The Mundelein High School District #120 Board of Education meets two times each month, on the second and fourth Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Occasionally it meets one Tuesday in a month.

The Board welcomes all visitors. Your presence is an indication of community interest in our school.

The Board follows an agenda, which is posted on the website 48 hours before the meeting. Copies are also available at each meeting. Extensive background material has been prepared by the Superintendent and has been distributed to Board Members prior to each meeting. This allows board members the opportunity of calling the Superintendent's office for clarification and additional information, and enables the Board of Education to act more quickly on agenda items than would otherwise be possible.

There are two opportunities at each meeting for individuals to address the Board. After the Board votes to adopt the agenda, the President will ask if any visitors wish to speak. Each visitor will be asked to state his or her name, and affiliation with any organization on whose behalf they are speaking. Each individual will be allowed a reasonable time to speak. Please be considerate and keep your talk to five minutes or less. Another opportunity to comment on information that was presented at the meeting will occur before the Board adjourns.

The seven members of the Board of Education are locally elected citizens who serve without pay for a four-year term of office. They are responsible for the educational program, as well as the facilities and grounds of Mundelein High School. The Board is required to conduct the school in accordance with the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the Illinois School Code, rules and regulations set down by the Illinois State Board of Education, and the rules and regulations which have been developed and adopted by this Board of Education.

The Board of Education is a policy-making body. It has delegated the administration of the school district to the professional administrative staff under the leadership and direction of the Superintendent.

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The Mundelein School District # 120 Board of Education is considering adding the following notice to their policy. The Board welcomes community input on this matter. If you have any comments regarding public participation at school board meetings, please address your comments to the Board of Education, c/o the Superintendent's office at Mundelein High School.

Public Participation at School Board Meetings and Petitions to the Board ¹

At each regular and special open meeting, the members of the public and District employees may comment on or ask questions of the Board, subject to reasonable constraints. ²

The individuals appearing before the Board are expected to follow these guidelines: ³

• Address the Board only at the appropriate time as indicated on the agenda, and when recognized by the Board President.
• Identify yourself and be brief. Ordinarily, comments shall be limited to 5 minutes. In unusual circumstances, and when the person has given advance notice of the need to speak for a longer period of time, such person may be allowed to speak for more than 5 minutes.
• The Board President may shorten or lengthen a person's opportunity to speak. The President may also deny the opportunity to speak to a person who has previously addressed the Board on the same subject within the past two moths.
• The Board President shall have the authority to determine procedural matters regarding public participation not otherwise defined in School Board policy.

Petitions or written correspondence to the Board shall be presented to the School Board at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. ⁴

1  State or federal law controls this policy's content.

2  Required by 105 ILCS 5/10-6 and 5/10-16.

3  State law does not provide specific guidelines and the 5-minute limitation may be changed or deleted.

4  A written request for consideration of a matter delivered to the president or superintendent of a board of directors must receive a formal written statement explaining the board's position, within 60 days from the board's receipt of the request (105 ILCS 5/10-6). Boards of education may treat petitions or correspondence according to a uniform, locally developed process.