Board approves consent agenda including Elmwood Elementary playground resurfacing, personnel and transportation contracts

The Elmwood Park CUSD 401 board approved its consent agenda at the May 30 meeting. Items recorded in the meeting minutes included a personnel termination, a playground resurfacing contract, an interim administrator contract and a transportation services agreement.

The board approved a motion to terminate the employment of a support staff member at Elmwood Park High School effective retroactively to May 30, 2025; the employee name appears in the minutes as Alexander Scratch. The record shows the motion was made and seconded and that board members voted to carry the motion.

The board approved a contract for ground resurfacing of the Elmwood Elementary School playground for $84,315 with the vendor listed in the minutes as team, r e I l, Inc (vendor name recorded verbatim from the meeting transcript). Board members voted yes on the motion as recorded.

The board also approved an interim administrator contract for assistant principal for athletics and activities at Elmwood Park High School; the contract in the minutes names Thomas Lentine (spelling as recorded in the meeting). The record shows the motion and second carried.

Finally, the board approved a special-education transportation services agreement with Rich Lee Vans Inc effective for the 2025–26 school year. The motion passed as part of the consent agenda.

The meeting record does not include budget-account codes or a line-item funding breakdown for the resurfacing contract, nor does it specify whether the district will pay conference-related costs for the interim administrator or details of the transportation contract beyond the vendor name and effective year. No public discussion or amendments to these consent items are recorded in the meeting excerpt.