Board of Education
Glenbrook High School District 225 is governed by an elected, 7-member Board of Education in accordance with Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5/33-1). All members are elected at-large to four-year terms, representing all residents within the District’s boundaries. Board elections are held during the month of April as part of the consolidated election cycle in odd numbered years. Board members are volunteers who do not receive a salary for their services.
The Board of Education meets regularly on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. All meetings of the Board of Education are open to the public and are organized in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120).
Board meeting agendas and materials can be accessed from the school district's SchoolBoard.net meeting portal and at right. As an added convenience for our school community, Board meetings are live streamed and video files are posted within the corresponding meeting's agenda.
SchoolBoard.net
Through SchoolBoard.net, members of the public can view upcoming meeting agendas and past meeting minutes.
Members
The Board of Education includes three officers: president, vice president, and secretary. The president and vice president are elected annually by the Board membership; the secretary role is typically filled by the Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services.
By Board policy, Glenbrook High School District 225 Board meetings are scheduled on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. Occasionally, a holiday or other circumstance alters this schedule. Regular meetings of the Board of Education are scheduled a year in advance as part of the reorganization procedure each spring. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise specifically advertised. Primarily, board meetings will be held in the Board Room of the District Office, located at 3801 West Lake Avenue in Glenview.
Meetings
By Board policy, Glenbrook High School District 225 Board meetings are scheduled on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. Occasionally, a holiday or other circumstance alters this schedule. Regular meetings of the Board of Education are scheduled a year in advance as part of the reorganization procedure each spring. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise specifically advertised. Primarily, Board meetings will be held in the Board Room of the District Office, located at 3801 West Lake Avenue in Glenview.
Reference Materials
Board meeting agendas and materials can be accessed from the school district's SchoolBoard.net meeting portal. Materials are posted at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Meetings are live streamed via Zoom. Information regarding how to access the live streaming event is included with each Board agenda.
Recognition of Community Visitors
The Board welcomes public comments and appreciates the community’s time in presenting at the meeting. Members of the public are invited to address the Board during an agenda item called "Recognition of Community Visitors," in accordance with Board Policy 2030.
Please note that this is a business meeting of the Board held in public, not a forum. While we welcome your comments, it is the Board’s practice to genuinely listen but not provide a response or engage in discussion. Accordingly, the Board receives public comments as a source of information and considers them in making decisions and in the establishment of policies. It is our practice to take no action on any items nor to discuss any items members of the public have raised until the Board has taken the time to gather adequate information and then objectively discuss available options. However, during the meeting, the Board, at its discretion, may choose to address an issue or correct any misinformation raised during public comment.
Individuals requesting to be heard during the Public Comment period must indicate such request to the Board secretary prior to the adoption of the agenda. A podium is provided, and individuals are asked to limit their comments to two minutes during this period. Comments do not have to be limited to agenda items. Please note that public comments during specific agenda items will not be permitted without the approval of the Board of Education.
Community members may also give written statements to the Board, via U.S. mail office (3801 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, IL 60026) or emailed to boardofeducation@glenbrook225.org. You may give Board members copies of your written materials at the Board meeting.
Executive Session
The Board is permitted by law to consider the following matters in executive session: collective negotiations; the acquisition or sale of real property; pending court proceedings; appointment, employment, or dismissal of an employee or testimony on a complaint against an employee; a student disciplinary case; information relating to individual students in special education programs; the appointment of a member to fill a vacancy on the Board; sessions with an advisory committee to provide professional consultation which are held about matters of professional ethics or performance. Formal action on these and all other matters must be taken in public sessions.
Upcoming Meetings
Agendas and materials will be available on schoolboard.net 48 hours prior to a board meeting.
Past Meetings
Policies
The Board of Education takes responsibility for its policymaking role by creating its policy manual into a living document that provides good governance directives to the district at all times. The policy manual is reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis in response to changing state and federal laws, regulations, court cases, as well as changes in the school community. All policies are written and available to the public for review. In general, policies:
- Provide a statement to the community of district goals;
- Delegate authority to the superintendent or designee;
- Define operating limits;
- Ensure legal compliance;
- Establish board processes; and
- Provide for monitoring district progress.
The school district's current policies and procedures are listed below.
