The meeting is beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance. All trustees are present.

There are about 20 people attending, not including the board.

Here are pictures of the agenda:

Chairman Walter E. Massey is calling the meeting to order, and mentions that the time had been changed to make the meeting easier for people to attend.

Student Trustee Toi Pearson is presenting the Student Trustee Report. She is congratulating Chicago City Colleges faculty in reaching a tentative agreement with the schools, averting a planned strike: chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-coll…

Chancellor Juan Salgado is now speaking. He is discussing his commitment to advocating for increased federal funding for the schools. He’s going on to discuss the issue of declining tuition revenues.

He’s talking about the tentative agreement reached with faculty and thanking everyone involved in the process. No specifics on the details of the agreement.

More attendees are continuing to trickle in steadily throughout the meeting. I would say 10 people have arrived since the meeting began. The crowd is silent and attentive.

Chancellor Salgado’s tone is cheery and positive. He ended on a high note, praising the participation of students in a recent mayoral forum.

Chancellor Massey is opening the floor for public comments. He is noting that it is not appropriate to make comments or allegations of a personal nature about specific faculty members at this time.

The president of student government at @DaleyCollege is speaking. He’s noting the lack of gender neutral bathrooms on campus. He’s also urging people to vote with federal funding for public education in mind.

Moving on to financial updates. More discussion of the decline in tuition revenues. All colleges have had a decline in tuition revenues since 2016, with the exception of Malcom X College. Spending, however, has not decreased.

The faculty council chair, Professor Jennifer Alexander, is now speaking. She’s noting relief at the change in time of this meeting from morning to afternoon. It seems this was a popular choice here.

A trustee is pausing the proceedings to read a note from a former student at City Colleges. The student is now in nursing school and is praising and thanking faculty at the school in the note. Applause.

Chairman is now calling a closed session. He indicated it will discuss collective negotiations between a public body and its employees. The closed session motion has been approved.