BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ddaysoftware.com//NONSGML DDay.iCal 1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Members of the Board of Education     Olga Bautista     Michill a Blaise     Mary Gardner     Sean B. Harden     Debby Pope     Frank Nile s Thomas     Dr. Rafael Yáñez\nNOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Enclosed i s a copy of the Agenda for the Special Board Meeting to be held on Friday\ , December 20\, 2024\, at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at Colman CP S Administrative Office\, 4655 South Dearborn\, in the auditorium. Public will enter through door #3. The Board and the Chief Executive Officer have determined that registered speakers who wish to present during Public Par ticipation may have the option to participate in person at the location of the Board meeting or virtually via an electronic platform. The public wil l have access to the meeting via live stream at www.cpsboe.org.\nPublic Pa rticipation Guidelines are available on www.cpsboe.org.\nFor the December 20\, 2024 Special Board Meeting\, advance registration to speak will be av ailable beginning Wednesday\, December 18th at 11:30 a.m. and will close o n Thursday\, December 19th at 11:30 a.m. Anyone interested in speaking can sign up. After the 24-hour registration period\, a lottery will randomly select a set number of speakers from those who registered. For example\, i f 100 people register\, the lottery will select 5 of them to speak. This p rocess gives everyone a fair chance to address the Board. Advance registra tion during this period is available by the following methods:\n\nOnline:  www.cpsboe.org (recommended)\nPhone: (773) 553-1600\n\nTo ensure equity of access to address the Board\, an individual may not speak at back-to-back meetings and more than one meeting per month. If you register for back-to -back meetings and more than one meeting per month\, you will not be inclu ded for that meeting lottery. In the event an individual registers to spea k at a consecutive meeting\, the individual will not be called to address the Board.\nAdvance registration to observe will also be available beginni ng Wednesday\, December 18th at 11:30 a.m. and will close on Thursday\, De cember 19th at 5:00 p.m. or until all slots are filled. Advance registrati on during this period is available by the following methods:\n\nOnline: ww w.cpsboe.org (recommended)\nPhone: (773) 553-1600\n\nAlthough Advance Regi stration is recommended\, you can also register to observe a meeting on th e day of a Board Meeting via:\n\nSame Day in Person Observer Registration: Colman CPS Administrative Office\, 4655 South Dearborn\nRegistration Time : Opens at 11:15 a.m. and will remain open for the duration of the Board M eeting\n\nSame Day\, In-Person Observer Registrations are taken on a first come\, first serve basis as seats become available.\nThe Public Participa tion segment of the meeting will begin following the opening roll call and proceed for no more than 5 speakers for 10 minutes. Speakers selected thr ough the lottery will receive instructions for Public Participation.\nMemb ers of the public may submit written comments for Board of Education meeti ngs via the Written Comments Form on the Board’s website at www.cpsboe.org or mailed to 1 N. Dearborn\, Suite 950. Written comments received between the day the public agenda is posted through 5 p.m. the day after the Boar d of Education meeting will be submitted to the Board and posted within fi ve (5) business days on our website at www.cpsboe.org. DTEND:20241220T174500 DTSTAMP:20241221T195107 DTSTART:20241220T174500 LOCATION:Colman CPS Administrative Office Chicago\, IL 60609 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Monthly board meeting UID:ab2e5662-79a7-46c0-80dc-0b219a0fc986 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR