Board upholds dismissal of tenured academy coordinator Daniel Marcoon

The Joliet Township High School Board of Education voted to adopt a board order upholding the dismissal for cause of tenured academy coordinator Daniel Marcoon during the board meeting. The action followed a closed-session review; the board’s publicly stated materials said the reasons were detailed in the board’s written order discussed in closed session. The motion to bring the resolution to a vote was moved and seconded during open session and carried by roll call. The public roll call recorded affirmative votes from Missus Guerrero Nomare, Missus Stiff, Mr. Kennedy, and Missus Lynn; Doctor Huntington and Mister Fitzpatrick recorded “no” votes. The board stated the dismissal decision is based on the written order discussed in closed session; the written order was not read aloud in public. Because the factual bases for the dismissal were discussed in closed session and the board did not summarize them at the public meeting, the specific allegations and supporting evidence were not disclosed at the time of the vote. The board provided no timeline at the meeting for release of the written order or any related public materials beyond the closed-session notation. No formal appeal or next steps for Mr. Marcoon were announced during the meeting. The board moved on to other agenda items after the roll call confirmed the motion carried.