Updated 09/14/26 SMB

Board of Education Members

President: Laura Garrett
Vice-President: Courtney Oxley-Turner
Recording Secretary: Jennifer Fracaro
Member: Michael Arvidson
Member: Joselyn Cutforth
Member: Karina Pinn
Member: Estella Rodriguez

Superintendent: Jaime Koziol
Appointed Secretary to the Board: Kerry Gurklies
Board Treasurer: Athena Freeman

Contact Board of Education

• Board meeting dates are posted on the district website and on Boardbook.
• Agendas are posted prior to each meeting on Boardbook and minutes are posted online on BoardBook after they are approved by the Board of Education.
• Prior years are archived on separate web pages.
• Board meetings are held in the Kelvin Grove School Learning Resource Center at 808 Adams Street in Lockport unless otherwise indicated on meeting notice.
  
• ​Agendas contain procedures for the public to address the Board of Education.

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Public Notice: Board Meeting Dates

Public Notice - Lockport SD 91 BOE 
Board of Education and Committee Meeting Dates 
2026-2027

Professional Development

All Illinois school board members must receive training in professional development leadership (P.A. 97-8) and the Open Meetings Act (P.A. 97-504). Mandatory training will also be required after the new teacher evaluation requirements are implemented in each school district. For additional information, see Board policy 2:120,Board Member Development.

The following table contains mandatory training and development activities that were completed by each Board member. When the training was provided by the Illinois Association of School Boards, the acronym “IASB” follows the listed activity.

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School Board Meetings

Meetings of Board committees and work sessions are held to examine subjects in greater depth than is possible during business meetings. No action is taken by the Board at work sessions.

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BoardBook: D91 Board Meeting Information Center

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2017-2018 Stragetic Planning Committee Members

Katie Alcantar
Deanna Anderson
Caryn Arriaga
Sarah Beechler-Wilson
Steven & Therese Berglund
Jannette Boucher
Angela Cushman
Darren Deskin
Lia Ditter
Dan Dorion
Tom Drake
Lucy Fiday
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​Laura Garrett​
Becki Georgopulos
Donna Gray
Erin Holland
John Jennings
Bryan Kincaid
Peter Klauser
Jaime Koziol
Jessica Lakics
Anne and David Lee
Ann Lopez-Caneva
Chris Malak

Jacob Maly
​William Merchantz
Michaelene O'Halloran
Courtney Oxley-Turner
Jim Pierson
Estella Rodriguez
Dianna Skoczek
Adriana Sosa
Larry Spencer
Lisa Stanly
Andrea Thornton
Adriana Westerhausen

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