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Granite City CUSD 9 board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and policies; tables calendar change and moves to executive session
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting the Granite City CUSD 9 Board approved the consent agenda (including multiple community donations), accepted retirements and leaves, created a paid honors coordinator role at GCHS, approved hires and substitutes, accepted a South 7 football scheduling invitation, and voted to enter executive session for interviews.
The Granite City CUSD 9 Board of Education met Jan. 5 and approved a slate of routine and personnel items before moving into executive session.
In opening business the board approved the Dec. 8 minutes and the consent agenda, which included community donations. Administration described gifts from Jimmy John’s, Wells Fargo and Samaritan’s Feet, the latter pledging about 175 pairs of shoes for identified students. The board voted to accept the consent agenda.
The board accepted retirements and resignations, including custodian Michael Murphy (listed in the packet as retired effective Dec. 31, 2025 as presented) and approved a series of leaves of absence for staff members whose dates are recorded in the administrative packet. The administration presented recommended hires after interviewing, and the board approved the employment of two first-grade teachers recommended by the tier 1 committee.
The board approved multiple routine personnel actions: extracurricular assignments for elementary third-quarter lunch duty, appointment of substitutes for the 2021 school year, and spring evening academy assignments. The policy committee’s recommended amendments to district policies (materials provided in the packet) were also approved by roll call.
On athletics, administration presented a four‑year scheduling invitation from the South 7 Conference for Granite City High School football (2023–2026); the board approved accepting the invitation. The board also agreed to table a proposed change to the 2020–2021 school calendar pending additional information from ASD.
At the close of open session the chair cited exemptions under the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/2) covering personnel, student disciplinary matters, property transactions, collective bargaining, litigation and safety/security, and the board voted to convene an executive session to conduct tier 2 interviews for a supervisor of facilities management and to discuss social media and calendar items.
The board did not take public action on the items scheduled for executive session; if the board makes a hiring decision after interviews it will reconvene in open session to act.
