biology, AP/Dual Credit Environmental Biology, and advanced world languages, will bring the district’s total portfolio to 25 courses worth 81 credit hours. Through the Glenbard College Core, students can earn up to 37 transferable general education credits, completing nearly half (48 percent) of an Associate’s Degree before high school graduation. Looking ahead to Fall 2028, tentative plans are to introduce Dual Credit Statistics, Dual Credit Calculus I, and Dual Credit Calculus II, marking the first time these advanced math courses are offered as dual credit anywhere in the county.
      
3. Our online registration for the 2026-27 school year is underway. Families may register at glenbard87.org/registration. We look forward to meeting new students and welcoming back our returning students on August 12.
      
4. The College Board has released the first round of Advanced Placement (AP) Exam scores, which are now available to students. We are waiting on late exam scores and also any scores for students who experienced irregularities. Scores will be finalized from the College Board on August 15. Though we do not have final data yet, we can already see that we have at least 196 more exams than the previous year; at least 65 additional exam takers than last year; and our exam passing rate is similar to last year, even with increased students and individual exams. AP exams are an important part of the early college credit goal in our work plan and board metrics and this data shows that we continue to be on the right track for student success in this area.
      
5. Administrators from all buildings convened on July 27 to continue the summer planning component that is vital to our work plan school improvement model. This was our culminating work planning event before the school year after two other work plan days in May and each building’s summer instructional council retreat.
      

THE BOARD APPROVED:

– the June 15, 2026 regular meeting minutes and closed session minutes.

– invoices for payment.
July 27, 2026
Education Fund                                     $  1,616,971.85
Operations & Maintenance Fund  $      748,918.00
Debt Service                                           $                     0.00
Transportation                                        $      469,344.39
Capital Projects                                     $10,188,483.28
IL Munic. Retire/Social Security    $                      0.00
Interim – Checks                                   $   5,299,140.12
Interim – Wire Transfers                    $   5,380,685.26
TOTAL                                                       $23,703,542.90

– June 5, 2026 and June 20, 2026 gross payrolls.
June 5, 2026                                           Gross Payroll            Net Payroll
Education Fund                                     $5,446,554.03         $3,124,239.41
Operations & Maintenance Fund  $       67,954.35         $       42,276.93
Transportation Fund                            $         1,633.38         $              874.42

June 20, 2026                                        Gross Payroll            Net Payroll   
Education Fund                                     $4,297,439.63          $2,554,968.97
Operations & Maintenance Fund  $      54,576.07          $       33,311.00
Transportation Fund                            $         1,633.38          $             867.38

Total Payrolls                                          $9,869,790.84          $5,756,538.11

– the following personnel items:

LICENSED STAFF – EMPLOYMENT:
Name                                  School/Position                                                  FTE                Effective Date
Flanagan, Steven        North/Special Education Teacher             50%               08/10/2026
Schwarz, Alexandra   South/EL Teacher                                             75%               08/10/2026
Yarnes, Antonia            South/Special Education Teacher            25%               08/10/2026 
Zarco, Mike                     East/Dean of Students                                  100%             07/27/2026

LICENSED STAFF – CHANGE OF POSITION:
Name                                  School/Position                                                         FTE         Effective Date
Poll, Jordan                    East/Asst. Principal for Student Services    100%      07/27/2026   

SUPPORT STAFF – EMPLOYMENT:
Name                                 School/Position                                                   FTE                Effective Date
Gough, Madeline        Transitions/Special Education Asst.         81.25%        08/10/2026
McCluskey, Jack         West/Special Education Assistant            87.5%            08/10/2026
McDonald, Jordan     West/Study Hall/BIA Supervisor                100%             08/10/2026
Raoof, Nabeel              West/Special Education Assistant            87.5%            08/10/2026
Thue, Kelly                     South/Special Education Assistant          87.5%            08/10/2026

– two excursions.

– amendment to intergovernmental agreement with Glen Ellyn Park District. In 2022, the Board approved a long-term extension to the intergovernmental agreement with the Glen Ellyn Park District. The existing cooperative agreement contemplated how each entity is granted access to each other’s facilities and/or fields for various programs throughout the year.

Recently, we discovered that a separate agreement for reunification purposes specific to the Ackerman complex exists that needed to be renewed. Rather than continue with multiple agreements, we have worked with attorneys to include the amendment.

The Glen Ellyn Park District approved this contract at their June 16, 2026 Board meeting.

– policies & procedures for second reading & adoption. 2:125 Board Member Compensation: Expenses; 2:175 Recognition of Students, Staff and Others; 2:175-AP1 Recognition of Students, Staff and Others; 2:230 Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board; 2:240 Board Policy Development; 4:140 Waiver of Student Fees; 4:140-AP2 Student Expenses; and 8:30-AP2 Community School Visitation.

