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Murphysboro CUSD 186 board approves routine business, accepts several resignations and recognizes staff
Summary
The Murphysboro CUSD 186 Board approved routine agenda items including the prevailing-wage ordinance, fiscal depositories and an interagency agreement while accepting multiple staff resignations and approving summer staffing and recognitions at a regular meeting.
The Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 Board of Education approved a slate of routine business items and accepted several personnel resignations at its regular meeting.
The board voted to approve the meeting agenda, the consent agenda (including April board minutes and Tri-County documents), and district bills for May. Board members confirmed a schedule of meetings for the 2026–27 school year and adopted updates to the district’s press policy and building management plans that had been under review.
In financial and contracting matters, trustees approved a prevailing-wage ordinance and named the district’s fiscal depositories for 2026–27, including First Bank & Trust (Murphysboro), First Southern Bank (Murphysboro), Murphy-Wall Bank (Murphysboro), the Illinois Fund (Springfield), US Bancorp Fund Services, the Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund, and Fifth Third Securities (Chicago). The board also approved an interagency agreement with Child and Family Connections.
The clerk read several personnel communications the board accepted: a resignation from David Stultz from his paraprofessional post at the middle school and as varsity girls head basketball coach; a retirement notice from Lori Wallace effective at the end of the school year; a resignation from Giovanni Mollerene effective following the soccer season; and a resignation letter from Caitlin Myers effective at the conclusion of her contractual obligation for the 2025–26 school year. The clerk read portions of Myers’s letter in which she thanked colleagues and wrote that the district "has become a community that welcomes, supported, and believed in me." The board moved, seconded and approved acceptance of the personnel items.
The board also recognized staff for continued service and approved employment and transfer actions, including voluntary transfers, noncertified hires, summer employment and summer-school teaching rosters.
Votes at a glance - Approve meeting agenda: unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Approve consent agenda (minutes, Tri-County items, reports): unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Approve District 186 bills (May): roll-call-style confirmations recorded as 'Yes' by members who responded; outcome: approved. - Approve parent/student handbook updates: unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Approve 2026–27 building management plans: unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Adopt press policy updates (policy 1.21): unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Set 2026–27 board meeting dates (third Tuesday, 6 p.m.): unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Approve prevailing wage ordinance (enclosure 2): no opposition recorded; outcome: approved. - Approve fiscal depositories for 2026–27: unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Approve interagency agreement with Child and Family Connections (item 24): unanimous voice vote; outcome: approved. - Accept resignations/retirement (Stultz, Wallace, Mollerene, Myers): motions made and approved; outcome: accepted. - Approve recognitions, transfers, hires, summer staffing: motions made and approved; outcome: approved. - Approve entering closed session / closed-session minutes: motion made and approved; outcome: approved.
Why it matters Personnel changes affect school staffing and extracurricular programs, while the prevailing-wage ordinance and selected fiscal depositories shape contracting and financial operations for the coming school year. The interagency agreement and approved summer staffing support service continuity and programming.
What happens next Board members approved going into closed session following the public portion of the meeting; additional follow-up or agenda items will be scheduled as warranted by staff or public requests.