- Section 1000: Foundations and Basic Commitment
- Section 2000: Board Governance and Operations
- Section 3000: General School Administration
- Section 4000: Fiscal Management
- Section 5000: Business Management
- Section 6000: Personnel
- Section 7000: Instructional Program
- Section 8000: Students
- Section 9000: General Public Relations
Section 1000: Foundations and Basic Commitment
Section 2000: Board Governance and Operations
Section 3000: General School Administration
Section 4000: Fiscal Management
- 4010 Fiscal and Business Management
- 4020 Fees From Residential Real Estate Developers
- 4030 Revenue and Investments
- 4040 Student Fees, Fines & Assessments
- 4050 Independent Audit of Funds
- 4070 Deferred Compensation Plans
- 4080 Revolving Fund
- 4085 Student Activity and Fiduciary Funds
- 4090 Incurring Debt
- 4095 Debt Disclosure Compliance
- 4100 Outstanding Checks
- 4200 Purchases and Contracts
Section 5000: Business Management
- 5010 Safety and Security
- 5015 Visitors
- 5020 Traffic and Parking Controls Plan
- 5030 Community Use of School Facilities
- 5030 (Procedures) Community Use of School Facilities
- 5040 Commemoration of Facilities
- 5050 School Equipment Management
- 5060 Disposal of Surplus Assets
- 5070 Student Transportation Between Home and School
- 5080 Workers' Compensation Insurance
Section 6000: Personnel
- 6000 Personnel
- 6000 (Procedures) Personnel
- 6010 Nondiscrimination Including Title IX and Section 504
- 6010 (Procedures) Nondiscrimination Including Title IX and Section 504
- 6020 Minority Recruitment and Hiring
- 6030 Professional Development Opportunities
- 6040 Professional Leave
- 6040 (Procedures) Professional Leave
- 6050 Solicitations By Staff and Students
- 6060 Employment of Certificated Staff
- 6060 (Procedures) Employment of Certificated Staff
- 6070 Educational Support Personnel Tuition Reimbursement Program
- 6080 Tobacco Use Prohibited
- 6090 Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco
- 6100 Voluntary Termination Benefits for Administrators
- 6110 Voluntary Termination Benefits for Teachers
- 6120 Employees With Communicable Diseases
- 6130 TB Examinations for Employees
- 6140 Compliance with Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
- 6140 (Procedures) Compliance with Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
- 6150 Mileage Reimbursement
- 6160 Non-school Employment
- 6170 Leaves for Attendance At Athletic Clinics, Conferences, or Tournaments
- 6170 (Procedures) Leaves for Attendance At Athletic Clinics, Conferences, or Tournaments
- 6190 Military Leaves
- 6190 (Procedures) Military Leaves
- 6200 Disability Leave
- 6220 Jury Duty
- 6230 Substitute Teachers
- 6250 Staff Publication of Books or Materials
- 6250 (Procedures) Staff Publication of Books or Materials
- 6260 Teacher Performance Appraisal Program
- 6270 Sick Bank for Teachers
- 6280 Sick Bank for Administrators
- 6290 Sick Bank for Educational Support Personnel
- 6295 Educational Support Personnel Policy
- 6295 (Procedures) Educational Support Personnel
- 6300 Educational Support Personnel Health Examinations
- 6310 Educational Support Personnel Overtime Payments
- 6320 Educational Support Personnel Basis of Employment
- 6340 Educational Support Personnel Probationary
- 6350 Educational Support Personnel Evaluation
- 6370 Employee Family and Medical Leave
- 6390 Uniforms
- 6395 Cell Phone Stipend
- 6400 Leaves Without Pay - Educational Support Personnel
- 6410 Special Leaves of Absence - Licensed Personnel
- 6420 Legal and Granted Holidays for Educational Support Personnel
- 6430 Senior Educational Support Personnel
- 6430 (Procedures) Senior Educational Support Personnel
- 6432 Voluntary Termination Benefits for Educational Support Personnel
- 6433 One-Time Voluntary Termination Benefit Program for Administrators, Educational Support Personnel and Teachers, on or before June 30, 2020
- 6435 Policy Eligible Former Employee Health Care Benefits
- 6440 Harassment - Employees
- 6440 (Procedures) Harassment - Employees
- 6450 Employee Information
- 6460 Employee Identity Protection
- 6460 (Procedures) Employee Identity Protection
- 6500 Employee Ethics and Conduct
- 6500 (Procedure) Employee Ethics and Conduct
- 6550 Awareness and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Grooming Behaviors
- 6600 Mandated Compliance Training
