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East St. Louis School District 189 board approves insurance renewal, discipline placements and financial reports
Summary
At its May 21 meeting the board approved a package of motions including renewal of student accident insurance for $45,427, placement of two students in alternative Safe Schools settings for the remainder of this year and 2025–26, and the April 2025 financial report.
The East St. Louis School District 189 Board of Education approved a set of resolutions and action items during its May 21 meeting, including a student accident insurance renewal, student discipline alternative placements and routine financial and personnel reports.
Board member Walter Hood moved to approve a slate of items and Remi Dean seconded; roll call votes recorded affirmative responses from several board members and the motions carried.
Among the actions listed and approved at the meeting were:
- Resolution number 052125 regarding Karen Bradford authorizing notice to remedy (read by heading only). - Renewal of student accident insurance, policy number 11KTT8182513, providing coverage from Aug. 1, 2025, through Aug. 1, 2026, in the amount of $45,427; the coverage includes basic sports policy and required catastrophic coverage. - A workers’ compensation settlement agreement as presented to the board. - Student discipline alternative placements: student number 88914212 and student number 88915647 were placed in Safe Schools for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year and for the entire 2025–26 school year for “extreme defiance to staff personnel,” as described in the agenda. - Approval of the financial report for April 2025. - Personnel report addendum and contracts (with one medical leave rescinded for John Vier Ray as noted on the agenda). - Builders and grounds addendum waiving fees for a use-of-premises request; curriculum committee addendum; policy committee first reading; and financial committee addendum.
The motions were moved, seconded and approved by roll call. During the May 21 meeting roll-call confirmations recorded “Yes” votes from board members including Walter Hood, Remi Dean, Timothy Lockett, Roy Mickens, Willie Ray and Latonia Sales. The board president declared the motions carried.
No formal appeals or reversals of the listed motions were recorded in open session on May 21.
