Board approves routine items, personnel action and several intergovernmental agreements in 6-0 roll calls

The Danville District 118 Board of Education on March 10 recorded a string of unanimous roll-call votes on routine and policy matters, including upholding a student-discipline decision, approving a dismissal of an educational support employee, accepting a new group insurance broker arrangement and authorizing intergovernmental agreements with the city for public-safety information sharing.

The board upheld the findings in student-discipline case number 2525229 after a motion to affirm the earlier board finding passed on a roll call vote recorded as 6-0. The board later approved a resolution to dismiss educational support personnel Jerry Taylor for reasons other than reduction in force; that motion also passed on a 6-0 roll call.

Why it matters: The votes confirm the board’s formal posture on personnel and student-discipline matters and put in place intergovernmental arrangements the district said are needed before the next school year.

Key votes (motions and outcomes): - Uphold findings in student-discipline case number 2525229; mover recorded in meeting as a board member; second recorded; roll-call outcome: yes 6, no 0; outcome: approved. - Approve promotion ceremony date for Kenneth T. Bailey Academy eighth-grade promotion, recommended May 28 at 1:45 p.m.; motion approved by roll call, yes 6, no 0. - Approve amended school calendars for 2025–26 (including Northeast returning to a balanced calendar); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve the traveling library summer program (summer bookmobile-style visits); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve resolution to dismiss educational support personnel (Jerry Taylor), effective immediately; roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Appoint 1Digital as the district’s new group insurance broker of record, three-year agreement with an annual fee of $150,000; roll call: yes 6, no 0 (board will pay 100% of the fee under the proposal). - Approve a 2025 lease resolution with Patriot Honda for driver's-ed vehicles (administration had previously approved the bid); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve board member travel expenses (board member Payne to attend the National School Boards Association conference in Atlanta); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve intergovernmental agreement with the Danville Police Department for school resource officers (SROs); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve an intergovernmental agreement for reciprocal reporting with the city (information sharing for safety and investigations); roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve agreement granting Danville police and fire emergency access to campus security video feeds and radio frequencies; roll call: yes 6, no 0. - Approve a waiver of most student registration/material fees for the coming year (district continues to exclude driver’s ed, extracurricular, graduation, parking, replacement IDs and lot fees); roll call: yes 6, no 0.

What the board said: Board members cast their votes by roll call. The meeting record lists the consistent voting members as Pastor Miller, Mrs. Corley, Mrs. Schroeder, Mrs. Halloran, Mrs. Payne and Dr. Ashton; each recorded vote on the listed items was “yes.”

Process notes: Several items had been reviewed and recommended in committee before the meeting (for example, the insurance committee recommended 1Digital). Where the board was asked to approve a resolution required by an external party (the Honda lease), the discussion was brief and the board confirmed prior approvals.

Next steps and effective actions: The insurance broker agreement will move forward under the proposed three-year term; the SRO and reciprocal-reporting intergovernmental agreements put the district and city on a formal footing for sharing security information ahead of the 2025–26 school year. The dismissal resolution is effective immediately per the motion on the record.

Ending note: The board recorded unanimous outcomes on the items above during the open session; the meeting then recessed to a closed session on personnel matters.