Section 7000: Instructional Program
- 7000 Statement of Philosophic Goals and Objectives
- 7010 Curriculum Planning Strategy
- 7010 (Procedures) Curriculum Planning Strategy
- 7020 Career Education
- 7030 Summer School
- 7040 Evening High School
- 7060 Advanced Placement Program and Examinations
- 7070 Diversified Cooperative Education
- 7090 Earning Credit Toward Meeting the Glenbrook High School Graduation Requirements
- 7100 High School Transcript Recognition for Courses Completed in the Middle School
- 7110 Education of Students With Disabilities Policy
- 7100 (Procedures) Education of Students with Disabilities Services Animal Access
- 7120 Students Attending Private Special Education Facilities
- 7120 (Procedures) Students Attending Private Special Education Facilities
- 7130 Itinerant Instruction for Special Education Students
- 7130 (Procedures) Itinerant Instruction for Special Education Students
- 7150 Driver Education
- 7160 Home/Hospital Instruction
- 7160 (Procedures) Home/Hospital Instruction
- 7170 Courses Existing In One School Only
- 7180 Instructional Materials
- 7200 Library Materials Selection and Collection Management
- 7200 (Procedures) Library Materials Selection and Collection Management
- 7220 Purpose and Use of Technology and Network Resources
- 7225 Student Data Privacy and Security
- 7230 Student Trips Policy
- 7240 School Volunteers
- 7240 (Procedures) School Volunteers
- 7250 Instructional Programs Available to Middle School Students
- 7260 Final Evaluations
- 7265 Exemption from Physical Education
- 7270 Grade Point Average
- 7280 Honor Rolls
- 7280 (Procedures) Honor Rolls
- 7290 Tutoring of Students
- 7300 Graduation Requirements
- 7310 Graduation Ceremonies
- 7320 Graduation Guidelines for Special Education Students
- 7330 Controversial Issues
- 7340 Private Music Instruction on School Premises
- 7350 Pre-School
- 7360 Religion and Education
- 7400 Homework
- 7410 State Seal of Biliteracy
- 7420 Grading and Promotion
Section 8000: Students
- 8000 Equal Educational and Extracurricular Opportunities
- 8005 Transgender Students
- 8010 Student Eligibility for Admission
- 8010 (Procedures) Student Eligibility for Admission
- 8020 Student Attendance Areas
- 8030 School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services
- 8060 Early Dismissals and Late Arrivals
- 8100 Personal Appearance
- 8110 Corporal Punishment
- 8150 Student Accident Insurance
- 8160 Glenbrook High Schools Scholarship Aid Trust Fund
- 8160 (Procedures) Glenbrook High Schools Scholarship Aid Trust Fund
- 8180 Health Examinations
- 8180 (Procedures) Health Examinations
- 8190 Communicable Diseases
- 8200 School Nurse and Health Services
- 8220 Protective Eye Coverings
- 8230 Free and Reduced Price Food Services and Waiver of Student Fee
- 8230 (Procedures) Free and Reduced Price Food Services and Waiver of Student Fee
- 8235 Food Allergy Management Program
- 8235 (Procedures) Food Allergy Management Program
- 8240 Evening Activities
- 8260 Student Activities
- 8270 Recognition Banquets
- 8280 Student Records
- 8280 (Procedures) Student Records
- 8290 Foreign Exchange Students
- 8290 (Procedures) Foreign Exchange Students
- 8300 Wireless Communication Devices
- 8310 Administering Medication to Students
- 8310 (Procedures) Administering Medication to Students
- 8330 Student Social and Emotional Development
- 8335 Suicide and Depression Awareness and Prevention
- 8400 Student Behavior, Misconduct, Rights and Responsibilities
- 8410 Disciplinary Action Relative to Student Misconduct
- 8410 (Procedures) Disciplinary Action Relative to Student Misconduct
- 8420 Student Attendance
- 8420 (Procedures) Student Attendance
- 8430 Student Smoking and Tobacco
- 8440 Academic Dishonesty
- 8440 (Procedures) Academic Dishonesty
- 8450 Weapons Possession
- 8460 Illegal Substances and Paraphernalia
- 8470 Harassment - Students
- 8470 (Procedures) Harassment - Students
- 8480 Bullying
- 8490 Teen Dating Violence Prohibited
- 8500 Search and Seizure
- 8600 Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
- 8600 (Procedures) Student Athlete Concussions and Head Injuries
Section 9000: General Public Relations
- 9010 Auxiliary Adult Organizations
- 9030 Ethics Act -- Gifts to Staff and Board Members
- 9040 Gifts to District #225