– updated board member committee assignments 2025-27. Glenbard has four Board committees: Communication, Legislation & Partnerships Committee, Finance & Facility Committee, Policy Committee and Student Performance & Achievement Committee. Each committee is composed of three Board members, two community members and an administrative liaison. In addition, a member of the Board of Education serves as a representative of the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB), Partnership for Educational Progress (PEP), and Legislative Education Network of DuPage (LEND), Glendale Heights Governmental Agency Partnership (GAP) and Glenbard Insurance Committee Representatives. All Board committee assignments are two-year terms. Due to a recent vacancy on the Board of Education and subsequent new Board member appointment, the committee assignments have changed. The following Board committee assignments have been determined: 

Communication, Legislation & Partnerships Committee:
Tod Altenburg, Board Member Chair
Jay Bastian, Board Member

Finance & Facility Committee:
Jay Bastian, Board Member Chair
Tod Altenburg, Board Member
Margaret DeLaRosa, Board Member

Policy Committee:
James Shannon, Board Member Chair
Martha Mueller, Board Member
Pete Nolan, Board Member

Student Performance & Achievement Committee:
Martha Mueller, Board Member Chair
Margaret DeLaRosa, Board Member
Pete Nolan, Board Member

IASB Representative:
Pete Nolan

PEP Representative:
Jay Bastian

LEND Representative:
Pete Nolan / James Shannon

GAP Representative:
Jay Bastian / Margaret DeLaRosa / Hetal Lee

– intergovernmental agreement with Village of Addison. Through our ongoing partnership we revised the intergovernmental agreement this year. This represents updated laws and practices including having school resource officers in our schools.
    

BOARD INFORMATION/DISCUSSION ITEMS INCLUDED:

– e-learning program verification for 2026-29. Glenbard has successfully used several e-learning days in place of emergency days over the past six years. Glenbard is seeking to reissue this program for another three-year span. The Illinois State Board of Education provides guidance for school district e-learning program verification and the DuPage Regional Office of Education approves these plans.

This proposal is for traditional emergency days, such as winter storms, water or electrical outages in buildings, etc. These e-learning days could be used for specific buildings with emergencies or district-wide.

In this plan, students would participate in five hours of e-learning activities on an emergency day, instead of canceling school and adding days at the end of the school year. Licensed staff would provide these learning activities and collect attendance information. Please note that there may still be a need to use emergency days without e-learning if an emergency happens with little warning and there is not enough time to activate the e-learning plan. 

– 2026 capital improvement/construction projects recap. As we approach the close of our traditional summer construction projects, we have provided a brief overview of the work completed and in progress at each of our four campuses. While many projects will continue on through the start of the school year, we are excited to show the significant improvements that our students and staff will see as we start the year.

• Glenbard East – administration & café additions, curtain wall replacement/classroom renovations, gym floor refinishing & new bleachers, parking lot expansion, commons addition.
• Glenbard West – classroom & commons addition, science room renovations, ADA entrance renovations, partial roof replacement.
• Glenbard North – gym floor refinishing & new bleachers, science room renovations, windows added to south elevation, music wing addition.
• Glenbard South – first floor tower classroom renovations, science room renovations, new gym floor installation, new accessible (LULA) lift.

– fiscal year 2026-2027 tentative budget. The district has published its 2026-2027 budget calendar and is on track to review and approve the District 87 budget consistent with its plan and timeline. The district presented a budget that indicates a surplus in operating funds prior to the required transfer necessary to cover the ARS bond payment. When accounting for the transfer from Operations & Maintenance (O&M) to Debt Service, it will result in a budgeted net operating deficit for the upcoming school year.

The proposed budget funds all staff and program needs for the upcoming year. Below is a summary of the operating budget.

Operating budget: 

• Operating Revenue = $199,952,795
• Operating Expenditure = $199,784,274
• Gross Operating Surplus = $168,521
• Permanent O&M Transfer to Debt Service Fund = $2,802,005 (ARS bonds)
• Net Operating Deficit = $2,633,484 (Gross Operating Surplus less Transfer to Debt Service) 

The district provided details regarding its tentative budget in a board presentation.

– Freedom of Information Act requests. By School Code, a Board of Education is to be informed at its regular meeting of any requests made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the status of the district’s response. Here are the recent FOIA requests to which the district has responded:

DATE RECEIVED: 5/18/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Justin Wenig (Starbridge FOIA)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: All executed contracts, service agreements, and purchase orders that are in effect or have been in effect in the last three years with any of the following vendors with Imagine Learning.
   

DATE RECEIVED: 5/26/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Thomas Mundy (Govly)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: Govly is requesting purchasing records in an unscanned, editable format, preferably CSV, Excel, or TXT, for the period of January 1, 2024 through the present.
Specifically, we are requesting records containing the following fields, where available:

1. Purchase Order Number. If purchase order numbers are not used, a comparable identifier such as an encumbrance number, invoice number, voucher number, or transaction ID would be acceptable.
2. Purchase Date
3. Purchase Amount
4. Line Item Quantity
5. Line Item Description
6. Vendor Name
7. Department Name or Department Code. If only a department code is provided, we also request any available reference table or report that identifies the department name associated with each code.
      

