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Board approves placements of seven students to alternative settings through June 2026
Summary
At its May 20 meeting the East St Louis SD 189 Board approved placement of seven students in safe-school and alternative-school settings, with specific schools and end dates recorded; the action was part of a broader omnibus motion the board approved.
The East St Louis SD 189 Board of Education voted May 20 to place seven students in alternative or safe-school settings, with most placements continuing through June 1, 2026, the board record shows.
Board members approved the placements as part of the meeting's action items. The district listed the affected student-record numbers and the stated reasons for placement in the meeting materials and on the record: extreme defiance and disorderly behavior, and multiple instances described as threats and intimidation to staff. Several students were assigned to the district's safe-schools program for the remainder of the current school year and then transitioned to alternative sites through June 1, 2026.
According to meeting remarks, the board recorded the following placements and reasons (as read into the record by staff): student 88915810 for "extreme defiance and a quarter behavior" to safe schools through June 2026; student 88913117 to remain for the rest of this school year; student 88914835 for "threat and intimidation to staff"; multiple other student record numbers were read and associated with placements at Vincent Gray School and Bush Alternative School through 06/01/2026. The district's staff read the numbers aloud during the agenda item and identified Vincent Gray School and Bush Alternative School as receiving placements.
The motions that carried the items were handled as part of a roll-call omnibus vote on several agenda reports and actions. Two board members recorded "no" votes specifically on agenda item 13a while the omnibus motion otherwise passed (see the Votes at a glance article for the roll call). The transcript does not provide additional detail on the disciplinary processes used in each case, nor does it provide student names; the board recorded only student ID numbers and stated behavioral grounds.
District staff and presenters did not expand in the public record on the timeline for reintegration, appeal rights, or the specific student-support plans attached to each placement during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript. The board's vote makes the placements district action through the dates stated; any further steps (appeals, review hearings, or additional supports) were not specified in the meeting excerpt.
Board discussion on the placements was limited during the omnibus vote; board members were given the opportunity to pull items for separate discussion but, according to the transcript, chose not to pull these placements for separate floor debate.
The action appears in the board's agenda under the broader set of personnel and student placement items approved during the May 20 meeting.