- 9050 Concerns Regarding Curriculum or Related Instructional Materials
- 9050 (Procedures) Concerns Regarding Curriculum or Related Instructional Materials
- 9060 District World Wide Website
- 9070 Social Media
- 9100 Illinois Freedom of Information Act
- 9100 (Procedures) Illinois Freedom of Information Act
- 9200 Advertising and Distributing Materials or Literature in Schools/on School Grounds Provided by Non-School Related Entities
- 9250 Corporate Sponsorship
- 9250 (Procedures) Corporate Sponsorship
- 9300 Communications
Committees
In addition to the regular meetings, the Board of Education has established two standing committees to facilitate the review of topics relevant to the operation of the school district. These committees include:
- Facilities; and
- Finance
Each committee includes up to three (3) members of the Board of Education, as well as members of the District and School leadership teams (e.g., Superintendent, Associate Superintendent, Principals, Associate Principals, Assistant Superintendents, Directors, Managers). Board committees meet periodically throughout the school year and provide an opportunity to review draft proposals and recommendations from the administration in a working group setting. Proposals and recommendations are then revised as needed, and typically presented to the full Board at the next regular meeting.
In addition to standing committees, Board members also serve as liaisons to various education-related and community organizations, including TrueNorth Education Cooperative, ED-RED, Illinois Association of School Boards and Glenbrook Foundation, among others.
Election Information
The next Consolidated Election, where vacant school board seats for Glenbrook High School District 225 will be on the ballot, is April 2023. There is more information on elections, including critical deadlines, on the Cook County Clerk’s Office website.
To be eligible to serve as a school board member, a candidate must be as of the date of election:
- A United States citizen;
- A resident of the state of Illinois and the school district for at least one year preceding election;
- At least 18 years of age;
- A registered voter; and
- Not a school trustee.
Here are more details about the responsibilities and duties of school board members. To become a school board candidate, one must:
- File a Statement of Economic Interests with the county clerk and obtain a receipt; these forms are available from the county clerk.
- Obtain and complete a nominating petition signed by at least 50 registered voters or 10% of the voters, whichever is less, and a Statement of Candidacy. The submitted petition will require a notarized signature of the petition circulator. Nominating petition forms and Statements of Candidacy are available from the county clerk or county board of election commissioners.
Individuals interested in running for a vacant seat on the District 225 Board of Education can learn more on the Illinois Association of School Boards website.
Freedom of Information Act
Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), full access to the District’s public records is available to any person upon written request. Written requests for public records may be made using the FOIA Request Form or may be submitted by personal delivery, mail, fax, or email directed to the District’s Freedom of Information Officer. Individuals making a request are not required to state a reason for the request other than to identify when the request is for commercial purpose or when requesting a fee waiver.
Requests for Records
Requests for records should be directed as follows.
- Emailed to foia@glenbrook225.org
- Mailed to the District Administration Office Attn: FOIA Officer, 3801 W. Lake Ave., Suite 203, Glenview, IL 60026-5806
- Faxed to (847) 486-4733
Responding to Requests
The Freedom of Information Officer or designee shall approve all requests for public records unless:
- The requested material does not exist;
- The requested material is exempt from inspection and copying by the Freedom of Information Act; or
- Complying with the request would be unduly burdensome.
Within five business days after receipt of a request for access to a public record, the Freedom of Information Officer shall comply with or deny the request, unless the time for response is extended as specified in Section 3 of FOIA.