DATE RECEIVED: 5/26/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Sheri Reid (SmartProcure)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: SmartProcure is submitting a commercial FOIA request to the Glenbard Township High School District No. 87 for any and all purchasing records from 2/24/2026 to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record keeping system is:

1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number
2. Purchase date
3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase)
4. Line item quantity
5. Line item price
6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/1/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Anita Marlow (The Data Branch)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: The Data Branch is submitting a public records request for purchase order records. We are seeking a spreadsheet or equivalent file covering all purchase orders issued between June 1, 2025, and the present.
Scope of Request:
All products from CDW-G, AG Parts, K-12 Tech, and Vivacity Tech
Fields of interest (where readily available):

• Purchase order number (or equivalent)
• Purchase date
• Vendor ID or name
• Department or issuing entity (if available)
• Line item description
• Quantity
• Unit price
• Total price

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/1/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Daniel Cramer (Upgraid RE)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, I respectfully request electronic copies of the following existing records held by Glenbard Township HSD 87:

1. Utility statements or invoices for district-owned or district-operated facilities for the most recent consecutive 12-month period readily available, including electricity, natural gas, fuel oil/propane, water, and sewer, where applicable. Please provide records as maintained by the District; account numbers or other protected information may be redacted where appropriate.
2. The most recent final copy of each of the following, if maintained by the District and completed, received, or adopted on or after January 1, 2020:
   • Facility condition assessment, building condition assessment, deferred maintenance report, facility master plan, long-range facility plan, or capital improvement/investment plan relating to district facilities; and
   • Energy audit, energy assessment, ASHRAE audit, energy-conservation-measure study, performance-contracting feasibility assessment, or similar facility-energy report.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/5/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Nikki Oakes (The Data Branch)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: The Data Branch is writing to submit a public records request regarding vendor procurement records.
Scope of Request:
All products from: Apptegy, Finalsite, ParentSquare, SchoolMessenger, and Blackboard Inc
We hope to obtain records from 2022 to now reflecting how these engagements are priced – for example, licensing or subscription structures, per-unit rates, and any associated implementation or setup fees.

• The types of records we are interested in include:
• Contracts, service agreements, and order forms
• Purchase orders associated with the above vendors
• RFP or solicitation documents
• Task orders issued under cooperative purchasing agreements

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/16/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Charlie Van Beek (Mackinac Center for Public Policy)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: Via your state’s public records laws, I request the following information: 

• The number of people (union members) who are having dues withdrawn from their paycheck.
• The total number of people covered by collective bargaining agreements (union contracts). 
• Please provide this information for the first pay period in June of 2025.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/17/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Catarina Mascarenhas (Judiciocracy)
REQUESTS SUMMARY:

1. Please share the documents posted physically to comply with 5 ILCS 140/4(b).
2. Please share the documents posted digitally to comply with 5 ILCS 140/4(b).
3. Documents showing the public entity’s e-mail service provider or internal email servers and services.
4. Documentation showing the public entity’s Junk Mail, E-Mail Spam, and/or filters related to handling unsolicited emails and/or messages from unknown senders, including but not limited to documentation showing retention periods, filtering, safe senders, junk/spam senders, blocked senders, and any reporting mechanism for the same.
5. Documents showing at least one official email address of the public entity.
6. Documents showing any email address used for official business if there is no official email address in response to number 5.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 6/29/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Judith Van Erden
REQUESTS SUMMARY: I am requesting access to public records showing, for each high school in Glenbard Township High School District 87 (Glenbard North High School, Glenbard East High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard West High School), the following information for school years 2022 to the present:

1. The name of each class/course that was run at a deficit.
2. The reason for running the class/course at a deficit.
3. The number of students enrolled in each such class/course.
4. The school year and semester or term for each record.
5. The high school at which each class/course was offered.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 7/9/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Judith Van Erden
REQUESTS SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting a report of any class at Glenbard West High School that was run with 10 or fewer students in the 2025-2026 school year.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 7/15/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Catherine Rowe
REQUESTS SUMMARY: I am submitting a FOIA request for my teaching evaluations for the 2010-2011 school year and the 2011-2012 school year at Glenbard North High School.

    
DATE RECEIVED: 7/16/2026
REQUESTOR & COMPANY: Annie Nyeste (FOIA Professional Services)
REQUESTS SUMMARY: Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140,I am requesting to receive information on the current / most recent custodial contract for the Glenbard School District. I believe the contract is with GSF.
I am requesting copies of the following information from the record detailed above:

1. All submitted proposals
2. Scoring and evaluation sheets
3. Contract and associated amendments