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U-46 meeting schedule set for next two school years

By Seth Hancock
  The next regular meeting of the Board of Education in School District U-46 will be Monday, July 18.
  That will be the first meeting of the 2022-2023 school year as the board approved of its meeting schedule for the next two years back in March. The board voted 5-0, John Devereux and Veronica Noland absent, for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 board meeting schedules.
  Board member Kate Thommes said the schedules looked “typical” with every regular meeting a Monday.
  “We also run them through the finance office to make sure this fits for budgeting purposes, reductions in force and for the budget approval process and the (tax) levy process,” said Superintendent Tony Sanders.
  For 2022-2023, there are two regularly scheduled meetings in August (8th and 22nd), two in September (12th and 26th), two in October (3rd and 24th), two in November (7th and 21st), one in December (12th), two in January (9th and 23rd), two in February (13th and 27th), three in March (6th, 13th and 20th), two in April (10th and 24th), three in May (1st, 8th and 15th) and two in June (5th and 26th). The May 8 meeting is the Top 2 percent recognition, usually at South Elgin High School.
  For 2023-2024, there is one regularly scheduled meeting in July (17th), two in August (7th and 21st), two in September (11th and 25th), two in October (2nd and 23rd), two in November (6th and 20th), two in December (4th and 18th), one in January (22nd), two in February (5th and 26th), three in March (4th, 11th and 18th), two in April (8th and 22nd), three in May (6th, 13th and 20th) and two in June (10th and 24th). The May 13 meeting is the Top 2 percent recognition
  Various optional dates, high school graduation, the board’s self-evaluation and the annual Illinois Association of School Boards conference are included in each.
  “Board of Education Meetings take place at the Educational Services Center, [355 E. Chicago St., Elgin, at 5:15 p.m. (closed session), with Business Session beginning at 7 p.m.,] unless otherwise noted,” the schedules states.